FLEET-A COUP-DE-MAIN-EXPLOSION OF A PRIVATEER-PRIVATEER WASP CAPTURED,

AFTER A RUNNING FIGHT OF NINE HOURS A VALUABLE PRIZE BY THE PRIVATEER

SNAP-DRAGON—BRAVE DEFENCE OF THE SCHOONER LOTTERY—A GALLANT ACTION

BY THE PRIVATEER DOLPHIN, CAPTAIN STAFFORD, OFF CAPE ST. VINCENT, WITH AN

ENGLISH SHIP AND A BRIG-HE CAPTURES THEM BOTH-PATRIOTISM OF THE CITY

OF BALTIMORE-INTERESTING CRUISE OF THE FAMOUS CAPTAIN BOYLE, ON THE COAST

OF BRAZIL AND AMONG THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS.
105

CAPTAIN SHALER'S ESCAPE IN THE PRIVATEER GOVERNOR TOMPKINS FROM A BRITISH

FRIGATE THE PRIVATEERS YANKEE AND BLOCKADE SAIL FROM NEWPORT ON THE

1ST OF JUNE, 1813-BRITISH POLICY OF TAKING NEW ORLEANS—SCHOONER FLYING-

FISH TAKEN BY THE SAUCY JACK-BRITISH SHIP INDUSTRY SENT INTO BERGEN, NORWAY,

BY THE TRUE-BLOODED YANKEE BRITISH SHIP LONDON PACKET CAPTURED BY THE ARGUS

AND SENT INTO BOSTON-BRITISH PACKET MORGIANNA, CAPTURED BY BOARDING, BY

THE SARATOGA-FIFTEEN BRITISH VESSELS CAPTURED OFF JAMAICA, BY THE LOVELY

CORDELIA, OF CHARLESTON—THE YANKEE PRIVATEER RETURNS TO RHODE ISLAND AFTER

A SUCCESSFUL CRUISE-TABLE OF PRIVATEERS BELONGING TO SALEM-CAPTAIN STAF-

FORD'S FAMOUS DEFENCE OF THE PRIVATEER DOLPHIN ARRIVAL OF THE PRIVATEER

GRAMPUS AT NEW YORK NARROW ESCAPE OF THIS VESSEL, WHILE CRUISING

AMONG THE CANARY ISLANDS-EULOGY ON CAPTAIN JOHN MURPHY--DESPERATE

ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE PRIVATEER GLOBE, CAPTAIN RICHARD MOON, WITH TWO

ENGLISH BRIGS, OFF MADEIRA BRITISH SHIP NEREID CAPTURED OFF MADEIRA BY THE

GOVERNOR TOMPKINS-INTERESTING CRUISE OF THE FAMOUS CAPTAIN BOYLE IN THE

SCHOONER COMET...

140

DESPERATE BATTLE. FOUGHT BETWEEN THE AMERICAN PRIVATEER-SCHOONER DECATUR, of

CHARLESTON, CAPTAIN DIRON, AND HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SCHOONER DOMINICA, ON

THE 5TH AUGUST, 1813-SAFE ARRIVAL OF THE DECATUR AND HER PRIZE AT CHARLESTON

-REMARKS ON THE BATTLE THE DECATUR STARTS ON A FRESH CRUISE FROM CHAR-

LESTON, ON THE 26TH NOVEMBER VOYAGE TO FRANCE IN LETTER-OF-MARQUE

SCHOONER, DAVID PORTER, GEORGE COGGESHALL, COMMANDER-LOADS AT PROVIDENCE,

RHODE ISLAND-SAILS FROM NEWPORT-CHASED OFF CHARLESTON-ARRIVES AT THAT

PORT SAILS FROM CHARLESTON FOR FRANCE-LOSS OF FIRST PRIZE-TERRIBLE GALE IN

THE BAY OF BISCAY-THE SCHOONER THROWN ON HER BEAM-ENDS--ARRIVES AT LA

TESTE SHORT CRUISE IN THE BAY OF BISCAY-MAKES SEVERAL CAPTURES-ARRIVES

AT L'ILE DIEU-REMARKS ON THAT ISLAND-DIFFICULTIES AT BORDEAUX-HURRIES

AWAY FROM LA TESTE—VISIT TO LA ROCHELLE--BRIG IDA'S ESCAPE FROM LA ROCHELLE

-ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE OF THE BRITISH SHIP MARY BY THE RATTLESNAKE-

VISIT TO BORDEAUX AND PARIS..

172

CHAPTER VII.

