Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-05-30
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saws the Burlington Centinel o. the 18TH
inst. the Hon. Thomas Barclay, his br''
tannic Majesty. Commissioner urder
the 5th article Of the Treaty OF Ghent'
arrived here fer The purpose OF holding
with the Hon. c. P Van Ness o. this
place, the Commissioner of the United
States, a meeting Of the Board under the
Treaty.
It's understood ',atthe Commissioners
will meet this day, a d will be detained
here several DAYS in making some pre-
paratory arrangements, after which they
will proceed to St. Regis.
The Hon. W. G: Bradley the Ameri-
can Agent, I. l.. Tiarks, esq. and Mr.
0rne, the Secretary OF he Board, are in
town, and we perceive by the public
papers, that the Hon. Ward Chapman,
and Ward Chapman ir. esq. Agents OF
his Britannia Majesty. are on their way,
and may be hourly expected.
F. R. Has'sr, esq the American Astro-
nomer, attached to the commission, is
also, as we are informed, proceeding to
this place upon the business Of his appoint
ment.
The English editors may well laugh
at the ahsurdity Of report. that Louis
the 18th has determined 20 adopt the son
of Napoleon to sue ceed the Bourbon dy-
nasty!
A few months since in Goochland
county, in the state OF Virginia, a jailor
and his household, upon profession Of
faith in Christ, received the ordinance f
baptism. he houshoid consisted Of 9
children and a son-in-law. The young.
est Of the children was eleven years of
age. :.
Salem. Nav 10
Arrived brig Essex. Ch"ase, l52 days
from Batavia-sugar and coffee.
Ertract from Cap Chooses log book.
October Is, 1917, lat Sc 80, long. Il,
so, east sail on our larboard bow. who
made every signal Of distress, and show
ed Spanish co!ors, soon came along side'
and we we're requested to lay BY until
she sent her boat on board. We were
then boarded by about IA men, armed
with cu'lasses, DC. and one officer. in
forming u, they we're from Cadiz, 14'h
July, bound into the China sea, (the "ffi
Ger could not tell what port) hut said they
were informed war "a. declared between
America and Spair, in consequence o
which he should t,ke from the brig such
articles as he thought fit. hfier search
fore and at, and examining the ships "a
pers, they took away number of artl
cles, rigging, ducks, fowls. &c. and al
ter OBTAINING the brig about an hour. and
being satisfied with robbiug and treating
the captain, officers, and people with the
greatest contempt, they returned on
board, saying they would give an order
on the Spanish government for payment
of the articles. The officer said the cay
tain Of mis- ship was Don Juan Hypolie,
and the ship the Sylvia Of Cadiz, but sup.
posed to be fabrica;ions. After the boat
returned on board, we we're wished a
pleasant voyage BY the pirates, with per.
mission to proceed; stating their ship
was manned with between four and FIVE
hundred men, and mounting a guns.
The Salisbury So, adj niral Douglass,
arrived at Portsmou h from Jamaica on
the 10th ult. having on board 100000
dollars, and $50 cases of cochncal. 1t is
stated in the Courier, that the day before
he sailed, he was visited by a native AS
years of age. having walked -four teen