Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-08-13
JOSE ANTONIO PAEZ.
THE MONSTERS Discovered.

FROM the iOl OWlhS ltloTinS'lon, Ioi'hiu"i
Gated by he captains OF the Itolta and Fabius,
from cadiz, says tbs New-York Nero aniile Adj
,~er,is,r, there is little dnu,t that most Of the
Pirates who destroyed the ship Topaz, OF Bos>
ton, on her voyage from Canton, and ba'ba-
rously murdered all on boa:d, have been dis
covered al Cadiz.
Abou, the Is, OF May, a brig ran on shore on
The south side of Cadlz Immediately aiier,
the chief officer and ten Of the crew left the
wreck, and had not since been heard Of at Ca>
drz. The remainder lnilered about the city for
ten or twelve d vs., when something they SAID
excited suspicion against them. aud they we're
all, fourteen in NUMBER, arrested and committed
to prison, where they remai"e ed when the Ro'la
sa;i-I, swa;,iuG thcir rial mh,chzwss shortly
TO take place. On a first exaninallon, their
story was ;haj they sailed from Rio Jansiro for
the Coast Of Afica, bn: PIT into the Caoary
Islands. and s'iled thence for Corunna, from
which por, they were bound TO Gibraltar when
their vessel gor ashore. rhis statement no.
being sal factory, aud he vessel having no pa>
pers whatever 10 prove her chara' ter, they were
remanded TO prison, and confined in irons.
About thu FRS, of June, they confessed them
selves to be Pirates, and gave a narration OF
their conduct, in substance as foliow,:-IhSl
sailed from Rio JanelrG under Portuguese CO.
lors for Africa, aid after being on th' coast a
few day,, he captain, who was sick, Wen Oh
shore, when thev formed the design ct 'aking
POSSESSION OF the vessel, in whic" they hnaiy
su, c,eded, though opposed by ,wen'y OF he
crew, who lot beng Wiling to join Them, took
The boa, aud emba, KID for The shors; but L
was supposed wrre all Upset aud lost 'h'r'
being a heavy sea al the lime They thr''
weighed anchor, for the purpose OF CONNIE"
| cling their horrid deeds, but had a q"ayrt
in deciding who should take command, an
before this dispute was &c tied four OF i"'
uumner were shot. The first vessel they rob,
bed mas IN .9meqcaa ship belonging 10
Boston, homeUard bound from the East
Indies. they muI dsred Ill hands on board, took
out eighty cases of silks & what other valuahl
articles they could, and SCI the ship or tre, lh'
second robbery was that of the British Ship
Morning Star, which hey described precisel,
in The msurer related by the officers on her ar
rival in England. They stated also, iha, they
hid subsequently, robbed eight other UeSseS
mostly English briggs. and murdered all hand
on board! They could not reoolleci the names
Of any of he vessel, except The Morning Star
They afterwards touched al the Canary Islands
and thence proceeded to Corunna, where they
landed the silks and other property, and Their
ran he vessel ashore al Cadiz, as the only way
they could devise to get clear.
The authorities a Cadiz were adopting mea'
sures fur her to investigate these barbarities-
a messenger had been despatched to Corunn;
t. ascertain the property landed thereof which
it i, reported, there was upwards of 100 900
dollars in specie.
The pirates were composed Of several ma
tons, but it was said there were no American
among them.
Pursuit. was making for the officer and me,
who escaped in the boat. Captain Barstov
informs that two men had been arrested a
Gibraltar, and were under examination whe'
he left tai place, suspected Of being a part O
the panp.