Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-04-02

:: D Island How long he continued IN that
I,.;,ess we know not, but IN the end II proved
O''sncressful, and he resolved again to try the
E,ra subsistence. With hundred dollars
:, w pocxet, the remnant OF his property, he
,.I,,Scd in the ship John, Tor BuenoS Ayres,
VI lis means being exhausted soon after his ar
';',l there, he catered on board Buenes Ayre-
nr;vateer, and sailed OH cruise. 4 quarrel
j" ,he officers aud crew in regard to the di
v;,a If nrize money, led eventually to mutt
aod the mutineers gaining the ascendancy,
u! ,assession of the vessel, landed the officers
here, on the coast ut Florida, and steered
-. tho West Indies, with hearts resolved to make
80 G,r,unes at all hazards. The horrible afro
80. which they committed VIII be fully deVei-
~ Len the confessions ofGibbs are made pub
- We oniy know that he was co-operaor
~ The capture of nearly twenty vessels, anu IN
,,,.yDen oY NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED HUMAN
6' ~" ~. OCCASION they captured Dutch ship,
ID f,om Curacao to Liverpool, with valuable
'',,,o aud.a company OF thirty souls, inciadinS
%o r,,w. All were put to death with tue ex-
.,o,;no of young lady about Il. VINO thouSh
.,rFrcI was compelled TO witness the heart reno,
- spectas,e of the butcaery OF her iather anu
Cher before her eyes. They kept her on Ooard
G.. so,ne time, aud when It Was ue'er",uGu ID
coed 10 HAVANA, consultation WAS "I ~, u
lid whether it would be SAFE 10 give Fe' "oel-
". ,no, their arrival. The majority were appre-
.n.i,. that she might betray them: aha u was
.SerrSore resolved that she must d'e' roison
go. administered to her, aud she soon snateu 'ue
,rs of her parents. Gibbs declares 'ia' Vi an
IN. murders IN which he has ParuciPa'e"' no oi'e
,as narrowed his soul with SD macn renio'Se as
On. recollection of the cold blooaea ues'Iu'',1n
Is mi, interesting and accomplished female lie
.,.rs that he made vigorous eHor' 10 rescue "'''
bar that ne was Oyerawed by the rest VI MS COM
r,Jes. who would listen TO no mercy
On another occasion, an American SNIP Tue
Caroline was captured by TWO ol Tue p''n ~,
II and run ashore of Cape Antonio. They
we're busily engaged IN removing tue cargo "neh
me L. 5. brig Enterprise hove III siSh'' ana sent
%" har,.s 10 attack them. The pirates defend
,I.msalyes for some time behind small tour
no,,s,y which thew had erected, but in the
sJ ,rsre forced to abandon their own vessel anu
,be pr,Le, and Ily for safety to the moun'a'ns'-
,rL;L account As given By Gibbs may be true,
,,a,,aI 400 have no distinct recollection ct such
'c;,1ums,ancc. We fad, however, by recur,
,.nce 70 our files, that piraucal sloop and
.t,o,er were DESTROYED by the British sloop OF
.,.r lc,rus. near Havana iii the eroi 1924,
.,Jsr similar circumstances, and that most OF
,n, n;rates. when attacked by her 6arges, made
r., me share and fled to the woods. The sioop
SIND ,h..r,. lc vessels which had been
,,rnt IN the waters edge, and 1t was satstacto-
r..s-..rt,ired that iheiT ere,rS GnOmliing 10
IA p,,yeps hui been murdered. There Is there
t,, some reason to believe that Gibbs may refer
=, III. Air. and that the vessel was the Bri.
Enterprise. as the Pirates supposed at the time'
The baraue Transit, an American vessel, was
asa captured b. them, and the whole OF her
crew destroyed.
Hayaoa was the general resort Of the pirates,
t,d;,no,e Of their booty There they saunter-
I'd about without apprehension. and even
LODGED az the same houses with many OF the
American officers who were sent out to destroy
Them He states that he was acquainted with
mlny Of the officers, and was appraised OF all their
intended movements before they left the harbor.
After their complete expulsion from those seas,
,re arc nnadyised of the course of Gibbs until he
,,,laJ sometime during last spring, for Gibraltar,
and thence to Al.iers in the hope Of getting on
hard some Of the Barbary Corsairs. The block
ale Of the harbor by the French fleet prevented
ne accomplishment Of his purpose, and he re-
turned by the way Of MarSeiles to Boston. He
embarked thence tor New Orleans, where he
slirO,d as one Of the crew of the brig Vineyard.
We have seen two letters from him to friend,
since seuteace was passed upon him, which
c,nce some anguish of spirit, but there is no rea-
sun To conclude that he is SO thoroughly penltent
liza, he would not, by the recovery of his liberty,
rush again. if he had an opportunity, into the
perpetralion Of similar acts Of atrocity. Vans
ley, The steward, appears to be comparatively
happy. and Jeyotes the whole of his time to
preparatian for the awful scene that 80 soon
awaits hun
|, hardly necessary to add, that the story
how song ne rounds Of the public prints. which
first Appeared in the Providence Subaltern, Is
ano>t eC'jrelv piece Of fiction.
lie co;f,s>ions of the pretended Gibbs will
Ucpah!i,Hcd soon after his execution, and will
no doa5J b. Soneht for with eager curiosity.