Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-08-22
Daring Outrage on the High Seas, by the
clipper Malek Adhel.

day, take the following statement OF an act OF pi
racy, lift be So called, on the high seas, COM
mitted by the "Malek Adhel, of this port
We learn from Captain Brown, of the Emily Will
der, at this pori, from Palermo, that ABOUT zoth
ult, when q little 10 the westward oil he west
ern Islands, he observed suspicious looking brig
an his starboard bow, steering WSW, the +. W.: at
the time heading NV by n The stranger, hndng
the +. w. s.iled rapidly than he anticipated,
gradually altered his course to cut her of, but
fell astern, and then commenced chase Finding
that Captain b. would not heave to, he ran out
gun and fired blank cartridge; but Captain d stu
REUSED to to, he rather gained on the pirate
when Ding free. The pirate then discharged gun
with ball, at the f. w the shot passing very near
her. Captain b then hove to, and was hailed by
the pirate, informing him that his cargo consisted
sulphur and rags The pirate then hailed 10 know
il he had chronometer on board, and being answer
ed that he had ordered hun to bring II ON board,
as his own was run down, and he wished TO set 1t
rhe mate of the T.. w. then took the boat and went
ON board the brig, and found that the chronometer
was g.ng, and was correct. lie was then allowed
| to leave the vessel with Captain Is IS chronometer
! While on board the mate and boats crew conversed
with the crew of the brig, aud learnt hat she was
! the Malek Adhel, Of New York, which name and
city she had on her stern
! The crew said she was intended for a SLAYER, and
although she showed but two guns, she had fourteen
more I'm the hold, which, with provisions, was all
| she had on board; but the mate saw a number OF
| bags, resembling bags of coffee some pare sails,
and a number of travelling trunks about the cabiE
Amdships, abaft the lon. boat, was something care
fully covered with canvass, which he presumed was
a long gun. The mate OF the brig was an American.
and &C ted captain but the real captain was Spa
nish mulatto, who spoke broken English, and told
the mate, your captain gave great deal OF trouble
| to speak him" He also said the T. W. was the
fourth or fifth vessel he had brought to- and others
without trouble. He gave the mate slip OF paper
to report the Maek Adhel, bound to the coast of
California: but the said she was bound to Rio
Janeiro, to change her papers and flag, while Capt
Brown states that the course she was steering was
| for Havana
Only Is or 90 men were seen, consisting of Ameri-
cans, Englishmen, Spaniards, Italians, &c. She
was brig of 300 tons, painted, well as her spars
and topmasts, entire black; lower nasts vanished
Cornuc opa figure head, very sharp bows, and would
easily have oye rtake the T.. w. on wind She had
a poop deck, the wheel forward of the poop was
very straight, and sat low in the water The Spa
niard inquired if Capt ain had any passengers, and
particularly if he had any lady passengers one OF
Captain Storey, of the ship OF the line Columbus,
now in this harbor and stated that he had been dis.
charged from her but short time before he Joined
| the brig in New York The brig was apparently not
more than day out from Fayal, as she had cab
bages and pumpkins hanging at her stern. The oc
currence took place in lat. Soy, lon ~
Now this looks very bad, but it cannot be called
downright act of piracy. No violence was offered
and property stolen all the supposed pirate
did was to ask 70 the thermometer Of the
So Emily Wilder and to learn whether she had any
lady passengers on board. But we presume that
Captain Browne thought there was very little fun
in being stopped on the broad ocean by suspicious
looking vessel, much more by an actual pirate.
Every reader of the I" Herald" probably recollects
the description we gave of this self.same Mslek
Adhei" on the 9th Of June last, three days before
she sailed hence and full time for the proper no.
rites to have examined her. Following is the &C
count
! One of those sharp slap dash, clipper brigs-the
and soonest and most pratical looking vessel that
we ever or heard of-has been, for the last ten
days, fitting for at the foot Of Rector street, on
the North River. and viii probably sail tomorrow,
wind and weather permitting. She is named 50 Ma
lex Adhel, after the bold Ssraceu, who fell despe-
rately ia love and I" sloped with Matilda, the b
tifu sister of Richsre [ cur de Lion.
Her hull is painted black with no white streak to
relieve the eye
| Her masts are very lofty, and bow
spirit exceedingly long They are tipped, and partly
painted black, in true man-of.war style. Her yards
also black. She looks neat, ship shape, and pi-
rstical.
She has poop or quarter deex, beneath which is
a cabin with about dozen berths. They very
beautifully fitted up like many Of our packet ships.
There are water casks and provision casks in abun-
dance and she has three complete suits OF sails with
sufficient board to make two more II need
ed in an emergency. She has also abundance Of
spare spars to in Of losing any Of the others
| in chase or pursuit. On deck there two six
FOUNDERS, but she is pierced for eight guns. and
| could easily carry twelve And, IL we are not mis-
tax en- she will mount that number when she gets
sea. Those ten six Founders slowed away in the
hold, not slowed there for nothing. Her cargo
consists of Hour, soap, raisins, an immense number
barrel slaves, and bundles Of barrel hoops, and
quantity Of iron How much powder, andhow many
six pound balls, and how much grape and canister
| shot she has, il any, is more than tell
| When she sails hence, her complement Of officers
| and crew will be thirteen, namely, captain, two
mates, one Spaniard and one American, eight men,
and two boys. She is commanded by Captain Nu-
nez, a Spaniard, and, we understand, part owner
He is a small, active man. The American mate is a
fine, open hearted looking sailor.
Such 10 the clipper "Malek Adhel" What is
she. and where is she goingl
cious appearance II 10 said that she is bound round
the Hon." 10 trade the coast Thi. may be true.
She will probably trade the coast. and we think
the China coast. perebance, to dip into the opium
traffic, and set the Cclestiss to sleep with the drug
Of the barbsrans May be, however, that after
reaching Callao or Valparaiso, or Lima, where she
goes first, she will TO the coast of Africa
Let our readers remember this.
The above clipper was built here, last spring, by
Messrs. Webb & Allen, for a merchant 10 Broad
way.
P.S Yesterday afternoon the following letter was
published respecting this redoubtsble pirate -
NEW YoRx, 2Ist Aug 1910.
Gentlemen We noticed in the Boston newspa-
pers under the head of "P,racy,"a charge against
the brig Malek Adhel of this port. We donot dis
cover that any piracy committed; the conduct
ly rcprehensible. The Malek Adhel was built in
this city by and sold be delivered TO highly
respectable house an Guaymas, Gulf Of California,
where she is bound with a regular cargo Of mer