Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-10-07
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Bc@roN, Sept. Go In the brig Jane,
of ili~ port, from Turks Island, caine pas
serger, Edward B,eNs lcr and i'll the
schr. tolant from the same piac", VIII
Lam iioey. they represent that ;hcy were
engaged at Baltimore, on The 9Th uf July
last, iur The privaieer Patriot, and were
Carried uHtt, thirteen others, i'll the brig
Peter. "a tender, With provispns) TO be put
on hoard Other outside OF the Capes
bat were never able TO tiut the priv&tcer,
aud suffered i great deal from bad treat
mcnt during long cru,ze in search of
her. A length, for trii,ing cause, the
officers fred on tic trivateersHen, ami
four were killed and i've wounded, and
two Of the wounded died. Those who
escaped unhurl, and The survivors OF the
wounded, making 81 were kept close pri-
SOners days, during which time the Pc
Ter touched al T. Island, IL sailed again
On tie day after leaving this Island, (Au-
gust 3. y and when about eleven leagues
from Il, the prisoners were called up one
al time, their hands tied behind them,
aud seven put into the long boat which
WAS two-thirds full of water, AMI cast a.
drift four leagues from Tie Caicos, which
1hey however succeeded in reaching by
tln.i OF great efforts, and under severe SUI
itnngs. The boat appeared to be sink
TX 80 rapidly along side of the Peter,
hat she was cut adrltt before two of the
prisoners were got on board.
Ailer remaining at the Caicos IL days,
.he above mentioned seven men went
III sloop to Turks Island. They were
not permitted 10 land, bun succceded i'll
getting en- board American vessels.
The men Killed were-Thonas Lever,
an Englisiiman ; Samuel kinsiv, an A
merican Thomas Sanford, do; Daniel
kaGg, do tportsirouil); John Taylor all
American and John Wheclan, do.
Wowadei-1homas Egan, Geo. Smith,
and Peter Nicholson, slightly.
Left on board the Petcr-P., Nicholson,
and George Case.
|, Nas reported, the reason for the sud
den gong OF Of the priyatecr brig Patrl-
0i WAS That United States brig was or
usreo from " York TO detain her.
Mr.. Brewster, (whe appears TO be an in
seiligcnt, steady man) has u circumstautial
WTilea account OF the above transdC ion
IA his posscssion-tNe Peter was duh
sailing vessel, having ouly 2 guys, with
a Crcw of 8 mcu, (bldcks) and was com
sndhded by capt. Forbcs-slIe had small
arms, pistols, culIaSSes, DC. on board, for
,hc privatter. During The tracas, duly
27th) arms were pun into the hands of the
black crew. Tie Patriot was full rugged
brig, ot rs guns, captain Stafford, and
formerly called the Fourth Of july.
Several masters Of vessels arrived al
this port, c0rroborate tie statement. Cap
tain Forbes left The Peter in Turks Island,
dissatisfied, and returned TO Baltimore
II was stated, that the men who were shot,
had attempted to raise a muiinv on
board, tur the purpose of getting posses
sion o. The vessel. There were officers
for the Patriot OF board the Peter, who
joined the briggs officers III the distur-
Dances The Peter had been out II days
before she made land. The remainder of
those sci ashore al Turks island, were
coming home liz different directions.
Ia the schr. Gen. jackson, which sailed
On "Wednesday evening for Baltimore,
weai passenger, Juan Jose Plea, OF Rue-
nos iyres late captain OF Marines on
board The prigateer schr. Congresso, cap
tain Aimeida.- From some cause, not
known 10 us, this officer WAS deprived of
his command, and put on board Of an
English brig off Cadiz, and carried to st.
Johns, y. +. from whence he took pas
sage in brig Express, and arrived at this
port. On the passage from Newfound-
land, and at this place, captain Plea re-
pectedly stated himself TO have been the
master and owner of a prlvateer corvette
slip OF 20 guns, fitted out al Baltimore,
and tl'at his crew mutlned at sea, and
took the command fror, him
The men belonging 20 lie Congresso
now in our prison, state that when they
left her, July 3, si- had taken three pri.
zes, viz. ship fadusltia, ashore off Port
land ga hctch or bOnibardc, with log
wrod burnt aud vessel with three lat
Teen sails, cargo cocoa, dc. bmnt--bo,h
from Nestlndies for Spain.