Washington Monument

at Washington, D. C., an obelisk 555 feet high, was begun in 1848 by the Washington National Monument Society, and finished in 1884 by the U. S. Government. ‘“Wasp,’’ sloop-of-war, eighteen guns, Captain Jones, left the Delaware October 13, 1812, for the West Indies. Five daye later it attacked the ‘‘ Frolic,” twenty guns, convoying a fleet of merchantmen. The ‘‘ Frolic’ was soon disabled, boarded and captured, losing ninety of its 108 men. Within two hours after the capture the ‘‘ Wasp’ and its prize were captured by the British frigate the ‘' Poictiers,’’ seventy four guns, and the Americans taken to Bermuda as prisoners. ““Wasp’’ (No. 2), eighteen guns, Captain Blakeley. In the British Channel he hara ed British merchant-ships, and on June 28, 1814, fought with the ‘‘ Reindeer.” Both ve els were badly damaged, but finally the ‘‘ Reindeer’? was boarded and captured, losing twenty five killed and forty-two wounded. The Americans lost twenty-seven in all. On September 1 it conquered the ‘‘ Avon,” eighteen guns, but Vol. VI.—238 was driven off by the arrival of several warships. September 21, near the Azores, it captured and sent home a valuable prize, the ‘‘ Atlanta.” On October g the ‘‘ Wasp’’ was spoken by a Swedish bark, but was never heard of afterward. 360