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Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political
Alexandria, Virginia
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Reports from Mediterranean via ship George to late March: Affray at Port Mahon killed one US midshipman, wounded others; no national dispute expected. US squadron to sail for Constantinople. US schooner carried despatches to Com. Shaw; Alert sailed for NY with passengers. Dutch squadron arrived Gibraltar.
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TUESDAY, May 28.
Washington, capt. Myrick, at Nantucket—
By the arrival of the ship George, from the Mediterranean.
Yet, from Alicant, we have information from the Mediterranean to the latter part of March. In the unfortunate affray at Port Mahon, a Midshipman belonging to the Southward, had been killed, and another wounded; the quarrel is understood not to have originated in circumstances calculated to produce a national dispute. It appears that the American squadron still continued there; but was to sail for Constantinople in a few days.
The U. S. schooner, Lt. Claxton, sailed from Alicant, March 21, for Port Mahon, having on board Maj. Hall, from Madrid, with despatches from the Spanish Government to com. Shaw, probably in answer to some communications.
The U.S. ship Alert, capt. Stewart, sailed from Gibraltar April 1, for N. Y. She arrived at Gibraltar on the 3d of March, eight days from Mahon—and has several officers from our squadron, passengers.
The Dutch squadron, from the Mediterranean, arrived at Gibraltar the 20th March.
Boston Palladium.
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Port Mahon
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Latter Part Of March
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one midshipman killed, another wounded, several american seamen wounded but none killed; no national dispute expected; american squadron to sail for constantinople
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Affray at Port Mahon involving American squadron; US schooner sailed from Alicant March 21 with despatches from Spanish government via Maj. Hall to Com. Shaw; US ship Alert arrived Gibraltar March 3 from Mahon with squadron officers as passengers, sailed April 1 for New York; Dutch squadron arrived Gibraltar March 20