Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-02-20


tolls and our clothing They We"
two brigs and ship one Of III
|brirs mounted ts guns /; the iorr'
Of The ship and other brig mol kns" .
They told Us thsi they we're spa
ni.h msrebsnime from the havanns
bound TO MaI-ga 1.-The, said thai
the brig was called the Guada'onpe
and was owned IN Malaga. At about
Is p. Nj. they left us. and stood TO
the extraordinarily zee. ..
spoke three Spanish ships. one I"
leuer of marque. they were froa,
II wanna, bound TO Cadiz. We told
them { at we had bees plundered by
three vessels. which we described
they said that they were from the
HAVANA hound TO the coast OF a.
|frica. one was the brig Malaga, the
other was called tile Montserat -
Dec. Il. off st. Thomas was boarded
BY a felucca. under Spanish colours
she was not more than twenty tons,
but had on board 81 men. The,
took from US beef Il park. a barrel
Of read. and our boat, &c, They also
took captain sbain's watch, and Sc
veral articles which ! do rot reeol-
lsct. They gave TO Captain Shat"
an order, which reads as follows
! To lis Excellency the governor
ofCuraeoa. ray TO captain Sham
or 10 his order, for 4 barrel Of b cad.
6 geese, and one hDat, had by bis
Nj jes,y's ftIucca Franeu,ou cruise
of 50 Thomas to- nth Of Deeem
her 1916.
{" For Don Antonio Guixalo,
I" Able iongman, 1st Lient.
Dec. IL. off Bonaire at 2 o'clock
saw twelve sail. soon made them out
10 he ships and 7 brigs two briggs
stood for u and one Of them fred a
gua; We h.i ted our American GO
IOmrs and stooG for them f; the. bOisi-
ed Cartb.geni.n colours ti2 p NJ.
they came close alongside and sent
their boat on board ; The, told us
they were from Ati1 Cages, they
examined US closely S,nd then sent
captain Shain on board the brig,
Having examined him. and finding
that We were not c0ncerne either
with patriots or roy alists. they hoist.
ed Spanish coleu S, a said that they
we're kins's yes els looking Cor the
insurgents. II is impossible 10 say
hat they were. They treated US
politely. ~
December, %.
From l.aguira se learn. that &C.
counts had b en- received in CaiEcas
on Frida, last. { ON General Moril
10. announcing his arrival at Trusido
from ST. Fe. escorted by $50 cavalry
The rem iuder of his army, under
Calsada. having taken the route to
Burines where the advanced guard
had arrived. Tie egiment Of Vie
ltoYia. commanded Ivy Col, dede Tor
re. consisting If 1000 men was one
DAYS march. in the rear Of Calzada.
Reyes, Marques, was in San Fer,
nando where he had been FIVE times
attacked BY the Independent General
Urdaneta. hut sueeeededin repulsing
him each time, and who was suppos.
e to have withdrawn in consequences
Of the approach Of 500 RoyaIists. un
der CORN. Ii is computed that the
troops ofthe..Kins thus approaching
towards the capital, amounts 10
nearly 10000 men.
Captain Lsvtb left the following Il.
nerican vessels at La Guyra on the
18th inst time o. sailing uncertain i:
nrigs America, Reward, Philadelphia ;
Romp, Davis, Boston: schooner james
Monroe, Martin, Baltimore.
January 9TH.
By the schr John, from st. Domingo
WI learn that eleven vessels Of the dee,
which lately left La Guira, consisting
lof thirteen sail, were forced 10 put inc
he above port in consequence Of a .ale
Y hich they encountered on the ssd Mt.
or the two vessels missing, ore is said
. have gone to Coro, bat the Other ha.
not been accounted for. An smba-sc
was laid or the vessels in the port imme
|diately on their arrival, ahich lasted tor
light days, when the whole s;.i!cd again
i'r Spain
1t was repaired at st. Domingo, TIA
eleven arDed-yeSsels had been fitted out
a, Port au Prin e,but any particulars re-.