Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-01-22
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
Ns1c- York, Tuesday epening.

LIZ tHe POiiteue5S Vi a ifienu VIC
are indebted for a copy Of the fol-
lowing letter
Extract Of letter from Tobias
Lear. Esq. late consul general Of
the United States at Aigiers, to
William Lambert. junior. acting
consul cfthe United States at Lis
bon, dated Gibraltar, November
the ith, 1912.
SIR,
On the ed inst. I received letter
from John Wondering, Esquire, his
Swedish majesty's consul general at
Alsiers, under date Of the 18th De-
tober. informing me that the brig
Edwin. Of Salem, Captain George
G.. Smith, with II men, including
the Captain. was the only American
prize which had been carried into
A'siers by their cruizers, and that
! the report that prevailed some time
since Of their having captured two
American vessels off Cape st. Vim
cent was without foundation. Mr..
| Noulering .dds that two 4 lgerine
friSates sailed from Algiers on a
cruize. on the i7th October. and as
ii is likely they will go into the At
lantic and off Ca;iiz and Lisbon. it
will be prayer to give this account
to all Americans which may be about
to depart from those places, that
they may be Oh their guard, Capt.
| Smith was captured on the 18th of
Ausu-t. from Malta, for this place
and Salem. with cargo of wine,
| &c. &c. Mr.. Wondering, in whose
charge l left N, affairs when |
was obliged TO quit Alg:ers, informs
ne that Capt. Smith was permitted
to live at his house where his situa-
ton would be as comfortable and
pleasant as it could be in Algiers
but that SO fcw Americans had been
made slaves that the reginez set an
immense value on the head of Capt.
Smith. l have requested Mr.. Nor.
derIing to furnish captain Smith and
his people with money necessary fer
their proper support, from funds Of
! mine in bis hands. until the orders OF
! government shall be received re-
, speeding them.
| p. 5. ] am this moment Informed
that the two .A|gerine fi'igatcs men
toned in the foregoing. passed the
! Straits last night to the westward,
and will undoubtedly he off Cadiz
and Lisbon.
| (sisned) TOBIAS LIE AR.
.a'ss Jersey Election-The oG"ial
return Of vu.es for members Of con-
gress in the state Of New Jersey has
not been received; but it is allowed.
ON all hands, that four peace and two
war men are elected. TIE members
chosen are MessrS. Stockton, SEIZURE
man. Hu(ty and Coke, for peace, and
| Messrs. Ward and Condit, for war.
BLOCKADE OF OUR HARBoR
By several gentlemen who came up
from the Hook III is morning, we nre H.
formed that British squadron, consist.
ing of three ships ofthe lIne' three .ri-
gates and sloop Of war, is now cruz
;np off our barbos. and last evening at
Q O'clock the St Domingo of "a guns,
was moi more than three miles from The
Light House. A number OF vessels
were captured yesterday. The follow
,np are all the names that have yet come
To hai,d.
Schooner American Eagle, Captain
He,litz, captured yestegday at ! | A. ".
miles WITHIN the Ligh, House, by he
schooner Syren, taken the night bsfore
| by the St Domingo "a guns. Inc a
merican Eagle was laden with Ma'asa
Emit was boarded las. Friday eff The
| Chesapeake by H. B NJ big Sophie
and on Sunday nigh, off Long l'iard oy
the Dragon "a, end permitted to proceed
,ew order in council was anhonnceo
.,Casiz about the FIRST OF December
au,horisins American vessels "h'e"
had trough, provisions. TO carry h .the
the whole proceed. in Span'.h produce
The commander of the ST D'.rinso'
NOT knowing Of lhis rev order, eaP'u'-
ID the A. Eagle on the plea that Tue
license was Forgery. The properly
belongs to Cox ard Monsrudesef' a"
w. & S. Robinson
Schooner Trnpic. Jones. from Ne"
york TO- Charleston, captured on Dur
osy 4, 6 P. NJ b. the St Doniugo' aHe'