Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-07-07

uiS ist " "eyt ""So "
or 600 men. l0'd.
LATEST FROM BORDEAUX.
The brig stoughton. brings advices TO-
the s5lh Of May. The letters Of that
date gives the following quotations.
Coffee. St. Domingo and Havana, % l'2
a so-Cotton, New.0rleans, Q G5 q Q
80; Upland, 2 Is 2 7oi Sea Island,
/ 40a 4 55-Rice, dull at 40 a AZ; wheat
-four, IS a 40; rye do "a IS, at retail;
sugar in bond. Muscovado, so 60;
thrown Havana do 60 6s; white do 7oa
leo; Isle Of France do so 20; pot ashes,
30 e.; pearls, So IS; brandy, s SO
|for so vets. Hold.
From the ". r. Com. .9drsr. June 80.
PIRACY.
The ship Robert capt. Thomson, which,
arrived this morning in Sc days from LIZ
ysrpool, was boarded and plundered on
her voyage, by North American pirate.
under white flag. The following &C.
count Of this ,trocious piracy is furnished
by cart. Thomson:
The ship Robert sailed from Liverpool
on Sunday the Sd Of May, lin company
with the Liverpool Trader, captain Fen
no, Of and for Boston, parted company of
the Rocky On the cath Of the same
month, in lat. SO, ss. long. %, 90. spoke
schr. Olive, capt. Preble, from Richmond
to Madeira.
o, The s9.b, at MERRIAM, discovered a
sail bearing west. At . P. NJ. could see
she was schooner With American eolors
flying At half past 9 p. NJ. she hove to
and fred gun for US to lie BY; We took
in the steering sails sud brought too. At
a quarter before three she 6reG shot At
Us, although we had hove too and she to
the windward. She then bore down on
Us, lowered the American colors, and hois-
ted white Gag. Sent his boat to Us with
orders for the captain to 90 on board with
III. papers. The captain sent his first
officer with the papers. aud upon his Ar
rival on the schooper's deck, the papers
were taken from him, and he was conf.
ned in the foreeastle. She then bore
down closer, and spoke us, sdyingif the
captain did not come On board he would
blow Us to the Devil. The captain then
ordered the boat to be lowered, and while
the hands were employed in lowering the
boat, the scbr. poured whole brcadside
into u. CT grca. guns and small arms
Three shot passed through the spanker,
one through the mizen stay sail, aid one
into the bends. The captain then went
on board aad was Immediately confined
as was also the boats crew. An order
was then sent to the sehooner's people on
board the ship to take from Us what pro-
visisns and cordage they wanted ; to cut
AID destroy; in fact, to Dc just as they
pleased, which orders they executed in
most brutal manner, taking all our provis-
ion, except tive barrels beef and five bar
rels bread. They cat all the running
rigging they thought worth taking, with
their cutla,ses. They robbed the eapain
Of gel. worth Of dry goods. 50 guineas be-
longing to the owners. his gold watch,
sex'ant, telescope. brass compass. and al
the steering sail geer, and left the ship in
a most .deplsrable situation. They rob.
bed the storage passengers Of their pro-
visions and the greater part eftheir efs-
thing. aud money. besides treating them
very III. and in Spanish threatening the
femsles-
Besides all the cabin stores, they took
also the following articles Of merchan-
die S cases Of merchandise belonging
to the cargo, naked and numbered Is
follows; 2 cases w shipped BY Messrs.