Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-08-03
loss Of tie prirateer Constitution.

| viii be seen by the following extract
from u CadiZ paper OF the 2Sth May, That
HE Huenos Ayres prlvatcer Constitution
| has been wrecked, audtli crew, con sis,Iuy
Off n,en, OveTiaken in their boats ai.d
carried 10 Jarfa. These men were en-
listed IN Baltimore In Marca last, and by
the i4ih article OF The treaty OF 1893, be-
| tween Spain and the United States, NAV
be dealt with and punished as pirates.
ExIracl ot letter from the governor OF
lariih 10 the governor aud captain ge-
neral OF Tins port, (CadlzO daled the
23d inst. (May)
On The 22d inst. about o'clock in the
afternoon, | was informed. that within
s'gii OF this place, about league distance,
al place called Cabezos, All armed brl9
| had struck, and wasabout TO be wrecked.
/ immediately ordered measures 10 be
taken To assist the people and while
employed III doing SO, observed, that the
crew, having gone into three boats be-
longing to The brig, they were making for
The opposite coast OF Africa. Al the same
time, The captain of the Spanish brig
| Q"atro amigos, then at anchor in the
Roads, informed me, that the brig which
had wrecked, was an insurgent privatcer
which had given him chase, aud Obliged
nm To run mic the roads. Without loss
o! lme sent out d fishingVes manned
by 10 armed men, and ordered them to
pursue the boats until they were captur-
ed, whicir"as happily done before dark.
notwithstanding the disposition of The
boats and The velocity with which they
were rowing.
After landing them on the shore Of
Oh!lhrcsl, and putting them 10 the castle
at thai place, learned That there were n
III. had n
other ofhcers, and another officer was
killed by the people of the fishing boat
~ consequence of his resistance 10 them
Having ordered the dead man To be
ihro"minio the water, and the prisoners
10 be cohdnciedtQ this place, | caused
Them TO be strictly examined in their pri
son, ana amongst other papers which
were found, was commission 10 cruize.
gwen at Buehos Avres, dated the ODD
June, 1918, number l77. written in Span
ISL, III favor ot AppalOn Mech, as capt.
oi The said brig, which is called the C0n.
ShtnttOn, of 300 tons burthen, armed with
10 pieces OF artillery. A variety of other
documents were found. written IN differ.
eni languages, the contents of hicII have
not yet been ascerlaIHed.
Translated for the New York Evening Post from
CadD paper OF Aay II, 1919.
IhepriUdfeer COmStifut,On-A Portuuuese
fishing smack, which has arrived IN two
days from Faro, brings III ihe crew Of the
Spanish brig Tigre, Capt. Don Francisco
de Paula Rivera, who declares That while
on hls voyage from Laguira To this port.
on the | llh of April last, in latitude 36.
10, aud longitude west from CadiZ "a, ~.
they deserted tour ships and brig
which appeared To be Spanish, and which
he supposed belonged 10 a national con
Voy; the brig by superior sailing soou
cane up 10 him, aud, hosting the Eng
Ilsh flag, ordered herto shorten sail. They
then came on board with their boat, de
mdnded tie papers, and said lie was a
prisoner To the Government of BupnoS
Ayres, aud sent him with his or W ON
board of the pfivateer-On the following
morning they we're in sight of the ships.
and gave them chase. As soon as The
prlvaieer gOtwithln half gun shot oG them.
they dire" up, as il waiting for him; The
foremost one then hoisied the Spanish
nag, upon which tile prIvalepr hoisted he
Portuguese flag, and continued on his
course. The prIvateersman took from him
all his papers, made him sign certificate
OF having beeE treated we'll and ihatiholr
baggage had been left them, and on the
10Th pui them on board Of some fishing
boats, which landed them on the coast of
Portugal. Tie privatecr is called the
Constitution, mounts iS carroBsdes, and