Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-11-13

you will make that use OF 1t you deem
proper.
am, with respect, yours, sc.
RICHARD F. FOX.
PIRACY AND MURDER.
CHARLESTON, OCT. 9.
| We know not whether horror, or in
dignation, will most predominant in the
feelings of the American reader, at the
perusal Of the following monstrous afro
city. That, in spanish port, under the
government of power with whom we
are at peace, such an act of barefaced
villany and murder could have been con
temhiated, and the piratical launch jftted
out and manned, to perpetratc the deed,
would seem almost incredible, were not
the Information from the most respecta-
bic authority; were not the police Of
MataEzas remarkable for its looseness
and clearness OF crime, and were not the
fitting OUT Of the launch, according to
our correspondent, ON act done without
any aitcmptat secrecy. Let speedy ven
geance be taken upon the nfurdcrers---
and let proper representation be made
10 the Spanish Governm ent, who are
bound to redress this, and prevent the
rep clifton of similar deeds, disgraceful
to humanity, and particularly dlsgraccful
10 those in whose domlnions such an act,
for any length of time, can go unpunish-
cd. This, among hundred instances,
shows the necessity of an INN cdlate, and
permanent, and active protection to our
commerce in the Gulf of Mexico.
City Gazette.
E1trGrt Of letter received By the
schooner Eliza, CAPT. Withams, from
q gentleman, to a Commercial House
in Charleston, dated
MATANzAs,* 9TH sEPT. 1921.
Three horrible events have Just ia
ken place. Three American vessels
two of them coming in---viz. the brig,
John Smith, and the schooner Milo, Of
Bristol-the other the sloop Collector,
Of Rhode Island, bound out, has been
cafitared az tie entrance ofthis har5o7-,
by launch tilted ont here i! and manned
by nine villains, viz. one Portuguese, six
Spaniarjs, and two Englishmen.-Thcy
killed the Captain and two men Of the
scllr. and then ordered her 20 the north
Isward--they murdered alt,the crezy efthe
brig, oNened their entrails, hanged them
~ Tie ribs 10 The masts, and eJisrwGras
SET .jfre to The. vessei and al zvere con-
sumed I! The sloop was more fortu-
na;e--the pirates, ccntented themselves
with severely beating the crew and plun-5
dering her Of the most valuable articles
Gil boGrd--.hey then collected the conf.
bus,ables and set them on fire and left
Ihcr, hoping, as in the case df the brig,
10 consume vessel and crew together,
but these last fortunately had strength
sufficient to take TO her long boat, and
have safely got back to Matanzas.
On their arrival they applied to the
Governor for protection, and, after some
delay, he allowed the Americans in the
place to arm in pursuit of the pirates.
Three boats iu.i set on, in quest OF them,
and, after cruise of Sc hours, have just
returned without success"
+s.ATAvzss is a port on the northeast of the
Island OF Cuba, not more than fifty or sixty
! miles east OF Ea.ana q town of considerable
trade but small population.
, QUEBEC, OCT. A. 4
The lease ofthe King'sfPosts for
" years from October, 1922, was sold ON
Tuesday last, conlormably 10 the advcr-
tiscment OF the 25th June, to Mr.. Gau-
die, of this city, for 1901. per annnm.
The last lease was held by the North
West Company, which IS now united
with the Hudson Bay Company. The
country, the exclusive trade of which is
granted by the lease, extends from the
Sagucnay, about forty leagues down
wards, on the northern bank Of the ST..
Lawrence, and back 10 the height of land
| forming the Hudson's Bay boundary, in
lail enough to form large kingdom.
| This lease, we believe, is the only re-