i&ihvixfrtix&i prxh6urSj-,do-; ,rimfflw&$$iss mym'mmm Stei?2
. Si- Y
iur' iuvinft:jbteor inform,-;
-"Vet ofmy leaving Botoh on the
. mamo.mcaihvit nnr..ool? rcmtins tor
aftniotm whil
"brr' of. 'wir!. near the aboals.of
"WWW v YTV r"Jy .Mrw(i-
l4rd of ihreeiaU; tt?o of .wKichv from
their appearalit XTevibuAly.reociycd,
j juci to oc uw,:Wv nogue 7-, ana
IS iv mtib -if igatcandhe :ihird i meW
'fchaiU 'briR.V TAftcr; ficniog;tkar of
GtorccV.llinki the Vtnd veered ' to
thtT north eastward.ad tfe continued
alageist pthe?tly;m the direction of
the! ioui&.-n cdire of the Gulf Stream
until ti'Sibof;May,Sa!oo. 0. WJ
ttt;29'JO;N. heti I parted compa
Wnli thVC90sress; jAfttr. jutting
wirjpahjIahaped cnuraVas.near
is thesvind leftUfd permit to intercept
the7eemfs West India commerce
pawns to the iojithjard of the Grand
XJJOjc Xiot roeciipg wiin.iny iniog id
tbVdirection exrepv American
acli'Wm'Xabbnand Cidi I ocxt
puisucd at route jkx the northward co
a pari'lcl trVihtKe eastern dgeofthe
Grabi BinV o aVto cros the tracks
ofWaf WcVt Ih'dli; -Halifax; Quebec,
and S'i John'a trade-" In ihh route;
experienciog coosunt thick fogs far
e "oumberof 'days;-3nd not metring
any thing, after reaching "the latitude
of 48 N.-S;f steered (o thb S.'E. to
trards the .Arcre oSfhtrh in "dif
ferent' directions; I continof d until
the 6h of JuneA tihout meeting a
single enerayVvcselt or any othcra
except two' American. At this
time falllnixT with an American ship
bound to Cad;2,- and 'receiving xn
fonaatifch tfut rheliad. four day bo
fore passed an rummy's 'ccavoy from
the West Indies bound to 'England;
1 crowded sail to theN. and al.
though disappointed -in falHng in wtih
the convoy; 2 nevertheless made four
captures between the 9lh and 15th of
Jutk ;.. f t -
-Jkiogcow in thelar. of 46 N. and
ong.2B-W -rcterminedon going
into the North Seviud accordingly
'shaped a course that afforded a pro!
pectoi umngto wiia twcij ocuou co
NcwfoucdUod .from Su', George's
Channel by the way .of Cape Clear,
as well as others Out might pitscorth
alout to -the bonhward of Ireland e
to my astonishment, however, -in all
. this route I did tio! mce: with" a sin
g!e vessel, unri il mauc the Shetland
-1 ft bods, and cvcnofTthcrenothing but
-Danish vessels trading to .England
under british licences. Jt thqtirae
I reached the ShedaudIslands n ccn
'sidcrable portion, ? of my. provisjccs
and wster being expended; it became
cecesaary to replenish these, previous
to detenninjng Jbat .course- to pur
sue next ; and I accordingly, for this
purpose, put inta North 'liVgen on
thcj27d) yf June but inuch to my
surprize. And, .djsap rnnent, "was
notable to obujo any" thing but wa
ter, there being an unusual 'scarcity
ot"1)read iqTfTety part of 'i Norway,
and the time not more Jn' Bergen
thso a bare 'sufEcieo'ey' for its inhabi
tants'for 'four .or fiye. wetks." Thit
beto'theiasej after, replenishingmy
wate r, re'pa'rtetK op the d. 0 1 J ply,
and se3i??d ovci toward j the Ork
n ey I sLsnds apd from- the nee toward
thcrocth cape for the. purpose of in
tecepVng a cqavbp bl 25 nr 30 sail,
wfiifK it was said would. leave Arch
ungel atioot.the middle of uly under
the rirotecticti cf two bncs or two
t " m
slcops o ' war ; Whith ws further
x crnfrmed hy .two Vessels-. ( eaptured
J.ira the 13th pnd. 18th pf' the. same
month'.: In; th;s cfjcct however the
enemy h?d lhe gopd fortune to di ap
point me, bar 1Vpl'tde.shjp and
a frVgale making xhejf appearapce nil
the NM th Cape c 'the 19th of July,
juit a I uw'tn momcn'afy cxpecta
tido of mrrtinjgthe convoy on first
ducoyen. the enemy' two ships'bf
war nof being able, r.wjng to Uc ha.
