Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-03-10

'n'S PidVe, 'ur information or all the circun,.
stances OF the case. We can state however
win the fullest confidence, that there is nor
The smallest doubt OF the legality as well as jus-
ice OF the act of committaI, and that the facts
OF the case are such as amply Justify il.
Norfolk Herald.
captain Mitchell. the master of the piratical
schooner mentioned in the Norfolk papers,
came to this city last Friday evening" (havin..
ms crew and officers in a sloop winch nut iuin
Curtis Creek and was immediately ARRESTED,
by a very vgilant agistrate Samuel Cole ESQ.
and committed to Jail for further examination.
U n sunday afternoon the sloop arrived with
the armament, crew and officers of The schoo-
| nef. lie ofhcers were committed TO prison by
the aforesaid magistrate, and sloop taken pos
session OF Dy captai6 Beard 0. ..e R.:i,.:::.c:c
Revenue Cpttei. Many circumstances have
| trahspirea TO strengthen the belief, that the.
| schooner was fitted out for piratical purposes
| IL has been stated by some OF the crew that
| they remained IN the Chesapeake for the pur-
pose OF interceptiug schooner bouud down
from Baltimore, also to intercept a brig fittirr
out IN Alexandria Tor the East Indies with spe-
| cie.-If these ramors be true IL really is for
tunate circumstance that these priyateersmen
nave Deen thns early arrested in their career.
ne following Is Il copy of captain Mitchelrs
| instructions (verbatim.)
Ed Fed. Rep. & Butt Tel.
Article OF agreement and OF iis trn tons TO
captain j. L. Mitchell his officers and crew. Oh
| board the schooner Harriet, OF Norfolk, where
OF the SAID Mitchell is at present master, and
ov"hu on ciuiZe as patriot privdteer under
a lawful Buenos Ayrean commission against
the old Spanish donations &c &c To take
and make good prizes OF Spanish property thar
they may meet with OIL land or sea, and not to
infringe on any other government without ne
cesslty forces the same, aud then to make pro-
per acknowledgement for SO doing--the pro-
perry taken 10 be divided in the following man
yer, tRat Us 20 say, one half 10 the owner or
owners or the prlvateer, fourteen shares to
captain Mitchell, eight shares to his first Off
Ger, seven shares TO his second officer and so
on In proportion-thc sailors each two shares.
Ii cash taken, to be divided OH board as above
The owners share held safe until fayorable
opportunity 10 ship 1t home TO PHILADELPHIA or
New YORK, or Baltimore or Norfolk with LETT
teiS, &C TO me directed TO the care of VIM
Seymore, Norfolk, and Masdon * Bunker
PhIiddetphia, and Briscoe * Partridge IN Bal.
tmoie, aud Buckiy * Abbott in New YORK
Should You get a valuable prize you Will accom-
pahy her OH the capes of Delaware, or Virgin
la, SEND letter ashore by pilot boat makine
theln declare secreSy on the occasion and the
business shall be immediately attended TO by
me or my friends as above named al tho differ
cut places OF their residence. If yOu have
cash on board, keep it until YOU hear from me
or my friend, who will attend TO its safe con-
veyance on shore. Should YOU take a vessel
liat SUITS better Tor privateer make change
and Keep the Harriet as a tender or let her
go Tor herself. Fhe cruise will continue as
long as may best suit on all sides say NOT ION
ger than SIX months the owner MOI to be at
any more cost expenses after leaving This
Wilmington III the state of Delaware ii Won
nave an oppoi tuhity after YOU get off the West
inales or on yeur cruising ground, giving some
i nSNU"ht 9i !onr cruise, sc. Wishing You
health and good luck, safe return &c IRE
mann yours,
:. CHRISTOPHER l.. BENNETT, OGRer.
:, =, req ID, 1919.
i Tf you IAN III WIN the Congress fri
gaze u. >. In your cruise aud she is like
10 uetaih you, let my friend Caesar A. Rod
he9, ohe VI our commissioners on board, see
n 81 F ~tInetG
yV"i instructions, ana INFORM him she Is OH
'd!I cruise, thdi am Interested, &c.
ar ~. ID, ohouiu MT. Rodney moi be on board
WI. BALDWIN, the surgeon on beard, is also my
particular iTlehu'
BALTIMORE, March I've have been favor
eu WIN havana papers TO the sta of Fe b. sut
lhey are voIc OF any particular interest. SIX
spanish vessels sailed tor Africa in the month
OF january and seven for Campeachy.
HAVANA, January lS.-Con,muric,tioo so,t
to His Exceiiency the Commandment General of
tins Marine Station, by the C5mman6ant of
the brig OF Il. Si AhWirante:
MOsT EXCELLENT SIR-On the uorning of
the 10Th of last month, two DAYS after yde
parture from your port, being on the edre of
the s0nndngs of Tortuga lat II. a sail vas
discovered from the top of the mast, ahead of
us, aud so distant that we could nor disfin0uiSh
what kind OF vessel she was Al noon She
tackled about, towards u.s. 10 reconuo,tre os In
windward, aud we perceived She was fore.
topSail schooner suspicious by her Inaneugres.
l rTr sne again close hauled the wind as did.
ceivin.r ,ba, me, eSsa, careful chase, and per-
Jir'3 tiiat my Vessel sailed better than she
wered will tIe same ,nd nag, and she ans.
one al the fore masthead. IloiIo,red nv nnr,i
tack until bearing IL points | then tack ed ~.
wards her.and Settipg tyi,}in '',,sL TO-
her starhoard We comm ml frG 4s Of
s to rst%rned a pretty steadily and in order not
several DIOduSIueS INFO her rareixad .,,n