Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-09-13


Swftsure Berry, Of Salem, from a cruise
schr Betsey, Brown from Deer Isls--9,
sloop Prudence, Odel, from Newport, for
Penobscot-l0, Swedish brig Florodenra,
Hedman, from New-H.sen-sloop Vulter,
Sargent, from Boston,
BOSTON. sspr. 10
Last evening arrived schr. l. cy, sylves-
er. with 7 prisoners from tn ~ pie frig.
ave. They belonged TO the fishing soat Sally,
Watts, of Boston, which WAS taken on Sun.
day evening las, and burnt, and the boa,
Lively from Boston for Charleston, on Mon
day with The ransom money, but could n 1
find the Nymphe till yesterday morning, in
the mesn time the Lively was burnt, after
her cargo had been takenout.
Capt. Z ps worth said the reason Of his de-
stFoyIng the Sally was because she attempt.
ed to get away from him, and gave him a
long chase that he should destroy no fish
ermen, exec pit tbeyIran away from him, I'm.
less they were Chatham vessels bu, such he
should destroy because they had retsken
the Dove, one Of his prizes.
Arrived on Monday. fishing boat Hurtle.
from Ssco, and brought in Capt Snow and
Saturday las in The fishing boat Hero, with
IA other prisoners from the British privs.
,eer sloop Dart, which they left on Friday
night, off Wood Island. The prisoners be.
longed To the following vessels sch, Hale
fr Salem for Kenebunk sob Deborah.
Snow. fr Cohasset for Ssco, sloop Olive
Branch, kirby r. Boston for Georges Riv.
err sch Bowman. fr Boston for kennebunk /:
Srh par G.
F., ST Bsrts for Portland, with cargo of Su
gar The above vessels were ell taken of
Wood 1sland-all sent for ST. Johns, exec pt
the o. Branch. which WAS sculiled, and the
day after came ashore At Flelchers Neck,
| and beat to pieces The priyateer tw.s
bound home, having only men and 3 off
| GERS. 1t was not known she had taken any
prizes except the above. On Saturday
morning last, the Dart chased into Wood
Island, sloop and 9 schs. One was bound
| to Portland, the other TO Kennebeck. The
o. Branch had been previously csp,ured BY
the Nymphe, and ransomed tor $50. The
week before last. the Dart fell IN with the
British pr,vsteer Weaz,e--snd mistsking
her for American, fred into her, but did not
injure any person. The Bernadoue when
taken, WAS 90 days our, and left q Swedish
MEMORdNDA.
II was not the Colibri winch was lost on
the coast of Georgia, as related by captain
Dent, but the British brig Moselle. Kins
man. of Is guns. Her crew were saved by
the Colibri, which remained at snchor-and
gunbos, expedition had gone against her
but the great Storm may have had fatal ef.
fects
The sioo7 Quick Times. Capt Springer of
w-Bedford for Kenebeck was captured
on Wednesday last, Is leagues. N. T.. by N.
from Cape Cod. BY the MsJectic (rszee) the
Nymphe in company; after taking the rig
ging. masls and what was valuable, on
board, the sloop she was Sc, on fire.
Capt S. on the mex, day after he was tn.
ken, was put on board Swedish sch f'om
Newburypo,t for North Carolina and from
her he got on board Swedish brig from
New Haven bound 10 this port.
The officers Of the Majestic told capt S.
that they understood the U. S. frigste Con
s,i'u,ion WAS nearly ready for sea and tina,
they were in hopes to meet her when she
came out or Commodore Rodgers on his
return. The Majestic and Nymphe are
constantly cruising between Seguinl and
Cape Cod and daily make Cape Ann. The
Majestic had been out from Halifax three
weeks and made number Of esp ures.
The U cartel sch Legeris, townsend,
81 days from Rio Jsneiro, with 81 passen
gers, mostly Vi, crews OF captured Am.
vessels ar at N. York 81 inst. Capt Il. !
brings dsspa, ches for Govt from Me-. !
Sumpter, u Minister at ST. Salvador.
The Essex friga,e was reported to have
been a, VALPARAISO oh las March
C,h Cab nT Qalf
from Nantz, ar. at Boston. A British ship |
the u frigate President, had sr in France,
the former at Bordeaux, the latter at Bay
onne--T The Am pfivsteer True Blooded |
cruise--had la,elv returned from cruise,
and had taken prizes, several OF which had
ar in France The Am priva,eer sch Leo,
of Baltimore, had ar or 10, lent. from a
cruise, during which she had taken q pri
yes, 2 OF than had ar in Frsnce-she
brought in 10000 in specie. taken out of
o re of her prizes one of The prizes was
large homewaid bound lndiamsn, with a
cargo worth S500.000 which she took by
boarding, and was conveying her into
France, when she fell in with sloop Of
war, which recaptured her.-A passenger
10 the Sabine REL o's the U brig Argus .
had "a days passage from II York. and that
she sailed days after her arrival, supposed
on a cruise
The letter of marqne sch 3ruus on her
passage fr Boston to Nsniz, captured B'h
briggs laden with fish, one OF which she
manned out, and the other was rsnsomed l
for 5000.
SHIPS Euginia, Hewitt, from Philid for