The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-05-20

s,i'cd from Snekes'sHsrhor hree DAYS cs.A rho
hcet' .had she been IN state ~ prepara,,oi, 10
sve joined the cst IL esriv ,,sv We shu.l pro.
badly have :hc news OF further Operations nj Sack.
tetstlarbcr before we could i,ay. IL ly Bu;,,o a,
the win4 l'ss dnling tac late stota been southwest
OH the lake, With conser abix rs:, AL,...s,'.. ~
provisions were eoileStoil in mag s2s nr ma, sam
ply OF oar troops oaaiy point OF tue lake. and ia
troops were generally god health, na,, an.icua
20 crtss to attack Ei.sstoh.
.|ay II.
40oo. ~
The u. States ftgnte Macedonian. Cant Jones.
sa'ed iroh The Qsars"tne ir"irNi .ar.y y.st.ivisy
morning and anchored ~ Sanity -iiooS. xnl, ,,a
fricAtc Quilted States, Com Decatur
The L 3. sloop 81 Hornet, ,lropne,. into dis,
North River yesterday afternoon, ~ a. re she re,..,
ed ut anchor last evening. ia.
The privat'er Gov. Tompkins of this rnr,. b,,
captured nf Cope St Vincents, alter an action Of 50
minutes. the british Gibraltar paehvt Atnela TIE
crew OF the Amelia were put on beard the ,ry Co.'s
i'srry, from Philadelphia for Casiz ;u Tie [sv
Following they sent board ;ie British jr.
gate Menelaus in Ca,iiz Bay
PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS-
Ship Gen. C.'bu,r,, Cn,-r, arrived a, Hnston O.,
The llih inst. in % days from Lisbon sb. ws.
boarded the Friday preceding her arIi,.i Ly ,i,
La ios"e, ~, an Georges Banks, who hat reee,,.
sd information Of the sailing OF the President a,d
Congress, from the CurIew shop Of war. whist had
be.n chased Nv them and escaped.
Be!oVr ar Sunsct-T wo large shps beating uD---
one supposed to be a Fi,iGATE.
The lord Sidmonih p,,s1 to the rri=sfee- psrI
Jones', was rc-csptnrsd o. Sunday afternoon wilma
,,"' Light near New I.ohon,Iy the British irieats
prpheus The Lord Sibnoalh vas q vaiusbis
rrlzr-she was copperet to the bends and had a t,i
cargo OF sugar and coshe 81, esii,,s scr,po In s,..
e,e. On the ssine day The Osrhess captured two
"ther American shpE.
TN Monday arrived at Salem. the En,,isb CON-
per-truemrd brig Edvsr3, cts guns taken SIS
.l'ys before hv the privateer shp AleAsntier Cant
b.Crownipshied. of that port. arien with Si7 bales
Of cnfton and 10 tons of dyewood. She WAS owned
in Hni..
Ten DAYS before this csrt,re, tic Alexander had
tale 2 conperrd brig III Ia snhsand Is men no nd
from England 20 Nvwfsnufand, With so ~, dry
goo,'s and amuluuiiion--A I'D some tls,s alter n
schr. fron, Ensisnd for Newfoun,and, from which
So took ariieies, ant, then gave her up 10 the
prisoners
HGay Ia.
The frigate Macedonian, Captain Jones
went down ~ the Hook Yesterday morning.
and anch ored near the frigate United.
States. The maroeuvres Of the enemy aut-
side the Hook are distinctly seen from our
lfrieates.
The firing off the Hook on Wednesday af.
lternonn, was from the Valiant and Acasta-
They had stripped the schooner Margaret
Mead, and were practising their crews by
firing al her hull:
Arrived, the fishing smack Hiram, Sisson,
Yesterday, tow ed mp the hull of the Ameri-
ran schooner Margaret Mead, which was
given TO captain S. by the commander Of
l'he British blockadirg squadron. On
Thursday morning, the Acasta's barge.
with an officer and men. came on board
the Hiram. The nom ent the officer step
ped on hoard the SIN ac5k. the barge put off
and reached the Jersey shore, about three
miles snuthward to the Highlands, and the
men made their escape. Aeother boat was
sent TO take the officer from on board the
Hiram.