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L Washington, March 1.
ft . : ‘f, ‘ ■ Jy ‘ 1
w£o& of a fcttfir from Commodore Deta-.
i iur to the Secretary of the Navydated
. ;i» y*'i. ‘ Z ' : 'fpl *s'**■ ‘?•*/■&!s■*:& f
. H* B. M. Ship Endynpion, at sea,
t< January 18, i£ l ( 5.
■ SIR—-The painful duty of and. tailing
Flo yo\t the particular causes which pre
l ceded and Ld to the capture. of the late
IsU. Statefc’Frigate by a^iiad-;
Iron of his Britannic Majesty's ships, (as
yper marginal has devolved upon me In
communication pf the 14th, I made
Known lo you my intention of proceeding
pto sea ojn that evening! Owing to some
I mistake of tlie Pilots, the ship in going
lout grounded on the Bar, where slie con
l tinuecl to Strike heavily for an hour and
Ita half; although she had broken several
Ks rudder braced and had received
mu est other material injury as to render
■herreturn into povtdesiruble. I Was un-1
■able to do sp from the strong westerly
■wind which was then blowing.” It being
plow high water, it behame. necessary to
(force* her over the Bari before the tide
I fell; in this yi# succeeded by tt n o’clock
[when we shaped our course along the
|ijiore of Long Island for 50 miles, and
kben steered. S. .by E, At 5 o’clock.
P,Tuee ships were discovered aih-ead ; w./
iimmediatciy hauled up the ship and
■ passed two miles to the iioAhward of
Klieru. ?At day light We discovered four
pjhip 5 * in chase, one on each quarter.arid
Itwci in stern, the leading ship of the en
lemy
aiNazee—.she commenced a fire up
pn us but without-effect.. At meridma :
P:he wind became light and b.ifilingV we,
rhad our clisianco from the
I Razee, but the next ship astern which
also a large ship, .had gained and
wcontinued to gain upon, us considerably,;
[we immediately occupied all bauds’to
Lighten ship, by starling water, cutting
Rway the anchors, ih: owmg oueiMoard
M-ovidons, cables’, spare spa.s, boats
■nd every other article that could be
■ol at, keeping the sails wet from the.
royals down. At 3, had the wind quite
P ; the enemy Who had now been
|Hied by a brig, had a strong breeze
Hi were coming up Willi us r.pidly.—
Imc Endv HUM) (minting 50 gobs’ 2 i
Moundfi s on the main had npvir
Reproached us within gun shot* had
Ro.hmemvd a fire with her bow guns
Kindi we returued from our stern At
m o’clock, she had obtained a position on
■nr starboard quarter, within half point
Rank shot* on which neither our stem
■:>r quarter guns would bear ; we were
Bow steering E. by N, ; the wind N. \V .
I remained her iiv this position foh
itolf art honrydn the nope that she vyould
pSoseSvith us on ouv broadside, in winch
chse 1 had prepared my creyy to board
fronvhiV,continuing to yaw his ship*
■ ma main hiw position, it became evi
Pent that to close was jiotclvis mtentiqm
Evsry hrehiow cut some of our sails or I
raging. To h aye our course
these circiunstances,{\vuuld have
pUea placing it in his power tp cripple
Ls, without being Subject to injury him
felfi and to haVji/hautea up more to the
northward to bring our stern guns to
Kar, would have exposed us to his fak
Inghte. It was now dusk, \vuen I de
lermined to alter my course for
ttie purpose of the enemy a
peam, and although their ships astern
prerq drawtng up fast, I fdt satisfied i
{should be enabled to throw him out of.
combat bdm\e thby. could come it j
land was nbt withatit hopes,-if the night
dark, of*'which there was eyeiW
jap pea ranee, that I might still be enar
bled to effect my escape. * viQar oppoue.u
Kept oft at. the- same Insfant we did ;
lad our fire toinnahneed at the same
ATHENS , THURSDAY MARCH 3 0, 1815.
time. We continued engaged steering 1
south with steering sails set two hours
und a half, .when we completely suc
ceeded in dismantling her. Previously
to her dropping entirely out of the.ac
tion, there were intervals of minutes,
vyhen the’ ships’ were broadside & broad
side, in which she did not fire a gun.—
At this period fhalf past 8 o'clock) al
though dark, the other strips of the
squadron,were in sight and almost with
in gun shot. We were of course com
pelled, to abandon her. In resuming
our, former course for the purpose of
avoiding the squadron, -we were com
pelled to present our stern to our an
} tagonist—hut such was his state, though
we were thus exposed aft,d in range of
his guns for half an hour, that he did
not avail himself of this favorable op
portunity of’raking us* ‘ We continued
this course until 11 o’clock, when two
fresh ship‘s (thg Pomona and Tei#
TeiredosJ had come up. ! The Pomonu
had* opened her fire on the larboard bow,
within musket shot; the other about
two cables length astern, taking a raking;
position on our quarter; and the rest
(with the exception of the EndymionJ
within gun shot Thus situated with ü
bout one fifth of my crew killed and
wounded, my ship crippled* and a more
than fourfold force opposed to me >
without a chance of escape left me, I
deemed it my duty to surrender.
