Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-07-21
BOSTON, July ID.

| BOSlON, July lo'
| On Sunday evening last, Captains Wll-
liam r. Russell, OF Salem, and Brown,
of Newburyport, arrived in town. IN
Tilly's pilot-boat, having been liberated
from His Britannia Majes,y's trigate
Nymhhe, commanded by T. P. Epworth,
Esq. on application to him for the pur'
pose by two of their relatives < friends
| from this town. These gentlemen had
been absent from their families in the
north Of Europe, upwards OF three
years Capt Epworth received the de.
putation with the utmost politeness, and
on representation of the subject, very
readily liberated the above gentlemen,
and two young Americas seamen, who
were attached to them. Captains Rus
| sell and Brown, speak In grateful terms
| of the kindness and attention paid TO
them by all the officers Of the Nymphe ;
and Capt r. has requested US to make
this public acknowledgement due 10 a
generous Commander (; and particularly
! to the gentlemen If the Ward Room,
for the generous sympathy they express.
cd on his liberation.
The Nymhhe, when found by the pi-
lot boat was in Cage Harbor where she
had been at anchor two days, and has
been employed in setting up her rigging.
| She came out about sunrise on Sunday
morning and the pilot boat came along
| side of her about O'Clock. She parted
company with the Bulzvark on the
Thursday preceding. the latter having
gone to the Eastward. There has been
no other ship of war in the bay, since
Thursday, but the Nymphe which has
not been out side the Capes for The last
three or four weeks. The last neutral
she ordered OFF, was the Swedish ship
| Iroikafton, on the 28th u!t.
AT day light on Sunday, the pilot-boat
was spoken by sIoop Marine of Sand
wich, a tender of the Nymphe, and
treated affaby. She was captured on
Thursday, in ballast, and made tender
of-She had before been captured by
| the Bulwark and ransomed. A boat
with cargo of fish had been captured
and sent to Halifax, in consequence OF
some unavaiilng resistance having been
made by the crew, in which two OF the
| men of the tender were wounded,-one
badly.
A letter from Brewster of,he sth inst.
says, son Thursday last, a boat belong.
ing to Har~ich returning to Harwicb,
from Nantucket, with l6 passengers,
principally women, and cargo of wool
and cotton, was captured by tender of
the Nymphe frigate, which was at an.
Choir off Chatham. An officer and two
men were put on board to examine the
cargo--thcy werestunarmed except
Ratchet which the officer had, and one
of the sailors long knife-Tbe Cape.
/ was taken on board the tender. In the
afternoon, thick fog sprung up, which
occasionsd them to lose sight of the
tend.r, when two young men, (neither
twenty) with some knives they had Sc
ereted called throaters, such as fisher.
men have, rose upon the men when
they were off their guard, and made
them prisoners, and brought the vessel
in. Upon the officers pledging his hn.
nor that he would send their Captain
ashore, tho young men gave them a
boat and some provisions, and let them
go off. The captain came ashore the
next morning. One of these brave
young men belonged to N. Carolina
his name is Smi,h-The other, Nicker-
son, to Harwich.'
! The three lighters which were taken
in the Narrows on Thursday morning,
were ransomed on Saturday for SlOo
each. The master of one of the m (lhe
Eagle) was detained as hostage Tor his
ransom money which was sent down
by his family 10 Mr.. Tilley's boat; but
the Master on the guarantee Of one OF
the Lieutensnts, had been enabled to
borrow the money of Capt. Ney, who
was on board for the ransom Of cap.
tured vessel; and the money sen, down
| was returned. Through mistake ii was
reported, that the above lighter was
gratuitously given up.
The Lark, Capt Nye, from Sand wicb,