Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-04-24


ID. l713, NJ the Counch Chau,bcr IN
Newport, before US,
/ j. WontOn, Fret Snghe,
Dou Horscmander, Peter q iosr.
/ Robert .Anehmuly, ..... .
, !, Rufus Greene, Jr., Of East Green
wich, in The colony Of Rhode Island, mar
iner, depose and say that some time ~
February last, | was on bonId Of and
commanded the sioop Fortune, lying al!
anchor in the Narragansctt Bay, off
North Kingsiown, having II quantity of
run on board, belonging TO Nathaniel
Greene s. Co., when one Dundass, an
officer of The schooner Gaspse, under
The command Of Lieutenant Duddmgs-
ton, came on board aud asked this depG-
ncnt if he would take any fieisht on
board 10 which this deponeni answered
10 he then ordered his deponeut 10 pn.
lay the matches and this deponept tel
ling the said Dundass iha, said hatcheS
were unlAid, he then ordered him into.
the cabin and being demandcd by what
authority, he thus replied, "if YOU
do not go INTO the cabin III let you know
drawing his sword he then caught this
deponenl by the collar, and pushed him
into the cabin; this dcponenl then caG:r
out Of said cabin, and went forward to
prevent the anchors being weighed he.
then clenchcd upon this deponeni again,
thrust him into .he cabin, jammed the
companion l. az upon his head, knocked
him down upon chcs, in said cabin, aud
confined him there for considerable
time after this deponent entrea'ing the
said Dundass to lei him free, ne did 80,
and made seizure of the said vessel and
cargo, ias he said } and put the letter
"Is" upon her halcEes then ,owcd qaiI
sloop To said schooner (it being CALM
with three boats This drponent being
commanded aboard the schooner aiore-
said, obryed went beinfe SAID Licuten-
AMI Dudding 4ion, and after some conveI-
salon, was ordered from his presence
aud confined in the gangway this depo-
ncnt asked sald DuJdngston If he had
commission 10 seize, &c, 10 which
said Dudding ston answered lha, he had
good commission (Iop his Mslesiy,
but showed none. The next day this
deponent was pm, on board anotler yes-
sCl and further saith not.
4 RUFUS GREENE, Jr.
KENT, SIS.
EAST GREENwIcu. Jan. i4th, 1878.
Personally appeared the above dcpo-
nent, Rufus Greene, Jr., and being Gnu
toned to speak the truth made solemn
oath upon the Evangelisis of Almighty
God, that the beioIe going narrative is
true in all liz patIs.
Corpm, HOPKINS COOKE,
Justice Peace
do hereby certify that The above de.
= ponent is of respectable family, sober
life, and Ought to be credited.
z H. COOKE, Justice Peace.
4 The examination of Patrick Earls, ia.
ken on oath this 9Th of January, i173 I
4. Patrick Earls, of tiNI age, a mariner,
on board his malcsiy's ship The Lizard,
commanded by Capt. inglIs, being duly
sworn, depOseih and gai!h that he was II
sailor on board the Gaspoe schooner [; on
the 10Th of June last, when she was run
aground on spit of land, that between
b one and two O'Clock, the captain callrd
/ all hands on deck, and this deponent
coming up with the rest Of the seamrn,
when he saw a number OF armed men
with two or three mu>keis and clubs 4; that
he saw those persons bleak open the
srm-chest and furnish themselves with
cutlasscs soon after this, this dcpoacnt
was kno, ked dawn with club, and
pitched into the hold, and in about u
quarter of an hour, was called upon
deck, where his arms were tied behind
him, aud showed into a boat, which, with
about six others, was iying along side the
schooner, that as soon us the deck was
cleared of all the officers aud sailors be-
longing TO the Gaspee aud put into the
boats, they were rowod TO n small village
toward Providence, about ,iiI5e ;Hilcr
distant from the schooner, where they
were landed. This deponent further
saith, that LicqeEani nuddIrgs,on was
: placed in the stern Of the saIge boa; in
which he, the dcponcni, came on shore,
aud that he, in their passage to the shorc,
cuuryed To uplohse his arms, aud took
an oar from negro man, at The bow "i
!, the boat, WHOM he verify believes 10 bo
the negro Aaron, nov on board the LIZ
zard, aud helped HIN 10 low the boat
and that, To the best of his belief, II was
about three or four O'Clock IN the morn
ing, when he, with The captain and the
others, were landed. This deponcn, al
, so saith, that he well remembers, that
while the persons were attacking the
sailors on board the schooner, he heard
The name of Potter mentioned ; that one
of the people said, Potter, il IL the brs.
, way to set the men on shore, fDr thai II
was not ihclr fault, but The officers" IL
which person, then standing on the quar-
ter deck, 60 whom tue above expression
was directed, who Was tall, slim man
with long sharp nose, ~ light colored
long clothes, HE hair tied behind, who
looked more ike n shorcmau than sea.
man, answered, "Lct It bc So" lie nj.
80 saith, that after ho was landed, lac
sag the boats return towards the schuon
er, aud IN about hall an hour after he
saw The schooner on fire, and the guns
= blowing off that n was cloudy and calu