With erpotions of pride I be
ny to the gallantry and steadiness of eve
ry officer and man I had the ftonor ’to
command on this occasion and I feel sa4
tisfied thit; tlm.fact of their having beaten
a force equal to themselves in .the, pre
sence and almost under the guns of so
vastly a superior force when/too it was
almost self evident, that whatever their
exertions might be, they must ultimate
ly be captured, wifi be taken as evidence
of what they would have performed had
ti.e sci . t opposed tp them been in any
degree equal#.-
extreme paip I have to itft
form jou thar Lieut. Babbit, Hamilton
and Howell fell in the action. They,
have left no officers , of superior jnerit
behind them.
If Sir* the issue of this affair bad been
furtunaie. I should have felt it mv duty
to have recommended to your attention ,
lients S’nukrick and Gallagher. . They
the day the re
putation they had acquired in . former
actions. .;
Lieut. Twiggs, of the marines, dis
played great zeal, his men were well
supplied and their fire incomparable, sp.
long as the .enemy ,continued wit hip
musket range.
|Vt idsht pin an, Kan dol pli whohad c h arge
of the forecastle division, inan.tged it to
niy entire satisfaction. #
From Mr Rohmson, who. was serving
as'a volunteer, I received essential aid,
particularly after I was deprived of the
services pf the master, and severb loss
I had sustained in my officers on the
quarterdeck, v ...
For 24 hours after the action it was
nearly calm, and the squadron were oci
copied in repairing the crippled ships. ‘
Such of the crew of the President as
were not badVv woubded, were put on
board the different ships ; myself and
part of my crew were pu on board this
ship On the lfth we had a gale from
the eastward when this shp lost her,
bowsprit fore and main-mast and mizen
top-mast, all of which whre badly woun
ded and was in consequence of her dis
abled condition obliged to ..throw oveis.
board all her upper deck ggns , her loss
in killed and wounded must be very
great. I hay4c not been able to ascertain
the extent. Ten were buried after I
came on board (36 hours after- -the acr
tion ;) the badly wounded, such as are
obliged to keep t eir coU, occupy tha
starboard side of the gun deck iroip the ‘
cWm bulk head Cos the main mast. From
the Crippled state of the President’s
spues, I feel satisfied she could not have
saved her, masts, and I feel serious ap
prebenrions for the safety of our woun
ded left on board- ,y: * . -
It is due to Captain Tiope to state,
that ev»tv hitenlmn has been paid by
i-im te; n vstll and officers that hav.-
I have sie honor to be, with much
respect, str, yodr obedient servant,- 1.
STEPHEN DEG ATI JR,
The h .. W tinshield.
Secretary oi the Na/y •
-British squadron referred to in the letter •
Majestic, ra£ee
Endyjmion
Pomone ‘ \r< •
Tcnedos . v .
■ L -* -Dispatch (’brigj
Killed and Wounded on board the Pre*
- a7 ac r ‘ $Jy. * f
Fixing the military peace establishnient
of the United States.
. W
Jfe. ** enacted Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States pf S
America in Congress assembled , That the
military* peace establishment of the U.
States shall consist of such proportions
of artillery, infantry, and riflemen not
exceeding in the whole, ten thousand
men, as the President of the United
States shall judge proper, and that the
corps Os engineers, as at present esta
blished# be retained.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
the corps'.of artillery shall have the
same organization as is prescribed by
the act passed the thirteenth of March
one thousand eight hundred and four
teen ; and the, regiment’of light artillery ,;
the same organization as is prescribed
by the act passed the Twelfth day “of
April, ope thousand eight hundred ands
eight# nd that each regimentol infan
try and rifiemep, shall , consist of one
colonel, one lieui. colonels one major,
one adjutant, one quarter-masters* mate,
one sei major, one quarter master ;
setjeant, two principal musicians, and
ten companies | each company to con
sist of one captain, one first lieut. and
yne seccfnd’liteut* four serjeants, four cor
porals, t>vo mus'eians, and sixty.eighth
priva* # s. ‘ v
, Sec. 3. Be it further enacted , That
there ohall be two major generals, atid
lour brigadier generals ; the major gen- v
ei-als to v be entitled to twri aids-de-capp
and the brigadier generals to one aid-de
camp, each.tp be taken from the subal
terns of the line, four brigade in*
specters, and two brigade quarter mas
ters, and such number of, hospital sur
geons* mates, as the service may require
not exceeding five sjurgeons and fifteen
mates, with one steward} arid one ward -
master to each hospital. The Brigade
inspectors, appointed under this act,
shall bc\ tajvpri from the line ; and tht?
brigade quartermasters, the adjutants,
regimental quartermasters, grid paymas
ters from the subalterns of the line.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted , That the’
.compensation, subsistence, ?nd clothing
of the officers*>caditis,. noncommissoned
officers, musicians, artificers; and pri
vates composing the military peace es
tablishment, shall be the same as , are
prescribed by, the act, entitled “ an act
hx,ug the military peace establishment
of the United States passed .sixteenth
March, pne thousand eight hundrecPdnd
two, and the act, entitled ‘‘ An act” to
raise lor. a limited time, an additional
military force,” passed twelfth April,
one thousand eight hundred and eight;
and that the major generals shall be enU
11 tied to the same compensation a.s is
provided by an aCt entitled “an act* to .
raise an fedditional'military force, *» pas
sed eleventh January, pne thousand eightV
hundred and twelve.
