Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-04-06
From the same.
FROM AUX CAVES,

From the same.
FROM AUX CAVES.
Captain Scoyen, of the schooner Fair
Play, who arrived this morning in Is day.
from Aux Cages, informs US, that Genera
Gomar, one Of Christophe's commanders
with a considerable torce had passed into
the mountains within the imperial domi.
niens, land that gen. Boyer with 5000 troops
had gone in pursuit OF the hostile army,
and had already cut off their retreat. A
few st1agglers had been taken, and a bat
tie was day expected.
Gen. Boyer had issued an order prohi-
iting piracy, and declaring that any Of his
subjects, convicted of this crime should be
punished with death.
Sir Gregor NJ 'Gregor, with the brig He
70 OF Is guns, the ship Monarch Of 10, the
transport ships Petersburg and Honakas,
and three s'oops laden with arms Provisions
&c. sailed for Carthagena on the 10th Of
March. Many OF bis men had deserted in
consequence OF not receiving their wages.
From tie Jamaica Courant, Feb. Is.
The American BrigantiDe Union, Put
nam, out 80 days from Salem, Mas. with
an assorted cargo, bound to a market, put
into Port Royal on Saturday, being in
distress and short of water.
For tie Courant.
The British sloop Pitt, M'Nutt, master,
owned in this port, on her passage from
Old Providence to Halifax, with cargo
of Caracas cocoa, in violent gale, put
into Lewistown Roads, in the Delaware,
10 save the lives Of the crew. She was
seized, carried up to Wilmington, libelled,
and is now under adjudication for an al
lodged breach Of the non intercourse act Of
the United States Notwithstanding the
afidavits, not only Of the master and crew,
but of the Delaware pilot, who states, in
his examination before the district judge,
that be advised running in for shelter, un-
der the impossibility of keeping the sea.
Query-Under such breach Of the
laws Of hospitality, which, as is justly sta
ted in letter from America, would dis
grace nation of savages, is it not strange,
that the United States schr. Fire5rand
should have venturcd to seek re6t in Port
Royal, and that the master OF the brigan-
tine Union, from Salem, should think of
risking his owners property, unless they
were certain Of meeting with different
reception in our ports, to what British
vessel, under similar, or perhaps more
distressing circumstances, has met with in
port of The U. States.
Norfolk, AprI ].
The President Of the U. States arrived
here, yesterday afternoon, in the steam
boat Roanoke from Washington, accompa-
MED by. c Calhoun, Esq. Secretary of
War, and Lady, and Mr.. GoveneuT, his
private secretary. On the approach OF the
boat, salutes were fred in succession by
the garrisons at Craney Island, forts Mel
son and Norfolk, and on her reaching
the wharf, by the two Volunteer corps, the
Independent and Junior Volunteers. Up
on landing, his excellency was received by
the mayor and common councilmen Of the
Borough, the collector and navy agent,
and escorted by the troops, including the
cavalry, commanded by capt. Cooper, 10
the apartments, prepared by the corpora
ton for bis reception al Mrs. Dayis's board
ing house. He was afterwards waited on
by number of our most respectable citi-
zens and naval and military officers.
We understand that the president will
take his departure in one Of the'steam boats,
at an early hour this morning, for Burwell's
Bay, the sight Of the contemplated naval
depot-will return in the aaernoon---to-
morrow be present al the laying of the
corner stone of the new custom house, and,
after dining with the Citizens at the Ex-
change, will take his departure for his
southern tour the same evening orsucleed-
ing morning, via the Dismal Swamp, Ca
nal, &c. -
NEW CUSTOM HOUSE.
Tomorrow at IL o'clock, the corner