Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-01

god over the Dulwmls. tou aida The gun aub!saios,
'hen lac exclaimed, /" am ~ American citizen.
passenger, and do ROT belong 20 the b,is."-Sct-
withs,andirg, the whole ELL ON him, b, ating
and cn,,ng him with all their might uzt he was TO-
fatty nsensible.
onrccovcring our recollection. we fourd our own
beats crew assisting into the Jolly boat while the
privatccrs men were striking item with their cut
iasses, us long as they could reach them from the
gunwnle. The boat was then ordered To drop 81
stern BY the eap'.n, when Jacob Roach begged car
nesty Ter some ~ster, To which request attention
was pah Aitsr n.uet entreaty, IS We we're 10th
Iirtirg and or laeertted sud bleeding bodies were
exposed to the meridian SUM- they ordered us on
board ngain, " hen procured come water, and
bad permission .iom the captain, though very re-
iueiantly, to go below, and to have ore Of our own
men 70 assist us. We found in The cabin 1: Spanish
prisoaer. who. though surgeon, gave US no assis-
lance bn shed tears abundantiy nj the sight of our
numerous wounds. We we're refused yinegaiand
salt which rclucss,d for the purpose Of applying
to our hurts, and 18th difficulty procured some rum
as substitute. When eroas,ng under the cxc,u,i-
sting torture Of the applications the first Lieutenant
IN haunting and insulting manner, Inquired what was
The matter; were W.. s:ok Ike. &c. thereby add
ing issult 20 personal Injury. o. our enquiring the
reason OF this treatment, lie rtplied it was pay
Tor the ammunition they had fired at us, and that
every Enghshmsn snd American whom they Ell IN
with, should share the same Ms Tor the Slnniartls
they would put them out Of the WAY that there
was no other warnow, aid they would make both
us,ons respect th,r flag" William ryaek took
an opportunity W asking negro oman Oh board,
the name of The privateer, AMI was answered ola
Sentinala but beng oTerhesId, she WAS ordered ON
deck, and We saw her no more. On neaiin,. the
ID couverta, an officer took our boat and boarded
and examined our papers; he shortly returned, and
we were ordered To leave the pryatecr.
The becoaver,e arrived at St Jago de Cuba on
Monday evening, when We were confined under
nedicai care for several days. from the consequence
IS OF our vouHds and bruises, from which We have
not yet recovered. The shove ,nara,lder is Amer
lean built, about ore hundred and sixty tons carries
iore-topssi', has Duiwarks and low .luprtcr deck
armed with eight twelve pound carronales, and n
long brass eighteen FOUNDER amidshps on pivot r
small brass swivel on her larbosrd quarter, and
manned with about sixty men. The captain ap-
pears to be native OF St. Domingo, dark coynplox-
on, and large whskcrs. The first ieutsnantis a ma
i've ofthe Windward Islands, and stated that he
worked in ilis city, with Mr. Mowatt, wright.
to he Negro, belonging to Nassau, Ncw-Pruy-
dence.
JACOB ROACH,
WILLIAM TYACN.
JAMAICA, SIS.
PERSONALLY appeared before me, Jaco5 Roach
and UtiidR Jydck, mariners who being ,I,lv
sworn upon the Holy Eyausclists of Almghtys Cud,
do make oath and say, that the facts stated in the
above narrative, TO which their names are slbscrb
ed are ;rae aud correct TO the best of tcir IL coec
ton, knowledge and belief.
So help me God
JACOB ROACH,
WILLIAM IYACK.
Ssssrn 6etore NE, his S0M y
ddy cf.Nove'H6s'', 1915.
GEO. kINGHORS.