Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-08-11
swAsHINuToN CITY, August 5,
Interesting Nargtl1p,

Interesting Naret1se,
I0f Tie escape Of the HorvrT from a hi
fish r4,af,er cEase Of e honrs-ex-
tracted ircm private jnurral of ore
/ of tie Cheers Oh board tie Itornct.
q. s. Slip Koraet, oGtha Gnne # HaoH
Hepe, Saturday he sFa Moy, 1915.
Thursday, eth April, 1915.
! At- ?. RI. the Peacock made !. sieral
Ifar a strange sail bea,i,:: S. j., by s.
| We Immediately made all sal in chase.
Friday 26th, commenced with light bree-
PES and pleasant weather, all sail set in
ichasc; at shutdown we bad reared the
Istranger considerably. when it fell per-
!fcct!v CAIN anil remained so during the
wis. Of the night; the stranger ahead
and could Just discern lis tonsails out of
the water. At day light the sail not to
be seen from the deck at a. III. a
breeze sprung up from tie II. ". we
Immediately crowded all sail. in order if
possible to get sight OF tie chase agar; !:
soon after deserted bin standing to. Il.
inorthward and eastward on wind. Sa-
!tnrday GOTH at "a past 2 ?. IA. the Pea
cccF, was about 10 miles ahead of tie
Hornet, we observed captain Warning
ton approaching the stranger with much
! precaut;en: we therefore took all orr
larboard steering sails, sat TIE stay sails,
and hauled up ior the Peacock, s:i!! un-
der the impression that lie sail in sight,
was an EnrSish in'iiaman, 81, from tie
apparent conduct Of tie commander CT
t the Peacock. Ne were unsiey the impress
| s;nn Gas the slip looked very large that
captain ". We. waiting until we cane
tup with him in order to lnakea Joint al
tack; at hal! past 3 F. NJ. the Peacock
made the SIGNAL. Chat the Chase was line
OF battle ship and an enemy; cur asto-
tnishment may easily be conceived; we
jtook IN all steering sails ard hanled upon
tire mind, bringing the enemy upon our
lee anar ter. and about leagues distance;
THE icacock On lis weather bow AID an
lparent,y net more than miles from the
enemy boyc =. $. tic Peacock =. by
y. soon rercei:ed the enemy sailed re-
na,kabIY fast, hut TIE Peacock LETT him,
running "a tothe eastward The enemy
continued By t;.e N:,,d and evidently in
chase of US; at 6 lnosed TIE wedges OF
the lower masts; ut we discovered The
enemy Hea.hered upon US last, and tiiat
there was every appearance Ee Volia, It
Lot como up with ", coa$inne in sight
all n;sht. It vas thought necessary 10
Tighten the ship: at 9 &c cut away The
sheet archor, an! hove overheard the ca
Ole, a quantity ci rigging, spars, &c. At
half past scNttled the ward 2aom deck
to Get to the Kentle,!@e, hove overheard
about 80 pieces, weighing abort so tons.
at z. NJ. tackled ship to the southwcrd
ard westward, which the enemy no
sooner discovered, than he tackled also.
At day light ne was within slot distance.
on cur lee quarter at 7 A. 81. he hoist
ed English ccIors ard Rear Ad:nirans
Rag at MS mizen top gallant mast head,
and commenced FIRM. from his bow guns,
bis shot over reaching us about enc mile.
We therefore commenced again to light
en- The ship. by cutting away orr re-
naming anchors and throwing overheard
the c;,',e, cut up the lanch ard hove it
overheard, qi,antity Of provision with
more kent!edge, shot, capstern. srars. all
rigging, sails, guns: ard in fact every
heavy article that coul! possibly tend 10
impede The ships sailing. Tie enemy
continued to feysry heavy andin quick
succession. hrt his British thunder could
neither te!aifv TIE Yankee Spirit CT d.
r;nish Yankee s'k;il. or cnnpeI US to siow
hie, TIC Tcnkre stripes, which must Lave
'irntatpd him excessively. Meme Ct lis
shot as yet had taken, effect, although he
had been firing ror hear four hours ince9-
sanity. his shot generally assine he'vsrn
our ,aasts. We thcught nj tbs rericd
we discovered we were droepiig him. as
his shot teaan to fall SHORT. It's sfiH'i
lated orr gallant crew To fresh eyeltian
at ! I y. NJ. his 6I;ng ceased. md t..e
hree=e BEGAN to frea!:en. We discovered
the enemy was aga:n con!:f'""rp With MS
fast. which induced a sei:t'ai Eeaet lie
had lpade sonle alteration ii, tie tim Of
his ship. At meridian sGpGlp ard tretl'
hrcezes. wind frorn the west, Nt,.,; Sun
day (9Gtln fresh bree7es and s:N "i.y, thc
enemy si:! gaining on the HoFnt}f at /:
81. being within sun Slot thstailye. he
commercials very spirited = !;ca,r t!'e
with round & grape, the tatmer r"Is,ns
between our n.asts. and tie latter ttliDg