Captain Jacob Jones submitted with as much grace as he could muster, and _Wasp_ and _Frolic_ were carried to Bermuda.

The American crew was soon exchanged, and Congress applied balm to the injured feelings of these fine sailormen by filling their pockets to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars in prize money.
It was only a week later that the navy vouchsafed an encore to a delighted nation.

This time the sport royal was played between stately frigates.

On the 8th of October Commodore Rodgers had taken his squadron out of Boston for a second cruise.

After four days at sea the _United States_ was detached, and Captain Stephen Decatur ranged off to the eastward in quest of diversion.