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irpt 23, ( C; Nantucket
?! c: Is, c3] ttlitcj 11. }f. J\l ;
kii cner Highflyer, < imam
Huithm ioi , with ii«p guns :
and 39 men—and ordered
her .for an American poit.
The Pie ft dent was bound '
to Bo ft on, but on obtain in 2
information from the High- !
flyer that the Mr.jeftic and ;
a trigaie vv t ie in Bollon bay,
Com. Rodgers Rood lor this <
port.
Commodore Rcdgers ob
tained information of the lofa
of* the Ame 1 ican signals,
from a velie 1 which he ip oke
in the North Sea.
The President kept the
sea until her proviftons were
nearly exhautted. She has ’
seen no enemy’s crullers ex
cept the fquauron and febr.
mentioned above. The crew
of the President are all in
good heaiih.
Cun. Rodgeis has fem
216 pnfoners on parole to
England, and has now on
board 54 including 5 officers
'1 lie President and her
prize the Highflyer prece
ded this evening up Prcvi
tencs river.
Also, arrived this after
noon, the Highflyer lehoo
uer of five guns, Lieutenant
Hutchinson, a tender to
Adm«nd Warren, prize to
the Pidident—Lieut Hut
chinion supposing the Presi
dent to be a Britilh frigate.
c?rne on board and informed
Commodore Rc dgers that
lie was looking for the Pre
fidtnt and as boon as he
lhould obtain information of
her, he fliould inform the j
commanders in the Sound, !
and in Bolton bay. He gave
to Commodore Rodgers the
private ftmnals t ithe Ibitifh
Navy, and Admiral War
ren’s inftrudtions.
ABo arrived this evening,
the Portuguese (hip Ma:ia
Louila, 43 days from Lis
bon. She brings no later
papers than thole received
at Bolton— On 1 holiday
Lift oil L. lfland was boar
ded by the Sylph Hoop of
war, who put on board rapt
Wood, of the floup Nancy
fioni this port for Wilming
ton, which they had cuptu_
ted ana burnt.
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Washington, Oct. 5.
RODGERS’s CRUIZE.
Cop y of a letter from Commo
dore Rodgers to the Secre
tary of the Navy , dated
L. S. frigate President,
Newpcit, oept. 27, 18 i 3.
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sj A 1 \ y
Your having been infor
med of my leaving Boftopr
«n the 23d of April Est,
and of my departure ft. m
1 e Indent Road in company
with the Congress, on the
30 li ct the fame month, it
now only ic-nuins ior me to
m .Ke \ o i acquai.t-rtd with
my pr> cceuiugi, fines the
1 tier date.
I \'Wk in a la hours efnr get-
W 0 ll a uj 1 .», the wind winch
h n d been light from the’,
j Weft ward, (Lifted to rhe b.
E. and obliged n:e to bear,
cenleqnently pievemed cur I
getting clear of the bay un- j
ul the 3d of May, when in
the afternoon while in chafe
;( t a British brig of war near
the ffioal of George’s ißank,
| we palled to winaward ©f 3 J
'fail, two of which, from
their ap| earance and the in
formation previously receiv- 1
cd, I judged to be the La
Hogue 74, and Nymph fri
gate, and tile third a merch
ant brig._ After getting
clear of George’s Bank, the"
wind veered to the north
eastward, and we continued
along east foutheriy, in the
direction of the southern
edge or the Gulf Stream un
til the Bth of May. in long.
60 W. lat. 39 30 N< when
1 parted company with the
Congress. After parting
company I fhnpefl a courle
as near as the wind would
permit, to intercept the en
emy's Weft India commerce
palling to the Couth ward of
the Grand Bank ; not meet
ing with any thing in this j
diiedtion except American
veffils from L.fbon and Ca- I
diz, I next puilued a route
to the northward on a pa- j
rallcl with the eastern edge
of the Grand Bank, so as to j
cross the tracks of his Weft ■
1
India, Halifax, Quebec and
St. John’s trade. In tins j
route experiencing constant j
thick fogs for a number of ,
days, and not meeting any
thing, after reaching the lat. i
of 48 in. I fteeied to the S. !
