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r ''.l iff CASES DECIDED i u the fuprcme CourtJN. C. . - Oi l'") - July term, 4 CcuUi alpluUticaUy arrred. Frsrt AnSQTU rv,.lfri ys. James S. Aiild. A f -l mbe tbsoluie. dixal for Judgment "rffJ Brvnswk . c-ws n. AUxiixkr Hosktf. The c ui u ccat for Uie removal ol the BopE of J."TDa . -1 h time of tale axxl inicirit iiiU ( Frcci Chatham i . 1. 1 Ardv Bikr William Ward. j7frrnw trial dachargtd. JuJmcnt Trtiikck Arnold TLEs'x of Clement L- iteTesfator Lcxra aftd tie- t jeo- : From Chcwan NUi.tKt UiUff, ana new iri jwuw iva n dcni'ucf Hu5PpbreyjHarJj.Tr laxsJotcx New trial granted, j . From. Craven r-sa, Ciilin. idtn'n of John ;QaVt rs Tit f 'airtiff to recof er tbe alue of tlbe Ji ttt uoe of ilc and iri tirrt . JtAU B. Jonei od wile t. K. U-SpajRht jJJJtotfcf Defeodtnt ' C.StaaIjTi. Benj. Fmlth and'Amdia ta JuJent for Mi'mtifT. j . frsn Cumbtrlandm TTn T. Slxomb n. Daki Adeon.--Tien fKtiing atdt the judgroettt U titiii U'Neill Eiani aod other. h'jcoffpetertfor the Court below to raake tie via for njeodroeot, and tie rule for srlzftiilc lucb order is discharged. From Edgtcomb. ! Bii at J tufe & oiliera ts. Arthur Dew. 5t till Tinted. Fnm Grarxille. , , , K.-:'. SptuaiQ it. JchnC RmteL New7 til rnr.!til. J KVIure ts. Kcbett Harton k others. Fi ifbu leave to axe ad on pijment of Frzm Guilford. -1 . . Scren. Robert Slew art. ' The witneii is rkitonjileige frcm tie place of bis ac Ui!iti:dexe. i.tert TTxpson rs George John too. Jrttt according to scire feciaa. Frcm Halifax, j . Fa Fort tt Eliit Fort's trs. The Ix;rtr is oTrruled. ; C Wet5 . Allen JoneiV ExVs Te biU cf c- mplair.t d'umiued lth coats. r?r.cn ccn.ueof Stitli . Jphn Baroes. .uitiettf-rtherXferwUnt. j tuiJ Co tx'or. exc Richard JWj t oiher. Demurrer ittuinecti sJaaiiMed. ' Ffcm y 'christen.) . n. Pinnel Wnny. The b'dictoeat c;u!ei. . -Trcn Iredell ) w. cf Beitzein and others rsf Wm. t otbtra. Jodrocntfor the HaintiflV From Mtcllcnburg. "iteaent overruled. " -ajohtscn Thomas Green. The wjrr allowed. I'lcs OTerraled. f r.cfSt-phensYE. olW& Kendrie, Ur .f Sim Th. t - JT . v i- ra. ui iv. iiomion.- afJ1 Wrr CDson- Motion In'arreit - -scni smiled. Jadgmnt for State. Jadgtaent . it . dT" U0l?p-t vs. Levy & Carroll: New Md Lr'Ql - Joanua'Pctta." Nonsuit rrsrj Xcrthamptin. 5? tx's.of Eton H.yne.lTie PUin- mauttin hia tciion.1 A Nonwiit'. tei tf ; J J mn ncer.t. Motion in J4Jnt,,lwuled- Judgment for Judgmeat for PUinTjfTs. '"U.ePbiMiff'.. i Innis. Jud if . frxntrd. on fV- i . . new dttt.njr fc b,uuw ion lotre vu if r.Tt Rotkingham State ts. Abraham Lumbrick: secutor tb pay all costs. v From Rutherford The Pro- . v. Joseph M. D. Carson vs. John Nohlet. Judgment for fMaintift V From fPii&r-' v - Slate ts. Lewis Ysncey. The plea of au" terfait conriu is overruled. Judgment -for tb Sute. . f " '? r . James Curtis ts. Nathsn Htrtsfield srid DaVid Dels:. Injunction' confirmed , . Front Warren. . Mitlemotj Hawkina and wife ts. John IUw. kl nst Ex'rr The parol evidence on .the first, - i issue was property rejecira ; on mc ictwiu Improper .rejected. New trial rSrf-i this issue. -V- Laurence T'ood and others ts. Brittotv Hood. Art appeal from -the Coonty Court to the Superior Court does not lie in a petition for a prlrate Way. The af peal is dismissed. From Wiliest State Ta. John Ford' The verdict is Set aside, there bspog no