The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-08-02

bcnn embraced above. He stated that he |
had come on board with the intention oi
going to New-York city. The Spanish
passengers told him they had $4,000 on
board, were going to New York to pur-
chase vessel, and intended 10 go TO the
coast Of Africa. On the first of June he no |
tced that the crew were taken SICK ihe
mate (D0bson) being much more so than
any Of the rest.--lle did not know the
cause, bot was told after the massacre by
the Spanlards, that the captain wanted 10
poison every one on board, that he mlght
get the money ofthc passengers. lie slept
on deck the night ofthc lstJune and about
g or 3 O'Clock he was reused by noise on
the deck. lie found Tardy at the helm
near which he lay. !; was dark, and he
could not we'll distinguish thlngs--but he
saw two men struggling two or three yards
from him, one of them fell. lie did not
know who they were Pepe told him al
forwards il was himself killing the captain;
but Felix insisted that he had killed the
captain. Very soon he saw man des-
patcbinr some one with an axe, and he
recognized the voice Of Pcpe, who alter
wards told him il was so. lie saw man
cominp ND from the cabin, and one OF the
To the cabin. He recognized him to be
the man who spoke English and had a sore
on his leg (which was the case, by mr..
Dobson's testimony, with the lrish passen-
per0 Felix told him that he had killed him,
and that he thought at the time 1t was kob-
inson coming up with gun. AT day Qreak
the witness saw Robinson and the sailor
i'm the water, and confirmed all that Dobson
had said respecting them.--When the man
was called down from the mast, the Span.
iards got around hlm--Pepe asked the 9th
ers why they were delaying killing him.
COuro replied that he wanted to give HIM
n good and fatal blow, and not To wound
him, [The only CLEAN of mercy that appears
IN this whole scene of savage barbarity =.
Pepe then ran on him and he fell overheard.
After day break they loaded two guns cal
led up "A man from below who had some.
thing tied round his breast as over wound,
and ordered him to Jump overheard, winch
he did aud as he went one ol them hled,
and rs he thinks missed hlm The other
shot him after he fell in the water. They
then hauled mp the dead body from the cab
jn.--Thcy examined IT, and remarked that
the stab given him was HeGnesi they hat
epcr seen IN dHHcir HrCs, II hat so com
pietely sepered The heart. He heard the man
fall from the rigging as described by Dob
son. The Spanlards, after the butchcry
wus over. asked Tardy why he had not
brought them two knives as he had prn.
mlscd--they said all they had we're broken,
aud if any thing should happen they would
have nothing TO defend themselves. Tar
DIV promised to buy them the first time he
got to land The clothes Of the Spnnlards
were bloody, aud they threw them into
the sea, az they did most of the clothes Of
the crew and passengers. Three or four
days afterwards he heard them say that
the mate and cook were only fattening to
be- killed. Tardy assumed the command,
and Felix was to keep the books, and he al
so had some little knowledge Of steering,
Tardv showed the witness the false papers
obtained IN Havana for the vessel, and
said they cost him p doubloon,. The rea
son he gave the witness for saving his life
was. that he was his countryman that he
had been n Pirate for great while, and
had never injured Frenchman.a and should
not commence then. The same pretcXt
was riven TO this witness as 10 Dobson,
for the massacre. and oithc ulterior views
ofthe party. When near st. Mary's, Tar.
DIV proposed To lot him go on shore, and to
give him $50 to bear his expenses by land
TO New York lie had strong hopes of
being spared, until he saw the Spanlards
ono day making n dirk out of an old knife
but Tardy gave him mos, solemn assuTan.
COS of his safety, in which he had some
hone, as he Tecollected now he had made
him stand by him AT the helm, and protect
cd him during the butchery. lie told the
same story with the mate a. to their arrival
in the Chesapeake, the pilots. tho conduct
of Tardy, and the escape of Dobson IN the
boat at Old Point Comfort. As soon as
Dobson made of in the boat Tardy ap.
peared 10 be greatly alarmed, said two or
three words TO Do6son who replied in one
vord--nonc ofwhich he understood. Tar
DIV then told him he was a lost man. An
American vessel had anchored not far of,
md Tardy spoke it, and obtained from IT
the use Of their long boat to send to the
shore for his own, and two hands TO row It.
In this boat the three Spaniards embark
cd--after getting somo distance they re-
turned. saying they could not get the boat;
but Tardy ordered them TO proceed, and
they did so but tho Sponiards not going
where tho boat was Tardy became moro
alarmed, expressed his dreadful apprehon-
sious of the consequences, and announced
his determination to cut his throat. --flt
was coniured that the Spaniards were sent
off TO secure or despatch Dobson, but pre-
ferring their own satety,made microscope J
The witness and Turdy went into the cab
in, when the witness took possession OF
some articles that belonged to him, and
then returned on deck. Ina few moments
he understood from the negro (the cook
tha, Tardy had cut his throat.