The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-10-30


Richmond,
spoke brig - from Providence (R. ~ in |
distress. Left her nnder the care of the |
ReUenne Gutter, of Newport. Sept. 9th, |
chased by three ships of war, short chase. |
Sept. 10th. spoke ship Joseph from Bona |
vista. informed her OF the war--1Oth, spoke
q brig prize to the schooner Saratoga OF
New York. September Ilth, chased by a |
ffigate six hours. out sailed her. Sept. 10Th, |
took his Britannia Majesty's hackes chin
Fr7rcess Amelia. after a severe action of
nearly one hour. at pistol shot distance
he Captain, sailing master and one man
was Killed, the masters mate and six men
wounded, wehad Mr.. Long, first Lieutenant
severely wounded, and six men, (most of
which have recovered) the ship cut to pie
ces, and the Rossie much injured in sails
and rigging. September 19th. fell in with
three shits and q orig armed, exchanged
shots with the. Commodore, received an Is
hound s6of through our quarter, svounded
a man and lodged in our pump, continued
to dog and watch the above vessels 4 days
in hopes to separate them but in vain
Sept. Esd, spoke the private armed schoon-
er Globe, Capt. Murphy of -Baltimoie, went
in pursuit of the above vessels but could not
fall in with them-Sepsember 25th,, spoke
Spanish brig bound to Porto Rico--Qet.
9th, took Gin company with the Globe5 the
schooner yu6Ree and sent her; in--Ost. 9th,
spoke a Spanish schooner from Palma to
Porto Rico. October 10th. chased & spoke
the privateer. schooner RAND of Charles
ton, S. G.. 50 days dit, had taken no.
thing-Oetobef 22d, seized the ship Meri-
mack for breach of the non imhortatien
acf. REsuEr Is THREE THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT TONS of
shipping, and TWO HUNpRED.AND SEVEN
TEEN MISREPRESENTATION at upwards
Of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
FROM THEA AURORA.
To the Editor Of the .Wew York Sfotesnan.
SIR-rYou have thought proper to adj
dress a note to me without any previous &C
quantance, and to issue instructions for my
conduct As to what you conceive to be my
duty, after having previously rcsorted to
the most unwarrantaple aspersion and ca
iumny against me. You perhaps infer from
the Indifference with which have treated
your asperity, that / am prepared to be-
come your disciple. The modesty of your
anticipations are consistent with the pro-
priety Of your conduct; the same good
sense and purity inspire and, govern both !;
permit me, however, to say that whoever
your correspondent in Philadelphia may be,
he has treated you as you seem DESTROYS of
treating me-he has made you a dupe and
trified with me, and wish you both Joy of
your association. The statement which ap-
peared in the National Intelligencer, pub
iished because believed it; published il,
not because as you insinuate, it came from
man, whom like me, you calumniate, be-
cause he will not be your instrument at the
expence of his principles; know the source
from which the information has been de-
rived but you have over shot and missed
the mark the author is neither a native of
New York nor Pennsylvania, and there that
fact shall remain--I am satisfied of lis
truth. / have seen nothing to weaken, but
much to strengthen that belief since ; it was
the subject of conversation in this city for
week; and although you seem to have
swallowed the tub which Gouverneur Nor
ris has thrown out to the whales; my ap-
petite Is not so voracious as to take it in
it his publication has any intrinsic force at
all, 1t amounts to confederation, since he
has neither refuted nor denied the only i'm
portant fact; and if he could have denied
it, he need not have PLAYED at such shabby
subterfuge, the mere trick of pettifngging,
by taking up an inconsequent circumstance
and leaving the fact alledged, and the only
fact of consequences, totally out of sight |;
when such a course is pursued by SO unprin-
cipled a politician, it is impossible to draw
any inference but one.
l wished to keep as clear as was posi-
BILE of any part in the election-it. present.
ed to my mind only choice of difficulties
| wished to keep paper which never had
been the servile instrument of any man, or
any party free from the, .rcproach of sup.
porting any man or measure, Eep,ignant TO
the security and freedom of the United
States, Feeling much personal respect for
Mr. Clinton, and some, attachment to- the
state which gave me birth was without
any motive Of attachment to the members
OF the administration but. such as arise out
OF general principles; it is well known tina;
long ago expressed opinions adverse, to-
some of them, opinions in their nature un-
changeable, because they refer to events
that are past. 1 Had to determine what
course ought to pursiie; before the war,
should have thought Mr.. Clinton justifia-
BILE in his canvass for the presidency he
had as fair claims as any other man on the
score of personal worth and talents: even
without prospect of succeeding, before
the war, should have thought him iustif-
able; because deemed war not enly inc
vitable but necessary, and / believed That
1t he were in power, war would have been
pushed befoye it actually took place /
should have supported his nomination Had
war not been declared, upon the express
ground that it should be declared, and that
he would as far as in him lay, bring the
public rights to that fair issue if elected \
should have supported him. uhon thai