See* 5. And be it further enacted, That
the President of the United States cause
to oe arranged the officers, non-commis
sioned officers, musicians, and privates,
of the several corps oi troppsmow in the
service of the United States, ip such a
manner as to form and complete out of
the same that corps author ized by this
act, and cause the superaunUi ary offi
cers, hon-corn missioned effieefs, musi
cians and privates-; fc o t discharged
frofti the servii « tailed States,
from and after tneurst day of May next,
or as soon as circumstances may per
mit.
Sec* 6> And be it further enacted. That
-'each-commissioned officer; who shall be
deranged by virtue of this act, there
shall be allowed and paid, ip to
Tl|e pay and emolumentsto>which they
will be entitled by law at The time of
his discharge, Jhree month* pay. V
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That
the several corps authorized by this act,
shall be subject to the rules and articles
of war, be recruited in the same man*
ner, apd with the same limitations i and
that officers, noh commissioned, musici
ans and privates* shall be entitled to the
same provision ior wountfe and disabili-
the same provision for widows and
children, and the same benefits and al
lowances in every respect, not inconsis
tent the provisions of this act, a3
are authorized by the act of sixteenth of
March* one-thousand eight hundred and
two, entitled fi An act fixing, the mili
tary establishment of the United
States,” and the act of the twelfth )f
April, one thousand eight hundred and
eighth entitled’ -> An act to raise, fora
.limited time, an additional military
force and . bounty to the re
cruit, and compensation.* tVJt|p recruit
ing officer, shail be the sambas are al
lowed by the aforesaid act Wtwelfth of
Apr*l» one thousand eight hundred and
eight. •
L A NO DON . QfaE VB.S*
. •• Speaker of The Hou.4e of Representatives,
>• JOHN UAiIL VIID.
’ ‘ President pro tenrpore the Senate.
March 3d, 1815. Approved.
JAMES MADISON,
For some time past, the birth-pkee of
the gallant hero of New Orleans, has
been h subject of much enquiry ahd
great misrepresentation, < some stating,
him to a native of North dCarolina*
some of Ireland, and others of Scotland /
for the gratification of the public mind
on this subject we have’ taken sotm*
pains,tb procure from a near connexion
of general Jackson* the following account
of his birthi for the authenticity of which
we cifn vouch,
Gen. Andrew Jackson* was born a
boutthe year *763 dr <764. on the Wax
haw creek, in the district of Lane hauler,
South -Carolina • • His parents were from
the of Ireland, where hi. ellest
brother was born—his second brother
was boch on hispWtfge to .this country-, ;
which may have given rise to the report,
that gen. Jackson came here an infant
—his hither died while be Was y6ting,
and left his family in very cir
*■ cutnstances. To the bounty of his cou
sin James Crawford, he is indebted Jot
hja early support and education. In fee
| grammar school, established at the Wax
-1 haw meeting-house* he received that
preparatory'education, which enabled
him to commence the study oflavv—Me
then left this state, and pursued the
practice of his. profession in North Car
olina, until his removal to Tennessee.
S. C. State Gazette,
Washington, March 2.
WAR WITH ALGIERS.
; The House of Representatives having
yesterday removed the injunction of se
crecy from the proceedings which have
taken place in .conclave, it appears that
a bill, of which the following is a copy,
has passed both Houses of Congress,
* and no\v awaits the signature of the
\ president, which it will doubtless re
! ceife.
Ii an. ACT
I Tor the protection of the commerce of. \
the U. S. against the Algerine crui,/*
’> v - zers. J \
r Be. it enacted by the Senate end Bouse / ?
of Representatives- of the United States- of
America Tn Congress assembled , That it’
shall be ’ lawful fully to equip, officer* V
man and employ such of the armed ves
sels of the United States as may be ‘
judged requisite by *he President of the
United States for protecting effectual?’
the commence an£ seamen thereof *
the Atlantic ocean; the Mediterrar
. and adjoining seas. \
Sec. 2. Andki it further enacted _ fc .
it shall be lawful for the Pre?- ’
tlse United States to instruct
manciers of the respective pii j",'™.
aforesaid to subdue, oiiq vessels
prize ol all vessels, goods ’ a
or belonging to tile Dey ‘ 4tui tm cts O
to his subjects, and to bt* jl Al K“ r ’” ® ‘
same imo port, to be t ‘ *' n S 01 itlH
aml diatribpted ucctnv *«****•*
also tO'Cause ro be (’ aI MS tD 1w * ’
acts of precaution Kme all suen otnei
state of war will ju ****«*.• “ lhc
r opinion require. (■ ««&.«** m h,s
NO. LIX.