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(heBril-ourthat(bar,ren-i(elt;]iitedheir?ion,ratesiitedseas,[ere,1Underinted to lhlt; j itnpractits arihgis afrom coast right the leth-3uch Bra-f en* laves The are Uni )eing dc-nee a i s, is latcs.The Brig Wingojd. *The offences of her misguided Britanic Mrtjlfty’s undeifings multiply as fast as has an a they can be chronicled. The Brig Win- | /owing. goIJ. ol Boston, Capt Loting, which ar- good dea rived at this port on Sunday from Sierrl ' some enlt; Morena via Cardenas, was fired into by a j difficult British cruiser under the foiJpwing circum- ; quarter v stances, as related by the mate, Mr. N, ! hnd bptt .DdVly.‘■The vessel cleared at Havanna in ballast for Sierra Morena, to load, and on the j ing so f loth tilt , when running along under a I exposing three knot breeze, being only about one against f mile from ihe anchorage of the town, and . hvO bee in two fathoms of water, an open boat wtos seen standing towards the brig, in which were a p«»rty of men, and soon afterheard the firing of pgun twice in succession, but took no r^otice of the nffise, supposing the men in the boa tonight be on a spo/ting excursion ; and furthermore being in short hailing distance, Cqpt. Loring very naturallyh concluded that if they had wanted to communicate with, him. they could easily bave^one so without the warlike preliminary of firing a gun The boat was not more than half a cable’s length from the vessel. A third musket ball, however.hoav jud as much when pit collect th tables of Probal of whole the face up by th Congres years, landspurpose Rail Roiwas soon fired, which whizzed by the cap- throughJ ........j- , ^tain’s head, and struck in the rigging, fal-j Rail Roiling upon the deck, whore it was after- , open annfessitien,re on anytionshigh5 on-nited Uni, lisers it ion, his is tbont de r the -itain dawse, int be 6pect tions the resscl tales, urate iking nited crui i an• she ikingsub-roasts!imflI* our tking from ig inwards found, and proved to be a Minie ball. The captain's escape was very narrow.— He immediate/)' hoisted, the American en sign, and hailed the boat to know what they wanted. The reply was—‘Heave to, or by G—d I will let you know what 1 want I’ m Vessel was accordingly hove to, and' the boat ranged alongside^ when six or eight inert*, with cutlasses in hand and revolvers by their s?de,j5prang upon deck. Capfftin Loring askcl^vhat they wanted. A man. apparently the officer of thp party, although* he bore no kad|^e de noting himself as sucb, rxcepfai^jifi English coat of arms on his grea?||lf|ii^ail'he belonged to aft English mnn of-war, jand accompanied the remark with ftn batn The captain inquired the name of the man-of war, but tftg Officer replied—It il none of ylt;Sr business,* and, asked Captain Loring why he didn*lt heave to The captain replied that he did Jiot know they wished 10 speak with him, anJ concluded if they did they couW have done so without firing agnn, the boatbeing within hailing distance. The officer said the English flag at his peak ought to have explained his po sivon. The captain replied (hat the flag in question was so small that it was not discovered from the bl^g beforellieir attention was ca’led to it.The officer finally demanded a sight of the ship’s papers, which we'fS readily shown to hirn. and after examining them, he expressed hirnself satisfied, aftd left the vessel. Captain Loring themproceeded on his course, and shortly after dropped^his anchor at Sierra Morena.”^ ^ . £It was afterwards learned what the officer refused to tell, thst the^oat belonged to the Britjsh war steamer buzzard, which was.,cjuising on the coast, ard had, sent this boat tn near the shore,*where ihe*‘$hnl-low wa»er prevented her from going. The mate describes the men in the boat, who numbered about twenty, as the dirtiest set of fellows he ever saw, nod be at once took them (or pirates In the bottom of the boat was stowed away a twelve pounder, which the men wiPfh^Ogt bringing up into position when to. ^The generad (be men andthe insolent bearing -Vr'the officer,? alter coming on deck, if *1heyv did not concern any previous apprehension of pirftie»^’cef-tainiy did not raise the usually gootfr opip-ion efttetained of the manly bearing of . thp (composing nn(* 'hetiHegni apl y q Wosto n Postair officers —right '« goandthed,r OV-Confession.—A sartor VIled recently in Texas, and oh his death bea confessed that he way one of the crew wfio murdered Mrs Ads ton, of South Carolina, thirty years ago. Mrs. Alston was the daughter of j Aaron^Bujr. e sailed from Charleston for NeV^p ®tn a brig, and on the trip the crew iftrffinied, and murdered all the officers ft^d passengers. Mrs Alston being the last one made to \yalk the plank. Th« sailor femerr be red her look, of despair, anddied in the greatest a go min'd. MrsT Alston was at one time a Jrosidcftt ot.. Wij-ming'on, Delaware. Her diremained a mystery for magy iinn and was lhe.subject of aibouiBut this operatioi en to U)« to tbe^ 1 The La Com pan donation Wiscom made pt tained b OovermThirt voted fo pany tt eslsuift and th? of the Asums v*for theii Tor theof the*S Secrfctar or $10.000 : th sums, fr in addit was dil bv flgen passago dollars Com par other of the sup] sage ofIf the who ha: straw fc that son pernetri outrsgaiThe The, been lt;5ii God. an defiance the dev; tinguisl men. bt ever fel have at and reft Their tlt; ing. 1 speeche sylvanii thing bDougla Sum not pitched the. tin qitched into Pt said son Susan peal far ncy to i go P ‘revive they di n if gcr Bible * If the the Bit also.* * *,C. L flews, no acco the law the mei5 The Settlement of TtiE Kansas Qcfs- . y j j HON —We have private advices, direct and i I.* \ c v : vtrv late (rom Km:*. Ruw*\
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Georgetown Pee Dee Times
Georgetown, South Carolina, US
Wed, May 26, 1858
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