CONNECTICUT SPECTATOR, Middletown, July 12, 1815  

* Capture of HMS Penguin
* Tristan da Cunha
* Post War of 1812

Page 3 has nearly a full column taken up with: "ANOTHER BRILLIANT NAVAL VICTORY, achieved by the U.S. Sloop of War Hornet, Captain Biddle, Mounting but twenty Guns, In the Capture & Destruction of his Britannic Majesty's Sloop of War Penguin...".
Four pages, very nice condition.

Background: The historical significance of this specific event lies in its status as the final ship-on-ship naval engagement of the War of 1812, occurring nearly a month after the U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Ghent. Captain James Biddle’s decisive 22-minute victory on March 23, 1815, underscored the lethal efficiency of the fledgling U.S. Navy and served as a powerful symbolic capstone to a war that established American maritime prowess on the global stage. In terms of rarity, while 1815 American newspapers printed on durable rag paper have survived in modest numbers, copies of the Connecticut Spectator from this exact date are exceedingly rare in the marketplace. Because of the vast communication delays of the era—requiring nearly four months for news from the South Atlantic to reach New England presses—contemporary accounts capturing the euphoria of this "belated" victory are highly prized, making a well-preserved, complete four-page issue containing a near-full column of this specific naval triumph a standout artifact for collectors of early American militaria.