The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

E1Ec9TIoN OF THE PIRATES. The New York
papers OF Saturday, the Esd ult, give the particu
lars rs OF the execution of Gibbs and WansIey.
me journal OF Commerce says =" James D.
yehers' alias Charles Gibbs, and Thomas J. Vans
icy, convicted OF the murder of the captain and
mate OF the brig Vineyard underwent the last PEN
aiues OF the law on Elliss Island on Friday at II
O'Clock. They arrived at the Island about 10, but
tne execution was delayed until IL o'clock, at their
sPeclal request The interval was wholly devoted
70 rgmglous exercises. In their applications to
the Throne of Mercy, they acknowledged that the
punishment which awaited them was Justly due to
the horrId crimes they had committed.
10 the last, Gibbs confirmed the statement pub
hshea oy US respecting his horrid atrocities, in
nearly every particular. We are informed frem
! the most respectable authority that he has made
i9li disclosure OF all the accomplices aiders and
a6ettors, in his pracies and that is the
Oh the person who has the information in his pos
session, 70 proceed to Washington and communi-
cate 1t without delay to the President When
published, says informant ii lcilI asot.nd thR
people Of this nation"
There are various circumstances which have
come to our knowledge since the confession was
published, which tend strongly to corroborate the
statement which Gibbs has given of his piratical
career. He was visited in prison by Capt Kear-
ney, who commanded the U. s. brig Enterprise
when she re-captured the ship Lucius and another
vessel at Cape Antonio. Gibbs Immediately re-
cogDlzed him, and in the of their converse
I
there, which none but person present could have
known. He inquired of Capt. K if he found some
warm coffee on board of the ship when he took
possession of her which being answered in the
affirmative, he added with half smile, " you
didn't drink any of itW intending to convey the
idea that it prepared and poisoned for their de-
structlon. We learn from gentleman who was
present at the interview, that Capt. K. was fully
satisfied that he had been pirate, and partici-
pator with the Cape Antonio free hooters in the
Of 80 tal-L
their fellow-bengs."
Piracy AID Rum. Some Of the n York papers
have devoted more than three columns to the con-
iesslon OF Gibbs the pirate. According to his own
account he has been concerned in the robbery of
more than forty resselS,' and in the destruction
of more than ttcenty lrih their entire cretos' He
Is supposed to have been an agent m the murder OF
nearly FOUR HUNDRED HUMAN BEINGS! = His
atrocity can hardly be equalled, except by N anu
tacturers and vendors of liquid poison alias dis
TILED spirits who may be considered as agents in
the murder of their thousands and TENS OF THOU
SANDS! Gibbs has slain his hundreds, and rum
sellers their thousands! What do rum-selling
Christians think of the contrast We're they ali
to confess and repent, the records Of their contri.
ton would occupy many more than three columns
In the Journnls OF the day.-Boston Telegraph.
Tom PA1NE's BIRTH DAY. We notice In the
Il
the celebration of Tom Paine's Birth Day. The
usual number of toasts were drunk, and the usual
cant phrases about PriestcIaft howled out, over
their liquor. AS usual, the foul monsters Of impi-
ETY. and blood, Voltaire, Condsrcet s. Co., were
eulogized. Coupled with these worthless came
trooping the names of Abner Knceund, Richard
Nj. Johnson, Ca4lile. the Apostate TAYLOR of Eng
land, and Miss Frances Wright What a goodly
company Is it possible that American citizens
can be utterly bruti6ed TO celebrate the birth
day of such wretch Paine. A brutal, filthy
drunkard, and the libeller of Washington No
wonder the worshippers in the aiheistical temple
are what they are, when such thing as Paine is
the idol Of their stupid alteration and abandoned
female the high priestcss Of their drunken orgies
Working men beware These men are the Cata-
lines of our Republic.-CUcinnGti Jour
The following is sent to us as translation OF
Mr.. Van Buren's Letter of resignation
DEAR SIR: The great moving spring of athe-
stical doctrines, premeditated and promulgated by
the influence of Popsh superstition, and convert
ed into an Union Clothes Warehouse, cannot DO
more gratifed than Jeptha was when he was com.
mander under the influence OF the mail stage con.
nected with the Providence line, coming in full
contact with bellies lettres.
That class of beings who are never intrusted
with any thing, should be careful what use they
make of it for it is wellknown fact that hetero-
geneous matter, compounded with 4 sour stomach,
| renders the garment unfit for use therefore, buff
vests are more suitable for the rising generation,
especially when dampness docs not conspire to
prevent horticulture from springing up amid the
yanors of enthusiasm which would wholly destroy
the circumference of Buren's hallucnations con-
nected with an air pump, that could not inspire
genius with Junius's Letters, although he might
have had hand in hanging Gibbs, the pirate.
"Yours, -
Boston ITGnsenpG