jfess, of the. Vcatjicr tdascertm
iheir character with precision, 1 stood
tevrard them unt.il. making out what
they if ere, I hutcd by the wind in
thecpposUetatk, to avoid them jbut
'the wind, yhich had beenlihtfrpra.
the Jwestw?rcl, shifted, to the SvEv
nS .ob:xsecTtoe to t a V consequently
"VrVcVted bur ttmg clear. cj(fi e bay
-,ir th? tVifd of Mairrien.4in the-
le in chase ot a Untisnl
. l n" Do half aYekr to bedti.adanubscr
I - 1 k v Aurennc nn not cacec thlrty. Imesinscrted the first tlmVfor Half a DolJari andfbr at
ofaTeedM vi6 .wemy : tyro . , f ;
mVvoitWeh-I haatarpnlir with
the d'ay.BtforcL'wt'cQpiHy f-Wi
thot jrtnuffl.Jt bueh;engrqsf
cd by ireHentUiUjtKey permit
ted the Scourge to wcpe. withoilt ?P
pVtiSg fq'Ste'aay ; nodee bf hf r. V V
,T3inrthui 8iapn'oioted in meet-
inn wi'lh th'e tonvoy, and: V still-fur-ther
portion fc6r my provisions ;being
exenoeq, 1 aeerim;u ,
to a more' eVterlvj ataijop.,. and iao-
coraingiy recreo ,w gaw uicum..
tionof the traie paising but of; a ud
rnio the Irjsh. ChanneL . In this po
mltipn between the2th; of July, and
the 2nd of August, I made 3 captures,
when finding that the enemy had a
superior (Yorce! in 'that ' vtcinuy, !
found it expedient toharigejn
ground and after' taking a circuit
rodnd 'Ireland and 'getting, into j the.
latitude of Cape Clear, steered for
the' Banks pf Newfoundland, bear to
which I made two -mora .captures,
.... I- - 1 .1. 1
and oy tne latter onr iouna inai jtnc
BeUcrb'phVn Y4 and Hyperioo" frigate
were on th. eastern pan of the Bank
and only a few miles to lhe westward
of me I however 'cdl.-?OC; fqll in
with .them." From the eastern edge
of the Grand Bank to Vhich . I had
beat all' the 'way iron? the "NW.
coast of Ireland . (the ..wind having
prevailed without intermission, from
1st of Aug, to the middle of, Sep',
from . west Ho "southwest) I steered
for the'Uni(edatesvwithout seeing
a single vessel of any kind until the
22d of the present month, being near
the South Shoal of NantucV.et,. met
with a Swedish brig and jm Ameri
can cartel (the Russian ship Hoff
nung) from London, bound to New
Be'dtord. . '-
. By this time my provision and par
tlcularly bread were so, heady' con
sumed as to "make it indispensably
necessary that I should put into tht
rst convenient port after gainiog the
requisite information of the dipoi
tioo bf the enemv's cruisers as coud
enable me to steer clear of a superior
force ; and this I was enabled to do
in a manner which I shall commum
ate in another letter. On the 23d
msf.' I captured his Bfitannic .ma
jesty's schr. .High Flyer, (tender to
admiral Warren) with which vessel
I now have to inform you of my ar
tivalat this port. ...
