Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-06


.,nos Ayes for the above summary OF e.
,v.n,s published yesirrday).in South Anne
.ea.uh.ch is accompanied with 'cop'ous
,Nrrsc.s IRON Chill pspers 10 the 9th Dec
nd Buenos Ayres papers to the Goth JAM
he following are all the particulars given
,r he massacre OF the boats crew OF the
,.;r,,e Macedonian. ". Y Pop.
Ext,ac, Of letter from Gen. San Martin, 10
The Director ii Chill, dated Port OF An
den, Nov. 9.
sTbe morning after the capture OF the
r..,l3, hoat wen, on shore from the
American iriga;e Macedonian the crew
romncssd 'oS an rficer and IL men, were all
ro,rd,red by the populace Of Calloa, on the
superstition that they had assisted US IN 'ns
capture.
Private letter from Admiral Cochrans to
the Supreme Director:
Ship O'Hggins,
Fort of Spain, .Nou. g.,
"The speedy departure OF theFrench orig
Telegraph, does not allow me time to com
ui,nicate officially TO the government, what
have now 10 inform your excellency' on
the 5,h inst. | embarked part OF the sailors
and marines Of my ship, the Lau:aro and In
dependencia in the boats Of their respec-
live vessels. boarded the Spanish trlgate
Esme ralda, &. bro't her of after spirited
resistance, in which we lost ! Killed anu
abou, so wounded. The loss of the enemy
is, the admiral's flag, which was hoIsted, a
large number killed and wounded, and IN
prisoners, all the officers (three Of whom
were wounded) the ex commander and
lieutenant of the irigate Preuba, who were
on board, together with ia OF the crew.
We also took a gun boat with lieutenant
and Il men. Many OF the crew, as also OF
the -Esmeralda, jumped overheard and Pc
rished. Ireceived wound in the thigh
from musket ball. but not 'serious, and
ny recovery is far advanced The tr'gates
Preuba ami Venganza were DOT OF port. and
although we have not been able TO obtain
any exact information, | have still hopes OF
meeting them and completing the destruc-
:ionlof tie eneny's naval force in these
seas"
Communicated for .he Federal Gasssttts
me Q. x. EIgaIe congress, to his tsther,
dated
Ciunne Pee, near Canton, Nor. Is.
"By the arrival OF ship yesterday from
Manila, we received most melancholy &C
count of the massacre of the Foreigners there
by the Indians. The cause of :his bloody
procedure, it is said is tbis:-the cholera
murbus had been raging there for sometime
past, and most of the reigners, influenced
by the best motives, were administering
medicines to check It. From the death OF
some who had received those. medicines,
they took up the strange notion that poison
had been given them; and they, therefore,
determined totry the experiment, and seiz-
ed on a'Frenck physician, in the streets,
who always carried bis medicines about
bin, and on examining him, they found
several bottles, one OF which contained lau-
dsnum-this they tried on dog, and found
that it killed him, which confirmed their
suspicious, and reused heir Jury 10 the high
est pitch They commenced with the poor
physician, and extended il to every foreign
er they could lay their hands on. not only
Europeans, &c, but even the poor Chinese
were yic,Ims-thiry- ave of the former. and
eighty OF the latter wore cut 10 pieces, whilst
the governor of MsGilia, with six thousand
troops at his command, STOOD, tire milling,
by without attempting 10 inerpose. A
mopgst the rest, the fate OF midshipman
Wilson. formerly of the Macedonian, was
peculiarly distressing. He had left the Ma
eedonian on account Of i'll health, and had
arrived at Canton on his way home; his in
tention was TO have Joined Us, and therefore
took passage tor Maniila, where we then
were, and arrived The very day We sailed.
On the day Of the instruction he was in
formed tha,a friend OF his as in danger; he
Sailed out with two others, for The purpose
OF attempting his rescue and himslf met
with the fate from WI ich be wished to save
another"
Norfolk. April 3.
On Friday last Court Of examination
was held in this Borough the case OF Cas-
,Ifano and Garcia. who were committed to
prison for the murder of Peter Laguadette.
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