260 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



has an article headed "More Piracies! 

 The brig * Belvidere,' Lamson, on her way 

 from Hayti to New Orleans was boarded 

 Dec. 9, 1821, by a piratical vessel of one 

 gun and fourteen men, one American and 

 the rest Spanish and Portuguese. The crew 

 were confined in the forecastle, and the 

 officers, passengers, and men plundered of 

 everything of value the villains could find 

 and some of the cargo. After hanging the 

 captain and mate up to the main yard 

 until life was nearly extinct to extort more 

 money from them, they departed." 



The "Salem Register" of Feb. '2, 1822, 

 gives further particulars of this outrage: 

 "Captain Lamson, brig 'Belvidere,' has 

 published an account in a New Orleans 

 paper of his treatment from the crew of a 

 pirate schooner of about forty tons off Key 

 Sarenal. They took tobacco and coffee 

 enough to load their vessel. Captain Lam- 

 son concludes as follows: * After being in 

 the forecastle eighteen hours they called 

 up myself and passengers, and to complete 



