The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-11-03
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THE
Sudden and sharp Doom.
A Tale Or West India Piracy.
~ JOHN INMAs

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a Tale Of West India Piracy.
~ JOHN INaAx.
II 10 bur seldD,a. OF late years. that he
calBmunI.y q slsrllrd hy ~ sreounl ii
plIacy in ssi 70 sdjaernl 10 lands &c raw
Ilizahs.; aud still m..re seidom that The
alarm snrh scrobnts are fitted 90 sNaken,
il hlghirnrd a. hotter b. deialls Of cruel
~ aid bl..od.hrd. Bur there sas me
wllhn lIse mrnory even al The presenl
genera Iun. whrn tales of q ghilul sirocI-
IIrs cu.nm I'D an b,.ar,l ysssels na,igal
Ing 10 AMI Tram HE West Indies. we're 81
vrry itrqaenl occurrence; and such were
TIE aum ris aud aud .eiiy af the bsera
neers mi sing The viriaI y Of i.nss i'll
ani.. that The gnernmen's buIl Of The
UnIrd ) airs All threat Britain dsrmrd
u necessary 10 emPl"y sqnadr"hs Of email
vessels. adapted ~ slzr and speed and
armament 10 iii. peculiar ser,Ire. Zoe The
prolrril0n II The cammtrcs aud the de
strucisn nf the maranders. The latter
mn.i desirable "i,irrI was IN lime effected.
many p,raural vessels helng captured IN !
irarIuI mum = rs "fshr lrlans put ., death.
either IN COMMA. nr by the gailow.; but
wh.ie the evil vi. YET existing. deeds Of
snorm.tv srIe eonmiilrd. OF which IN
same instances l,r details became known.
while in many u'hers they could only be-
eonjrelnrrd. 80 irighful IS sl,nns, "a
usnseen brlief-lo excite doubt wheih
er proress ronlI indeed sxsisn ierInen
deus As a. % abIi.h such alhai,y between
the nature oi msn anil demon. Such l
would nnl horrIiy nv readers BY de.erb
ing; but one case II piracy. remark able in
its details, and most unexpected in u.
termination. ha. appeared TO me sullicien,
ly Interesting To deserve, without being o"
dreadful 40 nnt brsr marathon.
A good ship h,d taken her departure
from the leland ~ 81. Crnir. for New
York. She had On boasd large sum 81
money IN gold. and two passengers; one
yaung man Of 10 or 10. returning from
wIu,er residence upon the i-l.nd. Coz the
sake Of health. the other. lovely boy OF
seven, the child IL the Captain. It's moth.
er died Al West End. Of consump ion. hsv.'
ing sought refuge fran that fell destroyer
Of youth and beauty. ., Too late stage Of
im attack; and the captain Was taking
hone ,his b.. only child. intending TO
plsce :, ia tho care vi lie dead mothers
pspn,s.
This captain vas . son Of New Eng
laa'; sull young mrn, but eminenhy
skllIul IN his pIoisssi"n. and even more
rem Irkabie for his moral Than his pro-
fessronal excellence. Modest in speech
and depur,ment. he was ,eis man OF con-
sammsIe bravery, ri indomilsble 6tm~
ness, and of a eonscieniinasness. not nf.
ten exhibited either on sea or land. lie
had b. a'd 81 recent pIrscies, although as
yet They had not becnme 81 frequent as IN
she progress 81 the next year or two. and
when he lef. port u was with conslders>
BILE anx'eIy an account oi the MEASURE
shipped on board his yessel--because IL
was mt his own. lie uneasiurss had
been augmented by tl,e f,ct, tina, this ship
~as neither armed nor manned, as, when
he lett the United States. no cause for
alarm 81 the kind had bneu knawn NC sp
t'rshended. Nevertheless. trusting IN
rrovIdence and he speed Of his good
ship. aud taking the precau,ion 10 con
ce.l the guild where i. would scarcely be
found by any unlnsirucIed seeker. he set
sail, not With light heart certainly. but
with strady and un1inchiug spirit.
have no kill in nautical description,
sad therefore shall not attempt nautical
account of what was said aud done GA
board the Resolution during the first lwn
or three days Of h"r voysge; only il is TO
be remarked that he wind she had was
light. frequently dying away in'o per
feet calm. and that her progress iiom The
locality Of aprrhrndcd danger was s"
slow as Ia increase IN nn slight measure
the snx,e'ies a the captain; nor were
these at ali allevIaied by the rum"s that
reached him from the fnrecastle. of bu-
caa'er who hal given his name terri
BILE no,nrirty by acts OF excessive dating
aud cruelty, recently committed in the
immediate virini,y of the very latitude
and longitude to which he found himself
chained as il were. day af'er day. The
name borne by this scourge ol the seas
real or assumed-~as M"rg'n. and brlri
IS hid been hrs career. il had already
been sigualized, according 10 the s'ot,'s
current among The crew nj the H. s"su-
iion, by exhlhi,ions uf cold hlo"d'd lie
rori'v never exceeded aud not often
eqnalled even BY pirates. HIS vessel a
ia ge but swift sailing sch""ner. was SAID
10 be strongly armed and manned; but
There was one among The crew. SD sa'd
report. whose character aud conduct were
especially dwell, upon as combining The
elements Of wonder aud of hcrror. lie
was SAID To be of gigantic stature and
hideous appearance. and the preseason oil
enormous strength. which, however, ne
never exe,ed IN working the vessel. but
only in conflict where resistance vas at
tempted. But the most extraordinary