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| then urged me 10 GONE down, assuring me they
would not burt me. After some percussion !
went down, much against the wish OF my tel
low sufferers, who said would be killed, and
! that I had better stay and die with them. After
l came down, | entreated them to let me lay
down oudeek, [ was faint with loss OF blood.
! After some conversation with Tardy about the
box 0 fmopey which Felix brought on board,
| and which he said was missing, and that the
Spanisrds had in consequence done what they
had in revenge, and to recover it, or to Indem-
nifty themselves, they laid me down on a mat
trass on the quarter deck. Tsrdy then asked
me how many men were aloft. | told bin Two
at The mainmast head, and the cook, also stab
bed, at the four topmast head. lie then
toid them to COM down one at a time. DOLL
YER came down, when the monsters rushed on
him, stabbed him, and threw him overheard
He called 10 Potter not TO come down or he
would be killed, but to stay and die where he
was; then he called the pirates barbArous
wrelches, and sunk below tie briny waves.
Soon after Potter fell from The mast head over
board, having died or tainted there Two Of the
pirates then loaded two muskets, and gong for
ward, calling up the remaining sailor from the
forecastie-he had also been severely stabbed
in the belly-they ordered him TO Jump over
board, and as he was on the railing one fired
at him, he tell overheard, and the other fel.
low shot him in the water. They then came
aft and hauled the dead body of the Irish car.
penter out of The cabin, and threw il overheard.
After this they went forward and called the
cook down. lie came, and they told him if
he would assist in working the vessel ts.y
would spare his life. He agreed to do so, and
| they set him 10 cooking breakfast. 1t was
now daylight, and the vessel presented the
| most horrid sppearance-the deck, sails, and
| rigging covered with blood-the pirates, the
| most hellish looking monsters ever seen, two
OF them without shirts, all covered with gore,
their knives sticking in their belts open, which
they would draw and flourish about with borrid
Explanations, "caraboo, ponutara,' &c. boast.
ing OF their bu,chery, and each claiming to have
been the most active and farocious. Tardy
took command; the briggs Lapers were des
| troyed, aud a set of Spanish papers provided
for the purpose brought out. None of the
pirates could work or navigate the vessel; and
for this | was preserved. Mr.. Ginoulhiac was
protected by Tardy on account of bis being a
countryman, he saying that he had been long
a pirate, but he never had and never would
kill a Frenchman. 1t was their intention to kill
me aud the cook as soon as we made a port, as
! then suspected, and have since positively as.
certained. Tardy directed me to shape a
course for Hamburg, but finding we had not
water and provisions enough, we tried to get
into St. Marys for a supply. The wind heading
us Oft, | proposed to go 10 Charleston or Sa-
vannah, but be objected, saying he was too
we'll known there. |, however, persuaded
him to go to the Chesapeake, where we arriv
ed on the 18th instant, and about 6 o'clock in
the evening | brought the brig to anchor with
in a hundred yards Of Old Point Comfort, pur
Posely running her that close. While the cook
and Spanisrds were aloft furIing the sails, |
persuaded Tardy to let me get the boat in rea.
dIness Tor him to goashore. tie and Ginoulhi.
nc lowered it for that purpose. | unlocked
the tackles; and favored by the food tide. scul.
led for the shore. Tardy looked after me with
establishment, and called to know if ! meant to
| betray him. On reaching the shore / stated
the case to the officer in command, and before
a boat could be sent off Tardy bad cut his
throat and the spaniards had escaped to the
shore.
These are the most material parts Of Mr.,
Dobson's narrative of this horrid transaction,
We have not room for any thing like all The de.
tails he gave, or the testimony of MIR. Ginhou.
lac, which was very similar to Mr.. Dobson's,
and fully corroborated it The testimony OF
the other Witnesses related to the taking pes.
session of the brig by the American officers, and
the apprehension of the Spaniards.
The trial commenced on Monday and closed
on Wednesday. On each day one ofthe prison
ers were tried. In all the cases.. the testimony
was submitted to the jury without argument
from the bar; and the jury. a separate one in
each case, after the retirement of but a few
minutes, returned with a verdict of guilty.
On Thursday the Chief Justice pronounced
the sentence Of Death on the Prisoners, and
appointed the 18TH of August for their execu.
ton.
Since their condemnation, the Pirates own
themselves guilty of the crime of which they
were convicted, and s-y they deserved to be
hanged long ago for previous atrocious crimes.
TaFdy was undoubtedly the master spirit who
concerted the plan of horror, which was after.
wards executed on board the Crawford. He
seems to have been the coolest, deepest, and
most uncompromising william on record. He
was buried at low water mark near Old Point
Comfort, with his face downward, and every
mark of Ignomlny. Three hours afterwards he
was disinterred, his head taken off, and dis.
patched to Baltimore, for the inspection of the
Calls and Spurzheims of that city. They will
probably find the organ observation-disclosures finely
developed.
or the three Spaniards convicted in this city,
two OF them represent themselves as natives OF
the Province of Gallicia, in Old Spain, Gin which
we believe Csdiz ISL viz: Felix BarBeto, and
Couro, alias Jose Morando. Felix Barbeto is
the eldest OF the three, and their superior in
rank, Intelligence. and address, as much as in
age. The others defer to him, and style him,
with much respect, Don Felix. His connex-
ions IN Cuba are said to be respectable. He is
rather below the common statute, his features
good, nose rightly aquiline, and of an intelli.
gent, though We should not say, bad counter.
ance. He was probably in full understanding
with Tardy, and hired the other two to assist