Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-14
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tfrom the London Literary ,iazcuc of pecemI,r 81
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THE PIRATE, ny THE AUTHOR OF wAyERLy
~ EDiS. 1872, voLs
L ne day oi criticism, the productions of vh;rh
me Ftr0te will form part about the time ,ha, ,h;s
'ee' meeis the public eye is past y and Popular IL,
;" me widest hccepiation of the word, has app.n.
prfei all that has issued shall issue lrou, t,e
same source, beyond chcr the eulogy OF admirers q,
the cnNlis Ut ccnsurers. We are thus agreeabv re.
heFed from the obligation of remark, aud left ii IL
merry TO begin ut once with these volumes which W.
rely en- our means and digcnce will he 'iirst ma
S9neraliY known through The medium vi the Lierary
fiqceie. " =
An adver,iscmt nj prefxcd to the work states t,,.
me story rs tonn'led on lac following facts:
" In the month al Jan. I12i.5, Il vessel, called the
Revenge, bearing twenty large guns, and six smaller
commanded by John q wv or Coffee, or Smith, came
~ The Orkney Islands, and WAS discovered 10 be 4
.ite, by various acis u iusoeucc aud villany com
"!'ir'i 10y 'hc crew These were for some time sub
united 10, the inhabitants of these remote islands
mot possessing arms of res istapce and SO
bold was :!ie captain uf these banditti, that he
"niy came ashore, and gave dancing parties the
village of Stromness, hut before his real character
was discovered engaged line affections aud received
me ho'h-ptSht OF n yonne lady, possessed OF some
.Toprlv- y pathetic individual. James Fea, Young
90 OF Clesron formed the plan OF securing the hue
cancer, which he effected lay mixture OF courage
.'ha address, ~ consequence chiefly Of Cows vessel
"'"ng gene on shore near the harbour Of Cafsound,
"n The 's!and OF Etla, not far distant e. u house
Hen unlimited bv MIR. iei. In The ynrious strata
gems by which MIR. Eca contrived finally nj the he.
~ oil ms liie They being well armed aud desperate,
10 make me wiole praies his prisoners, he much
:'lded hy Ma. James LANG the grandfather OF the
ta'e Malcolm LANG, the acute and ingenious hisio
wan OF ocou''', daring The l7h century. Cow,
ana others vi his suffered y sentence OF the
High Court of Admiralty thu punishment their crimes
had loug deserved. lie conducted himself with great
anF'cuy when before the cOui ana from :n ar-
count OF lie mntfer, lay an eye witness, 10 haze
heeh SulecIed TO some unusual sey critics, in order
compel in 10 plead. fhe words ;ga these Joln
Sow would not plead for which he was brought 10
Ihe bar, aud the Juh"e ordered that his thumbs
should lie squeezed by two men. with "A w;iin-cnrd
~ dad break, aud them should I've doubled TIL II
s'l again break, aud then laid thrccfud, and ,l,at
the eXec1iipners should pull with their whole
Strength which sentence Cow endured with a preot
9 ral OF boidness The neft morning, (27th May,
1872 when lie had seen the preparations for press
rag MN 10 Seath, has courage gave way, and he told
me Mnrsh" 9i Court that ha would not have given
SO much trouble, had he been assured of not being
hanscd IA CHAINS. lie was then tried condemned
ana executed with others ofhis crew
III sad, HAT the lady whose affections Cow has
engaged, went np TO london 10 him hcoc his
death, mud That, arriving late, she had the COT
Iageto request Il sight Of his deaf body and then
touching the hand of the corpse she formally resumed
hIe lro,ii-plght which she had bestowed. Without
going through this ceremony, she could not accord
ing TO The superstition of the country have es.a,rd
VISIT from tiie ghost OF her departed lover in the
event Of her bestowing upon any living sutor, the
faith which she had plighted 10 the dead This mari
OF The legend may serve a curious commentary ON
The beautiful tale Of the line Scottish ballad which,
begins,
There ghost to Mai garel's door, &c
The common account Of this incident farther bears
that AIR. Fea, the spirited individual by whose exer
lions Cows career ~ isqnity cut short, was so
lar from receiving amy reward from Government,
ina he could not Obtain even counemance enough To
Pfo.ccl nm against "A variety of sham suits raised
against him by Ne@gae solicitors, who acted in the
name OF Gow, and others of the pirate crew and
me various expenses, vcx2tious prosecutions, and
cther legal consequences, ~ which his gallnirv -
yoycd him, utterly ruined his fortune aud his family
making ms memory notable example TO all who
shi'lI IN uure take pirates on tlreir own authority
such Is the biiss which the author of Wayerty
mas bmt ms Pirate story embeshng IL with all the
charms which his prolific fancy offered, enrichinr
II willi all The stores winch his intelligent mind s,p
gested rom nature and life, and throwing a strong,
glowing ana original interest over IT, by tie nvuIu-
lion OF Il potent machinery founded on scandinavian
mythology, and tie legends Of the ancient Morse S.
