Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-07-24
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SALEM, July Is.
THE SANTAFECENO.

THE SANTAFECEN0.
1.-THE following particulars of the cruize Of
the pi'ivateer schr. Santafeceno, under
The Bucnos Ayres flag are published at
the request OF one of the officers oil that
vessel l-salens Reg.
Sailed from baltimore on the 10Th of
April last, ard from the Capes on The 18th.
April 20, spoke brig from Salem bound
to Cayenne. A few days afterwards spoke
ship from Rhode Island, bound to Caiiz
but did not board either. Made the Isand
of C0rvo about the s0th of April. Wa
tered in Floris and got supplies of fresh
.stock.-Captain Fisk paid IS dollars a
boat load for water; for hogs S dollars
each. AT noon, made sail for the coast of
Spain. nher passage spoke and board
ed several vessels, a number OF which were
Americans, one brig from Boston bound
TO LeghorR, aud ship from Leghorn for
Boston, by which Capt. +. aud several of
the officers sent letters home to their
friends. At this time she had seen no
Spanish vessels.
May IL, made Cape Spartel. On tue
15tl boarded a Portuguese fisherman, and
got some FISH, which the crew gave beef
pork and bread for. 14th, spoke schooner
Roger of Norfolk, from Gibraltar baand
IN HE River Plste--the captain gave capt.
Fisk two doZ. wine. 18Th, captured a
Spanish ship from Barcelona bound to Ri
ga. laden with sat.---aitcr taking out of her
S bags of specie and a few other articles,
gave her up. Same day captured the brig
st Joseph, of and from Cadiz, bound to
Cn5unna with twenty eight passengers.
Her cargo consisted of oil, brandy, soap,
sugar and cinnamon. She was manned al
8 p. NJ. when dark. The passengers
were put on board small schooner and
sent into Cadiz. The ST. Joseph was a
vessel of about so tons, SO years old, with
pole top masts, and no foretopg gallant yard.
On the 10th in the morning, when the
crew came to examine her, found she had
only 90 lbs. of beef and pork, 100 lbs Cod
fish, so lbs. Sardannas, plenty of bread,
aud five and an half casks of water, to last
e men to the River Plate, a distance of
nearly 5000 miles. The whole crew tho't
i necessary to advise the prize master OF
the brig to touch at some port in the Uni
ted States for assistance. ard TO write 10
their agent The St. Joseph was supplied
three times on her passage. She was des-
titute of sails aud rigging, and when we
left her she had only fen gallons of water
OH board--Cape Ann bearing w. by n.
l2lea. when the boats took rs OF.
s' | am sorry to say that the man who
gave his affidavit in Boston was an Irish
man who deserted from the British during
che late war, and that he has said many
things that are incorrect. Since have
been on shore there have been so mafy
faishoods in the papers about pirates, thai
I thought it high time to correct them
The ROmp, as they call her, was regular
Buenos Ayrss priyateer, bought by ThGs
Taylor, citizen of S nth America, who
came to Baltimore direct from Buenos
Ayres, with a quantity Of specie for that
purpose. lam willing to make oath that
she never molested the vessels of any ma
ton except those of the Spanish Royalists
while was on board Of her.
SO fhe Mr. Wade who fell from a coacf
and was killed, was only common sailo
on board of. the priyateer, but ne had beer
formerly sailing master in the Americaf
navy. | have nothing more to say abou
the vessel, bat to the best of NY knowledge
she was regular commissioned oruizer.
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