The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-08-29


si'ron late matter ofthe hip Hopewel OF New-York,
dated Point-Petre, July 10th.
No doubt ere this, you have heard of tire capture
OF the ihip Hopewell, and brig Rock,and cwing,to
s. W. and 5. S. w. winds was obliged TO 90 to tie
eastwsrd of Bermuda. On the goth yune in lat % ,
IS, long. 81 so, at a. M. faw brig which appear
ed to be dogging us, ana at day light he bore down
upon US, hoiaed an Engih eniign, and fred gun to
leeward We were then under all the fail We could fet.
but finding !he came up with us very fsit, we hoed
American colours fired gun to leeward and Nor
tened fail hailed the Rockland and defted capt.
Atkins to keep on our lee bow and us, as win
ed fpeak the prvateer frt and know what fhe was
before we attempted any thing --he then on our
weather quarter. The Rockland not keeping in her
ifaton dropping more to lesward and nearly on our
Ice quarter, the pr,vateer then aimot within ha,
OF us-but immediately UP helm and run along iite
the Rockland, and commenced firing under Elgiiih
colour:--Which was returned from the brig. The
Privateer being between and the brig prevented my
hring until got in Gtuation fire clear Of the
RocSard, which was i'll leis than Il moment ;whep we
commenced firing to the beit advantage we could.
The Rockard fired only one broadGde, and o.ne mur-
kerry when ihe WAS boarded ;they only leFt three
Oh board-lheere3 OF and gave US broadlide, and
attempted 70 board us--but WIS repul!ed b. quar-
ter guns, pixies and naikery. They then kept clear
Of our pixies, and played continually with ali Their
with nothing but mufke,ry. Oar feeling their
ihip-mates falling, mott of the landfnen quit their
Quarters the privatecr feeling this attempted the fe-
cond time to board us by cutting MEETINGS and
overPowering us by numbers was obliged to haul
down coloors, and quit the deck oherwire be cut
in pieces We had three killed, four b,dy wounded,
End two lightly wouaed the fri who fell was poor
Mr. Bird, Inc was itanding near me he received one
bail through ms body and anotler through his head
and never af,er fpoke word.
After the Rockland was boarded, we engaged the
Privaeer cole on board for forty minutes When the
Ia
he ran below with pifo with an intention to blow
the IMP up; and with n,uch difficulty prevented
II He iet all the cartridges fire ia the cabin and
heerage which was in pouch tubs, and only my lay
ing the magazine fcuttc iaved the fip aud our
lives. When he found he could no; blow the flip up,
he put tie pitol to his head and blew mis- brains
out.
The privsteer tool; all the paflengers, officers
and men, except nyief, carpenter two boys and one
OF opr'ren badly wounded. The privateer continued
with MS until we arrived il this port, which was on
the 18th July, aud was immediately put all together
m mott mierable prifon, with nothing TO eat but
thinking beef and eoare bread, aud very hort even of
that.
They will not iufter me TO Zee any American, nor
have any communication with any body. There is
ichooner called the Snake --the-G rafs, bought in
Ne'v-York, and fitted out Salem with FIVE guns,
taken and brought here few days before nle one OF
the mates is allowed 90 out ut n tne and this was
orders have gone to America that every veiel bound
to ST. Domingo, if taken, fla be treated as pirates
God only knows what they TO do with us. |
beg you will do ali in your power to get govsrn-
inert TO claim lie, ctherwife | don't know what they
mean to do-they eem to BE- inveterate aganh the A.
mercans, and even told me every ,ip and captains
I names that were armed from New-Yort
Captain Atkins had mis- nate and one man killed,
and ievera wounded and died at this place on the 22d
infant.
" The fchooner S1ake-ir-the- Grafs was command
ed by James Mansfield, vino is ALTO IN prfon wish all
his men, the vefel will be condemned although they
did not fire ihot.
" AS no protect can be made here, though: it belt
TO let the officers Gga this letter with NE Sev-tai
large priviteers are getting ready go down in the
Bite after the Americans The priva,eer that took us
was the brig FerbriiSy, captain Antwsr, oyith ten
long French fixes, twelve poua3 c-.-,,adss one
long eighteen FOUNDER and one hundred ard fifty
nl-i. The French feem to be very nv.te.ate againt
the Americans, aud inlut us they pss the priion
al that can fay more is to rcquef you to do what
cans, think when the in which the French
privateer engaged under Eaglifh colours will be
fuhicielt re4ton for them claim us-and further;
that your flip and property defended with ipire
until overpowered by numbers
The innrenie trade Of tie United S-7,es 70 India
renders every ar icle of Intelligence, connected with
the trade naVgGtoa Of that quarter of the world of
the hsheit intcree 70 our readers. II Bag. Gag.