Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-19

woods md the ssid casks Of shot, and mines
| teen half barrels OF sAls, and likewise rob.
bed and pinndsred the said vessel of : con.
|sidsrabls qlan,isy of her rigging, furniture
and apparel.
And the said deponent doth further de-
pose and say, that they put on board the
said schooner Mary, twenty casks of por.
Tser. some. crates Of earthen ware and other
articles.
That on the 2sth, the said brig was got
under way, havipg q prize master on board
!, from the said Spanish privateer and eight
nee, TO her aiso,beiongiug, sogether with
tins deponent and three of his men, the
mate having been put on board Of the pri-
ystesr, with three others OF the crew ofthe
said-hrig. That he, the deponens, was m
formed theywere cemlng'wlth thessald brig
TO HAVANA, but after coming to anchor al
various places on the coast, at several OF
which aquantity of porter and salt was tax.
en- out of said brig, and given to diffrrsat
people on the coast, and On the 9th instant
they came to anchor withyaid brig, ia the
harbor sof Cazannas.
That the day following this deponent de.
asiandcd leave 10 60 on shore, in order TO
make his situation known co the command
ami, bur was refused, and kept prisoner on
board his said vessel until Sunday the 18th,
when he was takenout with one of'his men.
and put on board small open beat, in
which also embarked the prize master-and
four men belonging to the said prisateer,
and was informed by the prize master they
were coming to this port. That onthe day
following they arrived at this said port, and
this deponent was forcihly taken to the
guard house and not permitted TO have any
communication with any person, and was
sos kept in prison until the next day till "a
bout ten o'clock when he was taken to the
marine Office and questioned relative to his
capture, and was therefset at liberty.
That he, the dcponent Frequently demand.
ed his papers, OF the said privaseersmen,
which consisted at the papers of the said
brig, invoices and of bills OF iading OF car
go, about two hundred and twenty letters,
and various other papers, batWas uniform
lgrefuscd them.
And on this same day before me also
personally appeared Nathaniel Huston,
chief mate, late of and belonging to the said
brig Jason, who being by me duly sworn
upon the holy evangelist of Almighty God
did solemnly depese aud declare that all
and singular the matters and facts before
stated andset forth are in every respect
true.
Whereupon the said Henry Palmer doth,
andI a, his requese do most Publickly and
solemnly protest, as we'll againstthe COM
mahders, officers, crews and owners OF
the said Spanish and French pfivateers,
as against all and every other person and
person. whom the sameshalf or may con,1
Germ, for the unlawful detention and cap.
,nre of the said brig whnssin the prosecu,
ton of lawful voyage and the depre dati-
ons. robbery and plupder scnmmit.ed upon
the said vessel, her rigging, furniture, and
cargo, and for ali damages. losses, costs s
expenses which shall or may e sus,a'aed
in the premises on account thereof. And
the said Henry Palmer doth hereby reserve
10 himselfthe prvilsdge OF making any O.
Their or additional protest as need and oc-
casion may~require.
Thus doae and protested at HAVANA
aforesaid.
Signed,
ftE NRY- PALMER.
NAIHL. HOUSTON.
In testimony whereof / have hereun.
TO ser my bandand affixed nv consus