The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-08-02
Crtal of the Tbrfe loiratcs.
From the Richmond Enquirer
A TALE OF HORROR.

! otiONlOuo VI ulpoul dVls lndu lUe uldlS o
these three pirates disclose. The record.
! of the Buccaneers in the West Indies car
! hardly exhibit any thing more horrible. il
respect 10 the deliberate malignity of the
/ plan, or of the fell barbarity ofits execution
/ Ii appears from the evidence ofthe mate o.
| the Crawford and Mr.. Ginoulhac 1.-THE
! French passenger) that these abandoned
wretches went on board the brig, for the
express purpose of pirating the vessel, and
of Course mastering hercrew.-They went
| prepared with false papers to disguise kcr
character after the fatal deed was done -
Poison was resorted 10 in the first instance
by the atrocious Tardy to assist the eXecu.
ton Of his scheme and the knife and the
| musRet and drowning were employed TO
consnminate his deSign-cmployed under
, such circumstances of unteehng and mer.
CHESS cruelty, as almost To stagger the be-
| LET OF the human mind. And after the
perpetratlon of their bloody purposes, what
savage yells of JOY and triumph escape the
! monsters SO irresistible indeed was the
evidence of their guilt, that their able
Counsel was compelled to throw up their
| cause IN utter dIspair.--As a gentleman Of
the bar, declared there were not even
grounds to conceive the possibility of a
shadow Of defence.
In London, tins narrative would furnish
themes enough TO employ whole columns of
newspapers. Every circumstance of the
atrocIty would be elaborately noted and
commented on. The retail sellers ofnews
papers would hawk them through every
large town in the kingdom--Bsllads would
be written 10 tell the borrid deed: and the
countenance of Pepe, and Couro, and Fe
llX, would be struck of and exhibited at
the windows of all the print shops.--Du'
these pompOus eXposltonS are better cal
culated to I'LL the pockets of the dealers
than to touch the hearts Of a moral people
This tale is sufficiently full of It's own hor
yors. We cannot, however. forbear to add
toI the qualification OF those who may not
have the opportunity of seeing them tha,
these pirates are not very tall or very pow
ertu men--Pepe and Couro are well built
and rather stout men, with dark aud des.
perate countcnanccs Felix is of a more
slender stature, more Italian than Spanish
IN his looks; and we should never have suS-
pected him Of being q murderer. lie has
genuemanly look, and was STYLED by his
companions Don Felix Barbeto--he has =
brother at the Havana, Ofall the prison
eTs, he was the most agitated by the yer
dict OF the Jury. We cannot beg for mer
cy for any of them. The administration of
justice will go on nor, can we dream for
one moment that there is the slightest
chance of arresting the doom Of the con
demned.
There is one thing which we would ro-
spectfully suggest. II it be true, as the
evidence states, that Tardy had obtained
fictitious papers from the Custom house at
Havana, does not the President owe il 10
the United States, as well as to the civiliz.
ed world, to obtain an authentic statement
of the fact, and make formal representa-
ton OF it to the Spanish authorities The
Customhouse officer who Is capable of such
an abuse Of office, deserves not only to lose
has place, but if he suspect the purpose of
the paper, his life.
PIRACY AND MURDER.
The peculiar circumstances connected
with the case Of the brig Crawford, which
will be developed m the sequel, induced
Chief Justice Marshall to hold special
term Of the Federal Court tor the Fifth
Circuit and Eastern District of Virginia,
for the trial of the three Spaniards. The
material witnesses not being present, il was
from day to day until their arr- !
val from New York. After they had ar.
rived, four indictments, one for Piracy. and |
three for murder, were sent TO the Grand |
Jury, who after an examination into the !
testimony, returned "a true bill, >" as to each |
The three prisoners, VIZ Pepe, otherwise |
called Jose llllsriO Casnrls Couro, other. |
wise called Joseph Miranda and Felix. 9th. !
wise Felix Barbeto, were all charged in the |
first indictment with Piracy, and in each |
Of the others. with the murder of some one |
Of the persons who were slaughtered by /
them. The Court was adjourned until the |
10th To give the prisoners time 10 prepare /
helr defence. The prisoners having been |
arrsigned, pleaded no, guilty TO all the in.
1ctmenis.-Mr. Stanard, District Attorney
Tor the United States, conducted the pros.
scutI0n. The Court assigned Mr. Leigh,
IN addition % Mr.. Schmidt, who appeared
IS Counsel for the arraigned.
Mr.. Schmidt moved for a postponement
of the trial, on the ground that there exis.,. I
I'd great excitement against the prisoners.
,nd that time was desrer 10 obtain evi.
lcnce to prove that the repres ,ntations orl
1ne OF the witnesses before the committing
Magistrate as 70 occurrences at N,tanzas /
ire not s,rlc'y correct-and that the pris. |
'ners Occupy sil.h station in society 81 to \
make = lmr.obable that they would be gull !
y Of the offences charged. The Court o.
verified the motion.
IN compliance with a wish expressed by I
The prisoners they were tried separately 4
and consequently The testimony, being the \
same in each case. was repeated by the /
witnesses on the three several trials. One |
Of the material Witnesses being unable to
speak the English language. and the prs I
onsrs understanding only the Spanish, Mr.. /