Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-08

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From the Richmond ERquirer, Cd.
NARRATIVE
OF TEE ExPEDIFfoY 20 hNgIIa Istn
- BY ONE CONCERNED
Part the FIRsT-FrOm the c6mnsno[
mem Of the enterprise 's&s cgptgI
q Fernandina.
(coNcLUDED.
Rendered confident by these AZ,
RANGES. Col. Posey left New.York i
the 4th Of May, 1917, with the md
sanguine hopes OF success, and VII
the determination Of attacking An
liza Island SO soon after his arrival
Savannah, as Fifty men could be PA
cured fer the service. Delayed n.
contrary winds, he did not reach S. /
yannah mtil about the Goth Of Mss
when he Immediately entered upOnta'
objects Of his mission with the Rsay
zeal and industry. Several IRer,saatI
were found in that city willing to RI.
a small capital in the expedition, pn|
vided they could be satisfied that !
would meet with support in the moi
wealthy cities of the north. Col. PS|
sey frankly disclosed to them the ns]
ture and amount of the rescued
which might be expected from ths
quarter, and they at length agreed 4
furnish HIM with thirty thousand DOL
lars. With a part Of this sum lie irI
mediately set about to procure prov
sions, arms and clothing fur lou melI
and by dint OF incessant appllcatlOl
found himself in a condition to conf
mence active operations abomtbelSd
of June. Every thing was provide,
but troops. land they, he was induce
to believe. might be had in sutfcict1
numbers at any time. Prudence I0']
bade him to attempt to raise those 70
til the last moment Of his depadU4
In this stage of bis preparations,
heard of the arrival of Gen. MG'|
gor at Charleston, S. {. and 'a1
soon received a letter from the Gen|
raj, requesting his attendance ints1
city. He instantly complied wilh'l1
request and was not a little surPH|
sed to discover, upon a conierfH1
with the General, that he had COM
OH to Charleston, utterly destitute 4
resources for the expedition; and w
informed that it would be necessaF.
to draw upon the funds in Savanna
for the purchase of a vessel inCharie
ton. which might be supplied with
few guns, and would serve as a trans
port. The General accordingly va
furnished with 1900 dollars out
the $4,000 raised in Savannah, thls
the agency of Col. Posey, anu al'S
purchasing a vessel to answer MS Pui
pose, and appointing a place VI r q.
devious for the troops, about 81 nil,r
distant from Amelia Island, Col. 70
sey was sent back to Savannah, VIII
orders to be at that place with as ID
ny men as he could collect by a ca
tain day, at which time Gen. N'Gf'
gor would meet him in the armed Or!
which he had purchased, and with "
men. On the s5th of June, Gene'
M'Gregor arrived at the place :, !
pointed with about 60 souls, inclual1
officers and men, and the crew OIL u
brig.where Col. Posey had been Wa
ing for him several days, with ~
so officers and privates, most OF M'o
were sailors, taken from the shlPPl'
at Savannah.
On the 9th Of June, the wbOk
this force proceeded for Amelia " y
General by sea in his brig. ana "
Posey in open boats through %na y,
called the Inland Passage. IL "
supposed that they would probaDl:
rive before Amelia at the same .lll
and thus make a combined attack !
nm tba u.ort, Of EernaRdiIa. IL