Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-07-15

dated the 18th June, which makes no
mention Of this event. At that Gate
the market for American produce was
good Flour was Die. and Corn Meal
bio puncheon.
nv. Y Gas.
SPAIN.
Extract of q lettr from Malaga, May 7.
'As this port viii he thrown open on the
10th, for the introduction of bread suffs
from foreign countries, We beg to call your
attention 10 the quotations in our price cur
rent. Presenting, bo' ever, the (wbeat)
harvest will be gathered from the LIST to
the Goth June, il i; not probable any ma.
teriaI alteration will take place in the arti-
Gle of wheat before The autunnal months !;
but sanguna,y and destructive war just
commencing, we are led to believe great
difficulties will be found in procuring la
borers to work the fields. The French
armes, their allies, the rebels, and the
large armies raised and raising 10 repel
the invaders, together with great num-
Der OF guerrilla parties, almost covering
the whole face OF the country; and many
OF the peasan'ry throwing away their i'm
plements OF husbandly, and seizIng their
arms--altogether combined, will render
this noble country scene Of great distress
and misery, and will most probably cause
demand Tor heavy foreign supplies, par.
tlcularly in rice, as the beautiful province
in Valencia is almost entirely ruined By
the faction in that pant devoted to agricul-
ture.
wines have rather improved in value,
owing in part, 10 the last scanty vintage,
and likewise to the demand for them in the
Havana, and various parts OF South Anne.
RIGA.
''It is too soon to form an opinion of The
next vintage, ont the vines and fruit trees
never appeared better, and we have late.
ly enj Dyed an abundance OF rain through
out all parts OF the country.
"P. S The ports are not declared open;
but the whole province OF Andalusia is de.
clared in a state Of war, and consequently
every port IS open.
1--WE should be- glad to see some off,
cial document, to determine how far any
ports are open.]
Ertrdct of letter from an officer Of The
u. s. sehr. Grampus daled
CAMPEAcHY, June IA, 1928 -"On the
and found the merchant vessels in great
CONSERVATION, the pirates having cut out
of the harbor and burnt the scbr. SbIbbo.
le,b, captain Gerry, Of Newport. They
boarded her about ! o'clock in the morn.
ing of the Cd and was drifting about the
harbor, burnt to the waters edge, on our
arrival. Alter plundering her Of every
thing valuable, they took the crew and
first officer and fastened them in the fore.
castle, by spiking down the scuttle and
putting quantity of logwood on it; they
then run out to sea before the wind, set
fire to barrel of Tar on The quarter deck,
and then lett her. forgot 10 mention that
on ibelr first boarding her, they immedi-
ateiy killed the man that had the watch
ouideck. The poor fellows, feeling the
fire approach them, re doubled their
strength, and at last burst the hatch open
and got on deck. They found the vessel
so much burnt that they could not save her
they then made rafl,of some spsrs they
cut away, ami were picked up the same
morning BY canoe. We waited here two
or three days for convoy. The captain
being ashore nearly all the time on bust
ness, when one day we saw bin pulling
of in great hurry; on coming on board
be had the launch and cutter manned and
armed; be had received information that a
schooner had been cut out otSIsal 50 miles
to windward Of Campeacby, and then wa,
lying at anchor at Selma, Sc miles dis
,ant. We proceeded in the boat. running
night and day, until we arrived there, hut
alas! the bird was flown. A canoe which
we boarded, informed US she was lying
of and on Sisal. We returned 10 the yes.
sci and found that the British sloop of war
Eden was lying there We had given up
all hopes yesterday OF catching them. 10
the morning the gig came off and we re-
ceived orders to fire salute oil II guns TO
celebrate the Declaration of the lndepen-
dence OF the government OF Merida and
Campeaehy. ln the evening about 10 o.
clock, being all ready for sea, the gig re-
turned again with long letter from the
captain giving information that an express
had arrived with request for US to des-
patch our boats Immediately to Sisal.-
The schr. Augustus and John, OF New
York, the same that we were before in
pursuit OF, was lying off that place, and
the Pirates had demanded a ransom for
the vessel the merchants there were a
musing them with promise of the ransom
as ,oon as they could obtain it from this
place. There also came on board in the
gig the crew of the vessel. In fifteen mi-
nutes the launches were ready for start,
and | hope, before | put this letter on
board the vessel that is to carry it to New
York, | may add, that they have receiv-
ed the ransom that We sent them, and that