The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-21

day fsowiug they arrived 1t this fsd po,t and this
deponent Was forcibly taken the guard nouie and
| not Permitsedto have any communication. with any
perion, and was 70 kept in prfon until the next day
till about ten o'clock, when he was taken the ma
rne oiee and queioned relative to his capture, and
| was there fet at liberty.
Thas he, the deponent. frequently demanded his
papers OF the laid prvateerimen which conGRed of
the papers OF the fad brig, invoices and bills of lading
OF cargo, about two hundred aud twenty letters, and
various other papers, bur uniformly renied them,
And on this fame LAY before me alto perfoually
appeared Nathaniel Houion, chief mate, late Of and
dolly fNorn upon the holy evangeliits Of Almighty
God, did ioernnly dePoe and declare that all and fin
guar the matters and fas before Rated and fe forth
are in every refpea true.
| Whereupon the faid Henry Palmer doth, and l.,
at ms requet, do mott publicly and foien,nly protect,
Us we'll againit the commanders, officers, and
owners of the faid SpaniIh and French prva,eers
aganit all and every other perfon and perions whom
the lame thal or may for the unlawful cap
ture and detention OF the faid brig whit in tire pro-
ieeut'on OF a lawful voyage, aud the depredstions,
robbery and piunder omitted upon the fad vef-
Eel, her rigging, furniture and cargo, and for all da-
images, loties colts and expenoes which ihsl or may
be iuttaned In the rremfss thereof. And
the iaid Henry Palmer doth hereby re(erve to HIM
ief the privilege of making any other or additional
prctet as need and oecafon may require.
thus done and proteifed at lIlranna aforefaid.
Sisned, HENRY PALMER, q
| EATHL. HOUSTON.
In teltimony whereof have hereunto fe. my hand
and affixed my eoniular Zeal this twentieth day of
Auguit, in the year of our Lord ore thouand eight
hundred and FIVE, and of the independence Of the
| United States the thrtie,h.
Signed, HENRY HILL, IuN.
| (F)
Confaiaf. eF tie United Slater IF d.-erta, lizard Of Gu
BY this public infrumsnt OF proteft be it known
unto all whom the fame ihal, doth or may concern,
that the day of the dare hereof peronally appear
ed before me, Jacob Paiddrck, a citizen Of the u
nited States born in the cDunty of Camden ase OF
North Carolina late mate of the fchooner Mary of
Camden aforefaid, Ssephen Charles, lnaNer alto
John Davis and Jeremiah Graves, both citizens of
the United States, aud late mariners board OF iaid
fchooner, who being eveally duly fvorn ON the ho-
~ evangeliRs of Almighty God, did depoie and fay,
that they failed from Jamaica or board of iad ihoon
er bound for Charlefors South Carolina, and that
while lawfully and peaceably purifying their aid voy-
age on board fad veGel, with 4 cargo con.iiting of
thirty puncheons of rum and five hogiheads Of rnoaes
the property OF citizens of the United States thew
together with faid veel and cargo, OIL the Odd day
OF May aioreaid, were captured by felucra priva
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Poelon OF iaid veaei aud cargo and brought her to
an aehor tile lame day Cape Antonio. That the
aioreiaid Stephen Charles, matter of iad fcLooner
Mary, was forcibly taken out of his fad vefi. and
put on board of IN American vefel bound to CharIef
ton; thas thee Opponents after remaining fix or ie-
ven days on board iad ichnoner, during which time
The continued at anchor, forciby taken out of
laid vefiel and put on ihore at Cape Antonio win.
our any iuitenance of obtaining It. and
told To itay there and die, GO where they p,ea(-
ed that they found everal fihernen near the nl,ce
aorelaid who plying their diftreiied i,uation ho
pitably Implied them with provfions during fix or
leveh days, at the expiration of which time Anielno
fie,ri9ue' who had eanoe aud was filming on the
coat, was prevailed upon at the inance of thefe de-
ponen,s to bring them to this city of HAVANA, ON
CONDITION OF their giving him their cloathing which
they, thee deponents were obliged to do That the
laid Aniemo Henriaue having received their cloth
ing took them oil board his canoe and proceeded with
them another way hithEr far as the port of Cava
nos the coInmandant OF which port could not f,ffer
them to proceed farther in iad CANOE declaring them
to be Engiiihmen and ipies, and placed them in the
toeks as priioners and kept them there about four
teen hours when they liberated and fufFered TO
proceed to this place by land with the faid Anelmo
Henrique where they arrived this day.
And thereupon the iaid deponen.s in bshalf of
themielves, the fad Stephen Charles and all Others
concerned in faid chooner and cargo, do bv thele
preients moif publicly and felcmny protef and re.
qure OF me to proteh. Wherefore at the reuuea
aioreaid, |, the faid ccnful, do protect as well a.
gaint the commander, officers, and crew of the Gid
felucca Privateer Qhe name of which is at preCent
rnknown) Paul, commander, and all Others whom
il may concern, for the illegal capture of the faid
ichooner Mary and cargo, and the treatment, the faid
matter Stephen Charles and they the fad feveal de-
Ponenrs, experienced aforefaid, and the danger.
and hardhips they encountered in conequence there
OF, and for all damages, loHes eoas and charges at
tending the fame.
Thus done and protected at the faid city of Hayan-
na.
(Signed)
JACOB PAIDDRIcK,
JOHN DAVIS,
JEREMIAH GRAVES.
In tefimony whereof the faid Opponents have here
unto fubfcribed their names, and J. the faid eonfu
have hereunto fet my hand and affixed nv eonfular
feal, the fourteenth day of June, in the wear If r