State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-11-13

The French captain made no reply, Tie
sound Of his voice, when he first spoke, had
struck me as being very familiar to the; and
the more pondered, The more certain be.
came that this captain, who had so happily
fallen into our power, was well known to me.
Stamar, guessing the truth from the captains
silence, resumed-"I see how it ls-you
hare specie on board--Well your boat will
Just do 10 bring us 50 much of your freight
as we NAV find il convenient to accept oil"
"There is no help for it," replied tho un-
fortunate captain, land falsehood would be
dlsgraceful without being Of any service
frankly confess, then, that haze specie on
board. To il, and to every thing else we
have, you are welcome; but | trust that, in
return formy giving you no trouble, YOU will
allow me and my crew 10 depart without ex.
periencing any personal i'll treatment"
"For whom do you take US, messmate?"
Fee upon your suspicious! You may 60 as
our visits paid. My lieutenant will accom-.
oany you"
he captain Of the merchantmen bowed,
and returned to his boat, accompanied by
lorenzo.
Five or six times the merchantman's boat
went and came, bringing off to US all that the
rates judged TO be worth taking.
All this time the captain Of the luckless
lerchantman had been standing in silent
xpectation of the final orders of Stamar, who
ow said to him, "You can go on your way
ow, my friend; and of surety you cannot
" we are so Dery wicked, we others?"
The Captain thus addressed bowed in 81.
ance, hauled up his boat, and commenced
veerng to proceed on his voyage. The Shark
then gently laid herself broadside to; Samar
gave signal 10 the infamous Lorenzo, and
reclaimed at the same time to the merchant.
rams captain, Adeu! pleasant voyage to
vou."
Scarcely were the hypocrite's words utter.
ed when a fearful explosion of our whole
range of guns shock every plank of the
Shark, and for few moments both vessels
CONS lttsly hidden in the thick black clouds
of smoke. Stanar now gave the word, the
Shark darted forward under all sail; and
when the smoke had somewhat dispersed,
we could see the unfortunate merchantmen
dreadfuly torn by our shot, her deck cove red
with wounded men, whose cries and sroans
were truly dreadful.
On perceiVing that our broadside had
merely crippled the merchantmen, instead
Of sinking her, Slamar flew into one Of his
helcest paroxisms Of rage.
"Fools, brute beasts, he exclaimed, stamp
ing on the deck; why did they not give it to
her between wind and water7 It's a mere
waste of powder and shot. Master, start me
all those nOvices, pul the very best men on
board at the guns; above all, see that they
ram home we'll, and level low"
Scarcely two minutes had elapsed from the
irving of the ferocIous order, when the new
hIoadsiGe of the SHARK vomited death and
destruction upon the crippled and helpless
Again for few minutes the
horizon vas obscured by dark and heavy
+, louds of smoke; and some minutes elapsed
'rfore they cleared away sufficiently to en-.
he US TO see the effect produced by our
olIey. Frightful but mpotent imprecations
arhed US through the livld atmosphere;
nd at length we distinguished the aged and
Unfortunate captain mounted on the bulwarks
{ his chartered vessel now tearing his hair,
nd anon extending his clenched fist towards I
- IN vain menacing and de'estation. Ira !;
rsed as his ship had been in every direction
r. our balls, she was rapidly sinking, and I
'Ist as she was finally settling down, some
her crew sought shelter in her tops, while
hers plunged into the sea, and swan to. !
ards Us. Alas! the case Of those who still
,ung to the masts of their sinking ship was
II a jot more hopeless than that of the I'm.
ppy men who looked for safety in the mercy
Stamar. Seeing that they swan vigorously
d perseveringly towards US, he shouted,
&hoot me off few of those jolly fellows
Tort d Dieu! the seem marvellously we'll
,cIined to aid in the consumption of our
-og and biscuit Take good aim, say there,
,me of you, and shoot me them off!''
His orders were obeyed to the very letter.
cot followed shot in quick succession, and
an after man fell beneath the murderous
n Of the ferocious pirates.-Now and then
cap or straw hat rose to the surface, and
Dated round the shattered vessel which the {
aiming wavtsa were now fact en0ulnhinr &