Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-08
HAPPY ALLUSIOy.


At meeting Of Missionary Society in
Plymouth, Eng. lately, speaker thus allu-
ded to the Life Boat
!, "The world (Le exclaimed) is a wreck
We have all been overheard, contending
with the mighty pillows; but glory he to
God, he sent us the life boat We were
taken into it-some half dead, and others
gasping for lile-and were safely brought
TO land. And now, what shall we do with
the lie boat ?-shall we not send it OF to
the wreck, and try 10 save the rest OF the
crew ?-or shall we be so hard-hearted as
TO say, "let them save themselves how they
can--some on hawser, others on plank;
or let them 90 to the bottom ?"-Far be this
from u.s. No, sir, we are come hither on
purpose to man the boat, to victuai and pro-
vision her alresh, and 10 send her of again,
to endeavor to pick up and save all the rest
Of the crew -
From The New- York Evening Post.
The Editor Of the Democratic Press, Of
Philadelphia, says he is 'gratihed to OBJ
: serve that government are taking the most
prompt ard vigorous measures, to rescue
the United States from the foul suspicion
of encouraging piracy"
Il is high time they should do so. They
should take sufficient measures 10 punish
the wanton barbarity Of these freebooters,
whenever they can lay their hands upon
them. Not day passes that we do not
hear of an outrageous robbery Of some A.
nlericau vessel on the high seas, by these
pra,ical scoundrels. Here follows an ac-
count of one, copied from the Newport
Mercury, received this morning.
.New-Por,, (R. LlSept. 26.
Arrived at Bristol, on Monday last,
schr Columbia, Gilbert, 81 days from Trim
dad, Cuba. Captain G. informs, that on
his passage he was robbed by piratical
schr. called the Pelican, mounting 8 guns,
with So men, mostly negroes. They took
from the schr. what cargo there was on
board, besides 100 dollars, and also rob-
he'd MIR. Williams, a passenger, OF 800
dollars. The schr Aonzo, capt. Smith, of
n York, was also robbed by the same pri-
vateer, and captain Smith was very i'll
treated. The crew OF the privateer inform
ed capt. G. that they had killed their for
mer captain 90 days previous"
We add the following judicious ro-
marks from the Boston Centinel received
this morning.
PIRAcIES.
We scarcely open paper from The ma
ratime places in the middle and southern
states without having our eyes directed to
the narration of some act of piracy more or
less tlagilious and criminal. In this sys-
TEN of plumber, which see S 10 have be-
cone The order of the day among many of
the West India Islands, and throughout the
whole coast of South America, our nume-
rous shipping have shared portion OF the
loss: and as the commerce OF the Spanish
and Portuguese provinces declines, must be
still further exposed to these extensive ma
rine depreda,ions. In this state OF things
il becomes the duty of the government to
keep a number Of armed vessels, constant
ly cruizing in the latitude OF these ireeboo-
tiers OF the ocean, that our commerce may
have no other danger TO encounter, than the
stormy winds and natural casualties jnse-
parabiy connected with il. In our marine
department will be found melancholy Ca.
talogue OF these yillanous transactions.