Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-09-10

Afterwards discovered that the crown In the
centre had been removed and piece ofspot-
ted cloth sewn IN itsplace. We Immediately
ho,s,so our colors, when he kept away fsrus.
ana while we were taking in sail in order 10
lie by for him, they discharged a musket to-
wards ms, the ball from which passed through
our stern boat and tell npoL the quarter deck.
Tue pirate then hailed IN English, and ordered
me 10 come on board of him with my papers
&C. which immediately complied with. As
aeon as came alongside the pirate nv men
weie ordered out OF the boat, and she being
manned with eight ofthe pirates crew, they
west on board the Rajah, and in the most
shameless manner, ransacked her from stem TO
Stern, aud after destroying many OF our stores,
and distributing the remainder, with almost
every other movable article about the decks,
CABIN, &c. they robbed us OF the following a.
inong other articles, yiz.-937 dollars So cts.
belonging to the owners; 2iO dollars aud about
oo collars worth of clothing, sc belonging 10
my sen "a valuable book of charts a beautiful
feet stern boat, with oars, Sc : 10 bags pep
per IL bags rice; "a brass compass 3 ps Rus
s,a Duck rs blocks OF different sizes 20
40 MORNINGS; boarding pixies &c lbs chOco-
,a,e 10 or 20 lbs sugar; 2 lbs tea; 70 gals.
vinegar; l-2 dozen Sicily Wine; leo pump
kms pig OF so lbs; I silver watch; l dozen
hooks and thimbles, sc.
They even shifted the shoes from their feet,
ana hats from their heads, where they found
Detter Finally after having Nv erhauied and
TUNED every thing upside down on board the
Na1ah, and taken every thing they considered
worth taking, they returned TO their vessel,
ana gave me liberty To proceed on my voyage.
al, The time remained Oh beard the pi-
| rate, they had lines rove TO their fore ward
arm, with running b0wlines in them; each
Time the boat returned from the pirate to the
haJai, they we've ordered TO iDterrogate my
people respecting the cargo, and particularly
Moetaer mere was any gold dast OH board, aud
10 inform them the halter was ready for Them
al The yard arm if they were caught i'm lie.
Inc principal conversations among the oth-
GERS, while was on board, was held i'm the
french language, but they occasionally spoke
~ Eng hsh, Spanish and Portuguese. The II eat
es' parI OF The officers appearedto be French
men. Iherewere however Sc veraI American:
ana EnEishInen, aud some Spaniards among
them. They would give me no saiisfactoiy
Information as 10 the Rag OF commission they
were sailing under or by what authority they
Piondered me. The only excuse they were
| nearh 10 make, was, that several Of them had
oeea plnndered by American privateers dur
ing lie late war with England and they now
were rctaiiating.
AT the request Of Com Stewart commander
OF Tue american squadron, part of ~ hich
touhh here, L gave hun "A particular slate
'heut OF tne piracy lie Immediately determine
| Ell to send out the Erie sioop of war in uues,
OF tue pirate, and desired me to let one ofrny
omcers go IN her, which complied with He
regretted that lie had not known il "a day sooh-
Ell, as lie then could have sent two or three
vessels IN pursuit of the pirate. The Erie
sai'ro yestcrday-she is to cruise till the 10th
aug. wheh she is to return, II they hear moth
.uE VI ner put IT they obtain any correctiu-
FORMATION or the piratirai vessel, the Erie is
ordered to pursue her until she is captured.
! Inc RaJah arrived at Gibaltar july u. in
| i3i DAYS from Sumatra, with pepper. The
EueIriere and Spark had sailed for Leghorn
,he uay before her arrival. The Raiah was
boarded ON her outward passage to Sumatrs,
from South American cTuizer. and pluuder-
eu OF number of articles