American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-06-25
ST. Petersburg and the rate of interests 10 per CT
in the CAPITAL
PARIS, May 8.

PARIS, May 8.
Extract OF private letter from Aulincourt of the
9th ult Sour department continues 10 be dryas.
tated by incendiaries. Yesterday farm was set on
lire, when in short time, 203 sheep, 5000 sheayes
OF wheat, and $500 russes OF hay, were totally
sumed. We are in continual alarm, and the auda-
city of the culprits increases daily Threatening
letters and placards are distributed. Yesterday it
was announced that this place would be set on fire
the first of May. Patroes .cour the country in
every direction, and the inhabitants mount guard
day and night
The Frankfort Gazette OF the Goth. ut. contains
the following articles: Our merchants are thrown
into the greatest CONSERVATION. The last courier
from Russia brought intelligence that both at ST.
Petersburg and Moscow the failures succeeded each
other with lamentable rapidity. The house of
Ginsetti and Creger, at Moscow, have just become
bankrupt for million and a half of roubles The
house of Schott, of ST. Petersburgh, for like sum,
and these have involved several others All COM
mercial affairs in Russia in state of complete
stagnation the rate of interest is 10 per cent in
the capital, and higher in the provinces.
QUARANTINE GROUND, PENSACOLA, MAY 90,
1892 Game up last night and detained, brig Bel
videre, Lamson, Port au Prince.
Extract from her log booked May, spoke the
United States schooner Alligator, lieutenant Stock
had burnt one schooner and taken another, and u
soop, from the pirates, besides English brig the
capt. and mate OF which the freebooter hanged
The Alligator had also reaken the Columbian sehrs
Senega from the crew, who had mutnied and run
away with her. When the Bevidere parted with
the Alligator captain Stockton was in shore with 20
men from the Grampus and Alligator, on board of
schooner of an easy draft of water; they were exc
changing shots with a pratical schooner manned by
me herr WA predn
full whether the pirate could be carried The FAM
Gus LATTE was among them Captain Stockton had
taken no prisoners.
The same day we parted with the Alligator, fell.
in with schooner and three launches, which gave
chase-It blowing heavy, and being to windward,
we succeeded in escaping. The next day, at 10 A.
M. made schooner on our larbosrd bow, lying I'M
der mainsail and jib. At ii she was on our lee
quarter, and Tired shot at twenty minutes past |
gave another shot and hosted red flag imme-
diately hoisted our colors and took in sail; at IL
hailed us with " God d-n you, seEd your boat on
board, or / will murder all hands of you" | told
him would send the boat directly. He immedi-
ately gave me volley of musquetry, when we
commenced as smart fire as possible with our "a
pound canonade, muskets and seven pistols On
our first fire of them to fall, and among
these the captain. He only fired his large gun 8
times, as our third shot dismounted it. He soon
dropped astern, keeping up a fire of musketry -
but he got terrible cutting up from brass three
FOUNDER, which cleared his deck and silenced him.
AS this vessel sailed fast, she was soon out of gun
shot. The captain we saw laid out on her trunk
and only seven men on deck when she went off,
Our loss was one man killed and we had about 40
musket balls in our hull. The pirate was a schoon-
er OF IS tons, armed with brass six FOUNDER, and
having % men on deck in the beginning of the &C.
ton.