The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-03-23

rel fnr The release Of Ameri.>n sea,ne, on board
he ships ~ the sqnsdron, whom they saw u knew.
10 arsM'r 10 t"is y tton was not received when
\ LETT. TIE only drink s,wsd tue rr;.on. rs ,..lf
p;"to, dirty sCcos per man IN the ,.,,rp,. SUI
rain-vater somSi,r,es plenty At oth.r ,n,c. ,n,.r
beg Tor It. The ship is ca ed the kr,Ic Z, Ca;
tue lower resS guns are taken away, aud iron erAt.
'ngs are aNen IN the purts, with two small I'M. H.
ways cri through tie srar deck 10 70 M and Jo;yp
FROM s'in rise IN SIN set wcre aLowe, to 90 an
the arper d cs,. a. ni.st only one AT n time "a
permitted to @ ~. There we're $40 nii,oners OF
to'rd when left TIE rliip. Ssme were SEX and r
suffered 90 remsin there in sun nsr rna,y no does,
viii die.
Willie nine days at ST. Georges after being re-
leased ma more prizes arrived, which inereas d
the number to 400 or thereabouts. Some few OH.
GERS were on shore psroled at Hamilton. Mr. Jonrs
OF New-fork, apassenyer in The schooner Rcnuia;.
can, Newei, mater, takes by the Dragon hos,s
on Msokon Island, is detained prisoner and re-
used parole.
On the 18th cf December the Diatem Sd ,rr;v
ed from England with troops. About the Goth Ian
se'Sra transports arrived tu Of troops, said to h.
destined tor the United States; cre,libly inform.
ell Their number 1000. Some few shjpa OF q a..
arrived on the 25h reported that two large f;os,s.
had fell in with tue ct and destroyed ten sail; and
were II Ell gagged with the Sd who eonyoyed tb.u,
I'M, me bermnd'ans supposed them To be Yankee:
oa' another arriva reported III IN to b. the French
trieat La Symphe and Lie Clorinde. A eonvay
he'd sailcd from England and another would 60
sail from the West ladies'. o''
ihcre were a. s.. Georges many white.wa,bet
I'm ricsns OF all colours many of them direct S ~
the Unite States With -FOUR, lumber 30. Som es
tr oe worthy smuggiers oil the f ST. afraid 10 .or.
nome, have token the oath of allegiance spd e,ts-
Gu IN hi'n'h merchant service; others are eoin.
w'th their vessels under convoy to Amelia Isisni'
havanra and ST. Barts, to yet re-white- shed ani
RI turn with careoes TO the u s. >
Most OF the British eruizers on the Am.r;co,
ter Admiral Warren was six, and had bo;s,sa
ms hsg ON board frsa,e his ship, the Sen Doo;n-
60 hnd sailed tor America Admiral o.kbrrn lee
bernuda with determination to destroy New.
Lonfoa.
We were taken IN Tie sloop d ,rhin, nv The FL.
gate L"eedemon.n. plain Jscysdn, 6 dav, fro,
Ne~-York for Charl, slon Dec. 9Th Iris fr;ssta
nae taken other pr;zss and INC .:en in co honn I
10 nrrroe'a. Myself passenger, of course a non.
eonhstanf, wss kept in pr;on until the stst of Ian
nsry then set ct liberty without exchange. The
Laceneiponian IS f:isste 4 the first c,.sx ia
months cd, built Of fir, has 500 men, snd S. 90
rase guns NJ onus"af eslihre She has been In the
Ihesapesk", and mad stolen 50 negroes, men. wn.
men and children The young sai.yt negroes or.
impressed the others are compelled To vorl :;
Dock Yards and othtr places, such prices az the
9, pes,e TO give. About 700 negroes were
at bermuds. Some saw and talked with. w;sh.J
themselves in Maryisnd again. Ties. negroe. 80
very nete to eat or wear, aud are obliged to wct,s
very hard. WIN
The United States sehr Vixen. Cant.in uuy
was taken Dec. 25th, OF The Deiawsrr FINN, "
m'nston, N. C. with naval stores for Phiiadelpb,s
by the trls!:e Be!vid-ra sitter hours ehas. r.,
eeved % shots, snd had one passenger wounded.
CSnt' da had i've passengers, all detained as pri,-
enets on board the Ardent 20
Inc private srmed schooner Rolla, Captain Eel
lows, after getting clear of "a and a fryate al
sprung her main boom, ssken bv the Lore Fri.
gate on Block lsisnd, after long chase. She re-
&C we'd SO shots, one OF which took away the be,d
OF the foremast crew well in prison.
ite Schooner Nonsuch, Capt Dunton, can.urea
the 18th December OF Charleston bar. hy H., br =
- 'ueIeh. her 'oremast, tnan boom snd ncth e.fts
were carried sway nhen ;l,e ch.s, co,nmencsd 81.
TOO. ' "o''
The ship Georeiarn, fern eriy sIocp Of wss TO
u :, r9'eS' WAS re-esptured and sent to Bermuda
Her guns had bean raiited TO the A,is.,i. h.fn-,
eap'"re. IL D"wnes com ms nds her She VIZ, in
company with 'hc Essex off Poubu. about the MD
o'e OF September last The chip Policy, G;.or.e Il.
rfcantnred by the i.orr; cargo 1900 hSl,. .ner,o
oil, from the cosst OF Chit