The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-08-25

struck our hull; one through our jib. and
one through waste cloths which also struck
the gun carriage.
The Julia carries only 5 guns. 2 OF
which are skies. Her crew were all volun-
teers.-Lieut. II. w Wells. of the brig Onei
da. commanded-Samuci Dixon. sailing
master, Capt. VIM. Vaughan, Capt. Isaac
Benedict and his company of RiAemen. were
among the volunteers"
PHILADKLPHIA, Aug. 16.
ErfrGctof letter, dated Cahe Nay, III
gust IA, haif fasf 10, II. NJ
"This moment Prize Master Beach has
come ashore from the Mary Ann, just Cast
anchor here, prize TO the Priyareer Paul
Zones, Capt. Hazard. Of n. York. The
Paul Jones. with 8 guns and125 men, sailed
from New-York July 6. On the 25th July,
lat. 20. long. 81. two days sail from Porto
Rico, fell in with and engaged the Letter
OF Marque ship Hassan, capt Peter Smith,
OF London, with Il guns and 90 men, loaded.
with wincs,' dry goods and saffron, invoice
cost $50, eco dollars, from Gibraltar bound
Co EayanUa: The Paul Jones fought the
Eassan half an hour, when she struck, with
the loss of her captain and small boy
wounded, had . prize-master put on board,
and was ordered for the first American port
probably Savannah. July 81, off the north
side of Porto Rico, took the sloop Mary Ann.
Capt. i. White, of Bermuda, from Turks
Island, bound to Antigua, with 5000 bushels
OF salt. THE Mary Ann is now lying at
anchor of Cape May, under the charge of
prize masters Beach and RiEer, from the
first of whom we have this information. i
Mr.. Beach left the Paul Jones then mount
ing II guns. off Porto Rico, in chacc OF a brig
supposed to be British. The Paul Jones
h ad Information of six English merchant
ships, richly laden, under CONVOY of & man
of war brig, from Jamaica bound to London,
which they were keeping a good look out
for. The officers aud crew of the Paul Jones
were all we'll and in high spirits. Saw no
American vessels of war Heard nothing
of Commodore Rodgers"
NEwYoRx, August Hills excellency
Gov. Tompkins arrived in this city yester-
dav, in the Steam boat. a.
The Council of Appointment met at Al
bany on Tuesday, and appointed the Hon.
Dewitt Clinton Major General i'm the mill
ala of this state /; and Thomas Adds EN-
met, Attorney General, vice Matthias b.
Hildreth, deceased s'
Lieut.. Ralph B. Cuyler, is appointed AS
His Office is held at Greenbush
The city of Albany, during the last week,
mas been honcred with the presence of the
following respectable strangers -
Mr.. Gallatin. Secretary of the Treasury.
Gen. Sururier, the! French Ambassador.
Gen. Dazkoff the Russian Ambassador.
Drs. Moore and Hobart. Bishops Of the E.
Episcopal Church Of this state.
From The .4f6sny Gazette Of Friday.
The armistice or suspension of arms. men,
TONED in our last, as supposed to have been
concluded between Gen. Dearborn and
Adjutant Gen. Baynes. of the British army,
is now conirmed-Its duration, however
we have not learned, nor its extent /; but AS
1T has been negotiated with the Comman-
der in chief OF the armies of the ". States
in person. we are led to believe it embraces
pretty large range. probably the whole
northern and western frontier, with the ex-
ception. perhaps. of that part invaded by
Gen. Hull.