Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-22

now making IN suDsiilute d metallic Tor paper
circulation that The public may be prepared
for some bold attempt on their part to nut of
The day OF reckoning. project 50 eNttava-
giant a. that of MIR. t,rdndy Mas, however,
sean ceiy To have been expected.
Ia the state OF OniO, " mere there is no le.sis.
lature in session aud wlI~re the variou, mo-
Jecis OF reiiet can, therefore, he offered ouly
through the newspapers writer proposes
HAT change shall he PROVIDED lay cuttin. ny
the dollar aud lis parts. Ihe BIni,s a.Jne
however. are TO have the privilege ct is.uisa
this !" cut money :: and they are TO divide the
dollar, halt dollar aud quarter ut IA dollar,
each into fire quarters
To divide one luto nor fJWrfls would certain
is equal any Ut The noveiiies that have aees
suggested tor improving the rurremry Add,
after the new ideas OF proportion, and ~
bankers rights WHICH tins writer presents the
strange notions of constitutional law winch
some of the good people OF Dino have !ate!,
manifested, need excite no surprise.
iGeorgeiOwn Messenger.
Extract Of q letter from an officer on 6vard
tie Rerenue Gutter AtaJaR.t, in the MiS-
sissipp, dated 18th Sept 1919.
On the 3lsl OF August We discovered
three strange vessels head The w,md
being veiy light we immediately set all our
sails and wei them, we goi oui our sweeps
and made every cxcr,ion To come up v iih
Them AT 2P. Nj. they separated, one
standing for us, and the others from us;
al quarter past 2, z. n. Captain LOOMS
fired shot ahead of the nearest, aud
made IA sigual for us TO board her: we did
so, and found her full of people, who
had heen robbed OF every thing by the
pirates, and when we hove in sight, had
put them on board this vrssel-we lcn
HIM and pulled away hard on our sweeps,
TO come up with the other vessels. The
M Alnc a a.. III
two he hoisied The Patriot flag. Captain
Looms beng nearest, al three quarters
after two hailed him aud ordered him 10
haul down his colours, when he immedi
aiely poured into Captain Loomis's YES
sci voiley OF musquetrv, which was
promptly returned, and with Interest,"
ihis continued for few minutes, when
we brought our large guns 10 bear upon
him, and gave him II broadside, this
made them all run below, we immediate
~ boarded him at the same time i'm
the boats OF both Cutters; We found ON
beard OF him crew of eighteen men.
besides officers, and twelve prisoners.
most OF the latter were blacks; we found
that two men had been Killed on board of
her during the action. She was called the
Brave. Mr.. Jordon, the first officer of
our Cutter, took possession of the other
vessel, which proved ia be a prize to The
piraies, she was Spanish schooner
laden with four, and when she was
taken hat on board a number Of passep
gers, both gentlemen and ladies, vino
were treated by tbe pirates in the most
sbAnefui manner they we're robbed OF
every thing, even 10 The clothes on their
backs, amt when The ladies veninred TO
beg for something TO cover them, X
fnC al fltea,ff 900. a.
ihe most brutal language. | was told,
that one beautiful girl, about sixteen
years OF age, had gold tlimble, which
had been the gift of her mother, wiIo
has been sometime dead, upon this The
girl put particular value, being The me.
moral OF her deceased parent; when
this was taken from her she begged In the
most earnest and pathetic manner 10 have
IL restored to her, telling them, a, the
same time, that Ia itself il was of very
ill'le value, but TO her as being the pre-
sent of her mother il was Of great value ::
tins made not the least impression on
The lawlcss ruifians."
new ORLEANS, Sept. 7.-The eighteen meu
composing the crew OF tie priyateer captured
ny captain LOOMS and who are charged with
pIrarI, were lodged in Jail on lie Jny before
yesterday. Ii Is reported that several distlu-
eniShed members of the bar are charu ed TO de-
reno them and have already taken SOlnt steps
TO get them out by WritS Of Habeas Corpus
A paper of yesterday publishes the reasons
winch lie prlVateerS men alledge in their de-
fence, as follows:
The vessel in which they crnizedis said to
be owDea by Mr.. JOHN l4atitte-,le had been
hie'y commissioned al GdvcSiOwn by the in
dependent government of Texas aud gene
raj Long, Is said TO have known and approv-
cd OF her equIPmeht. "A few days OUT, the,
acknowledge they captured a Spanish YES
. gel bat deny having maitreated the passen-
gers; on tile contrary they pat them ~ SAFE
~ on board Ot the brig Hero, captain t;i-
randei. fhey deny having assaulted The re-
:, venue cutters and declare that captain
LOOMS having approached under Mexican
colors and opened his fire on them, they
thought themselves justified in returning II
until the cutters hasted American coiors
when they Immediately ceased then fire a "a
surrendered. These men say that none of The
crew OF tile prIVatCeT we're killed or wound
ed and that there was but one man wound
"a OH board OF lie revenue cutters"
Inc pubic are not 10 take for granted ere
fy Thing that will he said and published either
III Dehait or against those men charged with
piracy whatever may he said OF published
Will neither fendeT their case wO Sc nor make
u better in the eyes of those citizens who shall
be called upon on their oatiis, to judge OH tie
proofs, ami notion newspaper publications.
we DO rot by ANY means wish TO find ont
gniIiy men. But Vi those who stand accused
OF 4 crime vigorously punished by all civilized
nations. are convicted, we believe that the in
terest aud happiness of our state, and of tie
union AT large, require that they should he
treated with all The severity OF Tie law.
Here follow their names, as entered Oh the
jallor's book:
:, John DeStargues, capt. !. Robert johnson,
lieut.; John Tftchart, 2d lieut.. Peter dorel
Charles Dickinson, Louis Pierre, Geryin Con,
cIaI, John Niece, Lonis Philip, John Gon-
'In., EphTaiue Tompkins, Isaac iibbets, Thom-
az Thompson, Laurence Psgas, Joseph Val
bert, negro Jean Raynor, do. Julian Sedom-
ner, WIN. Mcclure.
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