Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-11-01

en- the morning the 20h, the fric.,s II.
patched the schooner by signal sp0are o,,.
to search for other support, d which -.
were induced to believe from the en.m.
steering various courses, during q chase cc
r'nty fSoo hsa,s, and run Of tout hundytdfs
thirteen miles
In the al ernoon of the 22d, after ev...
other expedlenl had been resor,ed n -
accelerate the Aiexand,ia's SAILING a..
captain resolved to leave no fort uniried -
come up with the enemy, and The two how
er anchors were accordingly ordered - \.
cut from the bows wilhstsnding wa
found the enemy still gsined from ,s. and
at 6, on The breeze freshenine. ,bs
frgste fired a gun. aud hoisted Amer;e,n
colours, with broad pc ndant.
At noon the following DAY, the enem,
having SO much the advantage of sa;I,nn
had lun us completely ont of sight, in Ia, =
10 ~. long 9, +, besring w, half n ssd
steering w. by when last seen.
Our captain how considering it his dn,o
TO afford every possible protection of H.
Greenland ships, which generally leave ,bs
latitude of Sphzbergen sbou, The s0th of
July, and many Ut them being already to the
soulhwsrd OF Us, We made sail for he Nor,b
( end Of Shetland. '"
! On The 9Th We spoke brig from HuIIto
AIebangel IN Lar el %, ~. Icing. 4 SIZE
VINO, rom his description. had seen the en-.
! emys ffiga,e the morning before a few miles
to the sonihwsrd and westward of us. Tho
! Spiy2e on our weather bow, then snesl.
ing four sail of Greenland ships, which bsd
hove m sight the receding evening. one
OF whom ttile Eliza, Swan of Mon,rose had
been captured. m lat 81, II long 6 Z on
, the 24lh, by this frgste Che Resrden,, Com.
! houseIs,) and fsnsomed BY the master
Contrary winds prevented cur arrival a.
Shetland before the 5th instant where IVA
left the convoy in safely
! Inclose for your perusaI, iourns, te,.
blythe master of the Daphne, willie on bosr5
4 the President, which will anuse you a. Ito
! plain unvsrnished story Of a sailor. The
( Daphne was taken by the President the dsv.
before we chased her
do not know whether we ougb, IN Ia.
! ment so much as we did al first, tia, we an
/ no, overtake the Presiden,, as our forc.
/ would have been very inadequate, the Alex.
andris being only SO 10 FOUNDER frigs,e
and The Spithre would, suppose have been
occupied for little tine, at least, in dis.
posing of ,he Soourge.
Since our arrival, we learn that on the
22d July, MaJes,y's ship Norge "a, was
seen locking Tor NJ. Rodgers in lat 67 NJ
long ) L. You will observe in the foiego.
ing Statement, thai Rodgers was On the 24th
IN lat OF Ion E. SO that there is every
probability of his beng met
lE'Ffraef from @ naraiiss Of proceedings of tie
dated States t,igate P,esident. Conlnodor.
Rodgers, (tonr .5,aae Is 10 July "a, 1878,
b. Mr.. GaIes. mas,er. and Mr.. Karisoa,
maft. ofthe sao,D Daphne, IF Wha6y, ia.
ked BY her Of The Moth Cape.
On the 18th July, at Midnight, a,frigate.
with English color. hoisied, hove in sight
to ieeward. IN lat. 81, IS, long. Il. 81, T.
md fired gun to bring us too. We bore
down To hin. Al two NJ. the fourth Ii.
boarded VS., under prr,ence of impressing
meh and gaining intelligence he ordered
the master Of the Dsrhne, with his LIZ
book and papers to 60 on board the friga,e.
As soon as the master was on board, they
hoisted American colours, ard the l.. o..
dered the mate TO deliver up The SHIPS keys,
and the men TO pack up heir clothes and
be peaceable and they should have every
hing belonging to hem, as the brig wss
| prize, and they p is0nefs 10 the United
States figate President. Com. Rogers.
! ~ SIX, A they Junk her by firing four
| times t her. At ., NJ. SPOKE the Scourge
! sch pri'ateer, ing 10 guns, which
had taken two prizes, ssd sent them INTO
| Norway.
| On the feth July, two English ships Of
| war hove IN sight, which they reported
were "a gun ship and large frigste, who
| chased the President The prisoners were
sent into the hold. under strict con6neme
and the President prepared for action The
men received by the Commodore's orders,
three DAYS allowance Of grog extra, for
which they SAID they would hgh, III they
SINK, for the English should never carry
The President to England
July 2e--The English men Of war con-
| ,inue the chase, and the prisoners in tie
hold.
! July 2o-The English men.of.war cane
I up with as very fast, the prisoners strictly
confined IN The hold. The President pre-
psres tor action. Ca this day The men load
| ed the stern chasers with iron bars and bols
over snd,aboye the common charging, AND
swore they had rather sink Than be tsken'
The mems treble allowance Of grog gong
on. During The chsce they hove the Dap
| hines two guns ov.rbosrd. The mss'erssw
| great number of iron bars and bolts, made
fast a, the ends with great deal OF spur
yarn, SC. and also small shot put into inc
~adds ready to load the guns. should the
come INTO acton
The President fights under two large
white flags. with black letters. enc ex.fe"
ing ano imptessmen," the oiher, "fhsh
the hsughy President, how do you nA
her ," The Scoufge 6gh's under fres
Trade, and Sailors Rights"
July 23--on this day the President run
the English men of.wsr ont of sight.
N IL Snme one of he prisoners having