Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-04-22

the bill must be dismissed with cosrs This
was accordingly doMe, aud the parties acquies-
ced.
CASE or THE ROMp.
United States Cont, for &c Virginia Dis
t'7ct. Irri u, 1872.
The United States Of American
Libelants.
AGAINST
The schooner RoRp, her tsc-
kie, apparel, guns, military
eqiupage, Announcements and IL fjpiratv
stores Of all kinds, on board
Of her,
And the same I1be:iants,
The same.
The Attorney for the UuifeA States.
pursuant 10 leave given cn Saturday last,
amended the libel IN the second case, bv
inserting IN each OF The iirae first counts
thereof, the following words: "l'he ser
vice or foreign state, to wit: The state
called The Patriot STATE of Buenos Ayres,
for the purpose of" Thereupon came
the Attorney for the y. States, aud ii APP
pearIng that the order of publication
heretofore made in these causes, hath
been duly executed, and no person an
pearing 10 shew cause against The forfeit
ture of the said schooner, the court doth
pronounce, adjudge and decree as fol-
lows:
l. That the schr. Ronp, of Wilmington, i'm the
state OF Delaware. against which two Libeis
nave been preferred by the Attorney for the
United Statas, in their behalf was an American
built vessel, aud was, II the commencement of
her late voyage, the sole property of certain
Thomas Taylor, a citizen OF the United states.
and was commanded by certain Squire Fisk,
a citizen of the u. -. and nav@ated under his
command by divers citizens of the q S. aud 9th,
ers that the said schooner was ftted ont armed
and equipped at The port of Baltimore in the
state OF Maryland, one of the United states of
America, by the said Thomas Taylor A citizen
OF the Y y. as aforesaid, then being her sole
owner, for the purpose and with the intent
that the said schooner ifomp shOnd BIZ employ
ed III cruizing and committing hostiiities upon
the subjects of tie sing OF Spain a FOREIGN
Prince, with whom the United States were ti,S,,
anu still are at peace, aud their property AS
charged ann ailedged in the said libels respect
lively.
= That the said schooner Ronp havip,
been so ftted ont, armed, equipped and fur
nshed, by the agency ofihe said Thomas Tay-
Tor, citizen Of the =. s. as aforesaid then
beng her sole owner, and others, his agents
anu confoderates. did proceed from the po;t
OF Baltimore ms aforesaid, on OF about The lin.
doy of April, Iei6, with d clearance for N.
port OF RuenoS AyTes, in SOuth-America but
instead OF proceeding to the said port of Bue-
nos AyTcS, according to her cleardDce did SION
at or near place called North Point on the
river Patapsco, near the mouth OF the said ri
yer, IN the state OF Maryland aforesaid, aud
iher" receive on board, between 10 and 80 o.
ther mariners, IN a lditiOn TO her crew az mem
toned in her said clearance, which additional
mariners were procured by the command an
thorltY aud agency of the said Thomas TavIor
then being her sole owner ; and ;hen sailed I'M
der ms the said Thomas Tavlor's Instructions
not Tor the port ofBuenOs AIRES in South &
inerIca. according to her clearance but for
the western Coast of Europe, Africa and the
Chnary Islands, OFT which coasts upon tie
hgh seas, she did, under the Instructions and
orders of the said Thomas TAYLOR. her sole
owner, and under the command and orders of
the said Squire Fisk, a citizen Of the United
states, then being captain or master of the said
schooner KOmp, under the appointment and
authority Of the said Thomas Taylor, then be-
ing her sole owner, cruize and commit hostiii-
ueS upon divers persons, subjects of the King
ol spain whose names are unknown tO this
court, ana their property and the "a otar or
master OF the said schooner and the crew of
TIE SAID schooner ROnnp, by his orders and com
mann, did moreover assault board aud plum
oiPr'Dy i0rce OF arms and upon the high seas
ntVeTs shps and vessels belonging to the sui,-
Jects OF the said King of Spain, whose names
are also unknown 20 this court; and did more
over take possession efthe same and of d:-
Ne's So0dS and sums of money, in gold and sill
yer, tnundon board the same, to great amount
and value, as charged in the said libels respec-
tivclv.
2. That the several acts and proceedings 20
charged IN the said libcls respectively. sud gro.
we'd by the evidence, 60 the entire satisfaction
oithS court, r. have been committed on tine hipi,
seas or board tlte said schooner Romp. by the
captain aud crew Of the said schooner kong
were premedliated and deliberate acts Of ora.
cy and robbery on the high seas committed
npOp the subjects of tie Niur Of Spain and
their property. with whom the United States
then were, and still are ina stare Of peace
contrary 10 the first article Of the Treaty Of
Friendship, limits and navigation between the
United states and the Kiug Of Spain, and con
trary to the law Of Nations and that thessid
schooner Romp, with hertdckle apparel. fur.
nitnfe, guns, ammunition, provisions stores s
equipments 0f every kind, together with hercaf
20 81 any there were OF board, excepting onlv
such goods. wares, merchandise audrloncy. "a,
we're practically plundered, and taken from i',.
snbiects Of the said King Of Spain. or others
With whom the Unii-d States then were al
peace. upon the high seas, did thereby become
forfeited TO tie United States, aad they are
hereby declared by this court 10 be forfeited
To the United STATES accordingly
=. 3gd IS fereJy Jtrtkcr cna.tfa nddecreed.
That GA, 90 the monies deposited ia the Bank
90 Virginia, D., order oftlis Court. or rsmain-
laE 10 tic hands Of the Marshal OF this District.
arising from tie sales of the said schooner
iSomp. her tackle, apparel, fufnit'tre, gruS, am
muniti0n. provisions, stores and equipments
Of every kind or arising from the ssies 81 her
cargo az any there were on boa ID except, a.
before excepted, Ill AID singular the rcccsSl-