The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-06-18

enonsh was cb'e-ys re PRIV. ichooner. ,ha,
ihe fad pn'ateer having hoilted Englib colours and
fred gon, the faid deporrnis convinced a.. was
French Piiva'eer and being able 10 run from her
TOR to defend them!rlves having but twenty men left
ca board OWING TO their impeachment afcrrfad, haul
ed mp their couries and tool; in all g,it fails That
the 'aid prvateer proved TO be the fchooier Perlv
rant from GuadAouPe wit, four four Founders and
one eighteen IN circle, Jofeph Rodneaux, matter
"Ith iinety LN men, who immediately took roleiion
OF tue Nancy, and proceeded in for the Hand of ST.
Martin, where they arrived Maiuya, ON Sunday the
zAth OK the iad month CT March, the ild privateer
keein s'iem company into pert; tina, gtc. their ar
r'v"' at the fad ilsud of St. Martin the fhip Nancy
was ia,ne jatey iiripsd and il fonr days The ,yba,
OF the cargo Exchanged, the ieid captain William,
BreN't'cr and econd maze Iohn KEENAN,, ben,, k,nt
Proners on board ihe iAii iip Nancy until the 9th
OF tic lad month"; ~ hen th.y together with the faid
boawaIis maze, we've brou.h, On iiiore attended bv
two men Oh the OF the laid priyaeer betor. an
officer by whom they were ieveIally ana Gpara.ely
examined, whereaiter they feat on board Of the
iiip Nancy AGAIN and remained there until the TWEEN
y ninth oi the ianie month. when they were ient nv,
to this Hand of ST. bartholomew where thew arrived
on Saturday the th;rteth of this fame mouth. about
ten o clock in the forenoon. No condemnation mr. n
ther papers, except PATS for ilaud having been oh
tanned at the iald i4nd OF ST. Martin wherefore
the iad Notary at the requet of the fld deponeu,s
the laid William Brewiler, late matter of the iad G,ip
Nancy, having on the frit of this infant month Of
April 1t eleven o'clock the forenoon noted and en-
tered his Proeil in my Office. did and do hereby fo
.miy proeit asani his Britannia maieiy's fad min
| Driiree, Whitby, her commander her officers and
crew. ana all others concerned IN the impeachment of
the lad men of the faid Nancy's crew. the enforcing
he lad Paymen; OF wages and the firing on the fad
hiP; as ALTO aganlt the French priyateer fchooner
Perseverance, Joeph Rodigneaux, the matter of the
lame fchosner, her other officers and crew and all o.
thers concerned In the taking and bringing the fad
Nancy and her cargo lading into the iand of Saint
Martin, and taking polIellion thereof for all olcs
coils, charges, damages aiId expences already fuc,ed
or utained, to De hereafter iuered or uitaned b
any Peron perons concerned in the faid lhip Nam
her cargo, ladng, or any part thereof for or
by reaon OF The Premilcs In teltimony of the truth
whereof the fad depoIcuts have hereunto iet their
| hands in preience of Meilieurs Gerhard Roht and
Greitat Shais!edt, witnef!es hereunto required
| (Signed w. BREWSTER
| JOHN KEENAN,,
| JOHN COPS.
css s9a1' sHA1srrDr. wienens,,
And in faith and teaimony whereof, I, the faid
Notary have hereunto iet my hand affixed my feal of
office, at Gutava, St. Bartholomew aforeiaid, the
| day ard year tirR afureiaid.
(seaD P. OLLENGREN,
| Notary Public.
1N77o,a7dnu Of Qa5sicrs and 14sf4ye-s BY tie Heue-
71Ht and captain cftbe LIE Difyse F,igat., zvBie5
@e m3fer @ f6e a'nea PIP Many, ossitea in tie pro-
fqf Of Mr.. Byezsfry:
| When the iaid officer came on board he demand
ed my Papers--then ordered my crew to be n,uRer-
Cd lhey produced their protecfions-The iaid Of
icer tore them IN pieces, and fad they could get an
other Tor hall dollar in America, and got into the
boat. Alter the irit infu of firing into the lp had
ceaed, they ent their boat on board with the fame
oihcer, took ME with the money on board to paw
my iaors The iirf compliment given me after en-
tering the cabin, by captain Whitby, was, You
damned old raieal, with had killed you"
das. Thank you.
lie then called my failors, by way of deriiion
ter? ?" Some anfwered more and fome of them lsE
tnpPoe you received a months advance on Ieav;,g
Charieiton Yes, fir. Pay them, matter paw
them The officer on board would not give me time
to look and fee what monies had advanced then, in
Port au Prince.
Preiiion was--by Cd win all this was my prize
money. My anfwcr was believe you What do
you mean by that MEAN that my failors will get
very little of it. His boarding ard firing into the
Nancy was done under French colors
The firft bag of dollars not being fufEcient was
lent on board for more, then they brought my te-
cond mate OH board for retain hln-but on exam,
nation found him not TO be in good order and well
conditioned, they returned him on board the Nancy
After all my iailors paid oil, Whitby demand
cd OF them il they would enter They allfyered no
, His aniwer was he'd warrant thy would enter to-
morrow, and if you do carry yourielves dam'ci
upright, viii have you taken the gun and logged
/, IL is well known by all American captains that are
boarded by this Brh yrant that they receive treat
ment iimlar to this. 1t is pleafng event that he
is appointed to the command of "a gun flip as he
will be more out of the way of inlutng neutras3
Giving a Description of this Whitby will not be
Mis- as thoie that conduct themives in this manner
generally keep their names and the e ,La
iips fecret, that an American may not know them
to give any information to the world of their cbarac
ter This faid Wbitby may be known by his wear
ing black patch over his right eye having LOFT the
light OF It, and think it misfortune the other is NOT
IN the lame huation, then he could not 70 we'll in
fult neutrals.
WIN. BREWSTER.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.