Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-02

The Heads Of Departments.
Foreign Ministers.
Citizens and Strangers.
From the Province Of Texas our lats.,
accounts are, that Gen. Long, who fell
oy mistake into the hands of the Ra
pubilcans supposing that he wasa,,
sauiting Royalst party; has been no.
only released with his nifty men, bu,
taken into the Patriot service, with nav
rank, and emoluments. SO that he wa.
no, in the Patriot Service before. hav.
lug got there by being taken prisoner
oy them. The privayes are receivinga
dollar per day each in their new en-.
ploy. They are lucky men, indeed, to
escape at the same time from captivity
and starvation. The reader cannot but
remark, when their numbers are fairly
told, what exaggerated accounts have
been given ofthe formidable force Of
the army Of Gen. Long, at no time
more respectable, in numbers at leas.
than Falstaff IS famous company.
The persons who are interested in
speculations IN Texas. and in schemes
Of self-aggrandizement, are publishing
wonderful accounts of the fertility @.
the land, and the hospitality ofthe Span.
lards; and some ofthc creduIoas peo.
pie on the Mississippi, who are now
living on the most fertile land, and in
the most hospitabie country on the
globe, seem to be disposed to better their
condition by einisrating to Texas
They are very well where they are;
they would De bet:er-and we snail see
what becomes Of them. For our parts,
we frankly confess our belief that ws
have quite enough of territory beyond
the Mississippi, and that we have no
longing for the New Ell Dorado which
lies beyond The Rio Brasso and the Co.
arado. 1t will be quite time enough
century hence to prepare for second
range Ut States west of the Mississippi
Cn1rteaou, REQ. ~
Capt Atkins arrived on Tuesday, Informs Us
that the schr. Jane, Miller, of Boston, bound
| to Havana, was robbed off the Cuba coast, bFs
| piratical boat, of some boxes OF candles, AM
| several small articles among which was son' |
wine, for which case OF gin was given b |
way of return. Capt Miller; after his arrival
in Havana, saw his candles landing and recoss
| nized one of the pirates assisting; but though
it useless to attempt making any efforts to re-
cover the property or to procure the punahHtN |
ofthe offenders.
Charleston, Eel. %
His Britanic Majesty's ship ofwar Ats6''H
% guns; Capt BoURcHIER, arrived hereye
terday, in 4 days from Havana, with aO0t
SOC, 600 dolls. in SPECIE. for this Place 'n'
New York Left Havana with three sail un't
convoy, one an American brig for Phii'u''
phia. The A. left at Jamaica 18th Jan. thso
s. brig ENTERpRIzE, capt. Kearney, 10 >"
for New Orleans in three days. The b'''
prize had DESTROYED one piratical vessel a''f
Antonio. The steamship Robert Fulton w.
expected to arrive at Havana from Ne" o'''''
| on Sunday last.
Charleston, Es5 q.
The U. S. brig Spark, Lieut. Comd1 - -
TON, arrived yesterday, from cruise along
Spanish Main and among the West lndi'
lands. She made her passage from Ma'an1'
to the bar in 60 hours. The Spark ha'
board seven pirates whom she took ou'"
Dutch sloop that they had captured pew.
Aruba and the Spanish Main. The sloOP'
given up to the master and mate, who w,
found OF, board of her when in the posse''"'
the pirates. I'D
The following is list ofthe officers on %.
the Spark:-John H. Elton, Esq. C0n"' o.
der; Uria P. Levy, lst Lieut.; c. Ca'd"e% IN
do; James Fl. Nicholson, Sd do; !. D. q
hing, Purser;-Kissam, Surgeon; InonA ca
Davis, Acting Master: MidshiPmen ' !, ",
Brunt, Lewis Lcger, John r. BisPham, ,.a,.
West. Fletcher ?. Bradley; Acting Mid'Dp
men Alexander Buchanan; Master ~
Blagg. ~ on tho
2ts Of January, Of. malignant fever ""