The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-10-08

the first inionnstiCn he received of that at.
fsir. and The kDpwledge of the loss of the a
merioan S'gnalfwas Of great Importance 10
,iim.
N Washington, Oct. S.
we are enaSod to lay before our leaders
an authentic ACCOUNT of Rcdgcrss croize.-
Ut appears thai we have been mismfor med
~ the Northern prints, az to the cap
ture oftwo natons, vessels, which he was
repnrted to hive taken. Without such
good fortune, inwever. his crrGze has been
sufficiently brilliant, s his fortunate return
little less thana miracle. Nat. ln,.
ROBBERS CRUIzE.
Cory or LeTer jrom Commodo-e Rod
gers to The SFerefarv of'fhe Many, dated,
u. S. Figate President, Newport,
Sept. 27,h, 1873.
SIR-Your having been informed Of my
leaving Bostonon the Esd cf April last, and
of my departre from President Road in
company Si'hthe Congress, on the 3o,h OF
The same monh, it nov Only remains for
me to make y,u acquainted with my pro-
ceedings since the latter date.
ln lew hours after getting to sea. the
wind, which had been light from the west
ward, shifted to the s. T.. and obliged me to
beat. consequently prevef><ed our getting
clear OF the bay until the Sd of May, when
N the Afternoon while in chase of a British
big of wer, near the shoal of Georges
s 'rs. we passed 10 wintward of three sail,
wo OF which, from their appearance and
he information previously received, iu,ig-
SO 20 be the La Hogue "a. and Nymph fri
gate. and the third merchant brig. After
getting clear of Georges Bank, the wind
veered to the north eastward, aud we cont
0ued along east southerly. in the direction
It the southern edge Of the Gulf Stream, un
u the 9th OF May, in long. 60. w. lat. 50 SO
N 4. when parted company with the Con-
gress. After parting Company shaped a
course as near as the ind would permit, to
intercept the enemy's West India CON
merce passing to the southwark of the
Grand Bank: not meeting with any thing
in this direction except American vessels
from Lisbon and Catli2, ! next pursued a
route to the northward on parallel with
the eastern edGe of the Grand Bank, so as
to Cross the tracks Of his West India, Hall
fax, Queoec, and St. Johns trade. In this
route experiencing Constant thick fogs for a
number 0i days. and not fn-eting any thing
attcr reiohing the iatituas of az n. I steer.
ed IT, tie S. 4. towards the Azores, off
which, il different directions, continued
unit 'he 6tE of June, without meeting ii
single snemy's vessel, or any others, ex-
cepr two Americans. At this time falling
IN with an American ship bound to Cadiz,
land receiving information that she had
four days before. passed an enemy's CONVOY
from the West Indies bound to England, I
crowded sail to the n. Z. aud. although dis
appointed in falling in with tho convoy, |
nevertheless made four captures, between
the 9th and 18th of June.
ReIup now m the AZ If d. ~ love- 30
w. l determined on going to the North
Sea, and accordingly shaped course that
'aaorded prospect Of failing In with vas-
sells bound to Newfoundland from St.
Georges Channel, by the way of Cape
Clear, as well as others that might pass north
about TO the northward ofJreland to my as
however, in all this route did
not meet with single vessel, until / made
the Shetland Islands, and even OF there no
thing but Danish vessels trading to Eng
land under British licences. At the time
reached the Shetland Islands, a eonsidera-
bic portion ct my provisions asd water be
ing expended, 1t became necessary to re
pleni.h these previous to determining what
course TO pUrsae next and / accordingly
for this purpose, put into North Bergen ON
the 9Th # June but, much % my surpr,ze
and disappointment. was not able to obtain
aay thing but water, there being an unusual
scarcity OF bread in every part of Norway
and at the time not more in Bergen than q
bare suHic ency for its inhabitants for four
on five weeks This being the case, after
repienishins my water departed on the 2nd
OF July, and stretched over toward the Ork
ncy Islands, and from thence toward the
North Cape tor the purpose OF inrerceptine
a convoy Of 25 or 80 sail. which it was slid
would leave Archangel about the middle OF
July under the protection Of two briggs or
two sloops Of war and which was turtne r
Confirmed by two vessels I captured on the
Is h aud 18th Of the same month. In this
object however the enemy bad the good
fortune to disappoiot nae, by q line of
battle ship and frigsge making their APP
pearance off the North Cape on the 18th Of
July, jast "a was IN momentaTy expectati-
OH Of meeting tae conveys CA first discover
ing the enemg's tive ships Of war, not being
able, owisg TO the haziDess Of the weather,
to ascertain their character with precision,
| stood toward them until making out what
thoJ w-sres l hspiRd By the wind OH the op>
posite tack 10 avoid them but, owing to
faint, variable winds, caims, and entire day
light (tae son in that lat. at that season, ap-
pearing at uiidniglit several degrees above
the horiZOr) they were enabled to CONT
nue. the chase upward OF so hours--during
which t;1de. owing to different Changes Of
the wird III their favor. they were brought
9pite as near to Us lis was desirable. At the
dne ct meeting with the en8ny's two ships
the privateer schooner Scourge, uf New
York, which ] had fallen in with the
day before, vas In compGny--but their at
tehtjon was 50 much eDgTossed by the Pre-