bout my robbery, as they had many friends here who
would assassinate me. I found a number of American vessels here, but got
little assistance from any of them except the captain of a small sloop
from Bristol, Rhode Island, who tendered me a loan of thirty dollars,
for which he got my draft on New-York. He gave me many articles which I
stood in need of, for which I shall ever feel grateful. After my vessel
was under weigh the captain of a Baltimore ship, who had arrived an hour
before, learning my misfortune, sent his boat alongside with a barrel of
beef, some flour, wine, &c. with a message to me, saying, if I wanted
any other articles he would send them on board. We put to sea with next
to no conveniences, having no beds or bedding, and but three or four
knives and forks, some trifling cooking utensils, and all my wardrobe on
my back. Without any additional sails for our vessel we shaped our
course for New-York. The winds proving favorable we performed the
passage in sixteen days.

For a particular account of the capture of the piratical vessels I refer
the reader to the following letter, published in the papers of the day:

"_Capture of the Aristides by Pirates._

"Copy of a letter from Captain Couthony, late master of Brig
Aristides, to Mr. Edward Cruft, the owner, in this town, giving
the particulars of the capture of that vessel by pirates.

"_At Sea, United States Brig Enterprise, October 24, 1821._

"_Dear Sir_:--The melancholy news which I am about to relate
will be extremely afflicting to you. We sailed from Liverpool
the 28th of August, and had a very pleasant passage till off
the west end of Cuba, which we made on the 15th of October at 6
P. M. When off Cape Antonio were assailed by five piratical
vessels, three schooners, one sloop, and an open boat; the
latter after firing several shots at us came alongside with
nine men in her; the men mounted the deck, armed with
cutlasses, pistols and dirks; on coming on board one took the
helm, another knocked me down, seized my watch, &c. and the
others ran into the cabin. By this time the other pirates got
close around us, and I discovered they were about to run my
vessel on shore. On begging them to desist from this design, I
was again knocked down; on rising, a musket was pointed at me
and one of the villains made several passes at me with a
dagger, which I