The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-21
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LRasi IF Cuba, Hacanna.
| BY this public iuarument of proten be it made
| known and manifea all whom the fame fhall,
eoth or may concern, that on the day of the date
hereof, before me, Henry Hill, Tun. conful of the
United States of America for the iand of Cuba ref
dent at HAVANA, perfonay came and appeared Hen
ry Palmer, matter Of the brig Jafon of Philadelphia,
VINO beng by me duly fworn upon the holy evange-
lifts of Almighty God, did folemnly depofs and de-
clare that on the ieventh day of April la he failed
| and departed in and with the faid brig laden ,yth
cargo of ialt, earthenware porter, dry goods. &c
from Liverpool in England, bound to New-Orleans,
conigned to different ferfons there and to the bet
OF his knowledge and belief, the property of citizens
| of the United States.
That in the profecuton of the fsid voyage nothing
material happened until the twentieth day of Iune.
| when being in fight of Cape Antonio, four or five
leagues dant, he difcovcred two fail at about two
o'clock in the afternoon, which appeared in chafe of
his laid veliel. That Of them came UP with his
iad velel about half paf four o'clock, when f,e
hoiited Englifh colours and fired two guns on which
ne hove to and waited her coming I'D with him,
That after coming within hail he was ordered bv a
perion OH board laid privateer come on board with
his papers, which he did After this deponent wa.
on board the faid privateer, the Englh colors were
taken down and Spanifh hoifted, and this depouent
underhood the laid privateer be called the Bneua
Union, commanded by Jofe Antonio Ulariago, the
captain OF which Immediately after ordered the Leo
pie Of this deponent ont of the boat and fent four
men in his laid boat board his faid brig, and de-
tanned this deponent with two men who had come
with him on board fa;d privateer
That after the people had gor on board faid ve(el
onie conversation paacd between the captain of the
prVateer and the psope he had fent on board the
orig, and immediately aer they altered the COURT.
OF hi, iad brig and food in towards the iland of en-
ba; loon alter the other vene which was in fob,
came up which he, the dePonsnt, underilood was
the French priva,ser Napoleon, commanded bx
one Pierre Liquet, which alto changed her COURT
and food in towards faid ifland in COMPANY with
laiu SPaniih privateer and the depone,lt's brio
NAT on the fame day az about 10 o'clock at night
the three vefles aiorefad came to anchor near Can.
Antonio, where the belt bower anchor was loft. and
part OF the cable, belonging iad brig, and where
was aho lying at anchor FINAL felucca French pri-
vateer the morning following, the elm utimo. the
privatesrfman proceeded with his brig to fina bav
where there are number of nall iflands about fix
leagues from where the faid brig had been anchored
ahd the laid PrIvateers accompanied her ; in which
pay the iaid brig was brought anchor where alto
'he iaid prlvateers came to anchor. That amonpl
fhsie hlands there was laying an American fchooner
called che Nlaryof Camden, which had been taken
lone time previous by the fmall felucca aforelaid
which accompanied the other priyateers FROM Cape
Antonio. r
That this deponent was fufFered in the evening af
tei coming 10 anchor, to go board his faid yeie
where he dicovered that all his papers of every def
crfton well thoe relating the veIel as to the
cargo, ana ms own private papers, were TAKEN and
,na' the privateeriruen had broken into the hold of
his yeiel add taken out of cak which they had bro
ken open, number of bottles of porter which be.
ionged to the cargo of fad velIel That twosays az
ter thar arrival at fad bay, to w.t. on the esd be
Prvateerfmen opened the matches of his faid veel
and took feveral packages Of dry goods upon deck
when they deieried fail in the ofng, on which the
goods were put below and the matches fut and the
iai three prVateer' went out in purfut Of fd fall but
ioon alter returned. That on the day following ,be
Z4th the Priya;eerfmen again opened the matches of
ms aid veiie, and took out all the dry goods being
about tnrtytwo packages, alto one calc CONTAINING
twenty bags OF fhot, and alto number of CATS of
porter, which they fent on board the deren, nr;-
vateers and ALTO put board the French privaeer
Napoleon all the dry goods and the lad cas of fhot,
h,'essi ,aii ssiie' OF iat, and ikewiie robbed
and Plundered the faid vcfel Of confederate o,n-
tRy OF her rigging, furniture aud apparel.
And the iaid deponent doth further dspofe and fsv
that they put on board the faid chooner Mary ,wen
ty eaiks OF porter, fome crates OF eartbernare and
other articles
That on the 2sth the fid brig was got under way.
having prize matter on board from the fad spaniih
PriVSteer aud eight men, TO her alto belonging toge
ther with this deponent and three of his t6e mate
having been put on board the prvsteer with three
Others Of the crew Of the faid brig. That he. the
deponeft was informed they were coming with faid
brig to Havana, but after coming to anchor At va
rous places on the coat at feveral Of which oan.
ty OF porter and iat taken out of aid BRIG and
givento dfefeat people on the COAT, and on the OH
Dor Of Cavannas
That the dsy following this dsponent demanded
leave TO 60 OH ihore in order to make hi, f,uat;on
Known to the commanding, but was refuled, and
Kept proper on board his lsd veIel until Sunday the
9th, when he was taken out, with one Of his man.
ana put on board hnslI open boat, IN which alto
embarked the I+ize matter and four men belonging
% te 'i' F''''esr' "nd was iafcrned by the prize
""'es t''Sy we're e'n ~ TO IBIS port. That on tte