Piracy is as rife as ever on the coast. 1 have just heard of one man who is held to ransom, for. two thousand dollars, The captive's friends have made an offer of six hundred, The pirates have sent we of their number to urge a little more gencrosity, and to expedite matters sent one of the ears of their victim, with threats that it may be uecessury to send another if more Mexicans are not forthcoming.
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