The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-07-02

! EXTRACT OF A LETTER.
.Fegu Bsd}ord, Jaae 10.
HAVE arrived here from captivity !,
| Rah/dx, ~t,ch left Tie 10Th. I yf,r,;osc
the newspapers c letters sent Nv such ofthe
officers whose wounds ..culd uue,mi- Ih,h,
to write. will give you III! this rarucnlars -
the loss OF our Er,gate CNes0hrrke which
had a'riTcd there. Sac me IN eigAt or
! nine n'ilcs ahead Of the S.urro7. and az.
peared 20 outsaii her las. When enc
ssiutcd one u rho flfis six miss rrom mo
| town, and shewcd the E6gii>h over the
Ainer;csn ccicars, ,he tHdiEacr. people
thonght &c was tue PFe@Fsg.f. prize. and
mere was a general shout 8u' aaaetei-
we'd all whom | Could spe9,lS ., as | ;new
the ship and when the, fuui d Tito Be ,be,s
| Chs$ateake. &c that Re, CaD}ain ,sss $50
not hHzzs was i,eaid, exCIsns believe m
board a orig. was near ia Roe;ke. !, ~
aud acn certain htr crew did 10. cheer.
captain LagcTeHce was highly respected
tor hrs humanity GO the crew of the ipea9ork
--ana marks oi real grief were seen ,i,1lhe
commentaries OF all the inhIbitantsl hs3
change u seq. can say truly, that al
appeared &c lament bis death : and head
several say, shey considered, the bio 4
which had bean shed ca board Ahe Cttse
}FSoEc'8 deck IS dear as ;hst al their w,
counirymen. saw three lnaloganv c,e.
ms carried ON beard :Es C6eS2Hcsk. thfs
day ct the funeral. In one II them pain
La7orencc waS placed, and the cbfi,, me!
into twelve -o-red barge. which ro..st
minute strokes, followed by a piucfssion -
coats he corpse was received ~ the
hlng wharf, by regiment ct trouDs .apd,
fuii bahd 81 music. SIX cF tie alres=
Navy Captains CARVED The oaH, vbicts
vas enc OF the cClors Of the C6csUy..aEe
which they sail was conslde5cS a psrlicu>
lar mark OF respect ty navsi mrn--ss j.
o Il fntlk hat !, Esrl y r. l.
Tors b7avely, and at his toms they 81 uII
rot be separated from aim. TIE p,ccs.si-.
IN was very long, amo every thing va. con-
Quoted In tile nlost solemn marrc,.: 2nd-
the wounded otiictrs OF both nations, Wis
-'lowtG in The procession, made the sc,re
very eifecimg. never attended,. q funeral
IN my lne hen ny feelings were 20 rrch
ls"hoh here Nas nor tue least marx q
t%uitation that s2w, even among he co:n-
monest people.
g he ShanHon received five Or sir sl,c.,
IN her hull, near wind and wslsr but tI,ev
we're stepped and Ioaded. She was living
IN The barber. and rhoy were cvslbanfi, .
nd sAhti"g her figg'ng. Ehey cxp.c ed
10 Get mgr to sea SHORTLY.
:" Captain Broke agd Captain LGwrs1cs
were both de,r,ous from thSir .wDp,.ts,
and he s&ips were both brourht in ~ 80
Young officers. Captain B4oke was con,i.
dered as Very dangerously tounded, having
nlr mead cur ftG,n the ,np 20 gear ais r,,tni,
by 'he cav. When Captain Ic7yr1nca
could speak ne weUld SAY Doi'y givs nm.
the Sd p lie vas FIRST wounded IN tb..
leg winch b'sG much, and weakened him :
but he would not Os carried below when
he received grape sho, IN the lowe n.rt
ct ms belly OF which he did. CaIr,;n
bTeke was stated 80 have receivei his
weunI IN siHopiug down, trying TO- save the
hie III one or Ike Che89ftats's crew which o.
one Of his own msu was marrlino nnS
whose head hc cut utr
8" The oficers wer. al, sd+p;tfel Wv ,b.;,
parole but 1t was not known thcv would
be eZcfa gsd. rs the crew of The Cbc,n-
fsa%r mace the prisoners 700, AID it was
said the States then owed them l2oOo".
ne following are tho inscri1 ions On tbs
hags, captured at the takiDg Of Yong.
70" IN charge Of Major ARM1sTEAD, OH
his way 70 Wafhirgtun:
lhe Standard Of the notorious pluoder
i"g. burning, murdering. scslpinc corps e
Rangers, commanded by Col BntIer. In The
service oi Ems and. in the revolutionary
var, whose sa"age harbaritiss VIII long ba
remembered By The inhabitants # M5sNe.k
ana Suaqnehanna river---,ak,u Ct F5.a
George. Upper Canada, MAY ~, 1915 -,
This dag was held il great veueralion by
the SsvagsS
Sc Taken ny drum ct (Dsniel C.-op..
beli( ia Captain Makers Albany Soiu,s
teer's."
C1arieeton, Jane g ---~.7e.lev f,,n
WAGONS pc b. ton suf so .~. Nv