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defeat of piratesHaitihuhh. Aug. *0 —111 yesterday s tmtrud* we published a brief account ol ’.he d*-tructkn of • piratical -stabltsbmeOt n,, the .-uutb side ot Cuba, by ibe U. S. •chouuer* Creyhuucd and Beagle- We have bren politely favored by ibe owrer* ot ibe brie Octavus with a file ot #.tbe Ja• ULitci* Courant to the 3uth ot July mclu ijve tioiu which we extract the following additional particulars of this affair. from -*e f J Courant, July 2S#7W United States’ schooners of war Greyhound and Beagle, ol 3 guns each. Lieu enants Commandant* Kearney and NVwton, came to anchor at Port Hoy a I lt;n Saturday afternoon. 1 hey lelt Thompsons Wand se.ven weeks ago, and bare b. en crowing * ithm the Keys on the 90utb s,Je of Cuba, a? lar as Cape Cruz, touch-,l|4rat all the intermediate ports on the !lt;l’nd to intercept pirates. Oil the 2l9t ,nst they ca ne to anchor off Cape Cruz, and Lie til. Com. Kearney, went in his -)oat to reconnoitre the shore, when he *4* fired oo by a party of pirates who tfere concealed among the bushes. A lire also opened froiu several pieces ot fjnonn, erected on a bill a short distance v\l The boat returned, and five or six others were manned Irom ibe vessels, and «u*!*d “llfor lbt sl,ure* b,|t a Very *,eavy cannonade being kept up by the pirates00 the heights, as well as from the beacb. the boats were compelled to retreat. The two schooners were then warped in, when they discharged several broadsides, and covered the landing of the boats- After a «bort time, the pira»es retreated to i hill that was well fortified- A small hamlet, in which the pirates resided, was set fire to and destroyed. Three gun«, one a four-pouoder, and two large swivels with sev-*nl pintul3. cutlasses. lc. and eight large b^ts, were captured- A cave, about 150 feel d*ep, was discovered near where the houses wen , and alter considerable diffi-cutty, lt;parry ot seamen gut to the bottom. wntie were found an immense quantify t under, consisting of broad cloths, ,1 v g •. d lemale dresses; saddlery, c. k d f. iinan hones were also in the Ci»r -vposed to have been unfortunate pr ..i- •* were t »ken and put to death. A *t\ d •“«! 1)1 *he articles was brought a-,* jy . t ».e re.t destroyed. About forty p.. . * e«ci;»ed to the heights but many w -u^po ed to have been killed from■ t ibe schooner**, as well as Irom » !• en who landed. The bushe9 were•i iim'N (h it it wan impossible to go after . v-rrtl other caves are in thene g borhoo I, in which it is conjectured ;.v occasionally l«ke *'i*tler. From iheir b .-uses being burn\ and their boats taken i»rlt;y, ;t is hoped they will be obliged to retire Irons this place, as they will be w hout itie meaus ot annoying vessels pacing by.From tfu C»urant July 30.The United Slate*’ schooners *of war Greyhound. Lieut. Commandant Kearney,1 n a cru Zr? down the ^ouib side ul Cuba, and Beagle Lteui* Commandant Newton, lor St Jigo de Cuba, sailed from Port Royal yesterday morning.
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Alexandria Gazette and Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia, US
Thu, Aug 21, 1823
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