The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-04-15
DOMESTIC.
From the National Adrooate.

N~'.f'tI~'S " Ef.e L9IrGfe ETSSiIP~,(
From various accounts that have r4a,;,s7
this country from Bermuda. there ;s ,v:J,.-.N
~ an insidious attempt making. BY cer,a;c
unworthy minds. to establish a popular be-
Lef, thet the President WIS captured bv re
EndyHi,on alcn:. 4 direct ,taternent RI s,.-i,
purPort was published in the Bermuda Ca
%ee1e while commodore Decatur was ar that
Place. ne grossress and impuience of tl;s
'4isenooo, however, made in the face Of e
CLOUD OF witnesses, consisting of the officers
and Crews of thc other ships which ss.istc6
IN the CAPTURE, dccasioned /. universal, se,-i-
nene OF disgust and Indignation Caot. Il ,,,e
lthe commands of the Endy,ninn( sent he
lrenq captain Napier, TO corcrnodo-e Cece-
sur, TO assure him that the publication ,yao
without bis knowledge or appreciation. The
governor offered u hav- the rri,ter ~
secuted. and oblig.d HIN in an extr, gazette.
70 give the lie t. the former statement In
deed, tn CIRCUMSTANCES Of the Presidents
surrender, were notorious. and acknowledge
Ell at thG tim , BY all honorable minds. Ad-
nhcfi l1otha'0, IN announcing the aff1,r.
states, that the President was captured h.. a
detach'E2nt of British ships; and the parole
OF com. Dec%tGr mentions, that she was can-
tur'd by ? squadron.
In Subsequent paper, howevc~ We GDd
INC editor sneaking back Ike do n tb,.
f'lsehoods he had been compelled TO cast
forth and in as Gazette nf the 18Th he ed
yances others equally gross and ridiculous. In
TINS paper he insi1u1tcs, thet the Endymica
was IN better state after the action tbaa
the President We shall see how he is borne
ont in the assertion.
Touching the a.iedged superior loss OF the
President in killed and wounded, that SIN r.
mains, and probably will for ever remain a
question No body, row-a days, expects 10
see tar statement of any acton from the So
oretary y the English admiralty. 1t is not a
itelc curious 70 see the pains that expert 6ta-
Ter IN hyperboles takes to model the account
OF every naval tSnt, so rs that the homer of
Old EGg!aud may not suffer, as wen "a tba
dsxtGity With which the officers n that brar-
gart nation disguise their losses and heir de-
feats' Infinite Tancuvring was raaCle use IF
on board the Endymion, TO prevent our off,
| GERS from asceTtai1ling the amount Of her loss
AND 1T was by mere accident thew did dis.
cover. that Mi-tv hours a}fr7. IRE Cct;on te,,
men Tvere hrozt1 oUey5ourd from that 7,es-
sc! md that fhc zChoIc sfGce o., fhe gu,,-
dfck. from me oGbtn buLk-hepd IN the man,
1'ss' rue occurred tn n1en 7cho could mar be
| Tct1oC'cd bel1ry IN consc1uentp rFiLc ec,,c~;-
| ~ oj'fheir 7uo1snds. On boord Of the pcs.
dent, within thirty hours" after her con.
ture, not more than s'x men died. and lie
single circumstance is much better au.ho~;tv
that the ss OF the Endymion 1yas prea.e-
than that Of the Pre- sident, than the assert; p
Of hreliug printer, or II his honorable in
formers--it he had any. We are concerned
thus to animadvert upon Ills wan. of fairness
md truth, which haa characterized al lie
fnglisl accounts rcspectiag tire transactions
Of the late war, and most especially th - 81,
the ocean. Our Contempt fcr such d.sing, nv
Gus folly has at lcngth gwen wy 70 ;ndiyna-
ton at seeing the attempt thus formally corr.
nenced 1T BERMUDA, to gull the world witt,
miserable farce. Bvt even if the Presjde,,t
mad sustained greater loss than ncr opro-
nept that is nothing 90 the purpo,e. The
olJect. OF The President 5eng merely IN o.
cape from the s7nadron, her fire. during tbe
grseter part OF the actin. was directed Dr,n.
orally at the sp2rs aud rigging of the Endy-
mon. NJ
What was the ef'ct All admit, ,hst tho
lSndym0n outsaiIed the p IN chase. and vi
agree, that after the action the soradrc-
passed the J. and was alongside fbe PEGS.
dent for hours before the Endymion rsT,A
up, nor could she como up until she bat, Get -
entire new suit Of sails, rove new, RIGGING and
hshed her sPars. The officers of he pooon.
n their ststencnt say, that they passed inc