Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-26

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nearly abreast of the city, she was fired upo
| BY the boats of the Revenue Cutter Thoma
| Jefferson, Captain Newell. Without bein
hailed, or amy intimatien given for her
heave to, nusket loaded With buck shot Wa
discharged. The contents fortunately passe
over tina quarter deck, without any otEsr III
jury than pertorating The sails, although theG
were several passengers Ga deck, and IN tn
| maintop at the time. Captain J0ceiln lii
toims, that he, was shortly alter boarded b
| thegboat, win one OF the officers OF the Gu!
! fer, VITO appeared considerably Intoxicated
and Was extremely rude and insulting de
! inanded his manifest and papers, which n
pretended to overlook with great scrutiny, al
! though he was unable to read them.
The Georgia IS regular packet between
| Savannah and New York, bavlag a coastins
license and every paper required by the reve
hue department--She had already entered ths
chsrage ground in the harbor, when she Wa.
thus without no ice awlessly fired into, ane
the lives ot passengers and crew On boare
muci. endangered.
The packet sloop Polly, Captain Fowler
from 81. Mary's, on catering the harbor o.
Savannah on the same evening, was likewise
AIRED atl}y the revenue cutter, and afterwards
boarded by he lieutenant, who was very abu-
slse, aid threatened to conhne the passen-
gers i they dared to resent his viliainous
con,uft.
Tie insoent conduct Of the lieutenant Of
ths fsycaue cutter towards the two vessels a
boss mentioned was promptly enquired into
b MAJOR AIounger, collector of the port, who
dlfected MS discharge from the station he SO
Improperly held.
Lie examination of Captain Jocelin, and
tie passengers OF the Georgia and Captain
fgFlef, OF tile Polly, with several respecta-
0if passengers, who were on board, was Ia
koa by special committee of the chamber OF
celnE.erco, who have made and published the
lo.S0bFiH3 report thereon -
ia oneulence to tie resolution of the chamber
OF commerce, rnade on "Wednesday even
Ing, <th OF May, 1919, the committee ap-
pointed 10 enquire Into the occurrences OF
that evening, as TAR as regards the acts Oh
the oihcer commanding the revenue cutter
Thomas is iterson--Respecttully report
Il bat y lIllam Joceiin, Captain Of the bri,
Georgia, is READY and wiling to depese to
the following viz.
On "Wednesday evening, 4th May, 1903,
when on or little above the Garden Bank,
coming up to Savannah, plot had people en-
gagged III taking IN Ill, had no knowledge Of
situation where revenue cutter was msored,
and was alarmed, by the report of a musket,
and observed to the pilot Noystoll; some enc
had bred into Us, and ilnmeuiae ely after o.
served that some marks, apparently OF buck
SHOT, had oeea made in the fos esaii aud main
topmast stay-sail; then looked ashore, and
not percelying any person, looked ahead OF
the vessel and observed boat from WhicA
the smoke OF musket appeared to ascend !,
the people on board the BOAT were then row
ing alongside of the brig Georgia, and soon
alter the officer commanding TIE boat arose IL
the stern, and Wan mach passion and vehc-
mence pointed Il muaAet and sWoPe ne would
b o, the plot if be did rot ware ship and
stand Gown the river. Pilot rcpiicd, | can
not ware withoutrunning agroaad, being near
the Garden Bank: the officer t.len Iunped
on board and TOOK command, AID ordered the
crew to clue Up al sails; after few harsh
remarks, accos panied with oaths, principally
addressed 10 toe pilot, he enquired what car
SO Was Oh board and the captain said very
little exccry ballast, which he Eoficerl alb
ruptiy deaied, and repeating his question,
captain s;,!d he N.ouia sheW nanifest--cap plain
then eNai0ited tie entire Of vessels papers,
which the ssdcer apparently examined, and
agaln RI 9eal9ci ls question 10 cargo, and enc
quired tie n4ilic OF collector in New FORK
captain eplled, collectors name IS Gelston,
aid IS signea to papers, and that It he lofii-
eer) cannot read, captain would read them
for him ClHcer then examined csasting Il
cence, ana observed il would expire before
vessel could reach New York-captain OBJ
served it was only dated last day OF October,
and would aot expiEe Till the end of ensuing