Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-16

course oil 10 minutes the whole s sail were.
unusr weigh and bore down for us. One OF
me largest of the schi s coming within muskes
s"o' OF us, fired gun and we hove too they
'"i'hcuiateiy got out their boat, and 7 ors
men hoarded. us with inrskets and drawn
cutiasscs, With each a long knife hung by their
~. Nies ; immediately OH striking on our deck
,hey commenced beating us with their cut
assts ana drove us all together into the fore
castle anu closed the hatclies where VIC re-
manned about half MI hour in the mean time
'hcy appeared 10 he searching the vessel;
W wheh we were let up from the forecastle aud
~ ue s"''o's ordered to work the vessel in under
tne hud 10 anchor, which was soon done in
sie mean time they took all our watches. and
rom one passenger, (Mr. Peck, lss48O in gold
ana SILVER, and broke open our trunks, and nut
some oil our clothes on over those ,hav Ind
on, ana strcwcd them about the cabin floor
""u ON geek. As soon as the vessel was
anchored, we We're as before driven in IN,
,orecas'ie, and the schr. that brought us TO
hauieu along SIDE of us we remained "A few
minutes III thc iorecastle when the mate was
'"i'eu 'o' OH ueck, and the hatch again closed
upon us we heard them beating the mate.
| also heard AN order to shoot him. !, nu,slr,
was then fired. The next was called. and tbr
same process was gone through with. when
the captain was called, who was vet so fc.he
as scarcely to be able To walk, having beeu
confined ever since sailing with violent fever.
,cey tnen commenced examining him, telling
nm II he did not discover where there was
money, they would serve him as they had
,!ose called before him, shont him and throw
nm overheard; he still persistipe that there
was no more money on board than that thev
iiau taken. They then ordered him TO take
MS station to be shot, and men took their dis
tahcc WIN each Il mtsket, 10 execute the or
uer the Capt Pleading with them To more
,uliy search the vessel, to remove the ballast
10 satisfy themselves there WAS no more mo.
hey, ana save his life All this time a man
stooo behind him beating him with cntlass,
unu ,ic piooo came through his shirt he
was then ordered into the cabin, where he
found the men whom he s,Ipposrd tn have
ncen killed confined. The next called WAS
VT. feck, passenger, he was im,nedjnte,,,
'sNeu Where there was money he told then,
nc knew OF no more than that thew had token
One man stood behind him with n nusket.
ana one before him with cutlass Knocked
hi'n down and beat him for some time. took
nm ny the hair and said they would kill him:
II: was 'n'i ordered fo SIT upon the bit of the
wind.ass To be shot and thrown overheard as
the Chpialn aud Others had been serves. H.,
TOOK ms station ny Inc windlass a nrsb,t WAS
! nfeu over him, and he was then driven INF,
'iie canin. they then called one after The
other, beat them, and drove them intu thc ca
ora, except "A air. Cho!lett, passenger. whom
'tey di not heat. We were kept ia the CABIN
iew minutes after repeated threats tlat tiny
would XII us, they drove us al again inio !lr
foiec's,ie. Ihey then took out 100 bags cni,-
lee, . bags cocoa, l barrel tortoise she'll y
Hedge anchors, all our provisions except one
parrei Dcet and so lbs. bread, fore-sa fore
top-sui, 'oretop-ga llant-sail, hawspr, colnrs. !
compass, l quadrant, leads and lines most Of
our rigging and blocks, every article OF cloih-
ing, with trunks, shoes, boots and hats. On
o"ard tne vessel, except those we had On:
'eos' bedding, with every cooking utcnsii anil
necessary belonging to the vessel, down 10
e'oiy A'll'e ana torH, and spoons, cups and
sancers, fireworks, needles and thread. rnxors
and SHAY ing boxes, two mems saddles. 4 b,it,i.s
lney lhen, alter searching every where abou;
me vessel and removing the ballast, called us
from the forecastle and ordered us of. Oct
~: was boarded by Spanish gun BRIG. III,
liIcer refused 10 30 after the pirates, say:n il
""' o''p oi MS limits to cruise. Crippled as
We were, we III nine days reached Havana
ior supplies [; we there found the brie- U,r,,;n,
oi OIL, IIai5'iinof,' Capt. Diamond, who had been
io'Dco ny the same gang of Pirates. AT the
same place, on the 18th Oct. The can't. WIS
ling up by Tie neck TO The Forward until
nearly dead. IN Y. Nh 1,;n 49,
The sagacious Mr.. Walsh has written sever
al neaVy and labolred articles on the srbiect
81 ioFiaa aud Col Caava. He is by mere
cul'ce' IN favor OF Gen. jackson but. iudr
my rom ms usual eccentrcties, we feel ncP-
:u",leo tiiat' il he p'rsues the question, he will
III IN inc cad come ont against the General Mr.
~ aiSil, VINO IS profound politician. cons;apr
hlg that he is generally in the wrong. has die
covered the motives ofthc Richmond Enuui-
Fer IN ms Tree and Amcrican-Iike views on This
SuoIect. He says, 8 q calculation is made how
much inc next election for President may he
ahec'cdby decryng the General How p,leriIc.
now little, how Ike Mr.. Walsh is such AN in
uihatIon' The press Of the republic must moi
venture 10 examine the measures of an cxec,,
I'VE queer "lihout exciting suspicious that il is
10 affect the election of A. President.
General Jackson's influence in the choice ri,
a president will correspond with his station
ana services, and so will Mr. Walsh's This
IS n subject open to the free investigation. of
every citizen checked, | hope, by no surren
.itio',s influence ;stackled by no restrictions
mehs motives arc. rot 10 he questioned. he
cause they think proper TO support or oppose
.ne measures OF any public man. do confess
lhdt nave observed, with some uneasiness
tue course pursued by the press i'm the case az
ten. jackson those who approve his conduct
go every length in his favor, without discrin,-
ihntIon or prudence and they go further they
assail those violently who are under d;GerenSt
impressions. do not refer to Mr. Walsh bo ;s
mere Whit ofstraw; a nobody without FIX
ed principles aud without American feelinos
rs ms editorial course proves but there arc
EDITORS, 10 whose purity and devotion TO their
country me public have the highest confidence
"ho' 10 iuy utter suvprize, view the whole
transaction ~ most innocent light. and evcnl-
pate the gallant General in his Wild and dan.
gcrous assumption of power. The case No.,
oce'T again we may lay the foundation Of
mos 0 serious evil we may, by this approrai