CRUISES OF THE SCOURGE AND RATTLESNAKE--THEY TAKE NUMEROUS PRIZES-FRI-

GATE PRESIDENT, COMMODORE RODGERS, CRUISING OFF THE NORTH CAPE-DRONTHEIM,

IN NORWAY-THE RATTLESNAKE ARRIVES AT LA ROCHELLE-THE SAUCY JACK CAP-

TURES THE SHIP PELHAM, AND TAKES HER TO CHARLESTON-THE GRAND TURK

CAPTURES THE INDIAN LASS, AND SENDS HER TO SALEM-CRUISE OF THE PRIVATEER

PERRY, OF BALTIMORE—DESPERATE BATTLE BETWEEN THE NEUFCHATEL PRIVATEER

AND THE BOATS OF A BRITISH MAN-OF-WAR OFF NANTUCKET-THE PRIVATEER

HARPY, OF BALTIMORE, CAPTURES THE BRITISH PACKET PRINCESS ELIZABETH—

THE PRIVATEER SABINE, OF BALTIMORE, CAPTURES THE BRITISH SHIP COUNTESS OF

HARCOURT-CAPTURE OF THE NEW FREDERICK BY THE PRIVATEER KEMP-NARROW

ESCAPE OF THE PRIVATEER FOX FROM A BRITISH SHIP-OF-WAR THE PRIVATEER

CAROLINE, OF BALTIMORE, CAPTURES THE BRITISH BRIG ELIZABETH, AND SENDS

HER TO CHARLESTON-CAPTURE OF A SCHOONER BY THE KEMP OF BALTIMORE THE

SCHOONER'S ARRIVAL AT CAPE FRANCOIS.
219

CHAPTER VIII.

A SHORT CRUISE IN THE LETTER-OF-MARQUE-SCHOONER LEO, GEORGE COGGESHALL, COM-

MANDER, FROM L'ORIENT TO CHARLESTON, AND HER CAPTURE IN THE YEARS 1814 and

1815 -PREPARE AND FIT OUT THE LEO AT L'ORIENT-DISARMED BY ORDER OF THE

FRENCH GOVERNMENT SAIL FROM L'ORIENT-PROCEED TO THE ENGLISH CHANNEL~~

CAPTURE SEVERAL PRIZES-COMPELLED TO LEAVE THE CHANNEL AND STEER TO THE

SOUTHWARD, ON ACCOUNT OF BEING BADLY ARMED, AND VERY DEFICIENT IN SAILS

AND RIGGING ARRIVE OFF LISBON-DISMASTED WHILE IN CHASE OF A BRITISH

PACKET TAKEN BY THE GRANICUS FRIGATE, AND TOWED ROUND TO GIBRALTAR—

PROCEED IN THE GRANICUS TO TETUAN BAY, MOROCCO RETURN TO GIBRALTAR—

REFUSAL OF THE GOVERNOR OF THAT PLACE TO PAROLE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS—EX-

AMINATION AT THE ADMIRALTY OFFICE ESCAPE FROM THE GARRISON GO ON BOARD

A NORWEGIAN GALLIOT-HUBBUB AND CONFUSION IN GIBRALTAR TO FIND THE CAP-

TAIN OF THE LEO-TAKE PASSAGE TO ALGECIRAS WITH A GANG OF SMUGGLERS-RE-

SIDE WITH THE FAMILY OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE GANG-AIDED AND PROTECTED BY

THE AMERICAN CONSUL, HORATIO SPRAGUE, ESQ.—LEAVE ALGECIRAS, IN DISGUISE,

FOR CADIZ--REMARKS ON THAT REGION OF COUNTRY-ARRIVE AT CADIZ-KIND RE-

CEPTION AT THAT PLACE BY HIS OLD FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN-RESIDENCE AT

CADIZ THEATRES AND BULL-FIGHTS-SAIL FROM CADIZ FOR LISBON IN A PORTU-

GUESE VESSEL.
253

CHAPTER IX.

THE PRIVATEER YORK, OF BALTIMORE. RETURNS TO THAT PLACE AFTER A SUCCESSFUL

CRUISE ON THE COAST OF BRAZIL, AND AMONG THE ISLANDS IN THE WEST INDIES

THE PRIVATEER PORTSMOUTH CAPTURES THE SHIP JAMES, OF LONDON-THE JAMES AR-

RIVES AT PORTSMOUTH, N. H.--REMARKS ON PRIVATEERS IN NOVEMBER, 1814-

A GREAT MEETING OF MERCHANTS OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, ON THE 9TH OF SEF-

TEMBER, TO PETITION THEIR GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THEM AGAINST AMERICAN

PRIVATEERS—THE TRUE-BLOODED YANKEE, PRIVATEER, SAILS FROM BREST, ON THE

24TH OF NOVEMBER, 1814, ON A CRUISE IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL-ANECDOTE TO

SHOW THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES-ANECDOTE ABOUT AN AMERICAN AND A BRITISH

OFFICER-CAPTURE OF THE BRITISH SHIP ANN DOROTHEA, SENT INTO BOSTON

BY THE SARATOGA-CAPTURE OF THE BRIG HIRAM BY THE DAVID PORTER, OF BOSTON

—ARRIVAL OF THE GRAND TURK AT SALEM, AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CRUISE-SEVERE

CONFLICT BETWEEN THE SAUCY JACK AND TWO BRITISH LETTER-OF-MARQUE SHIPS, OFF

ST. DOMINGO-HARD FIGHT, AND CAPTURE OF SEVERAL BRITISH MERCHANTMEN, BY

THE KEMP, PRIVATEER OF BALTIMORE-CAPTURE OF THE EAST INDIA SHIP GENERAL

WILLOUGHBY BY THE YANKEE, ORDERED FOR CHARLESTON-CRUISE OF THE PRI-

VATEER HARPY-HER CAPTURE OF THE BRITISH SHIP GARLAND-CAPTURE OF THE

ENGLISH EAST INDIA SHIP STAR, BY THE SURPRISE.
293

CHAPTER X.

