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Phenix Gazette
Alexandria, Virginia
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Report clarifies no seizure of British schooner at Ocracoke; coffee delivered secretly by mate, vessel suspected as pirate due to conflicting stories. Mate, seaman, and another captain jailed in Beaufort. Schooner and Gideon Sparrow, Capt. Meekins, from New York to Newbern/Wilmington, wrecked ashore on June 5, 1827.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1827.
In reference to the report, published some days ago, of the seizure of a British schooner at Ocracoke, the Elizabeth City Star of Saturday last says:--"By later accounts we understand she was not seized--that the coffee was delivered by the mate without the knowledge of the captain, who was on shore. There is, however, from what we can learn, something suspicious concerning her. The captain and mate tell different stories; one says she is from Cuba, the other that she is from St. Domingo. She is a sharp built vessel of 40 or 50 tons; and it is believed at Ocracoke that she is a pirate. The mate and one of the seamen of the schr. and the captain of the craft who received the coffee, have been taken to Beaufort and committed to jail."
We are further informed that this vessel, with a schr. called the Gideon Sparrow, Capt. Meekins, from New York bound to Newbern or Wilmington, were driven ashore on the 5th instant, and totally lost.
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Ocracoke
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5th Instant
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vessels totally lost; mate, seaman, and captain of receiving craft committed to jail in beaufort
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British schooner not seized; coffee delivered by mate without captain's knowledge while captain on shore. Captain and mate give conflicting origins: Cuba or St. Domingo. Sharp built vessel of 40 or 50 tons believed to be pirate at Ocracoke. This vessel and schr. Gideon Sparrow, Capt. Meekins, from New York to Newbern or Wilmington, driven ashore on 5th instant and totally lost.