Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-01-26
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICHMOND:
SATURDAY. jANUARy a6. 1906

The citizens of Richmond zee respect
fully informed, that prompted by the in.
ciemency of the season, il is contempIa.
ted to raise by voluntary contribution, q
sum Of money for the benefit of the NOR
dtsifufe Of the city and that for this pur-
pose, the Rev. A. Waugh will deliver an
appropriate discourse tomorrow at the
Capitol The Rev. Messrs. Buchanan and
Blair, will receive the benefaclious. and
distribute them irhpartialIy.
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Ertrdcf Of a fctttr from ca,ii. John n. IN.
drs4s, Of The orig Cyntiia Of Salem, Mass.
10 his or7ner, dared,
81. Pierres, (1z1rf. Dec. 8, 1904.
" Nothing material occurred until the
third December, being in lat. s, long. SO,
saw two sail, one OF which proved TO be
his Britannia majesty's brig LIZ COURIER,
OF l6 guns, capt. Ellsworth. The frs:
shot he fired Itook IN my saits-immedi-
ately hove to---he fired two guns more az
ter hove ,ol Al 2, r NJ. he ordered me
10 hoist out my boat and come on board
with my papers, with which complied
tile time OF my getting
the boat out, he fred several small arms
at me. When got on bond delivered
my papers to the officer of the deck -
the irst lieutenant ordered my men out
ofthe boat, and sent other men in :----he
went on board of the Cyhtnia---drove my
mate, and all hands, the cook ihcludedin.
to the boat, without giving them time 10
get their oteciions.--Afsef being on
board one hour, % captain sehdiag his
servant up repealSlly to interrogate mel
he then ordered me down the cabin. AT.
Ter receiving insult upon insult he sent my
bcaraiter the projections, and left me in
his cabiu, to go and interrogate the peo-
pie, and said that he could purchase pro-
tectons for IS cents each. He then call
Ted his carpenter upon the quarter deck
with a boarding pike, chisSei, Inallet and
rule, to Haeasure-he measured them all
the Carpenter undoubtedly knSw the
captains lhtentions---some he made lhor-
ter than the projections, others lonrer-,-
he said that he would take them and cnt
oh their heads or FEET to make them agree
with their protectIons-he then said thew
were all Englishmen, notwithstanding 7
had every paper to prove toihe contrary.
afterwards was permitted TO be heard.
ihade e'of every argument, and with
mitch politeness as I was c,pebIe of,
but they had no other effect than repeated
insults. Four men out of the five were
born in Salem, the otherin BROOKLYN. He
took four and would not take the 9Th on
account Of his being so small sud an old
man. / cannot omit mentioning, that the
men he pressed were four, ofthe best e.
yer hada Their names are Samuel She,t
ard, Sanrtel Lar06ee, DiGrfin Pain, and
James Kinsiey. Aller keeping ME from
2 o'clock to nearly p. NJ. and finding il
amounting to imPossibiliiy to get my men
again ! told him IashouId not 80 on b,ardl
OF Tiny vessel until he gave me men enough
TO Garry her into port--he then gave M.
four men out of the docfor's lis. three of
whom were raw lrishmen, who eooJd moi
steer--ihe other an american young lad.
born on Cape Cod, by the name Of Rem;
freemen. He had the politeness 10 send
me on board my vessel on very dart
night with these men, with the boar near
" matt tuli OF water, and large sea run
nIng' | arc sorry to find no communica
ton between this and Barbadoes. other
wise should have sen; copy of the en-
rolment and his proceedings to the com
modore. who is stationed off Barbadoes. I
think il certificate of this and their being
Americans IS sent 10 the commodore. thew
may be Obtained. would spare no ex.
pense if ] could obtain them. | arrived
here on the 9Th ult. and entered a protest.
and have been these two days trying 20
extepdit so as 10 send on the original TO the
secretary Estate. Unjust observe that il
has placed me ina disagreeable situation.
| find it at present impossible to get men
here"
The proceedings in the case of the inn
parchment against the judges of the su /.
preme court of Pennsylvania are given in
detail in the Aurora.
The Impeachment was opened by Mr..
Boilesu, who as leading manager, stated
the grounds on which it was undertaken.
MIR. Rodney followed, and after laying
before the court sundry written docu,
ments, examined number OF witne.ses
IN support Of the prosecution. Our las,
accounts state that Mr.. Dallas had omen.
ed the defence.