Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-02-07
II. sPRAGUE.

Yours &c.
IT, sPRAGUE.
Copy cfa letter from HTiaam UeYshure E,ou;r-
das Il
Moe ADORE, October 90, 1915.
| Ii. Sprague, Esq. Gibraltar.
SiR-ib,g the liberty of informing YOU of the
loss OF the brig Commerce. James Riley. Master.
on the 2Sth OF August las, offCape Baiador or,
her passage to the cape de verd Islands: recei.
we'd TWO no es yesterday from captain Riley, in
forming me OF the Dire dful sufferlngs he and
some OF the crew have exper enced in their Jour.
ncy across the lies irt of Zalera, implorinir m.
to redeem then from The horrld slavery without
| loss OF tine, or Their lives would pay the for.
| feiture.
The Moor VIII bought them, has BEEN induced
TO bring them within five or s. K DAYS Journey
I'M as Pi &c conse u ceofc p,ainRi e g
har ns PROMISED for t,e, an ON 92J a d
do lsr, q d twr d uble barrelled muskets As
Mr.. Riley has referred me TO you, as a gentle.
lan IN whom he san DIR W bill for the whole
expenses aiten.ling their relief / hive now %
reques' GU viii inform me wi hout the least de-
Lay, whe he" his drsf on you ali NEE due no.
nor tol heamount OF twelv hi,drcl hard doIl,-s
which, as Mr.. Riley and his COMPANIONS are with.
out vestige otcloihng. the charge OF brint, mr.
hem here and clothing them W III amount 10 u,at
sum
As lhave carly prom sed the VI ,or o be bound
tor tue amount of 900 dollars and two musle 9.
IL WIZ depend on your answer whether can full
nj the same. But from the e, pee able refer
ences captain Riley has offered in o her parts. I
scarcely feel doubt of your compliance
IL would greatly tend to the speedy release of
sn'Se unfortunate men, were vou, on the recent
otths, 20 forw I'd he two double barrelled mus
| EetS INN die ely IN J,hn Simpson, Esq U. S.
consul general at i ne en-, u be sent on O e
10 alleviate ,herr suffering as far as in my pow
| er, have sent my servant who speaks Snanisl.
with Clothes and provisions, TO aft ,rd them ve
| ny ca their misfortunes clam and rust Ia
| your humanity and fellow feeling, that the hone /
nave cherished IN Their hearts nay not be blight.
| eu-the'rde.th would be the immediate conse.
| quence, or else they will be marched far beyond
| any CHRISTIAN settlement
| The remainder Of the crew, FIVE in number, sre
now about forty day journey from here Icannot
effect Their redemption, but at very cons,de -.
| BILE e1pence.
| - WELLSHURE,
| u. . Agent at ribs bLqcc
p. s. The names of the persons with can an
| Riley, are-Aaron savage, Horace Savage, james
! Clark and Thomas Barn,
/ THE above brig was owned BY Messrs Rilev
and Brown, OF Hartford, Con. and sailed tom Gi.
| br2ltar for the Unred aces, via cape de Verl,.
on the 25'l August last The iollowing is lsg
\ OF the crew:
| James Riley of Middle on, Master
George Williams of We,hersfeld, first m :.
| Aaron Savage, of Middleton, ID do
! Archibald Robbins Of We her, field, VIM =
| ter, of w ndsor, Horace Savage, of Hartt, 4,
rnos. Burns, Jane Clark, Francis Bliss, and o
black man, seamen
| Our polite correspondent az Slvann h has fur
| n'shed us with continuance OF fore On news ner
| brig Cora from Liverpool. These de ais fur.
nlsh no even sof Importance in addition to those
| already pubhshel Paris article Of November
24ih, states, that orders were the day befr IS.
sued by Mons de C,ze, to arrest Ma.shal Mas
sENA the police Ulcers, on goii ,ohs hotel for
| that purpose, he middle of the ghf tpu1 nj
| til he had decsmped some * or e, ght no RS
| b fIre-he has probably escaped the fate Of EEr.
| 4 letter from Mad. d, of November is, al 3.
that the clouds which had interposed betweeh
| England and Span are dispensing Another let-
| ter from Vienna, states, that among the pspera
of an Ergl sh PHYSICIAN polite correspon-
dence has b. en- found, between .lIleta,a .Ifuyak
and the Princes # Waiea. The Editor Of lie
| London 1fa,ts, after observing that pr0pos A
! had been made O ban si 10 America .Sonlt Hir,
| ETcstnans LunarqEe Hand,,nme ard one or tw1
/ other generals, sugges " that these g nts'y
| should net be permitted 10 go @ America" cod
ms nuatos that any airy resi- eace III the Medlter,
rsneail, " would be better han hearing at tnetn, a
tweiyemonth hence at the head Of IN Amer c N
army invading Caua1a" (Good Mr.. Fumes, 10
net be alarmed abyu the matter, we have pl -aly
| OF hoHeypm general, Tor such occasion
Charleston Guy Cezel!e.