Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-06-11
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Conmsyeial Reading 4 Ne9s Rooms, |
Norfolk, June 7th-9 4. NJ. (

| V0U0E, June 1M-S II III.
| FROM THE WEST INDIES, &c.
| Herewith you have The shipping list and
reports OF the schrs Lareine, Rowland, from
St. Baris; ana Louisa, Brown, from Cape
| Hayden, both OF which vessels arrived at
this port yesterday.
| The following intelligence of the markets
at ST Barts, land the the accounts OF the de-
| predatIons upon American and other vessels
together with the articles relating to the
| affairs OF S. America, is furnished by capt.
Rowland, who lett st. Barts, On the 9Th
nit.
| Markets are extremely dull for all kinds
| OF American produce, except white piEe
lumber and hour-the former mas Teen sold
for Ds5 per Al. payable in produce, and
the latter would al present command irom
6a 7per Dbl.
The Americans, doing business at ST.
Barts, complain of considerable annoyance
lately by French men OF war, upon Amerl-
can vessels. They are represented as how
erIng around the coast, attempting to run
into all the vessels they fall in with. Sc
veral Americans had been recently fired in
to, and others had been run tOul OF, to the
great risk OF losing their lives and proper.
ly. A wish prevailed among the American
merchants generally at St. Bans. that their
government would station sioOp of war 10
that quarter 10 Protect their commerce and
citizens from injury and insult, by any yes
sell under whatever fog she might sail.
FROM sourH-AMERIcA.
The ship EDphion, Smith, ia As days
from Buenos- AyTes, arrived at st. Barts,
just as the Larene sailed-Capt. Smith sta
ted. that previous to his sailing accounts
had reached Buenos -Ayres that General Ar
tegas was prisoner at Paraguay, and that
Gen. Ramarez had charge OF his army, and
was on his way. TO Buenos-Ayres. Gen.
Rodziens had been elected Governor or
President, FOR three years, but the belief
was general that be would not remain in Of
hce longer than three months. He was fit
ting out feet of thirteen sail, and organiz-
ing his troops, expecting daily to move up
the river to defend the coast against Rama
rez.
FROM CAPE hAYTiEN.
Affairs at Cape Haytien were in very
unsettled state on the 28th ult when cap
tain Brown left there-The markets were
very dull tor all kinds Of American pro.
duce, and the produce Of the Island scarce
and high, particularly the article OF Coffee.
President Boyer left the Cape on the Goth
May, and proceeded by land for Port au-
: Prince; and his feet, consisting of one ship,
one brig and i've scboOners, sailed the same
| day for the same destination. Commodore
! Northrup and Captain Peiot, were prisO-
| ners at the Cape, as accounts have previous.
| ly stated. The particulars IF the manner in
which hey were taken, are related by Capt.
Brown, as follow: Com. Northrup. it APP
pears, commanded the squadron, consisting
his ship, the Lady Arlegas, and the brig
Hope, Capt. Pelot. An English schooner
belonging to old Providence, had been
chartered by the brig, and laden from on
board of her, with valuabis cargo, & both
vessels went into the Cape. Com. Norlhrup
har left his ship and went on board the brig,
| for the purpose Of making arrangements
with the Haytien government for entering
the two vessels and their crrg0es. The
government, however, hesitated making
a reply to Northrup's application, until
the schooner bad actually commenced
dischargirg. when officers were sent on
board, who seized both vessels with their
cargoes, and committed their officers and
crews TO prison. The crews, however,
were set at liberty in few days, but the
cargoes of the vessels were landed and kept
| possession Of by order of government. Not
having a vessel of sufic rent metal TO attack
! the lady Artegas. which lay off at one OF
the Caicoses, the Haytian government pres
sed into service e. number OF men, and sent
the brig and schooner against that ship,
which surrendered without iring gum
The ship and brig were afterwards ordered
for Port au Prince, and on their passage Thu
Their, were fell in with by feet, under the
command OF the Patriotic commodore Da-
nels, and forced to put into Port PEE,
where they remained blockaded by the
! feet when the Louisa sailed. The brig In
dependencia. under the Venezuelan flag,
was cruising between the Cape and st. Bar,s
| from the time capt Brown arrived at the
latter, until he left the former, place.
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