The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-10-11

The people left on hoard, were, EDWARD ,
JORDAN, man about So years Of age. dark ,
comp exon, black hair, and very BLACK beard.
OF an innorent appearance.-JouN KELLY, !
ilote. abou' twenty Two or three years OF age,
live fest three or four inches high, very much |
!''ttcd by the small pox, will probably pass as
master OF the vessel /; EDWARD JORDAN has his
wife and four children on board, one of the
Tour, boy about eight or nine years of age,
and the Oldest gil! very much disfgurcd by
ouin on her back AMI her night arm.
The above act Of Piracy and MURDER was
coshm'lled on the 3,h ull. ON the eastern coast
OF Nova Scotia, and within days sail of Hall
tax, where the vessel was bound. In an un
guarded moment, while the captain and one of
| the hands were in The cabin, the above mem
| toned Jordan, having FIRST corrupted the mate,
Kelly, anl' secured the arms, discharged 4
pistol down the sky light At the captain which
wounded HIM and killed the man who was with
him. The captain then ran on deck iust in
rimc to see the last stroke giten To his only re-
main'ng man, who tri! ucad on the deck. He
was then fallen upon by Iorthn and his wife,
and another pistol attempted to be fired at him,
which flashed. and in the struggle was throw.
overheard. Kelly at this time was charging
another piSto', which the captain observing,
| while engaged with Jordan aud his wife. bv
great ex-r'ion disengagcd himself, and sclzing
the hatch threw it over and Jumped upon it,
AS II blew very hard he was soon clear of the
vessel, and alter remaining in the water about
three hours was provdeniaily fallen IN with
by the schr. Eliza, OF bingham, Capt. Stutl-
dare, vino took him up when nearly exhausted
by cold and literally insensible. From Capt
>tod,'ard ne received the most humane treat
ment, and every attention necessary to his ie-
covery and Subsequent comfort
~ Editors OF papers will s,ibservc The
cause oil justice by giving the above every pos
siDie puo1lfy, Iii order that the perpe rators
so a'racious an act may be brought to condiGn
punishment. And ali persons who NAV come
TO tbs knowledge Of any facts likely 10 C ID 10 a
discovery OF the property and the offenders,
VII havc II in recollection, that over and ato, {
= the satisfaction they must fec! in their tsec.
) ton. competent salvage is ia all 4nch Gases
AWARDED.
We learn, says Boston paper, that dur.
y ring this week 4 seizure OF considerable
II amount Of English dry Goods was made in
g this town, on suspicion Of their having been
:, brought in without the duties being secur.
ed. We rejoice that the vigilencc of Oh,
|. revenue officers has AT lasg led to the uctec
ton of one of the host of smugglers, who
10 defiance OF every moral obligation, at,
defrauding the government. |, is hope,
: that al! good men viii unite in their sntlea
t. vors to put al end 10 the scene ct in'9u.,
which in face OF dav has been carried on a
IS mong us. Shall we Permit fiaut
- and 'illainy to triumph, AID to RIO
ON their iil.gotsen gaus, to The loss and dis
). enlargement of all homes, importers o.
shall We not rather openly join in an associ
alton to prevent the repetition Of such meta
rious deeds.-Much may be done in tn,
!! way Of prevention, if our auctioneers vii
) cordially cooperate with the merchants ane
i. refuse to receive any suspicious goods FOL
:. sale--on no class Of ,pen does The enforce
{ mcnt OF the revenue laws SO much dcpent
+. as on them. We presume that they vii
Z come forward, and pledge themselves in ,h
O meeting which is proposed IN Yesterday
}. Palladium, that they viii heartily co-ope
). rate in the lauGable undertaking. II
It screen the guilty can never be ting wish 0
i any upright mind.
There is not on the records of history
more memorable Instance OF Heavens ven
geance on the guilty, than is exhibited to
d In the fate Of Aaron Burr. But shor, tim
# since this man was IN the high road 10 solli,
glory-,he second in high office among
mighty peopls-intended by federalis,sNio
the first post of the raton--and at eugti
: with a band Of conspirasors. plotting the de-
;. struc,ion of the union, and the erection of
" throne for himself upon ruins. Now is h,
a wandering outcast so abandoned and il
j. famous, that even the British government
!. that tepderest nurse OF villains breads hi
l. intriguing disposition and drives him from
= the shores Of England wishou, a penny te
}, support him, knoH ing not WHITTIER to direc
his steps! Wonderiu! reverse lie, future
traitors read tIer own destiny from his
Marshal when he saved him from the gal
lows only reserved him for more i,ogcr
ing punishment ----Egis.