Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-09-29

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Sages ''and your hide shall pay for your
roguery. If / can't bring her of, I'll
burn her where she lies" - f,r,5
Then, disregarding reason and remon-
STRANGE, he ordered Fulker to be tied. and
whipped him in a very inhuman manner.
The boats crew were again dispatched.
and with great difficulty and danger gain.
ed the sloop's deck. She was lying
within bar, upon which the pirates not
knowing the coast, ran her, and she
bilged and sank. The disappointed
freebooters endeayored to burn that part
of the hull which remained out of water,
but did not succeed, probably owing to
the dashing of the spray.
As the Elizabeth was making sail, Mr..
Fulker and his companions entreated to
be set on shore, to which Fly would not
listen, but he promised them that as soon
as he should have taken some vessel he
would set them at liberty. He then
stood off the coast, and on the next day
the 9Th of June, espied ship called
John and Betty, to which he gave chase.
Finding that she outsailed him, he hung
out signals of distress, to which the
chase gave no heed. Fly continued the
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ened, in the morning he came within shot
of her. Hosting the black flag, he fred
several guns at the John and Betty, and
prepared to board when she struck
Fly boarded the prize with his men all
armed to the teeth, but she proved of
small value, and they only took from her
a quantity of sail cloth end some muskets.
He put on board her the surgeon of the
Elizabeth, Mr.. Fulker, and one Of his
passengers, and then suffered her to pro.
ceed. The other passenger, whose name
was Atkinson, was an experienced sea-
man, well acquainted with the coast Of
New England, and Fly resolved to de-
tain him as a pilot When he desired to
be permitted to accompany them, the pi-
rate refused with horrid oaths and impre-
cations, assuring him at the same time,
that if he played him false in his COM
PEELED vocation, his life should be the for
felt.
Atkinson answered that he did not
know the coast, and that it was hard that
such penalty should attach TO the mis-
takes of his ignorance. He therefore
begged to be put on board the John and
Betty, and trust to their own knowledge,
for he did not doubt there were able navi-
gators among them.
"No, no" said Fly, that won't do
Your palavering won't save your bacon.
Go you shan't; so either discharge your
duty like an honest man, or III send you
to the devil with my compliments. So
no more words about it,"
Fly then stood for the coast of New
England. OFF the capes of Delaware he
gave chase to sloop, bound with fifty
passengers from New York to Philadel-
phia. AS soon as the pirates came up,
she struck, and Fly ordered Mr.. Atkin-
son to sail her, but he would not allow
Atkinson any arms. But after search
ing the vessel, they found that she would
be of no use to them. So they impressed
one of her hands, and then let her go.
Mr. Atkinson was then ordered TO take
the Elizabeth into Martha's Vineyard,
but he purposely missed it; for which,
when Fly found himself within Nantuck-
ct, he was much exasperated.
"You d-d rascaliy scoundrel," said
he, "it's piece of cruelty to let such a
william live, as wants TO take the lives Of
so many honest fellows"
Atkinson answered that he had never
pretended to know the coast, and that it
was very hard their good opinion of his
ability should be the cause Of his death.
Had he offered to be their pilot without
knowing his business, he might have me-
rited punishment, but as he was forced
to undertake upon affairs which he de-
clared he did not understand, it would be
cruel to make him suffer for their own
mistake.
"You are an obstinate william" cried
Fly, "and you mean to hang US, but
blood and wounds, you dog, you shNn't
live to see it."
So saying, he ran to the cabin and re-
turned with a pistol to shoot Atkinson.
Mitchell. however, who thought the poor
man innocent of any deceit, interPosed,
and his life was saved.
Finding himself hourly in danger, At
kinson began TO ingratiate himself with
the pirates, giving them TO understand
that he might. perhaps be induced to join
them, by good usage. They were not a
little elated at the prospect Of having so
able a seaman among them, and some
even intimated that if he would accept
the command, they would depose Fly
whose arrogance displeased them, and
who, they were well aware. knew nothing
Of navigation, or indeed, anything, far
ther than the duty Of a boatswain. At
kinsOn did not altogether discourage their
hopes, but he refused TO hear anything
about accepting the command. This
conduct induced them TO treat him bet
ter, and to protect him from the violence
and abuse Of Fly, who had more than
once proposed to cast him into the sea
supposing, truly, that he intended tc
betray them.
The Elizabeth now sailed 10 BroWn;i
Bank, and on the Esd Of June captured I
fishing schooner On coming up viii
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