The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-09-25

with 60 prisoners, both S days from Halifax.
no prizes had arrived since the Dart sail
ed. arrived here last week. The ship taken
~ the Wiley Reynard had been re taken,
Eand had arrived at Halifax Spoke, last
FRIDAY. off Sheburne. N. .. Light, priva
eer Ieazcr, had had an engagement with
two letter "i marque ships the day before,
nd was obliged TO retreat with the loss of
'ae killed and four wounded. two of which
were then dying A Spanish brig from
I inston had arrived with "a cargo of hour.-
7 The brig Gossamer, was still at Halifax,
dismantied. Inc Curlew Was fitting cut as
hlng's cruiser, and was named the Co
Ein'nbia. The privatcer Bunker,Hll. Put
nam. OF Boston, has been taken by the Sta
tlra frigate. %
| BosToE, Sept. l8.--rhe ship Cartel in
which Captain DACRES, late of the Gucr-
lrere. and those ct lis officers and seamcn
who did nat depart III the last Cartel, were
To have sailed yesterday for HalifaX-but
she has been detained.untH further orders
~ We understand that all the officers
of the late North Western Army who nave
families. have been paroled, and are Oh their
way home. Captain SMELLING, who so
particularly distinguished himself at Tin
heeanoe, and at the acton near Browns
foSun, and who-w Guild doubtless have reap
he been Permitted so to do, arrived in this
town 1hs native place) IN Tuesday even
ing last. We hive conNerscd with captain
Smelling, and md that the previous accounts
| OF the unexpected and fatal surrender OF
Detroit were but 100 true. He agrees IN his
general statement with the affidavit Of capt;
| Daniel Do66in. which we this day publish
from the National Intelligencer.
| Boston Chronicle.
| NEW ORLEANS, August 21.-On We'd
nesday night last about 20 o'clock a gale
commenced occasionally accompanied with
rain and hail, and which continued with a
most dreadful violence Tor. upwards of four
hours. AS We have never witnessed. any
thing to equal il, neither do we believe the
Inauguration can picture to itself scene
more truly awful and distressing, than that
winch Its consequences present.
he market. house, a, large and solid
building, entirely demolished its brick CO.
lumns, on two feet diameter, swept down.
DIS though their mighty construction, presen-
tel no Obstacle Whatever to the overwheim-
ng eement.-The roof carried of from
the church of the Convent, the fence sur
rounding which, as also The trees in he gar
den, many OF which are remarkably large,
ievelled to the ground.-The tin covering
III the theatres, nailed on in such a man
a. "ouiu certainly nave resisted any
ordinary force; twisted and torn off as tho
'twere mere paper. A great part of the
orick wall surrounding the garrison, beat
down. Part of the front wall OF Mr. Paul
dlng's unfinished BRICK house in Charities ST.
blown IN and the building materially injured.
A house at the corner of Bourbon and St.
Louis streets, entirely. destroye' The brick
store OF Messieurs Talcott and Bowers in
Charities st. and from which Mr.. Talcott
fortunately escaped in time to AVOID most
dreadful death, totally demolished. A
brick house in -St Louis, near Bourbon st.
partly blown Gown. Mr.. Donaldson's house
faubourg st. Mary. unroofed and otherwise
damaged The Government house partly
unro led. MIR. Fiy's brick store fauboury
ST. Mary blown down. MIR. Musson's brick
store, Canal street, blown down. M, Err
kin's brick store, Chartres street, blown
down. A brick house. in Chartres street,
near Messrs. kenner & Co. partly blown
down and much damaged. Mr.. Testers
brick building. Bourbon street, partly blown
down. 1t would be impossible to particmla-
rize al! the damage that has been done-we
oene"e, however. we may assert, that
there rs NOT q building in the City or Eau
oourSS, 6nt svh0t has been more or less in
ljured.
But the scene presented to us on visiting
the shcre, who shall attempt to describe !
| ne ieVee almost entirely DESTROYED, the
beach covered with fragments of vessels,
'nerchaRdiZe, trunks, 3xc and here & there
the eye falling upon manged corpse. In
short what few hours before was life or
property, presenting to the astonished spec
tator only death ana ruin: sight which
could alone bear comparison with the SEN
sations experienced during the preceding
night, night. in (which the stoutest heart
must have shrnnk, from the dreadful fear
of being the next moment inundated in a
heap Of ruins!!
As far as We have heard from the coun-
;i'Y, the ravages nave been terrible, the
Planters dwellings, sugar houses. &C. de
molished--and we have reason to fear that
nearly the whole crop of sugar will be lost
PHILADELPHtA, Sep,. 1--we stop the
Press to insert the following, just recei-
we'd -
CAPTAIN PORTER, of the United S ate
trigate EooEA, presents his compliments
TO SIR JAMES YEo, commanding his Br-
tannic Majesty's Frigate SOUTHLAND
ION, and accepts with pleasure his polite
invitation. 1T agreeable to Sir James, Cap
tain Porter would prefer meeting near the
Delaware, where, Captain p. pledges his
honor to Sir James, that no other American
vessel shall interrupt their tete tete.
ne Ess X may be known by Flag bear
| ING the luotto-
FREE TR.4UE md .S4ILORS RIGHTS.
Aud when hat is struck to the South