Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-16
VIRGINIA. ARGUS.
RIcHM oND:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1e, 1878

lhe question OF naval superiority will
now, 1t is presumed, be admitted to have
been decided. In point of Saanery, there
can be no longer doubt. In every battle
since the commencement of the war mr. IRE
has been marked by ceeyi and fcce
with which The Bri ish have noth'9s - COM
pave. This is fully proved by the greater
number of the enemy xii ed and wo "a,
and by the extraordinary damage suffered
by the vessels subdued. Our officers were
Obliged to sink ti-c Guerriere and the Java:
ms Peacock was sunk outright; and in ne
recent instance OF the Boxer, we find tat
1t " IS with difficulty she was kept afoat so
as to be brought into port. whilst the iIn-
te'prze, comparative y speaking, was bus
slightly injured in her masts and RIGGING.
With respect to the Chesapeake, She, 1t is
known, was carried by boa; ding; aud, from
the statement of Capt. Broke, there is eve
ry reason To conclude that the early fail of
Sapt. Lawrence proaucedthat "coafusion"
which led to her capture. But evenin nat
CONNECT, British success was not cha<acteri-
sed by the small loss which has dis5sncuish-
ed the American side of the account chr.
rent in every other naval encounter. The.
taking otthc Bo>le ~ as bril- liant an achieve
mrnt as has happened during the war; nd
the brave Burrows merits most dis
guished place among those whose blood 4nd
valor Rave laid The foundation OF cur mari
time renpwn. In this acton there is one IN
cldent which marks the deSheration If the
enemy II coIorS we're uaied 10 The mast :
and, IN all probability, il the gallant Blythe
had lived little longer, the Boxer would
have been sent TO the bottom.
Notwithstanding the apparent candor Of
Capt. Broke. il his written challenge to
capt. Lawrence, we have reason to believe
mat he has talsiiicd faCys. In the frs Mace,
II is notorious that the shannon and the Te.
nedos .dtd avoid meeting with the frigates
rreNiden; aud Congress- Tor so long a. Com.
RODGERS was not prepared toi sea, Of which
Capt. Broke Coald at ali times be advised by
the good friends his Britannia maiessy has at
bosion,) the shannon and Fenedcs were con-
tinuaily sailing in full view of the port: but
as soon as Rodgers was ready (and he did
not stay in the hsrbor AN hour longer than
necessarily Capt. Broke kept ont OF view
until the American fr'igates were out al sea,
when he reappeared again off Boston. In
addition, we can state. from source to be
ieiied on, that the Tennedos and shannon.
each, before they 1T Halifax for Ike Ame-
rican station, took III boar d four guas n1re
Tim usual, and Lieutenant and f7peipe
'''''' HSOCC tHft COHtUCH COUflUfnfNk. w e
are enabled to assert likewise, rhat Captain
Lawrence never received the challenge Of
Capt. Broke. He went forth u0u ar.V to
meet the enemy before Broke's letter ariL-
we'd
what viii The London pugilists do now ?
Their chief BOrer has been sou div beaten
by AMERICAN Enfet1irize And that, too,
after a. fegV rounds.
We think IT probable that the mastery Of
lake Ontario is deciGcd. Itis believed that
Chauncey or Yso we're victorious in the afs
ternoon Of the 7th Of this month.
The middle OF this month, we understand.
IS the time appointed for the combined move.
ment OF all our forces upon Ca ada. - We
have not the least doub; that Upper Cana
la will be our, IN ali the month OF October.
il is not true, that the frie;ids of6eore,s
n Georgetown in the District ct Columbia.
are about to eat dinner 10y substitution or
account OF the Armistice brtwecn France
Ind Russia. The dinner, It IS expected. will
pc deferred until the qyas nc commences.
Hhan the " friends of heace" vii have snf.
lcIenty recovered theF spirits to eniov
themselves. Those who wish to partakc
nay look out for notice in the comS,o,s
'e7ger."
MARI ED
On Wednesday 8th inst by the Revd MIR
Drury Lacy, Mr.. JOSIAH ALLEN. Of
Buckingham, to the amiable Miss CARO-
LINEGORDON, daughter ofRichard Cor.
don, Esqr Of Cumberland
- One sacred oath has tied
Our loves. one deafiu,y oursely.. a. III I'll