New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-06-03
rhe p,rnte a. the Isle of Pines.

met piratical vessel in tie vicinity OF the iss
OF Pines that little doubt now be entertained
that such a craft is cruising in those regions
The intelligence seems 10 be 50 well conhfiileu
that we wonder energetic steps are not taken .
uor government 10 secure her capture. ,han'
persons have supposed the vessel to be Inc ,@ao
schooner-ofwar San Antonio. reported 10 nave
been suddenly and rather lnystefoasy os' N the
Gull some weeks since. We find IN the -Nc|-
Orleans Tropic letter from Capt J" lliiaia i,and
o The ship Ceylon from Boston. giving the iol-
Loving account Of his adventure with the same
vessel. There seems to be little room TO doubt
the correctness OF his conclusion
On the shi inst while running along few miles out
side reef the westward OF Sand Key d Steering ies
Jorfugas about 7. ll los bacs clit passed within
pls,o shot Of us TO Reward standing down tn Gulf The
attention. all attracted BY the great number Of
board her and particularly eight locking aloit
with spyC4sses eagerly watching and scyutinzlns bryan
tine 10 the y T. Of Standing westward We could
the heads of thy above her bulwafSs, aad
appeared pivot gun amidshPst and several persons
hastily covering II over with Pea-Iackets At fs TOOK
her b. oi tn, Havana and NewOrsaas traders with
pas,engeis but, further reflection my opinion was
charged she steering cnurs=ior Cuba; nor
the passengers bat sailors concluded must
b. Mexican exam man-of.aI and did not WISH 10 p
known ODE or nv crew once She looks exactly
like the Texan schooner Gan Aaono. had never before
heard Of such vessel my recollection rom tine above
circumstances and What have since heard am under The
fullest conviction tia, the shove named PlracsI w.
eli She painted entirely black. sal very 10" IN The
water iri. ggrd forward aud -ch"onef aha with
mantOpsai and uanto-gallani.Stl and appeared 10 move
with great velocity through the water. Il /, my opinion
that she Going through the Gulf the Atlantic, pro-
badly TO cruise abou, the Equator onght perhaps I"
made this communication bco-e but II may not no"
be too late for detection.
Mobile A dyerftSpr ans the following
parapraph. which seems to render 1t still more
probable that the vessel has been seized by mutt
nccrs and converted into pirate
Although Vs. are not authorized mention names,
can stare ON what we believe 10 b. pretty good authority
thar letter wrenhy individual known 10 have beer on
board the vessel when she sailed lom Galveston has been
lately received by his friends 1t without date OF location
aud The channel whence is wholly unknown The
letter nothing hut The bare aSsuanCe thar on or ohut
such tine the writer viii b. by h, rieudsIt
have been written and forwarded under great restraint aud
eeresv though the cost Brought the lie bery Of the
writer in jeopardy From this fact presume II Is inferred
that this ludi ua unwilling capt'Ns o" the vessel oF
a forced arairS his ncnatiouS become the nssoc-
FOR the present, Of desperate band Of ireebootrs
The n. O. Tropic contains another article stat
ing several additional circumstances, which
tend to confirm this generally believed report
Capt Sccgcr was the Commander of the San An
tonic, and is represented by all who knew HIM 10
ha,.o hson br.vc and ,ncr;,orous officer If
.oens .ccor,,;no 70 tho Tror;c ,b,, circumstances
came to the knowledge of a brother Of Capt. Sec
gers Just previous TO the sailing of the vessel from
Galveston, which induced him TO warn his bro
thcr against certain men on board, who 10
his opinion, capable of any arocity, and who held
Offices of considerable Importance. What these cir
cumstanccs are 1t is not stated but the belief OF
Mr. Scegcr is, that the crew, led or by two or
three o.0icers' mutlnicd, murdered the captain
and all who could not be made useful, and then