Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-18

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ed IN the National Intelligeussr.
consulate Of the United States { Anseriea,
Island of Cuba, [. 5.
Nv this public inssrumens, be il known
= All whom the same doth or may concern,
Tha, I Henry Iill, jon. Consul Of the y.
! L,;,ed States Of America for the island OF
|r,nh,. resident at HAVANA, do hereby GER
,;fy that on the day of the date hereof, be-
to y me personally came and appeared John
II. Gran ston, lase master OF the schooner
4 Caroline Of Charleston, who BY me bang
5,lv sworn apon the holy esangel,sss OF
\ Alm;ohtv God, did solcmnly depese and
4 d.clars. that on the 18th day Of April last
Il sa;led and departed in and with the said
.rhroner from Charleston aforesaid, with
r,s..ncers. bound for St. Thomas, where
he arrived On the FIRST day OF May follow
mo. That he sailed from thence on the
A,6 All with ballast, bound 70 Laguira, and ar.
r;ved :, the said port on the 10th, aud con-
tinued LAYING off and on until the l4th.
asS7'ha, his sails being very much split, and
,br vessei otherwiseir badsstase, and not
\ .bs;oc able 20 OBTAIN permission TO enter
.s;d oors he determined TO hear away Tor
the 6r.s port he could make, and Ga the
day following was captured BY bis Britain
mic maisssy's ship Of war Fortune, Henry
" xnsi,art, commander, who took out him,
!. ,he deponent aud his crew, aud took posses.
y s;on of ,he said schooner, which ne armed
-. Gender TO eraizs of Curacao. Fiat
I ~. ,he as,h the said schsoaer was delivered
INTO him, being plandsred OF the boat,
or. anchors, stores, sc. Thar being We
5 ~ much m want of repairs he thoaght it
IN ost pradent, as~well tor the preservation
(. of the said vessel an q their own lives, as
20 procure supplies, which they likewise
stood very much In need of, to bear away
forsTamaica, and on the 29th of May ar
rived Al Kingston in the said island, where
he Undue form made his protest.
That he sailed From thence CATER hav-
inp0 received the necessary repairs and
Supplies. and having on board twenty pun.
chrons rufn> the property, as he verify be.
lieves. Of Andrew Ksr, Of Charleston a.
foresaic. citizen of the Uaitsd States, on
the 9Th day of July following, bound for
Charieston aforesaid, aud on the 18th was
boarded by felucca pirate, commanded
by one Paul Cazafranca, who took from
him all the vessels papers and all his let
sers. SC. and also possession OF said schr.
AZ prize, with which he proceeded To
Punta Fuera, about leagues from Cape
Antonio. where he came TO anchor. That
he there unloaded said vessel and supplied
the fishermen who were there, with some
of the rum belonging 60 the said cargo.
THAT they continued there until the 23d
following, when he sent the said schooner,
with the SAID deponent and crew, 70 MAN.
tua Pavola, where she arrived on the same
day; and he, the deponent, with said crew,
remained there until the 9th day of Aug.
instant, without clothes or money, all of
which, aud every thing elsa, except tive
or three shirts, they were robbed Of by the
said captors. Thar he there procured
boat, and upon the promise OF paying one
hundred dollars, WAS brought to this port
of Havanna, where they arrived on the
14,h iast
That he, the depoaent, Immediately dis
patched memorial to his excellency the
governor, stating the circumstances and
PRAYING for the restoration OF said vessel
and cargo; to which said memorial he has
received no reply, aud is of opinien that
the same will be taken no notice of.
And on this same day also personally ap-
peared before me Andrew Arbree, mate,
and William Wood and John Judson, sea-
msn, lats of aud belonging TO said schocn.
er. who bang by me aeverally duly sworn,
upon the holy evangelists OF Almighty Sod,
did solemnlY depose, that all and every the
matters aud facts relaring to the voyage
aforesaid and ths captures aforesaid, are
IN every respect true.
Aud the said deponent, Johu L. Grams.
ton did upon his arrival in due time aad