A British sloop of war fell in with and captured a piratical vessel with
a crew of sixty men, under command of the famous LAFITTE. He hoisted the
bloody flag and refused quarter, and fought until nearly every man was
killed or wounded—LAFITTE being among the former.
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The schooner Pilot, of Norfolk, was captured by the pirates off
Matanzas, and her crew much abused; but they were put ashore, and the
wretches went on a cruise in the prize, and captured and robbed two
vessels, _within two miles of the Moro castle_, Havana. A few days
after, the U. S. schooner Jackall fell in with her and made a
re-capture, securing, however, only one of the pirates; but several of
them were killed in the action, fighting desperately. Several captures
were made about the same time by Com. Porter’s squadron, which was
actively employed.