The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16

to him, saying: IN give you no quarter
nor take any from you Maynard replied:
4 expect quarter from you nor shall I
give you any During this dialogue the pi-
rates ship 1Oated, and the slOopS were
rowing with all expedition towards him.
CAS- they came near, the pirate fired a
broadsidc, charged with all manner of small
shot, which killed or wounded twenty men.
Blackbeard's ship in n little after fell broad
side TO the shore. One of the soOpS, called
the Ranger also fell astern. But Maynard,
finding that his own Sloop had way and
would soon be on board of Teach ordered
III his men down, While himself and the
man at the helm, whom he commanded to
lie concealed, were the only persons who
remained on deck. He at the same time
desired them to take their pistols, cutlasses
and swords and be ready for action upon his
call, and for greater expedition, two lad
CerS --,ere placed in the hatchWaY When
the kings SloOp boarded the pira tes case
boxes. filled with powder, small shot slugs
and pieces of lead ai1 iron, with a quick
match in the mouth of them were thrown
into Mayuard'S sloop. Fortunately however,
the men being in the hold they did small
injury on the present occasion, though
they are usually very destructive. Black
beard seeing few or no hands upon deck,
cried to his men that they were all knock
ed on the head except three or four; and
therefore, said he, let jump on board
and cut to pieces those that are alive
Upon this. during the smoke Occasioned by
one of the caSeboardS, Blackboard, with
fourteen of his men, entered and were not
perceived until the smoke was dispelled
The signal was given to Maynard'S men,
who rushed up in an instant. Blackboard
and the lieutenant exchanged shots and the
pirate was wounded: they then engaged
sword in hand, until the sword of the lieu
tenant broke. but fortunately one of his
men at that instant gave Blackboard ter
rible wound in the neck and throat The
most desperate and bloody conflict ensued.
MAYNARD with twelve men and blackboard
with fourteen. The sea was dyed with blood
all around the vessel and uncommon
bravery was displayed on both sides. Though
the pirate wounded by the first shot
from Maynard, though he had received tWen-
" cuts and as many shots. he fought with
desperate valor. but at length, when in the
act OF cooking his pistol fell dead BY this
time eight of his men had fallen and the
rest being wounded, cried out for quarter
which was granted the rinGleader was
slain. The other slOOp also attacked the
men who remained in the pirate vessels. I'M
til they also cried out for quarter" At the
commencement of the fight Blackboard had
but little hope of escaping, and he, there
fore, posted one of The most demoniac of
his men with a match in the powder room
re assured him that If they We're taken
wound be hanged, and that it was far
ter % die by their own action than to
- 5h mon the scaffod, and instructed
th il the ship lie boarded and cap
wa a. 5pIH tHa match and blow
a = .pt,tat.c Z. h cyQ-
~. +. jlat mere were TWO prisoners in the
Sims hold, who seized the pirate and pre-
yen.ed him from performing this desperate
deed Edward Teach. pirate and villain
that he was. fell fighting with valor wor-
thy of better cause. Lieutenant Maynard
severed his head from his body, and with
this CHASTITY and deCayng trophy dangling
from his boWsprit sailed in triumph to
jamestown. The prisoners were brought
TO Inv who HOY tried and
executed. -Four negroes of that number
made disclosures. which, added to the dec
laratiOn Of Captain Ellis Brand, graVely I'M
plicated Tobias Knight, then chief justice
of the province He was acquitted by the
council on the testimony of a young man
living with him. but left many grounds for
suspicion concerning his criminal completely
with the buccaneers by whom he was ac-
cused. While lying in their gloomy cells
awaiting the awful day when they would
lated q singular story: THAT once upon
cruise they found out that they had a man
more on board than their crew; such a one
was seen several days amongst them.
sometimes below. sometimes upon deck, yet
no man in the ship could give any account
of who he was, or from whence he came,
but that he disappeared a little before they
WeTe cast away in their great ship, and
they verify believed it was the devil
The state of affairs in the early history
of the colonies appears rather to have IA
VOrcd the operation of the sea ro0her. The
peculiar English laws governing maritime
commerce, which forbade that any mer-
chandise he shipped from the colonies in
any other than English bottoms and to any
other than English ports, were probably the
origin of much smuggling and bartering be
tween foreign ship owners and the plan
tiers. When we consider that they often
had to wait months for English ships to
carry their produce to English markets,
that they were charged outrageous freight
age and paid ridiculously low prices II is
not surprising that the poor planters, scuf-
fling to make ends meet" were tempted
to rstand in with the buccaneers and thus
get their merchandise to French and Span
ish markets, where better prices were COM
manded and the profits shared with the
freebooters. In nine cases out of ten thu
pirate was evolved from the smugger, who
was countenanced and encouraged by the
planters
The sparse population of the country Of
fered but few and often no spectators of
the secluded coves and hiding places of
the West Indies and go on the d',;na sX-
while laxity of suppression and Indifference
OF the northern country in the protection
of the southern colonies, left the free
hooters all the opportunity they could desire
for successfully pursuing their laWiess
calling. We read of piracies in the early his
tory alike of New York. Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Virginia, Carolina and the West
Indies This nefariOuS business appears to
have commenced early on the Atlantic coast
of America. \ priVatcer, or rather pirate,
called the Royal Jamaica, manned by forty
seamen. arrived off the coast Of South Car
o!ina some time in the year 1851. This tesSel
had been engaged in robbery with great
success and brought into the county
large amount of Spanish god ana silver. by
their money and freedom of intercourse with
the inhabitants. these buccaneers made
themselves popular and, though the proprt-
etors directed Ludwel their governor, rig
idlv to enforce the English laws against
piracv vet such was the feeling Of the peo-
nle that a trial was difficult, and convic-
punishncnt purchashed land from the col
Onisis and became permanent inhabitants
of the country. Such paradise for villains
was sIlre to invite them. In 1899 a motley
Gang of English, French, Portuguese and
Indians To the number OF fOrty-fiVe, manned
a shin at Havana, and commenced their
niratical career. They opera ted on the coast
of South Carolina. However agreeable it
n,eht have been at an earlier day to coun-
tenance these villains when they stole
from, others and shared their I.lunder with
the Carolinians. these latter took II very
different view of piracy %hen they were
made its victims. at makes great differ
ance whose OK is gored" Accordingly, when
i'm consequence of d quarrel among the free
booters the English We're turned adrift in
an oDen boat and landing the coast
Travelled overland to Charleston, they were