Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-11-23

d"c'arauon Of war, " Captain Porter ;-used a
a. psa.n '""9s;., Tor rs,u',ng 10 hsh, aesu.' his
| !. county foD should have yopped he.e: for.
though every one who knows any thing Of the me.
r'cans would have been Ill tins Is y most wick.
e. lie YET, AZ only small par Of the people Of En-
E'anu 10 Know the Amer cans in this resnrct the
lie night have passed currently enough but won Lke
very foolish man, must refer to the New Y,,k p,-
per Tor the truth Of Jour assertion aud mus in.er,,
!ossoosh the depcs''ion Of the ili-used Eagl,shaan
VINO was, aud who pSoves himself TO have been, a
most ptoaieaeiy fraudulent scounerei who ,lrsrrv.
&c n hupdt ed thousand times the nun,sbm,rt ,hn,
Saptn,n Porter Inflicted upon him. However, he,e
Isesf. "'e''eo ny your
The deposition states, ,ha, John Ewing wa, born
U" newcastle upon Tyne, England that he resided
S..n the yn"sd States siacs 1900, and has
ne entered o" hoard the Essex, and joined her ii,
Nortq!k that Captain r. on the 25ih of June 1914
an manu-. 20 ne pired ON deck to take the oath
shcs'ance 10 'he U"'ted States, and gave them
understand, that any nan who did no, choose 10 do
so SHOULD be dscharged that when ,irpouen n, heard
T.; name called, be told the Captain ,h.', being
o,W:h subject, no a'us, refuse taking the oath on
which the Captain spoke 10 the pe,ty officers and
'o'd them il'' m,isI pass sentence uinn hin, tina,
,ney then PuI him into The petty launch, which la,
"o"s-u, ne I1g"te, and he,e poured \ ,'nctc, Of
UT OVER MN, ana then iaId quantity or feathers
having hr@ stripped hmm naked frun, the waist tba
my .'n Ioweu hm as ore, stern foremost and land
Gu num- iha ne wantie ed aou rom at'-et street,
10 th,s condition, until Mr., Ford look him INTO III.
s""f 70 save INN from tho crowd then heynuipg 10
asscmo that he ssid there until the poiice op,rs.
r"e look MN away, and put hin, IN the city PRISON
," p"o'rciton, where he was cIeansed and cio-t.d
| Hone Of the cixens notrsted or insulted him "A.
says ne had protection, which he bought Of a man
W o"tem, oil The same name aud Dissertation will,
himseif Tor fonr siings anil six pcnce ,yL.i, ~,
80, renewed the Custom, house, Norio,t He .,..
ne rave, 40 an Additional reason 10 the C,n,,in wi,y
ne did no, choose To fight against HE country ,ha;
ne ,nouiu be taken prisoner, he would CT ,ainy be
Here, then, this villain eonfesses that he entereJ IN
o1a'd the American ship Essex, aud 90, the bouu,y
OF course, that lie did this As sn Amrrican chiz.n
maj ne imposed upon the American Captain and iii.
GERS, ny means Of certificate Of birth which he had
no"Ih' at Salem, fiom an American Of the same name
anu description with himself aud that he had even
go' hs certicae renewed NJ Norfolk lie could
no' get this done without a C.ise oa,h h.,
when the scoundre! WAS called up to take ,h. o,,
OF allegiance 10 the United Siate., he with his f,t.,
sc IN ms pocket puts forward his earac..