B. towards the Azores, ofT t
j which, in different direc- 1
lions, l continued until the >
6:h of June, Without meet- I
ing a (ingle enemy’s veffd,
or any others except two
Americans. At this time
falling in with an American
vessel bound to Cadiz, and
leeeiving information that
the had, lour davs before,
pafiLd an enemy’s convoy
from the Weft Indies bound ,
to England, I crowded fail
ro the n, e. and, although
dilappointed in tailing in
with tiie convoy, I never
thelefts made four captures,
between the 9th and 13th!
of June.
I
Being now in the lat. of
46 N. ami Long. 28 w. I de
termined on going into toe J
North Sea, and accordingly I
tinned acourfe "hat afforded i
a proipeft ot tailing in with
velfels bound to Newfound
land from St. George’s
Channel, by the way of
Car e Clear, as well as oth*
et> that might pais north
about to the northward ot
Ireland : to my ailonilh
merit, however, in all this
route 1 did not meet with a
tingle vrHe I until. I made
the Shetland iftami?, and
even otf tile re noding but
D tfiilh veifels tea dm■/ to
iinguifM under Bittilh licen
ces. At the tiuie v reached
tha Shetland iiiands, a c.%u
lidetabie portion of toy pio
''idous and water beiim ex
v>e a became nccetlhiy
o tcplcmfli t ide, previous
t
I
! to deterrifininj v. bat course ;
j to puriuc next ; and 1 sc- :
| coromgly, for this pjrpoi'e,
' put into Notth Bergen on
I the 27th of June; but much
to my furprils and disap
pointment, was not able to
obtain any thing but water,
there being an unulual fcar
| city of bread in every part
1 cf Norway, ana at the time ,
] not more in Bergen than a '
bare fufliciency for its inha
bitants tor four or five weeks
1 his being the case, after ;
replenishing my water, I
departed on the 2d of July,
and ffretched over towards !
the Orlet.ev Iffands, & from |
thence toward the North j
Cape for the purpose of in- I
tercepting a convoy of 25 |
or 30 fail, which it was ;
said would leave Archan- |
gel about the middle of-
July under the protection
of two brigs cr two Hoops
:cl v.’ar j and which w r as
further confirmed by two I
V'ficis *1 captured cn the j
13th %nd 1 Bth of the fame 1
month, la this cbjedt how. |
ever the enemy (tad the
goo»t fortune to dilappoint
me, by a line of battle (hip
and a frigate making their
appearance off the North j
j Cape on the 19th of July, ‘
juff as I was m moment.
! ary expedtafion of meeting
. the convoy: on firtl difeo- j
: vering the enemy’s two
; /hips of war, not being a- j
ble, owing to the haziness 1
lof the weather, to alcer- |
! tain their character with
| preciiiou, I flood toward
them until making cut what
they were, I hauled by the
wind on the oppofhe tack
to avoid them; hut, owing
to faint variable winds,
calms, and entire day light
j (the fun in that lat/at that
leafon, appearing l at mid
night leveral degrees above
the horizon) they were cn-
continue the chafe
upwards of 80 hours; du
ring which time, owing to
j different changes of the
wind in their favor, they
were brought quite as near
to us as was deiirable. At
tlie time of meeting with
the enemy’s two (hips. the
j privateer schooner Scourge,
joi New York, which I had
1 fellen in with the day be-:
fore, was in company ; but
their attention was lo much (
i engrossed by the President!
that they pc 'fitted the;
1 Scourge to elcape without;
appearing to take any no. j
tiee of her.
