The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-11-03

that he wss Of Ehgllsh birth, and here
sas some vague tale Of cruelty exercised
upon him in his childhood. which had
unsettled his reason. lis enormous
strength. shd his willingness 20 labor.
male him extremely useful on bnar,i Mnr-
gan's vessel, although he would take part
IN No engagement; and ~ he never requir.
ed Nsgrs. or share Of plumber. sreming
pfrfec,ly rent. nj with The food and cloth.
ing thai wers provided for him; and as he
vas ready. moreover. II any time 10 do
ile work Of sny body that 'ssksd. he
was . universal f4vorlle among his eel
lows. To none ai them. however. nor
10 Morgan hin.srlf. did be seem 10 have
any personal attachment. The schooner
sss his honle--lhe only me be knew
and on bOardIhe schooner hcSsmsined, in.
diliricni alike 70 the companions he found
there. and The business in which he was
employed. The stern discipline main
tanned By Morgan forbade the attempt Il
sny 10 PLAY of upon Silly Sam those an
noyances aud petty iurments 10 which
his f,ebleness Of mind would have en-
posed him IN such crew; and even had
u been Otherwise, his great personaI
strength, equalt os successful contest with
half dozen Of his fellows. would have
made them eaulious how they provoked
him To anger. Such was Silly San
the terrible Jack Ke,ch Of M"rgsn's ro-
yer. By report, but 10 realily one Of the
most innocent and inofensi,e creatures
that ever bres,hed the vital air.
But to return from this DEPRESSION. AZ
soun as Morgan had so stationed his men
as In take complete possession OF the ship.
and satisfied himself that there was nei.
iher the means aor tho purpose Of assis
tsnce, he turned To Captain Fos ler. and
touching his hat With cool courtesy iha.
contrasisd strangely enough with his pro-
ceeding, begged permission To examine
his manifest. |, was produced, and run.
ming his eye over /, marked with pencil
such articles of,he cargo as he though,
proper 90 appropriate. 'fhe crew Of The
ship, and some half dnzen OF the pirates,
smnng whom was Silly sam. we're set al
work getting up the selected cases lIom The
hold, aud lnin the boat from the schooner:
and in the meantime Morgan invited him
self into The cabin. where he drew up
On the captains hospitality for glass Of
zine aud some other slight refreshments.
HIS manner wac polite bu. distant, very
much like What Que nigh. suppose tina,
u a post captain in the navy would be,
Wide making a visit of inspection 10 a
merchantmen suspcctedofhsving On board
goods connsband Of war. II was well 1T
ted. however. to dissipste The alarm aud
anxiety Of Captain Fowler. who became
every moment more confident that the pi.
rate would be satisfied with the plumber
he hal designated. and tina, when all this
had been removed into the bna.. hs IN
welcome visitnr would take his departure
without any display Of cruelty, Satisfied
that he had got all there was ON board The
ship worth taking. He even began 10 ac-
cuse himself of injustice for believing the
stories he had heard Of Morgan's cold
blooded lerocl,y; and To look upon him
as quite generous aud gcn,lemanly per-
sonage-ior piraie-sllhongh lie could
no, rCpress feeling of una'iness. a vague
emolinn Of terror, when his guest be-
gan 10 fnndle the bny-lhe blooming Ed
war,l-and taking him upon his knee.
twincd his fugers among the curling
ringle,s Of that dear head which the aux
ious father SO often P'llowed upon his
own bosom. and which his depart d Ma
ry had halluwed with a blessing IN tie
ST moment Of her existence.
Still not a word was uttered, not an
intimation OF any kind was given. that
seemed to justify apprehension: and when
word was passed below that The transfer
ofthe chosen articles was completed, and
Morgan returned TO the deck, leading
Edward By the hand, the captain follow ed
with hear, greatly hgh,ened. aud in
almost undoub,ing confidence that in q
few minutes he should be left at liberty
30 pursue his course.
The boat was still lying alongside. full
laden with the plumber Of the Resnlut'on;
aud Morgan directed all but SIX Of his
u,en to row back in her to the schooner.
which, having taken in her sail. had
fallen mile or two as'ern. the ship slowly
drifting 10 the lsward. Those Who re-
manned were heavily armed, excep, Silly
San: and Morgan himself took from one
Of those ordered la the boat cutlass and
a pair Of pistols, remsrkirg tina, they
would be in the mans way while rowing
aud ordering the boat to be brought back
Immediately 10 receive him and the others
Captain Fowler was disappointed. II,
had expected tina, The pirates would leave
h,s ship at once. but he easily sa,is6e,
himself By rejecting that the boat ha'
really as much on board as she coul'
carry, and thai i! Morgan's intentions
were dangerous. he would not have lei
hiaseif with 80 small number Of fol
Iowers. He dad no, know the msn v itl
whom he had To deal.
As roan as the boat had put of, Nor
gan ordered The ships crew to s,a'in
1 :ha,nSalvos IN, tho f,,ran,s,la ,oi direpfp