Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-04-16

Immediately hauled her wind 40, !,
cd without being observed. r. ~
after, spoke . Portuguese shin a
"a tor Lisbon, and va. infarw. asa
British squadron was CRUISING "a
vsdor, consisting of ) frisates' ana ras
From that time to Feb. i,(,7sss.'' -
she bad reached about the l,,;,,,
n, long. IS, w. .he never ,",'ee1
FEB. q she chased large b 'ii.'H
Oft the river Of Marr.,i.e' Ivy y u
which escaped by r4ap,u s' !SHi,
water, the Constitution b., 5, 'aa 50
her into 5 fatboms water NJ pa''a
Barbados, chased another S,s &'q
which escaped by hpgging he "
Feb. "A, in the night, cap,v nt ' y
hsh ship Lovely Ann, from b,' o'
Surrinam, under conway of u
sch'r Picton, Lieut.. S,,p6sns =
and sixty men, wIich had scn,r ~
fer. hen the G'nsii utlon ho,r WIN
blue light signals having been = "S'
her Iron, tie schr Of yes,,l1 IE'
chase. Toos out her crew. VEN ';as
suit of the Pictou, not then IN ';,s u ~
ma IL" hours captured her, sos ''. ~
:asing out the prisoners, &c, s@' S ali
aer-the Lovely Arm being in t,S
"as given up 10 the prisoa.,, a., Iva
% Barbados with Midshipras !, r'
lie IN her, to est receip, fCM All
y ending officer at iha, pl4tc. yt.1
18th February the Con>liiuliop CAM.
d the British :cbr. Phpaix, can r..
rom Demerara for Barbados, will
sengers-took OUT VIA, Ca 90 ~.
(some small packages Of gaod, e.
sunk her. Same day, saw tie i,I,,t ]
Grenada. Next day, captured The f.
fish brig Cstharine, S NTH, from en-,
"a tor ST. Thomas, in ballast, and .
led her. Three DAYS after, m d, N
,land Of ST Croix. Feb %, a p,.
Rico, boarded Swedish schr. t,op 4,
Cages for ST Barts, aGd put the prl,'1
ers on beard of her.
On the Same day, on the soulh sid. \
P. Rico, the Constitution gave chap \
two sail ascertained one 10 he a mcr,h,,I
brig, and so close in with the lard, n,l
render it impossible to overhaul h,,.l
shc hauled OF, and went in chase of N
ether vessel, which was discovered 500
after, TO be a large ship. About I've! |
clock, Pm. the strange sail haalcds|
sind to the southwark, when she I'd
plainly made ost to be frlsae, as I'D
ports could all DO counted. The ca,
stitution was immediately cleared |;
tction--the strange frigate rounded 4
toisted three English coio's, AID Gr$
a gun to windwsrd-the wind altb,us'
nent died all away, ard left the I'd
ships entirely beca.,ned-j est a! dust
flesh breeze sprung up, which gawls|
.snerny's frigste the weather gsge,vh''|
to the utter establishment and morhiI
ton ofithe CONSTITUTIONS gallsr; cHcsI
ard crew, she bore away, and n,ds 81,
GAIL from the American frigas, SGl:'
crowded all sail in pursuit, as .oa
the breeze reached her. Night CONC
on, and it beins very dark, she mudct1
escape through the Mona Passage s.
vas not to be seen the mex, morpius-|
She was the La Pique, a fine, fast sail, \
higate, commanded by the hon. cspa
Maitland On the first March, hit
IS, "a, the Constitution boarded D:
Swedish ship Mari. Helena, from BE-
ton for Havana. San,e day, s,eit,
neutral brig, but blown gale, 'aat
ascertain nothing. N3Trh I, IN hhA
boarded the Russian snip i1depeId'n'i
4 days from Amelia Tor His.Gua N.Ni
Is. anchorsd cT Charleston and T'N
day got updcr way, and stood 10 the >
E, On the 5th in abou' lat. g. Do'Ts'
ed the Ssedisi, brig Embden, WIIcoS'
from Bermuda for Amelia. lyih' III
IL, boarded The Russian ship NJ ho'1 .
Adolphus, SO days from, Aatl'l-'''
seen no cruiser:. Ssme dy, spH'
s parish schooner from MItsnze' q
Bermuda. Saw nothing for Il dapri
t.r. Sounded liz the n. l., pail ;"
Georges. Next day made Seguo ~.
dis'an, fou- leagues, 81, nca''y ,'' Ca
Of Portsmouth and wind lar 'o' oo'%I
tackled ship and stood Of and OF a'4s
III night. Next msrniag at day O'''S
5isc vered several small sail 10 Ne,
Al z, ligh; breeze fiom the \ l. ' -
Of Cape Ann discovercdtTo ia'Ss =
10 the 8. E. standing for Der, ata Coma" :.
Up very fast with breeze insy =.
soon made out 10 be Irigates s1u - :.
Constitution escaped from them y, ~, -
greatest exerlions, and arrived a =,
blehead safe, after throwing o's, H.,s
all her provision, and such o''el D.% |,
articles as could be 60. at, s'.l1.s l &
satcr, rum, sc. and clearing 1A' O'''
every moverable: ls.a
Jan. g. WIN. Vine fe;Icrerooa'uy
The Constitution and wss crown m.a,
FEB. 2, Alexsnder Gerriah dleo' . ~"
8, John Lam.on, ditto, in eonsequ. !. Il
4 broken leg. 18th, John Co.'S, So ~ % |,
4 fall from tho mizcn top'ai 20. -, IS
email seamen the only men 'H'