Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-28

from Alvarado, but has furnished no politica al
news. MIR Stanislaus, one of the passengers,
is bearer of dispatches from our Minister in
Mexico
By this arrival, Mexican papers to the 2sth
of January, have been received We do not,
on a cursory examination, discover any thing
important. The Presidents Message to Con-
gress is given entire in Ell MercWio of Vera
Cruz The structures of the American press
on the address of Mr. Everett, to the king Of
Span,o his presentation, are given at length.
A feet Of vessels sailed from Vera Cruz on
the 18th, for Campeachy, having on board
number oftroops.
The following are given in the National Ga
zette, as the provisions of the convention be-
tween Hayti and France, by which il will ap-
pear, that the advantages given to French over
other commerce with the island, will not very
materially affect our own trade thither:-
The first article of this document explains
the ambiguity in the first paragraph OF the first
article Of the Ordinance, and acknowledges the
entire independence Of the country, with the re-
serve made in the second paragraph Of the same
article.
The second article regulates the extent OF adj
vantages conferred on French commerce, and
limits them to French manufactures, and pro-
duce, the property Of Frenchmen, imported in
French bottoms direct from France, and to the
! returns OF the same. The returns ofspecie i'm
ported in French bottoms for French account
are entitled to the same advantage.
The third article favours Hayden produce,
half the differential duties paid on West India
,>,oJnea from, other Than tha Erepr
colonies. The fourth article provides for the
negotiation of treaty placing the navigation
of each country on an equal footing. The fifth
assures amicable treatment Of the Haytien Flag
on the ocean by all French men Of war, and
provides that no Haytien citizen or vessel shall
visit French colonies. The sirth treats of
the admission of French men of war in
Hayten ports; not, however, without the
consent Of the Haytien government The
seventh and nineteenth regulates the exchange
of consuls, treats Of their powers in case
Of shipwreck, death, the internal police Of
their own vessels, SC. sc. The Twentieth spe-
CITES that Hayti shall remain neutral in all
maritime was; and in case of being herself
involved the French monarch promises his me-
diation. The t,centy. first runs thus :-"La pre-
sente convention sera execute, savoir a Haiti
lorsqu' ellie y aura etc revetu DIES Formes Lee
gales; ct en- France en- vertue dune Ordon-
nance de s. NJ"
Fait quadruple Paris, 81, Oct. ls25.-The
present convention shall be executed, to wit, at
Hayti, when it shall be there invested with le-
gal forms. and, in France by virtue Of an Ordi-
nance Of His Aiyesty-Doue tQuadruple) at
Paris, 3lst Oct. 1926.
We have already noticed the arrival at New
Orleans of the brig Joseph, Of Portland, and Of
her capture by pirates. We find the following |
circumstantial account of her disastrous pas
sage in the Portland Argus, Of Tuesday last:-
On the 9th of November, the brig Joseph, Of
Portland, T. Pratt, master, sailed from King |
ston, Jam. for Wilmington, N. c. with fresh
breeze from the S. On the 9Th two of his
men fell sick, and on the 9Th himself and ano-
Their man, and on the 18th the mate. In the al
ternoon Of the same day, was boarded by a boat
with seven men in her, who took charge ofthe |
brig and carried her into a small harbor about
80 miles above Cape Antonio, OH the Island |
of Cuba. They treated the captain and crew |
very well, but refused to pilot the brig out, al
though the captain offered them all the money
he had on board which was abont 60 dollars
-one of them told him that he (the captain)
wished TO run the brig ashore, and that they !
would procure a doctor for him-they then left |
him, taking with them one hand, named John
Richardson, he being all that was we'll, and ten
dollars in money, and then went on board of
small schooner that was waiting for them near
the shore. At dark they hoisted signal to
their comrades ashore, viz. black flag about |
half way up the main rigging, and then part OF
them went ashore in their boat. AS soon as 1t |
became dark, the captain cut his cable and
stood out over the reef, inside Of which they |
had carried him, and succeeded in getting clear
of them, he fearing they would return in the |
night and murder all hands About eight or
nine days after this the time not exactly known,
as all on board that know how to keep reck
oning were prevented by sickness,) the mate
died and his body was committed 20 the deep
by the cook alone, no one else being able For
twenty days after this the brig lay too under
close reefed foretopsail, with no one on deck
but the cook. During this time the day Of the
week as we'll as that of the month was lost, and
the course Of the brig, as well as the departure,
could not be attended to. In consequence OF
not having proper attendance, the captain was
not able to get on deck for "a days-and when
able, was so debilitated that he could not walk
the length of it. On the oath Dec. spoke the
schooner Antelope, John Ferguson, OF Balti-