Portland gazette., 1805-05-06

and fred msay hot with efea az fort Engl,th which
they enough reach With their carronAdcs
They fufersd coniideraby IN their rigging aud the Ar
gu received pound ihot IN rhe hut forward which
cut or bower cabe sa it entsEe6 We kept under
weigh until "a p. III. whcn anchored, Trip u bearing
5 5 w. 8 icsgaes asa'n with peiiure acknewledge
the fervccs Of able ant active officer capt Chan-
cey lcrvng rho Quarter deck OF. the Conititution
fun rife made the 6guAl for the f9usdron prepare
for action. TIE carpenrrs TENT bcardhe bomhs
to repair damages and boats cR?ioyed in Iupp ying
ths bombs aud gun togts with alAmGtIti0u. aud re-
Pace the expenditures r-
Delifous of annoying the cneSay by ali toe means ia
my power, directed 70 be prs into execution lcng
Contemplated plan Of ftndi FIRE iP infsraai in
10 the habolr Of Trpot the night for te PurPoie
of cndeavoring 70 deftr0y the enemy, firppng, and
ihatcrtnc Bahaws Cattle and town. Car ain Soers OF
ttc Nautilus having voiuneerrd his fefviSes, had, for
ievera days before this period, been directing the pre-
araton of the ketch tntrePd. aifed 6y EieutenaRs
WsdiwO-ih and Ilrael About 100 barrels of powder &
$50 fixed fheIs ware app-rently ;udieoufy dpoed of
on board her. The uHes leading the maga where
al tue powder dePolted, where cacu ated burn
quarter of an korr September 4th the Intrepid being
prepared for the ntcnded iervce Capt and cut
Wsdfworh made choice Of two of the faicl rowing
boats in the fquadron for hr ngng them after reach
me their 4e(ination and Grng the combnbe materials
which were to communicate with the fuzes Capt SOM
ers boat manned with four eamen from the Nauii
Us, Lieut. Wadstyorths with fix tFoca the ConGtutiep
Lieutenant hrael accompanied them. AT in the
with leading breeze from the ea0ward The Argus,
Vixen and Nautilus conveyed her far the rock 90
entering the hsrboyr fevera ihot fred her from
the batteries In fec minutes aiter when ihe had ap
psrenty nearly eained the intended place at dcnaon
hc iGddcnv exploded without their having previouly
Gred'a room f'el with fpn,ers aud other eonbuttiblc
which intended create blaze, in order 10 deter
the enemy froEl boad ng, whl the IRE commsncst
ing the fuzes, which led the magazine. The efea
OF the expson awed their batteries profound icncc
hoIr hrAA 1(Fcrxua ia
the night The fhrieks os the inhabitants informed
that town thrown into the eatsa terror aad con
tternaton by the expohon OF the magazine, and the
hurttne and falling OF els ia al directions. The whole
9uadron waited with the utmo arKicty learn the fate
ofthe Adventurers from NAL pTcviOa1y agreed IN
cafe OF fuccefs but waited in vain gas Of their faie
ty were 70 be o5erved The Argus, Vixen, aud Nautilus
hovercd round the of the port until iunrie,
when they had fair view of the whole harbour. Not
ve(tige of rhe ke,ch boats 70 be ieen. One of
the enemys siargc eun-boats mh and three othcrs
cen very much iha,tered and damaged, which the
encmy where hau ing lore. Ffon thetc circumances
led believe, that thofe boas detached from
The enemys toti'a to Htercept the Kech end without
ulpcttng her to- be fire bp, rhe m,aT boat had fud
deny bcatded her. when The gallant somers and the he
of his party oberSing the ohsr three boats urolnd
them. AMI no proipe4 c eIeape deternined once
prefer death and the deruion of the enemy, espv
ny and touring Etvsry, put match to the train Fading
directly to the magaztnS, which blew the whce
nto the air and terminated their ezieuce MY conje6-
reip lag ,his affair founded on refolution
which Capt Scmers, Lieut., Wadfworth, and IlrAe had
formed neither TO DC takta by the enemy, 20 fuer
hin pocon of the powder board the lntrcp d.
They eaed to entsr the harbour without dcovrry,
but had declared it they thou he dIApon;ct and the
ouid board thcu before they reached the point
OF dettnaton, IN iuch force as TO leave them hopes Of
aiae retreat they would pJ match TO the magazine and
blow thcmielvcs and their enemies up together5etermin
cd, there exchange of priioners, that te
try ihoud never pay raf0m for them the enemy
ceisc fGpply Of powder through their means. The
dApPearance of Of the enemys boats and the that
tered condition Of the three othcr confirm my opiu
ION, bat they advanced guard detached from the
main BODY OF tt hota dicoverng the approach of the
IntreP and thar they attempted board her before he
had reached her point Of denaton otherwe the whole
sf their lhpplEg mua have fusrcd, and perhaps
have beea toSs'iy deroyed. That Che was bewn up be
fore M gained her cation certain by which the isrvice
h4, oa three very gallant oficers Cspt Somers ant
Leutenahts WAdiworth and Ae oincers Of Coafpic
bravery q ens and merit-Ihey had uniformly dir
tnguiled temieives IN the ieverl aonevere Beloved
and Ianented by the whole fqu adron.
September 5h We w1recnployedin 10 fupp,ying the
gunboat. with ammunition, &c aud repairing the bomt
vcdls for another az ack, but the wind fhtngto th'
E heavy iW ell ittiH8 ihoe, ,aod other Indications
Of bad weather deermnn5 me- for greater feiy take
the gHns. fhot and nels of the boats into
the Contribution and John Adams, which accordingly
doue The weather continuing threatening aG'
pea until the 9Th, and our ammunition being reduced
quantity thsn fitcien! for three vedrl,
keep up the blockade intelligence Of the elpeted
uorcenent and the fe.ln 10 tar advanced render
i imprudent 10 hazard the gunhoats any longer hs
ation gave orders for the John Adams. Syren, Nau
us Enterprze and bcourse take the bombs and gur
boats tow and proceed Syracufe with them the Ar
gus and v1=n remain with Contu:ion, keep up
tic blockade.
September the io:h--The United States nip Prefdent
commodore Bacon, and ConaelAtion, capt. Campbel,
hove in Gght and loon joined company, when the
mand OF the iqGadron wa, furrendered cnmmcdor,
S4rron with the utus! ceremony. continued IN COMPANY
with the ouAdron until the I1th when three trange thp
came in fight anding direct fsI TripoG Chse Civ
and OF hem boarded and taken poiielhon of by
the Conlutun the PreGdent in company, about -four
leaeues from rrpuli but cot han fe mile, fror