Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-04

Chesapeake were almost in Il state of uutmy, grow
'ng out oil The non-payment of their prize money,
and that the address of Capt Lawrence was received
by them with GOODNESS and murmurs. After his
exchange, he returned tn Boston, where having de-
termincd TO abandon the sea, he established himself
IN the grocery business, with capital of one thou
Sand dollars, which he procured from hts friends in
X. Island. How long he continued in that business
We know not, bu, in the end 1t proved unsucce ssul.
and ne resolved again to the for subsistence
With hundred dollars in his pocket, the remnant
of his property he embarked IN the ship john for
buenos Ayres, and his means being exhausted soon
after his arravsl there, he entered board Buenos
Ayrean prvateer, and snilcd cruizc. A quarrel
between the officers and crew IN regard To the di-
vision OF prize money. led eventually To mutiny;
aud The mu'neers gaining the ascrndancy took pos
session Of the vessel landed the officers somewhere
on the coast of Florida and steered Cor tho West
Indies, with hearts resolved to make their fortunes
at al hazards. The horrible atrocities which they
committed will be fully developed when the confess
SONS OF Gibbs made public We only know
that he was co operator IN the capture of nearly
twenty vessels aud IN THE MunpER OF NEARLY FOUR
HUNDRED HUMAN BEINGS
Tn one occasion they ca ptnred a Dutch shin bound
from Curacao Ia Liverpool with valuable cargo, and
company of thirty souls including The crew. All
were put to death with the exception of young lady
about ~. who though spared, was compelled to Wit
moss The heart rendnI spectacle Of the butchcry OF
her father and mother, before Der eyes They kept
her on board for tune. and when It was deter
mined 10 proceed to Havana, consultation was held
TO decide whether II would be safe uIvc her liberty
upon their arrival. Tho majority were apprcheusive
that she might betray them, ami it therefore re
solved that she die Poison administered to
her, and she soon shared the fac of her pa rents.
Gibbs declares that of oil the murders IN which he
has participated, has narrowed his soul with
so much rcmorsc the recollection of the cold
booded destruction of this interesting and accom-
! plishcd female. lie that he made a vigorous
effort rescue h'r, bu- that HI w,s ovcruwed
NV the of Win 1crop
mercy.
On another occasion, an American ship, the Caro-
line, was capt"rod by two of the plratical vessels,
and ashore uF Cape Antonio They were bus
Ny engaged IN landing the cargo, when the U. S.
brig Enterprise hove sight, and sent bargrs 10
attack thnnI. Tho pirates defended themselves for
some time behind SMALL gun battery. which they
had erected but in tn: cnd were forced to aban
don their vessels and the pr,Ec and fly for safe
~ TO the mountains. This account as gwen by
Gibbs, may be true, though have no distinct re-
col ectlon of such 4 circumstance We find how
ever. by recurrence TO files, that piraiica
sIoOp and schooner were DESTROYED bv the .itish
slpop ut war lcarus. near Havana, IN the SUNNI r
at 1924, under sim ar circumstances. and that most
ofthe pirates whNn attacked by her barCes made
for the shore and fed TO the woods. The sop OF war
found there Twelve vessels which had been burnt to
the waters edge, and II was sut faCtorv aScerta
that their crerS, amounting 10 one hpdred and Gfi2J
persons, had been murdered. There s therefore,
some reason ~ believe that Gibbs may refer 10 this
audlr anu that the vessel was the British slOOD OF
war above mentioned, and not the Enterorisc, as
the pirates supposed at the time.
The bdtqne Transit, an American vessel was a. =
80 captured by them, and the whole OF her crew
destroyed.
Havana was the general resort of the pirates. to
dispose Of their booty. There they sauntered about
without apprehension. and even lodged at the same
houses with many Of the American officers who were
sent out to destroy them. He states that nc was
acquainted with many of The officers and was an
prlsed of all their intend ID movements before they
left the harbor.
After their complete expulsion from those seas,
we pnadviscd Of the course of Gibbs until he
sailed time during the last spring. for Gibral-
tar, and hcncr to Agcrs, IN the hope Of getting on
board some OF the Ba Tbury corsairs. The blockade
of the harbor by til" French feet prevented the
accomplishment OF his purpose, and he returned by
the way of AIarSeI!ieS Bos He embarked thence
for New Orleans, where be shipped as one OF the
crew of the brig Vineyard.
We have seen two leters from him to a friend
since sentence passed upon him. which evincc
anguish of spirit, but there is no reason 10 con-
clude that he is so thoroughly pcnent that he would
not by the recovery of his liberty rush again, if he
had an opportunity. ru'o the perpera ion of similar
acts of atrocity. Wansley, thu eward, a2pcrs to
be comparatively happy, and devo'cs the whole OF
bis lime to preparation for the awful scene hat
80 awaits HIM.
1t ia hardly necessary 10 add that the story now
going the rounds of the public prints which first an
peared in the Providence Subatern, is almost en-
tirely piece Of fiction.
9he confessions of the pretended Gibbs will be
published soun after his execution, and Will no doubt
Oe sought for with eager curiosity.
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