Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-01-12
pyoni The Sel1 York Courier.

From the Vrlo York Courier.
Tn, B.sptrrt DIscoyEREp Through tn.
o.,cv of Huntingdon the most extensive bnnd OF
,oh,crs ever known IN the United States ha, been
discovered aud some Of the prominent membes OF
the ranp arrested and IN a fair way to receive the
punishment OF their crimes. For the chcuIns ahces
which led 10 this extraordinary development, we are
indebted to Mr.. Huntington, and they are Is FOL
lows:
About two month. since, the schooner James
| Fisher. bound hence for Philadelphia, and loaded
with u cargo, valued at eight thousand dollars, was
H. gric Of wind cast away on the beach of Bar
neg = Inlet. Monmouth county, New jersey. The
| n ght after she went ashore she was boarded by
gang Of abou; one hundred land pirates who car-
ricd off the whole OF Ter cargo IN small boats and
rs it now appears, sccreted the goods in their
spccrive dwellings, near the beach, an in the in,e
r,or OF the country. The vessel not insured
and notwithstanding tho utmost exertiops OF her
commander lie was unable to discover n vestigc Of
the plundereh property. Thee weeks after the
wreck of The James Fisher the schooner Henry
Frur kin, with cargo, bound from Bos on 10 Phi
al, lphla was under similar adverse circumstances,
stranded at the same place. This vessel was IN
surcd at The United States and Commonwealth In
suranco Offices at Boston The morning after the
disaster, the Captain went before VIM. Plat Esq
the vessel was stranded, aud made the statement
| and pro est usual On such occasions In the night
following, during the absence OF the captain, band
of pirates NUMBERING more than one hundrcd, with
faces blnckencd and other wise disguised made Il de-
scent on the stranded vessel, ordered the mate and
seamen TO leave her, aud threatened them with IN
| slant death in case thy mnde cny resistance. They
then forced the matches and Carried of II bags OF
| coffee and 81 barrels mnckcrol. The mate hasten
Cd 10 find tho captain md Communicated tho circum-
stances Of the robbery. They lnstpnily armed
| the nsevrs and furnished the crew with weapons
and returned to the wreck bu, in the interim the
| pluuderrrs had fed, and the vessel remained I'M
mole >teJ As soon the insurance companies AT
Boston received an account Of the accident, suisse
quent robbery Of the vessel, they despatched a.
gent TO The N York police office. He made nrpli
cation to Huntington for advice the subjec and
| furnishcd him with full power 10 proceed IN the az
fair, md authorized HIM 10 dsburse any reasonable
Amount of money in order TO recover the properly
| and bring tho robbers to justice. Huntington being
thus fully empowered, al once commenced opera
IONS, and by the exercise OF that extraordinary tact
with which he is gifted, succeeded before night 10
discovering and arresing one OF the most proml
nen leaders of the gang, a Captain Ilulschart, who
WIS then on board his sloop the New Jersey OF
Barncgat, lying in the North River. After having
lodged this fellow in Bridewcll, he sought aud
secured two sailors also concerned plundcrins the
Henry franklin
One of them called himself Hricome Epering.
ham hut the other refused to give his name Hun
tnston then applied TO Jud .e Belts for authority
remove the prisoners to New Jersey, which being
granted, they were safely lodged in Newark gaol.
mGdately after the arrest of tlulshcad became
known, II WINS observed that most OF the Barncgai
vessels which were lying in the North River, hoist
md, I,ub ~
not one Of them has been head OF since. Hun !
tinsion ncx applied to Garriu i Wall Esq U. S.
District Attorney Tor New jersey, IN order To OBJ
tain process for the arrest Of several other robbers
Having procured the necessary authority, he, III
company with Gen. Divey Marshal of N j., set ,
sail IN the revenue cutter Alett, Capt Gold which
placed under his direction by Mr.. S 1artwout
Coll ctor of port. On their way to Bafncgh
they fell in with another leader Of the pirates, Cap
tnn Edward Wainrisht, who was oning o New
York in his schooner loa ed with wood They ar
rested him aud proceeded on their voyage Having
arrived al the Inlet Huntington, with sufficient
force proce, dcd 10 tavern kept by one John Al
len, senor-rhc OIL cuptil had made his escape
hut they succeeded in nrrestins his thee sons,
Isaac, Abraham and John, oil mcmSc's OF the
gang. They next commenced searching The house,
and found part of the cargo of the James Fi.Scr,
which was known Ivy the private marks fur
nlshcd by the merchant IN Philadelphia to Hunting
ton. He next arrested Reuben Giant, another
tavern keeper. IN whose house he also found gods
that were stolen from the James Fisher. The Of
hcer and his associates then proceeded across the
bay to the raain shore and arrested Joseph and |
Thomas Bunnel!, storckecpcr and farmer. Afcr |
ihis their visit was TO no less person than VIII |
liam Pnit Esquire, (the identical mas stra,c before
whom the Captain OF tht Henry Franklin had en-. |
tered his protest,) in order TO arrest him and his
son as particeps crmins, but the birds had flown |
In the house of this conservaror OF the peace, Hun
tng'on found aquanii'y of the properly which had
been pluodered from vessel called the General
Putnam, wrecked on Barnegtt Shoa in tho year
1885, ut which time goods to the value ot $50 900
were stolen 10y the w1eckers. Although tho great
devil Of he band and his had escaped, they
conr'ved TO arprchcnd another pirate named Zcph
| aniah Johnson resident in Plaus house. Nj.
Huntington states that nearly two thirds of the in
hab,tan;s oftha, dis rio, TO the extent four f We
miles are implicated in these vilIa,nous nsactions
10 winch they were insngatcd by the magistrate.
| The work Of piracy has bcen going on for years
past. aud many of those concerned have grown rich
by their iniquuy. Farmers. sorckecpers sailors.
! aud heads OF families have ubscondci and left their
! property ffom the dread Of tho re,ributor which
| surely swA,ts them Ths names OF nearly one