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NORFOLK, Feb. 27.The United States Frigate Congrefs, arrived in Hampton Roads on Monday laft, after being totally diftnafted in a gale of wind about fix week* ago—She was boundto Batavia.PHILADELPHIA, March 1©.[OFFICIAL.]ExtraH of a letter from Capt. Charles C. ' Ruffel, of the United States fhip Herald,dated 2 cth J anuary, 1800, off St. John’s,‘ «| *■' ’ *Fo^to-Rico, .“ I‘have the honor to inform you, thaton the 2.1ft inft. tt 6 o’clock, A. M. I faw a fail in the N. W. quarter, to which I gave oh ace, and at 9 after firing feven (hot at her, brought her to. She proved to be a French privateer called La Mutine, commanded by Capt. Lauger, from St. Joha’s, Pprto-Rico and had been out 14 hours^ fhe mounted fix guns, 12 and 4 pounders, with 60 men, half French and half Spanifh.”
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Newport Mercury
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Tue, Mar 18, 1800
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