issue joined on record. THK XVL. Copy rj a letter from CapUPortr to the Secretary of the Navy, Essex Junior, July 3I 1814, at Sea. S1R7-I hivc Oont myyeU the honor to addreas yoAl, repeatedly, since I left the'Drlaware ; but hive .scarcely a hope that one oFtny letter has reach ed you jthcrcfoTe, consider it neces sary to give you a brief history of my proceedings sine that period. . -1 sailed from the Delaware on the 27th of October, 1812, and repaired, with all diligence, (agreeably to in structions" from, Comm.. Bainbridge) to port Pwa, Fernando de Noronho, and cape Frio ; and arrived at each place on the day appointed to meet him. Oa my passage from port Praya to Fernando de Noronho. I captured his Britarimc Majesty's packet Noc ton ; & after taking out about 1 1000'. sterling Ja :8jecie senl her under command of Iiet. Finch, for Ameri ca. I etutzed off Kiode Janeiro and botot Cape Frio, until the. 12rh: Ja- j nuary, 1815, hearing frequently, of tbe Commodore by vessels from Bahia. I here captured but one schr, with hides and tallow.; 1 sent her into Rio. - The Montague, the admiral's ship, being ip pursuit of me, mv pro visions new getting short, and 6nding it necessary to look out for ji; supply f to enable me to meet the Commodore by the 1st of April, off St. H' lena, I proceeded to the island of St. Catha rintr (the lst place of rendezvous on the t coast r f Brazil,) as the most hkel) to supply my want1 , and, at the same time, afford roe that secjtcy ne cessary to enable me to e)u;ie the Bri tish snip's of war 00 thevcpast and ex pected there I here cou'd procure;. only wood, w&ter and rum, and.a f-w bags of flour and hearing of f4he i f Commodore a .action with the .5 the capture of the Hornet ijy tbe V ava, monugue, anu 01 a consiaerf.oie au mentativo of the Brilish for ce on the coas and of several being in pursuit of k-6e, I fopnd t necessary tp 'et to Vta as soon as possible. I now, a 'grecable to the (Commodore's pm stretched to the southward, scouung the cbastas ar as Rio de la Plata. I heard thf.t Buenos Ayres was in a state ofMarvatioo, tlvA could not sup ply quV, wants ; and that the govern ment of Monteviedo was very inimi cal to us. The. Commodore's in structions notr left it completely dis cretionary with me what course to pursue, and I determined on'. fol'ow- ing that fhich had not only met his approbation, but the approbation of tje then Secretary of the Navy. I a lordtngiy' shaped my course for-the Pacific ; and after sjufrering greatly from- Short allowance ol provisions; and heavy jjalei ; xiff Cape Horn f for which myv ship "ndj men wVre "illy provided) X' arrived at" Valparaiso on the 14th March, 18 t3."N 1 here tqbk iu as much jerked bt.cf. and .other provisions, ,as my ship would conve niently stow, nnd ran down the coast of ChiU.and Peru i in this tract I fell in with a Peruvian corsair, which ha on board twenty four Americaris-as prisoners tho crews of tfo whale ships, .which she'JiAri taken on the coastof :Cbili: ' The Capuin inform k,.' ( f 1 . taiclv: they, wodld capture " att 'thc sholold .ttect tithlla ewectatwt c Statjes.; rtfacqdcQUthrcw allhlS Kunt i and !ammunit&tt iitito itbe sa, Ubcr n ted . thtTA mencaiui9 xiioit f c pecuui icucr to lasv icctlov, cx piain mg inevcaose oj cpyrocccaiogs, wniclVa delivered tolierCaptain.VI then tocecded for Lirna. and re-cao- lured We: of theTsessels. as she itla enteririg the port. u From :tHtncey; proceeded fbr the ltapaosUIantIsJ where. 