Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-05-03

ed war with the Americans, 1t is some consola.
ton to be possessed of the finest ship they have
| hitherto been able to send to sea and without
doubt the largest, hes West, hest equipped fri
gaze Gfsuch she can be called) thrt ever be-
longed to nation. Her brass long 80 pounds
ers, on pivot smidship. to FIRE over all, and
the two shifting long 20 Founders, one for the
gapgway port, the other for port on the fore
castle, are admirable contrivances. They per-
form the service OF sic guns as usually mount
ed; but--observe the advantage--count only as
three. So that the President friga,e fights as
many guns on her broadside, including The six
howitzers in her tops, as a British ship mount.
ing seventy tS1o guns; and yet, when viewed
without, shows through her ports, no more
guns than txrenty sepen. British men Of war ne
yer carry shift ing guns, except one or two light
carroHades for their boats; and for which They
have no ports in the ship. The Shannon, Sta
tira, and Endymion, had each two such little
guns: nor were they forgo ten in the American
estimate of the armament of shose ships. Anne
rican men of war. for obvious reasons, require
no boa' guns, We trlist the President, with,
i:sr masked battery complete, Will be among
the ships kept an commission during the peace.
She will afford ample proof of the Immense SUI
periority in physical force Sfar beyond what the
differences of rare imples) of an American A.
oyera British &c. Who would ever have in.
formed US, did the President still belong to
America, that her broadsIde threw 963 lbs.
weight of shot! Who could have supposed il
to be as heavy, within ~ lbs. as that of the
valiant, British "a, mounting SO guns -hea-
visr by So lbs. than that Of the IL amber or New
castle, mounting So guns, (two ships built pur
posely TO cope with the President and her com
panions) and fcice as heavy, within 102 lbs as
THAI o! the Shannon So" esteemed" Accord
ing 20 the Boston Daily ADVERTISER. one of
the finest ships OF her rate'' in the Brl; ish
navy
Cd June. 1913.
Owe mistake coryeeted---Itis conjectured com
modore Decatur founded his ass rfion, chat the
rest OF the ships had got within .stwo m les'' of
the President when she struck, upoo the for.
nal report of Lieutenant ShH6sick o. thu, ship
but that the la ter grnlem n meant German.
and not English or American mi es Ger
man mile is more thsn four English; conse
qut ntly, in this single ms nc an unexpected
u'siformieity appears between American and
British statements. -.
HaEfas, March 25
Recent omissi9n The Bermuda editor, in his
enunaraiion, has omitted one very notorious
instance of defective vision that occurred to the
President. Tile attsck commenced on the 18th
of July, 1918, off the North Cape and contin
ucd without. iatermission niuety-six hours TIE
symptoms, which were truly alarming, discov-
cred themselves in the npistGte o. two British
SHIPS, of 50 and IS guns, for g a line of battle
ship and irig ste !" notwithstanding daylight
prevailed the Whole lime. We have no doubt.
however, th.t the ss=ck;,,s performed upon the
President, by that expert occulist doctor Henry
Hope, will cfiectualiy remove the complaint !:
especially with the alteret;,habits the patien,
will acquire under her new masters
At the advanced ageof 30, the President fri.
gate enters upon new era of her IIfe.- None
but honorable men will henceforth be allowed
her no md nr.t ch