Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-06-09
NETWORK, June
Arrival of the Seourge.
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CHATHAM CAPE Co.. May :,
Messrs. Crookes e Bntler,
! presume it will be gra,if,;,
many Of your subscribers to he., =,
safe arrival at this port Of n.
Scourge, captain Perry, Of Nex'y
She left Dronthiem, in Nor~., y
Goth March, at which time the T .,,
of Norway was becoming peculi.'s'
teresting to Europe. You are 10 =
informed, through the English NJ
of the hate treaty between Denm,,t
Sweden, when Norway va. cedeS,.
latter power. The present r..
Prince Christian Frederick, hei, .
rent to the crown Of Denmark ~
diately refused his assem- and o,a
the country to be put IN state Of j, q
against any ineursion from the SUI
whilst he took tour. On bis .,,
at Drontheim he was received viii
~ demonstration of ry, and hail.
the Deliverer of his Country h II
| made known his intention Of Wild,
ing all bis claims to the Danish C-a
and of forming Republican Gov,
ment, and having Congress sssemh
Immediately.
On his return TO Christina p,o,
nation was Immediately issued, and
the force Of the country CONSISTING
$1,000 men) put in requl, Or. A,I
same time orders were received tia NJ
legates shot be appointed BY EI,,to]
"a circumstance never befote km,u|
this country being always under M
most despotic goyernmenO who vse J
meet at Dram, a small village ne.r M
borders of Sweden, to ratily The az poir,]
ment Of the present Regent, and t, e,r
a code of laws.
Much depends on the condv,, I,
England and her allies tow ards hi, al
tre.sed country. (they receiveno.,
ply of provisions, it will be impos.iSII
for them to establish apy kind Ct y
vernment, and they will be Compelled \
necessity to allow the Swedes to nj.
possession of their county otberu,
it will take time and an in mensc rcr.
as the antipatby which naturally eyis,
between Swede Sa Norwegian Inspire
them Gas they say with additional COW
rage. Such has been the disrex,
situatioH Of Norway, tina, the peaan,r
have had 10 consume bread made Of G
bark of trees.-At the time the Scours
left Drontbein, there was not suffcisn
grain in the country to serve the inh,
bitants for month.
The list of the Scosrge's caplsa
which follows in the letteF Of our cor
respondent, has been already publishedi
this paper. One OF them, the barqu
Two Brothers, with a cargo Of salt, run
dry goods, hardware Sc, IVES spoke
by her on the 18th of May. on the Bank
Of Newfoundland, all we'll.
On the 9Th Of May in lat. Is, Is, la
As, Al, spoke the prize ship CutIa
formerly the Pocahontas, Of Bos~
| captured by the schr. Lawrence ofBl
timore, Clark, prize master, cargo o
salt. cork and SO pipes red wine, iron
AIicant for Glasgow.
May 2etb: in latitude Al, 4, saw
sail and, being short of water CAV
chase. Discovered her to be a iriss;
which continued CD her course, and ii
Sceurge did the same, the chase maxim
| signals, and firing two guns, havn
the American colours flying. We
the Scourge came abreast to the ls
ward, the chase bauled down the Am
| rican colours, hoisted English, and
| pened an incessant firing, many Sd
| going thro' the briggs sails. Eseap'
| with very little damage. No Gov
| this is the Herald frlgate OF 50 Gun
from Nassau, cruising to interts
prizes. and has a schr. tender with nc
Of the coast Of Scotland was cha"
by a sloop of war, and escaped BY sup
rior sailing. ID
The officers and crew are III bea"
Mr. Henry VIM. Bool, jr OF New 10,
is a passenger in the Seourse u"
DroAthiem."