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Blitimoye, .Tttne 15.--By last evenings steam
boat from Norfolk, the Editors of the American
received from their attentive correspondents OF
the Norfolk Herald. the following letter, detail
ing a most horrible cast of


PIRACY AND MURDER.


The brigantine Crawford, Captain Henry
Bnghtman, belonging to Troy, (Mass.) sailed
from Ytatanzas, on the 28th nit. with cargo TOR
New-York, four of whom, frenchman and
three Spanish sailors, on the lst of June, about
midnight rose upon the captain, crew, and re,
naming passengers, and sLAo''li f'hrD an
exccpt three, viz: the mate, Mr. Edmund Dob
SON. of Somerset, Mass the cook, and French
gentleman, passenger. They also stabbed the
mate, but he having ran aloft, where he rcmain-
ed during the night, they spared his HE IN con
sideraton of the assistance he might render
them as navigator. After completing Their
bloody and revolving task, the Frenchman TOOK
the command of the vessel, destroyed her papers
and colors. and substituted a complete set OF
spanish papcrs which they had brought on board
with them, purporting that the vessel was span
ish. and that she had cleared at MatanIas Ior
Hamburg Aware that it would be necessary 10
increase their stock of provisions Tor european
vovagc. they tried to get into St Mary's to oo-
,a;n s,,,,,l;cs hut the wind setting them off, they
yvcre unablc to fetch INTO port until they made
the Capes of Virginia, which they did on 'ues
dav I,y morning, when they were boarded by a pr
1nt WIN understanding their object to be to OBJ
tain nroy,sions with the least possible delay, adj
vised ,is, them to put in at Old Point Comfort, as
,h most t convenient place. and they accordingly
anchored there, about six O'Clock on iuesaay G
venng. c, ,,hom the fore.
going particulars are obtained states bim i, to % have
chorng the pirate captain oraerIu a.orr % side as he
the boat lowered and brougnt aio"e rHs 80 .ccors.
;nt.nSed TO go ashore at the Point. lie aecor@'