Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-11
VOL. XIII.--NO. 8.

Ibe pursuit the natives PRO Getting the pir,ie. "a, d
+ men - -. 'e"s
no men he'd an examination in England bef,,ff
"e proper authorities, when five Of Them offered
" '"'" hhss evIdenec-two Of whom were od.
'"'"ea 70 testify. They were fully committed
""" ne BRUSH Government ordered them
!" '"'s country Tor lrin'.-Tbc afidsvus and
monuments rclaiige 10 their CAPTURE and sub,eo,cn,
confinement and examination. have bc., ,,cl,,,.,.a
TO the nu'huriiiea here
Inc conduct Of the British Goycrnme,, Il, r.I.
non 10 ms matter as well the nrepnInv o. TN.
p'H'Sh "ihcefs and scamen in ferreinp out and sc
curing The pirates, are worthy Of all praise. We
,'us' our Government and people will be prompt in
''""a''"g such noble examples, should oppor,uni-
ties ever occur
Exam The S1iem casefie. Aag %
EXAMINATION OF THE PIRATES
The pirates were landed at the crown;n.h;o,.
| "ha'i, at ono O'clock, yesterday aud taken froc,
.hcre IN carriages TO the town hail. the Court bou.e
ec'ng now ~ repair. Twelve Of them ba,dc,C =
together, iools their place nj tho bur. They were
all young md middle aged men, the oldes, being
no' more than forty. Physiognomicslly thew v.r.
NOV "neo"moniy III looking, in general, although
'he'c were exceptions, aud they were MI cIcen mn,
wno'eso'ne IN their appearance One of ,b.n
was young negro, remarkably black, and two or
'hfee others had a taint of Indian and Af,;..
blood VIZ ''''''"
Judge DAVIS, of tho u s. District Court, n,o.;.
ded and the complaint having been read l,v Ar.
ore" Dunlop Esq they sevcraIly pleaded moi en.
w. 'hcr replies being translated by $. B,dl.m
ts1 sworn interpreter On beinu n.ked la, a.
interpreter, they oil stated that they were aeou,;n
ed with tho Spanish. Their plea Of not yu. wa.
reiterated with great vocilera,or, and much yex,;
coihtlon ehd heat The circumstances Of the mir.
ey were rehoarsed by Mr. Dunlap, who eomplimen.
ted warmly tho zeal displayed by the British 90
Vcrnncnl and It's officers, in bringing 10 Justice or
iondcrs against tho nws of humanity, in Mi, md
numerous other cases. foc witnesses were The.
| sworn. ~
The Protest ri Cnp ain Buiman and Mr. n..,
Isl officer Of The Mexican, was thru roma .n
sworn to by them. Joseph Pcabody. ESQ then
swoe that ne was citizen Of the u States md
swner OF ;Lc brig Mexican ''''
The deposition Of Fernando jose Perez. onc If
the pirate crew, taken NJ Clarence. Fernando D..
ADMITTED Kings evidence, was then re,d ~.
substance oi this deposition, as well rs wc could
s"'her from hearing II hastily read once was Thar
nc o,'f.eo o" oo''d The sehr Pindo Mt Havana.
he armomcn, of the Pnda was here do,crbedI
TINT they sailed with the intention Of going on a
shaving voyage To the coast Of A lrcn TINT abou,
% days after they sailed they fell in with IN Ame-
rcen brig Ahlch they hailed and brough, 10 that
hry then desired her to send her boat. which wa.
Immediately done that number Of the crew Of the
Plnda go into the boat armed with pistols and
knives ard made the men IN the boat raw them To
the hn''r'con brig TINT on boarding her. they im.
modniely took posacsslon Of her, robbed her of 10
boxes oi specie, confined tho crew in the hold, took
measures i'r hr'ns tho vessel, and then quilted her,
carrying with them the specie thar on nui,tinc the
American big they discovered another IN Enp,isb
bfle, which thy to k md robbed and ,hen scntled
md burnt, ofler which they sailed for Africa that
they were Afterwards chased by frente about
eight hours, but succeeded in escaping md proceed.
ed In tie river NnzWcih in pursu, of slaves tho,
about two months aier this they smiled from the Ma
.nrelh, previously cutting OF the figure head Of
their brig tho, nbout days Afterwards on their
return To the Npzarcth, they were fallen in with
and bonrdrd by IA English man Of war that when
The man Of war sent her boats 10 board them. thcv
all took TO Their boats, mud landed on the shore Of
| the Nazareth, where all bur the captain took To the
bu i hat he ne dcponcn and. five others had
leave from the captain to go whore they pleascd
aud thnt among the six there was divided stout
1900 dollars, his own share being $50 which he
took
Perez was afcrwrrd examined and confirmed
the foregoing deposition in oil important pnr,ieu-
lars.-I IT. sworc that oil the men present belonged
10 tho Pinda There were thirty on board when
they LETT Havana. Tho captain had stated they
were bound Tor RIO Janero. Some of the boxes ta-
ken from The vessel (supposed to he the MEXICAN,
were marked with n" +, ora ct"
| Mr.. Reed, 1T officer Of the Mexican. swore with
great posvencss To the identity of two of the nris
oners. These two were perhaps tho most strongly
marked and ll-looung Of the loI Mr.. r. also
thought he recognzcd n third. Perez then poin,ed
on four or five Of those who went on board the Mex
lean.
! Ono oil the mon identified by Mr. Reed, was the
carpenter Of the plr1tIcal sch'r and was pointed out
by Perez US ono who boarded the vessel
Mr. Dunlap stated that nc should carry the cY
animation no further, unless directed so 70 do bv
the Court, this being preliminary, merely and the
prisoners having no counsel.
The prisoners admit d rs states evidence we've
then ordered 10 recogniz for their appearancc ,s
whnf sses ut tho next form OF the y. s. Circui,
Court 10 he held in Boston, and the examination
was brought 10 a doe. The prisoners were taken
INTO the carriages which brought them from tho
wharf, and conveyed Immediately to Boston. Two
or three TINS during the examination, the prso,
crs GENEROUSLY exclaimed for Jus,icia p Que.
remos solnmente Ia Juscia !" We only want ius
tcr They pleaded not guilty con respeo," With
respect
The bah was crowded 10 sutfocation with ner
sons eager to behold the visagcs of gang of pi-
rates, the terror and bugbear of the nhabtants Of
navigating community But few were able N,
obtain sigh, ofthcm, and SCARCELY any excep, tho
few WHO within the bar, to obtain nnv ;deo
Of what was going on