The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-07-23

supposed TO be from a vessel set on FIRE in the
bay-that on the morning OF the 18th FIVE
large ships, of them apparently of the line,
brig and tender in company, were passing
up near the middle of the bav-and III the e.
vening, n brig, 5 schooners and tender
went the same way. Mr.. l.. infers from
these movements that an attack upon some
point of>Virginia or Maryland was in conteni-
plation.
Major Segar of Urbanna, writes under date
OF the 18th; that on the morning Of the 18th,
of the enemy's vessels, Z of them large and
small passed the mouth Of the Rappahannock
up the bay-and in the evening, another large
ship-at the time the last ship passed, a sloUp
and schooner came into the river in full
view of the ship.-rhe captain Of the slnop
informed Maj ). that he belonged to Phatiel-
pha, was last from Norfolk bound to- New
\ DIRK ; but having been chased into the river
by the vessels mentioned above, he should so
to Frederick Sburg-that when he left Nor
folk, there was only one OF the enemy's YES
sells below and of course these vessels we're
reinforcement.
\ dispatch from Col r. F.. Parker of West
mOrcland, (July 1Sth( SAYS, f." | have the hon
or to state for the information of the Com
mander i'll Chief, that 4 large British ships,
sioop of war apparently, and greater NUM-
Der OF tenders and barges, than ever appear
ed IN the River before, entered the Potomac
this morning, and anchored this evening about
p. NJ. a little below BlackStones Island
lie sgiment is under arms"
n spatch from Col. Austin Smith OF +
CT orSc, (thc next county ADORE Westmorc-
lahd) on the Goth JULY says: The enemy, /
am informed, are about Blackstone's Island,
IN considerable force. and are moving up.
expectto cali out my Rcgt. in the course of to
day on Tomorrow" The letter bears this en-
dorscmcnt--" Since writing the within, have
seen the Enemy's Ships, 4 in number, of the
largest size, & several tenders, and have or
dered out the Regt.'
Inc enemy are higher up the Potomac than
they have ever been befo.e
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from " Groyan's Ph'iadcLthic Pa5Ec Sale
R5tOrt," Ltiy Is.
We copy the following from Pouson's American Daily
Advertiser, Of the lith inst
CONSOLATION NrrILA WITNESS"
"Thc Richmond Enquirer of Saturday last contains
the following consoiing little photographic
60 .Nicss Ueckh Register. stcics tie ,nIe, cro,u
i'l-eS SINCE ne UdT, al 1882 this is sorethinp Ghe
mt Tor tat Before tie Uu1 tie 6e4cs -ree al On, one
@oe-at present, they distributed 1i,h Et.e nsore
imturtiGItp."
" Thus it seems WE have gained something by the
war Yes, We have captured lose prizcs-woith per-
haps faro millions fdoNars And what has the gain
ng.of these two millions coSt us ?--DoubtIcs,. more
than one hundred millions"
We co5ceirr the preceding remarks on the para
graph contained in the Richmond Enquirer SO erfsQ-
odi0!y, that we have no hesitation 10 assert! that I'M
less the writer has wfully attempted to impose upon
the public, lac must be "A wrechcd calculator Since.
he has been so krl to give heading TO the para
graph from the Richmond Enquirer We take the lib
city to give hraGing 10 his remarks, aud call it
CALCULATION WITH A WITNESS
We prove oar assertion by referring the public to
the following facts, that the properly of THIRrr CAR
TChED EssELs ONLY amounts TO FIVE AND ONE
HALF MILLIONS Or DoLLARs
q , See numbers Of orr Prize List, Nos e. go 81
81, los 1885, 1913, 1AS, 17S, 10, 1871, 20S o2i 90
o4i SO, $50, Si7, 349 $50, $685. 354, 40 4o9, 425,
i2i, 400, $50, 49S, sig ,
But lest 1t should be said ths The above selected pri-
yes were the only valuable ones we further state that
SO successive captures which came to our knowledge
IN the month of March last, during the space Of four
weeks and which reported in Prize List from
NO 79l to s2S ncluSve valued 1T two millions
and seventy thousand doars.-We profess ourselves
incompetent m make true estimate of the value
the 1852 prizcs-But if take the estimate of the
bcpe mentioned 50 captures as q standard for an
average, the whole amount would exceed SIS 900 OOI
OF Dollars We believe however that that sum is IA,
short ol the reality, since doubt MANY captures
have been made of which account has reached the
J Editor OF The Baltimore Register nor ourselves
| or Gen. Sniff has received after f,om the Sec
rotary at War, authorizing him to cell forth two Re-
gnents oil 1000 men each, COZ the defence of Bali
more, &c.