The New Hampshire Gazette

The Philadelphia Union relates another tale of horror connected with the late numerous accounts of Piracy and Murder, said to be communicated by a resident at New Orleans, well acquainted with the facts. The story is as follows:

"In 1812, a packet sailed from New-Orleans, for France, with a number of ladies and gentlemen on board as passengers. Among the former, was a French lady whose known wealth was perhaps the cause of a disaster, which in all its details is still left to be imagined, though there is little doubt of its nature. Some months passed away and no intelligence was received from the vessel or its passengers; but a married daughter of the lady above mentioned was one morning walking the streets of New-Orleans, she saw (and fainted at the sight) her mother's jewels on the neck of a woman whom common fame reported to be the mistress of Lafitte, a noted Pirate. This man, on being examined, alledged that he won the jewels in gambling with the pirates at Barrataria. Vessel or passengers were never seen nor heard of, and it is not doubted at New-Orleans that the vessel was captured by the Pirates, and the passengers and crew all murdered."