The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-03-19
ENQUIRER OFFICE, March 10.

w cnoGFStanC, that II the mediation OF
Russia IS accepted by Great Britain. the ne
goCi alton may be transferred to St. Peters
burg under Mn John Quincy Adams on
the part of the United States, & Lord Cath
cart on that of g. Britain.-The negotiation
viii thus be conducted under the immediate
eye OF their common friend, the Russian
Emperor.
Mr.. Crawford Of Georgia, late President
OF the Senate pro. ten. and a gentleman
possessed of bold and masculine mind, will
so out as minister to France in the place of
the late Jcc! Barlow ESQ.
We understand that Maj General Will
kinson is directed to report himself to Gen.
Dearborn oil the Northern Army.
Brigadicr- General Flournoy of Georgia
is directed to take command at New Orle-
ans i'll lieu of Gen. Wilkinson.
As the Office OF Inspector general of the
Armies is about te be Incorporated with
! that of Adjutant General, agreeably to the
provisions of the present law General Al
General in consequence of his commission
as Inspector-G General will Of course no LON
ger remain in that department.
! ~ Captain Arthur Sinclair, late OF the
! u. >. brig Argus, is now with fiotilla OF S
gun boats in Pienkatankr-they sailed from
Washington with 100 of the crew of the Ad-
ams--he will return himself to that city in
all this month.-Capt. s. is appointed to the
command of one of the Frigates lately di-
r-cted 10 tbe built, and he vi! ssf
hex building.
II Night Of Errors.
| ~ The cruizer, which is stated in the
letters to the Executive to have encount-
cred three OF our gun-b iU Piankatank,
turns out 70 be the American Priyateer
| For. Fer feats are detailed under the
| Baltimore head Foc as she is by name
she was not cunning enough to escape a
brush with his own countrymen.-Capt.S Sin
clair, the commaxdant of the Gun Boats,
! who had first suspected her OF being an A
merican, was right ar first and wrong after
vards.---See his lSttcr handed us by a
friend
Extract ofr letter from Gait. SinclaI, to
MS friend in Hatbe7vs county.
u. s. FLoTILLA, March IS, 1918.
"Three of the enemy's schooners came
OF here this evening, and hoisted their COL
ors--'l got under way and stretched out of
the harbor but Inferior as we were. they
stood Off and tried 70 lead us out in the bay
where they knsw we sOod not act. and
their ships could protect them.
=" am much relieved to hear that the
schooner which struck. the other night, is
certainly one oE their crulzers.--Had been
| sui ~ VI ~ "htiC 4 wac CnSd5CIs IL never
would have been taken in third time al
ter having the action renewed on me- twice
before, In consequence of silenCing her,
ceased my fire, believing she had struck
but, altho' she fired on me first, after being
told who we were, and never would answer
whoshe was, yet so much did fear that it
was some OF my imprudent, head strong coun-
trymen, that | took every opportunity to
spare her and to Try and find out who she
was. j much fear they were all lost, as
she could not have had a whole boat left.
and we found pieces torn out Of her by our
shot ten or twelve feet long, on the shore
next morning. Judge her to be upwards
Of 200 tons by the ? IL inch cable and z
or 800 weight anchor we got next day. -
She was crowded with men, as we could
see by the light Of her guns.--I was sure
she would sink, as we were within $50 yards
and pointed myself7 long 10 Founders dou-
pie and treble shotted, just a midships be
! tween wind and water, and could plainly
hear the shots strike her"
| ~ The Secretary Of the Russian lie
| cation was in this City yesterday, on his
way from Washington, CO. J .cture says 10 the
enemy,s feet in the Bay lie waited On The
Governor yesterday morning
| he reader can form conjecture, as
well as ourselves, of the olyesss Of this Vi