Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-12-09
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In the Four Sisters. arrived al Gloucester
from ST. Michaei'S and Tercelra, came passer-
ger captain Adams, of Orleans, late Ist officer
of the bagque FLYING Fish, OF this port. Can
tain 4. has ObgIngiy favored us with the toi.
lowing minutes =
He sailed from CaIlao, (ChilD April &c. pas
Senger III the Spanish brig Santa Christa, of
Lima, Captain Dominica bound 10 T,diz3on
the list of September, in sight of St Marys.
she was captured by the priVateer BRIG Tuna
cdmaro. and ordered for BuenOs Ayfes-the
santa ChriSia was coppered to the bends bad
guHS, and 20 inen-hcr cargo consisted ~ IN
tons copper about i75 do. cocoa, 300 bales cot
ton, 10 sacks Peruvian bark and 1900 dollars
In specie--she also had 10000 dollars, private
pTOperty-aii the money was taken out and
immediately shared among the officers and
crew. Mr.. M'Fadan, 20 LieUtcnant o the pri-
vdteeT, was put on board as prize master. All
the crew of the Spauiard were taken on board
lie IhPacdmarO, except two, vino entered
tor her, and went TO the River of Plate in the
prize.
The Santa Christa was formerly the shin a.
vina of philadelphia, sold TO tie British. who
disposed OF her to the present owners before
her capture, in 1915, at Rio .;aueirO. On hoard
me Drg they had no suspicion of the Tupaca.
marc being privdtcer, until after she had
ranged alongside, she having tad all her ports
siut, &c. and English coiors hoisted.
lhere were two Spanish gentlemen. SEN
gers IN the Santa Chilsta, Viz Colonel Manuel
Bdranen, "a dis tinguished officer i'm the ROYAL
army, and Lieutenant StiberA n And officer in
tue Patriot service, on his way TO Spain for
trial, having been made prisoner by lie Roy
Lists. They proceeded in the brig TO BuenOs
Ayres.
1ht Santa Christa, previous to her capture,
had spoken only one vessel, the American
schooner Eliza, bound to ieuerihc
The priVateer mounted IL guns, 30 lS.lb.
suuades, bur carving u h. shot, aud very
small l'i' cess and had crew Of ~ men when
she left the River of Plate. 81 DAYS before
She had only arrived OFT St. Marys 2 days pre-
ViOus, and captured no other vessel previous
to September ID, OH the night OF which day
Captain Adams was put on shore, with all the
Spanish prisoners, at st. Mays, Western Isl
duds, by the bIig'S boats
While on board the Tupacamaro, she spOk G
and boarded only two vessels, a Norwich ship
from Liverpool for Savannah, and a French
schooner from LOrieut for 81. Thomas A
few days before, the priyateer had been chased
BY ~ aud two trigateS. aud she uarrOwly es-
capped from tie latter, by aid o. her sweeps.
The IupacamaTO was formerly tie Regent, of
Baltimore, and IS the same pTiVdtecr which
took the Triton, Spanish Ih.lanan. The fol-
lowing arc the names Of her 'oiHcers- Iiyings.
ton shannon, Of New YORK, COMMANDER, Mr..
Sheffield, of Connecticut, LIST Iicutcnant SIR
VI FadaH "a do. MIR. Sanchez, "a Chilauy al
do. Mr.. Honour, sailing master Mr. Co1rf
ncy, Captains clerk M Edwards. boatswain
&c.-hlr. John Fellows, Of StOninglon, was
cOnmandant Of marines
hIr. Sanchez was Sd officer Of the Triton, N
the time of her captnre, and afterwards turn.
ed Patriot. About 90 of tile Dri9's crew were
supposed To be Americans, the remainder
were Of Of 10 different nations. 5eN eral OF
the officers we're EnglishmeH aud Irishmen.
The brig boarded several Portuguese yes
sells, but the Captains orders forbade him 10
MODEST them He was likewise not TO carry
into an American port, any officer OF prize or
passenger found OH board Of them
Captain Adams received very polite and
geutlemany treatment from Captain Shannon
and his officers. but the crew of the priyatcer
stripped him Of every thiUghe had, even 10 his
shiit. he acknowledges, with gratitude, the