The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-04-12

Po'eS "Sre open. we NneD iutfcd T.. y. T..
when another gun was fired the shot pass
ed aoatt the main rigging over the lee quar-
ter. Heaving his vessel too on the starboarti
tack, hai'ed me by saying, "you damned ras-
cal 1t you don't lower your boat down and
come on board immediately. IN fire into you
III sink You. God damn You" Seeing me in
the act OF taking in the square sail, .s why
don't YOU heave to. God damn you, I'll sink
you III hire broadside into YOU" As soon
as Gould be heard, / said, this is United
States vessel from Savannah with dispatches
for Admiral Cockburn. In the act of pro-
nouncng the last words, musket was fired
at me, the ball passed near my shoulders, |
over the hand of the man at the helm. stri-
king the water from twenty to thirty feet
from the vessel. Putting the helm down,
again informed him of the character of the
vessel, saying, if you wish for further salts
faction, you are at liberty to send your
Doae on board Hei said. don't care a.
damn tor the dispatches nor Admiral
Cockburn either; God damn them and the
United States too; I'll FIRE broadside into
you ana SINK you if you don't lower your boat
down and come on board, you rascal" Put
about and ran close under the ships lee, say
ing, :" this is the u. States gun vessel No.
IoS, with dispatches for the Admiral off St.
Mary's ifyou doubt her being what she ap-
pears to be, you can send your boat on board
TO he too" which was done on the starboard
tack. He then hailed, saying, " if you heave
too on the starhoard tack will send nv boat
on board OF you; = at that moment discovered
ootn MS hands up, crying no, no, no, no as
II 70 prevent the firing of the quarter deck
| guns and musketry-nosr of the men were
ID readiness to fire. Turning to me, says
Soa damn you, come on board or I'll sink
you-tl hire thunder into you." Ireplied,
/ cl,al1
with lightning" At this time I received, if
| possible, a greater food of vulgar abuse than
| before. hove about, stood to windward of
MN, heaving too on his starboard quarter,
with the larboard tacks on board when a
| Lieut.. came alongside, ordered me into the
| boat, saying, if you do not go on board. e.
very one OF you will be taken out and carried
to charleston" Go on board & tell your
commander that Shall not lower nv boat,
nor shall an officer or man leave the vessel
but by force" shaving him the naner
TOR Admiral Cockburn. " If you don't go
4, on board, you'll be sunk as soon as 60 on
osard advise you to co." want 10 adj
vice." said ], /" have the orders of my go
vcrnment by which am governed, tell your
commander that such trifiing shall not pass
win lmpunity." On the boat leaving us the
| capt. OF the ship said, won't the id rascal
Gomez then come along side and let me sink
| boats reaching the ships side a gun was fr-
ca the shot passing to leeward, through
the man sail, near the mast, cutting away
one OF the stays. going between the fore mast
ana rigging; while he gave full vent 70 his
vulgar abuse, throwing down his speaking
! t'nsares Hitherto every order vi Iuiue had
oeeh ooeyed with alacrity. Inow saw every
one oil our little crew apxiously waiting the
order to hre into the apparent enemy but
considered that several valuable lives would
IN all probability be lost, and the Gag struck
1T last. With my reduced crew it was hard
" possible to escape from vessel Sailing
nearly or quite as we'll as mine. Under these
CONSIDERATIONS / fired gun across his bows,
as the vessels were lying, sunk the signals &
hauied the colors down. A lieutenant came
on board, to whom made formal surren-
DER OF the vessel; he observed, that he was
only lieutenant. "Send an officer on board,
replied, the officers and men are Your pri-
soners. He ordered me on board the ship.
Oh my arrival on board the ship, was met
oy the captain near the main mast saving,
this is his majesty's ship Erebus, Bartholo-
new commander. "This is my sword, %
replied, that is the u. S. gun vessel No.
1875 which surrender as your prize, myself,
oniCers and crew as your prisoners" He
sa'G aS4,n, now dare you refuse to come
on board his majesty's ship when ordered 81
Know not nor do 1 acknowledge any right
you nave to order me on board, or to inter-
rnpt me sailing along the American coast. /
small, however. make a fair representation of
TINS most flagrant abuse of power on your part
TO my government. Had the crew that were
attached to my vessel but few DAYS since
you should not have brought me >on board,
without my first marking your vessel with
few thirty two pound shot, & very much re-
greet that have not the command of a vessel
OF 20 guns, which would save the trouble of
demanding satisfaction at future day, by ia
King 1t on the spot" He said, al ONLY wish
to warn you off the coast will you see nv
orders from the Admiral to wara .all vessels
from the coas, ?""As | am governed BY the
orders OF my own government, can have no
thing to do with those of Admiral Cockburn."
lie said, i thought you might be from the
cape OF Good Hope. " You could not be-
lieve any such thing, when You see she has no
quarter, has not the appearance of having
been at SEA any length of time her boats not
slowed as it to remain long at sea nor
Could you suppose that were from long
crulze should run past the port of Savan
nah, thereby exposing the vessel to any British
cruiser that might happen to be on the coast"
lie then said, upon my honor, believe il was
an accident, but am sure the last shot would
not have been fired if you had not been trying
TO run away from me. +" You could believe no
such thing you saw both jibbs to windward
and the helm a-lee." lie said, upon my no
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