Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-10
4 lr,frr iSom TIE q liect0r PspoSscoi totse
Secretary b the 1reasury
scoIlseroa's 9 srIsr, DISTRICT Or rEsossCor
CAg7.LNE, November %, 1908.

DEF, lIstu thlOFiidtioi, tiat GA SeS-
sci had come up the Peuobscot bay in the
afternoon, in such way that rendered her
very suspicious and that she had followed
small vessel twenty miles, out Of her way.
and had come to an anchor. under Long
Island, about sun set, although she had a
fair wind, and fine moon all night. l
went Immediately after her, and found her
in a snug harbor. She had a clearance from
Portsmouth, N. H. for Nova Scotiaand
was undoubtedly after a load OF Mr.. Mas
ter2s flour--I made seizure of the vessel
(and took her to Castine that night) under
the ninth secsienof the embargo act.
Being sensible that there was aplan form
ing at Buck s-town and the Isle OF Haut,
and that they were determined to eyade the
laws by force, went to Buck 's-tovn, and
placed an officer on shore, and put an officer
onboard sloop that was loading under q
.permit--the only suspicious vessel that was
there at that time. The officer on shore
was to give information to me by land IN
case. any violence should be used to. the Of.
hcer on board. I then proceeded to the
Isle of Haul, and placed five men there,
with boat to guard the -four, &c. there, as
I have previously stated, their orders were
to stop any boat or vessel that should come
past there, that appeared suspicious, and to.
see that the -four, &c. Was not taken away.
without permit they were armed to de-
f-nd themselves, and their orders were to
commence no attack but what was strictly
their duty to do. then went to Castine and
was preparing the small schr. torruise from
the Isle of Haul to Suck 's-town, armed as /
stated in my last am sensible that she
will out sail any vessel that should at.emptto
make their escape. Onthe 6thinst. On t'aeSab-
bath night, the wind blew fresh AT north,
NY officer at Buck 's-town had turned in a.
bout nine O'Clock, and all things were peace
able, he was aMoke BY five men masked and
armed, coming into the cabin and telling
him to bcquiet, or they would bind him /;
there were then thirty or forty men WHO
came down on the wharf, hiackened and
dressed in disguise, ard put on board a
quantity of -four and fish, and got her un-
der way, and sent her to sea, taking the
officer on board with them, whom they car
ried down the bay about forty miits, and
landed him; but at such : Place that he
could not get any assistance; at the same
time these men came On, to the wharf, there
was thirteen men stationed on the bridge,
about two miles from Buck 's-town. TO pre-
vent nv officer on shore from giving me
information, and BY the time had received
the Interpolation, she had got ten hours start,
and with as much wind as she could carry
sail to.
On the same evening there came IN a.
mongst the islands, an English schooner
from Nova Scotia, with eight men on board,
armed with muskets and cutlasses and af-
ter cruizing FIVE or six days amongst the
islands, they were boarded by boat from
Buck 's-town, with FIVE men armed with
muskets, blundesbusses, s boarding pixies !;
they then took pilot from Mount Desert,
and proceeded to the isle of Hant, all en-
board the schooner, except two men in the
boat, who towedthe schooner into the reach,
not far from the store that contained the
! -four, and came to an anchor; it was then
about seven CLOCK III Tic evening, a1ielSciy
DARK the boat was then ordered along aide,
and ten men armed with nine muskets and
a pistol, all loaded with ball, GOT into the
boat. She was then ordered to row on shore
to the wharf, where the -four was, the boat
was discovered by my men, and they pre-
pared themselves to stand their own defence.
The master ofmy revenue boat hailed the
boat from the shore, as she was coming to-
wards the wharf, s they answered from Vi
!snalyen, ia, this district. The officer then
I5ordered them to row on shore. Immedi-
lately they rowed up to him, sprung from
the boat, with their guns cooked, took the
isofliser prisoner atthc bows of the boat they