Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-10-29
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peace, btSpeaEs not my a long ana active
service, but a distant station.
Communicated for the PhlGdeiphia Gazette.
fur Cages, (Hayu) 98* Sept. 1919.
81 have now the painful duty to record
a most a;rocious act Of piracy. On the even
ing of the e5th inst two boats of suspicious
character were run on shore, a little to wind
ward of Ibis place, by The b2rbor masters
boat, when the crews abandoned them aud
fed TO the woods-'he boats were taken pos.
session of and brought here. There we're
several muskets tou q in them, and some
traces OF blood, which gave rise 10 suspicion,
and guards were immediately dispatched in
pursuit OF the lugitNes. and next day three
Of Them Were apprehended, amongst whom
was the captain of the gang, VINO confessed
that they had Captured two vessels ; one a
Spaniard, and the other an American, which
ward, in a >mali bay near Aqua. He was
taken on board The government ketch dying
in the harhor( which, with the La Mouche
scho -ner OF war, got under way Immediate
ly in search OF them, aud yesterday return
ell with both prizes in their possession, but
unfortunately did not get any more of tie
pirates. Last night sailor belonging 10 the
American schooner tnamed George A. En-
mel was sent down from Aqua, where HI
had given hinselfuP 10 the commandant o!
that place, who ha gwen me the following
Information
rhathc belonged to the Americas schr.
BLAZING Star, captain Snow, of and irou
Baltimore, bound for ST. Jago de Cuba, with
a cargo OF -four, &'c.-tbat trey were captu-
red whilst ly ing too off lhe MuIo C,s 'e,
waiting for a piipt-that the cook "a black
MANI and himself, were confined below,
where they were detained halt an hour, and
then released. Gu coming on deck he de-
mauded where the captain and the rest OF To"
crew wee, and was told that they had been
put in a small canoe with a bag of bread 10
find Their way on shore. Some lime alter
the pirates had been in possession OF the
schooner, they fell in with the brig - OF
Wilmington, bound from ST. Thomas to "
Orleans, out O (which they took as much cot
lee as they could stow OH board the small
schooner captured rom the Spaniards, AMI
II - - IL, h. u,ae boat rIrCnI--
on board by the pirates, until the schooner
was Ie-taken by the above vessels, when
they all fed on shore he then made his
way TO Aqua, and gave himself up to the
authorities a, that place. He also says that
four or five DAYS ago, the cook took an OPP
portunity OF throwing himself iuto the sea,
when about three miles rom shore.
"This band of villains, l3 in number,
left this place it is said about a month since,
in a small barge between this and Cape
THEREON, they captured a barge much la z
er than their own, with which they proceed
I'd TO the coast of Cuba, where they captured
the small Spanish schooner mentioned above,
manned her, (%aiter numbering her crew in
all probability and sunk their barge: in
this schooner they captured the Blazing Star.
"The Blazing Star will be sent from this
to Port au-P Prince, when | hope some Ame-
rican merchant will put in claim on behalf
of those concerned. | am informed that the
schooner has about 500 barrels of Hour on
board, and [ presume but little Of her cargo
has been squandered. If any thing further
should transpire previous TO the Rising Suns
departure, I shall inform you thereof.
Mac Gregor sailed from here last night,
IN the dark. with mere remnant OF his ex-
petition, without clothing, and almos: des-
OF every thing else necessary for any
enterprise /; his destination is not known, and
cares ; we thank our stars that we
have a, last got rid oi such . fellow"
Neu- York, Oct. s5
No sovereign of modern times, has disco
vered more extraordinary qualities OF mind,