Annexed is a list -of vessels cap
lured and destroyed, in wbjcb were
made' 2ri prisoners I have npw.,
however, only 55 prisoners onboaid,
having sent to England on parole
to the Duke of Montrose;. 76 in the
.Greenland ship feiir.a Swn, and . 62
m the bij que Lion of Liverpool.
During my cruize, altho' I have
not had it in my power to add any ad
ditiohal lustre to the character of pur
Ihtle navy,,' I have nevertheless rm
d ere d' essential service to my toun
try, I hope by harrasnn.the enemy's
commerce aitr) 'employing to his dis
advantage more than a dozen times
(he force of a single frigate
-. My olHcers. and crew have experi-1
enced great privations since I left the
United States from being nearly five
months at sea and living the last three
months of that time upon a scanty al
lowance of the roughest fare ; . and it
is wjin peculiar pleasure tnat A ac-
quaint you that. they arc all in better
health than might be'expected, altho
you may well supposxr1 "that their
scanty allowance has not been of any
advantage to their strength or ap
pearance. ' ' ' . ' ,
The High Flyer was commanded
by licuWlfiiltchinsoo, second , of ihn
St, Domingo. She is1 a remarkably
firteyessel of her' class,4. satis . very
fast; and . would , make an excellent
light cruizer,; provided the govern
mcufhave' occasion formal vessel of
her descr iption . i
Just at the moment of closing- my
letterTa oewspaner has been handed
me Containing V capU Brpk"eV cral
lebge to' my Iae. 'gallant friend capf.
Lawrenre, in which he mentions
, with cbn'sidprable 'cmphath the pains
he Kid. taken to meet the President
and" Congress with the Shainon and
It is unnecessary at present to utce
further' netice ' of capriv- DrokVs
obscryatiors hso to aav,' if that .was
, his deposition, bisconcluct' 'was so
i'- ' B . . " ' , " --- " r .1 I M.J ILMII. II !
-otKC lime:ubric4Cittv,VdrGren
ock; Robert ovc, masterbr2tis:
ana ii mcn, irom "
bdqhdrto fAlicantSpain) with
cic'oofifisrUV;Ordered ToToce:;.'
;f Udthrjnbeciet qfj
Falmouth libbuiad to'rTarifairenttb
England a a caytel with 78;pr;isonew.
IVUiJune, Lcuer oMarque Brig
iarb, of iPort Glasgow, (Scodand)
John Bald Master, of 14 guns'and 5
men, i from- Newfoundland bound to
Spain,twithU cargo-of cod fith ": ?ot
dered her for France' v .
12th pf June, Schooner Falcon, of
Guernsey Johii Mauger Master, of
2 guns and 10 nen, from Newfound
land bound to Spain, with a cargo of
codfish : ordered her for Frante. f
July 12,; Brig Jean and Ann, of
Salt Coats, Robert Caldwell, master,
from Cork bound'to ' Archangel,- in
ballast tork oathefcrew & burnt heir.
July 18, Brig Daphne,of Whitby,
William Gales master, pf 2 guns and
9 men; ; from Sotith Shields bound to
Afchange) 'nV'l.P0' out her
trew and sunk fieri' t- ... j -
July 24, Eliza 'Syr?o, of Montrose,
John Young master, of .3 guns and
48 men, from a Greenland, whaling
voyage, bound. ta IMontrose. with fish
blubber, ransomed her for 5000
pounds sterling, . . 1
July 29, Brig Alert, of Peterhead,
George Shand master, from Archan
gel bound-to Oporto (via England)
wiih a cargo of pitch and tar : took
out the crew and burnt her.'
August 2, Barque Lion, of Liver
pool, Thomas, Hawkins master, of 8
guns and 52 men, from Greenland,
whaling voyage bound to Liverpool,
with fish h ubber : ransomed her for
3000. pounds sterling, . .
August J0, Hermophrodite brig
Shannon of St. Kitts, John Perkin
master, bound to London, with a
cargo of rum, sugar and molssses ;
ordered her for the United States. ; .
