Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-10

more rs soon as IL "ee .
tina, government, had intentions o, reuee":"s
this false coin, which was about 'he oesinhl"s
r1.an.rv i, rose from IS to so per cen. and
h.s con,,nued so until our departure on the
s,h FEBRUARY. II was then daily expected 'Ia'
g. r.r;od would be fixed, when, within certain
un,nher If days, il will all be redeemed ny go
vrrnment with good coin, after when Tvs CIR
culation mus, entirely cease, and the mere"a"''
and others have already been called on LOT 'ne
snhscrin,;on. As to The amount OF iaise COL"
.unposed to be already in circuiatlo'i' accounts
varv from $50, 900 milrcis, and many oeneEe
ever more. Should government DC e"""'eu
"a buv up all the bad coin, with good copper
co;,. i is the general impression that e4chahse
Will fall. and currency &c only from 5 10 ~
below silver; but should government be ooA,
oed 20 issue notes like at Rio, the same oao
effects as 20 exchange will result as no" eAi''s !
there, although it must al al events oe oe, r
than the present state OF the currency -.
false 80 reis pieces were hrsi made OIL heaIv
the same weight as the good copper Conn., W..
soo, after thew coined over the 40 refs pieces
into 20 refs and lastly, getting short OF new
materials. have coined them out OF old copper,
| evidently taken from vessels bottoms.
"Bshia is the Brazilian port from whence the
rr;nc;nal mart of The saye trade is carried on, q
iaterly it seems, they have been very lor.umaS
in their VOYAGES. In January alone, oE' E-S
OR FIGHT SLAVE VESSELS arrived WIN
from 1000 to 2, 100 Slaves, which gehera,iy
average about 800 mIries piece. One o, inc
merchants, Mr.. CERaURA, has the Aher'Sa"
Gao. /with the addition Of an Eagle in the Uni
ny for his private signal, and he has the Anne
r,can pendant hois,ed at the main on board OF
his slave vessels daily. One OF his 5rlgs arm
we'd abou, the 3oth January, with load "'
slaves. and saued with that flag at tie lore.
OF the Brazilian navy, the old "a gun snip;
Don Pedro, is anchored in the outer roans, anu
!, is sunoosed. if she makes out TO reach Rio
again, i, will be the extent OF her travels one
i. now kept in miserable order, and very poor
Iv manned. The The,is, is also an old, dull
: sailing, bu, still good ship, mounting 48 guns
S The Isabella, The frigate built in New-fork, is
beautiful ship, but owing to the extra raKes
4 pi,en 10 her masts, she does not lock man OF
{ war like, and although she sails remarkably
o fast, is mos mserably WORKED, her fourth Lieu
, tenant. MIR Tilton, was formerly Midshlp.
man in our navy. They have two br'gs Of
, war on this station, the Imperial Pedro, Tor
y merly Bolivar, Of New York, mounting "A
Guns which some time ago, captured the Bue'
=, nos Ayrean big ofwar Patagonia, owing &c
, The death Of Capt. Love, her commander; ane
y the Treis de Mayo, formerly the Express o
n Philadelphia, which sails very fast, aud mount:
=. l6 thirty two pound canoRades, and Two i"he
!. guns. This last, about the middle OF January
wen, ont 10 capture Buenos Ayrean priva
y lerr, formerly the Duplicate oil . OF guns
- then cruIzjng off the port, but returned shof'!
10 afterwards, with sundry shots in her hull an'
o. sails, and reported, that although she outsaiie'
N the schooner, every time that she came near u
# her. she would by skillful name uvres, (whlcf
- :.----..-. .l.. -Rsasili."s -"""ld n%i Learn,
d suddenly sheer OF, or across the orig, aht
Of baulk her, and finally escaped but she re:ooi
r., several smacks, prizes TO the privater, and he
IS launch with 4 men. They have on the stocks
n a, Bahia, "a gun ships, and which from
j., their slow manner Of working promise TO b
D. well seasoned before she is launched. On TIT
| 5ih January, they launched small frigate te
:, mount "a guns, which had been laid down fol
q corvette, and they are fitting her, and hit
i prize brig Patagonia out This, with two Oh
e three old gun boats, is all the Naval force a
J. Bahia. These vessels are all miserably mar
q ned mostly with pressed men, many Of whom
!. had never before been on board Of vessel an,
e although they all talk very largely in port, dc
IS not show much eagerness for real action. 1--we
il Buenos Ayrean merchant vessels had Deer
Is brought in the one commanded by taptaif
S, Aud s. the other by Capt, Harman,b both boune
j. to the Havana. Ofthe prevailing political o
% plnlOn a Oanlo, SdH say h'sNJ ~ oS"S - SN'
d ice, seldom entered upon although have heart
D. two or three Of the natives express their opin'
,e ions very freely, and not in the most ha'ter'ns
n terms, for his Imperial Majesty: RobberIe' arr
ly said to be freqaens near The skirts OF the town
Il, & are often perpe,rated By the very soldier
D, placed there as guards against it. We ieft Btu
re one America vessel in port, the. OF Boston
ir Just arrived. Last sales Of flour, IL milrles
&c copper, and abou, 5000 bbls in store, countr!
produce, very scarce and high
u On the morning of the 23d February, II
ne sight of pernambaco, we were brought to, AM
"a boarded from the Buenos Ayrean priVaIee
#. schooner Republicano, Captain Johnson, ant
70 treated very politely; the boarding officer sta
r. ted that they had just got on their crulzn
in GROUND, and had very fine crew, and woul
IS, willingly fall i'll with one Of his Majes,ys brig
M of war-Caplaiu Johnson was well. Whe
rs she left US she went in chase of small smac
It.. in shore, which she did not come up with; TO
ut when within three four miles Of The towr
al we saw her tack and stand off under press c