Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-04-21
wEsT.lNDIA NEWS.

Fron, Jamaica hahers received PER the
& Pripateer schooner DfDided-aue.F aH,
arrived az charleston.
S. PoHT RoYAL, liam. Feb. as.
The Spanish schooner Maria, which
sailed from this port on the 18th Deer.
bound to Santo Domingo with a cargo
of dry goods, fell in on the 2lst, little
to windward of Aquin, with the Amerl-
can privateer schooners Eagle, Connol-
IL, and Lady Madison, Garriscan-the
FIRST named brought the Maria too I'M
der Carthagenian colors, carried her IN
to Baic d'Aquin, discharged her mer-
chandizs on board the privatsr schooner
George Washington, which had been
previously captured by them, for having
two sets of papers, and after OBTAINING
the Maria until the 29th, took away her
papers, then suffered her to proceed on
her voyage, and she reached her destl-
nation on the 9th ultimo.
Captain Purcell, of the Caledonian,
applied to the government OF that place,
two days previous to his departure, for
long gun, which they directed to be
furnished him. The commandant OF
marines accordingly took capt. Purcell
into the arsenal to make choice OF one,
when he selected an is FOUNDER, which
was sent on board the Caledonian, with
powder, shot and every necessary appa-
ratus, as also carpenter from the dock
yard to afix it on pivot; the govern
ment declaring they would render any
British vessel every service In their
power. .g
The following American privateers
were lying at Carthagena, when the Ca
ledonian sailed. The schooners Snap
Dragon, of guns and about 90 men
Two Brothers, of 8 guns and IS men,
last from Aux Cages and Lady Madl-
son, of one FOUNDER and As men the
latter has adopted the colors of the. indie
pendent government. The Snap Dra-
gon, previous to her arrival at Cartha-
gena, took an English sloop from that
port, which was at anchor on the coast,
armed and manned her with Is men, and
after she had cruised three days without
falling in with any thing, she sent her
boat in, and got small gun from the
Snap Dragon. Immediately as the Cir
cumstance was made known to the Car
thagenians, they despatched two gun
boats in quest of her, and she was bro't
in and returned to her origina! British
consignees her crew was inpri-
soned to be tried, it was said, as pi-
rates. The Saratoga and Saucy Jack
had been for some time previous expect
ed at Caithagena ; the latter had on
board large cargo of dry goods, the
fruits of her plumber from different YES
sells. Several prizes made by American
privateers were looked for at Carthage
ma, but the government had declared
they should not enter that port.
On the 18th instant, at l P. M. the
Seahorse frigate boarded the Spanish
brig Anna Maria, of 2 guns and 100
men, Pedro Tutosaros master, having
so people on board including passen.
gers, which sailed from Palma on the
7th of Dec. last, for Carthagena, in bal
last. The Anna Maria had been board
cd in lat. IS, N. long. %, s, w. OF Ga
diz, by the French frigates L'Hortense
and D'Elbe, which plundered her of
whatever suited their purpose, and sent
on beard of her the crews of the 9 Spa
nish vessels that they had captured, the
one ship bound to Monte.Video, and
the other brig for Majorca, that had
sailed from Portsmouth under convoy
of his majcs,y's ship Iphigenia of thirty.
six guns, cap.Ain Pellew. The above
French frigates had captured an Eng
lish schooner from Senegal, bound to
Tenerilfe, and it was understood that
they had sailed from Bordeaux in the
middle of January, and were to cruise
on the coast of Africa till March next.
1t was also said that two other French
irigates had sailed from France, bat
whittier they had gone. was not known.
We have been favored with the fol-
lowing particulars of the sufferings OF
Mr. ]. d. Jennings and of Mr.. Lambert,
the latter late purser of his majesty's
sloep Alert, passengers in the schooner
Anna, Gerard, laden with corn, ground
nuts, logwood, sc. from St. Domingo to
Kingston.
E The Anna sailed from St. Domingo on
the 9th December 1919, with crew OF
FIVE mon, including two blacks from
Curracoa. On the 10th about s O'Clock,
A. M. Mr.. Jennings being below asleep
was awakened by the master of the Ann
and requested to proceed on deck, he
declaring that she was half full of water;
C.ne Tiburoon then being about FIVE