Sep. 9. Uri- Fly of Bermuda, Bowey;
muter, of 6 (jnni untl 9 men, from J arnica,
bouhd to LonJon with -coffee, ordered to the
United Stale. -V
Sep. Bri ith ScJiooner Highflyer, Lt.
Hutchinson 5 gun, 5 lifiicerx 2c 54. men.'
miuTHORTr. v-.
Halo, of tbt OlntteD 0tatps.
An act lalner duties on sales at ant ion of
merchandize and of thipa.and vessel. .
Be it enacted 6f the Stnat and HaUtt cf Pe
presenfativc of tbe United Statet of Amenta in
Cbrreu atfctnbled, That from and after -tbe
first day . or January next, there sfidl be
levied, collected nd paid for theuse of
th United States, upon all sales by way
of audion as be remafterdescribed,wnich
shall be made within the United States,
Uie respective raits and. duties follow, -ing,
to wit : The sum of one dollar for
eviry hundred dollars of the purchase
money arising ny sale at auction of
goods, wares and merchandize ; aftd
the sum of tweniy-five.cen's for every
hundred dollars ol tbe purchase moneT
anting by sale at suction of ships or vev
c; and et the aa me rate for any
greater or lesser sum, except as herein
after excepted ; the said respective rates
and,'duties to. be paid by iie auctioneer
or person making such sales 'at suction,
;Out of the monies arising from each ano
every such sale!: Provided' atwaysx
That nothing inthis act contained shsli
extend to any sale or Kales by auction
of goods, wares and merchandize, mcde
rmrsuant to or in execution of any rulr,
order, decree,sen.cncc or judgment ol
any court of the-United States or either
of ihem, oc made in virtue or. by .. force
of any distreis far rent,' or other cause
for which a distress is allowed by. law
or made in consequtnee of any bankrupt,
cy or insolvenry, pursuant .to'anyfJaw'
concerning bankruptcies or insolvencies;
'br. made in const qtjence of any general
issinmcnr of property and effects for,
the benefit rf creditors ; orfhadb'bf ot
on behalf of executorsbi- administrators;
or made pursuant to; the dFrections of
any la w of the United States, or either
of thejrt, touching 'tbe collection of' any
tax or duty ; 6r disposal by auction or
public properly of the United ;States or
of any stale'; nor to'any such "sale'iSr
sties by auction of ships tieif; tackle
apparel and - furhituae,v or the ;cargoe
thereof,' which 'shall' be. wrecked or
stranded ' withinT tfe' United States,' ani
sold for the benefit of -the insurers v or
proprietors thereof " 1 ? VT '
Sec, ' 2; ""And be if further enacted. 1 1
.unuiniiprcpursuam hTm -.V
rtt a state, or issued oursuant o tne:ui- u iFnrQ;
Aliens of thacdnin and meaning of this act true C
(J-fou&mndseid -dollars, -together wilh
thesnms Or duties p'aysb1e by tht act
upnVhegc9i.'w8rfes and merchan
d z sp sold-iProvMed,' however 9 That
hoihing rherefn pQmaipedi shall beacon
st rued to require) a 'license for the sale
at" auction' of any eatate,:goods chattetsi
or other thlnciwhich by this 'act ari not!
