Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-08-12

proper use and benefit, 6 fanegas of salt. for
every loo they may purchase for exporta-
ton, with the express condition however,
of not landing OF vending said salt in the
kingdom, as IN such case, the captains,
vessels, and their effects, will be subject 10
The penalties incurred by contraSention Of
this order"
The Chev'r. de BERNABEU,
Spanish Consul
Extract of letter from Samuel LoTing, mas
Ter OF the schooner Superior, Of Salem,
hound from Baltimore for the West-lndies.
" June IA, being in lat. Ie north, long. 80
west, was boarded by a pirate brig OF a
bout 500 to $50 tons, Spanish built, Is eigh.
teen ,ca2onnades. 80 whites, and 300 slaves
on board--the officers were all Spanish
The captain and first officer, with IA men,
boarded the schooner, and sent myself and
mate on board the brig. They remained on
board the schooner about seven hours, plum
dering and searching every part of the yes
sci, which they did thoroughly. AT about 5
in the afternoon we were put on board the
schooner, found the matches open fore and
aft, boats hove over and cut adrift, the sails
down, much Injured, and the rigging much
cut and destroyed part OF the cargo on
deck. They took from us % bbls. of -four,
y I2 do. ofbread, (being all We had on toard
EXCEPT SO or 40 ID. all the cabin stores, me-
dicine chest. rigging, canvass. tool, land Cars,
ali or cabin furniture of every description,
al our clothing, books, charts, instruments,
and papers, Except my register, clearance.
manifest. and outward Indebtedness sa-
yed by concealing them about my person"
Extract of letter from Mr.. James Scott, of
the Schooner Alert, at City st. Domingo,
July 4, 1890.
g About clock, p NJ. Cape Roxo bore
about north, leagues distant, discovered
Two schooners--the one hove too, with her
,opsal aback, and the other standing about n.
Y. across the Mona Passage--tbe latter i'm
mediately hove about and stood after us, and
when pretty near US fred a double shotted
gan. which fell short oil US small distance,
and hoisted Aury's fag--we Immediately
hoisted American colors, and the captain.
was ordered on board the pirate for such we
found her to be afterwards with his papers,
which was complied with and when ne got
alongside, SIX men, with the pretended cap
tain came on board of us, and proceeded di-
reilly topiilaging our trunks, and every thing
else: and even our ensign was cut down ty
an American seaman, and carried OIL. ieay-
lug an old torn one in its place. all clotted
with blood--no doubt, some unfortunate A
merican, who bad shared worse tate than
we did, although we expected nothing else
every moment from these rascals. all armed
with pistols and carving knives, like Spa
niards They took from the captain, super
cargo, and mate, 10 the amount OF three or
four hundred dollars worth, and had IT not
beea so near night, and heavy sea running,
and having only our batteau, am AFRAID
that every thing would have gone, and per-
haps our lives TOR they took, only few
days before, the American brig Traveller,
of Gloucester, and sent her captain and crew
in the launch, with about six pounds oi bis
cult they are ali here destitute, and shame
be il said, that the captain OF the schooner
Eliza Ann, refused to sell them few pounds
OF hard biscuit. to carry them up to the wind
ward he even refused them passage, as |
understood from the mate. We should have
supplied them ourselves had we not shared
the same fate. Will not the government send
vessels TO detect these pirates? 2"
THE DEVIL CAUGHT.
On Saturday last,a DEVIL FISH was caught