Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-06-17
The following is copied from an anthem
ticated copy Of the Protest made at
Charleston, in the case Of the RoBo.
REuS.
United States of America.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
~ THIS PUBLIC INSTRUMENT or
= PROTEST..

! Uh0m ~ 0ctH, SH0H, Or may CoACeIHS
That on the twenty.hrst day Of May,
one thousand eight hundred and eight,
and in the rhirtv-second year of the In
dependenceof the United States Of A
meriea, bsfors Grarge Reid, Justice OF
the QaorunI, Aad Notary Public. ahylet.
tiers patent, under the great seal Of the
| State, duly commissioned aud sworn,
personally appeared Captain Toscbt Hall,
OF the ship R7b3reus Of BIi''m7re, who
entered AAd reserved legal protest in
nv off &C, within twenty.four hours after
his arrival 10 this port and in order to
extend the same, hMh this day br ought
before me John Eakin, first mate, John
NJ. Norris, second mate, John Bolin,
and Joseph Ferry. seamen. and ]. H.
Shepherd, aud William Wright, pas
sengers !; all Of whom being duly sworn
according to law. Oh their solemn oaths,
declare and say, that they sailed in and
with the said ship from Baltim ore, bound
for New. Orleans With a cargo Of dry
goods and wine, on the seventeenth
day Of April last past that at the time
of sailing the Roboreus was perfectly
tight, staunch, sound, and well manned
and in everv other respect in a fit condi-
ton to perform her intended voyage
That on the second Of May. off the
Berry Islands. they were boarded by a
British ptivateer, who, after examining
the papers and breaking open some let
tiers, ordered them to proeeed-~On their
>oyage-Chat on the fourth of Nav, ly-
ing at anchor on the Great Bahama Bank,
being calm, they were boarded and taken
possession ofby two French privateers
or pirates, who said they were called lie
Futus, comm nded by captain T0Ky,
and La Gurrritre, commanded by cap
tain Domi13que 7a"r and that they
belonged to St. Domingo that captain
Hall was ordered on board one Of the
Privatee,s, with his ships papers and
log. book, and after some time he was
informed, that the ship was a good
prize in consequence of her having been
boarded by the British privateer, hav-
ing goods on board manufactured in
Great. Britain, and not having a Regis
ter-That they then sent on board a
prize-master, who took charge Of the
ship-Ihat on the fifth, the captains of
the privaseers or pirates, went on board
the ship Wfrh. a number OF men, and
broke eren the patches, and commenced
hosting out the cargo, breaking open
the packages of dry goods and plumber.
ing and DESTROYING every thing they came
across, and taking the most valuable on
board ths privateers% they then took all
the crew out Of the ship exec pit two, and
left ON board a prize. master, a pilot, and
sixteen hands-fhat on the sixth, they
gothic ship under way, and proceeded
in company with the two priya.eers or
pirates, towards the Island of Cuba,
where they arrived on the eighth, and
cast anchor at an uniuhabited part, and
was informed the nearest inhabitants
were fifteen miles distant, at a small
town called St. Juan, on the north side
Of the island, That on. the ninth,
schooner hove in sight, the privateers or
pirates sent out their boats and took pos
session Of her she proved to be the
Mary Mason, of New. Orleans. in bal.
last. That they commenced discharg.
ing the ships cargo into the ~schr. and
loaded her. That on the tenth, Span
ish schooner arrived from St. Juan, with
the Spanish commandant aud two other
Spaniards on board. That the COM
mandant took no other part in the BUSH
ness than to get part of*the plumber. and
got his schooner loaded with various ar
tides. and offered to give two thousand
dollars for the ship-rhat op the Tele.
yenth, the privateers continued to. dis,
charge the4eargo, and on that ,dav gos
everything Of value out Of the ship
That on the twelfth, they ordered Capt
Hall ON board one of them, aud inform,
ed him If he would give a4@certihcate,
that he would not commence suit to
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