Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-09-11
HEROlC AFFAIR.


The New YORK Mercantile Advertiser
.;sss the following account ot the recap
gre s,,s If -tbe brig Frederick, of Stonington,
v'r . tho pjraies OF the Pacific, II is sta
w. .p%u hen the Frederick arrived at Caliao,
.sa owners were so much pleased with the
At'5I Iao, conduct OF Captain Burrows, that
r.; si Immediately. presented him with the
~. Of Eve thousand dollars. -Balt. finer
The Frederick, Capi. A. H.. Burrows,
a,s captured Oh The Goth Dec. near the
port o. Quilca, where Sue was bound, with
.s,rgo OF dry goods. Captain 3. relates
~ circumstance as tollo8s-At Top. NJ.
no Frederick was fred into by an armed
s,;g and | was ordered on board with my
n,nsrs. After getting on board, and being
rIosely examined respecting my vessel and
cargo. they took possession OK my vessel
.oJ Transferred the crew TO the prlvateer.
Dnr;ug the night they stood to the south
ward Tor Moulaendo, where they intended
yd;srhsrging my cargo; bul the next morn
ing, wbeil nearly abreast OF the port, saw
sbip standing ~ which they took for a
,bip ofwar, when the privateer hauled of
from the shore. The captain of the pri-
yateer then told me that he should send
nv brig to the Island of Chloe, ADD If |
J chose 10 80 in her, and she arrived safe,
that alter discharging my cargo be would
rive me up my vessel. Thinking there
MIGHT be some chance OF recovering her,
aud knowing that il left Der, should
not gs, Der again chose to remain by
her; and after much persussionl prevailed
Oh him TO let me take my sou with me
but be would not consent TO my taking any
more OF my crew. Alter plunderipg my
vessel of about Il, 900 dollars worth Of dry
geods, rice, rigging, and such other .arti-
cies as they were then in want OF, they
( puf a prize master and nine men on board,
aud ordered US to make sail tor the Island
of Chloe. Soon after leaving The prva-
teer, I learned that her name was the Kin
tanealia, capt NJ qtiaiena, from the Island
Of Chloe. and that they had previously Ia
ken several English aud Patriot vessels,
some o. which they bad burnt, and sent
The others to Chloe, and that she had
large amount OF money on board, taken
from them. also learned that capt. Mat.
talena bad formerly been an officer under
Benavides, and bad beaded gang 10 taxi
ing the American brig HersiIia, at the ISL
and OF St Mary's. Fromthls information,
and bis conduct in plundering any vessel, |
had no reason to expect getting Der again,
unless took her by force, which deter
mined to do whenever a favorable oppor-
iuniiy should offer. then loaded my pis~
tpls, also those OF the mate, which had
taken care 10 stow away on my hrst arrival
sd he
formed my sob OF my intention, and order
ed him to bold himself in readiness. After
being 10 possession OF the captors 7 days,
we succeeded Ia re taking her, drove the
Span,ards below In the middle OF the cay,
and then ordered them on deck one at a
lime, ADD tied their hands behind them,
as had no irons on board 10 secure lem
With. then shaped my course Tor Callao.
The next day put seven OF the prisoners
10 a whale boat, with provisions and wa
terto lasilheD TO the land--the other three
took with me to Callao. where arrived
two days afterwards, and delivered the ba-
y lance OF my cargo to the former owaers.--
Two days after my arrival, the prlvateer
appeared of the ilarbor of Caliao, and the
U. S schooner Dolphin, Captain Common,
snd the British irigate Tartar. Captain
Brown, made sail in pursuit of her, but
night coming on. she made her escape. Il
short tiae after that the crew OF French
ship arrived in their boats, having been
captured little to the leeward by the pri-
= vateer. who tad taken from the ship co.
600 dollars, manned and ordered her for
Chloe On the cath OF May, few days
before the franklin left Valparaiso, the
/, Rinianealia arrived there prize to a French
sloop Of war, who had captured her of
Qoilca. She bad been to Chloe, had land
s ed her money, and was then on her second
slui2e.