Show VIRGINIA OYSTER WAR lively fusillade between a police schooner and maryland pirates va march 17 an oyster war has broken out the police schooner tangier was attacked by oyster pirates from the shores of smithe island twenty alvo or thirty marylanders performing a fusillade fusi lade with re pea tint rifles and firing shots or more a number striking kinc the schooner the schooner replied with rifles alien with cannon ono or more cannon shots struck the house from which the marylanders were firina at last accounts alie pirates were throwing up breastworks |