Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-01-29

An OlCer mas DeeN !Ssucu dt mtuf'u IL
quiring all foreigners 10 swear allegiance
10 the King, or quit his dom'nions IN days;
which has thrown some CONSERVATION a
mong that class Of sjourners; but Of It's
practical operation We have yet to learn.
"An American officer of Marines has en-
braced Mahometanism at Cons,antinople y!
"Capt. Gamble of the Erie sloop of war
having died on the 9Th October, has been
succeeded in the command of that snip by
Lieut. Ballard OF the Franklin"
Our correspondent at Norfolk, under
date of the .22d instant. writes
"To the polienrsS of my correspondent
at Kingston, Jam. and commercial friends
here, have received papers irom the for
mer TO the 9Th Dec. Grenada, Barbados
and Trinidad TO the middle of the same
month, and Bermuda to the 10th instant.
Their shipping lists, &c. are herewith sub
joined
The brig Triton, Carkey, so days fir.
Liverpool, had arrived at Jamaica, but not
being able 10 reach Port Royal, drove a.
shore in heavy squal on tie 9Th Dec.
near Plumb Point--had cut away her masts
with view of saving her, but without eff
tect-crew and letter bag saved, and hopes
were entertained that the greater part Of
her cargo would also be saved.
" The following vessels from the United
States had arrived at Bermnda-Jan. Cd,
briggs Spark, Stocking, Middleton, Dragon,
Hervey, Newhern; Mary, Smith, New
York, stranded on the rocks off the coast of
Somerset, and totally lost. 4th schnr. Har-
riet, Gatchair, Baltimore. 9Th, Diadamia,
Woods, Newbern-brigs William, -,
Kennebunk. Milo, Corwick, out 80 days
from Hamburger for Philadelphia, blown off
the coast, with loss of sails and rigging -
schr Eliza Mus,on, Basder, Savannah
Cleared Jan. 9th, brig Park, Stocking. Sa-
vannah-schr Sally, HILBERT, Wilmington,
y. Carolina.
The Bermuda Gazette of the Cd inst.
states, on the authority of private letters fir.
the Uest Indies, that number Of ssels
were Immediately about TO be chartered 10
be sent TO Bermuda to procure American
provisions and lumber, with which that
market was al that time but scantily sup
piled.
a public sale Of produce took place at
Kingston, Clamp Ith Dec. the following
was the result for sugars SIS I'll 7os
per cwt.--co(Tee 15ls 8d--rum 5s per gall.
dollars IS Sd.
Two very severe shocks of an earth.
quake were felt at Kingston and its vicini-
ty, Gu the morning of the 18th Dec. They
were accompanied with rumbling noise
Their duration was not as long as those Of
eighteen hundred and twelve, but were E.
qually violent.
" part OF camp Of runaways. nine in
number, has been taken by the colonial
rangers in heisland Of Dominica. The chici,
whose name is Tamba, has been upwards
OF 10 years in the woods of that island, and
during that time has been frequently guilty
of as inhuman murders, butcheries. and in
cendiary acts as it is POSSIBLE for the mind
10 conceive.
" Accounts from Augustura, received at
Kingston, state that in consequence of the
attempt Of col. Wi:on, "a British officer,
native of Ireland, who some time since
Joined the patriots of South America) TO
supplant Cen. Bolivar he had been placed
under arrest and was about to be tried by
court martial. 1t appears that Hiison
had frequently remarked, in the course of
the campaign, the blunders committed by
Bolivar, and spoke freely OF their ia:sl
consequences to General Pacz, who gave
an attentive year TO his suggestions, blamed
the conduct of his colleague, and appeared
10 acquicsce in the project Tor displacing
him, until the design was fully revealed
when he disclosed the whole to Bolivar,
who gave orders for Colonel Wilson's ar
rest.
:" Accounts had also been received at
Kingston on the LIST Dec. stating that the
city of Cumana was taken by the lndepen-
dants Under Gen. Merino and Bermudez,
ON the 28th October, and that great part
OF the army under Morale had gone over
to the standard of the independents. |
$ A steam boat has been built at Trini- !