Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-07-28

CORRESPONDENTS W COMMODORE
HILLYAR N CAPTAIN PORTER, ALLuD-
ED TO IN CAPTAIN PoRTER's LETTER
PUBLISHED IN THE LAST GAZETTE.
Ertract ola letter from Com. HiHyar
to me.
Phoebe, April 4th, 1914.
"My Dear Sir-Neither in our CONVEX.
cations nor 10 the accompanying letter, have
mentioned your sword. Ascribe my re-
missness in the first instance to forgetful-
ness consider it only in my servants
possession with my own, until the master
may please to call for it and although /
omitted at the moment of representation, from
my mind being mach engrossed in attend
ing to professional duties, to offer its resto-
ration, the hand that received will be most
gladly extended to put it in possession of
him who wore it so honorably in defend
ing his %country's cause.
Believe me, my dear sir, very faith
fully yours,
tSigned) JAMES HiLLyAR.
Captain PORTER"
A return of the killed, wounded and mis-
sing on board the y. States ship Essex, of
SO guns, 225 men, David Porter, ESQ. com
mander, in an action fought on the 2Sth of
March, 1914, in Valparaiso bay with the
British frigate Phoebe, of36 guns, $50 men,
Jas. Hillyar, Esq. commander, and the
sloop of war Cherub mounting % guns, $50
men, commanded by T. Tucker, ESQ.
Killed an action, and haze SINCE died of
their wounds.
James P. Wilmer, LIST lieut.. y John G..
Cowell, act. Sd do; Henry Kenady. boat
swain's mate /; VIM. Smith, do; Francis
Bland, quarter master Reuben Marshal,
quarter gunner Thomas Bailey, boats.
yeo. John Adams, cooper VIM. johnson,
carpenters crew; *H. Vickers, do. q.
Mayteld, am. crew *Wm. Christopher,
capt. forecastle; Nath. Jones, captain mast.
J. Thomas, captain main-top John Rus
sell, do. F. Green, G. Hill, w. r. Cooke,
George Wine, Jos. Ferrell, Samuel Miller,
seamen *Thos. johnson, LIST do. #Philip
Thomas, do. (; Thos. Nordyke, do; w.
White, do; Thos. Mitchell, do. VIM.
Lee, lst orderly seaman Peter Allen, Jno.
Alyeson, John c. Kneeling, Benjamin Ha-
zen, seamen Peter Johnson, LIST seaman !;
Thomas Brennock, do. T. Browne, do.
Cornelius Thompson, do. John bingham,
do. George Douglas, do. Frederick Hall,
do. James Anderson, do. George Hallet,
orderly do. t. Terry, Charles Norgren,
John Powell, Thomas Davis, James Seller,
j. Clinton, Robert Brown, John Jackson,
John Ripley, James Folger, seamen Dan
lei F. Cassimer, orderly seamen VIM. Jen-
nings, do. Mark Hill, VIM. Lee, /. Geo.
Beaden, Thos. Russell, do. Lewis Earle,
boy /; Henry Ruff, do. VIM. Williamson,
do.-5S.
Those names marked thus (s) died since
the action.
Severely Wouaded
Edward Barnewall, acting master : Ed
ward Linscott, boatswain William Kings
bury, boatswain Essex Junior George
Kinsengen, master at arms; Bennett Fields,
armourer ; J. MKinsay, Otis Gate, Jasper
Reed, arm. crew Isaac Valance, captains
steward ; L. Green, quarter gunner; Enoch
MMiley, do. /; William Whitney, captain
fowetop ; Thomas Milburn, captain of mast
John Stone, seaman; Ephraim Baker, cap
tain waist /; John Lazarro, seaman Emo
Moles, captain waist William Wood, sea-
man +; Francis Trepanny, do. John Penn,
do; George Williams, do. VIM. Cole,
do; IL Barker, do. ; John Glasseau, do.
is. Goldsborough, do. ; James Postell, do. -;
Peter Anderson, do. John Johnson, do. I;
Peter Ripple, do. F; Thos. Oliver, do. Geo.
Shields, do. VIM. Hamilton, o. S. Thos.
Andrews, do. !; William Nichols. DO. b
BARLEY, do. D. Gardiner, do. Samuel
Mlsaacs, boy-39.
Slightly Wounded
David Navarro, sailmaker; David G.