Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-10-25

outrage given in evening edition OF yesterday anu
which will be found in the outside OF this mornings
paper we have other important facts which we pro-
coed to lay before our readers.
At an early hour this morning the particulars were
received by Com. Ridgely through the Collector OF
this pert, who Immediately despatched he United
States brig Porpoise, Capt. Stringham, after the
pirates, and by day break she was in pursuit Inc
United States schooner Active and the Revenue Cut
ter Alert are also ordered to sail Immediately from the
Navy Yard upon the track of the maurauders.
The packets of today will sail from this port under
the convoy of the United STATES brig Pioneer
Capt. Perry and Lieut.. Sands volunteered to take
charge of the steam packet Columbia Mr.. Swart-
won't did not conceive himself authorized to hire her.
Mr.. Humphrey, one of the passengers of the Sus
quehanna, is May Humphrey, Esq, who goes out as
a commercial agent for the United States bank to
reside at Liverpool. James SAUL Esq. passenger
was formerly Cashier Of the Branch Bank al New Or
leans.
The excitement in Philadelphia has been of course
even greater than here. Some cannot believe that 1t
is possible some think it is not a pracal but
Mexican vessel
The Public Ledger says that the Susquehanna had
on board $40 600 in SPECIE by common report, but
" Sl2 900 on the bills Of adng at the custom house.
| The United States Gazette says
| Our citizens were yesterday thrown into state of
the most painful excitement, by the subloned account
| Of supposed piracy on board the packet ship Sus-
i quehanna, which left Philadelphia on Thursday last
and proceeded TO the Breakwater, which she left on
Sunday morning. with fine breeze from the N. f.,
| bound TO Liverpool. The ship was owned by the
Messrs. Copes, and is considered one of the net
sells and best sallers out of our port The number of
passengers, ameng whom were several of our most
esteemed fellow citizens and for whose fate an anxi-
ETY. painful in the extreme is fer the boldness of the
out age committed within sight of shore, and
der circumstances OF so daring nature all tend 20
render this occurrence one of the most extraordinary
| that has ever taken place on our coast.
1t is supposed that this pirate had beenlying in wait
for the Chandler Price, bound to Canton, from which
they would have obtained prize; but in taking the
Susquehanna, if money was their object they have
succeeded but poorly, as il supposed she had only
about eight or ten thousand dollars on board.
y Captain Dumphy, who resides at Port Fann Piers,
says that on Tuesday evening last suspicious look
ing vessel anchored about two miles below hs house,
| and renamed there until Thursday afternoon. Du-
ring the time, they sent boat ashore in the Delaware
| side. He having no glass, could u ascertain cor
rectly what she was but from he ndIstlnct vew she
appeared to be a clipper bu vessel painted black,
heavy fore yard, and raking
| Our greatest hopes of the captol III. rae and
| the restoration as we trust, of our tr.ends,
arise from the fact that the public sh md on the
exploring expedition are now lying at New York,
ready we believe to sail from that port 1t is not i'm
probable that Immediately on hearing IF this event
the fastest sailing vessels will at once be despatched
the case and we doubt not the readiness of Commo-
| dore Jones to cooperate promptly in a matter of
such public and painful importance, there will be
every reason TO believe that the reckless marauders
| will be overtaken.
force of officers and men, by direction of Com
modore Stewart, proceeded down the Delaware last
night about ten O'clock on board the steamboat
Pioneer to embark on board the revenue cutter Gal
latin, now lying at Wilmington which vessel is or
dered to sail Immediately in pursuit of the pratca
| schooner.
1 n
ing, that this suspicious vessel off the capes
| on Friday, and was followed by pilot boat, on
board of which he for several miles, in expecta-
ton that she might need pilot but she proved to be
so fast a sailer that they could not overtake her.
The Delaware Gazette Wilmington, has the fol-
Lowing continuation
IAN express arrived in this city today about ten
o'clock, from Lewes, Delaware where it left yeser-
day evening at 7, bringing information of the capture
| of the packet ship Susquehanna bound from Phia-
delphia to Liverpool on Saturday, by pratica
schooner, within 80 miles of the mouth of the Della
| ware capes."
The Susquehannah left Philadelphia on Thursday
last, and New Castle on Friday morang, and could
not have been more than few miles from the land
and even within sight Of the people of Lewes. The
Information IS positive, as will be seen from the fol-
lowing letter from Mr.. Rodney, the agent for the un
derwlters at Lewes accompanied by the notarla seal
of Mr. John II. Burton Of the same place. 1t is one
Of the most audacious acts of piracy which reco-
lect to have heard Of
. 4 LEWEs, Lei. Odpe f1enlOpen
| Sunday, o'clock, p. M. Oct. 22d, 1887.
To all whom il may concern 81 have this moment
received positive information by tive very respectable
pilots, James M. West and Edward Maui, ofthe pilot
boat Mary Ann, that the packet ship Susquehanna,
bound from Philadelphia to Liverpool was captured
by piralical schooner yesterday afternoon (Satur-
day. and the pirate vessel bore away from off the
Five Fathom Banks to the South and was seen at
shutdown, of TO the SOUTH She has large quantity
of specie on board il is said by the pilots
The pirate vessel is long black fore-topsai
| schooner.
The wind today being South West, il is hoped that
information sent Norfolk to any IT, States officer
may enable them 10 cut her off.
Henry +. RODNEY, Agent OF Underwriters.
], John II. Burton, Notary and Tabellion Public,
for the State Of Delaware and residing at Lewcs, do
concur in the foregoing statement and certify that
the information may be relied upon.
/ In testimony whereof have hereunto set
Is my hand and affixed my seal of office at
| Lewes, aforesaid.
/ JOHN III. BuRroN, ". * T. p.
u The Captain Of the Home and the Captain Of
/ the Ben Sherrod are noble pair Of brothers These