Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-02-04

i'll haye heatd the aesciIptlon ct the
aai,,, nsrt Of their force Look
eas af:er yours they are alieady ,Irlsg
sstsas st Mays
8 We rcail in q gseatstate o. asarfsi
he enemy have, ho~cyer, ncari y go al
heir plurder shipped. and rid csacal
sic ST Mary's tomorrow or nsx. Jay
as well as Ps,nt Porc bu. intend ,torti
| f,ing Cumberland. Admiral CockeurH
is arrived al St May; and srs'erday
arrived, f,igate, with dispatches T.,
! Sir Thomas Ccchyznc, from Bermuda;
great hopes ofraising the blAckade, . g
var wilh France md Britain l,pweyer
this is sliscoiYiettuie, the ehcers keep
It close. Aaship for Llshon btibss
accounts .thst tie blockade was not Il
be raised Gntiithe 25,h March next, IN
consequence ct Ta,leyraEd teiaandins
tie Netherlands a war mas iDesisal1ie;
ard a very hot press had taken mace IN
England in consequences, and all ihe;l
militia ardsred for ac.Hzl service. &c
!" AAsLfA I7LANp, jan 10. isls
DEAR SlR-In base drop few
lines to y,u. You all have Lea d of
course, OF the possession If ST. Mays
aae Cumberland BY the British they
till remain there with xb. ut tive tseu
ard sroops, na,'incs and 49,. Admira
Cnckbnrn is al ST. Mays IrdciiDg.
All the property hos bscn siippest, suci,
as .so,tGn, tobacco, brandy, gin. adrS
goods, sc. &c tUrcs have BEEN brsk-
en- eprn, anh given up in plurdcr the
.olJiets aad sailors :ein fart coGntet
part IF tie trfbsazl i~,s q, HSyre de-
C ace. Tive 7A'asnd cigh, / igates arc
al sncfor off ,ac bar and f,.sr 81 @pS
were inside and a, ST Mays. taihk
hey intead leaving !. MMy's in a few
days, ba. viii keep pos essIsn II Guns
ber!snd. No reisforcen ent has yet ar
rived There ac vet spsae troops ON
board The ships off this P,r. 'Tbeir
hole samber>is alb at Three Ihonsa, d.
/ think thsy aae waiting arrival t ge'r-
forcements and your ci,y Is their 9tjec.
EItracf or q feier from an eINcer on
board he IT, s. brig Ererricr.
to his friend in this to1en, datsd
!" Savannah. Jan. %, 1915.
81 have deferred writing you for
several days, aAder the expeeta ten
Of being enables te ,siye yen SEINE
correct information Of cur eBeny,
but have waited in win: we have
nothing but rePerts fyom shem. and
the, differ SD widely that we knnw
not what TO think or aelieys. The
latest accounts rem them are by a
letter this day received i'reM : Amelia.
This isfsrMs MS ii,ai asenhara had
possession Of 81 h;;..ss - H:a :.faree
Of abont 1000. whites sad blacks
The most yaluahis eiitreis fo2aa in
the place Bal been slieped. aad tn
town given upfo pii'a1c s's'c naval
ioree consist u : slips Of sac fiae
f,igaies. anG s;aets u ear. wkieh
are supposed 10 Gaye larger lsus'a
berNof troops ;lan hHs been landed.
rol sh,nn says he will not eBfierths
blacks to jim i.i< standard, bat all
sl,el, rs will Sc il. he will furnisl
viii, arms be declares his ehiec
10 be conquest, uLieh he IL detern.in
ed 10 etferf BY every mc.Bs placed
in It's hands ~ God and kisssuntrys
ihe pposlc here ave in the creates.
transformation. ami bviiepe every
thing which ieuds TO increase tie
enemy's u,eans or yeree.
:. letters from tie saa,e place sn
nonnce the arrl,al oi . filg%,e, aftfr
shsrt passage from Bermuda, wiki
Cis;,atehrs to CoehHnrfi !: aad it is
said tie blockade Of r4ie southern
! coast isia he raised forthwith. Aps
by a ress.i u!.iel, had arrived ~
Amelia from Lisbon, b, very sher
passage, il appears TIA, Ja'Ieyrand
had ~ fused 20 surrender tie ivesher-
| lands. and IN ln:nedi.ste wal tefaefh
+ ance and neiand Was confidently
expected. For he ausseH ,si,y u
this cannot voueh, abd onl9 give
them as they came TO ~ Ssrs
/" p. ST. Go not n,eIs thiak
there is much to BE artrehend.d
frem the ene,ny, should hry attack
us with their prs sent.oree; wElth !
exDeet is upeaii, exaeperated. as ii