DESPERATE BATTLE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES SHIP HORNET, CAPTAIN BIDDLE, AND

THE BRITISH SLOOP-OF-WAR PENGUIN-REMARKS ON THE BATTLE-CAPTURE OF THE

BRIG LADY TROWBRIDGE BY THE PRIVATEER INO, OF BOSTON--LOSS OF THE INO OFF

CHARLESTON BAR-CAPTURE OF THE SHIP MARY AND SUSAN, BY THE CHASSEUR- -CAP-

TURE OF THE SHIP ADVENTURE BY THE SAME VESSEL-SENT INTO CHARLESTON-EXTRACT

FROM THE LOG-BOOK OF THE PRIVATEER MC. DONOUGH-INTERESTING CRUISE OF THE

PRIVATEER YOUNG WASP-CAPTURE OF THE BRITISH SHIP ARABELLA, OF CALCUTTA,

BY THE SHIP RAMBLER OF BOSTON-CAPTURE OF THE PACKET-SHIP ELIZABETH,

AFTER A SHORT BATTLE, BY THE LETTER-OF-MARQUE JACOB JONES, OF BOSTON CAP-

TURE OF THE PRIVATEER HYDER-ALI, IN THE EAST INDIES, BY THE BRITISH FRIGATE

OWEN GLENDOWER-CAPTAIN BOYLE'S CRUISE IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL, IN THE

PRIVATEER CHASSEUR-A LIST OF PRIZES MADE BY CAPTAIN BOYLE-CAPTAIN

BOYLE'S BURLESQUE BLOCKADE CAPTURE OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SCHOONER ST.

LAWRENCE, BY CAPTAIN BOYLE, IN THE CHASSEUR ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN BOYLE AT

BALTIMORE IN THE PRIVATEER CHASSEUR, AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CRUISE IN THE WEST

INDIES THE AUTHOR'S
ADMIRATION OF CAPTAIN BOYLE AND HIS GALLANT EX-

PLOITS.

331

CHAPTER XI.

CAPTAIN REID'S CRUISE-ARRIVAL AT FAYAL-ACCOUNT OF HIS GALLANT DEFENCE-

COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN CONSUL AT FAYAL TO THE SECRETARY OF

STATE AT WASHINGTON-CAPTAIN REID'S ARRIVAL AT SAVANNAH-HIS RECEPTION AT

THAT PLACE-PUBLIC DINNER GIVEN HIM AT RICHMOND, VA.—TOASTS, ETC.-

CONTINUATION OF PRIZES AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF PEACE-ESCAPE OF THE PRI-

VATEER-BRIG WARRIOR FROM A BRITISH FRIGATE AND A
SEVENTY-FOUR"-SHE

ARRIVES AT NEW YORK-BRIG TAGUS, FROM SMYRNA, CAPTURED BY THE LETTER-OF-

MARQUE BRUTUS, OF BOSTON—BRITISH PACKET WINDSOR CASTLE, FROM FALMOUTH, ENG-

LAND, FOR HALIFAX, CAPTURED BY THE ROGER AND SENT INTO NORFOLK TRANSPORT-

SHIP MOSELY, CAPTURED BY THE LETTER-OF-MARQUE RAMBLER, AND SENT TO BOSTON

—BRITISH BRIG BOURWAN, FROM PENANG, WITH A VALUABLE CARGO, CAPTURED BY THE

JACOB JONES, AND SENT TO BOSTON-EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE PRIVATEER

MC DONOUGH, AT MORLAIX, FRANCE-PRIVATEERS PREPARING FOR SEA, WHEN THE

NEWS OF PEACE ARRIVES IN THE UNITED STATES..

370

CONCLUDING REMARKS, &C..

TREATY OF PEACE.

APPENDIX.

INDEX..

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MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.

FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER EXTRA.

4 o'clock P.M., June 18, 1812.

The injunction of secrecy was about an hour ago removed from the following message, report or manifesto, and act.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: I communicate to Congress certain documents, being a continuation of those heretofore laid before them, on the subject of our affairs with Great Britain.

Without going back beyond the renewal in 1803, of the war in which Great Britain is engaged, and omitting unrepaired wrongs of inferior magnitude, the conduct of her government presents a series of acts hostile to the United States as an independent and neutral nation.

British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great high way of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels in a situation where no laws can operate but the law of nations and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong; and a self-redress is assumed which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that substitution of force, for a resort to the responsible sovereign, which falls within the