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soul he wants 10 run away with her ; but
III 90 and give them hint
afterwards asccr'ained that Mitchell
was native Of Belfast, of mos, respec'a.
bic parcn'age; but of The intervening pc
RODS OF his life, until his career Of piracy
commenced, [ could learn nothing lie
appears to have carried on his piraical
operations upon the Gulf Of Mexico, and
passed through variety of strange ad
ventures. through all of which he is said
to have preserved high notions of honor,
aud gentemanly manner Of committing
the most airocous robberies. He was,
indeed, the Robin Hood Of the Gulf of
Mexico For long pcri,d he was en-
camped on rocky poin, Of land, at the
northwestern extremity Of the Island OF
Cuba, commanding gang Of eighteen
men, amongst whom, though assisted only
by single lieutenant, Of character for
determination similar to bis own, he is said
to have maintained he most slavsh subs
mission to his will He usually sailed out
of his rocky hiding place in a sixteen"
Dared boat, by ;hc superior management Of
which ~ calm weather, he co'ld approach
under the quarter Of vessel without dan
ger Irom a single gun. Upon one OCCASION
Mitchell bad received information that u
c'rialn vessel wos oadiUg IN he harbor Of
Kingston ~ Jamaica tor an Engl''h port
seaman, VINO had come over To Cuba.
declaring that he had seen the sum of ten
! thousand dollars IA boxes slowed away III
The breGd-room. Knowing the time at
which the blig would sal from Kingston.
aud. consequently. when she would r,und
he norh- western extremity OF CUBA, a
strict watch was kept for her appearance
and accordingly, upon a calm evening, n
| 1t le after sunset, vessel with her marx,
was seen gliding along her course, about
five mites from land The sixteen oar d
boat was soon cutting through the sea, ill
ed with twenty well armed men. and ;
small swivel in the bow. The brJr wa,
randiy oeored and Mitchell haltel her a,
allows:
Ito'l"a brig -, ahoy; HOW 90 yot
no. Japan
'e'y Wc''' SIR an oOhgeu; pot cav
| ''' '"' Pf">uFt "' knowing you, 'hous'
you are qu''e correct ~ my h''he'
=, an MT Mmcoe"' Lower your ooS'
Lap'a'n' ana ~ come M board and take
III ,, ~,"u W." you; ,, r.
,ho oo,,,;, or ,1 $500 ~
w., ,n CAV ~ ~ ; "U ~"
49,. ~ ~ 80
bo,I If ,,.,o,,,', ','"''1a ''C-p1 '''i"
o% 'n ", |''a,s ,I',.a' ','+' p."''S, ",
,ha 49,, on |,'a an,ns CO" |oye' "'''5 l
TO, ,,,;1,, 49, : va" '"''
,Woil Car,nin ,''h., $500,
ho,o 49,, 49,, L L"r'r - ~ e''. y. pa9''S
.Ob ,oI,rohi, -. IT,. Aa
von boen ,ctoIy NJ ,;',cS@II., --'" INV
VERY well, indccd; but VIC arc 1Q,ls
shor, of money now about Crba."
'Ah every bodr j. shor, Of ihat; time
never were 20 bad, rcaiy.'
We'll. ! must Just borrow those to
thousand dollars Won have on board, Cap
'"'n,
"y "e'i en' nave hot zen 'honsa"
'u'''''-' III '"P """'c 'r's'
IN, yes ! now YOU have; they are
live boXcs marked J. j., slowed away i
the bread-ronm, Bear a hand, and let II
heaVc u np. because 1t Is growing darI
and my men Will be NJ to the briggs side t
look for tt. II you don't save them th
trouble.
Upon this the boxes were speedily pro
dncoA. AMI lowered into the boat Mi,cbe
SAVING TINT he would walk into the cobir
and Owe the caDtain receip, far the ma
nev winch no was so very kind os IA lon
him He declared that he had YER
great respect for the CAPTAIN. and would b
very sorry that any Inconvenience Shout
befall him with his owners for lending tn
money to friend. and. therefore, TO clea
him from blame, he wrote the fu!lowin
recent:
uOTC,h, 10
.p,oo;vod of Ca',, 80 ,ho Wi;
-. the snm Of lcn ,housond dollar
marked J. T.. which hovo no limo t
ooun, but do no, dnnht tho, :, will n.o,