Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-05-23

moonbeams played about his dark aud rugge
eoantenance, HIS black eye glowed like the u
ing coal. lie struck such terror into the sou
OF our bastard crew. that thsy qnshed an
blanohed before his glance like stricken deer.
ordered them 20 seize him. One. holder thai
Tho rest, raised an aIc 10 STRIKE hun down
| Manuel caught IL as IL fell. and wrenehlng iron
The seamans grasp the axe, poised II
moment IN the All, smiled in bitter seorn upoi
thu astonished circle Hs they shrunk bcfor'
hun, aud hurled II into the sen. The ige,
springs not from his lair so soddenly as Msnue
lsaped upon me. aud SEIZED me by the throat
Another bound, and he was +" many iathom
deep into the sea- My messmaie u. had
overheard the noise. and. although nndrcssed
,oshad on deck 10 see the cause. lie wasJusi
IN time TO throw his arms Hround M body, AS
Manuel, with me IN his giant grasp. lespt over
board. My clothes gave way, and The r1bber
went elone Stirred To fury by the spirit
moving scene, sprang into our bille boat,
closely followed by my messmatc, and, without
time Tor thought, pushed oil IN puisn, ot Man
uel. We should have shot him from The deck but
II was now too late, though hailed to give room
10 do 30. We wee close upon him az we sh0t
up with him. II. struck him a s,u00,ng blow
with The blade oil his oar, seized him by the
mar, and Manuel, nothing 10th, half lugged
hall keaFed into the boat. lie saw his adyan-
iage. We we're now adfIit 10 the only boat
belonging To the schooner--the tide las, carry
ing us into the broad waters OF the bay---the
nutshell of a skin scarce large enough TO
holl us nll--and Two sLgbt youths To contest
hs possrss'o" aud his liberty. lilo sprang like
madmaa 10 the asaul,--in another instan,
we were 'oil,0g in the bottom Of the boat
locked IN each Others arms--In no patorDnl
embrace, believe mo. shall never cease TO
recoilac, the death like silence of the first fear
ial moment we struggled tof the mastery ; ana.
long after The nand OF Time had s0iienod the
outline oil that MP ht-scene, have heard the
wild shrieks aud attn d groans thai lsiued from
mat lonely boht, The c0Oniol was long and
uoubhul-noi an instant was the close hug IN
which we were entnng led relaGed-there was
mol room 10 strike tlow--the pirate had not
'imelo hrhw Spanish knife concealed brneata
MS 'cs'~-wIlh hands and teeth G1ed on each
ON Is 'hfohts, smothercd gfoans and black
eneh ''sngr spoke lis progress. lie strovs At
'iinrs 10 ove'tnr0 iii. boat--at others 10 pitch
hea1lang with us mo the sea. An unwuo-
eeSslol ell ~ 10 do this, brought my ,nessmat.
anu myself both upon him for the first
ohe' lhe boat lnrehed, aud he FILL heavily
across the ern with both upon his biuast
TIC nan crushed my right hand IN his teeth
my 'e' hhi both OF Il. = were upon his throat
" e"""s'e h'hi-one OF the pirates arms was
"noei w. hnd our teeth we're closely fastened
on 'he other. The pirate was evidently fast
gs'"B "ay-ny hand dropped from his relax
Gu J'"s--hIs lac. flackened under the pr,ssur.
VI ""' gIiPt-bs soon ceased 10 breaihe--
W. "'w, Tor The inst time, gave sn ear 10
'''' ~ no great distance from us-erics for
"ss'S'ahct-Sucams II "A drowning maj We
'''"6" Il lhr voice oi Que of our crew. he
ia" double ju,nped from the schooner 10
shim W nlu-nnI Irilt M IA. a
me ''nr, tue poor fellow was exhausted, aud
'os' ssht OF tIe boat. What wns 10 be done
,n' I''a'e might bs only partially siraDgled
" "" WINE We were saving The seaman, he
""s"' recover and renew the fight. We were
a'fhuy exhausted 10 the Last cI remty--a fsv
words passed 10 this effect between us--aod
we resolved to rid us OF tue pirate Wa l.u,eh-
:" h'h headiong into tho Sra, aud n FEW hub
'''' Snewed where he was. fading the
o." "h'ch hah been overthrown in the situg.
gie, TOR We had LOST our oars M once. ! ,nd
directed 10y voices becoming feelle oyetv mo-
'c'' WIN great difficulty we padllrd 10 our
Po"' fellows an picked them up. /, was as
:" snpposed-ibey had swan TO our assistance,
op' were unsble IL roach the boat We we're
now -four ~ al, u. aud myself, entirely over.
."a'e, stretched in the bottom ofihe boat
'''i''hg very quietly IN Hampton Roads nj
midnight, without an oar, sail or ruddcf
hapmly Tor Us, the sehoOnrt's signal guns OF
Which she had fired several, brought a boat
inli manned Iron vessel Ia tho Raids. This
vas scnt IN p0rs ~, and soon came up with W.
W. reached our SC oDnrr about two in tue
mpTnlpg, worn out AMI exhausted wi h fatigue.
The les, IL very easily told. MnnurI wn,
not dead when we threw him oVtrboari-lhe
sudden plunge ,nlo the water soon revived the
almot eG Ingusheh vial spafk--he revived
aud swan ashore, about mile lie was pur-
sued and taken by parry Of United Siates
troops two days alieT, whom h. resisted 10 the
lasl--'"dctng several Shots to be fred before
he yIrlded conveyed hun To The Norfolk
prison, amidst the Shouts Of assembled multi
tndes, aud dc lvered the stern villain into the
hands oiJ"Stcs. His throat was swollen aud
his fa:e uIgid--he could scarcely ariiculate,
aud when qnestioned by me, poined 10 his
thfDhi' could have done so too with as much
pfoprIe'y. lie was tried by Judge Mar,hhll,
condemned, aud pardoned by Monroe Man
nel s''i lives, tile terror oil honest traders " in
the Indies -