The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-10-29
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ity and under no circumstances would
! allow one to escape me II once had
him within my power"
There might be circumstances. re-
marked Shaw, who was a gray-haired
veteran of the sea, under which you
would allow even a pirate to go free"
Never !" returned Wing, emphatcal.
ly. Had he ever been pirate, and cs.
capped justice till he fell into my hands,
he should not escape it then"
We'll" said Capt Shaw, IL never
had bu, one pirate fall into my hands.
and must confess that ! not only let
him 20 free, but lent him some assist
ance besides and | think If you had
been in my place You would have done
Just as did
Il cant think so" persisted the other
However ! can Judge if you tell me the
circumstances"
You shalt have them" replied Shaw.
1t is now about twenty years since |
commanded the old ship Sump,cr My
second voyage in her was around the
world | went to India, aud there home
bv the way Of the Sandwich Islands and
Cape Horn While lying at Honolulu
an American sailor came on board the
ship and asked for an opportunity TO
work his passage home He gave his
name as Charles Bugbcc, and said that
he mad been east away upon one of the
Islands six months before, and had made
his way to Honolulu upon raft all his
companions having died fro, 'arvation,
He was good.looking not over
II 4 Il ...at
two men during the cruise, was in need
Of help was confident, from his man
ncr, that he was not telling me the truth
about the s,'l-~r"rk | was inclined to
h,licye tina, he had deSc,,,1 s..,,,, s,,nc
whalcman; but ! did not press hn.
very closely, for as Just said, wanted
his services, 80 ] took him. and gave
him berth
II never saw better seaman than
Bugbcc proved 10 be lie was the first
man on deck when all hands were called
utterly fearless in storm prompt 10 ms
du,v in every respect and thoroughly
n,.,cd M in his profession Towards
me and my officers his department was
courteous aud respectful IN the extreme
hut he did not seem To- feel at hoInc win
the mon. He seldom Joined IN any OF
their sports, nor did he laugh or Jest with
them Al times he WAS silent aud
thoughtful, spending whole hours hy
himself in q sort Of moody meditation.
or course, wondered much at this, and
ON one or two occasions approached HIM
nnon the subject, but he avoided 1t SO
quickly and decidedly that made MP
nv mind to let him keep his own secrets.
"Onc day my mate came down INTO
me cabin aud informed me that Bugoces
aa.lel, had been discovered. lie was
p,rate who had escaped about a year be-
lore from the authorities at Charleston,
south Carolina | asked II there was
any certainty Of this
yes" said the mate we arc perfect
" sure of it. Three of the men nave
seen him before About year ago, u
pirate schooner was captured OH the Yer,
midas and carried into Charleston, and
a Young man. named John Lewis, was
captain Of her lie, with eight Of his
crew was thrown into prison, but on inc
very first night he contrivcd to make ms
escape. The rest Of them were 'rica'
and six of them were hanged but Lewis
could no, be found Il was supposed
that some outside help must have been
Afforded him However, he has turned
M now and this Charles Bugbcc Is the
man"
The circumstances Of the capture oi
the pirates and the escape oi their cap
tain, was fresh in my memory. ana was
not little startled when thus learned
that the tucoanccr chieftian was on
hoard nv ship. knew that his course
had been a bloody one, and that his
crime, Ind been many and dark. Bni J
meant to be assured. sent for the
three men who had recognized Lewis,
and they were positive. They were not
only in Charleston when the pirates were
brought in. but one Of them had helped
10 cnpturc them. ! made some further
inuuirics and was very soon satisfied
that nv new man was indeed the pirate.
1t was a positive fact, OF which there
could bc no possible doubt.
And now what was ! To- doI The
mate said, "lcts secure him ut once, and
keep him prisoner till we can deliver him
up.' and so thought some OF the others ;
but | did not feel exactly in that mood.
was short-hanied rs it was, and needed
his help and then he was worth any
other two mon had. ! reflected upon
the matter, aud finally resolved to let
him remain IA hc was until we reached
port, and then meant 10 deliver him up
] could watch him, Il there was any ne
ccssity for il, though l was firmly con
WINGED that he meant no harm to MS SC
told my mate that we could let Bugbcs
work on m hc had done, and sec that h.
was delivered up to justice as soon ~
we got home. This may not have lcer
in accordance with the idea Of strict pro
priety, but il wAs, under the c'rcun
stances, the hest could do. The mer
promised that they would say nothing :.
him Of the discovery VIC had made, for
did not wish him 70 know it,
But he must very soon have scc'
that he WAS more than suspcrtcJ IL,