Honesty is the best policy, even in dealing with an enemy.

The affair of the _Argus_ and the _Pelican_ was not calculated to inflate Yankee pride.
To balance this, however, came two brilliant actions by small ships.

The new _Peacock_, named for the captured British brig, under Captain Lewis Warrington, stole past the blockade of New York.

Off the Florida coast on the 29th of April she sighted a convoy and attacked the escort brig of eighteen guns, the _Epervier_.

In this instance the behavior of the American vessel and her crew was supremely excellent and not a flaw could be found.