Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-12-14

brass, and the other an n 8 FOUNDER
Lieutenant Trip who carried the second
boat, received eleven sabre wounds, but
none Of them dangerous, and he Is like
" 10 do well. On the 5th we had the
captured boats rugged and should have
returned to the attack, but small French
privateer finding her birth too warm in
the HARBOUR came out, by her We learn
ed that the enemy had one gun boat sunk,
another lost two-thirds Of her crew, and
all the rest very much shattered /; they
also informed US that they were employ
ed all night in repairing their damages.
The platforms in their batteries were
torn up and our unfortunate countrymen
were employed to repair them.
. g The, commodore sent him back
with the wounded, and the next day he
returned with letter from the French
consul bearing strong marks of a paci-
fic disposition; however, the, commo-
dore determined to attack them next
day to the westward, accordingly on the
7th, at 8 A. M. the signal was made
to adj, ance in two lines and attack the
batteries, the morning was calm and
warm, which prevented our getting in
until II o'clock, when they opened
their fire from their batteries, and in
their confusion fred at least so guns
without ball.--The bomb boats got
their position at half past 10, and ancho-
red the gun boats got within Point
Blank range, and in a little time dis
mounted two guns in the western bat
terry, and drove out the enemy; shell
was thrown into the battery Francois,
and burst, which silenced their FIRE for
nearly half an hour. At / P. NJ.
the quarter deck Of gun boat No. 9hlew
up, by which event we have to lament
the loss of, Lieut.. JAMES CALD-
WE'LL, commander, and Mr.. DOR
SEY, promising young officer, and
eight of her crew. Mr., Spence, (who
was spunging the gum with some others,
escaped unhurt; they had nearly COM
pleted the bearing Of the gun to fire
when they found the boat sinking and
the brave surviving few gave three
cheers as they went down, at which time
we lay two hundred yards from them
and our boats were Immediately dispat-
ched and picked them up. This eau
ssd small cessation OF our FIRE, but
was only momentary, and was renewed
with redoubled vigor, and seemed to
say, we viii revenge our brave compa- |
mons. At O'Clock the signal of recall
was made and we ceased.
I" We. as in the other affair, have
suffered nothing like what might be
calculated on, owing to their bad ma
nagement, we have lost on this occasi-
on 10 men 2 officers, and some woun-
ded. II Is not certain whether No. 9
blew up, by accident or by red hot
shot--4hat It was caused by shot We
have the observation of one of the men
saved, who says he felt the shot strike
her, but before ne could communicate
the circumstance she blew up! The fri
gate John Adams Joined this day, Au-
gust 92By her 1 received yours ofthe
goth of May and 14th Of June, TOR which
Tthank you.--August 5,from the same.
wrote YOU a long letter, on 9Th, infor-
ming you of oar Operations off this
coast, since wIirn, nothing has occur
red. The Bashaw in his communica.
ton has offered peace to usaui the de.
livery Of PRISONERS for $50, 900 dollars /.
100000 believe has been offered: bat
the Bashaw has declared he viii suffer
himself to be buried in the ruins of his
castle, or drove into the country, rather
than take-less than l5o,U 900. There
fore we are preparing for another. attack
this day, the weather is favourable.
g / send inrlosed a copy sof the COM
modore's thanks to the squadron, for
their conduct on the third instant: "
This did not come TO hand.
Extract Of letter from lieut.. Stewart,