Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-11-13
TUE MACEDONIAN.

her departure from our port on rrida
last. and from Hasipton Roads yeSier
d,y A, little before - o'cIock oI
q Triday she got under way from the Nav,
s Ward. and dropped down under easy sal
yi,h a fine sou,heriy breeze. Ia Hampton
Reads where she anchored between
.nd , o'clock and, with the same wind
Guild lave been at sea III two hours
more. II il had been so determined a!
tI,,u,,s. however, We're net ready Tor hei
\ tnai departure. Her appearance, "a she
yi,l, d past he town, AND through the
sI,no.t unrut!ied bosom o. our river, pre-
scented a spectacle OF the majestic ana
beau,iluliD tie highest per'ec'lon. ohe
was greeted 10y reiterated CHEERS from The
Hmul,itu,ies q ko tlironged ne wiarVes 10
have. a ipht of this " living witness OF
our naval proves, and among he hume,
RON spectators. II was generally agreed
49,, tie exhibition on the Se'peatine R,ce,'
was moi 10 be compared 10 the object
t,,,, had ASST mbled tn behold.
VI. noticed Il few days since the extra
10 ,aiDary despatch with which the Mace
4douian was prepared for sea, which GER
t,iply is not exceeded by any example III
re annals of our navy we may add.
ti,ai every article ranted for her eqSip-
men, was furnished oil the spot ; there
,r,s no, a moments delay IN sending To
WASHINGTON or other places. The Navy
we understand, with their
usual promptness, gave orders for sup
niles in case ola deficiency here, bu, be-
,r. these orders could have been fulfilled
the shin was nearly half reiilted. Her
RIGGING was supplied from the rope walk
OF Messrs. IIorGn & Higgins, aNd was
admitted by those who tesied'ts quality,
10 he equal in strenst., to The patelt cord
ace with W ich size had been rugged al
Boston. Her masts and spars, as we
have before stated, were all made al our
Navy Yard, aud put OF iorrd in IL days
after her arrival. The zeal and activity
manifested by The different mechanical
departments in The Navy Yard employed
in rriilting the Macedonian, certainly de
Sc We the highest commentator, AMI we
are happy 10 lrarn that Capt DOW MES
and his Officers have, in every particular
relating 10 the equipment al their snip.
been satisfied beyond their expectations.
We have said more ON Tins occasion
than might seem TO he necessary IN The
opinion of Our distant readers ; but II
would ill become us TO say less. Oar
town has been much abused-seihsh and
prejudiced minds have tried their best ~
prove its untitness as a depot for naval
purposes: they have denied us the means
necessary for dispatch III building and
refittiug-tipy have averrcd that n was
next to impossible, that ffiga,e could
get to our navy yard that half Il dozen
different winds must LIow, and an over
flowing tide swell the river several feet
beyond an ordinary hood before she
could cross our bar--we have, therefore,
as briefly as we could, SET forth every
fact with which the case Of the Macedn-
MAN has furnished us +; and we hope, that
il she could come III from sea and run
plump up 10 the navy yard with the same
wnd-he fitted with new mas;s, spars,
gglng sa!S, Ne. III 8 days, and without
mating moment tor a Satabis wind,
drop Gown Ia Hampton Roads on low
,,eap tide running hcJ food, tsie nigh:
have run 10 sea IN 4 or . hours with the
same Wind IL will forever after be admit
fed, that any other ship OF war, under
ordinary circumstances might do the
same; and il so, What more would they
have! We have said tie Macedonian
dropped down 10 the Roads with a south
wind-it was regretted by all her officers,
that with so far a wind 10 20 10 sea with,
she was compelled io stop III the Roads.
But see ih9 difficulty Of getting 10 sea
tron our port the wind changed to n.
n. W. on Sa,urday-and wIlI that wind,
Tie Macedonian was waited through the
Capes as eXpediiious!y as she could havr
been 10y The sOutherly breeze which her
othcFrS were so anxious to avail them
selves of. Let those, therefore, who NAV
hereafter speak upon The subject OF this
port as naval depot, abandon theory
aus round assertion, and pay some al
tenfion 10 facts. IHeraid.
Case of The ,Hip Providencia.- This yes
sci, II viii be recoI!ected, was seized by
The Revenue Officers Of this port, in the
moniI, OF june, 1917, while She was al
tempting 10 pass up TO Baltimore. The
Rovidencla was the properly of certain
subjects oi the King of Spain, from whom
she was forciby taken, while gong from
~. Andero 10 Havana, with IA cargo OF
c"rdage, cutlery, &c. by an armed vessel
called the MANGORR, fitted out AT Bal
timore, commanded by a Capt. BARNES,
ana crniZing under the flag OF one Of the
independent provinces OF South America.
he captors after putting prize crew on
board of her, ordered her 10 Buenos
Ayres, but owing TO stress of weather and
other causes, the prize master thought
proper TO shape his course for Baltimore.
On being brought in here, she was i'm
mediateiy IibeIIed by The Consul of his
Ca'hohc Majesty, in behalf other Span
:Sh owners, aud decree subsequently
issued out ct the District Court of the u.
STATES, directing both the vessel and car
20 io be sold, and the proceeds dcposii-
gu ~ ne bank, subject IT, the future or
scr OF me Court. The following, we uD-
lCIslani' Is The final decree of The Judge,
~ ookER pronounced duriug the pend
Ing Itfin OF ihe Court Fl p-sirths ST
NE "hoic amount to be paid over to his
Cathoiic Males'y's Consul Tor tine State Of
Virginia, for he benefit of thc Snanish