Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-19
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&c known and manifest unto all whom che
same shall, doth or may concern, that on
the day of the date hereof, before me,
Henry Hill, Jun. consul of the ~ States
i Of America for the island of Cuba, resi-
dent at Havana, personally caHae and APP
peared Henry Palmer master Of the brig
Jason Of Philadelphia, who being by me
duly sworn upon the holy evangcllsts OF
Almighty God, did solernnly depose and
declare, that on the 9Th day OF April last
!. he sailed aud departed in aud with the said
brig, laden with cargo of salt, earshen.
ware, porter, dry goods, SC. from Liver
poolin England bound to N. Orleans, con.
sieued to sdRsrecs persons there, and to
ahe best of his knowledge and belief, the
property of cisizens Of the United States.
That in the prosecution fthe aid voy-
age aoshiag material happened ursil the
twentieth day of June, when being in
sight of Cape Antonio. foar or 6veleagues
distant, he discoveries two sail at about 2
o'clock 10 the afternoon, which appeared
IN chase Of his said vessel. That one of
them came up with his said vessel about
half past four O'Clock, when she hoisted
English colors and fired two guns, on
which he hove to and waited grooming
up with him. That after coming within
: hail he was ordered by person on board
said privateer to come on board with his
papers, which he did. After this deponens
was on board the said privateer, the Eng
~fish colors were taken down and Spanish
Shoissed, and this deponent understood the
said prlvateer tosbe called the Buena Uni
on, commanded by Jose Antonio Ularia-
20, the captain of whiehimmediately after
ordered the people OF this dePoncnt out of
fhe boat, and sent four men IN his said
boat on board his said brig, and detained
this deponen. with two men who had-come
with him on board said priyaseer.
That after the people had got on board
said vessel, some conversation passed be-
tween the captain of the priyateer and the
people he had sent on board the brig, and
immed iasely after they altered the course
of his said brig aud. stood in towards the
island Of Cuba; soon after the other vessel
which was in sight came up, which he, the
deponent, understood was the French pri.
vafeer Napoleon, commanded by-one Pi.
ere Liques, which also changed her course
and stood 10 towards said island in cnmpa-
ny with said Spanish privateer and the de-
ponent's brig. That on the same day at
abous ten o'clock at night, the three vessels
aforesaid came TO anchor near Cape Ante
Mo-. wheresherbest bower anchor was lost
aad part Of the cable, belonging to said
brig, and where was also lying at anchor =
small felucca French privateer the morn
ing following, the 2lst uitimo, the priya-
teersman proceeded with his said brig TO
a small bay where there are number of
small islands, about sixleagues from where
the said brig had been anchored, and the
said priyateers accompanied her in which
bay the said brig was brought TO anchor,
where also the said priyateers came to an
Choir. That amongst these islands there
was laying an American schooner called the
Mary of Camden, which had been taken
some time previous by the small felucca
aforesaid, which accompanied the other
privaieers from Cape Antonio.
That this deponent .was Suffered IN the
evening after coming TO anchor, to go on
board bis said vessel. where he discovered
sshae all his papers of every descriptions, as
swell those relating te the vessel as to the
cargo, and his own private papers, were
taken, and that the privateersmen had bro
ken into the hold of his vessel and taken
Gus of cask which they hacsbroken a num-
Der of bottles of porter which belonged TO
the cargo of said vessel. That two days
safter their arrival at said bay, to swit, on
the zsd, the gprivateersmen ~scpensd the
matches of his said vessel aud took several
packages of dry goods upon deck. when
they deserted sail in the ofing, on which
the goods were put below and the Matches
shut, aud the said three privateers went
out in pursuit of said sail, but soon alter