Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-13

heaven enabled them to witness all the
horrors even to minuteness, presented {
shocking spectacle Of blood and carnage
Body after body was thrown over. The
wounded were supplied with water anc
such assistance as could be rendered, un
til the surgeon could attend them, and
the matches were taken off, and the re-
mainder Of the crew ordered on deck
About two hundred obeyed the sum
mons but the lower deck was as crowd.
ed with killed and wounded as was the
upper. For the present the prisoners
were handed over down into the fore
hold of the Aurora which had been pre-.
pared for their reception, and the work
Of separation of the dead from the living
then proceeded. After this, such repairs
as were Immediately necessary were
made, and a portion ofthe Aurora's crew
under the orders of the second leuten'
ant, were sent on board to take charge o.
her. II was not till the evening of the
day after this night conflict, that the Au.
rora was in situation to make sail. All
hands were sent on board the Trident
for such was the name of the Russian
frigate, to fit her out as soon as possible.
Before morning for there was no relaxa-
ton from fatigue, nor was there any
wish for it, all was completed, and the
two frigates although in shattered con.
dition, were prepared to meet any COM
mon conflict with the elements. The
Aurora made sail with the Trident in
tow. The hammocks were allowed to
be taken down, and the watch below
permitted to repose.
In thismurderous conflict, the Trident
had more than two hundred men killed
and wounded. The Aurora's loss had
not been so great, but still it was severe,
having lost sixty-five men and officers.
Amosg the fallen were Mr.. Jones, the
master, the third lieutenant, Mr.. Ark
wright, and two midshipmen killed. Mr..
Pottyfar, the first lieutenant, severely
wounded at the commencement of the
action; Martin, the masters mate, and
the first mortally, and the
second badly wounded. Onr hero had
also received slight cutlass, wound
which obliged him to wear his arm, for a
short time in sling.
Among the ships company who were
was Mesty. He had been hurt
with a splinter before the Trident was
the board, but had remained on
deck and had followed our hero, watch
ing over him and protecting him as a
father. He had done even more, for he
had with Jack thrown himself before
captain Wilson at time that he had re-
ceived such a blow with the fiat of a
sword as to stun him, and bringhim down
on his knee. And Jack had taken good
care that captain Wilson should not be
ignorant, as he really would have been,
Of this timely service on the part Of Mes
ty, who certainly, although with a great
deal of sang' froid in his composition
when in repose, was a fiend incarnate
when his blood was up.
"But you must have been with Mes
.y," observed captain Wilson, "when he
lid me the service" a
p" l was with him, sir" replied Jack,
with great modcsty, "but was of very
title services"
"How is your friend Gascoigne this
,veningp 80
go, not very bad, sir-he wants a
,lass Of grog.r
"And Mr.. Martin p
Jack shook his head.
Why the surgeon thinks he will do
yell," ? 2aaar @fa
"Yes, sir, and so l told Martin; but
e SAID that il was very well to give him
ope-but that he thought otherwise"
aYou must manage him, Mr.. Easy
ell him that he is sure of his promotion"
al have, sir, but he wont believe it,
Ie never will believe it till he has his
commission signed. Ireally think that
n acting order would do more than the |
octor can" Ffa3i
"Well, Mr.. Easy, be shall have one
,-morrow morning. Have you seen
Ir.fPottyfarl he, am afraid, is very
ad." a
Every bad, sir, and they say is worse
very day, and yet his wound is healthy,
nd ought TO be doing WE'LL"
Such was the conversation between
ack and his captain, as they sat at
reakfast, on the the third morning after
le action.
The next day Mr.. Easy took down an
citing order for Martin, and put it into
is hands. The mate read it over as he
y bandaged in his hammock. /
+" It's only an acting order, Jack" said
>; sit may not be confirmed" /
Jack swore by all the articles of war,