Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-11-21

| Dir. Nourse. with Mr.. While and "a men,
was brought in. On the night of The Isl
inst. at half past eight, the Eliza was ~
| ing at anchor in La Guahaya, where sch
brought up at short distance, and with
cut haiing, fred two sho;s at her-the
soop without loss of time, opened hea-
w fire from her only gun, l2pr. carroD-
/ sGe loaded with round and grape Shot.
supported by muske'ly; and alter SIX
rounds the slaughter on the schooners
deck must have been very great, as the
cries of the bounded were hideous Ih'
| felucca now bore down between the schr
and the Eliza, it'll the evident intention
OF rcnning alongside and boarding, but tht
soop averted their intention and running
under her bow, boarded in an instant; the
| defence Of the pirates was Desperate
the captain and 9 men were killed, and
the remaining part of her crew, with the
exception OF four men, two Of whom were
severely wounded. jumped over board
She appeared to have been fully prepared
| for action, Shot were healing, and the
men armed with cutlasses, and long katie
in the left hand; part OF our boarders
were equipped with cutIass, while others,
with fixed bayonets poured in their ire
the moment they had bearded. So gallant
an attack could not be performed without
a severe loss on our side, and it is deeply
I to be lamented that two seamen were XII
led, and Mr.. NOurse and SIX seamen Sc
verely wounded Mr. N through the arm
by an iron ball from musqueroon The
felucca had taken French big bound TO
Havana, and had disposed of her cargo !;
some cases of libbands, muslins, &c, were
found on board, and her water and proyi-
sions were nearly out. Thus has small
sloop, with only one gun and % men, in
a few minutes beat off with great slaugh
ter, a schr of guns and about 40 men ;
and boarded and carried a telucca OF 5
guns and SO men. Perhaps in few actions
of the kind has a greater degree OF cool
and determined gaIantry been displayed.
Another sloop filled out at this place cal
led the Whim, commanded by Lieut. Hop
son, with Messrs. Holloway, Philips and
l3 men were not so fortunate. AT O.
clock Z. NJ. on the 29th Sept. while Iylng
in Guanahs small pratical schooner bore
down on her, and she instantly prepared
10 board; bat the appearance OF the COM
modore's schooner, a large vessel with 100
men, rendered all idea of resistance vain,
and 1t Hopson was compelled to surren-
der. He and his men would inevitably
have been put to death had not the crew
o! the pirate sternly refused TO obey their
captains cruel commands. They were
kept prisoners for several days were
stripped of every thing they possessed ;
the officers frequently threatened with eX-
oINy notn
they detained one black seaman.
The following picture of the life Of an e.
ditor, translated from the Feulitsto of the
Netherlands Courier, published at Brus-
sells, may amuse some of our readers
The inside Of an Editors's Office.
If the antchamber of the physician is
The rendezvous Of all physical inhrmities,
the office OF journal is to an observer, a
panorama, at times amusing, but some
times latiguiDg, of every moral carlcature
1t is the rendezvous which the man con-
demned TO conduct paper is forced to
give to vanity, to want OF employment, to
iugglers, to idlers, so that the office is sell
dom empty.
do not speak here Of the publishers
who come TO beset you to give an account
of their works, of workmen who torment
you for copy ; of the painful peIplexities
felt from the danger OF inserting an article
which is to be found in all the journals of
Europe; of the daily examination OF the
law Of 500 forms, to ascertain whether an
act in which whole nation unites, and to
which the constituted authorities have ia
ken a solemn oath, may be called without
crime, an official aud legal act, or if it is
forbidden to write that the Greeks are not
rebels when they resist with the sabre the
Turkish Clemency, and the legitimacy OF
the turban. | forget also the yulg gar and
foolish inyectyes of a journal which we
despise--al these little episodes are but
flowers in our path.
! had to-day promised myself upon RI
sing to employ my morning in an occupa-
ton which is extremely pleasant to me
had scarcely placed myself before the
old desk, from which three generations OF
editors before me had informed the public
of equity, Of justice, Of the economy of
budgets, and the virtues of classics, when
saw enter my friend FerVal.
His visit, agreeable at any other mo-
ment disturbed me. Ferval read in my
face the inoppoItunity OF his call, Do not
fear, said be, you are busy, will not take
up your time, You know that am not
one of those people, who while they boast
of their discretion, tumble over mans
papers, and stay by him for three hours in
the midst Of his work protesting at the
same time that they would not tor the
world interrupt him in his labors. have
only come to tell you that shall call at