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Is years old, to enlist for the service Of
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PIRACY.

The following letter from the captain
Of the schooner i.sdy's Delight OF Balli.
more to bis owners, iorms another addition
TO the already heightened catalogue OF
lawless outrage and robbery which Ame.
rican commerce has experienced from the
pirates OF Cuba. We trust the day ~ not
far distant when these mscreants will re.
ceive the heavy debt OF retribullon which
is SO justly their due. [Bah. amer'a.
"NEUvlTAs, Feb. 81, 1898.
Gen,lemen--lt is with horror still
deeply imprinted on my mind. that sit
down to address you. We arrived here
on the second OF February all we'll, and
anchored about cables length as,ern Of
4 Spanish schooner from Havana, with
cargo OF wine, -four &c. | went on shore
to get all The Information | could, anu PIE,
pare for my journey 10 town on the fol.
lowing day, sending the boat of with or.
ders to return for me before sun.down.
which they did with three men IN her.
| When returning to the sChr. saw boat
pulling from the Aforesaid Spanish scbr.
towards my schooner, with three men only
visible in her. Being within hail, called
to the mate to keep that boa, of but 10
my establishment she went alongside, and
nut sixteen armed men on board, knocked
he mate down, and threw the cook over.
| board Seeing the decks full OF armed
men, put the boats head for The shore
to get assistance, hut to my surprise saw
! sail boa lrom the same schooner with a.
bout twenty men 10 her all armed and
eight or ten men standing up with mus.
kets threatening to blow my brains ou, if
| did not beaye to. Finding could not
| reach the shore | was Obliged 10 Conp;y;
they boarded the boat, when two m.n
seized me and threatened 10 run he ih-o'
| if | moved. They went alongside ny
schooner when they tied my aim, and
placed Two seniinels over me with orders
10 shoot me II made any resistance -
| They rueu IT,, the rest OF the crew. using
| he saw thrF ats
Having broken open the matches they
proceeded to the most wanon plurdeT-
slnpi myself and h'ee oi To. ere" Of e.
| very article of clothing but what W bad
n; took from the vessel about 60 harre.s
% -four u kegs % lard, all the bars,
cheese onions provisions 'tores, cabin
/ furniture, small bower cable, boat, guns
and small arms. squaTesaIi, boDDets o. Jio
and furesaii and mol leaving even tea-
spoon. ! hey continued their plumber I'M
I'll about u O'Clock at night. hauled their
schooner from aloDgside, and ordered ne
TO get farther OF, telling ne thai II did
not, they would come On board, burn the
schooner aud Kill al hands. hey had
cut two strands of the best bower cable,
and having nothing lett to weigh the an-
chor with, gave orders 10 Cut the Other
strand and run the vessel On shore but
upon further reflection. with the assistance
| of the crew of The schooner Lively, bent
| the cut end OF the cable to the larboard
anchor and brought Der to III ten feel wa
| ter. Invent ashore, made complaint 10
| the Alcade, and solicited bis assistance 10
| have the thief stopped at the ioIt, but al
ter mastering twenty volunteers could get
40 arms nor ammunition SO the thing
was dropped and the tl;i.t allowed to pass
the fort with his iil-go,ten ptunder.
The next morning. ! went 10 town to
note my protest and make dsclsrallon 10
the proper authority About 10 O'Clock
of the night OF the 10th the watch a
deck gave The alarm, that two boats nil
OF men were pulling for the schooner.
rushed on deck but found that one boat
had boarded on the starboard bow, and
the other was 10 the aCt oil boarding On
the larbosrd quarter. vent below 10
keep myself from beng cut down, They
then commenced bending The iOrssall and
| naiusail, ordering my people to assist
them. They next sent boat with 8 OFT
men to take possession OF the schooner
Lively OF Phiisdeipba. They got both
vessels under weigh and commenced beat-
ing dowa-After getting + or 7 miles be-
low the town, caue TO till day light. Ia
the morning finding The Lively to sail dull
they hauled her alongside my schooner,
stripped her OF Der sails, running rigging,
stores, and every thing Of value removed
the ca plain and crew on board my school,
uer got under weigh and beat down.
At lOA. N. anchored three or four miles
above the fort About The middle OF the
day they sent their boat to the Tort with
barrel oil onions, ham, and believe some
| -four and lard. Shortly after the boats
return, they had a long and high disps;s
about taking our lives, but The SpanIaros,
] must say, took our part, and 1t was a.
I greed TO give US thu Llvely's boat and let
US 90. At 10 o'clock at night passed The
| tort in a calm with sixteen sweeps, ans
was not hailed although The night was
clear. The captain OF the pirate told me
he wanted the schooner tor cruiser, ana
| intended putting a "a and two Is poua"
| ders on Der with SO men. The next morn
ing he gave US the LiveIy'S boat, and TO
our nexpected joy sci US at Liberty. The
schooner that robbed me IS caied The Sa-
"a. ozana, and am told has given bonds
Havana TO the amount OF D2o,OOO ara
be commandment has laid hold Of DzOUO
which he has brought here from Havana.
The first robbery was perpetraled ID The
presence of the whole town OF Boga, as