Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-16

ing 70 pour all the wealth o: IN,
Indies AZ the feet yf the baagtifa
Span'ard !! she would coasen: 20 hi,
wishes. Sue refused him abSolately
and threatened to kill him .. heysel,
with her ponisri II he came near her.
Morgan wss furious, but found IN
grat!led cupility a so!aco Tor d.sap.
pointed love. The lady was flung into
a dark cellar. and Informed that un.
less thirty thousand pieces Of eight
were paid for hes ransom ,sho slaull 1
oe sold as slave ia Jamaica. As the
oueoaneering army commenced its
march from Panama laden with plum.
der, the beautiful prisoner was led
apart from the rest betweeG two bue-
cancers. The triumphant army car.
RED OFT irom the b1rnei ana ruined
city one hundred and seventy.;lyo
horses and mules laden with gold, ST..
yer and Iewels. and FIVE or six hun.
dredt prisoners, men and women, TO
whom Morgan replied that they. uu-
less they We're ransomed. should as
suredly a. be sold into slavery.
these poor wretches We're driven on
by blows from musket. barrels and
prods from pixies, and the air was
filled With the sounds Of .Amentation.
Tue lair Sp aulard had enleav ored to
pay the money for her ransom. she
had entrusted two priests with the
knowledge OF secret hoard, but those
creatures had taken the money and
employed 1t IN ransoming their own
friends. Morgan soon brought them
10 book. He dismissed the lady at
once, and carried the monks on 10
Chagres till their ransom wa4 paid.
Now comes a portion Of the story
which strips the buccaneerlng charac-
ter OF It's last thin coat o. chivalrous
varnlsh. There many be honor among
thieves-I don't believe there is-hut
there Was certainly none among Nor
gan men. As All instance OF the mu.
tual distrust which existed among these
brigsnds, may be cited Morgans 9 com.
msnd that every nan should DO search
ed before the division Of spoil com
menced. To divert suspicion from
himself lie first submitted to the
search being well prepared Tor that
ordeal At Chagres he divided the
booty. The murmurs against HIM now
rose to a menaclng height. Accord
ing to his calculation the share of
each man was only two hundred pieces
OF eight, a ridiculous dividend on th"
capture OF a great city. from which
every one had expected at leaet
thousand. Tue Jewels also were un.
fairly sold the admiral for Morgan
really held a kind o: commission from
Sir Thomas Modyford, governor Of
Jamalca-and his csbaI buying them
very cheap Matters had now as
sumed II threatening aspect. The
French buccaneers swore that they
had been cheated by the English. AMI
declared they would have the admir-
ais lie. But he was equal to the
occasion, gave them the slip, and
arrived IN Jamaica with the immense
treasure OF which be mad deirauded
his comrades IN crime.
The Sir Thomas Modyford mention
Ell above, who, doubtless hai share
in Morgan plunder, was recalled, and
the buccsneer leader himself was sent
over to England when, backed by his
commission, he could hardly be
hanged, and, as al alternative, was
knighted and sent out to Jamaica az
commissioner OF the Admiralty. Here
it would seem he married and lived in
great wealth and splendor, not, how
ever. without having his ears assailed
from time to time By the msnacing
voices Of his swindled comrades. who
swore to be even with hlm, and laid
unsuccessful plots to destroy him.
The wonder is, that, among so many
desperadoes, not one could Ue found
10 pistol him. The buccaneers delay
Ell their revenge too long, Tor, IN l6sO,
Sir Henry Morgan was LETT IN Jamaica
by Lord Cagliaie a. dsputy-governor,
and signallzei his reign by hanging
every buccaneer h. could catch. la
the rs!gn Of James the Second the
notorious knight was thrown into
prison. where lie renamed for thee
years. On lis release he disappears
from history. Whether ne died full
Of years and dignity, or ike a dog as
be deserved, there is no evidence 10
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