Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-10-24

49, - ht'NbS VI SAtct,Os I4dV-
ing got on board. he exhibited lis papers
-bUi lie was told they were of no use
unless he had Turkish passport. HIS
vessel and cargo were declared fair
prize, and eleven men, armed with
niuSkets. pistols, sabrcs, and cuilasscs.
took possession OF the Salp, while five of
her crew, including the Pilot, two Russi-
ans, AMI the adopted son OF The Captain.
were carried on board the pirate vessel
these persons are now IN slavery. As
soon as the pirates had iahcii The vessel
AMI shut up tite Captain and remainder
OF the crew in tie ioreiUld, tRt hatch of
which WAS guarded by one ot them, with
a naked sabre, they siccred for -Algiers.
and passed Cporto OH the 4th of July. In
the mean time, Captain Schaunauu en-
gagged his people 10 undertake, at the ha-
GARD of ihei, lives, the recovery of their
vessel. They accordingly forced their
Way up The hatchwav OF the 9th, and at
lacked the TurkiSl, crew with tie great
oSt inrepid,iy. After .ailie, which,
lasted =" an hour, they succeeded in Kill
ing The whole eleven and threw their
bodies into the sea. In ;ns unequal cou-
test Captain Schapmauu was severely
wounded on the head, III the back aud in
the band. His five sailors ame oil tole-
rably well. Scarcely had they congra-
tulated each Other on their victory, when
another corsair hove in sight, but happily
they escaped this new danger aud enter
ed the harbor OF Lisbon in safety OH
the 7th."
South American Adcenturers. --The OPT
mon OF his royal highueSs the comman-
der III chief, OIL certain recent applIc All
ons for the leave of absence by several
British officers, has given rise toa very
great niisconcccption on the part OF IA
number Of officers On hail-pay In the
instance TO which we ailude, leave
OF abSenCe COR Il considerable time from
the coudN, was requested by numher
at officers on half pay: the answer 10
winch, we understand, was, that leave
OF absence for three gears would be givcn
to any officer OF haif-pay, but only io the
continent of Europe, the West indies, or
North America. The silence which was
observed III this answer with regard To
Sonlll America, (noue having cir city
solicited for leave 10 so thilher) was the
cause of the general mislak that his
royal highneSS had not directly prohibit
ed any officer from going th!lher and JOIN
ing the Independent standard. This
mistake is now rectilied. An officer, Il
captain of engine rs, made application,
short time back, at the office Of the
commander in chief, for leave 10 JON the
South American army for limited time.
The answer cOnlaned-what we hone
VIII set this question with respect 60 uur
officers al rest-nof only direct refusal,
but also an eX preston OF his royal high
ness the commander in chiefs extreue
surprise and displeasure that any Br;iis!,
officer should have made such propo
sal, and an intention, that should such
a request be repeated, the individual
would do 1t II his own peril.
Extract ofc letter, dated Port GIasgo,o, At-
gust 10, tram Captain anderson, of tie
Phabe, Of K,rcni:!ire.
"l have peculiar satisfaction in inform
ing you, that on The 30th OF April last.
was the means, under Providence, of
rescuing from lingering death Of cold
and hunger, II of my fellow creatures,
part ofthe crew of tine schooner Carlow,
from Waterford. bound To 81 Johns.
Newfoundland. On the Gath of the same
month, tins vessel had got iHclosed a.
mong the ice, and unfortunately having
struck large mass of it, stove III her
bow III such manner, that half an hour
afterwards she went down. Tile pas.
sengerS and crew succeeded in getting on
the ice; and soon after the master, mate,
and three ofihe crew, with five pasSen-
gers, got into ihe boat, with tile intention
of niaAlng for ST. Johns, the remainder
beng ieii on the Ice 10 await their ia tc.-
Fortunately at Z i. NJ. on the day men
toned, lat. ~, %, n. long. 40, 80, ". |
observed them in their periious situation,
and Immediately made all sail towards
them. At9A. M. brought The ship as
near them as circumstances would per
mt, and with one OF our boats happily
succeeded in getting them on board, %
IN number) but learned wit. regret that
they only formed part OF the crew and
passengers, five more having been sepa-
rated from them OH a different piece OF
ice, two days after the accident. Those
res ued, however, informed me that
they had seen iIeir companions two DAYS
before; and though they could give me
no very accurate iuea OF the direction,
from want Ola compass, was led TO un
derStaDd that they might probably be SIX
or seven miles off. accordingly kept
the ship a,iday close in with The ice, but
saw nothing of them. At night sto0u
to the otfns, and towards morning tack
ed aud bore down IN the direction | Was
most likely TO fall in with the uniortu-
nate men. AZ 4. NJ. we had The plea
sure OF observing something among the
ice like signal, but thick haze coming
OH, we again lost sightOl At ialfpasl
seven it cleared little, and sc were now
near enough to discern distinctly the OBJ
jecis of our anxious search. | lost no
time in running tie ship as near them as
we could with safety, and a.n happy to
say, succeededin getting th m all safely
on board. These unhappy men had o.
ten been ianlaiized with tie sight ofdif-