1 cruised from thr 17th Apri unui mo uuoDCf, aoi aunng which time I touched only once, on the coas t of America, which was fof' the purpsse of procuring a supply of fresh waiter, as none is to be found among those islands,' which are per haps the moat barren aid desolate of any known f While timoog this group,- J captur ed the following' British sniptVem-' ploytd chiefly in the spcrmacetti whale fisher, viz. r- ' "' ' ' LETTERS . 0 MARQUE. ' Tont Men Gun Pierced for 8 18 - 20 20 18 26 18 18 18 Montezuma, ' Policy, tieorgiana, Greenwich, -Atlantic, - Rose, llector, Catharine, heringapatam, Charlton, ( NewoZealander. 270 21 26 25 25 24 21 25 29 31 21 23, 31" 2 10 6 10: 8 8 li; 8 14 10, --8 12 ixrs 280 338 355 220 270 270 357 274 259 r Sir A. Hammond, 301 I- 3469 302 107 As some of those ships were cap tured by boats, and others by prizesj my officers and men.had sevrrai9f portunities of shewing their gallaptry. , The Rose anld Carlton weregiven up to the prisr.neri-;':the Hector, Ca tharine and- Montezuma, J'i aent tj Valparaiso, where tbey wr.te laid riP tne io.Jicy,Lseorgiana, ai xJe7 'Zea lander, I sent j for America ;-the Oreenwich 1 kept aj a ar (jre 8hip, to contain tne jstQires o my other prizes, necessary for ;ua : ! am Attanucjnowcfedthe Essex Junior, I equipped wjih r.wenty gua, and gave command -of: her to Lt. Dowqes. Xieutenunt JLfownes had convoyet the prizes tomiparaiso, and, on his return brought me letters, informing me that asquadron under the, com mand of fCoram. James Hdlyar, con sisting, rf the frigate Phoebe of 36 guns4 he Rackoon and Cherub sloops of yyar; and a store ship of 20 guns. nacj f sailed on the 6th July for . this v.Um The Rackoon and Cherubhad oeen seekinpr me For some time on the coast di Brazil, , and, on their re- turn from their j- cruise, joined the squ; drqo sent in search of tne to the Pacific. My ship, as it may be sup- posed, after being, near a year at sea. required some, repairs . to pui cr iu a sta'Ce to meet them ; whichI . de termined 'to do, and bring thrn to action, li t could mee them pa nearly equal-terras. ' I proceeded, now in company with the remainder ot.my pnzes to the, 'island of Nooahecvah, or MadisonV I island, ;lyipg 'n the Vashingtefl groupc, discovered by a Captain Irlgraharh of Bostoo V here I caulked and completely overhauled my ship,' madeforCr .a new jset pf water. casks, her eld ones being1 eh tircly decayed,1 and took Job board froni niy prizes provisions and stores for upwards .of four, .months, ana sail ed for; the coast , of Chili , on the 12th becembei. 1813. Previous to sail- log, l accurcu uic, JciMrtfciii, Greenwich anil Sir . Antlfe wHam mood Under ; the guns of W battery, whidh r erected for theirprdteciionri1 riftef gating ripSseibnthi fine l ind for the-Dhitcd : States.' & csta- . iishin the 'meat friei ith thel'oativVs,,I left t&emirodcr ,the ci mmana px i.ieuu v.aaiw? ?l "T marines; with ferity ow. men, with ordersto repalrto Valparaisoafter a cetfain-penotL S i v.'G ' . irarrived oajthecoast of Chiif on the 12th. Januafv8l4 V looked into Con VpVion sVaVpariso, found ;at both places only three English vessels, ! and learned that the squadioa" which cd line that, as thg aincVbf Creat Bri ailed from: Rid d Ljaneiro rfbhat se rhidinot?een heard ;rsae their dc Ibtivfwtiffi Id': ;iti7ei;dwvruig'raipiW K Idepmpletelyi br tish 7uaVigUonHnth -the Vessels which adn&pnptued by meV weft laid up alQaretve wWcbwi&;om?