Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-01-25
FROM NEW. ORLEANS.
TRIAL FOR PIRACY.

NEw-ORLEAss, Dec. 94,-rhe District
Court of The u S. has lately been occu.
pied with the trial of .Andreas Roach -
This man was accused with having pira-
tically robbed to the value Of D4UO, in a
schooner bound to Campeachy, which YES
sci he captured Oh the 25th Of June, 1921,
in lat. l9, SO. Ion. 90, SO. The prisoner
had Messrs. Livingston. Davezac and Pres
ton, for bis counsel, and justified himself
on the ground that generals Long and
rrespalacios, at that time commanding in
Texas, had authorised him to cruise a.
gainst their enemies The Spa0lards and
that the goods and the vessel captured
were Spanish property. After a patient
hearing OF two days, The case was last
night submitted TO the jury, who in short
time brought in verdict of not gully.
N. o. JAN lon Monday evening
strong wind set in from the EE. and con-
tnued to blow from that direction most OF
the night-by O'Clock yesterday it had
veered to E by n and blew furious gale,
threatening at one period the safety oil
many OF the shipping IN our port. About
o'clock the violence OF the gale began
TO sbats, aud by sunset last evening il bad
become nearly calm. The damage sus-
tanned by vessels in port is triHing COM
pared with what bad been apprebended
several vessels were driven aground on
the levee, and others, with some OF the
steamboats,, received more Or less injury
from the parting Of fasts and being forced
against each other.
Extract Of letter recsiued at ". Orleans.
"MExIco, Nov. I3. 1S9s.-The hon
MIR. PoiDsetl has been here tor some time:
He leaves us tomorrow. and will proceed
by the way of the cities OF Queretero,
Gusnajuato and San Louis PotOsi, tor
Tampico Gen. Wilkinson, Mr.. Taylor.
the U S. consul for Vera Cruz. Mr., Aus
lin, and several other Americans, will ac-
| company him days journey Oh his route.
Through the intereessioR of this distin
guished and neritorious citizen. the rem
nant Of the men attached to Gen. Longs
expedition, who have been for some time
in close confinement are ordered TO be
released and sent to Tampico to be en-
barked on board the John Adams tor their
country. Mr.. POi1sett has received every
attention during his stay here, aud is high
ly appreciated by all who have become
acquainted With hin. The government OF
the United States cannot, think, send a
man better calculated TO fill the station OF
minister here, nor one who will be more
cordially received by tins government"
Rome, UTALY, Oct. la.-Wbo would
have believed, thirty years ago, that a
simple country woman Of Ajaccio, alter
wards rather unfortunate at Marseilles,
wsuld. in the year 1929, have made so.
Tenn public testament in Rome, by which,
after having constituted her grandson-a
pretended ki0g-her heir, she should leave
a legacy of 5000 crowns TO each OF her
children, Joseph, Lucisn, Louis, jerome,
Elizabeth, Pauline. Caroline, and Hor-
tense, besides $4,000 crowns as supple-
mentary dowry to each Of the four chill
dreD OF LucieD: item, palace and splen-
did furniture to brother now decorated
with the purple and loaded With riches and
. honor?
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Office Of the Mercantile ADVERTISER
Mem York, Jan. 19--nosn
PIRAClES.
Capt Lee, oil the ksnbawa, from Port
su Prince, furnishes the following &C.
counts. The brig Marcellus, at Port au
Prince, in coming through the Crooked
Island Passage. Dec. 18th, between 2 and
8 A. N ran foul OF small schr OF from
soto 40 ions, full OF men-atter getting
clear from each oiher, some one on board
the schooner hailed the brig in broken
English 10 heave about, saying they were
sinking, previous to which Captain G.
hailed and received no reply. Capt G.
Judging from their conduct thought it ad.
visable to let them axe care of lhemse es.
he morning previous to this, the BRIG Pa.
triot, Jobnson, fell in with small schr OF
about 40 tons, near the same place, mount.
ed with two guns and from 35 to As men,
who ran down within hail Capt. J being
we'll armed, and having about so passen
gers, hailed him and demanded Of him to
show his colors, or he would sink bim-on
which the schooner hoisted red flag, and
mads sail.
The brig Vineyard, Fitzpatrick master,
from Boston to Port au Prince, was bro't
to, lat 81 As, Ion. 81, O5, by pirsticsl
brig, under English colors. capt. u. was
ordered on board with bis papers, and
armed men sent On board the Vineyard
The pirate then hoisted Buenos Ayrean
colors The Williams inquired for money
and dry goods. After considerable search
finding none, they commenced an indis-
crimiDate plumber OF all the clothing, bed
ding. hats, shoes, spy glass, qradrants,
watches, &c. stripping even the seamen-
and Capt Geo Lsmson, passenger--leav-
ing not a single change Of clothing, or any