gas. Inihe last particular, the cheCst nOycty urthe
Iha'e Consists and we look TO hear the gossip
pinP world us familiar with lie names Of the Scalds,
. Ud"iicr," " FOwde," Jarlshof," &c &c. as they
nave been with northern prOyincalisms and tie Scot
tieb dlIirCf.
The sccne is Laid ia the largest island of Thule.
called the Mdiaia 81 of Iceland aud towards the con
CllsIon changes 10 Kirkwail, tie capital 81 Orkney.
On cunhurS iichd, tie suuh-ca-t promoniOry OF
thc Mainland, tie close Of the l7th century stool
aT'unc" mansou bat partly inhabiubIe ii was cali
go Jdf.~i0i, having been u former times the resi-.
denee ui Norwegian Fad Of ORKNEY, aud now be-
"h5cd 10 AIdBnnS IrOI, descendant ii Un the Morse
lords OF these Isles, proud Of lis ancestry aHd hold
2 Tic scotch iGtruders dislike It not IN coutciuut
i"snus, ~ consequence Of his bnth, - held in hiah
c.umduon by the natives, .ill attached 10 icir Scaj
cIn"'fin pfoscntors ahd their customs am3 as the
reWesenIH"e OF FORMER Independence is 50 led the
Cdaicr, CT ne IOWd Of Butgh-Wesira, for tlrat is
We name 81! bis own abode, situated about twenty
miles irOm Jui~hOf, more sheltered and produc
tu'e quarter Of the island. The Udiler is Il chnrac-
or resp1nsfe 10 his lineage frank chuleric liberal.
confYal rade, and hospiuibe. 10 him all strangers
gie wc.conr, aad lis oyer-opcn hose apholds the
hoaors 81 MS race iOr generosity Ia tie uufriended
ana kIacss 20 The unknown. or tie latter dnscrip.
ion ~ 3if bis.i AiCrOun, person above the middle
'se, Who bad arm 90 az the Manaad in the Dutch
vessel, nnd settled in ina Wild region himself IS Sc
lHr"ie itom iAc usual cast Of civilization. He has
or'nne cp"ug' iDr his wants, and might be rich or
poor iOf aUit tie /ethindcrs car learn from the re-
pnlsi'c incrrourse Of ,aciturn anJ gloomy nissan
lTOpc. Tic IS accompanied by his 500, Morlaunt, a
handsome 10y Of fourteen; and both are frequent
puesis 80 fbc house Of Magnus Troll where i've "a
lies 6s Of dependency are overlooked, aud the
sons bteii disposition renders him The loved CON.
puion Of Ninna dld Brenda, the two daughters Of
TO ioly Udai,cf.
'pi sng wind aud tide, it Is improbable that
oh" pFrhei lor Of Pirates may delayed m Monday and
ms our copy BY the mail viii have enabled give our
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