The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-08-26
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From the Providence American.
OLDE.F TIMES.
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| pee, and Judge Johnson in his life OF G, eeoe.
has considered n o, among the Il ST acts Of 20
sls,snce on tho part OF the Co,onies Paut
| Allen, Esq who had hea' the s,ory from his
! boyhood, and whose father was one Of The par.
| y, gives the following 'mpe feet account Of
| the transaction, IN his AIs,o,y Of The Revolu-
| ZION.
| "Lieu.enant Duddington, who commspdcd
Ihe armed schooner Gsspee, had eoo,'ived 10
| rsndet bim'eli an object oil universal detes,a-
lion TO The people OF Rhode Islspd, by his, ex-
| ltsotdlosry zeal and unnecessary seventy M
! the execution Of The revenus laws On no
! OH OF June, as the P'cU!denee packet was
ealing IN tho hs' boz oi Neichorf, unsuspect-
! ed OF any design TO evsde the revenue, with
| which only It was the Lieutenani's buHnessto
meddlo, her master We, pe,eDpto,iiy deed
% io.ver ms eoiors Ae refused, and c shot
| was Gr ed at him from tho schoone,, which
| immt dlstely msdo ssil In chase. BY some
| dexIerous manage ment on the part Of me mas
| CT Of The packet, no led the schooner on o
! shosl, whe,c she e. oundeJ and renamed last
| A, night n was GeIe mined by numoo, oi ssh.
| etmen and Others, headed by several tespec-
| table meJ chants Of Providencs, that 90 good
| an opportunity Of revenge shsuld no, be los, )
! asd they accordingly msnned Q number OF
| whale bosts, 10 which they proceeded 10 tho
schooner, boar ded, made themselves masters
| Of her, ADD then set her on fc When tho
! knowledge OF his event came To the Govern
| or, o reward o, five hundred nonnds was offer
| ed by z, exclamation, Tor tho discovery OF tho
offenders, and the royal pardon 10 those who
| would confess their guilt. Com inissionets
were appointed also TO investigate the Off oco
! and b'iog the perpetrators 10 Justice, Bot
the Commissioners, after remaining some-
| lime in session, ,eporlcd that they could OBJ.
tain no ev,aence, and thus the affair tel NINA.
| ted"
A knowledge OF o participation in this scts
| at the time, would have consigned those en-,
gagged IN u 10 an ignomioious punishment--
It is now matter oil p oud secoliee,,on 10 tho
daring actors aud their desce ndsnts. Oue
distinguished townsmsn, the ate John B'own,
ESQ. was among tho most active, and subyo-
| quen,y, run narrow nsk of being sent to
England for trial Commocore Abraham
WhippIo was another daring leader. There
are still surviving sone Of our most respecta-
BILE citizens, who were ac,ivsy engaged in ,ho
afIait Colonel Eph' aim Bowen, Cap. Sans
uei Godfey, Col. John Mswney, and Capt.
Ben amin Page. Colonel Mowney, at that
,mu, We believe, was med,csi student, ard
eommesced h,s Practice by dressing the wound
| ot Lieutenant Duddlngton, who was struck
oesr the g'oIn, by g. muske, ball G'ed from
! one Of the boas. He recollects 10 this day,
having torn his shirt to form q bsndsgs los
| tho wound. ,.tl.,
It's generally understood tho party was dis
gu,,eG as Indians, but this was no, tho fact.
No disguises were assumed. The packes
was commanded by Capt Lindsey William
Mum'ord, Esq OF Providence, aud Hon. Tho,
odore Foster, who sill survive, acted ss clerks
20 the Court Of Commissioners who investi-
| gated the subject. d,
Many other interesting particulars might bo
I related. We understand, ono Of tho survivors
has furnished a member Of the Historical Soi
cioty with minute accoun, Of the transactions
and It ), very deyirsbe all the survivors should
De applied 10, that a circums,ap,ial dc.ail Of
tho affair msy DO preserved 10 the record, OK
thu, Society. ..
The other even, to witch We have alluded,
was equally honorable TO the citizens o! New
pot. We mean the destruction of the CUT
Ter Lbeuy, which happened ,hree Yeas prior
to the burning Of the Gsspee. The oven, bas
not been recorded o. alluded 10 in sny hislo,y
Of those times, End we presume but few oe
Tho citizens OF ,his State have ever heard oi tho
| trsnsacuon.
! The citcums'snce was mentioned in the O..
rstion delivered in this town on the 5,h oi Jua
y lasf, and tho tsc,s, as we learn, wee detiy-
cd Tom an Old f,e Of the Newport Mereu'y,
published at ,ha timely Solomon Sou'bwIck, {,
and principally edited by the Rev. Edws'd
Styles, bol'i writer in Tho cause OF freedom.
This p.pc' q, ,hs, period bore the daring not.
to, "USoAusTEp by TYRAvTs, WILL DiD
OR sE FhEE" The facts there reco dcd s'o
I d. folIJws: "Oo the loth Of July 1869, his
Msjnys armed sioop tho Libetty, Captain
Reed, brought into Newport big and d
sioop, belonging 10 Connecticut, tskon in the
Sound without this Colony. on the suspicion
Of the brig having done some Illicit act, ant
the sloop having conHsbsnd goods on board
: but no proof sppesfing against the brig, She