The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-17


of the moon, gave the Congress Frigate the
opportunity % discovering the Eleanor before
the L. cid her, they gave chase and come
up with the Eat the 4. st gun being fred
me crew became panic struck, the man ar
the helm let his station and the same dis
pos'tlon spread through the whole crew.
the idea was British feet--Lt. Nicholson,
OF the Congress came on board under the.
disguise of "a Lieut.. from his III NJ. fr;patr
Shannon, who made himself known alter
the captain and mate had left the schr To
Mr. Lennon, Supercargo of the E. and re-.
,9ucstcd Il should not be made known thro,
the schr.-this served to confirm tn. t,eo
,tormcd by the crew--Captain g. and his
mate "e'e taken On board the Congress bv
tHeut ~ and the scar. lett without a COM.
mander, whilst undergoing AN examination
ON beard the President a dreadful small
came up, and the s,aie of the crew. ms well
aa the vessel was sucn that both mast, were,
Cdrred AVA and a deal OF damage sustain.
yea, ,hiS oetcEmi"eu commodore i,,,d,rsrs
next moving to give The Sw.,llo,y. which
zee "'ehieo 80 nave destroyed, TO captain
". TO to~ III his schr. but they had not oor
/ Her ~ tow lc"e bs fore She went d,n.n. ,,
han0s saVeo, asld AL, with the exception of
a iew refractory members. taken ON hoard
tne PRESIDENT, have ar: ived III the SwaIjo,v
Inc owa,ioh WAS Captured in the afternoon
| Oh the i5th u!t. after hours chase. and tb,.
| specie On board to the. amount OF 94u oon,
dollars remained on beard the President. :
! he Squadron were but few DAYS out and
i'ao not taken or seen any thing else
The story of General Hull's havinr been
refused q trial OIL the principle that pr-
Soher OF war On parole could not be legally
tnec, IS incorrect. Gen. II. has the assur.
ance ot me Executive, that a Court will be.
order ed for his trial, rs soon as the renera1
ohlcers on the frontiers can be spared with
out injury TO the service. Bos. PR
.Hezy- York, Nov.1l.
On Saturday the 18th inst. tietachment
from Colonel M'Comb's regiment of artille-
~, consisting OF FIVE hundred effective men
Passed through State street, Albany. on
their way To Sacket's Harbor, for the pur-
pose OF cooperating with Capt Chauncy.
Also, 40 British prisoners from the lines.
passed through OH the same day, for Greea-
bush
The Fspress.-On tuesday the streets were in
great buL ON account o. an express which he'd ar
'iFed ia Town the evening before, and was suppos-
ei to have brought the Presidents message-
FROM fhi!aueiliiia paper perceive a similar
oom'notion and anxiety had prevailed there from
the same cause. We have siuce beeoise acouaint.
ell "iih the real state OF the sase, and Il turns out
To be asrIs'iling speculation the rider, IL seems
came on Express from Batimore tor t,s m,r,.s,
OF bringing o. few OF the fest numbers that came
up on Monday s drawing OF the Susuue,anna lot,..
ry, anu with such speed as to anticipate the mall
these numbers telug. delivered a club OF honest
adyenturers, thky 80 tie different INSURANCE.
oi1cers nths city, and insured certain premium.
against thcse numbers coming up that day to tue
amount o! about 0,O0J dollars. When the mat AR.
rived the insurers found the. had ali been BIZ, But
having discovered the trick they have refused pay
ment aud ihe gambling gentry, after all Ii,eir con-
trivance, all their exprnce and trouble, will find
tk. f,ap
OF poc~et---i,ness indeed, some one should iusti.
tute qHi tam under the statute against them. IA
betwee them and the Officer, the common law Will
apply the maxim an pari dehcto.
". T. Z. Pest Nov. S.
:. 3, Burlington, III. Nous.
Rufus Hatch, deputy quarter master se-
neral, has received or, ers frum Morgan
Lewis ~. M. GEM to open the road irom
flattsburg into the province of Lower Ca
NADIA. The bakers at Plattsburgh and in
this town, are ordered to make an addition
al supply of bread.
MhNLIUs, Nov. 5.
From the Wesf.-At the date of our last
adv'ces from Niagara, the principal part of
our forces on that fron,ic had been coacen-
uated at Buffalo and Black Rock, and a
speedy attack OH the opposite side was ex-
pecled. Col StrahaD, who is returned
home on parole, and who passed through
TINS village To day, states that the number
OF troops on that station is $500, and that
1000 OF them are of the regular army.
Exracf Of a letter from, .lfessrs. Bartnes, Bro.
thers, and Go. Of London, dated the 2sth Sep
fent6sr 1912.
" Our government have refused to grant any
more Licences to import provisions from .9neriea.
which we presume vii! put an end to your exporta
during the War. The Crops i'll every part of Eu-
rope are abundant, and Spain and Portugal will
be amply supplied from the Black Sea, Meditsrra-
mean, Bahama, Baltic, sc.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 1O-Arrived British
brig John, Wright, late mastery Shannon,
Prize master, taken by the Benjamin Frank
lin, of Newly ork. She was from Laguira.
bound to Gibraltar, with q valuable cargo, %
consisting Of 10 tons Coffee and 40 tons
Cocoa. She mounts 10 twelve pound car
ronades, and had 18 men---a fine crppered
vessel.
K.) BARDsTowN, Oct. -.
FEMALE PATRlO rISM.
There has been deposited in this Iiaee
by the Ladies of Bardstown and Nelson
County-27 hunting shirts--39 huen shifts.
~ pair of pahtalo0ns-23 waistcoats--ST
pair of mittens--4 bankets-17O pair OF
woloIen socks---& some other articles have
been subscribed and not yet brought IN,
The amount ofthe above articles are esr-
timated at SO dollars.
Extract OF ;sitef from Officer IN the Army 60