Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-06-24
1,Ir pIRACY Mar NEW ORLEANS.

llfE PIRACY NEAR NEW ORLEANS
The New Orleans papess Of the sth, contain for.
,her rasteulars in relation the state Of The YES
lei shen She was taken possession at by Cart
EgfoNer, Il the steamboat Tiger. The log slate
aas found hung up in the mates s.stc-reom viih
llhe following record ueon i, w THURSDAY
Jane 3. 1871, commences with light airs from tho
lwes,ward--a number Of sails IN sishi--shiP cen,
itinurs 10 make water Az T. M', ,. w. fsss
I;rhl House bore n. T.. ~, from which take
Inv departure" The above, 1t will be recollected
Il xssf tin,s-ghe day commenced "a II clock noon
on Nednesday, and consequently The shove entry Is
On to +. NJ. os "Wednesday, etrfl TINE he leg
On ship hpsid is usually written ur every "alels--
h,hat - rvf,v hours. The slate-and Al the end
4 & ,.rh 81 bogrs i COZ led into tho Ing book II
weula ap,ear therefore, that the Charles must
havn bere taken possession Of on "Wednesday "a
I'M, ngsr 4 aud previous 10 8 Z, NJ aud rtoba-
+ ~ abanJane1 before dsy break. as they bad
3h,jelt nloen during the Whole night
i The Commercial Bulletin says :--Ih" eorlre'
49, :. i, ~, transaction most various. Ma
1 81 s,,n,asc Il i a muiiny OF the crew, who have
.s,a,aJ \. ,bc boats after oycrpnweiing tho oti-
3rers anil numbering them atH me passengers
4 iris. however, consider cn'rey ia'ptepsee'
Wlis woula The under such ensu'ns'sno' en-
ru,,l.r thei, boats with mattresses, bedding &c.
,d ,,l,v sbood they abandon Of The best boats
#tb,, the s,raribeat picked up, OF 10 miles IRON
81. sh;p9 Besides ore OF the crew was the IeP.
I iain's broihet, aud anather was knewh, cid aud
,fied seaman, enc HON every dependence could
/ be plaeea, as siso on The cook ana steward INC
rest Of ,ho ctew It's true, unknown Il Is how
ever perfectly chart that some Other craft he.
sides The boats Of the ship were concerned. In
decd ii is inross ible il could be otherwise, o. the
missing aiiicles ere greater in bulk Than the two
/ boats could have ent,ied.
I The a,liclc. taken are also just such u newly
Ht.ed nitrate would be most DESTROYS OF obtaining
VIZ: beds and bedding, the cabin chairs, clothing
every thing in the way ei even the cock ard
cnrneutef's axes, knives, crow bars, muskels, OF
- hich latter six were known To be on boerd-and
/ all these articles have been taken Now many oi
these things would not have been renewed were
the officers crew or passengers QUIZ ty abandoning
IL vessel either in consequence OF leak or Other
eau.c Tie n cmoaardum on tic loesslatc, that
The shin continues to make water, las ineucrd
some TO suppose that she has been abandonedfram
that cause. But WAY should vessel, lumber
loaded and therefore incapable OF sinking be thus
Abandoned in sight of land, with probably ten
dozen inward and outward bound vessels constant.
H. Ia sieht; aud what has become Of the crew and
nassoneers yghc even had they acted 80 foolishy,
could have pulled ashore IN three or tour hoursi
| besides the slip, when found, had but lule wner
| in her. and though she had probably been abanden-
ed SO hours when the Tiger lell in with her, che
Mas reudy pumped on, and leaks but ht''e, u any
more iltan ships usually do
| In any view Of tho subiect, however, there AFRO
circumstances which are very dihcnIi 70 eNplaih-
the affair in many respects Is veiy mysterious an'
which time alone clear ur. That there mas
been violrne aud blood shed doubt exists IN our
mind and that helpless females and children should
hive been among the victims, renders il more dis
! tressinc aud haripwing
i The Savannah, at New Orleans, from Texas.
makes the following report, extracted from her log
~ Was bonded on the 9th inst by The =. ).
/ revenue cutter Woodbury., Capt. Jones, ), w. by
" from the s. w. Pass, distance about 45 miles,
tom tho Westward, bound +. having thoroughly
examined the coast from s. w lass To VINE Is
land without having head seen any thing OF the
piraiica vessel that murdered the crew and robbed
The .hip hailes. Captain Jones had boarded and
examined great number OF vessels, and IT Is hisn-
tent.nn TO cruize in the track Of vessels from the
roungas the Mis- .ssiPpi river, in order (if Poss,
be) TO discover the piratcal vessel, and to put mari
neis their guard approaching the coast
+" BurataIia has boon examined by boat expe
diiion. the Ssh inst. from the woodbury.
Balq.e c cdonia, of Bremen; English ship Ocean
Queen, ard Caarine, all TO Westward, beating up
towards 5. ". Pass"
lSDIP CHARLES-MYSTERY EXPLAINED
The following article from the Charleston Patriot
Of Friday afternoon last, furnishes harry and ae.
ceptable explanation of tho mystery ard supposed
piracy connected with the ship Charles, bound from
New Orleans tor France, which vessel was found
oif the Mississippi without any on board:
Ship Charles (oj BATH abandoned al Sea-
and not captured as tras supposed dy Pirates ~
lie IiRlrh We learn from Capt. Gofham late
master Of the ship Charles, aud his crew, passen-
gers IN the schr. AAn, from Attakapas, arrived at
this port this NJ Dining, that they sailed from New
O.lrans fst OF June, with cargo of Timber and
Slaves and 10 passengers, for Bordeaux. Night OF
the 81 June, Judging himself 10 be about 50 mills
from the Bar The ship spfang leak, continued TO
pump her during the night without cessation. At
. o clock A. M, the passengers aud crew became
much alarmed, there being that time . / . feet
water in the hold, with tie pumps going all the
time consultation then held with the
and passengers, which resulted in determination
10 return with the ship to New Orleans, the wind
at this time quite light, a, about ~, the Ba-
lize b2arng N. by W., the crew being quite exhaus
Ted with continued pumping the ship, and fearing
.he would fill with Us before we could reach pori.
The passcogers demanded to be put on board the
H.. ship Louis IAN, then but short distance from
! US, and bound TO HAVE. A boat was mmediately
despatched from the Charles to the Louis Az,
10 ascertain whether the Captain would receive
| then on boafd-he consented To do 50, and tender
ed also the loan Of his boats assist in embarkng
them. Alter all the passenger. sent on board
/ the Louis l4iA we found much water 10 the ship,
II was tile unanimous opinion 10 abandon her, which
was done al 0 o'clock the morning of the Alb of
June Finding the boats Of the Cka,les insufficient
to contain the whole Of US, v tb the view OF maxi
i port, prpcct ded on board the Louis likh After
! getting board, Capt. g. then dcsircd the Capt.
OF the LoaiS IN, haul up ia hopes OF speaking
some vessel bound into New Orleans or some olhe-
er pott the Gulph, which no did for 2 hours, he
then concluded TO bear away for Havana, but on the
morning OF the l0sh fell in with schr. daa from
AttakaPas for Portsmouth, IN. IL but the Aaa
being struck BY lightning oil Hateras, bore up for
this port, leaking badly
THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSoR Is
HARD"