$rnra qfieroua arfd;.tBrbteedi TheSyau able whale f fishery: there is' entirely j destroyed, and the actual mi ury pne 1 them mayhe est: mated at two and a thalfUiions;cof talrSjepdent J of theexpences bf the vessels in search df mcr Ttiey ave lurnished me amplvwfthisalls cordageV cables, a& chbrs, provisions, triedrctnes St stqes or every, description ; ana Jtne y.ops on board Jthemifave tirnishedloih' ing for the seamen x We harin fact lived on the .enemy since I Vud been in that sea, every prize bavkrig proved a well found store ship foptne. Ihad not yet.becn ' under thernecesity. Of drawing bills on the department for a ny pbjci.i, and bad been enabled to make considerable advances to-rny. officers and crew on account of pay.' For the unexampled time we had kept the sea, my crew had continued remarkably healthy I had butppe cae of the scurvy ,and had lost only the folia wing mei by death,: vif; Joha S.' Coran, Licutenantfiftc- berr Miller Surgeoni and eight sea- X had f?i'one all the injury that'cbuld !oc dpnj the Britirr commerce in,th.e Pacic, ancj.still "hoped to signalize nlfcruise by .something more splen did before leaving that sea. 1 tho't ft not improbable that Cprpmodore Hillyar might have kept his arrival secret, and believing that he would seek mi at Valparaiso, as the mqst likfly place to find -me, I therefore determined to cruise about thatplace a'ndsHould I fail of meeting him, hop ed to be Compensated by.. the capture of some merchant ships', said to be expepted from E nglaiid. . 7 . The Phttbe, agreeably to my ex pectations, came to seek me at Val paraiso, where I as anchored with the Essex,, ray armed prize the Essex j Junior, Under "the c6mpiaod,ot Lieut, pirwncs op die Ibok out pff the har bor ; but; contrary to the course t thought he would pursue, Comrn o dore Hillyar brought with him the Chef rib sbop.ofwar, mounting 28 guns, eighteen 32 poupd carronitdesv ejght 2Vs, & : long 9 online tfuar- ter deck and forecastle and a com plement of tliOAen. Th farce pf 1 (he Phcebe as follows; : thirty long 18 pounders sixteen 32f pound cat. ronadesone howitzer, and6 three founders in the tops, in all 53 guns, and a complementpf 320 men ; mak ing a force, of &l guns and iQO men.; in addition towhich they took on bc?ard the crew of an English letter of maroiie lying in port. ' Both ships: had nicked crews, and were sent infer the Pacific,: in company with the Ra coon of 22 i -guns and a store sfiip of 20 gunsv for the express jjurpose of seeking the;EsSex, and wereprepaf cd witht flags "bearing : the motto, 4 God; and Country ; British Sailorst best rights ; Traitors bflend both? This, wasjntended as a rely tolmy motto, 5 . Free 'Trddi'.Unii ' i&oilotr Rights'-'under the, er robe our irri- pression that my; crew were;chiery . Englishmen, or . to counteract fect on their own crew,. -1 hctorce pft&e lssex 46' guns,' forty 32 pound catrooades,"and six'-lopg i's," and her crewf which had been 'much re duced by prizes, amounud only to mcn.' Thc'sex Tuniof, which inras intended' chiefly as a .bW ship f ooades,. and ten" short 6 Wi&i on lymejpo board.' t$J rer4 tp their motto;vX wrote at my m)zep, k &oj out'. 