Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-06-29

| 4AyiSS SuS Was COiniHdnucu Nv tVqutFg
FISK, late Sailing master in the navy OF
the United States. While on cruize they
captured several vessels. amang them was
brig supposed to be we tn 100. 900 dol
lars, which was ordered Tor Buenos Ayres.
| From the fyrapny of the Captain, and
dis5usted with the proc edinas on board
| (Which we understaod were these Of pi
rates), the crew rose upon the Captai,
ana officers, put hun, aiiu inur of the SUI
per,or officers IA irons, and afterwards pui
them on beard the Englisf Gutter shark,
irom Liverpool, bound to Martinique =
lhey afterwards bought the vessel into
East river, as a3ove stated. Sumo specie.
taken irom vessel they boarded, was di-
vihed among the crew OF the prlvateer.
A friend vi oars copied the following,
from what SIR Benson told that f,ienI.
weretiie Origina INSTRUCTIONS tU Fisk.
| VI Inc person whose name is signed, we
hsye up knowledge, sad - els! of those.
shJ aFe called agents, are among the most
Fesyeersole characters ia the United STATES
and would ne incapable of coutenanciug
any thing d.shonoraDie this letter may
not be genlpe, AID Mr.. Taylur's name
may have peeii o,ed for some sinister pur-
pose when we sa3, we have no know
lie 'se o. Mr. faylof, we would not be un
dersto a, airing, 5aat would couBte-
nance any thins u l,orab,e.
Copy II instructions 10 j. Fisk, command
rat the Pricateer schooner Santefecino.
SIR,
You Twill proceed with the sehoe.
ner santatecino on a cruize off Cadiz, ma
King 1t your business To avoid speaking all
men Ol war. IN case OF falling IA with
/ iafse duaat6y OF money you will return
imoe lately OIL thls coast, and sehd up to
| me agent tor person 70 receive 1t, and re-
turn Immediately on you cruz /. yuu
| iaii in with any last sailing We sci that NAV
become prize, you will keep her with
! you IN order to put valuable cargoes on
board OF her.that you may find in dull sail
nag vessels, gluag the prisoners the dull
sailing vessels aqd despatching the latter
TO the River la Plata, or to Port au Prince,
70 the agent there, in case Of the cargo an
swerlng better there than the River de la
Plaza, altering all marks of bales or car
20, being sure t. keep all specie, ie,celry.
o. any thing very valuable OH board the
pr'vateer. In case the Portuguese should
march against Buenos Ayres TO act hos
tile, you are at liberty to do the same, and
! send your prizes INTO Buenos Ayres in case
~ 10 blockade, but if biockaded. Black
river, On Inc coast If Patagonia, and from
jtheHoe send dispatch over land to Bue
us Ayres. 70 the agent there. Should the
islaiip ! st. VI irgaritta be open, you NAV
sead IN some prizes there, being careful
to seal up all papers found on board prize:
| tdkIDO ttpCiarat- uns of GUN. zinc ,oal-; ~,
them declare the owners of enemies pro
perty, attestcd by two or three persons Of
his own crew. sealing this up and sending
1t by the prize master to the agent where
yer IT may be. Yon will be careful not IL
meddie or make with any neutral flag o
any nation wlaever, but keep UP thu
supplies vt provisions and recruits, part
cularly reJeci g all Spanish and Portu
guese recruits that may offer. Wher
returning t. the Coast Of Nurth America
give the chesapeake or Delaware the pre-
terence, as they are Ports most safe. EN-
brace every opporunity of reporting the
Santatlclno, and your proceed gs to thu
agent at Baltimore. In case of going Il
the river de la Plata, touch at the islan,
st Sebastion, on the coast of Brazil fol
information respecting the river, provided
you have not obtained satisfactory infor
tiontrom some ship at sea,on that subject
When directing your prize to the river
| you VIII caution your prize masters not II
speak any full rugged brig or ship on tbt
Coast OF Brazil when entering the rive
de la Plata, keep the South shore on board
and go into Ensinada de Bareari.
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