Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-02-10

cable 80 cet the,d Sooao- tcgAihe. here. I,ot as
they are naw on the spot, and can vouch for the
correctness of,his statement, shallnruceed With
the narrative of an Outrage, so savage, inprovok.
cd, and cowardly. agai'iss R,:efsnceiess nerchai-
man, that II would have d,ssraced he piratical
cruizers OF Atyiers, I:mis or 1ri5si, much more
nose SPAN, or any other christian power and
4 Is hoped that The different printers in the u.
n''ed States wiz give it publicity ~ their res.
pectIvc papers, in order that, ifposs,btc. the tas-
tardly wretch may be brought to light, and meet
mat punishment from his own government, 10
winch from his base and unmanly conduct, he is
so deservedly entitled.
From the tine of our leaving Malaga till the
10th of December, nothing remarkable occurred
On that day, at 2 p. NJ. being in hat 2S N. and
about IS w from Greenwich, having light brec.
res AND Clear weather. & standing W. nv N close
hauieo, with the wind y w we discovered a
san from the mast head, bearing w n but at
TOO great distance to enable us t. determine
what course she was steering, orwhat r.e she was
OF: at 7. NJ we perceived that she was square
r,sBeo, and standing towards us under press
OF SAL We continued to approach each other
nti ABOUT sunset, when we set our colors, TO
whicii she made no answer BY displaying hers.
AS she mad always heretofore kept her head d.
rect towards us, we could not ascertain correctly
w'.st she was. At half past P. VI being at the
distance OF about mile and an half she beat TO
quarters and sheei ed OIL 10 the sou,hwsr,J. aud
showed her brosdside, when We could see
distinctly that she was a LARGO shin. IN.
Pa'ehuy sionp ofwar. l Judged from his
''iahseu''c oil always keeping his head towards
inc, usl ne was inclined 10 speak me kept n
ht'ie on 10 go under his lee in speaking him.
AT 4. VI. he approached within hail on ms
Weauer bow stool on deck with my tsun-
rPN Gt
haiilng, but to my astonish,nent instead of sneak
ing me IN The usual mode, he salulesi me with \
alscharSe ct round ard grape shot from one Of
s .he guns on ms Iarboard battery, which passed.
through my head sails, and very narrowly escaped
Killing some of The crew on the forecastle.
then iiael him, desiring to know the reason
OF such treatment, Immediately on which ne dis.
,cHaFSsd ms whole broadside and nusketry. and
kept up constant fire from both for ,,nwsr,ls ~
ur'y minutes His fra broadside mad disable,
me SO mnchin my running rigging together with
tne iightness of the wind, as TO render it impos.
Sloie TOT me to escape. During this unprecc-
uented attack Irepeatediyreouste,l him to des;et
nom nfing hut to no purpose, as he seemed de.
terniled to render the vessel completely I'm.
manageable, before he stopped aad in this he
had pretty well succeeded L at last, finding all
my efforts inei1ectual, reco]ected that we hid am
'.'i'ui nSioN, VINO could speak the Spanish Ian
would inform my opponent from whence we came
ana where We were bound, and that we were an
american vessel on which he soon after desist.
ed from firing. But was then so much shatter.
ell IN my sails and rigging, as not 10 be able 20
proceed tul about 81 hours thereafter, during
which time, was engaged in repairing damages
as far as our situation would admit
Shc had no colours set but am confident
that she was a Spaniard, no other language beine
spoken on board, as we could distinctly hear Q
very word that was said. She was a large shin.
with two red streaSs round her sides These we
saw by the light OF the moon, which shone yer
bright would have gladly obtained more &C
curate information respecting this vessel by e-onq
OH board, but my stern boat was rendered ALTO.
ge'her unit TO SWIM from the damage received
from his shot, and The long boat so secured as t,
render 1t difficult to get her ahoat. The wind
having now breezad up, she was soon able to get
out of sight.
DANIEL G. MINER.
we, htInbei Howes, master, and John Clark.
Peter - Wallace, aud John ReniaInin, setmerl
OF sala schooner, do seYeray de pose to the truth
i The aoove statement
KIMBEL HOWES,
JOHN CLARK,
PETER NJ. WALLACE.
JOHN BENJAMIN.
Sworn this 30th day of January, 1916. before
me- WIN. KEESE, Notary Publie.
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