Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-03-24

burthen, full of men, armed with cutlasses
and having two large guns, who ordered the
boat to be lowered and sent on board the
schooner, which was done. having on board
Capt. Grocer and two men, Blaseday and
John Robinson that as sooOn as the boat
got along side of the schooner, number
Of her men jumped on board, took out the
two seamen, and Immediately showed along
side ofthe brig and boarded her, and order
ed all hands, except the captain, into the
fore peak. Aftershutting the scuttle over,
the waited about ten minutes, and ordered
all hands on deck again. that at this time,
he, the said Alfred Hill, was slowed away
among the cargo FIR the purpose of secret
ing himself that they were called on deck
separately, that he then heard heavy
groan from the captain, and heard him dis
tnctly repeat these words, " Lord have mer
cy on my SOUL" and heard -scuiiing on
deck, and groans of the people that after
the noise had ceased, they commenced
searching, as he supposes, for money that
about four clock in the Afternoon, they
knocked out her bow port, when she imme-
diately began to fill with water hearing a
noise on the deck at the time, he supposed
that the pirates had not left her, and was
afraid to go upon deck that having discov-
cred the noise to proceed from the tapping
of the sails, after having renamed below
until twilight, he went upon deck, and got
| some blankets, with which he endeavoured
to stop up the bow port, but found it of no
use, as the force of the sea washed them in
again; that he then filled the topsails, to en-
deavour if possible to get her back into the
harbour. That about three miles and half
| from the shore, with the assistance of a
plank, he succeeded in getting ashore about
four o'clock the following morning, and con-
tinued walking along shore as far as he
could; that he then went to house, where
they gave him an order to go 10 Mr. Rob-
crisis ferry, where he dined. That from
thence he went to the plantation of Mr..
| Echevarria, where he slept last night, and
from whence he this morning came to town.
| That the brig was overhauled and boarded
between twelve and one o'clock of the day
of their leaving port, and that the pirates
/ left her, as he supposes, between four and
FIVE o'clock in the afternoon. That after
coming on deck, he discovered marks of
blood near the rail, and pieces of watches,
&c. and wearing apparel strewed about the
cabin and deck. That he has no doubt,
from the noise he heard, and the appear
ance of blood, that the captain and crew
were murdered
This done and protested before me, the
day and year herein before written.
Witness my hand and seal of office, here
to affixed.
(sgned) LOUIS L. SHOEMAKER.
From LISBON. The ship Superb, from
Lisbon Feb. LIST has arrived at Philadel-
phia. The captain states that Lisbon was
in very unsettled state, and a revolution
daily expected the prisons were all full,
and many prison ships lying in the Tagus,
with prisoners, bound for Madeira and
Oporto. A few days before sailing, heard
that the first division of Portuguese which
left Plymouth on the 9th January, had
safely landed at Terceira. Several men
of war were fitting out at Lisbon, snppos-
ed to be for an expedition against that ISL
and. II was expected that Don Pedro
would send squadron to blockade the
port of Lisbon, and that the portuguese
fleet would join them, as they had receiv-
ed 'no pay for 6 months; several of the
crews of those lying in the Tagus had
mutined, and were afterwards sent to
prison. Press gangs and an armed police
were continually parading the streets.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SoMNAMBU-
LIsM. Last week young man named
Johns, who works at Cardrew, near Re-
druth, being asleep in the stump house of
that mine, was observed by two boys to rise
and walk to the door, against which he
leaned. Shortly after quitting that position,
he walked to the engine-shaft, and safely
descended to the depth of 20 fathoms, where
he was found by his comrade soon after,
sound asleep, with his head resting on the
ladder. He was of course, quickly apprized
of the perillous situation in which he was,
but appeared entirely at a loss to accout for
his being so situated. The danger in which
he thus unconsciously placed himself was
considerably increased, from the Giro UNI
stance of all the casing partition which usu-
ally separates the footway from the rods
attached to the engine having been previ-
ously removed for the purpose of putting
down the ptwork; thus leaving open be-
meath him large shaft of the depth of near
ly 100 fathoms, and down which he must
have been precipitated, in the event of the
least irregularity of his feet or hands in the
descent.-West Briton.