The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-05-27
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FROM TIE AURORA.
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I'm escahe from, British Prison-shit.
We, the following named persons, citizens
Of the United States of America, viz Sam.
uel G. Parker, native of Boston, taken by
H. h. NJ. ship Marlborough; Thomas w.
Nelson, a native Of New-York John H. L.
Estes, native of Virginia and John Har.
mon, native of Pennsylvania, taken in the
sch. Bona, of Baltimore, by II. b. Nj. ship
OF war Laurestinus Robert Bond, native
Of New-York, taken by II. B. NJ. ship Mari
toro Samuel Wright, native OF Connec-
ticut, attached to the United States navy, ta-
Ken in the United States brig Viper, by H.
b. NJ. frigate Narcissus Jocob Anderson,
native Of Massachusetts, taken in the Albert
Of Baltimore, by H. B. NJ, ship Marlboro
Pleasant Scott, Oman OF color) taken by do (:
Thomas M'Kcasy, Oman Of color of Phla.
delphia, taken in the Dart Of Philadelphia
being prisoners OF board of his Britannia ma
jcs,y's ship Goree, lying =, the Island OF Ber-
muda, and finding our fare very hard, being
on very short allowance Of indifferent proyis.
ions, and il being reported there: that there
was to be no exchange Of prisoners, resolu,e-
" determined to hazard our lives for our free
dom tho first opportunity therefore on Wed
nesday morning, April list, eleven prisoners
fresh water when the above named persons
went into the boat, With two other prisoners,
names unknown to US, under the guard OF 2
soldiers Of the l02 regiment, and the boat
swain of the ship Gorce-proceeded to Saint
Catharine's tank, there filed six casks with
water on our return the word Washington
was given, 1t being our signal for an attempt
TO escape. We Immediately disarmed the
.v,l ac t,pat and
then under cover Of two forts, namely Saint
Catharine's and Paget forts, aud within gun
shot Of the Junon fri gate, and sloop of war
Nimrod, and another sloop Of war name un-
known to Us, boarded his Britannia majesty's
schooner Bermuda, she having i've men on
board, Of the following description (; kings
pilot, the captain and three hands; they made
IN Intellectual resistance, we soon compelled
them to retreat under deck, took possession,
cut all her cables and moorinss, made sail,
and pushed out of an unknown channel, alter
turning of the boat with only two oars, two
soldiers, the boatswain OF the G,ree, and two
Of our cowardly coun;rymen the Bermoda
being in the habit of laying buoys in the chan
nel, had five Of them on board, which we
supposed would weigh two tons each, hove
OF them overheard not knowing the trim OF
the vessel, reserved one Of the buoys until
we should discover it the sails that were on
board were fors-sail, main-sail and jib, the
flying Glib, we set as q Sudden sail, aud the
gait topsails as flying jib boom, there being
neither topmass, jib, nor any spare spars on
board, We made spars Of our oars by lashins
them together.
We found j. necessary to have form Of
order on board, therefore Samuel G. Parkes
was unanimously elected master /; we lef,
Bermuda at l I o'clock, A. M. WITH moder
ate breeze from the southwark at l, p. NJ
heard the alarm guns fre--at 2, p. VI. saw
sail in chase Of us, supposed it to be the brig
Nimrod at sun set we observed she gained
O US fast, we then steering f. n. r. u; a,