Being thus di fa ppointed !
m meeting with the con- j
vov, and a Hill further por- I
I.« „ *
tion or my prcviiuns be
ing expended, I determin*
jed to proceed 10 a more
' wefferly flat ion, and accor
' dingly (leered to gain the
direction of the trade pat
ting out cf and into the I-1
rilh channel. In this.po-j
fitipn between tl,c 251 b cf
July and 2 J of Auguff, 1 j
runde 1 hre c c»ptu 1 es, when!
finding that the enemy had
a lu /error torcc in tliar vi
cinity , 1 f >u.id fit expedi
ent to cl]a :ge ..y guMui,-
, and after t iking a cir--.ii>
| round /reland, and g« ■« :
into the latitude of C *
_ 1, •
Clear, (leering for the B tnic ;
of Newfoundland, near to,
which I made two more cap.
tures, and by the latter one j
found that the Belleropbon
74 and Hyperion frigate were
on the eailern part of the
Bank, and only a lew miles
to the wellward of me ; I
however did not fall in w fih
them. From the cade in
edge of the Grand Bank, to
which I had beat all the way
from the N. W. coafl of Ire -
land (the wind having pre- j
vailed, without in ter million ;
from the iff of An guff to
the middle of September, j
from well to fbuthweft) I j
(leered /or the United States, :
without feeing a fingie vef.
fel of any kind until the 22d
of the present month, be
ing near the foutii Shoal of
Nantucket, I met with a
Sweedifh brig and an Ame
rican cartel (the Ruffian (hip
Hoffnung) from London,
bound to Newbedford.
i
By this time my provisi
ons, ant! particularly bread,
was so nearly consumed as
to make it indi (pen (ably ne
ceflary that I ihould put into
the fir ft convenient port af
ter gaining the requisite in- |
formation cf the difpoficiort !
of the enemy ’s cruizers as J
coajd enable me to (leer i
clear of a superior force ; 6c I
this I was enabled to do in
a manner which I (hall com
municate in another letter.
On the 23d inffant. I
tured his Britannic Majeffy’s
schooner High Flyer, (ten.
der to Admiral Warren) with,
which vessel I now have to
inform you of my arrival at
this port.
Annexed is a lid of vefiels j
captured and deffroyed, in
which were made 271 pri- 1
loners. I have now, how- !
ever, only 55 pri toners on 1
boaui, having lent to Eng
land on parole 78 in the
Duke of Montrofe; 76 in
Greenland (hip Eliza Swan,
and 62 in the barque Lion,
of Liverpool.
During my cruise, altho
I have not had it in my pow
er to add any additional lui
j tre to the character of cur
little navy, I have neverthe
less <endcred effenttal fer
; vice to my country, 1 hope
by harraffmg the enemy’s
commerce, and employing
jto his disadvantage more
1 than a dozen times the force
j of a lingle frigate.
, Aly officers and crew have
[experienced great privations
! firce I left tlie U. States,
from being nearly 5 months
at fa, and living me lilt 3
months of that time upon a
scanty allowance of the
roughed fare ; and it is with
peculiar piealure 1 acquaint
! you that they are all in bet
ter health than might oe ex
pected, ah lough you may
| wellfuppofe that their scanty
1 allowance has not been cf
I any advantage to their
‘ ffrength cr appearance.
The High Flyer was
cwmu<anoed by tint.
m
i
f • •% ,
'' - Iccond cf the $ r
Dq:win ; r°. She is a retna r *
;?? J| > nneveiTclofher claK
1 " s ve, y fal l> and wcui.i
juiake an > excellent l„ r j u
cruller, provided the gov.
crnment: have occasion ? 0r a
veilei of her defc.iption,
J'dt at the moment of
cluing my letter, a news.
ipaperhas been handed me
'containing captain Broke’*
chi Benge to my late gallant
hiend captain Lavvenee, in
which he mentions with
considerable emphasis the
pains be had taken to »me“t
jthe Prelident and Congrefj
j with the Shannon and fen
edos.
