The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-02-17

laden with cochneal ard jcwelry, value esti-
mated at sis, 900. After All action in which
the General Santapder had killed and 10
slightly wounded, and the Marie Santa 10
killed and 10 wounded, the latter struck TO
the Patriot flag, and was Immediately taken
possession of by the General Santander.
/ PIRACY.-1'he following narrative, from
a source entirely authentic, will afford to our
readers general idea of the horrors per,
petrated in the West India Seas by the BLOOD
thirsty buccaneers who have lately invested
thcm.--.hat. Intel.
Ertruct Of htter from very rc$fecfaofe
.dmcricant to Snator ofhe Unned ofafeS.
"SnIp-, MATANzas, Jan. s, 1925.
| "Thc object of this letter is to acquaint
Won with one OF the most horrible and attro-
Gus acts the pirates have ever committed'
which has come to light. The perscn, VINO
alone has made his escape, and IS able 10 teii
the melancholy story, is now before me, ah'l
! feel it duty TO give you detailed account
of the affair, as related by him, particularly
AS | know You are feelingly alive on TINS
subject, and are in situation to do much to-
wards putting stop to those scenes OF nnr-
der and rapine.
| The person saved, and who now gives me
the following account, is Mr. Daniel Collins,
of Wiscasset, state OF Maine. lie was Sc
cond officer of the vessel lost. He states that
he left Wiscasscr, Nov. 25th, III the brig
Betscv, with Captain Ellis Hilton, bound to
this port; that, when twenty-one days Out, a.
bout 4 O'Clock A. NJ. the vessel struck on one
of the double headed Shot Keys. In about ten
minutes She went to peices-rhe deck load
n t,,N.,S Uni,
where the water was smoother, they all sue
cceded in getting into the boat. At day light,
blowing vcry hard from the westward, they
stecred the boat all that day and night to the
5outhward-in the morning made low SAN
DIV KEY, and discovered two buildings upon
it-antled, and found ) men, whom they
supposed to be fishermen. They we're with
them two DAYS. There was at this place
one vessel Of about eleven tons, and two ca
noes, which they said belonged to them.
| There were two other boats there which
I looked like the yawls of merchant vessels,
and which the fishermen said did rot belong
to them, but to some people that were abb
sent, and would soon be back. Captain H..
made an agreement with the head fisherman
to take them to ATatanzas fer torty"onc dol
lars, ana was to help them load their vessels
with fish, which captain II. and crew did,
with great labour and fatigue, beng Obliged
TO wade off a considerable distance from the
i shore, to put the fsh on board. Tie vessel
Of eleven tons spoken of, they had got loaded
and were getting under way, When BOAT o.
about ten tons came in, and fired several
times at them with muskcts and bundcr-
4 busscs-thcn anchored aud boarded them
Part Of this piratica crew examined the
fishing vessel, and part went on shore 70 the
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huts. They gave one OF the fishermen two
doubloons, and took him and tho others on
board of their boat. There they drank and
caroused about half all hour, making threat
ening n,cnanccs towards Captain IA. IN the
fishing boat. During this time, they sent a
lug of liquor to Captain II. and crew, and
made them drink some. Soon after, those
who went to the huts joined the others, and
came along side of the fishing vessel, with
two canoes. drawn by hshermen-the pirat-
ical crew accompanying, with swords and
long knives which they pointed at Capt fl
and his men, feeling the edges of the
knives, and making the most appalling signs
to them
At length they took them and bound their
arms behind them with cords, putting them
in the greatest possible torment, then tumlI-
led Capt II. and Mr.. Mcrary, lst officer, and
, of the men, into one Of the canoes and
! Mr.. Collins and the rest of the crew, two
others, into the canoe, and drew them round
some distance into Il cove. The fishermen
two at each canoe, drawing them, and the
others watIing beside with their knives and
cutlasscs drawn, giving them to understand
that they were soon tofecl them, which hor-
riblc to relate, MAS the. case, MIR. CollAs
saws that they struck the Captain with q
cutass Oh the side Of his neck, then put his
head across the gunwalc Of the boat, or Ca
noe, and chopped it Off He saw the heads
of MIR. Merary and the rest i'll the canoe
cleaved open, and their bodies stabbed and
cut in the most horrible manner. The canoe
\ that Mr.. &. was in was nearest to the shore
and he sat in the middle between his TIVE
copratlcs-one OF them an old man by tho
name of Russell, had his head entirely split
open to his body, his blood flying over Mr.. G
Mr.. G. attempted to spring from the canoe
at the same time he received a heavy blow
on his head, which nearly stunned him. Hi
however soon had his reason so rs to per
ceve himself out of the canoe, and under til,
water, and the lashing of his arms either Gu
or broken, which he supposed WAS done eli
Their by his great excrtion made at the timt
, of his sprnging from the canoe, or from
mistlirected blow from one OF their cutasscs
: lie instantly sprang upon his feet and mad,
for the shore, with several Of the pirates 'af
I ter him. One of them reached him, and il
!, attempting to run him through with hi
: sword, made mis-stcp and fell his lcngtl
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