Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-18

,,;,lcr Jt aux, w lne IuhuS Ol tRS
rfnitrd States, Ger tho benefit oil whom
:. may hereaGtcr concarn. Another
vessel prizr 10 the. same priyateer, ar
lived in distress in Rhode Island,
oph similar mcasnres were pursued
With regard to her.
The next case which has got into
tbu newspapers, is concerning the
shin said to have appeared of Port
land.
4 few days sinre, five men arrived
in this town, having in possession a.
boat three thousand dollars in gold.
and one thousand in silver. They
we're arrested on charge Of piracy
one was admitted =. states suideRce,"
one was discharged by the examining
magistrate, and three are now conf
ned in Jail, waiting for trial in Octo-
her, BY the Circuit Court. The mo.
ney VAS libellcd blythe Spanish Con
sui, and has been seized by the Mar
.hal. under authority of Court.
This ship has given occasion to Sc
ycral advertisements, because legal
process respecting her crew and car
go has assumed variety of shapes.
The ship vi undoubtedly Spa
nish vessel, and her cargo the proper
" Of European Spaniaris. She was
unagCxtiunab., captured by a certain
armed vessel called the Congresso,
sailing under the Gag of Bue: os Ayres
and claiming Ia hold commission for
the Supreme Director Of the United
Provinces UG Rio dc Ia Plata. s1he
prize MAS manned and ordered To
Buenos Ayres-Huw she came off
Portland is snr jHdiciOHs investigation.
Some toiy OH board broke up her ar
go-pu; il into different vcsscls-turn-
ed the residue of the crew over 20 an
American sch'h'r, which was paid for
receiving thCa and the pixie Vas a,
barfaGeG 1T sea.
MIercyyr any part Of the original
cargo has been discovered, the Spa
niSh Consul has libelicd it, and On
adj ertisemcnt has of course appear
ed in the papers. and the owners of
tue lriyateer have followed it into
Court and Claimed lis delivery to them
as being their prize Vt war.
The Uuited States Dist. Attorney
alsohas Instituted process against two
small sehooners. the Abbey aud the
Be;sey. for havins illegally received
part Of the cargo of the ship, in con
trayention Of the o. and 80 SECTIONS
Ofthe collection law.-These various
hbels are pending before the District
Court al the Uaited States.
There is yet another rase Of consi-
aerabie consequence, which has fsur-
ed in the hong Advertisements Of the
Marsha, by order Of the Court.
The schooner Ri, DC Ia Plata was
fitted out at Buenos Ayrcs, and sailed
OIL cruiZe, some time in June last,
armed and commissioned by the Su.
preme Director of the United provin.
Ces Of South America. She fell in
with and captured ON the high seas,
certain Spanish Polacre brig, the
Seustra Sonora del Bueuo Successo,
bound from Havana to Barcelona, Oh
hoard uf which SIZE put prize crew,
leaving one or two Of the original
crew as prisoners on beard, aud or
Jcred her for Buenos Ayres.
This vessel was wrecked at. sea,
and MarsleheGd fishing boat fell in
with her and took of the people and
abont six thousand dollars in value oil
goods, when the prize sunk within
light. The Marblchead men return.
ed with the cai go and crew, aud ar.
rived safe ia port. On landing tie
cargo. it was libelled TOR the salSOrs
10 obtain a reasonable compensation
the prize muster libeiled for the own
crs OF the p:ivatecr, and the Spanish
Consul filed his claims for the OriSi
nal Spanish owners.
Ibelievc these arc the chief cases
which have como Into orr COURTS
They have occasioned much discus.
sion as to the right Of Spanish ProVin
ceS to issue commissions of war, ant
as IN the fact of American interest,
or the Effects of an interposition by
Courts of the United States.
There can be no doubt that our CT.
tizens have no right TO engage in the