The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-09-15
favored with the following account OF her


18th July. and arrived here.on the 1st inst.
and has brought in the fine copper bottom
ed British ship Jane, ut IL guns. with 20. 600
bushels Of salt, and the ship Euphrates. Of
New Bedford. from Liverpool with dry
goods. The Rosie has taken C fteen prizes
since the above period. One ship, briggs,
and schooner were burnt brig and
schooner gave to the prisoners Eleven
Captains, with their mates, and 1902 men,
were semitic St. Johns, in Newfoundland. to
be exchanged for Americans-and the six
other prizes have been sent into the ". S.
There are number of prisoners now on
board the Rossie.-One of the prizes, a
British ship of $50 tons, mounting 10 guns,
twelves and six-pounders, engaged the Ros-
sic, but the fire was SO brisk and close, Gao
yards) from the kossie, the contest was of
short duration. The enemy were drove
from their quarters, and at the moment the
Rosie was ranging alongside, she struck her
colors. tt
"The Rosie was chased at two.different.
periods by Frigates, bat outsai,ed them.-
Besides the above vessels, several others
were chased during the cruise, but got oil,
either by thick fogs or dark nights-The
Rossie has come in to procure her officers
and men from her prizes, to fill water, and
Intends to proceed to sea in-a few days.
The resdtt of 40 days cruise is Is vessels,
One s Million, T.uo Hundred aid EIGHTY
Ihousand Dollars, and had on boArd 100
prisoners" -. .& ..-C:s-. :: -, .t,.-
The Rosie, on the 9th of August, capsu-
red the brig Rebecca, capt. Abbott, from
London for Boston,, with cargo of dry
goods; the Rebecca had that morning been
boarded by the Frigate Guerrero. Captain
Dacres, who after examining her papers,
endorsed on her register a challenge, daring
yin -, y ~
gle conrbaf.-Capt. Dacres put ON board,
the Rebecca, the Captain and Grew Of the,
ship Julien, from Cadiz for New York.
which he had captured few days previous,
and burnt. - r - -, 49,, )
Arrived on Monday. the elegant ship Eu-.
pirates, Decosta. from Liverpool for New
York with a cargo of dry goods. valued at
100000 dollars, brought in by the Rosie,
Com Barney-Sailed from Liverpool july s.
Ar. on Tuesday, ship Susan, Deiano, A.
days from Amsterdam, with cargo of 134
pipes gin, and quantity of tiles, &c. bound
TO n. York. The Susan has been detained
In Amsterdam nearly years.
Ar. on Thursday, ship Neptune, Rollo,
So days from Liverpool. Capt. Rollo was
boarded on the LIST inst. in lat. 40, IL, long
90, ~. by the British frigates Eolus, Spar,
tan, Maidstone, and schooner Laura. The
Neptune being furnished with a protection
ted to proceed. -
The Eolus has sent in by the Neptune.
Capt. Kennedy, passengers and crew of the
ship Pomona, from Liverpool, laden with
salt, bound to Philadelphia, but taken and
burnt the 9TH ofAugust Capt. Bradley and
crew of the brig Phebe, from Civita Wee
CHA, laden withbrandy, &c. bound to Bos-
ton, but taken and sent to Halifax on the
18th ult.@Capt., Williams and crew of ship
INC ft.nrr al 1,I
and crates, bound to Alexandria, but ia
ken and sent to Halifax the 21st uit. The
mates and one man from each of the two
last mentioned ships, were detained OH board
the fri2ate, to appear at their condemna-
tion. -...-
The Captains and Passengers of the a
bove ships speak in the highest terms of the
polite and hospitable treatment they expe-
rienced while ON board the Eolus The COM
mander, Lord j. Townshend, and the Off 1
GERS, did every thing possible to render
their situation comfortable, accommodating
them with their cabins, & entertaining them
at their tables.
Besides the vessels already mentioned,
the Eolus, in CO. with the frigate Shannon.
ON the 2lst ultimo, captured and burnt
the privateer schr. Dolphin, Capt. Endicot,
of Salem, & on the 22d, re-captured light
brig from Newcastle, Eng. prize to the Dol
phin.
SAVANNAH, Sept 3.--Arrived Yesterday at Five
Fathom the British ship Elizabeth, bnrthen about
ESQ tons, fully loaded (princpaly with sugar. and
some cotee, ginger, rum and logwood, mounts 10
guns, navgated with 81 men, taken by the Sarah, Ann
privateer OF Baltimore, of one gun and az men, capt
Moon, off the Memory Rock Saturday last, after
smart action--the prize had five men wounded.
We are happy to be able to add this to the other
instances (Which we have lately had the pleasure 70
record and witness the effects Oh Of the bravery and
enterprise of oar gallant tars and Coantrymen.
CHARLESTON, Sep. 3.-Capt. BLANcx.
G: tie brig Olympus, of this port, arrived
here yesterday in small sail-boat from
Nassau, which place he left on the 2Sd ult.
--Ihe OLYMPUS was captured on the 5th
ult. on her passage from Greenock for this
port, oft the Hole-m-the-W by the Bri-
fish brig DccouUertc. capt. WILLIAMS,
and sent into Nassau-shc was in ballast
Lett at Nassau the priyateer schr. .Vonhs-
reH, capt. MARTIN, of this port, captured
by the DecOnverke brig, off the Hole -in-t the
Wall-the crew are in prison-she had
made no captures. Ship Ceres, of New
York, from liverpool, with cargo valued
at $4,000, taken by a small privateer boat.
htted out at Nassau. Ship Resokuf;on. of
New York, from St. Marys, with cargo of
rice and timber, captured by the brig Vari.
o6le, lieut.. YATES /; and the schr. Aueusta,
HAEsELL, of Boston from Oporto for Ha-
wanna, captured by the DeeouUerte. Those
were the only American vessels which had
been sent into Nassau but the cruisers ON