Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-17

Philadelphia, was stolen from behind the mail
coach on the night iof the 9th inst. and every
letter contained in the portmantcau broken o.
pen. The fragments of letters were found in
a field about mile from Princeton, New
Jersey, and were sent 10 the Postmaster of
Philadelphia. They have been carefully col
lected and transmitted To their original places
Of destination, SO far as they could be ascer-
tanned.
Nothing of value has escaped the hands of
the robhrr except two promissory notes
amounting 10 nearly HOO dollars. One hun
dred dollars reward is offered for the apprc-
hension and conviction of the offender.
The Legislature of Maryland, have before
them Bill for the improvement ofthe River
Susquehanna, which authorises the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, To create n
stock and issue certificates To the amount of
liiy thousand dallars for that object, at an in
terest of not more than per cent the pay
ment (which the State guarantees.
Cesar A. Rodney, Esq. has been elected by
the Legislature of Delaware, senator in the
Congress of the United States.
The Legislature of Maryland has granted
an annuity of Three Hundred Dollars to Ili-
Their Martin, Esq once the pride ofthe Mary
iand Bar, now aboring under Presidential af-
illction.-lle was the late Attorney General of
the state, and was leGislated out Of Office
Ethan ~ Brown the Governor (at the time, Of the state
Of Ohio has been elected Senator oc the u States vice
WIN. Trm1ls, deceased Mr. u. received mai oiity OF
that state. '''@''
PiRACl.-Our attentive New York COR
respondents have sent us proof slip contain
h'S lhe following account of most outrage
Gus piracy communicated by Capt. O'Bryan,
who has arrived ut New York from Havana.
The particulars stated in the letter which
follows, were verified by capt Becker HIM
sell, who Capt. O'Bryan saw, and who in
lornled that the piatcs, To the number about
r %, havctheirdwelimg,on or near Cape Antonio
me Liverpool Packet was from Rio Janeiro
bound TO Havana. TBaH. liner.
caPf.O Bryaa.--The ship Liverpool Packet,
bicker, OF Portsmouth, n. VI. was boarded on
the 9th inst. by Columbian cruzer, and the
passengers, rs in nun,ber, were robbed of
every thing. The capt. aud crew were
treated politely, although the cruzer took
from them aQnantity of provisions, and did
f not pay Tor them, because, they said, they
couid not The passengers were Spaniards.
On the 10Th, off Cape ST. Antonio. Cuba. she
was again boarded by two piratical schs.-
two barges containing 80 or 10 men, robbed
the vessel of every thing movable. even to
h'I nays, rigging, one boat which happened
, to be ailoat, and having I, boy in it who be-
ionSed to the ship. They held consultation
whether they should murder the crew, as
they had done before, or not-in the mean
time taking the ship Into anchoring ground
on bringing her To anchor, the crew saw n
bri5 close along side, burnt TO the waters
edge, aud three dead bodies fo1ting near
her The pirates said they had burnt the
brig the day before, and Murdered all the
, creo and intended doing the same with them.
they said look at the Turtles" Tmeaning
inc dead bodiesl you will soon be the same.
Iney said the vessel was Baltimore brig
, which they had robbed and burnt, and muir
dcred the crew before stated, of which
there is little doubt. Capt. BECKER was most
shocklngIy bruised by them He stripped
, himsel in presence ofmyscIf and capt. VIII
f kinson, OF the brig Elaine, from Philadephia.
and never saw man more bruised. The
f mate was hung till he was supposed TO be
dead, but came to, and is now ave.-They
told the captain that they belonged i'm Regla.
, and should kill them all to prevent discovery
F he knc~ the person who told them. There
IS no doubt that pratical vessels are sailing
from tins port weekly in the characters Of
coasters. WM p S,JJTu
Havana, Dec. %, 1891.