The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-08-27


perry in the city, They have had several
| small skirmishes. aud shells have been
thrown frum both parties. but with little or
no effect The only damage was from a
| shell which fired from the citadel, burst
ut the mouth of the mortar and killed two
of their own negroes.
The party from Monte Video had burnt
and destroyed number Of houses in the
village half mile distant from the city
| The Buenos Ayreans had erected bat
terry miles from the city, from which they
threw macy shots at,the gun-boats station
ed at the head Of the harbour.
GEO, AUGUSTA, August 10.
Counterfeit Virginia Bank Notes.
| IT was stated in The las; Centinel that cen
earring ia.ts tended 10 confilm tho belief that
one of the principal accomp!ices in the scheme
ofscrgery and swindlng, which was detected
- Tennessee sstyear, is a, this time iraversing
! she state o'.Gcorgis for the Purpose of defraud-
ing the un~ary. This perspnis ALExANpga
HENDERSON,: he is native Of Aug,s;s coun:y
/ IA V9ginis about so years of ege. He was
ored cAoine'.naker he cha%s tobacco,
dr,cSs whiskey' and is supposed TO be ali adept
IN LIE art OF engraving. iVhen seen in adversely
he appeared rat her squailid and vulgar but
when MS v,lisnous practices had enabled him
TO emerge from his rags ard cloath himself il,
fasiliona blc-attire, his contour and app arancc
suttc,e5 him tcp pass for respectable country
gentleman. Ills speech i, slow, his voice rather
nasal aud hollow, and his manner and address.
when not sg',atcd, or scrutnzed, may pass 70.
those OF a gentleman. He has pursued mer.
camille business On Middle river in his nnt;ve
county. in 6lbermarle, and on Savannah river
above Petersburgh. ~
| The gang ofcountcrfeiters to which this fell
ew is attached have it is believed broueh, into
4 tiTe rte Nf "A Ii
ureiy original They affect ignorance OF Bank
notes; and request Ola stranger the priv,sd dye
OF locking at such as he may hcYe.---pretcnd
mat they are in business that frequently causes
them TO be offered notes, and they viii! thank
iGiiy receive Instructions how TO detect BAG
notes during the examination, counterfeit
note OF tile same bank and amount is silly taken
from some convenient place of concealment. and
slipped IN plAeeoI the genuine note, and the no
nest unsuspectng stranger, is thus put in pos
session OF a counterfeit, for the passing of which
perhaps the next hour be may be arrested and
imprisoned They frequently cause the person
TO whom they pass note to sign paper pur-
| porting that note has been received from them
OF certain description therein stated aud M
troduce some erroneous letter, mark or figure
| IN the description. When the note is return.
cd condemned; they compare and point out ;he
difference, and then declare with great plsusibi-
my that the note is not the same which they had
| passed. ~.
A person that receives note that is eyiden;
ly & counterfeit, ought not to return it to the
vender, even tho he receive back the value tina
| ne gave Tor 1t for the note can lie of no use
to any honest person, and a rogue should not
be entrusted with it
From The .Mesv York EvenMg Posi-.
French Pr UaeerS--On "Wednesday la st
W cautioned the merchants against French
picaroon paiyateer that had entered our
waters, and was skOlking about in our BAYS
! ana creeks, under suspicious crcunstan-
ces. Since then we have made it our bu
slness TO ascertain the real object OF her vi
sit She is Virginia built pilot boat
schooner Ut $50 tons burthen, mounts is
guns, and has motley crew Consisting OF
90 ireebooters, OF all nations. She reports
from Torrent in distress, but does not pre-
tend to be national vessel with commits
sion Ii is therefore more than probable
that she has been cruising off the West
! India islands and the American coast de-
predatIng upon every vessel of every nation
that came within her reach Some OF her
officers came up to town last Thursday and
IN defiance of the law of the country began
recruiting men. They enlisted five at a
sailor boarding house, at the north river
sids on the Corner OF Barclay and Washing
ton streets, kept by Mr.. Thompson, The
bounty paid TO each man on entering was
two doubloons. At another boarding house
on the east river, he landlords name we
Cannot recollect, they enlisted thirteen more
One of the officers told Mr. thompson that
they could have taken The British Packet off
the Hook the other day, with the greatest
ease, and burnt her, had she been worth ia :
KING But what is worse than all we are
credibly informed that this very priyateer
is owned III part by Frenchman now in
this city. II has been pointed out to us as
the agent who transacts her business. We
| shall lose no tine in investigating This fact.
and lodging Information with the proper au
| thority.
Since writing the above we learn that
this prlyateer sailed from Baltimore in the
month o. May last under American colors,
and afterwards put into and sailed from
Charleston with French colours. Since then
she has been cruiziag along the American
coast, and from Information OBJ aimed from
| one OF her crew, she has captured z vessels
one OF which was Spanish brig, few days
lsince. Some of the vessels they had destroy
ed and put the crews on board of others. On
thursday an Amboy packet went along
side OF the privateer, while she lay at anchor
in Princes Bay, and took out and landed
six trunks containing their III gotten trea-
sure. She got under way yesterday after
noon and went to sea. The above informa-
ton is furnished by the capt. of the Amboy
packet, who took the money out of her.
| OEL) WILMINGroN, Aug. 81.