Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-01
MUTlNY AND PIRACY.

VI d oDOCkHDE iliutlhy duu piracy
Captain Hedges, o: the schooner
Ranger, arrived here fiomIsle of May,
reports the following horrible transac-
ton:
He was informed. by the captain of
a British vessel who had arrived at
the Isle of May, that a few days pre-
vIous to his sailing, the schooner Napo-
leon was brought in.o that place by
a cutter, which had been sent out for
the purposc-thc officers of the Napo
icon having been cruelty murdered by
three of the crew who were shipped
at Savanna.
The particulars are these. One OF the
crew, being an active fellow, was Ia
ken from before the mast by the cap
tain to relieve the mate, and received
INTO the cabin, where he ascertained
there was some specie on board
which fact he communicated to two O.
ther sailors, (toreigners) who formed
their designs and carried them INTO ex-
ecutlon by striking the captain to the
deck with the cooks axc) whence
they carried him 10 the windlass and
here chopped off bis bead with the
axe and threw him overheard. The
mite hearing the struggle on deck,
came up TO ascertain the cause, and
soon shared the same fate. The cook
was next taken from the forecastle--'
bis head was also severed from his body
ard both thrown overheard.
Another person Jumped overheard
and was drowned in preference to
being murdered "A passenger who
was at the time in the cabin, went to
the companion way and begged the
crew to spare his life They asked
Il; he would .ioin--he consented and
his was spared. The mu,ineers then
entered The cabin; ransacked it-found
liquor and soon became drunk. A
smallboy was left at the helm, and
the passenger got on deck.
The boy soon steered the vessel for
the land, and when within u half or
three quarters of a mile of it, the pas
sengers lowered the boat, gained the
shore, and shortly after she was taken
possession of by the soldiers and car.
ried into Madeira by order of the au-
thorities, with all The murderers.
The Napoleon hail, from Yarmoth,
-'-ass, Captain Hall was from Ply.
mouth, Mass
The above transactions occurred in
Funchall roads, in the night some
day last month, while the vessel was
becaimed.
The prisoners, it was supposed
would be sent TO the United States
for trial.
An alarming mutiny broke out at
the State Prison in Boston on Friday
morning last, which was fortunately
quelled without the loss of any lives
being kept under for while by the
prudence, discretion, and courage, of
the keeper, 'unll'l the timely arrival of
a detachment of Marines, commanded
by Major Wainwright, put an end to
it. The Humber of felons who were
at the time in prison, and mostly epea
ged in the revolt, was two hundred
and eighty eight The three ring lea.
ders were then seized. and punished
on tile spot, 10 the presence of all the
convicts.
Las. week, on the hlegany River,
there arrived at Pittsburg upwards Of
fifty fat boats, containing upwards of
100000 worth of property, viz.
Bar and Pig Iron, Salt. Flour, &c.
Patsbarg Mercury.
The Quarterly Review for Deem.
Der, under prelence ofrcvew ,ng the
pamphlet of Mr.. Sdvary and some O,
theirs about the execution Of the Duke
Engein, gives an elaborate defence Of
Taileyrand, a; the expense of Napo.
con, Savary and others.
We copied on Friday last from the
New York Evening Post, an article re-
lating to an extraordinary cure, which
was stated to have been effected in n
miraculous manner on a lady in George
Town, without adterting to the cir
cumstance, that the matter was wholly
unexplained by any previous informa-
ticn 70 our readers. We now give the
following extracts from the New York
Statesman received yesterday morning,