Litchfield enquirer., 1831-04-28

l giri was about IT or 16 sssgS of age; her l father, mother, and all bsf tslati0bs wets l on board fhe vessel. -, ~. ,. .-,s,s ] There were many oth6E essslf sei- saroyed, and amottg aheg9 eEicans. l Every thing valuable was lalsslt fealn thslIs aud vessels aud crew deslroyed. The goods
 were sent to Spacish House in ..ha ala- I vana, who sold them. W6naus 2 contEaet Nth the house. and reCeiysd half the prss '
 WnSe I 'Sas in the schooher MafsssiitdA
 we took tlS Alnericarl Siiip Iucisss Al,d
 run her on shofs> at Cope Anaokio fCUba): 1 The United States armed vessel ghe En-
 terPrise, came along shortly after, and be-
 fOro we had chance of taking any thing
 out Of her, we had | 6ght with them, mud
 we were beaten and ,dfitkh to ihs iibaiit2 aims. The crew ,of inc Ehisrbfiso aes. troyed fort; took the goods foE. the
 Lucius, and our two vessels, the Margarei- ta. and Picciaiia, which were principallv dry goods. .sSs ffsssfs a Qses; Gibbs, why were you .o cr,,ei 1. .s to kill so ,naHy persoHs, when yoiT \ issS VI ,SSt ailtheir money. which was all yo5 xsStaS
 Ans' The laws are the cause of so 6;ianS murders. f. r9 M" .e Clues. How can that be what do you Mean2 #AG s- ;- ' Alas. Because H inan has i;, suffer death for piracy; and the t0lishment tof. .iidfs der Is no more. Then you kiiow, all wit. nesses are out of the way, and am sure iif the punishment was different, there would not be So. many. murders:
 Qncs. Have you ahy> objection to tell me the names of any persona who have been concernedin piracy, or &ho reeeissd the gains. Of piratest esa MI g.re4t. , Alas. There aso many now in the Unis ted States, bat | will not mention their names. know that when | was cr,iisinp: ths Governor of the Isle of Pines was cons cerned with pirates, and I won't hneiitiJ1 any others.
 Some time in tho course Of the veal; 1879, he statss that he left Havana and came to the U. States, bringing with him about $3o,OOO. He passed several weeksi in Ns York, and then went to Boston, whence he took passage for Liverpool in the shjti Emerald. Before he sailed, lieweyer. hS lhad ilsl sqlandered large part of lis RiOney by dissipation and gambling. Heremaihed an LiverPool few months. and then ras tnrned to Boston in the ship Topa8; Capt. Lewis. His residence in Liverpool at that time is satisfactorily asccrtained from anotiis CT source besides his own conlessio... aairai
 His next exploits were in tho Buenos Ayres Navy, in war between that repGblis and Brazil. Here he was married, and liis child is still living in Buenos Ayres. ''a
 Alter the lapse of about a year, whick he passed in travelling from place to place. Gibbs states that the war between France and Algers attracted | his attcnsios:2sa Knowing that the French commerce. pres sented fine opportunity for plunder, he determined to embark for Algiefs and oflef his services to the Dey. He accordingly took passage from this port in the Sally Ann, belonging to Bath, landed at Barcss Iona, crossed to Port .Mahon and endeav. Orcd .o make lis way to Algiers. The Ni= glance of the French fleet prevented tho accomplishment of his purpose, and he pro. ceeded to Tunis. He afterwards took pas. sage 10 Marseilles, and thence to Boston.
 From Boston he sailed to New Orleaha,
 and there entered as one of the crew of the
 brig Vineyard To question why ha
 who had been so accustomed to command2
 should enter us common sailor on board
 the Vineyard, he answered that he sought employment tU assuage the horrors of re- 1 Aeciion. '.l,,...
 He solemnly declares that he bad nc d. gency in tie murder ofths mate, of which he was tried and convicted, and is unable to understand how llc could be found g0ilI
 y. when be stood by and looked passivety on the scene of destruction. He readily admits, however, his participation in .ha muliny, revolt ahd robbery, and in the murder of Capt. Thornby. He often asks fine should not be murdered in the streets, fine had his liberty, and was recnshdissds and frequently sAclain,s :. Oh, if I had got into. AIgiers, I never should have been in the prison to be h6hg for murder" Fl
 He has repeatedly. stated that he &as concernsd in the, robbery of more lhan forty Uessels. and in the destructiOn of more than tsceaty, sOiik tkeir emsirs cvssss. Many ofihose destroyed had passengers oA board, which makes it probable that he has been an agent in the murder of nearly FOUR HUNDRED HUMAN BEINGS
 Courteous reader if you have lived so be one-and-twenty without having leavhsd that time is MONEY, more omphasically msns sN. than dollars or cents you had betihf begin your A. B. a-b-s sgains lfyou have n,aNs. ,n.,v .,,.,n f,Sfs,sae hawarA 0f rnhhsS@