, 1874-08-04

onion and ooo'ucea Of his eEsEY movemont won
Thirty slavs after TIM battle tho President ta-
sued his proclamation Of amnesty, in .whion lie
,"'.Among tho ovila produced by Tho wars which.
With little tntcrmlssior, havo afflicted Europe,
and extoi.s!od theif rayhEtB .ntn other parts Of
tho Rlobo, for pollud cxccodlng twonty yoara,
!nn ttspora!ot, Of considerable portion Of tho
inhabitants Of dlrcoent countries, In sorrow aud
want llua nos been tho least injurious to hufnnn
happiness, nor tito loaBt soyero IN tho trla'n of
human virtue IL lad boom long aHcortnlnod
tat Y many Foreigners Ttng from the dangers Of
zons, fotEotfnl Of thoir duty, bayo oo-opcratcd
in forming ali establishment on tho Iasud Of
Daratariat Eear tho mouth u tho llsalBsippt for
the rntpusc Of ciandestlne aud lawlcss trade"
Tho pIosldcnt then Goos OF to recltc tho he.
roio conduct Of tho outlaws at Nov Ortenng and
cloBes with grant Of full atnuosty Tor ali past
OiIenEcB.
Soon after tho pirate Chlof visited Washington
and wus roeeyod With much obstruction by t1u
seemed to enjoy tho batteries OF Qovornmont
officials, but eventually Erew raHt1cax wont to
Baltimore. purchased vekscl, cailol for vo1un-
teer crew, and. with a commission obtained frun
one Of tito nGontH Of tho South Ancrlcau ae~
public. suifcd for tho gulf. Ot his operations
tlcro tho following, FROM report Of tho Gov.
ornof Of Louisiana, will giye hoy. Tho wfisor
hnYh: "Tlo breaking up nf tbcso frcobuotelB iH
t1 lIlq utr1GHI }HlpOTtGuCe 10 lH0 QuLkCQ 6tAtc9.
lor It is nlccrtailcd that Vessels clearing from
New Orleans With pnsKei:gcia have bern cap
tnred; overy HoNl on board Murdered, and lilo
identcnl cargoeH brought to Now Orleans aud
sold by tho rirateB' agullts."
4 rendezvous being Indispensable. and not
daring to rotuu to Daratarla, Laiitio fixed u1,oll
tho l,resont tto Of Galveston, and holsted lin
ilaE thoro III 1877.
Very soon after tho Collector Of Cuatomh at
New oroana wroto to tho authorities ut Wasl-
inEton as iultowa:
II deom It my duty 10 Atato TINT tho most
ehamotul violations oI our revenue laws continue
TO DO committed with tmpnn.ty by q motley mix
lure of ireobootota aud atnasglora at Galveston,
= ooing little less thnn tho ro-oatahiiahment of
Laiitso's Ba.asarlan band, somewhat moro out Of
tho roach Of justice.'
hut, strange to sav, tho Government took no
aetlnn, and tho rovor who Ind bcen The PreAi-
douts guest still secured the Ben for booty. Ills
furcs incs sease:i. until his navy consisted OF
Thirteen aimed vesaclB, manned by 1,0u1 ,ne,,.
Tho largest Of hie slipA mounted fourteen hoavy
guns.
III 1910 tho Collector Of Now Orleans again
"roto 10 hlH Government, urging tho bloaEins
up Of tho baud. and said.
"On tic part of thcae pirates no lavo to con-
tond WITH NO behold IN extended and organized
liability, md Of nudacity, favored by 4 variety
OF local advantages, aud supported dwaya by
forco Of RrIra."
In 1921 decisive action vas takon, md Lieut.
kcat1loy with the Enterprise, appeared before
Galveston und demanded Its imnlod1ate eyao,ln-
ton. There was no alternative, aud in two
nlontha the last Of tho pirates had tlnd. and or
past.
Latitto died In Yncatan four vcarB after, and Ia
buried i'll tho httlo Indian yjltgo Of Eilsn about
16 tnilca from Slerida tho Capital.