Pawtucket Herald, And Independent Inquirer

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CHARLESTON, April 2.

Capture of the Pirates.--From Capt. Aveilhe, of the brig Gen. Gadsden, arrived this morning in 4 1-2 days from Havana, we obtain the following gratifying account of the capture of a number of pirates.

The Br. brig Nancy, Pierce, 49 days from Guernsey, arrived at Havana, 23d ult. Capt. P. was boarded 18th ult, by a Lieut. from H. B. M. brig Victor, in lat. 22, 20, N. lon. 82, W. who informed him that the brig had captured a piratical vessel, and had the prisoners on board bound to Jamaica, to deliver them to Admiral Flemming commanding on that station; that they had been obliged to hang several of them for attempting to take charge of the brig. The officer likewise stated that they had information of four other piratical vessels which had been cruising off Cape Antonio, and warned Capt. P. to give the Cape a wide berth. The captain of the Nancy, did not enquire how many pirates were taken, but supposed there must have been at least from 80 to 100, as the crew of the brig amounted to 140 men and she carries 18 guns. Capt. Pierce had given the above particulars on affidavit.

We further learn by a gentleman passenger in the Gen. G. that the French Consul at Havana had informed the American Commercial Agent, that information had been received at Havana, that the French brig, L'Amedee, of Bordeaux, Capt. Bourin, which vessel sailed from Exuma, 2d March, for Havana, was fallen in with by the American ship Benjamin Morgan, within 5 miles of Cape Antonio, totally abandoned. Boxes and trunks of merchandize and crockery, were scattered about the decks, which were also stained with blood, which gave every reason to conclude, her crew had been murdered by pirates. The L'Amedee was, it is expected, carried into New Orleans by the Benjamin Morgan.

In addition to the above, we learn from the Havana "Noticioso Mercantil" of the 27th March, with which we have been favored, that the Spanish armed schr. Hambancra, had been cruising in search of a piratical schr. which was said to be stationed near the Colorados (keys.) From information given to the commander, at a late hour of the night, on the 23d ult. he was enabled on the succeeding day to find the above piratical vessel, and preparing himself for action, bore down upon her, having in company two barges. On approaching her however, she was found deserted. Two dead bodies lay on the deck near the pivot gun, and three more floated alongside the vessel. The deck was flooded with blood which had been so abundant as to run out through the scupper holes. From this circumstance, the officer of the Spanish schr. conjectures that the pirates had fought and destroyed one another. They had previously robbed a brig and stranded her off Cape Antonio.

The impression at Havana was that the pirates of the above vessel had been all executed immediately after their capture, by order of the commander of the Spanish vessel of war. The tardiness of justice, in similar cases at the Spanish island, makes the above opinion probable.

The armed schr. and her prize had arrived at Bahia Honda.