Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-05-05

raeks and two hospitals are built, .
hreast.vork is throws up and cannon
planted, and fort is building or =
vessels with lumber have been captured
when the enemy took possession OF the
Islands. he permitted two Of the Island.
ers 20 come to the main, Captain Ross
|. Of the Albion giving them passport Z
ordered them TO return. An old gen.
,lemaD who had been on the Island with
flae / saw last night, and from HIM
and the two Islanders, ! am informed
that these Islands are tobe their head
quarters, that in very short time they
will be well fortified; their cannon
landed, and their camp laid on a large
scale. They have, pieaty OF good wa
ter and a fleet with the COMMANDER IN
chiefs daily expected with an army OF
lo,oeo.men--as soon as the heet ar
riyes, active operations would he COM
menced. Newspapers containing the
Presidents message recommending a
repea. of the embargo, &c. @as receiv-
ed on board the fleet four days sooner
than in this county |; that the newspa-
pers arc regularly received. / was al
SO informed that they would land In, TINS
county to obtain provisions, that they
knew the strength Of the militia and
should land with i've thousand men anc
hat no doubt but they should expert
enco SOME hard fighting.
"Imnediately upon my being INFORM
ed that the enemy had registered every
man on the Island, numbered their boats
and canoes and would permit no ore to,
leave The Islands Without passports, with
orders to return, and considering these
men thus situated would give the ene'
nv all the information they could, or
dered all persons coming from the Is
lands to be detained"
From John G. Joynes, Adjnfanf, to 1t.
Col Bayiy, DARED
"H. Q onaneoek, Atr ! l3, 1918.
aTn obedience to your orders Of
Yesterday requesting me to make you
a correct statement Of The Enemy's
force, / make you the following Re-
port which l have collected from the
different Posts on duty and from
Thomas Shared who has been on
board the Admiral's ship. There are
6 ships in view: one the Albioa II
Admiral Coekburn. one the Chesa-
peake, late u. s frigate, the 30 gun
ship Arnlide. Trowhridge, the o.
Tiers all appear to be Frigates they
also appear to have one brig. said TO
be the Annae onda, one sIoop Tender,
one large sclir. carrying 2 standing
topsails and number Of small Sclir.
Tenders. which they have obtained
from the Island people. They have
been in Little Annamessex and de-
.troyed 7 small bay crafts Of which
belonged to this place they have
settled large numbers OF wells on,
Taugier Beach and have built seye-
raj good houses. & have also thrown
up a Breast work and mounted can
non on it,, and say they intend max
.mg it an hospital this summer.
: 7" Upen an examination OF Tho
mas Shared he says, that the fne-
my said that they intended as soon as
they could make proper arrange
r.ents on the Island to send a flag on
shore demanding of US provisions &
in case refused, they Intended to
land a sui'icnnt force to take such
supplies as they wanted and they
wonld scour the whole country.
/" The troops on duty are in high
shirts and had much rather risgue
an engagement than be so frequent
IL harrassed.
Extract of letter from Major Firney
10 Coionel Thomas M. Bayis, dated
I" Wednesday Morning, 1874 AhrR.
+" Dear Sir,
/" There are now five OF the eue-
my's ships in siew--three at anchor
in the Sound and two under sail, ap-
pear to be ships Of the line, two
fiigates & a sloop of war. There
are also some smaller vessels with
them, but the Number cannot be ex-
actly ascertained. The large sloop
that came close into Puntotesgue bar.
OH Saturday last. and afterwards
went up Watts Island Sound, has
turned out to be from Taypabannock,
loaded with tobacco, and was cap
turel by two Of the eneny's barges
ON Sunday morning, near the mouth
Of Pocomeke River. This ;nforma-
ton is derived from the crew who
IF <ha eloon imam the opppoaeh ~