The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-04-20


Isis stated that Col. Milton. with one
thousand men has M arched ia the attack of
Ho-ith-le-wau-le if so, the offensive one
ratons OF the two officers will be nearly ST.
muitaneoas. and must be crowned with sue.
cess. by occasioning favorable diversion
TO the enemy's forces. CIRCUS.
April g..
A gentleman just from Fort Hawkins in
'orr,s us, that Col. Milton has perhaps bv
this time marched ag inst the hostile To-.
dians at Ho,ith ,le,wau,ie. His force will
consist OF the Soath Carolina troops, few
regulars, and the advanced division of the
Regime nt from North Carolina.
(Journai.J
NORFOLK, Aprills.
tits geaeraly believed thst Negotiation for an
Armishee IS pending between our government ana
governor Preso't on the part of England. From
winch s'de tse proposal wss made is Only coniec-
ture but 1t appears to be escertsincd that our Co
Vernment hsve agreed to il, cond;tionai,y, that a
maritime truce shall be coeyal with the cessation of
hostes land. In con sequence of ,sis at,n,ation
o'spatches have been forwarded tn the british adj.
r.irsi commanding the Halifax station, who /; the
ony authority that can act in thae case.
For two days past We have had various rumors
but no certain intelligence, of the arrival Of large
aoo'nona force in the Bay. The truth is, that the
weather. has been so uncommonIy thick for these 8
days past, thst 81 would be impossible to perceive
vessel at miles distance from the shore but as
the wind during that time has been at East il is mot
unlikely that the squadron expected from Bermuda
may have taken advantage, OF the foggy weather TO
come IN the Cspes. and proceeded up the bav for
we cannot expect they viii make parade of their
torres tpr several days in Lynnhaven directly under
our o. Srvston, as they did last year: we rather
expect that they will rendezvous some distance up
the bay, and not shew themselves in this neis hbor
hood until the very moment of attack. Herald
APRIL is
IDLE RuMouR.-The propensity which
some persons have for circulating false ru
mours, is surprising. considering how great
~ it subjects those Who indulge in /. TO pub.
lie contempt. In ordinary times this dispo
sition IS productive IF no pablo inconveni
ence +; but IN the present state Of things
TINS practice deserves to be reprehepded in
the severest terms We are led to these re.
Elections by what happened here on Thurs
day last. About two o'clock, it was rspor-
ted in manner 50 circumstantial "a To
gam general belief, that Admiral Cochrane
mad arrived with twenty four transports.
having at least 5000 troops. BY night the
transports disappeared. and foar ship. Of The
line had arrived and at last it turned out
hat one,frigate or slcop of warhad arrived
and gone up tire bav. We lock for :" Nor
folk News" and have no doubt few davs
VIII bring us Important articles, such as
From our correspondents at Norfolk -
- Extract OF letter from Norfolk" &c &c
We think it would be desirable to ascertain
facts, before letters are written, calculated
to ex tie alarm. and perhaps loss and in
jury, in variety of ways, that may be
well ina gined.
FORCE or THE ENEMY.
The following is correct statement cf
the enemy's force now in the ChessDeak. ::
Three ships of "a guns; seven friga,es one
and uun Hr,Ia A
IN Lynhayen, the Dragon, ~, and Acasta
ifisase. Ledger.
From, IRE Euewng Post
We are indebted TO a friend FIR the fo)
lowing particulars of the depredstions con-
mitted by the Briiish TT Petepaug a town
situated on Connecticut river. shout four
miles above its mouth.
Lyme, HhrRo.
Yesterday the enemy made dashine ex
petition against Saynrook, and set fire to
upwards Of 90 sail Of vessels. On this sid.
ut the river they did not molest us. Can.
Jones and Capt. Biddle with number Of
officers and marines came to our assistance
and two sioops were fitted out against the
enemy but to no purpose. Thy remained
with heir Barges opposite Calf Island very
qnetly all day until evening when owing 70
the darkness Of the night and a strong cur
rent they escaped without our being able 10
do them any damage
The following are the names of the mos. of
the valuable vessels burnt, and the persons
TO whom they belonged,
New ship Guardian. owned bv Nessrs
HAYDEN * 5 arkey, abou, 500 .ons--c12 600.
Snip Superior, owned by Hull & Griswod
and others, about the same tonsgc-Sio.
900.
New ship owned by Messrs. Caldwell &,
Scarborough S12 600
Ship AsaIan'e, owned by Ebcnszer HAY
den.-S1O 600.
New brig owned by WIN. G.. ia ana
o. eFs, ct Middletown-S2O, 600.
Bris Amazon. owned also by VIM. c
Hall $4,000
Big Felix. owned by Justin & Elias Ly.
man-S7, 900.
Brig Cleopatra, owned by Joseph Hill,
Esq ,--3sybrOok-- SO 600.
New schr. owned by Messrs. ". l.. u G..
Griswold and others--Sl2, 900.
A schr. owntd by Jas. Watson, raostly
DESTROY ed--S1t 900.
Several new vessels on the stocks. sloops
and other small craft, coasters, Sc.--SG0,
900.
TOTAL, $4,000.
From Me Eaten .9egas, bfirted n, sorfknae
.Mdss
Frienfs o. the Uoion-
Are you ready " 80, view ths At an aseorp.