Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-08-12

TMB PIRATE CRAFT.
A noble shiPof 600 tons was % her outward
puDage - 1ndia, With . valuable cargo Of specie
- Anseieas goods. Bsfass doshlisg Tie Cope,
. Wieisus 1D0aiae vessel wss Discovered deeo
q wiadwasd, se1eea PssO Il canvas beenng
down upon The Iadiamhn-ahe e1perieocce eye
'of ths Captain Instantly eaab1ed him - deter
mine that she Was . small, tight schoooes- &C
quaintancs with which wosId Dos Be desirable.
He had few arns-and although her crew was
srue - sssei, tlssy could not Contend with well
armed pirate. The strip wss therefore Put away
before ihs Wind. ed evsy s.g Of ssav.. Pa e.
captain ssesdass time sPoe his beading masss,
eovsssd ~ish ssnvsss - the very t.ucks--wss
IN ta1sd upoa his gallant crew, who collect
q, hsvine sntico couldsocs in his siriM aud cous
sGss end q last sstsslsd long asd stssdastly up
. tho chase. She gains-shs gains-and there
advantage Of . small sharp craft with . floating
sheet-but yet she gains. The danger is press
ing, u immincnt, aud 10! new and terrible enc
INV appears, far to leerardLa black cloud rises
slowly from the horizon and gives but too surely
IN intimation Of what may be shortly appschend'
win be upon hins-snd the captains plan was in
stantly laid. Every man was ordered to his post
the heavens grew moro portcntous every mo
mcnt-but the pirate did not start tack or sheet,
ss the captain hoped he would, and allow him to
gain little before the hurricane came on. The
wind fseshens-thc masts yield to the tremcnd-
Gus pressure which they have TO sustaln-thc
teeth Of the stoutcst scamen set, firm in the
apprehension that they will go by the board.
The steady eye Of the captain is fixed upon tho
gathering tornado-at last it comes-thc ocean
in tho distance is white with foam, and he who
was before 50 quiet and unmovcd, is now ANNA
ted IN Tremendous exertions. "Lct 90 all fore
and afi, - rungout clcar and loud-~clcw mp and
clcw down," @~lay alo0, !" were orders which fol-
lowed each other in quick succession-and were
quickly obcyed-the tapping sails were rap
idly secured, the wind lulls, tho tornado IL upon
them, taking them absck-'ho ship falls Of, she
bonds to tho gale, until her yard arms are IN the
waves, and she begins to move through the water
with q constantly accelerated motion.
The pirate, with tho quckness Of PERCEPTION
Sd common amongst men If their class, instant
ly comprehcnded his advantage. He was near
which made greater Roadway under her bare |
poles than he did-thc hurricane could not last
long-he would therefore be close board Of
her when il passed over, and she must then fall
an easy pray to him
The captain Of the noble merchantmen saw it |
Dll-thcro was but ono fearful way 70 escape. /
lie had gallant and stannch ship under him
she had not sprung q spar, nor split sail he had
an extremely valuable cargo, and his men, no
rou!d not sec them strung up to tho yard arm, on
the principle that "dcad men tell no talcs."-
he therefore set his fore-topsail and closc-scefed
water with great velocity. Tho little black Pi- j
ate saw the plan, and attempted to make al sail,
but all would not do,-and be saw that his only a
hancc for safety was, If possible, to cvado the G
hook at tho very moment Of the expected con- a
ussion. h
The ship came down upon him with terrific G
RECESSION. "IIard to port!'' shouted the pirate b
, his helmsnsan. ''IIard to port"' echoed the 8
TO his. Ono Tremendous crash
nc wild, frantic Shrek Of dcspair-and all was v
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4 Red river roarcr, from the vicinity Of Big if =,
X one Of your real candakerous chaps half for
Sc, half alligator, with slight touch to the bee
piping TURTLE having heard awful things about ant
President Of the United States Bank, and be- con
in Philadelphia on some business, thought he rat
u have look at the animal before he return tra
he marched into the Bank, hav
inquired for Mr.. Bidtllc. The clerk showed and
instantly into room where in arm chair eau
DESK sat a nice, well dressed gentleman, with mir
mile OH his lip, and a pen in his hand Good bee
ming, SIR blandy observed the President. \
~ do you stand It, stranger said the Kentuck YOU
BE YOU Nick Biddle ? My name is Biddle.' adm
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