Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-11
Renoyted Capinre Of, The Sea Serpen..

ftffOIteU t0ptNft ~ tHc osu serpent.
BosToN, Sept. An express arrived
IN town la.' evening from Gloucester, 10
Capt. Benjamin l,icli, stating that tile rA-
Rich, succeeded yesterday at ~ O'Clock.
III capturing The Sea Serpent, off Seuan
Light. The person vino came express
states, iat he had himself seen. the ser
peni, anal ii.at he GAS IN iuw OF IL inat d.
rcc,ed by capiain Rich, and bound To
Boston. Should the aboye prove correct.
The particulars will be known this day.
We have collected the following inior
nation respecting the stranded vessel a,
Sciiuaie. Two Buenos ANres prvateers
having agreed tn cruise OF Cadi2 To cap
lure Spanish, vessels t,il i'll wi lll the Span
is!i sch'r Nos.ra Sonora he Ia Casa, on The
4!h Of May, close in with Cadiz, winch
they captured and ordered fer Buepos
Alres. Nothing remarkable tcok place
until Ike Ali of July. when being DIS far
south as lat. 4, 90, par, OF tie prize crew
consisting OF Americans and Enslishmen,
agreed 10 proceed 10 the u. Sand The
better 10 enable them 10 accomplish their
design, they came to the resolution of
Throwing the prize master and mate into
the SEA. The first attack was on the male :;
having succeeded in this, They next at
tackled The prize master, and after short
resistance, threw lin over: he however
caught hold OF :0pc, and III this si,ua-
ton imp!ored, but III VAIN, for mercy, as
they stabbed him several times, and final
~ lost the rope and he went a>iern and
was seen no more. The cries Of the mate
were also loud and importunaie. They
afterwards proceeded for the u. S.; and
when they made the land eff Sciuaie,
supposed themselves in Delaware Bay
Ike vessel is loaded with coffee, hides
and cotton, as also cocoa in bulk il her
| lower hold. On her being taken posses
sion OF, and by their actions many sus-
picioms circumstances arising, one Of the
crew appeared 10 turn states evidence,
and the foregoing facts appeared in the
examination before The magistrates. They
are all five committed to the Jail in Ply
mouth for trial.
Owing 10 the great draugkt of water
| which the vessel drew, and being sharp
vessel, she on taking The ground b!lged
and her lower hold filed with water. She
was yesterday taken into custody by the
marshal, and every effort is making by the
people of Sci;uate to save The property
| with as little damage as possible, though
The hull OF the vessel will probably he
lost. Patriot.
The lcg-book of the above schooner
| has been received in town from " hich il
appears, that she belongs to Barcelona,
which port she left in May, 1917, bound
To the Caracas, touching a, Tarragona
and Malaga, Don Mariana Tenez, master.
She leti Lagnra on the 18th April last, for
Cadlz, and The log book is continued up
TO the 30ih Of May, then in lat 90, 80,
long. 6. We understand that most ofthe
Il q
The u. S. troops who we're erecting a
| fort at Rouse's Point, Canada line, have
been Withdrawn. There we're more de-
sey,ions from The regiment IL the jfesc iceeks
IT was there, TRAN III any gear before. The
wori! will be completed by hired laborers
HE deseriicns are supposed 10 BIZ owing
TO Tie facility OF escaping beyond our iu-
rlsdIc'ion. This would seem 10 Indicate
difficulty IN occupying tile fort after it
Is made.
II is stated in the New Orleans Gazette.
that one oftbe US. line of battle ships
now building is To be called the Columbia
and is 10 carry 100 guns.
BALTIMORE, Sept. S.-The L. States
sctr. ASP, Lieut.. Com. SMITH, arrived
al This port on Saturday, from survey of
the coast between Tie Capes of Virginia
and Delaware.
Anosher Patriot Of the RerolutiOn gone
The venerable General ARTHUR ST.
CLAIR, died near Greensbury, Penn. on
the morning Of the 3lsf ult
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