Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-02-08

in ten mites Of the Blrbary caast--tle wind
providentially s.iifted. and thy We're ena.
bled to bear OF. Suou afterwards ,h.v
were boarded Ivy pirate, who pretended
they were sailing un.er the fig and orders
OF patrio; government. They We're al
first tulerahly civil, and left them, oplv
taking a few fowls anu other ,riiling arti.
cles; ordering them, however, not 10 mako
sail until signal was hoi>ted. They soo,
returned Is liz boats, manned aud armed
and aso"ed themselves to he pirates. The
captain SAID be was aware that should r..
be taken his fate would be to lie tucked ~,
at the yard arm. He supposed Should Le
suffer them to escape, they would not ics;.
tate To proclaim him a pirate 10 the whoI..
world; but that he had now tue power ii
his own hands, and ha was determine
first to plumber the vessel, and til. q. ,,,;,
her and ail hands on board to p,eyen, them
giving any information. This was said i,
cool anu deliberate manner; and. as al
kevIdence OF sincerity, our boa: was loaded
in very short time. The supercargo. Mr.
George Smith. and Mr.. Hill, passenger
were on board--their trunks and desk
were the first things seized, leaving them
nothing butthe clothes they had on. They
were then ordered into the boat, and take,
by the captain on board the pirate vessel
They were forced down into small hole
in, the fore part Of The ship, where thew
could scarce breathe, nor sit upright and
here they we're fastened with chains and
bolts to The lower deck. This was oply
the prelude TO further yioleuce.-TL. SUI
percargo was first taken on deck, where he
found the captain with a loaded pistol in
his hand-the first order given was to ad-
vance to the quarter deck-tne second 10
take of his hat and turn his face the other
way, for he was determined to shoot him
Instantly. After some parley he was obi.
ged to comply, and immediately the pistol
was hired. AT this time having suffered al
the bitterness Of death, and still expecting
TO die, he " as ordered into the cabin. Mr.
I'LL was soon called up to undergo the
same scene. He found the captain with his
pistol ready cocked-a fellow, when the
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first one was fired, kindly said, here
goes your rnessmate"-and finding Mr..
Smiths hat lying on deck, covered with
blood, he had no doubt of his fate. After
firing the pistol in the same manner, he too
was ordered into the cabin. This scene
had doubtless been acted to eytort from
them a confession Of money or other va
luabies On board. All this time the unload
ing of the Sir Thomas Hardy was going on,
and they had the modification olseeing the
boats pass and repass for some hours; Wills.
they were looking for violent death. Ii
is probable they would have complicated
unIading her, but they drank so much Of
the wine and liquors that they were incapa-
BILE of working. ltisprobable that the CAP
tam by this time was convinced that there
was nothing on board more valuable than
the general cargo-but he persisted to the
last that he would sink the vessel aid all
hands. The man at The mast head disco
vering sail put them all in hustle, and
probably saved the remainder of the cargo,
aud the lives Of all on board. When the
supercargo and Mr.. Hill were sent back TO
the schooner, the captain ofthe pirate and
many of the men persisted in their threats
to sink the schooner, and actually sailed
round her and made such preparations, that
it was like suffering death second time.
At last they left them TO congratulate each
other on their escape with their lives.
Besides the cargo, they took from Mr..
Smith bis clothes and effects, to The value
OF or 600 dollars, and from Mr.. Hill bis
clothes and valuables to the amount OF or
5000 dollars. Either by force or PERSIA.
sion, they took three hands out ofthe scbr.
leaving them only two, with which they
bore up to Madeira, to ship more, as we'll
as tolay in fresh stock of provisions and
cloathing.
.alerdndria Gazette Office,
Saturday, FEB. ell p. NJ
MELANCHOLY EVEET
Ii has become orr painful dufu IN an.