Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-12-25
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captain - leave the shore before evening. I vas
impressed that so@ething snEsaal must have oe-
Cured. The cause was soon learnt Aboat two
O'Clock carrizge drove rapidly into the city, IN
which were two indiTiduals, ore Of whom VS. vel
known a distinguished Planter. residing bot a
few miles distant; the other vas dressed IN the
hzbiliments Of a sailor his lea arm w.s eoafued
in sing, While upon the collar and sleeve Of his
jacket could Be discovered traces Of blood What
vas The establishment Of Captain n. in reeog-
nizing IN han the second mate Of the brig, aboard
Of which he was the night before His ssOry vas
a follows
SoOa after rounding The poias 70 which I have
alluded, snail fore-,opssii schooner was diseov.
erred coming out from one Of the Iife creeks which
aboeud in the island As ne made directly for
the brig fears we're entertained that she might be
pirate, which, alas. too soon proved to be rive
She was commanded BY one ofthose rgfiaEs, whose
motto =. dead men tel 10 takes And many
victim bad been murdered BY his ruthless hand
whom friends had supposed 70 have been lost IN
the ocsan- The brig. being unarned, vas soon
captured, CaPtai1 Grozer uazking no Tesisaanee,
be hoped that when they found there v1s nothing
vsluIble on board, Il be did not irrtafe them, they
would suffer hin 10 proceed without injuFy. A.
the pirates boarded 1he vessel, the second mate
Standing By the foresops1l braces The FIRST
persoa Who came over the rad ives tail, muscular
nan. apparently an Englishman By birth, dressed
in saii Of stainless white A pair Of enornous
WHISPERS and nastaehes, evidently false, gave him
q terrible appearance
sYoa eowardIy, black sous Why didn't yoa
hesve 70 sooner = we're the FIRST words he utteFed
and as be spoke, his cutlsss came down upoa the
sh0ulder Of the second Ot5csr. cutting II 10 the
bone The vessels papers were then demanded
and the officers driven down into the cabin, and
the nsu into the fore-ezssle ron which phases they
were soon called up one BY zoe, and their throafs
en-; By these Inezrnzte tends. While this infernzl
tragedy vas beng acted, the second nzfe had con
eesled himself among the cargo IN The hold Here
wTth mental agony Understandable, heightened too
By the pain arising from ms wound, be listened 10
the prayers the enireztes the groan. Of his sls1gb
tered shipmatez- Captain Grocer suffered last
He plead for life not one unprepaEed to de, for
be was piOus man. and had made the subject Of
death fanhiar one. bat has wife, his children
and he their only Prosecfor and support, these
were his arguments, for these his supPlications
Spare me- he cried, 'oh, spare nv lie cham me
N dungeon make me your vilest slave torture
me il yOu wIl, bot OBJ, let me lire for ny wife, for
M ehildrsn.' Useless we're al prayers TO men
who had no hearts bat those long since rendered
eslloas By crime He died his grey hairs we're
stained with fzfher's blsOd. and the sea was IN
simultaneously his winding sheet and grave Search
was made for the second mate. be had heen miss
ed during the massacre, which, fogtunafely proved
unsuccessful After some time had elapsed, during
which BY the tapping Of the sails, and the cess
ton Of conversation on deck be supposed that the
mrscrsants had departed be returned upon deck and
found himself alone Horrible indeed vas the sizht
that deck presented II flowed with human blood.
While here and there were scattered fragments Of
flesh keEn from the unhappy victims. Hearing
rush Of water, and PeFeeiving b. the seftieing Of
the vessel thar something the matter be hasien-
ed below again. aud fooad that the pirates had
Knocked out the lumber port, with the intention Of
sinking her. Into this he hastily thrust the new use
less bedding, and sqaaring the brig before the wind
endeaTored TO run her ashore; finding however,
that she continued to settle in the water, he con-
ssrueted rude rah, upon which he embarked bat
a few minutes before the brig went down. The
wind and seas soon drifted him to the shore
Here he was kindly received; his wound WAS
dressed, and soon afer be was carried TO the city