The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-08-30

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gend that tolls q imnenss treasures h.ung essa
basied in The Nnts q that island, and the hcps
that one of these lucky days he m'gnt .ssumos
spoa sene q them. wss ne nev'ag meuse 9 n's
ssatlsmsnf tnere nen he nfst c.ne e ses.. :.
I'D imprsvement near me eenue q Sne ls'.''o ~.
sbout = me bones q dead men 80. 2
bomh-shsh, which are there y pe seen 70 .ns asy'
with variety of othsr rncbEsn, mat equaAy isai'
eate1 etber. hsd preceded him to that sfets
Ssme yeass sfter his settlement On me ialand'
and after he had made many fru'tless stle3 20
discover the tressure, stranger, whose naae wss
William Sims, an Englishnan, made his fppear-
snce at the door Of Liddle Attsr lev inqulr'ss,
which satis6ed the stranger with regard % ne
whszeabouss, and of the probable important ssrvi-
ess this man Liddle might be able y render him,
in the prosecution Of his enterprise, no informed
Liddls hs had a. important secret % cennes 20
him; that he had learned from the lips OF one Of
the pirates who had barred 1t there WAS large
treasnse on Ship Island, sad the data ~ which It
eoul1 be found. That he, Sims, after certain
battle ID which he had participated while IN the
British service, ard ~ pounded, hsd oeen placed
in Port Royal Hospital, on the Island Of Jamaica,
for treatment, and thsrs met the old pirate above
mentioned, who was quite an old man. morose, si-
lent, and very deeply afflicted; often in want, but
never complaining. In pity to the sufferer, he mot
unffequsntIy did him acts Of kindness nursed him,
when otherwise he must have been neglected, and
thus was enabled to soften, By his sympathiss, the
cruel. relentless hand Of aaietion, destined very
soon TO tsrmiuste his earthly career.
The Spanish pirates heart was touched to ten
derness by these kind attentions, and now that he
saw there was no possible hope for his recovery.
and that confession could not harm him, he degss-
mined to do one generous act for Sims before he
died-called Sims TO bis side, told him that he, the
Speniard had bsen pirate on the high all his
life though be was there dying in poverty. II the
confession Of his guilt had not been involved in
l sending for money he could have commanded 1t.
Said be, ! an unable now 70 render you any pecu.
mary compensation for your kindnessss to me. bui
l can give you information that may be profitable
to you when am gone.
In csrfain direction from the city of New Or.
leans, which he minut;ly described, and about &C
many mes, there il an island called Ship leland
near the centre of which there may be found au
old improvement This Improvement was the ron
dezyous of party, up TO q certain date. Not fal
west of which stands certain live.oak tree, hav
ine a limb sawed of on the north side, near tn,
trunk, in the stub end of which . broken sworl
blade vyas driven. in the shap, of Z cross. In I