The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-03-12
a7-Loss or riE MAvEpoNIAN.

1FLOSS OF THE NAuEDONIAN.
I, k,cas !ae l. onGlois P.!GI-Anec. o.
We axe sorry II have 70 announce the
captoie q: another Of our triaa;es Icy the
An.rieai,s, / he Macedonian, Of SO guns.
Capt. CAsEKN, has been Captured by the
American hisatr CnHes! States, off the
UeSfcra Isles. AFTER u very ,bstiuatc EN-
sagcment, ~ which nearly half al tae cr4m
OF he Maceao1ian we've either Killed or
wounded.
In recording, us We do, with deep sens
OF affection Tor The fayHished glory II ne
Erifish fac. nozv a second time disgraccd
by ne triumph offAe .4me'i an arnls--not,
ndced. OH equal teriH. but ia point vi the
rate OF Ships apparently not far from beng
Sol, is sou,e consolation that the BRITISH
vessel appears, as far as Suffering can be-
taken Tor pr oof, 10 have done the du.y oet
ter than IN the prior instance OK the G@rT-
rie'e. Bus sill il is q f6mjnl scos .d--G
| second cne--unaccompaned with any a"e
quatc wound inflicted on the enemy by US !;
! and we canDo, help feeling indignant. that
the sovereignty of the seas, the prue ahd
! boast OF Britain. and what is of still grea-
ter value. the superior skill and valor
which acquired. and is alone adequate TO
| maintain & preserve that sovereignty,shouid
been have so far compromised, that after
| On the part Of the enemy, 10 sufficient eff
| fort has been made to enable our gallan,
seamen to meet the enemy at sea, with
| fair and equal proportion OF strength. It's
! known fact. that the large American fri
gates are as large as some OF our ships OF
"a guns; and that they are manned with
| uil crews, indeed with great addition OF
supe namer;r es, while or crews have been
| kept short since the reduction OF the
French navy to its present state OF mac
| ton. Ever since the commencement of the
| war with america. this fact has been strong
ly represented in The PILoT and IN others
| It the public journals disposed to remind
the Government of its duty i'll point most
| essential to the honor and interest OF the
nation, rather than basely to blind the eyes
of the Ministers. and to defraud the nation
by praising every thing that has been done,
and palliating every thing that has been
left undone. His Majesty's Ministers have
| at length become sensible of the force of
these representations and as soon as it
was learned that an American squadron was
cruizing off the Western Isles, ship OF the
line and some. frigates were ordered on
that s.ation.-Bat they will arrive too late.
The U. IS. will have reached an American
port, with her prize..th the Macedonian and
| cur squadron, which has been recently re-
| lntorCed, will have mo enemy to encounter
| on its arrival but the winds and seas, from
which Heaven send it safe. We see by the
| accounts from Halifax, mentioned in ano-
Their paragraph. that RODGERS had pu to
sea again. He will not, we suppose, inter-
fere with the other American squadron off
| the Western Isles I; he will go and sweep
somewhere else and when he has made
his snatch and gone off, our Government
will probably send squadron to look for
him--not where he is, but where he has
been We find that Sheedy, Jamaica pao.
ket, which arrived at Falmouth on Tues
day, was chased several times by the Anne
ricans off the EVestern Isles, but escaped
by superior sailing. This is very fortunate,
as she had considerable sum of money on
board, besides duplicates Of the bills sent
by the prior packet, the S,Ualiozu, due
and missing since the beginning of Novem
| Der.
! For the information Of floor John Bull
ne 1uoaid inform him that Com. RODGERS
has snafched" The Swallow, and all he,
cash, 10 The amount Of 100000 dollars, is
So eiy deposited in the State Bank.
Bost. Pat.