Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-05-31
NORFOLK, Nav 9s

NORFOLK, May %
The schr. Estenia, ir h chelle bound
10 bditn re, put into Beaufort, OK. c. on
'"urdiy last Mr., 1h1Gr, supercargo OF
-hs E'tenla. passed through this town nn
"wednesday on his way To Baltimore lei.
n"cnele ON the 18Th of April. and brings
PARIS papers [" the Il h, which he took ON
with hun TO Baltimore friend who had a
Jew mihu ,cs perusal of them, saws lhcv Con
tan "A Manifesto OF the King of Prussia. adj
drS ssed 20 the Due de Bas ano. explaining
MS motive tor Withdrawing from his alliance
WIN france, and regie ting the necessity
winch i'npel!ed him to the step, &c. The
Grand Army had commenced moving
ne Emperor was still! III Pans, ARRANGING
ms imperial guard, bus was hourly expect
ed 10 set oH tor the ARMY The Bri-ish mad
landed ,.arty of troops at Bremen. but
"eie dri en back To their shipping by the
-IeuahIerS ltro"ps employed IN the service
necd tom house deptrtment)- They. eft
al tneir artillery, their wounded AID seve-
rai prisoners be ind them MIR. Aiokier
.,eCiireS tnat there was not the Sigh est in
N'cftion vi GIVE commctIons, or any apI ear
arce ot d'safectlcn IN any part of France or
tIriiand ALI Bonapar e's Kings and Prin-
ces, except the Kng of Nantes and the King
y oone' had AIKEN commands IN the arms
line people of France oosed forward to
storo $ and successful termination of the
caInpaiSn, dnd were cheerful under the hca-
W ocraens imposed on them by the war.
" Her II.
ihe pilot boat scar. Betsey, Of this port.
vas Captured off the Capas ON Monday the
10th inst. by the British armed schr. High
tyer, and burnt. Mr. WIN. Smith, master
the Betsey, AID VINO WIS put on shore at
| Cape henry ON Tuesday last, arrived ia
own the following evening, and relates that
N Monday night about Is leagues 10 the
south%ard OF the Capes the HIghflyer fell
IN with an armed schr. under American CO
| iorS /; nailed her but received no answer
| when tue n. fired two musket balls athwart
| her bow ; the schr. did the same, and halt
ii to knew who the II was. The same
| question was repea ed from the II accom-
panied with threat TO sink the Schr it she
dbl not answer; upon which the latter pour
| Cd oroadsitle INTO the III aad shars con
lct ensucd between the two vessels wni IN
listed an hour and 20 minutes, when The
strange sail hauled off, leaving the Highly
er IN very Crippled and disabled Condition
her sails ana rigging entirely cut to- pieces
| her mastS and spars consderab v shattered
her hull much injured. and l8 of the crew
An'ed and wounded, among the latter the
Commander, VINO died the next moroing-
The H.shHyer noun ed four carronades and
! one long IL FOUNDER, had SO men exclusive
of officers, and was commanded by the lst
ient. of the 81. Domingo, a Mr. Lezvis.--
The force of the American schr was TN
shown; she hrcd principally grape shot aud
angragc. MIR. Smith thinks, that in ten mi.
uutes more, she would have captured or sunk
ne tii6hhyer, whose ammunitio was near
| y exp nded. At day-rgh the same schr.
gih two others in Company, were nearly
within gun shot; they kept on to the sotsth-
Yard, and the H'ghfl, err did not think pro-
er TO Pnrsue.-i is njectured that the
range schooner was the priyateer Roger.
ap,aiu QuarieS, of this port, and which
ent to sea on Sunday ening; but it is
ore probable, that She was an American
otter of MarqIe from France, as the Ro
fercouid nave sunk the Highfyer with ease,
haii the time he action lasted--I6.
Malachi j, mes, Esq. surveyor for the port
| D.. CUrrtuck, has detained for trial, a small
chooner with provi ions ana live stock, sus
ccti tat she W bound for the sqnadfo on
u tse Cnesal eaSe. The schooner IS called
he Perseverance, and, with her cargo, was
,wbed by one JaShcr Pickett Her cargo
consisted OF 40 bbls shaa, 80 SHEEN, gua 8.
| los hogs. and $50 TogOfs, principally r. Sc y
turties; lac vas cOpnaIlded BY captain
Thomas D0Wdy.