Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-11-05
WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. }.

csfy efa letter frcrs CAPTAIN Wsrrirg:
Ion 10 the Secretary Of TIE hspy,
dated
u. STATES SLoor PAcocx.
n York, Oct. ~, 1914.
SIR,
have the honor to inform you of
the pvacses's ARRIVAL at this place, at,rr
cruise OF one hundred and forty seven
DAYS, during which all your remaining
orders 81 the 2S,h February alt nave
tCen executed, except that which re-
HE'D To the Naze aud coas, Of Sowsy K
which was omitted in Consequence of
tat whole coast sriss under a strict
b'0esads by \ colablseG squadron OF En
giish and swedish ships. Although the
fsacock's success hes Drt hssb 80 grtat
"a NC had saaguiney expected; 1t IL a
pleasing refisc,,on. that our disaPpoint
neni has been occa,iousd by the suton,-
monty severe weather, with constant
gals from .oG:h-aest to north wegt)
winch VIC experienced from the time Of
striking sosBdings in The Irish Channel.
onril we left the Shetland Isles, and
which had the double effect, OF keeping
IN all their trade, and comps lliHg Us to
be constantly beating OF lee shore--
We were four day bstween Cape Clear
AID Waterford, in watch time We made
hut three captures, the last of which, as
shs was OF little value sc made cartel
ct--Oa the north vest coast Of Ireland
,Se met With bat very li.Iis better sue
cess 81 the bad weather still con,inued
From tbs Shetland we ran for III Fs.o
Isles and then returned ia sounding .
ieSg the Irish coast, crossed the mout1
cfthe channel, and Bay oil Biscay, and
msee Cape Ortcgal between winch ant
the Rock Of Lisbon We Craised seven
d.ys, seeing in tina, time but twelve sail,
nine Of Which We spoke and found but
Two Of them English-From thence
we reu along the Portuguese coast,
crossed the mouth osthe Mediterranean
and run within degree aad an half Of
,he Msdeiras for tho purpose of falling
10 With their Wsst-tsdla and Tencri!fe
trade. On the lat of September We
p.sde the CsRsriss, and attempted in vain
10 procure wster OF Fentas,nturs and
Lauzareta, at the latter Of which places
We ls0drd some prisoners. A, q sup.
ply oil water was now insispensably re
quiliis, / determined to run for the
Cape dc Verbs, at one of which Isl
VinceHrs) a!tera weeks work in digging
ard cleaning out wells we Obtained the
requisite quantity, and then p,scecded
a, az easy rate to the westward. steering
alternately To tbs s, w. and n. w, to
rsieng our ssoy as much rs possible,
between the loagitudss Of 20 and 40
west, the track Of all their East India
African and South A4ericaD trade Not
. single vessel was however secn in all
eur ran, sud On The 6,h Of Oct we made
the sos;t ct Guirnz. at the mouth Of the
Fiarecui river, the next day ~e were Of
Ssrinam, from whence owe tsa for
bageadoc', which 1e made on the oh
and continued cruising TO wirdwa,d Of
DereSGe and BsIsu6a for few days.
ara thee steered for our ewn coast which
W made on the 5sth at seven A VI.
hitie 10 the westward OF Caps Hshlopeh
hsisss me a,uch pleasure 10 infsrr,
yoa int from the time Of our leaving N
York IN March last, until cur return.
&c have ioSt but one nan MIR. Denizep
b'"d~It, Al Mate, promising offeer,)
: Sat ens Sfewi 10 10 kss health fuua
81 'cu vi! net think we have unnsees
sail, cnItalled Cur cruise, Mhrn I in.