Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-03-25

thew were not furnished With copy Of
,be .riyateers commission, or win any
Instructions from her commander Captain
=. not being .atisfid with this statement,
determined on taking her to Key West,
for the inspection OF Com. Paterson, VINO
was known to be al that place, IN snail
armed sioop, on surveying expedition.
Accordingly, the next morning, both YES
sells got under way, and, in coming out,
Son N with leet of Is sail, under convoy
A. sIoop of war. This vessel, on dis
covering the two briggs, and supposing
they might be in possession OF pirates,
manned 8 boats with about 60 men, and
cont Them to examine into their situation
and character On ascertaining who they
were, and that The prize was 10 charge OF
an American vessel, they offered any as
si.tance whirh might he required, which
WAS declined by cap, Lewis, and the
bo,ls returned to the sloop oil war, which
proved to he the British 90 gun ship Fal-
mouth with convoy from Jamaica The
Bru,as and the prize brig arrived safe at
Key West the same evening. On further
ey,nip1,ion of the officers on hoard the
nrze. Monsieur Auguste, who acted as a
nrgs master. aad l.. NJ. Riguiez, and VI.
Csrtans, lieu;enants, il appeared that the
poiacre was called the LA Carme, that shS
wa, a Spanish vessel, and had been pre-.
rio.sIy employed in the royal service, IN
connec ion with the blockade OF the Spa
riso Maia There were on board her 3
Sosnsb prisoners beside the pFIze crew;
and she bad ueon her deck large fast -ail
,ng Hay n built boat, which had Teen
taken on h. cast OF Cuba, and which vas
afterwards employed by the privateer
lni- share, in crnisIng tor Spanish drogers
Capt Lewis ordered the sails OF Inc po'a
ere 10 be unbent, aud intended keeping
her IN custody INIT! he could hear trom
tbs. priv atee, nr until the arrival OF Com
Porter We bave already received intel
,iyence oil the loss OF the privateer, Inc Al.
reyid,, in the gale above mentioned, ana
Of the arrival Of her officers aud Gre" at
Savannah. few days since, in small
Soanish Scho q, T, one OF her prizes
Captain FWeash left Key West on the
elst ultlmo, az which time no part OF Com
mod re Pnrler's feet had arrived, except
the transport brig Brmus.
The British brig Margaret, Too'e, from
New Orleans hound to liverpool, had
heon relieved when in perilous situation.
~ Can't. Fiveash. She was taken INTO
Key Vacas. her ruider irons being or Ken.
where the injury was repaired, and she
again proceeded on her voyage, lew
tays before the Polly left that place.
The schr Hiram. Mixture, 80 days
from N. York, hound 10 Pensacola. with
sane other vessels, had also visited that
place within a few weeks past The
New-Providence wrsckers frequently put
in there for harbor
Capt. F made the frs, settlement at the
west end OF Key Vacss, (Which he called
Port Monroe, on the 18th OF November
l7st, having TWO vessels, the Polly and
Comet. under bis orders for the purpose
Since which time they and their crews
lave been employed in wrecslng along
iaat coast. The soil oil the island IS repre-
euisd TO be tolerably good, and j, IL COW
cred with ibic1 growth ut wood ne
climate, throughout the winter, has been
mild and pleasant. and seed put INTO the
ground when they first landed. bad nearly
emma In maturity 1t is situated IN lat
"a, AZ, by observation, and is laid down
olbe charts TO be in Longitude 81. Ct
ltlays n E. from Key West distant about
40 miles There is i3 feet water at the
entrance sf the har5or, and there i. hue
anchorage inside in taihom water
The man object in establishing this set
tsment, was 10 afford assistance to vessel,
wrecked on the coast, or IN distress-to
AID N the preservation ct lives and prop
srty--and several instances have already
occurred in which The hardy settlers have
teen instrumental in doing so.
Vessels appearing of the port, and in
want OF assistance, OF OF pilot, may Oh
:,ln either by showing signal-Ths sell
tenen; will be readily distinguished by a
flag staff, On which flag is displayed
whenever vessel appears in view, and
by the hats which have been erected
there.