Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-10-21
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The last arch Of the Alieghany Bridge is
laid, and in short time wagons aud horses
will he crossing river the worst calculated
for ferries OF any in our country, on account
of its great rapidity. Ia congra'uating The
citizens of Pittsburg on the couple ION of two
such Bridges as now ornament our city, t.
~ ork, Ivy the bye, which few years back
we never expected to see) We cannot help
expressing the high estimation in which we
hold tn. undertaken, Mr.. johnson, and the
superintendent ofihe mason work, Mr.. Stack
Ter. These gentlemen deserve The thanks
of the people at large Tor the perseverance
they have displayed, and for the expeditions
manner in which they have performed their
business I'VE hope their usefulness will never
be unemployed. Neither oughtwe TO omit
| mentioning tn. orderly, citizen-iike deport-
ment and industry of the hands concerned in
these undertakings they merit our warmest
appreciation. - lPifts6urg Gdz.
New-Orlsans, Sept. II.
The eighteen men composing the crew OF
the privateer captured by captain LOOMS
and who are charged with piracy, were
lodged in Jail on the day before yesterday -
1t is reported that several distinguished men,
bers OF The bar are charged to defend them
and have already taken some steps to get
them out by Nrits Of Habeas Corpus.
A paper of yesterday publishes the reasons
which the privateer's men alledge in their
defence, as follows -
The vessel il which they cruized is said
to be ON ned by MIR. John Laflle--she had
been lately commissioned al Galvestown by
the independent government mt of Texas, and
general Long is said TO have known and APP
proved OF her equipment. A lew days out,
they acknow leuge they captured Spanish
vessel. but deny having mallreated the pas
sengers on The contrary they put them in
Safety on board Of the brig Hero, captain
Girandel. They deny ba'lng assailed the
revenue cutters and declare that Captain
LOOMS having approached under Mexican
colors and opened his fire on them, they
thought themselves justified in returning 1t,
until the cutter huisted Anne rican colors,
when they immediately ceased their tlre and
surrendered. These men say that none OF
the crew of the prryateer were killed or
wounded and that there was but one man
wounded on board of the revenue cutters"
The public are not to take fol- granted
every thing t:lat will be said ana published
either in behalf or against those men Ctaiged
with piracy hale'er may be SAID VI pub
lished will neither render their case worse
nor make il better IN the eyes OF those Clti-
gems who shall be called upon Oh their oaths,
TO iudg, OH the proofs, and not on newspa-
per publications..
We do no, by any means wish to find out
guilty men. But If those bo ; and accused
OF crime Vigorously punished by all c'liiz-
ell nations, are convicted, we believe that
the mte. est and happiness OF our state, and
OF the union at large, require that they should
be ire ,ted with all the severity Of the law.
Here follow their names, as entered on the
jaiior's book ::
John Desiargus, capt. /; Robert johnson,
lieut.. Jonn Triohart, Cd lieut.. Peter Mo-
rel, Charles Dickinson, Louis PierIe Ger
vim Ccncha,, John NlcGee, Louis Philip,
John Cousins, Ephralne Tompkins, Isaac
Tibbets, Thomas | thompson, Laurence Pa
gas, Joseph Valbelt, negro Jean Raynor,
do. Julian Schooner, Wn. Cure.