Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-08-10

to them-they then rushed on board, arm.
ed with cutlasses, muskets and pistols,
eight in number, and ordered all forward,
excepting the captain--a sloop WIS then
in sigbt--he then heard the mate of the
sloop, who they called Peter, ask the cap
tain OF the brig if he had any money on
board, and the captain answered no-they
then inquired what cargo they had on
board-the captain told them sugar and
coft e-the people then who had been in
the boat, took possession OF the brig and
hove her to, the briggs people assisting
thes hove her to until the sloop came up
as soon as the sloop came up, the mate OF
the sloop ordered six of the men belonging
to the brig, two of the men belonging to
The sloop, ani the captain Of the brig, to
go on boari of the sIoop, which was then
laying quarter Of a mile dstsnt--depo-
nent was one of tie SIX men of the brig
that they arrived on board the sloop--lhe
captain " as then called to 90 down in the
cabin with the captain of Tie sloop--they
were there together about ten minutes
wien they came on deck, and the captain
of the sloop ordered two OF the briggs peo-
pie TO come on board, and the others he
sent back 10 The brig--the deponent and
captain Sunley were two of those sent back,
and they returned TO the brig-the sloop
then sailed on, and the brig after her
they had ordered tine brig TO follow her
and soon after two more Of the briggs fco-
pie were sen, on board OF the sloop-tw6
men belonging to the sloop carried them
on board, and returned again TO lhe brig
, and soon after three more of the sloop's
crew went on board of the sIcop, and re.
turned back in quarter OF ta hour for the
deponent-captain Sunley then called him
! down in the cabin, and told him to take
ca-e Of himself, and he did not wish him
to go-he deponent not having good sight
excused himself, and they said blind or
not blind he must go--they then took him
Oh board the s'oop--and the caNain took
him down into the cabin, and then told
him if he did not tell what money was on
board, he would shoot him instantly, at
the same time holding loaded pistol to
his breast-deponen told him, that the
captain had four doubloons, and 5 or 3
dollars and if he would only spare his
life, he would go and shew him where it
! was-he replied, that he knew better
and sent him on deck, and gave orders to
his people that if he moved from alt, to
shoot him about half an hour after he had
been on deck, he heard musketS fired in
the direction of the brig the brig CONT
nued steering after the sloop all night, aud
in the morning, at Gay light, called to
the sIoop to send two men on board to help
them to work the vessel.
Two men were then ordered to take two
on board the brig, and soon after returned
to the soop, who after their return report
ed that they had shot he captain, the mate,
the carpenter, the cook, and one man, who
had been sick on board. Neyman, the
little boy, belonging to the cabin, when
the before named persons were killed, was
obliged to stow himself away--the sloop
still kept steering for the beach, 4 as soon
as she go; near enough, put her armament
on shore, consisting of four carriage guns,
musktts, cutIasses, and boarding pixies
the brig then got close to the shore, and
came to anchor-andsas soon as the guns,
cutlasses, and ammunition, were landed,
the whole crew of the sloop went on board
the brig, in number eleven. cut away her
sails, and run her on shore. As soon as
they got on board the brig, they tegan to
cut away the topmasts and yards, & threw
them overheard they then opened The
matches, aud brought the sloop along side,
and began TO load her with the coffee,
which had been in hogsheads and bags -
the second day after the brig was run on
shore, they sent away four men belonging
to The sloop, and one man 10 the brig, in
the brg's yawl, to find another sloop which
they said was lying about l2O miles Off
On the fourth day after the vessel was run
aground. the sloop sailed with full cargo
OF coffee, with the captain, the mate.
black man, and Weyman the cabin boy of
the brig and they said they would return
in six days at farthest-the third day at
ter the sloop left us, schooner hove in