It is unneceflary a t pre-
Tent to take further notice or
capt. Broke’s observations
than to fay, if that was his
j difpolition, his, conduct wa»
jfo glaringly oppofne as to
authprile a very contrary be
liel. Relative to Captain
l Broke, I have only further
to lay, that I hope he bis
not been lo severely wou.ii
j ded as to make it a sui pi.
i cien r reason to prevent
hisre-ifiuming the c jrnmani
of the Shannon cn a lutute
d ay i
l hare the honor to be&c.
JOHN RODGERS.
Hon, Wrn. Jones,
Secretary of ihe Navy.
} hIST OF VESSELS CAPTU
RED AND DESTROYED,
9tb June, trig Kitty, cf Green: ck,
I.ove, mailer, ot a gnus anti il nun, troni
Newfoundland, bound te Alica.t, ( p rt i K )
with a Cargo ot c u tfiti her tor
Trance.
loth June, packet brig Duke of Montrole
j A. G t de we tt, com manner, of n guns and
S 4 men, from Falmouth, bound to Hal.lax.
Sent her to Ei g.and as a cartel, with icveul
i ty eight prisonci*.
nth June, Letter of Marque Biig Maria,
of Port Glalgow, (Scot.ai.d) Jmm Baid,
mailer, of fourteen guns and thirty-five
inen, from Newfoundland hound to
with a cargo of codiilh, ordcieu fur for
, France.
i2th June, schooner Falcon, of Gucrufty,
I John Mauger, matter, of two guns and tea
1 men, from Newfoundland hound to Spain,
with a cargo ot cocfith, ordered her ‘or
• Frauce.
I Juiy I*. trg Jean and Ann, of Salt Coats,
Robert Caldwell mi fter, from Cork tern d to
I Archangel, in Ballad, to»k out her enw and
l lunk l.er,
July tB, brig Daphne, of Whitby, W.lliat.l
Gales matter, of two guns & niue men, fruit
foutlitjhieids bound to Archangel, iu ballad
took Out her crew and funk iter.
1 July 24, ship E!:z,a us Montrofi,
i J°hu Young, matter, ot eight guns ana fer
) ty-eight men, from a Green land whaling
voyage, bound to Montrole wi u ni:t
blubber, ranlomed hot at jo>'o pounds fie.h
July 29, brig Alert cf Pcterh ad, C.t,.:ge
Shaud matter, from Archangel, h u.al tu
Oporto [via EuglauoJ with a c„rgA cit puca
and tar, took out the crew aua ourt htr.
Atiguli 2, Barque Lion, of Liverpool,
Thomas Hawkins, dtafUt, of eight guiuaud
5» men, from Greenland, wha tug voyage,
bound to Liverpool, wi h filli blubber, t.u
--| lomcd tier tor 3000 pounds lurliug.
Augult 30, Hermophrooite bug Shannon,
of St. Kitts, Johu Perkins malUr, liom St.
Kitts bound to Loudon, with a c«igo ot ruin,
! tugar and mulattos, ordered her tor the U<
| Siatcs.
1 Sept. 9, Brig Fly, of Bermuda, Jas. Bo" 1 *
| ey mailer, ol 6 guns and 9 men, hom J>-
i m«ica bound to London, with a cargo of
coffee, oidered her to the United States.
Sept. 23. Hi* Britannic majehy's Schoo
ner High Flyer, Lieut George Hutchinson
commander, of 5 guns, 5 officer* & S4C.tu
October 7.
j TREMENDOUS BATTLE
ON LAKE ONTARIO
Extract cf a letter to the Se
cretary oj the A aijt dated
“ Head Quarters, hurt
George, Sept. 29, ISI3.
4{ I enciofe you a !e ter from
commodore whitb
j he pui into my han Is (he
i before y etlciday, and leave
lo add fie following bust bhl
idierelling detail.
• 4 The Cou.mcdoie cn.’C'H
ihi» po*i on ihe 24ui inti. w,t ''
1 hi. iquadton* U.i ihe 26ih
•! rece; c.J laiiifatfcry inform**
Ut»*»< i <ci fios/> Vcfk. i-<*i « e
t'hc *l\ the c- uiio w’.« if