Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-05-11
5ufre tsting leoIititaI Rissellanp
7" Sink, Burn, s. Dcstrou."

We Rufas VD'eH, TLsnas D9nneH and
'Tohn Gooaspin, III Of York, IN Tie common.
wealth Of Massachusetts,, mariners, being
severslly sworn, do each Of rs depose and
say that on the oh day Of January, A. ID
1812-We sailed f,tm Portsmouth in the
brig Al0nzo, Richna Saunders master, on 4
voyage TO the West IndIes-Thst the said
brig AlOnzo, arrived at St. Bartholomrws
on the 3lst January last rast, and after there
unlsdlng part OF her cargo, she proceeded 10
St. Croix and discharged the residue Of her
outward bound cargo That The said brig
AlOuzo took On board at St. Croix one hun
dred and thirty three hogshesds Of Rum,
and th.rly thee nogskeaGs of Molasses, and
sailed from St Croix IN the 4 day Ct March
last, past, with cleatsnce tor Gottenburg,
but we were informedby the said Saunders
the Alonzo was to proceed for and lie of the
harbour of said Yock FIR CIders-Thst moth
ing material happened to said vessel f ON
the time Of sailing from ST. Croix I'll tie
14th Of SAID MsrCh-That on the l4lh Of
said March about nine O'Clock in HE morn
ing, the Alonzo fell in with three French ma
IiCnal vessels called the Androms che Of Al
guns, and Ariadne Of "A guns, and Name
luke, q cOrvctte-That Capt Saunders was
ordered 10 60 on board the Ariadne the
COmmodore's ship hst the said Saunders
accordingly went on bOaid he Arisdne, and
shortly afterwards returned and informed
these Dep1nents that The said French YES
sells would sink the hlOnzo and her cargo,
and The said Saunders then ordered the
crew Ofthe AIOnzo 10 get out their chests,
clothes, sc. that > hen some Of the crew Of
| the Alonz0 carried their chests on board the
! Andromache, French off Ger ordered some
| Of the crew of the Andromache, to throw
| said chests and beds overheard, and that the
| chests and beds Of these ID ponents and sf
! ter they had been suffered TO take few ar.
ticles u wearing apparel from them were
| thrown OverbOsId--that :hese deponenls
F! were detained Oh board Of the Andromache
I Capt. Saunders and Joseph Haines a relA.
! i've 10 Capt. Saunders and passenger, were
| ut on board Of the AriAdne, William Van.
! d., the mate OF the A!0nzo, Timothy Min
tire and black man The cook, were put on
| board Of the Mametuse-.hat all the sails Of
| he AlonZo, except her man top sail and
! mA:n.stay sail, about fourteen hogshe ads Of
! Rum and some few other articles were tax
| en- 4 ON l.c Alonzo and distributed among
! Tie sad French veSsel:-the Alonzo was
! hen scuttied and filed with water-but her
argO not being broken Up she did NOT sink
! tha. these Deponents were detained on
| board Of the Andromache till the 23d OF
| March, aforesaid that on the 95d Of March
| chess DeIonents together with other amer
!. ican sailors were put on board Of The brig
! BETSY, Cornelius Brimblecomb master,
| O1und for Boston, that during the time these
| D-uonen,s we're detained on board Of The
J And"umache, they were allowed sufhcen.
| If ore ID, pint and one half Of water per
| DIV, and meat once weekend the said
I. Depuhenls further deLUse and say, that
7; While they were on board Of the AndrOma
c.s they were informed by the officers of
sid rig .le, and these Dep, nents now verify
believe that The said French shiP sailed from
| Nantz, III France Detweea two and three
"a u lis previous 10 the capture of the AIon,
10, md that the said French ships were or
dered 70 capture sink and destroy al English
| 20 tuguese and American vessels, and that
the SAID French ships since the commence
! ment Of their cruise, had destroyed fourteen
eessels-and the said Deponents further say
that they were informed by some OF he
| French officers, that 1t was the intention Of
the Commander of the said French ships 10
| carry Ill masters Of vessels which hey had
| captured, or shy-9Ild capture TO France, and
that the said Captain Hitt4id Saunders,
| Joseph Haines and CaFE Curt,s Of the brig
Adventure Of Boston were detained on board
| Of Arisdne when these DePoneRts were Put
| IN board, and The said Opponents further de-
pose and say that 20 IT days previous TO their
oelng on board Of tie Betsy, the Maneluke
( .lr ed in gale OF wind from the Androma-
| and ArIadne.
me y y. .oneh,s arrived at Boston the % Il
u prl instant and took passage from
| IN. BY water 10 York aforesaid, lie De
ponens further dspOse and ssy, that st The