Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-07-03


rous proscriptive '.eeree, in the event oil
any further successes, tended to give con-
siderable uneasiness. against This decree
Capt. S. made formal protest-tbeir ap'
proyaI of which, the citizens of the Unit
ed States at Caracas and Laguira, made
known in public address to the captain,
and also in the same manner rendered their
acknowledgements and thanks for the i'm:
portant services rendered by the presence
Of the ship.
When first at Laguira, the Yellow Fe.
yer made its appearance on board, by
which she lost two Officers and tlve or elk
men, but was soon checked in its progress
by The. precautionary measures adopted by
orders of the Cap am.
Dec is, sale IRON Laguira for St.
Thomas, for supplies, with an American
brig under convoy.
Left St Thomas on the 18th January
for Madeira and the coast of africa; COLI
voyed several vessels through the Sal
Rock Passage, arrived off Madeira and
looked into Funchal Roads on the 7th
February, but having had heavy weather
for several days, without prospect OF lis
abating, and being al season when these
Roads are exposed TO heavy gales from
the S. and w. proceeded down the coast
of Africa Ar ived at Sierra Leone on the
I4ih February; where finding the u S.
scbr Augusta, she was repaired, r. fitted
and of1icered and manned from the ship
after which, on the 2lst March sailed fer
Cape Measurable, where the American Co.
iony Is located.
Arrived at Mesurado on the 18th March,
and finding the Colony in detencelsss
and distressed state, (they having suffer.
ed very severely from attacks of the Ma
tpes some time'previous,w ho;however they
had very gallantly repulsed) Capt. S. de-
termineG to leave there in as great state
of security and comfort as circumstances
would admit of. A landing place was
made, from which to the settlement the
road was cleared, house built Tor the A
gent who had previously been worse lodg-
ed than any of the colonists, & stone forth
Gcation 10 commanding situation, nearly
completed, called Castle Stockton. The
Coast Fever however making its appear
ance amongst the ships company, the
commander was compelled, though Teluc-
family to leave this building in an un6nish.
short time with little exeriion can COM
plete it. This fever deprived The ship Of
thirty six Offices and men, and was con-
fined with three exceptions, and those
very slight cases. to such as had been en-
gagged on shore. 1t commenced suddenly
and its progress was rapid, all the deaths
occurring within four weeks OF its appear
anee. The brig Paragon, Captain Rich
mond. Of Boston, sailed from Mesurado
about lst April, 10 leeward, all well.
Sailed from Measurable, April 2lst and
arrived at St. Thomas, Nay 81. On the
2Slh May, in sight of st. Croix, boarded
the ship Imperial, Terrier, of New York,
81 days from Bordeaux, with wine and ~
passengers, bound to New Orleans. Sail:
ed the 9th June from St. Thomas, cruized
two days of Porto Rico for Pirate that
had beer reported in that neighborhood,
but receiving no further intelligence con.
corning her, kept awsy on the 10th, for
New York. On the 10th. in lat 20, 20
aud long. 10, "a, boarded the brig Bet
sey, Wallis, of and 90 days from Bel
fast, Name, bouad 10 Havana, with lum-
Der.
rhe Slave Trade appears at present to
be carried on by the Portuguese & French.
The Cyane left the following English
vessels OF war, composing the squadron oil
Com Sir Robert T. Mends, on the coast,
frigate Owen Glendower, 50; sloops Of
war Cyrene. Baum, and Driver. and brigs
Thistle and Snapper.
The Cyane has lost by deaths, on her
late cruize, the following officers & men.
The names are placed in the order in
which they died.
Between the 18th Oct. and 26th Novena.
Der. l829.-James F. PeIs, acting sur
geon's mate; john Thompson, boy; An
drew Clearwater, landsman SamI. A.
Eskln. lieut.; Nathl. Wilcher, marine
VIM. Kennedy, seamen, Mathew Mcguire
0. seaman.
At Sea by casualty, VIM. Ford, boy;
Robert Thompson. seaman.
1898, Feb. 7, 18th, James Howard, sea.
man. March 8, Thomas Blair. marine.
Bstvesn yapril 18th and May 18th. Se3.
John Dix, surgeon; Wesley Cunningham.
gunner; Thomas Turner, seaman; John
Wright, o. seaman; Thos. Dunn, or gr.
Jno. Yeomans, 0. seaman; Forentine A
phil, landsman; John Wiley. boats mate;
John Sawyer. boy; John Gregory: sea-
man; James Travis, seaman; John Fran
els, seaman; Edward Sands, seaman;
John Bolton, o. seaman, Nathl. G Devoe
saiImaker Simeon Davis, seaman; Wm.
Vsrrey, boa''s mate; Lewis Dennis, O..
seaman; Abran Friest. U. seaman Jas.
Canning, seauan Alex. Corbett, o. sea-
man; Sam'l Orisway, seaman; James
Fling, seaman; William l. Reynolds
boa,swain; Samuel Caswell. seaman
Fred. Bliss, seaman; Jas. Harvey. o
seaman; John GiIligan, o seaman VIM.
L. Besbee. marine Dan'l Brown, sea.
man; Arch'd Sage, seaman Jas. Harri'
ca, marine; James Bryan, marine ; John
LItbgow, yeoman John Clark, seaman ;
James A. Kirk, midshipmaa; M. G. At.