The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-09-11

Halifax, from Ncwsoun jland-and as she
vas not worth sending in, .oosS the crew
m board and set her on FIRE. On the Treh,
| Tell IN will, the British brig AIDE )nl, from
Noya Scotia bound to England. loaded with
J Timber took the crew oat CT her aud Sc,
iIer On ire, and made sail to take 4 station
nearer Cape Race. where we continued
D.. cru'@inS uati' the morning Ut the l5li At
, day .iiSht; VIXEN hyc sail were in SIGHT a.
! head Of is, apparcn4Y a small COMO. {
gave chace under press Il sail, aud soon
: tound that VIC S-incd On them very fast, &
discovered that one OF chem vas 4 ship of
war-at sunrise they tackled, ard stood on
the same sacll with Us. b. th!s ,i:.,c We could
PLAINLY discover THAI the ship of war had .
origin TOW. Al Is. coming mp very fast with
the snip, and could see that she had cast
OF tAc brig thar She had in tow, and had set
her on Ere, and mad ordered second brig
to stand before the wihd to separate them
he snip OF var making sail 20 windwavd,
l gave chace to snip whlcn appeared to
DC under her convoy bat when we came
/ up wan her, she proved to be British
snip, prize. TO tie Dolphin pr,vatecr, IF Sd
lem. She had been spoken by tue ship of
var. Out we came up with them before they
"au time put men ON board * take Charge
OF her. Whilst our boats were boa riling
TINS vessel, the ship of war had got nearly
one OF the prisoners that she was q very fast
SAFER, found ii would not be possible to
come up with her before night, OF. perhaps
not them therefore gave chace to the
Orig that run before the wind, determined
to destroy all his convoy, we soon found VIC
Came fast W with the brig, and that they
were making every excrtion to get off by
throwing overheard all the lumber, water
casks, &c.
At 2, p. M. we brought to the chase, and
found herto be the American brig Adeline,
from Liverpool, loaded with dry goods, &c.
prize To the British sloop of war Avengcr
took the British prize -master and crew
out and put midshipman Madison & q crew
on board, with order to- get into the nearest
port he could make. From the prize-mas-
ter of this vessel LEARNT that the BRIG burnt
by the sloop OF war belonged to New-Yo DIRK,
and was loaded with hemp, duck, &c. last
from Jutland, having gone in there in dis
tress.
Having chased so far to the eastward as
to make 1T impossible to come up with the
sloop OF war, determined to change my
cruizing ground, as found by some of the
prisoners that came from this vessel, that
the squadron that chased US off New-York
were Oh the western edge of the Grand
Bank, not far distant from me. / accor-
dinghy stool to the southwark intending to
southern coast. Saw nothing till the night
OF the 18th, at half past 9, p. M. discovered
a sail very near us. it being dark I; made
sail and gave chase, and could see that She
was brig. At II, brought her to, & sent
boat on board, found her to be the Ameri-
can prrvatcer Decatur, belonging to Salem,
with crew of one hundred and eight men
and fourteen guns, twelve of which she had
thrown overheard whilst we were in chase
OF him. The captain came on board, and
informed me that he saw the dav before a
ship OF war to the southwark, and that she
could not be far from us; at 10, F. NJ made
sail to the south ward, intending if possible
to TALL in with her. The privatccr steered
in for Cape Race. intending TO cruise there,
and take ships oy boarding, as he had lost
ali his guns bat two. The above is a me-
morandur of what took place on board the
Constitution under my command, from the
time we lett Boston up to the 18th inst. which
hope will meet your appreciation.
have the honor to be,
With great respect, Sir,
Your obedicnt servant,