The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-10-18

from men most OF whom had never seen au
enemy, and We're now fer tie first time exp,
sea tor nearly three hours to a force OF near
~ or qunc tour guns to one.
we hred during the action between and
500 guns, most OF them double shottcd, and
alter the first half hour few missed an CT: IT
Sept. 10th, O'Clock n. NJ.
upon an examination g our battery this
morning, we hnh upw ards of 500 shot and
shot holes IN the inside of the North and East
curtlnS, and n. +. baston, of all calibres, from
musket o.sll to thirty-two pound shot In the
n. T. bast,on there were tcrcc guns disinuunt-
Ell one of,''hich, 4 four FOUNDER, was bro
ken on near the t;unnions by a 50 pound shot.
and another much battered. | regret to say
that both the "a Founders are cracl ed il
such Il manner as to render them unfit fo,
service.
am informed by two desertcrs from the
Iahd force, who have Just arrived here. and
whom send for your disposal, tina. n rein
toroement is expected when they will doubt
less endeavour to wipe OF the stain OF yes,er-
dav.
Ifynu will send the Amelia down. we NAV
pr0naoiy save most or all Of the ships guns.
as her wreck is lying in 6 or Z feet water, and
some of them are Just covered. They will
not, however, answer for the fort, as they are
ton short.
BY the dcserters, we learn that the shir, we
nave destroyed WAS The Eermes. hut her COM
mander's name they did not recolrct Ii was
the commodorc, and doubtless fcll on his
quarter deck as we had a raking fire upon it
1T aoout two hundred yards distance for some
time.
To captain Sands, who viii have tho bonor
OF handing you this despatch, refer YOU for a
more particular account of the movements of
the enemy than may be Contained in my let
terS IFS services both before and DURING the
action were OF great Importance and consi
der fully Justify me in having detained hin,
Capt Walsh and several men were much
burned By the accidental eHplcsion e two o.,
th'ee carriages. ! hey are not included in
the list OF wounded heretofore given.
The enemy's feet this morning at dav
break were at anchor il. the channel about i
miles from the fort; shortly after it got nm
DER way and stood to sea after passing the
barthey hove too, and boats have been crn-
5tantly passing between the disabled brig ard
the others. ] presume the former is so much
injured as to render it unnecessary to lightei,
her
IS minutes after P. M.-The whole feet
have tins moment made sad and are standing
to sea.
have the honor 10 be, very Respectfully
sir, your obi serv't.
VIM. LAWRENCE. d.
4Mqi. Gen. ind. Jac&qon.
Com. 9TH Military District.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT Ai-csACr.
The President scnt another very important
message to Congress to-day. Il con priscs
she Instructions with which cur commission
ers tor treating OF peace with Great Britain
were furnished, from their first appointment
under the offered Russian Mediation. until
their translation to Client. part of this
message being, as we understand, of :; co!E-
denflGl nature, we, of course, know nothing
OF 1t. The mass Of letters, and extracts If
letters, which this communication embraces.
allowed to be made public, is considerable.
i AIKEN IN conreXion with the message of the
9th inst. they present a complete view Of ex-
ecutive proceedings for The restoration of
peace between the United States and Great
hrltain, from april, 1913, 10 the middle of
last August.
Our readers VIII not expect, in summary,
hastily thrown together, very precise C.
count OF the contents OF these documents
/ hat, indeed, would be impossible Ter :;
great portion of them are are1inertatiye. and.
therefore, not susceptible Of abhrcvi3tion.
Inc following outline, however, is substantial
ly correct.
The message Of to-day consists of series
OF letters from MIR. Monroe, s. tletary or
state, to our commissioners, addressed 70
them mt the time of their departure from this
country, and at St. Petersburg, Cottenl,lIg &
Ghent. Iite date are, from the 18th of A
pri' 1913, to the 1lth Of Angus, 1914, both
incln i've.
The first letter Chat Of April 15tf. 1857
Is tic most interesting; because it w. writ
ten before the downfall Of the French power
IN Europe, and shows the terms ypon Which.
Wheg England was much embarrassed with
~elSaty wars near hone, the United States
were willing to conclude treaty Of peace
with her.
ne chlef points enumerated, are those & |
blockades and impressment.
With respect to blockades, as tie British !
had declared their intention cf alwavy et2ti-u- |
i"g force before an invested place. sulFci |
city strong to render the blockade Lawful! !
and had, moreover, revoked THEN. ortie,4. il |
Council the United States were wiling r. |
wave that topic; our Commissioners. Al the |
same tim", being instructed to procure = |
more exact definition Of blockade to be insert
ed IN the treaty, if practicable.
On the subject of impressment t;e United |
states proposed to give vigorous eject to the !
act OF Congress forpreventing foreign seamen
from being employed on board American yes
sells, public or private
he President, i'll addition, was WILLING. in
orcer tc give greater force to the CorrreSsion-
al act, to compel foreigners, DESTROYS Of be-
coming natuiaized, toreport themselves in
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