'Country'': cMrLlnriy:i Tyrant jojfend ttiem J; Op getting their roySiptts on board thev-ffent off tBer port for the bdfpose pt . piocxaamg roe, wncre uiey crurs edfbt near, six wetju during'wbicb J time.1 srideayofed ;tbroVoiteFtMi esressions irindiffoatJart t 4hvc xoo r.n ie pirtipoisted nttrxroot Wtm. fllyat deemed aerinidfio avpiu a contest witiv ,m& on Viri. terms, a d . froiti h is extre m e prudence- In .keepihthlhia' shirW ever after xonstantly, ithinailol: each other, there . JetoahdliTe& tnat iifnaaeaUy 4he fad vantage : ; any advantagf s tu my. eouotry: frpm a lopgeratay inpprt.fl ;thereffeedeV terriinedto; turjirhich vL&jct;tfif .; the more strongly induced too so ! : asI had gained; certain-uiteili gene ' : ; eTaglated. .B'4abtwo':' ?!ePeshf in pursuit of mirCand I.liaatreasPri ftp expect the arrival df the . jftacdon trom the N Wi cdast, o Ameca where she had been sent ior the piir pose of desttpjing oiir Fur j Estab iishment; on fhe.Golumbw.? :ireW 1' i 4 dezyou3 wasiappointd fPrt&fessejl I Junior, and every arrarerient mde; for saiilng, and t intended tablet them; chase me of,to givp theriisei Junior ap opportunity oF Escaping4 vn tne sstrt iMarcri,the; daj alter this : determination was fprrhed.v the wmd camevon;,t6 bio w iresh lromlthe ' southward, when jt pam board cable and rajged myt starrloaril afitchor directly out, to sea Jt- tioti moment was to be lost in gettine sail on the ship. The enemy .weremse in with the poin t for ming heHiwest side of. the bay ; but on opening tiit.ra?t I saw a prospect ofpassing tp;Wino wird, when I took in my t(pallaiJt sails, which yere set, over single ireefc ecV top-sails, and braced up fpr this purpose : but on rbtindipg the point squall struck the shiotand carried awa her pi ain. top-m aat, pre cipitating the men who tytijefiaiitiffi tp the sea, who weiedrownd Both ships nbiv gaye chase5t snie and J endeavored .'.'liii; jnot' tsycici jntte to rejoin the port j bujTfindipgvI couUT not Jqofo chdrag, I ran clokis intvmallb about tbree-quartrrs ot arnile ipj- lee- waru oi incuaucry, ontne astj sine of the harbol, and let go mvncbor iwithiti pistolah oflt It Jntended toirepalr my , damaees as soon ' a 3 Possible :enemy con tmued to ;appfPach,and,shewedi eviaenrintenuon oi attack id ff. recrard- les'C ofrihe neutrality oFbe&piace where I Vas anchored fahdfjie cau tion 6bseved inhfe thp-atfack of reenppted EsSexwajs1 trulv; r idieulPusf aal was their disnla v pf;tneir mottI'lags and the umb'r of i'4acks' at' thejmast heaTJi," with as much xditidn as jum stauces would adiiit otr gpt y hip ready foracrjp4br ;aw get! spjrbg dn nny tabled bnotv succeeded, "when, ' theyk a&!?4: minutes after 3. Pi M madehtst-, tackV? thUlhelacirfecrs ' mv stern i and thQ-iCheiWcm ;ft(v.- sterboard toyr a but the Chernp sbba.. 6 odin be f si ruatiprj iot ibdrc.? up and rap udertnyi teni al4iwhere both ships kepruji :a hbr rakiriEte. Ibad ihrJjo 3f the stern rftvyyra w ed with so rnitich fety.-jtaiivf r. thaV in halfjatr- hbusre sa tsabd oth wmomxmym repair carnages. m me course UH';tiQ Phv'iM r Ittnsrntt--- iMatswatn. i uk- cable? threeffcrerina but the fireof 'ihe ItMrmy ras!iso ex- 8 1 i& is 4' .5 If Mm Iff Mi 1 r-,1' - Mi 'is k, 1 iU 4'. 'hi h - J ' ;'H i : 1 v- .'Jv4ii 1 1 VT t, Mi . i'l. 10 , Ma t-.?u ill f tl "S 1 '46 r ' .5!.,t-; --t f i' " . ( " u-t.i - - '-t--- "til
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