The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-01-25


tsckoopefs. eommsudsd ~ Cap. rotfs-
sva. Ii Ire spsing u lsst yFar ibesevss-
asls d ear tPfew-l tesopging - liss Sui-
san ii Sumaanp. sailrd 10 Ike isiand KsG-
gulsre % rersise he esew and Essssngshs
Il Dptrh vessel lslely wFtckrdnn ihal
eoa.t- The Hseia. sppfosehiag slime.
l0ek three persons en- board. wilh large
snm II meney ssssdsrom he wsck. Tie
Iemaander 81 shs cargo. with mfs lhaa
$40 900 10 nlansy, la1sing heen aakea ~
he nAliyss. Ghey see commaaded 10 re-
ssors 4. shd ~ u.sis refusing % DO sc. ~
attack sas made upnn lhsm. .hsiF dsel-
lings bsEned. and many 81 lkem taken
piisoaefs. and alif. = ssds Gent 10 lhs Sn.-
tan 81 ssmansp. Tie cargo and meas.,
4 vas sscsrsinfd. had been shff IN iuia
inio TIE So. upon lie til-s APP. zach Of
lhe expedition.
Licui. @. II. GeVsFs, hist oaieer Of De
Hscla. Vas hen seni. viii paily Il sail
ais aad msrines. IN small hoes. 10
neighboring Island, which. after - obssi-
nsis resistance, he saeee, ded 10 taking. II
iLe poin, q tie Layoas,.
The expedition then sailed % Banj -
aangie. there ihey ne, wlih Ave vessels
strongly armed. eschwllh more ihanthi
y men, having the appearance CT pta'es;
bDt silef examining Their papers and ind
ing them sailing under f,iendly Gag,
the Duck. we're compelled TO suffer them
10 psss.
From thence they visited soma small
islands contiguous. knawn hsunts ol the
pirates. tut Inch we're found uninhsbia.
ell, though eAh blliag signs u having been
Iecenlly necupied.
Ii The straits II M4cassar .hey visited
The bay n Bnni. the island OF Saleyer,
and further souih Tsnnak Djsmpes.
where they we're iaiormed thai on iLe
westrin c.a-a Of that island there we're
five large pirate svessals which in,euded
u a,isrk lie merchant yessels coming
from M.css.sr and T,moL. A command
Of about sky marines. seventy sailors.
and some islanders, with altogether only
eighty bayone,s, was given 10 LieuL Ges-
ers, who lsfl The heei, and With his men,
in six boats, set out for The small bay in
which were The pirate vessels preparing
10 % 10 sea. IL reached there about
hall plsi eight in The morning. alier IL
huurs 81 q dieuli rnuine through narrow
and shallow ere. k. where lie was imdie-
ilalrly n acked. Al eleven, The fesprc-
q fore sweIe in presence OF zach other.
The pr. vessels were lying with their
sisrn seawarjs, their large cannon 10 bar
wcIe Eve either batteries Of small guns.
When The Dutch we're al about half
cannon shot distance. The firing, With
r,uad aud graz shot, continued unint e.
rupiedly outhe nsitoflhe pirates. They
had also troop Of r fsmen hid in small
bushes. But, notwithstanding their supe-
rinr force, Lieut. Covers attacked them
with the baynnel and was som master Of
their Qualifications, the pirates flying 10 all
directions. 0ne battery after another was
taken. after continued aud the most severe
fight NJ: al length Lieut. Schevink pulled
down the pirate flag. The dwellings on
shore were burned, and the pirate vessels
captured, with 'wenty-four caanaus. In
the evening Lieut.. Geyers re.araed with
his boats To the fleet. -r>~
Two days stitIwards. the. Hec|a (hav-
ing l.ft the her vessels) discovered a pi-
rate n ct Of seventeen sail, each with two
banks ii oars. having sixty 10 e,ghtvrow-
ers besides twenty five 10 thirty fighting
men. The f!ecla pursued them, and,
having come NJ with them. a desperate
light ensued. VIII Oh lasted for two hauJs
aud half. 0"e OF The larges. Of these.
pirate vessels. (moanted with thirteen
guns. two of which were s'x,pounders,)
sflrr being dlsmas,ed. fought with ex,ra-
nrdluety bravery. Lieut.. GsveFs, sabre
in hand, bnart!ed Ibis vessel. bat was re-
pulsed bv the spears Of the pirates and
forced IN fire into it. Forty deal bn,lies
were atterward. found upon the vessel.
with lightweight slaves, women and chill
dren; four pirates (Hylog to save them
selves by swimming were picked up aud
made prisoners. A second vessel oi this
pra,ical fleet was sunk, the rest saved
themselves, favored by ,hs approaching
darkness and a strong wind. Six'een
cannon aud MANY small guns we're taken.
Some days Liter, the island Of kaiataa,
in the hay Of Bonn, was visited NJ boats
by I.ient Gevers, to ascertain whtt Their
pltales barb red here. No sooner h al
these boa's appeared in the bay. then they
were tired apoa BY the inhabitants; gem
eral fire then easuea, and land NJ was eli
iec,ed with great dilicul.y. The piraes
fed. leaving iwen,y.,hree ut their YES
sels hauled o, shore: fnrtv cannon were
taken. their d. lllngs and the vessels we're
burned, and The whole island devastated.
Forty persons we're delivered from slave
nv, who. with six Of the pirate vessels
ahoat, we're taken tn Mscsssar.
These different expeditions by which
the Dutch had 10 d'plore seven men XII
led and twen,y-six wounied) were cons'-
dered sd Important in Their results. aud
conducted With S, much gallantry, that.
at Macassar day Of thanksgiving was ses