maue Maii j e to quiy or cxcnipicu iroui
l nat every .person wno,Deiore xae ehu
fipt day tJinu
license or; ipecwl JsuUtbrit Vi : ptirsu apt
o any'w of apy sateor
l he said trade jpJnsine'of. ah
eeiv shall bete;brpQn '
and every, personba day
shaJblnve such sciatcVnseveau
thorjty, shall within thiriy days after the
obtaining or Veejeiving. of the same - give,
notice thereof in ' : wtirigt ' underf his
hand, to the coUectpr, anpointedfcyVi
tiie of the act entided
assessment and collection of tlircct tiu
cs and internal dude s, for thdistilc &
where such person shall fcarry dn br in
tend to carry dn the slid trade orbusi
ness.of an auctioneer,, speceiying in
such notice the date or commencement J
J pf such licence or other special authori-
granted or giyeh, by whom at)d by what
law of a state the same Vas granted or
given ; and shall also give bond to, the,
United S.ates in a som not.-, less :th,an
one thousand nor more than three thou;
sand dollars, at the discretion of the col
lector, to be taken by the collector to
whom 'the noticeforesa'd shall bergrgV
en, with oridrion that he will, 'on the
-first day of April, Ju-'y, October and
janu;.ry in eacn yeur, .wnuc.. nc. nau
continue to exercise .said trade or busi
ness, renderto the person or persons
who, on bthajf of the United' States,
shall be authorised to receive the same,
a irue and particular account in wrir
ting of the. monies ofssums fcr which
any goods, wares and merchandise,
made liable' to duty by this act, - have
buTsold at every sale bt auction by him
mde, and of the severat articles, lots
Plid parcels, which have" sold, trie price
of each article, lot or parcel, in every
su h sale, by whom bought, that is, to
say ; Grst from the dale of the bond un
til such of tbe aforesaid days as shall
accrue next thereafter, and-thenceforth
from the day to whiph antrccount shall
Huve been last rendered, until such of
the sild days as shall next thereafter J
- . , i Jk - ,
ensue; and so on in succession, from
one of the said days to another, .coi9hg,
a he shalf continue ko exvrcise, his said
trade or business, ' and tlso shart pay all
such sums of money as shall bt due to
the Uniled Slaes, upon the said sales,
according tojthe true intent and rnen
irg ofthis.slct, which sums he is hereby
iihorised.and directed to retain ouf of
t he produce of each sale made as afore
said, - And 3 like notice and bt4. rid shall
be given in fik manner, as often as a
ny such license spec? 1 uutho; iiic&Jl all
have expired and been renswed. And
if any person shvh, after the 33id first
day of January next by virtue or color
of any such license or special authority
as a foresaid, make' any sate or sales at
auction without havlag rgiven bond as
aforesaid, within the. time for that .pur
pose prescribed, or ' without renewing
sucn bond upon the expiralion and re:
newal of any such license or special au
thority, he shall forfeit and payi forevery
such sale by him made, the sum of four U
hundre d dollars, together with the sums
or duties payable by this. act,, upon the j
goods, wares and merchandize so sold.
Sec 4. be it further enacted
That the several collectors aforesaid
mai
ay, within their respciiveditricts,
and .upon 'request of any person orrper
sons desirous . thereof, shall grantMi
cense without fee or rewarr) for a term
not exceeding one year; ( at one time,
to exercise the trade or business of an
auctioneer, t and such licenses,1 upon
like request,, may and shall from, time
to time renew : Pjrovided Aoyever9
i nai no sucn iicensc.snaii pe graju
ted or ' reeweo until the ,, person ipr
persons requesting )he same shall have
becpnie bupd . to the;l United States,
with; one ors more ;suretiesv tdthe satis-.
Ifactioh of the collector of whom such li
cence shall be" requested, -in the; sum
bf riot more than three thousand, nor,
less tharione thousand doIlarsV.at he
discreiion of he ebjf
dition a is V herein
for persons having licenses by vir.fue f f
somelawf a state And provided fur
4irThati:hK
granted torry ;orthe said trader' or
business, in aoy,eity.;town, mrcnnty
any. slate, m respect to which provision
hatli beeiv made jby any of sueh
bVthPrinte jn e v
quarter m even succecwaw f r
aec. 16, - And be it r.. a
That the accounts toi, tl
duties tK. r . u reeHi
by any auctionceer, mh
and Pidto the eonectorX r'ndt
u. k . vor aIoresaifi
exercise bis saidlrade or h? r H
rhiidepiitydulyltes;
hand and seal,- anHnch a dcr hi
shallake- oath .f
: jng to tbebest of his knowleZ 81
lief to the tnith oteveW! " atl(i
ncoau rrnaer oetore the i
son to whom . such ar.,. . ,r P
ali be
lb admtnis.er the said
ft AM n ITn.1'f i .
