Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-03-07

month and landed their cargo.
That on the I'd day Of February inst.
the schooner being cleared out at The
Custom House, laying at anchor oppo.
site the town OF Hamilton, and ready TO
set sail for Virginia ). She was boarded by
Lieutenant Lawson, commander of mi,
Britannia Majes;y's cutter Adonis, who
Impressed aud took from On board the
SAID schooner, Thomas Simpson, an ap-
prentice boy, who was native born citi-
Zen OF the Un,tes States, belonging to the
SAID schooner, and who had sailed in her
LOT Two or three years last past, and, not
withstandins these Opponents remonstra.
tea with the said Lieutenant Lawson,
and Showed him The Collectors certifi.
! cate and every other document necessa.
ry 10 prove that the said Simpson was a
haure born citizen Of the L. States, he still,
pei sisted in his determination & took the
sad Thomas Simpson by force, on board
SAID cutter Adonis; which circumstance,
together with another Of the hands be.
ing ut that time vsry i'll, put it out of the
power OF the dePonents to proceed to
sea tor the want of hands 10 man The yes.
SCI whsFefore the SAID David Polk wa,
( uhoef the nscess,y Of applying 10 the
/ Governor OF the island for the reles.. OF
! lha said Simpson. bu; The Governor re.
fused 10 Go any thing in the business, and
wouid siYe no satisfactory reply TO n. so.
! ncita'icn-- ihus circumstanced and Gnd-
ing IL impossible TO procure a hand IN The
Foorn al Simpson, the said Benjamin Tia.
Iisgrove went from Hamilton TO st,
Georges and waited on the Governor, p.
well as the Chief Magistrate of The place.
ana every o!her person in au hori,y, Tor
.he purpose oi procuring Inc boys re.
lease, but all was done in vain, for every
one refused to lake any Steps for tina; pur-
pose although this 3epouect, Hasccrors.
assured hem that he knsw the bow 10 be
native barn citizen Of The Unled States,
and was ready and willing TO make go
Tenn oath to that effe6t; and thai the on
1 ~ reply or satisfaction which this dspn.
nent could get from Lisutenant Lawson
! vas tast, ne did Dot care 20 what ration
the SAID oimPssn belonged, or where he
was c0T;l, for p; tha, time they wanted
rhen, and r0s1 they sonid have, And
these deponents further say that, in this
! astuaiioa ths schooner Corois.n2n WAS de.
'a'hea at Hamilton for ten Gays, aud
must have been Esp. much longer COR the
[ "aiit OF hands, had not they met With a
| passenger VINO came With them To ths u
nited States, and assisted in working the
vesssi. That the CIRCUMSTANCE Of I'm.
pressing and taxing away ths .aid S,mp
con sunjected thesz deponsn,s TO much
| 'rouo!e Sad iocohseGisRcy, as well as a
considerable expense 10 the said achooner
ano themselves end the ~ run, by t..
"s oehged to put to sca without 2 full
complement Of experienced hands.
| therefore, He the SAID David POLK
master % sad schos ~, hath required n
protest and ! th= SAID No,a,y. =. his
| spsSia instance aud request have pro
tested and 81 the.4 presents do most So
isnGiy protest against The SAX; Leu,enan,
Lawson, commander. and the ofiicsis and
teaHen OF the cu'tgr Adonis brlonetne 20
! us Britannia Majesty, 70: taxing OUT Of
| Inc said schooner Corotomsu. aud lnDres.
sing the said Thomas Simpson. and de.
! tsIning HIM on board Of the sad cutler
| Adons, and Gil ohsr psrsans whom !,
doth concern, for refusing 10 discharge
and return he said yilctars SiusDscr. n
The said schooner Corosoman, az yell Oh
The peri and behalf o. the owners OF al.
said schooner, aE 81 them he said David
Folk, Benjamin Haz!eXrove, and fhomss
o'rtpson, for sll-inssea, damages, sxpsn-
SEES, delays ana prejudice; which they, or
either Of them, have or hath sustained.
suffered or received, or ahsn or nav
hereafter sustain, suilcr Or rscaiye, from,
| or By means of the premses.
III festiulSay qohereet, The said depo
nsnts have hereunlo subscribed their
oamcS, and | thu said Notary have set nv
hand and siiixed thu seal of my Office.
the day and year FIRST above written.
DaUid Polk, Benin. pa,kc.
Beay'n. Haz!egrove.S Notary Pobj;c.