Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-07-16

~', ~"u 80 uS Sucmy Was
much crippled and unable to hold his own I
nave no uouot ne would soon nave drifted
OUT OF gun shot before he discovered we had
anchored, had rot the hawser unfortunately
parted. My ship had taken fire several times
during the acton, but alarmingly no forward
and aft at this moment: the DANES were
bursting up each hatchway, and no homes
were entertained OF saving her onr AL
lance from the shore did not exceed three.
quarters of a mile, and i hoped manv rs no,.
brave crew would be able to cav. ,s.s
selves, should the shin blow mn. as go
formed the Gre uas nea : the -. M
the explosion Of a Iarye nm nt;,. ns linz sne
below ss.ryetito ;rcress 90 ,h. hSrF o~uer
situatiou--our boats ,ver,e des,ra,,s.s IA =. vur
enemy's shot: I. therefore d;r.c.ss y !. euc
who could swim Ia hmm overhn. ~ a .,'oso
deavor 10 gain the shorr Son,. =, ~ en-.
---some were taken bv the ener,,, 80 49,. N0
persisted in the attemnt bns n,as, r.. J s.'nS
q, r;r.r ,,;.t, :. - ~, ,ose preferred
who remained NOV, ..,.n =. 'us snip. we
wholly 70 . ,,,;n..,,;sr; our attention
vse haa s,,crasS. s .. sae nas'es ana when
where the 6r;ns. -. ~. a6a's 20 our guns
,,...,s e was .Ipe up ior some nil
-. .AS S,ew nau ny tnss time become
~ weaAehsu, tnat .ney all declared to me
VIC iuPossioihty OF making further resist,s
ance, anu entreated me to surrender nv
sniP 20 save the wounded. as all further at
tempt at opposition must prove ineff. ctuai
almost evo:y gun being disabled bv the 49,.
struction of their crews. now sent srr ~.
officers of divisions to consuls Then, -.
what was nv surprise IN i;,d onf.r cus
Stephen Dec atnr Meg n;,hs 10y 8. l. .,'e Le
Confirmed the renort an,''s'l"no
ton of tho p,ns ~, tba 80 E.S slS conoi~
the spar deck we're not 10 - h.,, ''ose on
III W;lm.r Sc oetter state)-
,hr.,,.i.n'.. - "6n'hS most CALAMITY,
s Tue aCaon' mad been Knocked o.
sses.y 'Pnnser, wniie getting the
e,so' aiSior lroH the bows, and was drown.
eu. hcting LIT John u. Cowell had lost a
reg Mr. Edwd. BarnewalL Acting Sailing
master, had been carried below. after re.
ceivlng two severe wounds, on. in the bre,s+
and one in the face; & Acting 1t. tvm ~
Odcnheim. r had been knacSad .,''...
from the quarter an instan, 49, siooara
not regain the shin until ,f,er ,h, s '.. u'u
der 20 "'
was informed IN =. ~,
the ward room and ,be h;s,h IL, '''e s,eeragc,
tair, no more wounded ,h., ~ ., ooIla con-
killed while the snrpeons ,,,... a "ou.ueu were
and thai. nnl.se sa,,,,,I,;,, .e PRESSING them,
to prevent it. the shin wo1,d 80 'IeIui!y done
number of shot holes in ber bo,,ona ' A,a tue
sending for the carr.n,-r h. o ;sss ana on
all his crew had he.r, L;ii., ~ 'orm q me thag
that h.. had once bsen ovs. ~, TSouoed, ana
leaks. when his sl;nr, had hss, ss. " sloP uie
il was with difficultv he was sa,,ss -. ~, ano
ing. The enemy from, The sn,aS.i, o' oarc"i'
water, and the irnposs;h,I;,v os o,,n oI ne
him with o,tr carronod.s 49,, al M feachiag
hension that was ercite.5 h. ~. S .it.I aPPre1
become much slackened. was snati. %ASn n a
ain, at us as at a target his shot 49,. - u
our hull, and nv shin was en-, nm ~ nassee
which was, perhaps, never b-tore witness.dN
in hne, saw no hopes of saving her an, ., %
minutes after p NJ. gave the painful order ~
strike the C. rs. rs men ,ncI,,,;no. ~ ~
were ali ,ha, remained of NV ,y,,o,a on'ers'
ter the action. CAPABLE of do;ns .,,,,, SD., al
of them severely wounded some :, 49,, ', ny
died since. The ehsmy still continued nj. e.o
and my brave, tho ,lnfortunate comna
were still filling about me r d;rac,ad ~. .'
site gun to be fired, TO shew them I'VE ,n.s oppo
no further resistance but tbev did No, 800
four men were killed at my side. and o,hers -
different parts Of the ship. 1 now believ.d ha
intended to show us no quarter. and +nat 4.
would be as we'll to die With nv fiar av;nr ~
struck, and was on the point of again ho;ss,na.
it, when about ten minutes after hauling the
colors down, he ceased firing.
cannot speak in sufficiently h;pb terms sc
the conduct of those engaged for .nch on ,,,,,
raIeled length of time (,inder -uch ....,,r
siances) with me in The arduous and unesn,s,
contest. Let it suffice to say that more brsy..
ry, skill, patriotism and zeal were never d,s
played on any occasion. Every one s.an,., IL
to die in defence of their m ,,nn -
country's cause, and nothing but viva r., ,,~.
manlty could ever have reconciled them an.
acting lieu,enants M'Knirht and udenhs'n