Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-01-25
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OF Captain BARTLETT HOLMES, of the
ship Ariadne. which was captured By
the u. States brig Argus, Captain SIN
CLAIR.
1.-THE ship Arisdne, under my command
was cleared out atthe port Of Alexandra,
for Cadz, on the Goth of September last
on the 28lh, she sailed, and on the Alb of
Oct. she left The Capes Of Virginia At II
O'Clock on the 18th day of the same month
in lat So, N lon. So, w. we were captured
by the u. 5. brig Argus. commanded by
Capt Sinclsir.-I, now remains to detail the
manner of this capture, and the freshmen
which an American ship experienced Iron
an American sloop of war--Fned ut in lie
first instance, under English colors, | I'm
medialely brought to, and on being hailed
answered from Alexandria tr Cad,z. We
were then boarded by Lieu,. Chauncey, the
first of the Argus, in the undress uniform
ofthe British Navy under this disguise he
demanded our papers but before he had
examined Them he declared us 10 be good
prize, and that he should send us TO Bar
BADGES. He then took the RAP ers and col
ors OF he Ariedne on board the Argus, and
some time afterwards returned with an III.
med crew from the Argus 10 take possess
ordering my crew on board His MsJestys
brig Arab. Capt. Thompson, (suoh ne ae-
nominated the Argus) and while the boats
were passing ,heybegsn to plumber the Ariad'
ne ofs great variety OF articles of pro,is oas
furniture. ! can recollect the following;
az ani'y of cordage, sbou, 500 Id OF cabin
bread quantity of beef; live pigs the
henceop with about three dozen of Poultry |;
a. u,I
nearly all the furniture Il the cabin Two
qusnssls of fish ten bushels OF corn two
kegs peas, painters oil the carpenters
tools all the yawl oars ]; and many other
articles, together with all our private stores
| recollect whilst Que Of The men was at
tempting TO rob me of my cloths, great
part of which indeed l afterwards lost. l
smoke TO him to forbid him, sppe slng TO the
Lieutenant who had promised to LEI me
have my clothes bur he threatened to put
me in iron. il spoke thus to his men. 1t
WAS about o'clock in the evening before
nv crew were all on board the Argus, until
which time they persevered in the decep-
| ton of their real character end il was no.
until went on board. which was after all
the crew aud supeIcsrgo had gone, that
| d iscovered by what vessel we had been
captured. was detained IN tho Argus forty
five days, during all which time was treat
| ed in respect to my fate like a prisoner OF
war, and with insolent and aggravated Ian.
gnage. Whilst we remained pisoners. the
Argus boarded a Portuguese brig and
brought back from her quantity at poultry
and fruit The oolors a The Arisdne were
I, used on board the Argus. and our stores and
provisions consumed and was threatened
BY Lieut. Chauncey, that ~ c'ss l exposed
The tire atmeni which we had experienced he
would shoot M wheneverh he could meet me
again The crew of the Arlsdne were re
| placed by a certain portion of that of the
Arsus who CONFIRMED in description of per
sons to my roll OF equipsge & the purser Of
the Argus WAS made the rrize-msster, leas
ing not one of the originsl officers. crew or
su2ercargo on board. MY crew were threat
ened with being treated as prisoners OF war
in case they would not enter on board the
Argus, and accordingly, in he course OF q
lew days. in consequence of these threats
they all did en- er, excepting myself and The
two maze. atterthis period, n0Ihlng mate
rial occurred ia regard to my general treat
ment, ami we fell in with British big
caIled the Recovery, from Quebec, for ia.
| maica and then myself and The second mae,
| Inhn A-undell, were put on board Ter 10 re
| turn 10 America. There were nine sick
and disabled men. taken fiom the Argu' 10
compose the crew of the Recovery and a
prize.mssler, drunk, whose nsme is Charles
| Yates was ordered on board the prize
with such remaining private articles as
had not been robbed of, but when The bosi
came along side the Recovery and had
jumped upon deck. she was pu' he'd oil with
| . d ,rt of my wearing apparel, which The
american o Nicer in the boat refused 10 de
| liver up TO me. At er pa.ssge OF thtty.
nne Gays. We arrived at The Vine s'd, aid
on the frs, OF January ,ns,an'. he prize mas
ter, Charles Yaes, in qu-rr ] with ore
Of hi. men, named Abel brown OF Ctoton
Connecticut. b,th being drunk. killed him
with q pump spear