The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-07-02
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w - ~ w F1t. III ESAfF.NKEI.
he painful suspense. in which the pub
etic has SO i"hg remained. with regard, TO the
issue q the late naval combat, has at length
given PLACE 10 more painIei certainty. The
!,arttcniarS OF tRr engagement, as given IL
'ht~ialtaN papers were received on FRIDAY
evening, and are inserted in our paper cs
tths Gay. The bloody record contains a DIES
crip.ior or carnage unparalleled in Naval
history and its perus1l would have excited
'~eiy senS'biiHy, bad neither OF the comba
ANTS ocen our c9unt:ymen. How then
must our feelings be laceratsd, Milcn we
ilnd arsong the dead, our gallant LAW
RENEE. VINO so lately hung in the Temple
OF Fame the proudest trophy of our coun
try $ glory and OF whese fituie services
the nation cherished the fsndest e,ztscta-
tions.
Ballard. Brcone and White, are also
numbered with the slain bat their virtues
vii, iong live in the remembrance OF the
many, to whom that sra,,L and lioerai cha
racter which adorns the composites and in
Indicates the hero, Justly endeared them.
ihe younger officers, who felt in the en-
sagement. had gained the friendship OF
numbers in this place, and many Of the gal.
liant tars. who persisted. had relatives in our
vicinity.
Public sympathy has never been more ex
cited; and although the result Of this de,
perate engagement furnishes not tie lustre
Ut our Naval character, il creates pauc
oil universal sorrow.
During the whole of Saturday, the flaes
we're hcisted ~ half mast at the Forts, q,
The Navy Yard, at different flag stats in
town End on all the public and private A.
merican Ships in the hsrbor.
In the late sanguinary conflict between
the Chcsae sk. and Shannon, we have be
'ldc the death Of the gallant LAwREKcE,
20 lament the loss Of Licut. BALLARD, 4,h
"ihcer of the Chesapeake, and Eieutenapt
B2ooME, OF the Marine Corps. By the
deaths VI these gentlemen, our country has
lost the Services uf brave and skilful effects,
and society been deprived Of Respectable.
amiab!e and intelligent ynung n,eu. W e wal
nor, howeVcr, indulge in ul-sVa,ling regrets.
g" Ihe hrs; duty a SO der oN * his country rs
70 die, aad a gr:,e.fl country VIII cherish
aud respect ther: memories.
ltappears by the Halifax papers that
Capt. BrCke headed his boar Boarding
IS dernisr aud desperate reyort and lea.
ding the hOarders is al. avs / duty assign
ed 10 The hrSt Lieutenant. Capt Boxes
reading the boarders showed that he con
slderet I've battle desperate az that moment.
here is Dus one Instance, witain our recoi.
lection, where the bOsrtiers were led by ;he
commander Of the boarding vessel; anlIIhat
ate; but Tic,ory percned upon h;s cannsrs.
lf attcr beng out Of port but five hours,
our vessel stood any thing like an equal
chance-it is two To one. size would have
Carried the Shannon, ii the Chesapeake had
been at SEA zen days before the engage
ment
1t tppeas that Caps. Lawrence and his
lSt LIT, wee wUuDdeb the lSt bruallsIde uf
course tde residue al the battle was f1usht
10y tbs junior Lleutenauts, il they were NOS
Disabled, and ttie pidshipuIcn and SEQ ,lea.
we will venture to-assert that there IS no
Instance 10 naval chronicles OF 50 creAt
slaughter IN SO short period, though Cap
tam Lawrence's action with the Peacock,
Gas attended with more decided execution.
hundreds " persons, who Witnessed the
late rcnContre between the ChesHpeak- and
3nannUn, unanimously attest 70 the ascen-
sion ot Sn Immense volume of smoke, mast
high, Rnich induced well founded belief
that come dreadful accident had happened
on board our snip; or that some unknown
strt gem had been practiseo by the enemy.
ihe silence of the letters winch hav. been
recei' ed upon this subject, raises pre.
sumption. that no explosion took place, and
that no combustlbie materials were preciui.
tated upon our deck. The solution Of d.,
phenomenon probably this. Wnsn the enc
my bearded, cur men fred do7pn from the
tops; and the enemy fired IN at our men
The vertical FIRE from the musketry, might
produce an effect very different from the
horizontal fire OF the great guns.
The buglsm,n being killed early in the
action whose express 1aty it was 10 call the
boarders TO assail or repei undoubtedly c
casioned {. delay of some minutes, at an.
most impsrtan, period Of an conilici-w,ich
gave the enemy. after the uncxamp'ed de.
struc;ou Of our officers, an almost uuresigt-
ed possession Of the spar deck,