The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-25

served with noted buccaneer of the
period named Mansvet in an eXpedi-
ton against Panama. The enterprise
failed for the time being, but Nor
gon continued TO practice the noble art
Of piracy. gaining experience by lnroads
upon the towns of Puerto del Principe and
Puerto Bello, in Cuba. and the capture OF
Maracaibo, which had partly recovered
from the devastatiOns Of Lnlonnls. Mans
welt had captured the island of ST. Catharine's
as the nest Of the English pirates operating
against the Spanish Main, but the Spanlards
reto0k it. Early in 1871 Morgan again cap
tuTed it, making it the base Of ms attack
upon the castle of Chagres and his subse-
quent march upon and capture OF Panama.
The capture Of Panama was the eliminating
exploit of Captain MOrgan's career. For
this exploit Captain Morgan was created
Sir Henry Morgan by his Majesty King
Charles III and for this exploit also alr
Henry vas immurtd in the Tower and, per
haps, only escaped the hangman by dying
in his dungeon.
Nj Pyle adds 10 Esquemeling's history of
the buccaneers Of the West Indies and the
Spanish Main "a Genuine Account of Four
Notorious irates"-Edward Teach, Will
lam Kid Bartholomew Roberts and Captain
Avery. Captain Teach, known all over
America in the beginning of the eighteenth
century as "Blackbeald," was Bristol
man who learned the art OF piracy on the
privateers so called sailing ont OF Jamaica.
Teach's exploits were mostly along the
South Atlantic coast of North America.
One of the earliest of these was to hold the
city of Charleston, its ingoing and outcoming
commerce. at his mercy for several days.
Finally eXacting a ransom OF medicine
chest from the city he sailed away. going TO
North Carolina, where he SURRENDERED to
the Kings proclamation. Afterward Teach
and Governor Eden OF North Carolina were
in partnership in. "Blackbeard's S" piracles,
the Governor affording the pirate protection
To no in 10 nInnIar Teach obtained
his nickname from his beard, which was
very long and black. He was killed In
desperate encounter with small party
under Lieutenant Maynard. Teach was AS
cruel as LOlon0s and even more wantonly
wicked. lie was known TO shoot at his own
men for the mere pleasure of shooting at
somebody. He was drunk all night the
night before his death and when asked If his
wife knew where his treasure was con-
cealed-he had fourteen wives in all, twelve
of them liying-he answered: Nobody
knows but the devil and me; the longest
liver may take it ALL" 1t was Teachs
buried treasure that gave rise to the many
Kid legends. AS early as 1766 Philadel-
phlan wrote an opera in which Ieach'S
treasure supposed to be buried at Coopers
Point on the Delaware, was introduced.
William KID was not much OF pirate,
bis fame being entirely beyond his merits.
This was due no doubt to the fact that he
was hanged. Captain Roberts, OH the other
| hand, was an ideal pirate. According to his
bi0gTapher he siied out OF London in an
honest employ-he was mate of slave ship
but being captured by a pirate while in
his honest employment of taking slaves on
the coast of Africa, lie afterward changed
his principles for the sake of preferment
He devoted himself to piracy pure and
simple and was killed in action with the
Swallow, an English man. war, which cap
tured the crew and carried them to England
to be hanged. Captain Avery was roman
tic pirate.-Philadelph Times.