Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-07-20

al quarters sompiaons ont Of her gnn.
Kept, the crew Of the cutter concealed;
on nearing, the cutter opened her ports,
and the crew ordered to quarters, made
all sail. At so minutes after s, being
then within half pistol shot, on the star
board quarter Of the brig. hailed her.
and received for answer" This is the
patriot brig of war General Ramirez
Capt. Jackson then ordered the com
manding officer to come on board with
his papers. After the order was re-
peated, he lowered the boat and Came
on board. Capt. j. requested the de-
livery of the brig s papers, her register
and commission. The captain replied,
that he had a commission nf Artigas,
and showed paper, which captain J.
could not read, as it was in a foreign
language. He Showed 10 other papers;
said he had no copy of the privateei's
commissions; or letter of Instructions,
from his former captain. Capt. j. find
ing the brig had a number of Africans
on board, took possession of her: or
dered his first officer, MIR. .Askwitll, to
GO on board and send all the crew on
board of the cutter, which he did. A
prize crew, consisting of men. was
then put on board of the BRIG. with or
ders to proceed to ST. Mary's, where
the prize and cutter arrived on Satur.
day, the lst. inst. Capt. j. went on
board of the brig. and found about two
hundred and eighty African slaves all
OF whom were well, except four or FIVE.
The captain and crew, save two or three
acknowledge themselves to be Ameri-
can citizens. They were in all twenty
eight in number with the exception of
one, who is on beard the brig at St.
Mary's. The name of the captain is
John Smith, a native of Baltimore.
The first officer calls himself Floyd:
his christian name is not known.
The captain, officers and crew. were
yesterday brought up before the mayor
and seyerally comm tilted to prison for
examination, which, we understand,
will take place this day.
In addition to the above, we learn
that the crew, taken on board of the
General Ramirez. belonged to the pri-
vateer brig Aroganta, Capt. Metcalfe,
which was fitted out of Baltimore, a
bout seven months ago. We under.
stand she cru,xed on the Coast of Afri
ca, and made several valuable Spanish
prizes (slaye ships. Soon after max
ing her captures, she was taken by an
English vessel of'war, under the com
mand of capt. Peake, with her prizes,
and carried into Sierre Leone, where
the Africans were discharged, and the
Arcs anita set al liberty. She then pro-
ceeded to sea. on cruize, again along
the coast. and captured Spanish slave
brig, which is now called the General
Ramirez. At the time the Ramirez,
(for SO we shall call her., was taken.
she had not more than one huntlrethand
ninety Africans on board. The ba-
lance (say ninety were taken from an
American vessel, at SEA, saif to have
been fiued out in one of the New Eng
land States. Smith, with prize crew
Was put into the Ramirez, and com
mission given to him by Caps. Metcaif,
to cruize as Patriot brig Of war. Utf
the Coast OF Braziis. in gale of wind,
the Aroganta went ashore, and wss to-
tally lost. The capt. and several IF
the crew, were iaken Ivy The Portuguese.
The remainder were taken off by the
boats OF the Ramirez. The brig CAL
tufed, is the same vessel that took from
on board The suhr. Mary, from Charles.
ton, bound to Havana, young Coppin-
ger, the Governor of st. Augustine's
son. We are happy to hear i,Ir. G.
has been Sc, at liberty, and restored to
his parents. We give the above state.
melt as We received it, not vouc hing for
its correctness IN every particular. LII
our next, We hope 10 he enabled 10 give
a more CircumStantial and detailed &C.
count.
HalJaG. Jane 9.
COLONIAL DIFFICULTIES.
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