Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-08-03

| TO be adopted in relation 20 the rcssel. Il i,
| unfortunate that the captain was OH shore in
Afiica-the first mate detained on board the
Alligator and that the second mate should have
died on his passage home.
FRESHErS.
BALriMoRE, July s6:-Last evening about o'clock
rapid rise Of Jones Fails took place, which cveutu-
ated IN flood, for time considerably alarming, aud
| rom which some damage actually sustained,
though nor so much AT Gr,t anticipated. u
ut as height between Il and ~ o'clock an carried
away the foot bridge in Bridge street called, lead
ing from Gay street, and the ioobr.c by the Fish
ur6et Pr;itt-srcct sopc arch bridge also is SO ma
teriay injured, I'm two Of the western arches that il
rs considered dangerous pass and that they will re-
Vure "a be rcbuilt.-A number of casks of various
descriptions were swept away, but have been princi
paiiy recovered. In of the lower parts OF tie
course oil the stream, It found expcdcmt 10 cs-
cape from the dwellings,, in battcaux and great ac
''H was manifested 10 yield the requisite assistance.
he principal injury, which took place, in the
cellars, where, We learn some property has hccn da
mayed n more important consideration would be
the consequences resulting to the health of the city,
'ron the water left in them, but observe active
ana energetic measures taking, drain this OF NV
suction engines, &c. well : remove the alluyi
nj deposits IN the markets, &C. The water rose TO Il
considerable height IN the adj acent streets, and all
that part called the meadow oycrnown. The CO.
p'ous fall of water have been some distance
'rom me ciiy, as only trifing shower Of rain was
cSperien need here.
Since writing the above we iind that much loss and
injury are sustained at lies dstie,y, Ne ,,,si,,is
brewery and the other property in that neighborood
Patriot.
BosToS, July e7.-1'he u. S. schooner Al
ligator, Stockton, at Quarantine, from a CRUISE.
on the coast OF Africa, has on board eight pri-
soners taken from different vessels and three
of her crew on the sick list, who have been
landed on Rsinsfort Island
The Alligator has captured the schr. Eliza,
with no slayes-The Daphne, with two slaves !;
and the schr. Matilda, of Guadaloupe. The
| latter vessel had the slaves ready to ship, when
the A. discovered her.-Two days before capt
Stockton arrived at Sierra Leone, a vessel be-
| longing TO Baltimore, had left them, with 500
| slaves on board.-Capf. S. went Immediately
III pursuit of her, but was unable to find her.
| The Alligator has been absent four months
ana came IN Tor a crew, having sent home all
her men in prizes. She has boarded upwards
OF thirty vessels on her cruise---has crossed the
| Equator four times, and has sailed over a space
equal or greater than one half the circunifcr-
ancc OF the Globe. Capt S. says that the
Schv is Il very swift sailer.
| SteamShiP RoBERr FULToN.-Ths ex-
traordinary and beautiful vessel arrived on
! Tuesday evening last, in 8 DAYS from New
Orleans. She sailed from II. Orleans the 9th,
arrived at Havana in SO hours, and came
thence to Charleston in &c hours Such a.
| 'nazins rapidity would almost seem to imply
| the use OF wings. Ii is magnificent triumph
| of art, and convincing lesson, among others
OF the present day, that should despair of
nothing. Charleston Courier.
PIRATES AND PIRACY.
The ldcts related in the following letter,
coming, as they do, from a source that may
he depended on, ought TO command the i'm
| mediate attention Of the American govern
men;, whose sacred DUTY it is TO protect its
citizens, IN return, for their allegiance. Let
IL at once be seen, that this protection, in all
cases, will be afforded officially ard prompt
~, and the very knowledge of this fact will
carry with it, in great measure, protec-
tion IN Itself. How advantageouslv might
proportion of our maritime establishments
at this moment, be distributed /? But the ex-
| pense is objected TO. Even if that were four
fold greater than i, will be, surely it cannot
absolve government from its obligation to
fulfil one of lis most sacred duties, by guard
inS from lawicss violence, those who stand
ready with their lives and their fortunes, to
support and defend it. The tic that binds
| the citizen 20 The government, and the gov
ernment to the citizen, is mutual and perma-
ncnt-it cannot be surrendered by either.
| ". y. Euening Post
| Port I-Prnce, 9Th June.
| Dear Sir-PiratlDg IN these seas is carried
on III the wholesale. A fellow named Ford,
| II believe one Ofour couatrymen,) lately left
st. Barts in small piratica schooner of about
80 tons, and proceeded TO the Caycos, where
he and the cd officer landed. The crew, about
sixteen iii number, seized the opportunity and
threw the LIST officer overheard, (who was
picked up by the boat which had landed the
captaln,) to go Il cruising on their o,cn account
The plra'ical captain was taken Off the Caycos
| by the Savannah Packet from Philadelphia,
and brought To this place, the pirate in sight.
Next day the brig Nancy, from New York,
was chased To near the Mole by the said pirate,
but escaped. Great fears are entertained for
the safety of the schooners Goodfriends, and
Ati!anta. The first sailed from hence the 3Oth
ui. ior Philadelphia and the latter for your
port the Sd inst.
| a schooner from Hamburg, was, few days
since, carried into the large bay at Monte
christ, and robbed of 600 pieces platias, all
they could take on board. They snapped a
pistol at the captain, and cut his hat through
with sword, hut fortunately he received no
injury. The crew consisted of blacks and
inulattoes, ard said they ,Cere on their o,cn &c
count :having murdered their officers, whale
| men, but as there were three of Commodore
AuTy's republican cruisers laying on the oppo-
site side of the bay, there is no doubt he sent
this pirate as a CLOAK. My time does not per-
init me, or could give you long catalogue
| OF these worthless. There is piratical brig of
6 guns in port, seized by tins government, to-
| Scther win her prize, - gun ship of great
| value, having on board the cargOes of several
plundered vessels The captain is named Pc
| lot, and belongs TO Savannah.
| (lur Government OUGHT ia Ecnr, n