Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-11-25

Adams the mate, and myielf embarked IN
a frnal leaky 'iSif, which the pirates ient
for ih9 purPeie, forbidding US to take our
Jolly boat, which was along Gde. Ne had
not proceeded far from the vehel, before
one of the men cried out the bout IS gang
dgs0nT threw of, my great coat and pre-
pared mylelf for rfwimming, bat fortunately
found bucket and kept her free until we
reached the prlvateer. They concluded Us
aft, and fested us on 'cheit of arms and
examined Us one BY one with lanthorn,
in order 70 ditcover if ahy of us were
Frenchmen me the wileacres declared to
be fellow countryman Of theirs the reit
were driven into the fore hold anG had
guard iet over thon. Having extmined'
the papers and finding | was lupercar8o,
they lwore | was the lon Of fome Englilh
merchant to Nhom the property belonged.
| was ordered down into the after hold,
and as | was defending, one of them di-
rected blow which met ne on the face 70
lsrcibly that | lay motiOnlefs for lon.e time
at the bottom Of The hSld.-Whcn | came
to mylelf found had loft confderab'e
quantity of blood, but this did not diftrels
me half 70 much as The gloomy profpe6t Of
whist was to follow being convinced BY
| their conduct that they were pirates !
found the place in which was confined,
tto.be filed with different kinds If Plunder,
! ard by what could learn with my ear at
the bulk head, was tati(ied my captain
! was coming of worfc than myfelf: thus
you may well fuPoie.
"The dreadful pot of obfervation
! q Sparkened every hour"
! "1heir boats were employed the whole
night in conveying plundcr from our vefel.
l was not permitted to fee capt, Cornell /:
the frlt reception he naet, was with the
butt Of a piieol, which hunnes him; they
beat him-tore the hair from his head and
otherwife abuled him il mott inhuman
and beatty manner. They then wrote for
him to fign what they termed +" capH2Aa-
tion," the burden Of which was that our car
90 was Englilh property on his refufal
they threatened to put him to torture, un-
al be fhoud content Finding the a6tuaI
tortures Of the b5dy and Conitant menace of
repetition did not lhake his Grmneis, they
attempted his baternal ffehingr in manner at
the recital of which humanity revolts The
captains little fon was left alleep in the ca
bin when we came on board the privater ;
he was new taken on deck and laihed to
the fhrouds, where thefe mercilefs wretches
icourged him in a manner too barbarous for
conception, in order 10 carry their villain
Gus project into effect. The father was
reeaGed from his confinement and from the
deck Of the robber, he witnefltd this alec-
ting fight. The cries Of his fon however
foon forced him below.-Here he was
threatened with the like treatment, if
he did not Immediately Ggn the " cqpituia-
t;oh," which he perleveringly refufed.
After ;hey had beaten the child as
long as they had thought proper, he was
UNBOUND and commanded to find EngHih
coi9uy5; on declaring it was out of has pow
er (there not being any on board the brigl
one Of them drew a lword and threatened
to cut off his head. He Immediately ran
down into the cabin, and finding he was
purlucd he iumbcd out at one of the WIN
dows. The privatecr'smen manned their
boat and took him in.-IIe was thrown
fenfelefs on the deck, with his hands tied
behird him, and thu; they left him.
| " about II o'clock the next forenoon, |
was called up and ordered into the boat foou
after the captain joined me, and we were
all difmihod from the privateer, which i'm
mediately bore away-we found all our men
on b,ard. The hrf Object which deman-
ded our attention was the captains fon,
whom he nripped Of his wet cloaths, and
put him TO bed. His wounds for or 8
days were painful, but he has iuce quite,
recovered.
"Our vefel was plundered in ihamc-
ful manner. The pirates broke open all
our chefs and trunks, and too nearly every
article Of cloathing, except what We had Oh.
They alfo took our fpare fails, cordage,
&c, and unrove part of our running rigging.
All our cabin tores quadrants, charts what
money they could find, my hat, boots,
fhoes, writing defk, watch, piltOls, and even
boiom pin did not efc2Pe their rapacity.
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