The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-02
There had been no late Sighting with the
French in Spain. Courier.
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The last accounts from the sneinys squadron,
state that the larger vessels continued just iasle the
capes X that the smaller ones were cruising up and
down the bay
We understand that the cavalry company com
msnded by capt JAS. Miles marched Tor lie ws,own
On Tuesday.
The committee of Wilmington, have fixed upon
the A. sena as the place Ut rendezvous an OF
larm. The alarm tn he given by the firing of
cannon, the ringing OF the Town Hall bell s the
beating If drums
On Sunday last the Wilmington cavalry comman
ded by capt. Jno. Warner out for Lewistown, TO
assist in its protection-rbey were escorted tn the
bridge by the volunteer light infantry company UNI
der the command of capt Leonard. The trooper
went OF in high spirits, and have doubt will do
credit to themselves Should an opportunity oger.
The committee for this Borough, we are told.
have agreed upon the ss,te off the intended fort
Tor the better protection Of Wilmington.
The citizens in many parts OF the state have OF
ganised themselves into military associations mar
ched for Lewistown..
On last Sunday, 2ist inst in the afternoon, no at.
tack had been made on Lewstown, according to the
threat of the squadron. There were on Saturday
800 men For It's defence: these angmenting dai.
y there we're or companies added to them ON
Sunday, Were met on Monday, going there on
one road only. They have need of men, their
complaints are OF want Of ammunition, but they
have had come supplies lately, gun boats or some
means for defending the western channel from the
necessary. q in
the common cause, the federaists equally as yea
ious in the those no are in favor of IN.
Observation-Disclosures one "a. one figate and
another large vessel, supposed tobe rigate which
were all at the distance Of from to IS miles from
Le"ie'o"h on iSet sunday. aurora.
From Cafe 1Eay.
On Thursday, 18th inst the sloop Eleanor LYslia.
Capt. WLiteman, from this port to Cape MAY, be.
| tween Maurice river and West Greek, fell in with
the pilot boat Pennsylvania, formerly of Cane Nav
well known by capt. Whteman, and suspectiue no
danger, close to her in pistol shot when he re-
ce'ved the contents OF a musket and command to
heave too-he not willing TO comply, stood on which
| brought on severe ere of musketry, one of the
halls directed at the capt struck the quarter stan
ehon glanced of otherwise in all probability W ould
this method to fail, iufYed across his stern T. 6red
| IL FOUNDER s. then swivel, s. then gave UP the
chase.
Capt. Whiteman has since arrived safe at Denis's
Creek Much credit is due to capt. Whitemsn for
! his valor and presence of mind.
! Capt Enoch Wheaton in the schr. Trepic Bird,
beng stern and discovering the danger but know
ngh 'mPract'cabie to run, stood after the Bri-
ltish-they surprising her to be q Gun-Boat hauled
their wind and stood for the squadron hut fearful
OF being overtaken, cut their boat to make the
better speed ON SCENIC whicilcap Wheaton hove too
and'took the boat and then stood ON his ans
arrived safe At Goshen, Cape May.-Mueb credit l.
due to the above mentioned eapts aud crews
WAsH1NGTo March so.
copy OF letter from Captain James
Lawrence, of the United States Sloop
OF War Hornet, to the Secretary of the
! Navy.
! .. S. SHIP Hornet.
Holmes Hole, March Is, 1918.
SIR,
L have the honor to inform you of the
arrival at this port. of the United State,
snip Hornet, under my command, from
cruise or las days. and to state to you that
after Commodore cambridge left the coast
OF Brazils (Jan. g. continued off the har-
Dor OF st. Saivadere. blockad the Bonnie
lCitoyenuc until the oath, when the Mon
tague 70 hove in sight. and chased ma into
the harborj but, night coming on. wore
dnd stood out to the southwark. Knowing
that he had left Rio Janeiro for the ex
press purpose of relieving the Bonnie CT
toyenne and the Packet (Which had also
blockaded for IL days. and obliged her to
send her mail to Rio, in the Portuguese
smack) ! judgedit mostprudent to shift INV
icruizing ground & hauled by the wind to
the westward, with the view of cruiz;np
lob Pernambucca, and on the 4th February
icaptured the English brig Resolution of 10
iguns from Rio Janeiro, bound to Maran-
ham, with coffee, jerked beef, -four, fustic
and butter, and about $4,000 dollars in
lsprCie. AS she saiiei Gui, and could mi
spare hands TO man her, i took out the mo.
ney and set her on fire. then run down
the coast for Maranham, and cruized
there short time-from thence run off
Surinam. After cruizng off that coast
from the 18th until the 23d of February.
without meeting vessel, stood for De
merara with an intention, should not be
fortunate on that station, to run through
the West Indies on my way to the United
States; but on the oath, in the morning
discovered brig to leeward, to which
gave chace-run into quarter less four. and
not having pilot. was obliged to haul of.
he tort at the entrance OF Demarara RI
yer at this time bearing S. w. distant A.
bout IL leagues. Previous to giving NJ
the chase discovered vessel at anchor.
without the bar, with English colors flying
; apparently brig of war. In beating
round Carobana bank, in order to get TO
her, at half past P M. ] discovered ano-
Their sail on my weather Quarter. edping
down Tor us-at 20 she hoisted English
colors, at which time we discovered her to
be large man OF war brig beat to QUAR-.
tiers, and cleared ship for action, and kept
close by the wind, IN order, is possible, To
: get the weather guage. At 10, finding |
could weather the enemy, | hoisted Ameri-
can colors and tackled.
At IS in passing each other, exchanged
broadsides within haltpistoI shot. Obsery.
ing the enemy in the act of wearing, /
bore up, received his starboarde, run him
close on board on the stayboard quarter.
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