The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser

PIRATES.

Havana papers to the 11th of October have been received at the office of the Baltimore Patriot, but they contain nothing new.— A letter to the Editor of the Patriot which accompanied the papers, corroborates the account heretofore published of the capture of the several piratical vessels, and contains some further particulars, as follows:

"The United States schooner Peacock, and British schooner of war Speedwell, arrived here a few days since, having captured in company, five piratical vessels, one mounting nine guns, one five, and three small vessels laden with goods. They also destroyed one small vessel, and a quantity of property on shore at the harbour of Bayo Honda. The Peacock fell in with the Speedwell, which was on shore on a reef, and would no doubt have been captured by the Pirates had not the Peacock sent her boats and men to their assistance. The Pirates then made for the harbour, and the two vessels manned their boats and pursued them; when (as has been before stated) the men all deserted the vessels and fled to the woods. One of the prize schooners is now in this port, a tender to the Peacock. The others, I understand, have been ordered to Charleston. A representation of this having been made to the government, the Governor ordered a detachment of 200 men by land.— Two schooners of war, four launches, and two armed boats with 200 men, also left here on the 9th instant in pursuit of the piratical gang. This movement on the part of the government, to co-operate with the Americans and English, will no doubt put a stop to this nefarious business, which it would be utterly impossible to effect, without the assistance of land forces."