The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-23

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observed by gu boat; which got under
way and gave chase, hred 10 or IL of hsr
long guns at her, some of which insst have
touched but from the Superiority of her
sailing over that of the boat, she got off.
Gag
THE ESEhY.--A seventy four. two friga,es and
several smaller vessels, belonging the enemy's
Bay squadron anchored of Swan Point or 10
miles below the rsouth of P2tapsco. and 20 miles
from this city al O'Clock yesterday. The alarm
guns were fired, and the brigade assembled with
the greatest prou0ptit,ije and naerity. A part of
them marched to- the fort about sunset the re-
mainder are under az 'ns NJ the time writing
this article at oc'oe, awaiting the orders al The
commanding genei al. Should the enemy afford the
occasion, W. have no doubt but the city and its
shipping viii be ecctualy defended without aay in.
To the editors oftae Mere1u,Re -fausrsi-
rN seq.
Conference.-The public will perceive,
by Yesterdays paper, that Captain Howe
OF the ship Charleston and Liverpool Pack
Ell. was boarded b. The Chesapeake on the
21sr M2rch & was in with said ship until
the 2t b u't. When four of the officers dine,,
with Captain Ii. On the Oath we had
| several officers from her to dine Thomas
Jackson, An American seaman. man whom
we shipped IN Ca6iz, who had been i'm
pressed aDd.served the English FIVE wears.
had obtained A discharge from the British
service on account Of his icing an Ameri-
can, requested of Captain r. permission I O
enter on board the United States ship
| Chesapeake, which he Willingly granted
and the officers gladly received him. In
the afternoon. the officers repaired on board
again with L. Jackson. Captain Evsns
requested Captain Howe not to note his
4 Z IN NO Loci ,,rl- t,,ss \
speak any vessel of equal force, to inform
them where he was, and if superior, not To
mention him. Several days after this we
were Boarded by the Junon frigate from
Lynnhaven Bay, bound to Hefnuda. which
ship captain II. informed of the Chesapeake
captain Evans. Captain Howe is sorry TO
inform the public, that on the 9Th he was
boarded by an officer from the Dragon. ~
captain Berry, and in examining the arti
cles and Leopie, he found this Thomas
Jackson to be missing, and would not leave
the ship until he cou d sc some intelligence
OF him /; and therefore began a search fore
and aft. After searching sume time. one
OF our men informed him that he had enter
ed on board the United States frigate Che
sapeake. The Lieutenant repaired on
board the Dragon, and informed Captain
Berry, in the preseRce of capt. H that one
OF the crew was missing, and had entered
on board the Uuited States frigate Chesa-
peake. Captain B. asked captain H. if it
was correct that he had been spoke by one
of orr frigates which captain H. could
not deny-but farther information was not
obtained from captain II. respecting the
place OF our leaving her. Captain Berry
knew she was out, and was on the alert
for her. She had captured three prizes.
Captain f. informed captain H. that he
should PM his ships head for some port IN
the United States in about Il days from
that date if he met with no obstructions-
Captain Evans was aware of the block
ade, being informed by captain Howe.
EDWARD HOWE, Jr.
NEv-YoRK, April 10, 1918.