New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-14

Among man In such world. There was sd ,limisy
in bs scene which should have subdued the camor Of
the mob TO silence; but 1t not 20. When the prs
oner arose nom bis prayer and stood beneath the rope
thu people In the boats thinking that the officials
closuv about him to hide the view ragged like wild
beasts deprived Of their food They hurled coarse com
apos TO .tand aside they cured the Marshal and the
Msrsbal's deputies; they howled only mobs eau
howl at individuals whom for the moment they hate.
eve will rec that id pirate hung, roared they, and
they would not be pacifed.
But soon the rope was adjusted and then Tor Few
seconds, the man for sight Of whose death struggles
they cried aloud looked ont upon the wonderful pic
tupe before bin. The shipping. bedecked with dags,
was as gay az at Sciisn sta there was neededo only
music to make the occasion perfect And all this con-
course Of people, this gitt aud array was for Hicks
the pirate 1t is probable that his thoughts were upon
other things though be not to have been above
the vanity Of desiring TO make brilliant death. But,
surely among the hundreds Of boys and youthful men
who follow the sea- and who were therspresent there
must have been some whose active maginatons this
was only brave show, the grassy hillside noble
tbeater and Il Q condemned man thu hero whose role
in the cark tragedy seemed to them not unenvabe. II
hese thoughts were not born from the brains of some
who saw tie hanging at Bedloes leland yesterday,
ard if ontemptbringng familiarity with death and
crime left not its tsin it isnot because pirates own
b. oks are written and pirates bodies hung in face Of
| the world.
As the prisoner stood with the rope about his neck
and waited for the drawing Of the black cap his eyes
again turned toward the sloop, on whose deck he did
bis fiehtful murder, now lying almost at his feet.
He had remarked it as he assembled the hill from the
steamboat and the sight appeared to make even him
| waver. Its presence there was terribly dramatic
illustration Of retribution which may creep but will
surely come But it is to be feared that 10 the crowd
spoke only of human revengei and its conspicuous
decorations had the effect Of bitter and cruel taunt
Hicks, however, had little time to suffer from this
| cause for at his special request the final act was
FASTENED on, and at fifteen minutes past eleven the
| check upon the weight was cut and he was run into
| the air. There followed hardly motion Of limb,
| and nothing that could be called struggle Death
appeared to come quickly and without pain. At the
expiration of twelve minutes the body was lowered
little way and the physicians in attendance examined
| il. The only sgn Of life then remaining in it was
slight tremor of the limbs; it allowed TO hang till
fifteen minutes before twelve, then was taken down,
placed in cheap coffin, and at once sent BY a tow.
boat TO the undertaken from whom it 10 pass to
| the friends who claimed it.
| The immense hotils of small boats then broke up,
and those on board sought their pleasure elsewhere.
The large steamers rolling heavily by reason Of their
dangerous loads, went cumsily of. The vessel which
was to welcome John C.. Heenan fired two guns in
a6eu to the pirate, then turned to greet the pug.
The thropg Of official spectators returned to the Red
Jacket and the seductiors Of its hosptable bar On
the way to the city, way made longer than necessary
u Tho
Hudson, an njudcious man called, and partially Or
ganised meeting in the saloon for the purpose OF
thanking Marshal Rynders for the manner in which
he bad conducted the execution The protector OF this
movement offered his resolution in rambling speech
Of come length and little point. In response, Mr..
Rynders simply said that he was glad to receive the
| assurance of those who had accompanied him that
painful duty had been performed with propriety. Them
as strangely misiudged attempt to give him three
cheers was made be at once Iebuked it, and brought
| the meeting to a close.
And 30 ended the last great moral lesson Of public
hanging. We, in this community, can well be content
to live twenty years more without having similar
! sight thrust upon ne.
| STORY OF HICKS, THE PIRATE.
| Some weeks since when this wretch was first at
| tracing public attention, we published statement
made the authority of gentleman connected with
this office, who lad seen Hicks or johnson, on the
Pacific Coast and who had identified him In the City
Prison We alluded to some of his murderous opera
tons in that neghborhood. Several communications,
probably written by his friends, were sent to The
Erening Post eDdesvoriDg to cast doub. upon those
sraements but his confession just published confirms
our assertion then made Hicks now admits that he
was for several years on the western shore OF
| I" America, between California and Chilli" There are
some other transactions in which Hicks was engaged,
not mentioned in the confession which may be worth
| wi Ellie In relate. One OF them follows:
merchant residing at Paita Peru, famlisriy known
"a Paddy Hines" owned q vessel called the Union,
| which was sometimes employed In r. gms'e tra1nc,
| and at others In smuggling The crew was generally
| changed on each trip as many OF these " beach
combers" or saltwater loafers would merely chip to
reach some of the many ports along the coast from
It ED hardly be saia that these generally Of
the worst class for the most part deserers from the
English and American vessels (whalers and others that
happened to touch at the coast for fresh Provsons
Al africa, on one of the smuggling expeditions OF
Hines vessel nearly all the crew deserted The cap
TAIN in order to complete his voyage, was forced To
engage such material presented itself and among
the number that applied for berth was Johnson since
discovered to be Hicks. He stated that he had been
engaged in an aftray at a puPeres, or low porter
house in which he had wounded, If not killed, two
Cholahs" or half breeds, and was anxious to get
away He was engaged for the voyage to Gusyaq1il.
Ar Paita, however, where the vessel stopped, the
authorities attempted to arrest him. information having
been sent of the urder. Hicks melted the other sea-
zen to resist the officers AID terrible scene ensued
| After vainly struggling the woud-be captors were
driven from the vessel, one OF them being thrown
and drowned and the others having received
| several dangerous wounds.
Before the Union reached her destination informa-
ton was gained by the that the fever was raging
in Quay squ, and that the inhabitants were leaving the
town in great CONSERVATION. To the appeal 10 ruiurn
the captain turned deaf ear What occurred further
nav not be fully known but in lees than two months
afttrward the Union was found beached At Albemarls,
one of the Galapagos Islands deserted with her decks
covered with blood. She WAS reported by New.