hairnot be deemed to beld01
edccnfe;to;tKe eon r
bond of such auctioneer : kna lh8
that such accounts myZ, 7
kept and rendered it is hefebv
dfey
dayjp day, as often as any sak .i
Wide, m abookoron a Pper lob5ke
hyhim for that purpose, the tJZf
hint made; which book r.r J
hafat.aU reusonab tirae, upo
quest made be submiited for fx.iha.
ticnvto the collectoi; aforvsaid rhift
whose distrietsuch auftioncer shai bc
on pain of forfriiing, for t very rtftiv '
o comply with suchj request, the sum
Pf .five hundred dollars. j
Sec. 7. Arid be H further enacted
Thatjfit shall appeanothe satisfaction
pf the CoUector, wuliin whose district
he shall be that an suc;icnt'er haihact
cd .agr bly to the ccccttiofi 'cf the
bond which he shall have given, and to
the directions of this act, duinttTi time
to which his said bond shall relate, the
same having expired, then, and in every
such case, the said collector shall cause
such bond to be delivered up; but in
case no such account hari be dtliverrd
as herein before mentioned, or fit shall
appeaethat any such account was i not
iruiy made, or that tne party hath acted i
in any other respect, contrary; to the
true inten' and mtanihgofhisrDdaDd
of this act, it shall be the duty of such
collector as aforesaid to cause such bond
to be prosecuted according to law ; and
in case nta verdicf or judgment against
the defendant be shall afterwards, npoa
every sale byViirrW any goods, warn
and merchandize at auction, be iiabi: w
all penalties which may be incurred by
this act) for acting as an auctioneer with
out licencev 'v. v
sSec.8.
That every -Auctioneers optjf fti" j
treeds of the duties, which M h w,rT
tain and pay aa aforesaid s?all be ?Un ?
ed .a commission ofoW 'per etottl'f;
bathe amount there .uiswjfr ;
and about the same ; ... 'V- ;;-
L Stc, 9. ' And Si itJurlhelLM&m
Thai if any person shall wiMuily sifjp
afljrm I ilseiy, touching any ntaM'!
in before required to be" VerifiedLbr
or affirmation, he .shall sufrthe pio.
and penalties which by law arc;
ed for wilful and corrupt perjury, and,
it an officer shall forfeit his office andbey
Incapable of afterwards holding wf0.
lice under the United State ; -jfm
, Sec, lO. Andbe it further tnsM
That it shall be the coty of the coiltct
ors aforesaid in their respective disincts
and they are hereby authorised to col
lect the duties imposed by this act and
to prosecute for the recovery i
simeand fot thVrecovery
nV Vnm which mar be torteiiea
ti, of ihi act. And all tinea
7 -s T
?nd rotfcitore. which tha i i
b foixe of IhU act, .h.Hmd
ued for and recovered in the n.me
the foiled States,' or oUU .collet
within who district y
natty or forfeiture tiaUave t
red.'by Wll, pWnt, or f
moiety thereof to the uie v- flt ,
Statevandrthe other nioietT jbw ,
the u btthepcrsot. ho,
shall Brat diwoTtr, if othtrtb".
lector, ahalNir" iotorm
matter brfthinff br ii
penalty or'forfeUure shall 011
or coiripUint.h.II awse p- fts!,
place by law established' ' tt.ct h
of a dist rict court "HP. JL
hlcl,-;h.ame.U'M
snch suit and rec0eflr:J .,:,!,
forehycoMrtoTtbfeaidio.
in u Ke cssci, . l '.r cxociwi
1 &?Andte it further c
-rm 'r- r. .... - .iftiniorwc
That this act u v io wbicj
ill it.i. termination of th
ihralieAKinedonl ot -:.fhcrf .
sIfinndlhedepenoi-, d0