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

Craven in South Carolina, which commenced
in 1710. the trade of that colony had very
much increased and was chiefly carried on
in British ships The lords proprietors had
leased their property in the Bahama is
lands to a company of merchants who found
it unproiitable ard consequently gave II
but little attention. This combination OF CIR
cumstances was too favorable to be over
looked by the pirates. European wars pre-
vented the English gov 'nlnent from sup
pressing piracy coasts; the i;rdS
proprietors were unwilling or unable to en-
counter the expense; the cOlOnt$tS col ld nut
partially put down the evil; the island OF
Providence, in the Bahamas was. looked
after by neither owners nor lesseeS, and
formed a most convenient place ! n heai-
quarters. These circumstances W@re too pro-
pitious to be left lInnnproVcd. Making the
bahamas their chief lClGCHNnus Il it'i| Of
desperate villains were accustomed to push
out on the ocean, or cruise IN tue Gulf OF
Mexico and commit trAi" 'lepreda1lCrS on
commerce. For IKE ears tn " he'll thf'f
rObber reign and p.unter2d and tfck the
vessels of every nation without distinction,
hCstes humanes geners. They had their mid
ing places all alonS the coast of Doth Caro-
linas. On the North Carolina oaSt the
took their prizes into the mouth Cl me
Cape Fear river, which was d rendezvous
second only in Importance to Providence,
and sometimes into Ocracoke and the harb0r
OF Beaufort. Their success naturally al
lured companions, and they becune an or
2dnlZcG body OF buccaneers 700 - TO- = 10
be handled by any incoaSid4 "aoe ] ~ sr
They were ultimately dislodgGd from Prov
idence by Captain Woods Rogers, command
ing a squadron of the British navy. The
pirates Of the Carolinas still remalF@d. The
king offered pardon, and when Rogers APP
peared all save some ninety. headed by
Vane accepted pardon OF these thirty
made Cape Fear their headquarters, living,
when ashore, upon a plantation made by
Yeaneans colony, which had Tor many
years been abandoned. Their vessels were
two sloops. one of ten guns, commanded by
Stcde Bonnet. and another of SIX guns,
commanded by Richard WOTley. Governor
Robert Johnson. of South Carolina, lifted
out two sloops and gave the command to
William Ehett, with orders u cc"i3e or
the coast. Rhett cHpt'ift IiGnnPt. Governor
Johnson himself c1ot'irei Morley @tt
desperate fight in " lliCh all the pirates W6te
killed except Worley and one Of LIS crew
For fea~ they might die they We're Instantly
tried and executed Bonnet was hung with
all his crew except one man. Thus retrlhE-
tive Justice wreaked it's vengeance on Ed
ward Teach or Thache. as it was written in
the early records, and his IeutenantS IN
crime Thanks to nDt@rn CIVILIZATION IL Is
no longer possible for the pirlte flag to float
lmon the sea True it is 9lcgei the int O.
duction of steam has taken away the zeal
romance of the sailors life ana almost
driven the white winged racers from the
deem but at the same time 1t has gwen
more substantial blessings, and in his float
ING na lace the ocean traveller now rests MS
head uDOn his pillow a. securely under the
protection Of the law as upon the land.
Such monsters as Blackboard are as niue
feared as the many phautoms of the sea.
and thoir names ore only heard as the
y,,if,,t - ms hrs FeTn or called 2bncr1.t;4l
tvnes of fallen and depraFed humanity