Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-28

is,.se aslssS -. tie .Ids.,s BssLss East Ls.sHsat -
city, tina, outward bound trader, the Admiral Bsnbow
eap'a Crawford commander, while I'M ITS voyage To Niaas
IONS, wan,ouly murdered four Of thc crew. The report
winch arrived at Loyds embodied these facts, a"d iem uth
has since been verified by ships company the Ganses
East ndaman which jos, por, We have made
inquiry among the sailors, them have received
M manncrp; narrative, which we give as nearly as
"on Tuesday, the li,h Apr 70 ~ and long >, W.
ABOUT ten o'clock A. NJ ship coming down beiesc
tns wind towards us showed coos but She did no,
Show hers nt made her look suspicious Abou, half
ps ~. she eauie within the hail. aud captain told her
10 ed her boat On board; she cred that she rad no boat
una! could SWIM and said something absu, pirates, bu, we
coun not make out what then lowered cutter
our captain went on board and strange to nak whe" our
men 90, on the deck of the Admiral Bonow the JOY oil
seemed to overcome them, The II they had not
white man for number Of But tnk what hcsro
boat crew struck it'll when they board and
e deeA all stained with human blood and on the quarter
ueoh clothes OF Kind cdsealed with bioo From what
me shp company said appeared that they had been board
eu on Ihe Saturday before by pirate scho"er when they
mu'oeIed two men aud apprentice boy and wonn-d seve
sooner than let them take his life The captain lying in his
cann though stu alive, with his eutras hang out OF h
overheard after receiving three wounds his left and
one IN his lex la" ahew sd 90, bo. unpcrcc, cd by
the hold where lac hid hmscf
Our ship being Of liquor, and the captain wanting
some potatoes while filling bags the who suppo-
sed m have beer drowned, b hiding place looking
universal pleasure crew. him astonsh.
nen aud VOICES heard from every part, chief
j; sate' lie from the hold After giving Admiral
Beubow navigation books compass and English cuors,
ihe pirates had taken theirs NE parted company Sine was
bound for Madras and Bengal, ard intended touching
Cane ~ Teht, when size left
The following copy Of letter fom ofhe of the
Admiral Bembow 10 his iGOter leit open r,s,
Thought proper but at all deliver according,
d.feciuu-
MY Dear Moihe-Ne sail our lee quarter ahon,
c'c VIC made sal, and they did tire same BEGAN
come up with u we then tinusht e good lo;s,ed
oar ensign; she matte hiing To-
AUD Sur,tiig sa she did the samc and ordered
come Oh boa'd We manned tire boat with
MIR Williams, second mate; VIM. Boyd Vim Bryan and join
NfIi saei One passenger in the boat with We
were on tad aquaer of an hour, when their
o board INA med with eight We gave some
poaors ana porter They of our men on board
oi tlcr ship ley had not lern sung
jump overtoard - We tlico their coming
towards again. with three of hands of ours
whom they murdered wru they Lualtl The chief
mate chung 10 the boats side with David and the rsnn
gr' we Co"d not co 10 their assistance, f
Ihcy beU.one5 for the scl,oune
uent To" ards them The four who them in their
a9at uey made Jump overheard TO and took them ia
hsy Tod US tn 90 aud pick black US
WINE uey made SAIL, and We then went ol
board aud fouud two murdered, two men wounded,
the whole dead IS ourNlr. Startling, j. Jones Wan " ,on
aud T. MITCHELL have, thank God, escaped.
Yours,
10 the reader the above narrative and au,e,r