The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-09-20
The ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, SEPTEMBER 20, 1908.
F." A LITTLE cIvEr, COON APorHEeARY."
SUSPICIOUS -

Some circumstances have Recently oc-
Cured, which are calculated to produce
much curiosity and cxcitement Tney have
been the principal topics of town-talk for
sc eral days. As the good folks in the coun-
try are not at-all Conversant with Scenes of
this Sort, they are certainly entitled TO that
share of amusment. which they NAV receive
from Rehort. The qualification is still
more novel, as it is TIE first incident of
the sort. in the district of Richmond which
we have had occasion to notice I'VE shall
state what we have heard. Should any CT
rors creep into the statement, we shall: be
pleased with an opp 'rt'nity of correcting
them Should any additional circum tances
reach us, they shall be cheerfuliy submitted
to our readers.
Some weeks since, the B,igantine S.liy
and Jenny, burthen about los Tons, excited
the vigilance and suspicion of our Custom
House officers. She was laden. as for a sea
voyage. Her destination was said by the
shippers &c. to be for Boston; bat her car
so of Tobacco contained about q hhtls o
Sfenanicd Tobacco, species VIII CHI Is eel
dom sent to Boston and her cargo was dun
naged with slaves thing verv unusual in
shipments to Bost MI ld.r these & other
circum. tances, the collector of this Port re-
fused a clearance The shippers avowet!.
that their object was to take ii,c vessel 10
oc::: =. umr,i ri,e fImDa"go
was removed, and thus to take the. earliest
possible opportunity for sailing to Bi boa or
some other port in Spain.-T'he case was
ultimately l'id before the Secretary of Urea
surv and we confess contrary to our own
expectations, a clearance was obtained
Inc Manifest stated her cargo to c INSIST
OF Tobacco, about rs H,gshe IDS of -four per-
haPs about 81 barrels. some coal, STAY es &c
Messrs. John Lynch lately and now of
Charleston, and John Leslie of the CiJv If
Richmond, were the only SHIPPERS who
appeared on the fee Of the manifest. /, is
saldhowever. that 4 M David Barc'cv of
this city was concerned iii the ship ncnt
Nothing dehnitive was known rftne les
tination, course and fate o. this vessel + y
4 considerable interval Whether he naA
met with a harrcane on tie h;rn sc,s.
which had bl rwn her Off like so IN iny f ner
kindred, TO a southern market or vie her
shs had been sucked up by some W ,rppoi If
shS sea, and iiici iuui consumed, and her
Tobacco pulled away BY the Tritcns If the
., can or whether she had been blown If
to England or to Halifax, or had found an
asylum frc.n the unusually n gh winds of
the Atlantic Ocean IN some obscure port of
the United States-theSe and a thOuSe,I
other conjectured incidents we're wra.t in
An impenetrable obscurity The first ii
dings, which we received of her, were pre-
sented III he form of Protest from Hall
fax, which Game to Ibis CITY a few DAYS
since and Is now Deposited in the Custo
house for the benefit of the Securities to the
Custom House bond
We understand that the Protest states
that the Brig oa iy and Jenny, David Hal.
master, sailed from ne Port OF Richmond On
the 4lh dav of July, 1908; that nc. hing ma
teriai occurred, untlI the Z4th ct July, wnen in
la. md. f,fa Il -,
n orth, and lorgituut SIXTY lime degrees
West, he met with MS BRUSH .Ms.iesty's
schooner the Poge II SIX guns, com n ,tndej
by Lieutenant Cold - that ifter examining
his papers, the Bricish o.iiter dec arcd III
behet, that the orig sally and Jenny was
loaded win hour, d Il bound To Il FIenc.i
p"rt, not as her papers STAGED, to Dos OH ,
that lie consequently endorsed al. his paDe,s
and ordered MIN to II .ifax, Nova Scotia :
that CAPE. II Ill accordingly sIeered for Ha-
lifax, his Majesy's sen .o.ier the Puric
keeping inf slsnt, ono hrt<e-master huwcTc,
IS stated to nave been pat OH board y th.,
he arrived in sight OF land where sever,
boats appeared OH the and, which ne ms
took tor Hdht < Dut round IL was lie Have
that ne there oOtaiued pilot, BY whom u,
was Conduc ed iIito Halifax where he ans -
yea OH the LIST OF Angus, and Imn-edittei,
noted iiS Protest; that the agent Of MS NJ,
JeSIy's schooner, the Page, Com nl4nded INN
10 discharge his CdsgJ, which was tccoi
ding done; but 'hat he subsequent, intor-
med HIM, II things were as the Papers of the
Profession represented, aud it he 7uouid seI
his carSoM /7aIJdE, that no further pro-
cceaih5s wouid De had Oh me ong sally aud
Jenny
The Professor accordingly protests against
the commander, officers and mariners of
me schooner Prge, her guns, tackle, APP
parei, exc for OBTAINING The Brgartinc and
endorsing her palers and Claims an DANA
Ses, expe3cca, &c. for such detention &C.
The Protest Is not Kind enough To Inform
us, whether Da"Id ia /, Commander of the
brig sally and Jenny, or any other agent OF
the shippers, did accept u the terms Oriered
10 him by the agent OF his British Majesty 5
schooner the Pog ,e-and If so. 7vhul 4Dus he
rice obtained iur tine cargo, the tobacco,
Hour, &c.-Nor is the Professor kind enough
to inform us, whether he or any other agent
OF tie shippers, did reshIp the cargo OIL board
OF BrtkSh pessci, 10 be conveyed To Europe
OH their own account, risk damage. e<-
pence, or profit Not Il word is Ac ually
said OF the ultimate d'SfiHali0n Of H. car
go but the Protest abruptly closes with me
proposition made By the agent for his Britain
nc Majcsty's Schooner ike the tale Of a
tragedy half told, half acted White the
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