Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-07-18
EBENSBURG, JULYs,1s, 1865,

! for any one, aud especially these land pirates,
| for they most generally make it a practice to
put their prisoners to death, SO that their
harnts may not be exposed.
We had no carriage gun, but there were
cutlasses and pistols enough on board for the
crew, aud lost no time in arming my men,
All told we numbered forty one men, The
ships crew, including myself, made twenty
nine, and there were twelve of the passengers
though knew not whether to count upon
Walter Legrand or not. However hea could
fire pistol and that was something. BY the
time had made these arrangements, the
quaic was within two cables length of US, and
We could see that there we're, nearly eighty.
men on board of her-not SO great odds as we
had at the first supposed, but still two to one
against us We could see, too that they
were all of them powerful looking fellows, aud
of all shades and complexion--some of them
Ewhite.l red, brown and black. sig baa sse
- arranged the men close to the bulwark
with What muskets we could muster, aRd then
turned to see if Legrand was upon the deck.
He stood by the cabin companion way, with a
sword Ia his hand, and with two superbly
mounted pistols stuck in his belt The sword
had not seen before. and of coHrse Judge it
must have been his own. 1t was proud and
heavy, Of the most exquisite polish, and noun
'ou =. = Afa' o' gu "N 4, ~ m, :
was lof monlens enalneu ~ '"e u: sfc' lac
Youth iooAe'. inos' ga anS I1's leee = s's
yet calm ana Paie, pe' thls expression was
cnangedT-"o chahged- ne hre OF
his eye was aeep ana intense, ene usual Sc
date melancAo,y eAPfession haa glsen pace
70 a sor. OF eAu s'n.iln
saw Una. ne s'oou over Tue pace "hcfe MS
mother nad iouna refuge.
by t1is time ahe qualc was hearly aieng,
sac. ~ai'eo unil, Inc noiheh1 siI ior pls'oi
sHooiing caiiss shu Ipen snse ehe otu1r -
hre. iqese MAS y siong yen i'o'n tue poae,
ana me peIs 'penieh' que ssiesA opl ststs, anu
lse plLa.ei G pge ~. - ;,nh o,a srssptdn
Our sn1' p@u uot.e naon ~ aol
Y ay VINO lau SC. ~ sle 9aalS naa ,1 ls1'ea lor
che snip, ~ peas snem l:eA a. wen a. we
coulo Du' 'ney pesan - gam upon Is apu i1 ~
ieng'n my men gave away. -'sou 'ie,n NJ az
1 could put tne oioooy pira'es came On - sucn
Wila Jury 'nas 70 say 'aem see.neu aa P
panlens followed him. ine pirates stlock
down three OF my men, ana tne rest ieii pack
to the opposite side OF the deck. by a. nasty
count made out that there were. about sew
enty OF the enemy, anu we nao thirty -ei gu. ssis
left For few moments there was mutua,
suspension Of hostihties The pirates had an
gained the deck-all that were aiive.and
tneir cme,tain stepped ou. IN IRON. OF tnem
he was opaniara' Dutspoke Engnsh wen.
10 yon surrender Your snip ne e asked
VI course we -sor'enoe1' sPoAe Savage
seeing snas hesi'1.eu; 81. w. may ie'ei'o
quarters II We M surrenusr quie',y Z'.se..aF
" Never spoke calm, clear voice. and
on On, turning we Deheid MaiIer Legranp.
never. ne rePeateu' "hne nis uarA eye ~,
flashed proudly arc zee Engeashnaen = /
s 1 saw that those words produced wonder
ful effect upon my crew, and so they did upon
the other passengers. and must confess that
they went to my heart with nerving power
Only ON Caption Savage they seemed 70 CRATE
harshly, ea q -,fssIssE...Es iss.zaas sss5
At this moment mrs. ,isegrand came up on
deck She had heard her son voice. ana
perhaps she thought that ne was IN danger.
Santa Maria that my pr,ze, eAciaimea ilss,
one VINO seemed 70 DC second IN command con ,io
among the pirates, as soon as ne saw the p1aa-
tifui woman ,,
{, No' nos 1y can faulo sue ihlne OK =
claimed tne cnieIlain. anu as ne ne 'sPoSe 'Ss ns
ssa.,ea 'owafus 1ue mns,s es,iosd ene ~,
s..os:st ssoou s ''e '''''i' s'''s 1't'''
- .'o 's se' liz = y.'is' = ., s.;5 yya,tar @ ~
!. a.. sauI Va Sss :. d;a ,, ,'ies 9as 1ta
rhya s, ol, ~ tie ,,;ra 10 but he smoke
spen. ea t,s ro,, :, mans sword sweIt
.hs ~ 'i;el,.,;, and tbes;ll;an,s head
.rss ~.l aloe. 4sa;n mother blo,y and the
as ,s...o.av4 o,u,. u s,assd a. ,be fsten -
Nom 1,e ,asn Of ENGLAND show the ,b,oad of
uo,,r ,,uo,,d a.;o,, - -'',
49, ~ nan heard these words. for they
:, uora H. hrrle notes-clear rim g;no and dis
t;nat int M her l how T'egrand looked At
that thai, moment He had lust forced his mother