English, William H

born in 1822, was secretary of the Indiana Constitutional Convention in 1850, Speaker of the State Legislature in 1851, U. S. Congre man from 1853 to 1861, and the Dem~cratic candidate for Vice-President in 1880. Died 1896. ‘¢ Enterprise,’ an American brig of fourteen guns, Captain Burrows.. September 5, 1813, the brig, while sailing off the Maine coast, met the British brig ‘‘ Boxer,” also of fourteen guns. Both ve els opened fire at the same time. The wind was light and the cannonading very destructive. The ‘‘ Enterprise,’ cro ing the bows of the “‘ Boxer,” gave such a raking fire that the latter surrendered. The battle lasted forty minutes. Both commanders were killed. ‘T'wo days later the prize was taken into Portland harbor.