Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-12-07

T.anris OflJ1eHE ana iNSHtt or an dTte-
' .Tea,, Naval Officer oUenged, and
Spanish Insolencs jasstty punished.
,,.,,,ct Of letter fiom an American officer on
hoard u s. ship Adams, to his friend in Bal
more, dated
Passage Island, Nou. ieth, 1894.
Won will, no doubt, hear great noise a,
mt Commodore Porter taking spanish
sovn in Porto Rico--the circumstances are
,,;eay thcse:-The Governor imprisoned the
.onenander OF one of the small schooners under
his CON, rnand, and allowed him to be grossly
:.saited-As soon as he heard of it, Commo-
Jore Porter proceeded there with two schnrs.
and the boats and part ofthe crew of this ship;
he took two Of their batteries, spiked the guns,
I. and marched with two hundred men to the
town Foxanda) about two miles in the interior
he there found the Spaniards drawn up to
give hun hattie, halted his men within pistol
hot of their forces, sent flag ordering the
governor and the captain of the port. the two
crincipsl offenders, to come to HIM and make
stonement, or have their town burpt-thev
chose the first, and in presence of all our off
GERS, begged pardon of the officer insulted, ex.
prest great penitence. and promised in future
70 respect all American officers who might
hereafter visit the place.
The Commodore then marched into the
town. merely TO show them he had them i'm his
mower, and then returned to the boats and left
the place. No disturbance took place, and
not man left the ranks from the time they
landed untiltbey embarked, having been more
than three hours from their vessels Self de
fence rendered it necessary to spike their guns,
= oil hau - ~c Al
by some means been appraised of our intention
Of visiting them. The population of the place
il about two thousand-the country very thick
" scttled.--BeIore we left them, force of
three times our number, with field piece, had
assembled, and in presence of, and within pis.
tol shot of this force, orr Commodore made
them humble themselves BattiDsore finer.
FROM THOMPSON'S ISLAND.
NORFOLK, Dec. by friend who came
passenger in the schooner Colonel Ramsay, of
baltimore, Captain Partlow, which arrived
in Hampton Roads yesterday afternoon IN 9
DAYS from Key West, we learn that the schnr
Ceres, Captain Brown, Of this port, was lost
on the North Key, one of the Tortugas, in
heavy gale of wind, on Wednesday the 18th of
November, then on her passage from New Or
leans to Havana, having sailed from the former
port on the 5th inst. Her crew and the whole
finer cargo, consisting of -four and bacon,
was saved by the assistance of fishing smacks,
and arrived safe at Key West on the 2lst inst
the day the Col. Ramsay sailed Capt. Brown
and the crew were in good health-the captain
intended to return to New Orleans as soon as
he had disposed of his cargo.
There were no United States vessels at Key
West when the Colonel K. sailed The U S.
ship Hornet, Capt Kennedy; schnr. Porpoise,
Lieut.. Com'dt, Skinner; the schnr. Ferret, 1t.
Com'dt Bell, and the Terrier, 1t Com'dt.
Paine, with the barge Gallinipper, under corn
mand of Lieut. Varnum, were cruising on the
north side of Cuba; but with the exception Of
the Porpoise, whose success against the pirates
has been already published, none ofthem had
made any prizes. The officers and crews oftbe
squadron were generally healthy, and nothing
worthy of particular notice had occurred a
mong them
The Col Ramsay has brought home de-
of thirteen sick seamen and marines,
lone having died on the passage) under the or
dsrs OF Lieut.. Mcintosh, commanding officer
at Thompson's Island, who came home on
leave of absence, in consequence of i'll health.
The Island was daily becoming more healthy.
Surgeon Ticknor and surgeons mateWeems,
had been extremely i'll, but were rapidly con-
salescing when our informant left the Island.
We have no intelligence from MeXicoor Ha.
yana by this arrival, Beacon.