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

> to Captain Morgan desiring som
small pattern Of those arms. wher,
With ne had taken with such visol
: 90 great a city. Morgan receive
the messenger very kindly and wit
great eivility, and gave him a pistu
anda few small bullets to carry bacI
10 his1naster, telling him withal, H
; desired him to accept that slende
: pattern of the arms wherewith b
had taken Puerto Velo, and keel
them for a twelvemorth. after whiel
time he promised to come to Pa naml
and fetch them away" The Span
lard quickly returned the Gii-omenet
present to Morgan, thanking him FOL
lending him weapons that be needed
not, and sent him withal a gold rims
with this message THAT he desired
him not to give himself the labor o,
coming to Panama as lie had done t.
Puerto Velo, for no lid assure him
he should not speed 80 well here 4.
LIE had done there.
After sacking various cities, notably
Maislcaybo, and leading the Span.
iaEds a terrible life generally, Morgan
collected an army Of well.seasoned
buccaneers OF all nations, principally
Engilsh, and prepared to put into ex-
eeutlon the campaign attempted in
vain by Oxenham, his precursor, and
D. Sawkins and others, his degener-
ale defendants. AS preliminaries to
the great venture the island Of St.
Catherine was taken. and subsequent.
iy the castle OF ChagEes. At the lat.
ter place the Spaniards defended
themselves very briskly," keeping
up ID heavy fire, and crying out, Come
on, ye English dogs, enemies TO God
and our King. let your other oompan-
ions who are behind, come on too, We
shalli not go to Panama this bout.
Some desperate lighting occurred
here, the Spaniards defending them.
selves right valisntly. The bucca.
neers were driven hack again and
again, but yet came up 10 the attack
with undiminlshed vigor, hurting
their trepots among their enemies,
who responded with like missiles, un-
t. as the buccaneers were getting
roughly handled. there happened a
remarkable accident which occasioned
their victory. One OF the pirates be-
ing badly wounded by: AL arrow in
the back, which pierced his body
through, he pulled it out boldly at
the side Of his breast, he put il in HE
musket and shot 1t back to the castle.
Bat the cotton being kindled bv the
powder. fired two or three houses in
the castle, being thached with palm
leaves, which the Spaniards prece,yed
not 50 soon as was necessary" A
tremendous explosion ensued. which
threw the Gpaniards into confusion
ari the pirates, burnt their way
through the stockades. at last cap.
tured the castle, with a loss OF one
hundred killed, besides seventy
wounded
On the 18th OF August. 1910, Cap
tam Morgan set forth from the castle
OF Charges with twelve hundred men.
five boats with artillery, and thirty
two canoes. Working their way up
the river. the little army made only
SIX leagues on the first day, and came
to ''aspot called de los Braces" Here
they went ashore TO stretch their limbs
crI ;pled in the crowded boats, and
skirmished around the country IN
search of provisions. But they found
none, as the Spaniards advised Of
then arrival, carried everything of,
and the greater part were thus forced
to pass the night with only pipe Of
tobacco by way Of refreshment. The
river being very low they were obliged
to leave their boats at the conclusion
Of the next day The genius OF organ
iZation had not forsaken them. for they
lei; hundred and sixty men to guard
the boats and secure their retreat,
while the main body pushed on across
the isthmus, stlll working with such
few canoes as Were able by their light
draught to pass up the river, encum.
: b-red by shoals and those impedi.
ments known in the Mississippi as
snags aud sawyers. Everywhere they
ioani the country denuded Of all
kinds Of provisions, and az buccaneers
we're used TO vlctUal on me enemy,
they We're soon reduced to sore straits.
On the fourth day-according to an
eyewitness and comrade-"the fer.
ment Of their stomachs was now 90
sharp as TO gnaw their very bowels.
Nevertheless, they were nothing daunt.
ei, and. finding heap Q: leather bags