Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-12-07

commit this horrid deed, which we con.
slider unprecedented 10 this part Of our
country, was part Of The savings Of 40
years industry and frugaIity; twas gen.
orally known that the family was wealthy,
and kept money in their house, and the
villains must have had knowledge Of the
circumstance. Our informants were un-
able to give particular description Of the
murderers. From the representation of
one Of the women as to the appearance of
two of them, some suspicion exists that
they were two brothers who were ac-
quainted with the family, and who reside
in neighbouring town; the other two
were apparently very young men. A
party OF the neighbours proceeded to the
house of the suspected, 10 watch them
Mr.. David Gould, jr. has offered re-
ward Of five hundred dollars for the de-
lection of the robbers, and the recovery of
the money.
More Piracy. - The schr. Caroline,
Bodfish, arrived at Boston from Neuyitas,
With a cargo Of sugar. Oct. 3lst, 10 the
Narrows of Old Bahama Straights, at 10
A. M. Captain Bodfish was brought to by
a piratical schr. who ordered me to get
my boat out, and come Oh board With my
papers. When got on board, my papers
we're taken from me, my boats crew and
myself ordered below, where guard was
placed over us. They then, with my
boat, went on board the Caroline, and
commenced strict search for money, aud
unluckilY found aud plundered us of 500
dollars, two boat loads Of sugar, one case
gold watches, two chests tea, one trunk
boots and shoes, about one half of our
provisions and small stores, half piece
duck, Irvine and needles, brass compass,
crow-bar, trumpet, all our spare rigging,
all our tools, two charts. West-India pr
lot, paints, half hbls. tar, clothing, fruit,
vegetables, &c. When he got through he
released me, gave me my papers, and Or
dered me to return on board. He pre-
tended to be an lDsuIgent privateer.
When l demonstrated with him for thus
liking American property, all the salts
faction | got was, that he had lost much
property himself, aud that he meant now
to make up for it,; add that his orders
were, 10 take what he wanted, wherever
he could find it-that / might think my
self lucky | Jared no worse-that he
should iTave loaded his schr. out of mine,
If there was DOT another schr. in sight,
which he expected would be better
prize, and when left him he went imme-
diately 10 chase of her. The sctr. was
about AS tors, piot-boat built, had Sisters,
Of Aierandria, on her stern, which did
not appear defaced,. as if it had been al
tered; there were about n men who
Showed themselves, all Of whom took to
be Americans. She sails fast, but APP
peared to be in bad order, and as if she
had been started on this cruise without
much fittiug, aud presume was direct
from the United States, although the cap
iain told me he was from Galveztown, and
showed me paper which he said was his
commission, but believed it to be all a
forgery. He observed his schr. was
called the Creole. He enquired particu
larry about Captain Blunt, who was
daily expected at Neuvitas from Alex
andria, which this captain said he was
looking for, and il he took him he should
not spare his life, as he was his deadly
enemy, &c. The captain is of middIing
size, dark complexion, and observed he
had been often at Neuvitas, and was well
cquainted on that part of the coast; and
IN one Of their navigators | observed
while confined below, written, "Johu
Lees book"