OF Brush subject, IN Order ger dseha, ee, and Ia
cheat thr United States our Of the bouniy
Anu Mr James, humane MIR. James, this is N.
n'"-sn su'Jsr', ~ or accounr Of whose uea,mcn
ny O"p'sh Porter, Sir James Lucas Yeo felt An I'M
u'gnan, GA hypocrisy these are DAYS of III,
power! But, come, Nj. Historian, Mr.. Sincerity
come what was this i'll treatment! WAS il Dawn,
alive, or pretty nearly haying alive such a. y q.
see an innocent aud gallant American seaman .,nc,;
encng No Captain Porter, or rather his no =,
nincers, ,arrrd aud feahnre The atroc ions the i,nu
h.n .nr n5pocr,,.ca tho perjured villain The,
men roweh INN ashore, stern inren,ost" and land
r" nm. ne was, anu Captain Porter knew ye,,
. well HAT lie would he, " cieanseJ anil cInh.,U l.,
me people Of Norfolk and here the de,es,abe vii
'H'" was lett 10 claim his hiribright as an English
man. TO ENJOY the ffendsbip of Sir Jane. Iuc.. Y.n
anu 10 have you for his his oriau and culuyi.,!
NOW Tor pr'of Of your sincerity You know YER,
wen what had been the reaIme u Of American 81,
men impressed 10y our ships of WA, hn n", ,',
s'ng'e word would YOU say Of that I nave recent
repuh'hed he case Of James Tompkiu., of Uls,r
te En !" "s safe Q, New York but will
'nese 'h'ngs were the Of the war and of all IN,
disgrace that arose Of the war "
duchess county. stale or.Nep Iorh-s:
JAMES ToMPKrNs, being sworn, saith. thai
he is native "f Ulster county, oprcsi,,
poushkeepsie that he sailed out Of Nsw
YORK IN the month Of April, 1912, in the shir
Minerva, bound to Ireland that, on the home.
ward-bsnnd passage, in July after, this tlruo.
"en, WI" inrte Other American seamen. Sam.
uei DAVIS, William Young, and john Brmvn
were impressed, aud taken ON board ~ IN.
British slip Action, David Smith. Captan
we were taken On Saturday evening ;or mon.
DAY morning we were brought to the gang
way, ana informed We nsust enter On boart
snip, anu iire as other seamen, or we shoud
1--we ON oatmeal and wafer, and receive &c,
dozen lashes. This deponent SAYS. hins.l
and The other three impressed win him. di,
refuse to enter, and each of them were tl.r
whipped I'VE dozen lashes. On "wednesday
Following We were again brought up, and had
Inc same "firr made tn us To enter which
we reused and we We're again whipped
TOUT o"z"n iashrs each. On Saturday after, the
nke ohrr was made TO us, and, on our refusal
we were again whipped three dozen l,shps
each. On Monday following, still refusing IN
enter, we were again whipp. d two dozen each.
on wednesday following we were again
whipped one d"zen each, and ordered to he
taken below and put in irons till we did ru,nr
anu the Capt. Said. hr would punisi, the ,Ian,,'d
ianK.e rascals till they did enter We wer.
'neh put IN irons. and laid in irons ,hr..
hontns. During the time uf our i,npress.
nebt ihe snip had an action, and captured 3,
I french snip. Before This action, we were a.
Nsh our VI irons, and asked to fight, but we
"s.o anu after 'he action, We were again
roneo' where we remained till the ship arri
yea AT London. After arriving there. we Ara,
heard Of the war with Amcrisa, and that ,ns
GuirIfrer was taken. This deponent took
ms shirt, Samuel Dsvs and WIN. Young ,,ml,
.heir handkriehlefs, made stripes and stars
'or tue American cOlOrs, and hung il over -
gun, ana gave three cheers for the victory.
me next morning, at six-o'clock. we were
brought up and whipped two dozen l,sbss
each, for huz8aIng for the Yankee flag. Short.
~ after thls we were all released, by the as
s.slance Of The American Consul, and Cant
Hall, who knew us. This deponent further
saith, that they had all projections, add shew.
ed then, and claimed to be Americans. a,
the time they were impressed.
GAMES TOMPKINS. ~
:" Sworn before me, this 9Th day Of April.
/ 1918, at which time the said James Temp.
k'os Showed me his wrists, which at his re-
quest, examined, and there appeared to b.
marks and scars on both Of them, occnsion
ed, as suppose, from his having bren in irons.
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