Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-14

Rernandina, by two officess oi .hc Pa.'J'
sfmy- lieutenants Jones and Hsrt-ec'h
of Charleston, 5. c. The latterseatle.
man received the ball Of his an'agcn'st'h
lac right thigh. lii not considered MOI
tai. Oc.ooe'
We omitted to state on Friday last
some circumstances connected with the
delivering up Of 8 American sea"er ana
boz, by the officers Of the fenuzuehan
brig rAmerica Libre, in consequence Vi
which it may have been supposed 6y some
that they were forcibly taken from Oh
board the brig BY the reveRue cutter
The facts are these--fhe aforementioned
men urote TO Thus. II. Jervey, Esq sur
yeyor of the port, stating tlat they were
Americans, and requested his AID IN pro,
curing their release. Mr. Jervey applied
immediately to Gen. yilIeret, telling hun
at the same time that he applied as pri-
waite citizen and had made no report to
the u. S. attorney-the general behaved
with the greatest politeness, and assured
| Mr.. Jervey that every person whe coniu
produce proof Of his being an American
should be Immediately reIeascd-the sald
men and boy did so, and were accord.
ingly given up-The cutter was ordered
down for the purpose only OF bringing
them mn IN town. Times.
Boston. Oct. :.
1t has been said that the Macedonian
or John Adams trigate, was to Sail 1" a.
bout fortpish, for South, America with
commissioners. The Macedonian lies IN
ordinary at the Navy Yard, Charlestown,
and no orders have been received In e.
quip her.
A French paper mentions that the A.
merican ship Mary, which arrived at the
port of Havre in May last from China.
having been year in the Pacific Ocean,
touched at tie Msrqueses islands. A
number Of persons having come on board
the ship while at one of these islands. the
crew thought they might safely 60 on
shore uLarmed but these insular An
thropophagi Immediately killed two OF
them and ate them. The captain in con-
sequence retained three Of the islanders,
and they we're still on board the snip On
her arrival 10 France, having on the pas.
sage become good sailors. Although they
had been hImanely treated, they were
constantly a.laid that the captain inten-
ded TO eat them. One OF them pretended
that he was one OF the Princes'et the
country. The bodies Of all OF them had
been tattoced.
The celebrated general JOmip, who,
during the late war, deserted from the
Frenth army, ard has been ever since
| employed by the emperor Alexander, is
| engaged in writing history Of the two
last campaigns; for which work it is said
Barclay de FOLLY, and other persons OF
distinguished 'ank, have Turn she'd him
with choice materials. The emperor A.
Iexander has gwen him leave Of absence
Tor two years.
By the ship Heroine, from Liverpool
yesterday, Liverpool papers to the slst
have been received. The following is
copied from the paper vi the Goth:
awe stop the press to state. as impor-
tant informaticR, that the la" prohibiting
the importation of -four from the United
States, which has been repealed, owing
TO the high price Of curn during the last
winter, IS again in operation BY az order
OF the lrish government, issued yesterday
No further supplies Of American -four
can, therefore, be received from Liver
pool, arriving after Thursday next; but
six weeks are allowed for the reception
of -four from the United States"
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