The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-08-11
TALE or A. PIRATE,

I ~ NpiUe sofuflhiug Ike the following;
81 had nlndu y litlle money" enid Ham
mond, "by small dealings IN India goodr
when wns ihird officer of lie ", 20
7 got q pretty Gran Of my own, of about iva
th,ndrrd tons, which CALLED tho 'Specula.
tion' and left the Downs will cargo ofiner.
chaudise of yn jous kinds. We were bound
for this island Of ~. lleIsqp, hut were TO
touch nj the Cape 10 Ver,cs on rur passage.
+-hi-s- RHchoTsd aa- Paun -PrnYA 90 such n
night as this, AID NJ daylight Ind ala CpViur
tuuuy Of taking observation concerning The
vessels lyiag. a. harhor There WIS one
beautiful shaped thing, moored 90 close to
lhSsbOro that she lay almost Hli dny in shrd.
ow. She wnt suspicious Hff,ir, ~ she look
moru wnIer Than ler appearance warranted
ns necessary; snd an American captain Who
boarded us, snld tina; his decks hud been
robhcd the night before, M be con.
cluded, by party who knew how to hnrdl-
muiiled onrs. Long before the day duwned
sho shook out her topsnil-, Rnd wound her.
sell round the nearest point like snake
We smiled IN contrary direction some hours
after, md, 10 Our surprise, came IN sight Of
her about four Ia the afternoon. She had
plnyed III n trick aud changed her coursr,
aud looking through the glass, plainly suw
u nnn taking n keen survey of ms from her
mnin-top. Before long she tarFrd, mud bore
right upon us. I WINS now 60, t,in Of her
character. md had full rru-o,, IT, Iuasa al 1t
when oct oficllowa, hfonzed as " th0y had
spent the asi year Of ll,air lives in ls black
mniesty's doininions leaped over the gnug.
way with n yell. Quo of them Hwunl me
over the ships side info ayboat. Int not hr-
fore my iinhs ~ern rGcuret,--oIhc, aisn
should lnve triod whit could do writ rtfrr
copper-colorcd rasgals, tho one steering and
the other pulling; hut WINS quite hclpuss,
aud was hove up like n cnsk to the praio's
deck. In the meantime ] could hear them
blazing away IN my own Speculation but
Kept Whit knew to myself, nmong n crew
Of wretrhes VINO ronld understand nothing
hut mischief Thsy flung me down close TO
the sky light. A minute after, ibe head Ola
fine handsome fellow WINS stretched out uf
this convenient observatory, md giving some
orders 10 Portuguese, no Disappeared again.
Very few men were lef on board the pirate
shipi snd drifting back, we were soon along
side of the Speculation
knew nothing could snye my crew i. they
resisted, for had only eight fellows, aud
three of them we're very young boys.
thought of my poor mate with a shudder, for
knew his spirit. He was engaged to be
married nj 81. Helena; aud az he had a share
~ the cargo, aud depended on making to-
wards beginning life with a wife, | dreaded
his making stand. Sure enough he did,
though he could snge nothing, aud lost his
life. They made him walk the plank; aud
ihe yell of derision which closed the fight,
was the salute of these demons, ms he vainly
strore 10 burst the bonds upon his bands,
and swim. Small avail would this releass
have been, for they Ind their pistols cooked
TO shooi him, when they were tired OF watch
ing tbs drowning struggles.
had picked up enough Portuguese from
sailors az Mncao, MADEIRA, and other places,
TO understand these wretehes, when they
brought my bales from the "3peculnIion;'-.
and NY plood boiled as Hay bound aud help
less listening to Them. They had ri0ed my
slip ormy cargo, and left party Of their
comrades In charge of her, I'LL they knew
their captain's decision ~ to whether my peo-
ple we're 90 ho destroyed aud the vessel scut-
tied. II appeared from what passed between
the captain and bis crew, that the former
Ind hound himself hv vow to soma pnriic-
uar saint not to shed blood on this plnndert
ing expedition; but on their describing to him