New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-28

his sonl, indeed, he sought from his comrades as
we'll as his captives, and In such manner that Il
it is astonishing they did mot blow his brains out
Having accomplished their fatiguing march
back to San Lorenzo, the buccaneers divided
their spoil, and soon after separated With their
vessels, mostlikely to go upon new expeditions f
As for the arch villain, Morgan, he Subsequent
ly went to England, and received the honor of I
knighthocd from the hands Of Charles IL Who'll
afterwards sent him to Jamaica to fill q judicial
Office Here he behaved with his wonted cruel-
ty. and in few years was transmitted home q
prisoner at the instance Of the Spanish court, |
but no charge being preferred against him, he |
was liberated. Circumstances such as these /
give US acuriousn sight into the state Of morals
towards the conclusion Of the seventeenth CEN
tury. s t,sFl !, 4 ,5s5 IA. sss
The plundering Of Panama by Morgan fired
the imaginations of the buccaneers, who now
planned similarly daring expeditions to the
South Sea, the coasts Of which, and their cites,s
seemedsto them like a newly discovered mine Of
wealth-a place where gold was to be had for
the gathering This became known to the Span-
iards, and gaye-rise to numerous forehodings
and prophecies, both in Spain and in Peru, of
great inyasions by land and sea
After one or two Intellectual attempts Of par
ties of pirates to cross the Isthmus of Darjen.
an expedition was planned in 1880, by q setsof
English adventures, who found means TO pro-
cure the friendship and cooperation Of the In \
dams who inhabited the line Of reute. The buc-
cancers who engaged in. this expedition were the
crews Of seven vessels, amounting altogether to
366 men, Of whom thirty seven were laft to
guard the ship during the absence Of those who
went on the expedition, which was not expected
to be of long continuance There were several
men of literary TALENT ampng the marauders,
who have written aceounts ot the proceedings,
which have the most romantic interest. Thess
were Basil Ringrose, Barty Sharp, William Dam
| gier-who, though common Seaman, was en-
dowed with great observation, and talent for
descrption-and Lionel W Wafer, surgeon prov
identity engaged by the buccaneers
i 1t was on the 18th of April that the expedi-
\ ton passed over from Golden Island and landed
in Darisn, each man provided with fonr cakes Of
bread called g dough boys = with fuail, pis-
tol and hanger. They began their arduons
a march, marshaled in divisions, each with ita
commander and distinguishing flag. Many Ds-
rien Indians came to supply them with provi-
sions, and to keep them company as confeder-
ates. Amongst these were two chiefs, who went
by the names of Captain Andreas and Captain
Antonio. A.-rz f5
After enduring tremendous fatigues, the par
ty at length reacned Santa Maria, town situ-
ted on a river which falls into the South Sea-
This place they plundered, and put to death
numbers of the inhabitants. As their booty was
not great, they resolved ou pushing onwards by
the river to the ocean. On the 17th Of April the
expedition embarked, and fell down the river to
the Gulf of San Miguel, which. they did not
reach until the following morning, owing to- a
flood tide. They were now fairly in the South
Sea The prophecy of the Spaniards was ac-
complished, and the buccaneers looked across
that magnificent expanse of waters with san
guine hope On the 10th Of April they entered
the vast bay of Panama, and captured at one Of
the islands Spanish vessel of thirty tons, on
board of which 130 of the buccaneers Immediate
ly threw themselves, overioyed to be relieved
from the cramped and crowded state they had
, endured in the canoes-thongh of certainty
even now. so many men on board SO small~a yes;
sci could leave little room for comfort.
, 1t would be tiresome to recite minutely the
: adventures of these marauders. By means o.
, their boats or canoes, they had the boldness te
capture several vessels lying in the bay Of Pan
anna, and in less than week from their appear,
ance on the coast they possessed tolerable we'll
r equipped feet. In the battles by which they
had captured these ships, they lost a number o1
i men still this did not discourage them. They
] chose new commander, one Richard sawk'ns
in the room of their deceased leader, and pre-
a pared for cruise Panama was, luckily. nov
| we'll fortified, andheld ont against their attacks
S After staying ten days here to no purpose, they
4 retired to the Island of Taboga, in the neghbor
hood. Here they stopped nearly a fortnight, il
expectation Of the arrival Of a rich ship fron
t Lima. The ship came not, but several othe
It vessels fell into their hands, by which they OBJ
i. tanned nearly $4,000 dollars in specie, 90
d sacks of -four, 1000 jars Of wine, Q quantity 9
y brandy, sugar, sweetmeats, poultry, and othe
e provisions, some gunpowder, shot, etc. Amonl
le their prisoners were a number Of unfortunat
S, negro slaves, which tempted the Spanish mer
,e chants of Panama to go to the buccaneers, an
lie to buy as many Of the slaves as they were in
lie clined to SELL The merchants paid two hundre
j. pieces of eight for every negro, and they sold
re the buccaneers all such stores and commodltle
lie as they stood in need of.
IL Ringrose, one of the buccaneers, relates tha
10 during these communications the Governor
,e Panama sent to demand of their leader WHY
to during time of peace between England an
Spain, Eng1ishmen should com into those sef
id to commit ipjury' and from whom they ha
ID commission SO to do I" Sawkins replied 's Th,
8, he and his companions came to assist the
in friend, the King of Darien, (the said chief Al
L. dreas,) who was the rightful Lord of Panam
VS. and all the country thereabouts. That as tht
is had come so far, it was reasonable that thu
ty should receive some satisfaction for their tro
ar BILE; and if the Governor would send to the
,h 500 pieces of eight for each man, and 1000
ly each commander, and would promise not al
as farther to annoy the Darien Indians, their 9
ed lies, that then the buccaneers would desist fre
- hostilities, and 60 quietly about their business
n The Governor could scarcely be expected to col
VS. ply with these moderate demands.
ls- Tired of waiting for the rich ship from Lin
as the buccaneers in a short time smiled on crui
re, determined to take whatever fell in their We
for Generalizing the account Of their expedition
it may be stated that they, from time to tr
ho fell in with and captured both richly and poo
he laden vessels; but quarrels among them abb
the division of the spoil were incessant, and Il
of lost to one another, by gambling, their ha
ed, won plunder Diminished in numbers by tt
ion encounters to @ crew of seventy men, unde
nd new leader, Barty Sharp, they ct length
ar thought themselves CT returning to the Allan
de- While in this mind, they had the .s good
CHI tune, as they termed it, to pick up three v,
to able prizes.
ate The first ship was called the San Pedro, =
sea, lading of cocoa nuts, and 21 900 piece:
us- eight in chests, and 10000 in bags, bes
und plate. The money in bags, besides all the Il
he plunder was Immediately divided, each man