The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-01-04


that instead Of the venerable treasurer being
four thousand dollars
NEW YORK.
Melancholy .1ccident,-T Albany stage
was overset al Greenburgh, near SiDgsng,
about 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning !;
one Of the passengers, Mr. Snediker OF Dover,
Duchess county, was killed. An old lady
had her arm broken. The other passengers
Messrs Verplank, Clark, Nelson, Of New
York, and Messrs. Wadlle and Hsllock, Of
Poughkeepsie, suffered no injury.
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Extract Of letter from Lieut.. Abbot Of The No
w. 70 Commodore John Shaw commanding -Nar1l
Officer IN BoSten, dated
BOSTON HlRDoR, DEC. "a, 1921.
" | have the honour to report to you my arri-
val at tbis place, with the armed ship Marianne
F'aiord, having on board all her crew as prison
ers-29 in number.
This vessel attacked the alligator on the
9Th November, Qat. about 200 So n. long. 800
W. in most outrageous and piratical manner !;
but was foled in her attempts to capture her,
and after an action Of about an hour and half
surrendered to the alligator.
"She is a ship of between 800 and 400 tons !;
mounted four long 12-pounders, two long g.
Founders, and four 24-pound carronades four
of which was under the necessity Of throwing
overheard in a very heavy gale fwind, in the
Guph Stream, on the 9th ms. in which gale we
lost some of our spars, and had our stern boat
washed awav.
"The prize crew consisted Of Is, including
myself and two officers, Mdshipman GEORGE
5. BLAKE, and Mr.. J. DIXON, Masters Mate;
and 1t gives me pleasure TO acknowledge their
uniform, vigilant and correct conduct, and that
they rendered me every possible aid.
" will take the liberty to add, that the rea-
son of the great length of the action was in con-
sequence Of the long guns of the prize, and
Capt. STooKToN's desire to get along side before
he commenced, the wind being light gave her
the fight to herself for more than one hour"
We yesterday received a letter from Lit. AB-
BOT, in which he furnishes some of the details of
the above capture, not usually given ID official
letters. The following are extracts
''On the 5th Of Nov in the lat. Of about 90,
80, n. and Ion. 80, w. at Q A. M. standing on
our course to the South and East, we discover
ed a vessel on our larbord bow. Some time af-
ter we perceived she had taken in top gallant
sails, hauled up her courses and hove too, and
that she had flag bosted half mast which we
supposed to be national flag in Whit, signal
of distress. We Immediately hauled up and
stood for her, with the expectation of relieving
some worthy distressed brother sailor. About
| 30we discovered her TO be ship bearing the
appearance of a small frigate or a sloop of war,
aud that her colour hoisted was small blue
flag. Soon after we were not little surprised at
being greeted with shot, and could not but at
Hrcf hTrI- L.
merican Ensign and Pendant were Immediately
However and could not ss8 ner
and intention, for she opened a raking fire upon
US with round and grape, utterly disregarding
cur colours, and having none other herself than
the above mentioned blue flag.
" You may be assured our commander ever
ready TO relieve the distressed, to fight an enc
my, or maintain the honour ofhis countrys flag,
was not unprepared at this time, with his little
schooner, for either. Finding our guns shorter
and lighter than our antagonists, as our shot
would not reach our commander determined
TO loose no time in closing with her, and ifpossi-
bic to board, which from the winds being light,
exposed us to her raking fires long time be-
fore we could return it,
AT 80, having received her fire for more
than one hour, and finding all attempts TO dis
suade her from further hostilities were unavail-
ing, and having arrived within musket shot, we
returned her fire. At 40, she hoisted the
Portuguese ensign, and continued her hostilities
as she had done before under her blue flag. At
80, she surrendered, having sustained some
damage in her sails and rigging.
She proved TO be an armed ship between
three and four hundred tons, called Marianne
Falora commanded by Capt, Ventura Anacle-
to de Britto) mounting long les, two long 6's
and four 81 pound carronade.. She is pierced
for 10, and from the construction of the ships
quarter and her stern ports, has the capabilitv
to fight on side
Prom circumstances which have come I'M
der my own observation and what have learnt
from the prisoners, the Captain of the prize an
pears 10 have been for number of wears Can
tam OF guinea man in the slave trade. The
crew are said to have observed. that they had
had plenty Of fights before but that az this time
they told the Captain, it would be no GOOD hrbt
for them, for they knew, by our looks. we were
an American man of war and that his order, |
were TO fight Us, let us be what we would"
a letter from Midshipman Barney, Of the ~ |
hgdtoT, dated at sea, Nov. 6, 1921. saws " We
have had, until within a few DAYS past. success
sion OF violent weather; the most fearful ofI
which was dreadful whirwinG, Accommodated
by watcr-spout, which formed and assembled
the Heavens, with great rapiditv, broke and
passed very near our stern-From the ran;d;,,
OF its progress, ii Is difficult TO say what would
have been the consequences 10 us had we hcan
in its path. Yesterday we discovered \ vessel