From the Ne,g. York Obseruer.
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T,iai ofthe Piratss---On the 9th inst at Richmond, va came on the trial of the three Spanards Pope, C2nro and Felix, charged with pratical acts on board the brig Crawford. To await the arrival of witnesses from NewYork, &c. the Case was adjourned from day to day till the 16th inst The trial or each prisoner oc- cupied one day It fully appeared in evidence that they took passage board that vessel at Matanzas, with the deliberate intention of committing the crimes they afterwards succeeded in; and the account states that hardly any thing horrible than their conduct is to be found in the history of the Buccaneers We will here quote the testimony so far as to embrace the principal fac*s. Edmund Dobson, mate of the brig Crawford testified that the vessel was built at Troy, and registered last at Providence, whence she sailed about April 9th for Matanzas, Capt. Henry Brightman master, himself mate, and Joseph Deliver, Oliver Potter, Asa Bicknell, Nathaniel P. Deane and Ste |phen Gibbs colored man mariners. The prisoners engaged their passages and Couro and Felix brought on board an iron bound trunk, said contain money, which he slowed under the Captains birth, in lock-

 CT, and FeleX afterwards remained board till they sailed, during which time much of the cargo ta- ken in. He knew nothing more of the trunk: the cook had said that it was removed into Feixs apart ment. They sailed on the 28th of May.

 On the lst of June, at breakfast Tardy was remark ably ohclous He helped witness to fried eggs, | ham, and bowl of chocolate; and when he split some ot the latter, insisted giving hlm Wit ness was taken giddy and sick afterwards: and Tardy, who professed to be doctor, recommended an emetic. Mr. Robinson, the supercargo, advised him to have nothing to do with it, and determined to defer it, Next morning he lay on deck on mattress, quite sickand vomiting occasionally Robinson said in the evening that he believed that Tardy had given him poison The Captain had the asthma and cough, and retired to the cabin. Witness lay again deck till midnight (clear star-light when Deliver relieved the man at the helm. Witness walked about one or two o'clock by a noise. Running forward he met a man near the wndlass, who stabbed him with knife. (Witness had still his arm in a sling.) Running in great alarm to the other sde he found Potter leaning

 who said he had been stabbedsRnd wanted assistance

 Witness took handspike from the long boat and tr- cd to get into the main rigging. Deliver and Potter had gone up before him, and their blood was sprink

 led down upon him. He saw man leaning against the railing short time, and then fall dead. Potter