Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-07

/ ther house, used as a magazine, aud con
tanning large quantity cf powder, wa!
blown of, but proyiientially the hire d'd
not reach the powder.
We regret to add, that after thu;
dreadful explosion three men were i"nnd
dead one uther whose body has not iiees
found, is supposed to have been destroy
ed, Il four men we're severely wounded.
.Neu. York, Oct 8.
MIR. Amos Cheney, of the fishing smack
GROWER, belonging to this port, has e.
ven US the following information ton
Sunday last, while Mr.. e. was fishing "fl
Block-IslaDd, he was ordered on board
the Carthagenian privateer brig General
M'Gregor. He Immediately complied,
and on reaching the brig was treated po-
litely by the officers, though rather unci-
Willy by the crew. After being on b ard
about fifteen minutes, six OF the privs-
teef's men jumped iEto the smack's boat.
and made for Block-IslaDd at this the
officers appeared much. displeased'' and
fired on them several times, to compel
them to return, but we're prevented from
making further efforts by the Tear OF
mutiny, as the crew ran aft, aud forbid
their firing again! The boat reached
the shore without damage.
Mr.. c. was detained till Tuesday
morning, and lad considerable quanti-
ty Of fish taken from him, without receiv-
ing any compensation the officers tel
ling him that tney had no money, nat
having made any thing yet. The Mere
gor is an hermaPhrodite brig, pierced for
Ia guns, but mounts only six 9 Founders,
and is manned with 60 to 20 men.-The
crew are principally Americans. She
cruises from Block Island to Point Jul
ditk i; and the officers said they were in
daily expectation Of receiving supplies fir.
Bristol, Rhode-lsland.
Boston, September &c.
We have received Havana papers to
Aug. so, inclusive, aud price current (in
Spanish) Of the 29th. Philadelphia and
Baltimore -four is quoted at SEQ. Rick
mond and New.O,l.ans Il a is, coffee
IL and IS.
PRI,ATEERING.
In the brig Jane. at this pert, from
Turk.-Islaud, came passenger, Edward
Brews ter; aud il the scht Volani, fram
the same place, William lioey. They
represent that :her were engaged at Bal
timore, on the 9th Of July last. fer the
p.ivateer Patriot. aud we're carried with
thirteen others, in the hrig Peter, "a ten
der, with provisions) to be put on board
Of her outside the Capes but we're neve,
able to fnd the privateer-and suffered a
great deal from bad treatment. during a
long cruise in search of her. At Length
for trifiins cause the officers fred on the
privateersmen, and four we're killed and
five wounded, and two Of the wounded
died Those who escaped untar,, and
the three survivors o! the wounded. max
ing 9, were kept close prisoners DAYS,
du,ins which time the Peter touched at
T. Island, AID sailed again. Ga the day
after leaving that Island, aug. S and
when about eleven leagues from IL, tie
prisoner, were called up one at fine,
their hands tied 3 hind them, and seven
put into the .ons boat, which was two
thirds full of water, and cast adrift fOur
leagues foln the Caicos, which they how
ever succeeded in reaching, By dynt Of
great efforts, and under severe sufferings.
The beat appeared 10 be sinking so RAPID
ly alongside ii toe Peter, that she was
cut adrift before two of tie prisoners
were GOT On board.
Alter remaining at The Caicss IL days.
tn lbO,e mentioned seven men went in
a sloop TO TUX. istard. They we're no,
Pc. n.tted TO land, but succeeded in get
thy or board American vessels.
l, vas reported, that the reason of the
sudden gong Ufi' Of the pEivateer brig Pa
tit wa. thai Il U. 5. brig was ordered
from \. York to deiain her.
Mr.. Brewster, (who appears to be an
Intelligent, steady mani has circum-
stanual written account of the above
transaction in his possessioL-the Peter
was dull 81 ing vessel, having only 9
guns, with crew Of 8 men, blacks, and
was commanded by capt. Fo bessie had
small arms, pistols, cutlasses, DC On
bosrd, fox the priyateer.) During The fra
cas-, July 81, aims we're But into the