Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-06-27

y. 80 JuSl puDllsNttl, hTliSs lu HotlfC '""'.
early deeds of valurbS the Fathers oI The
Revolution, on The waller, that arc nut e.
clipsed by lhr glory of The IT. achievements
Oh the land, and " bIcl will now deserved
iy rauk with tie uobIesI exploits ol atIer
times. The first volume furnishes the lol
lowing account of aii action which Is we'll
called The 'LeAnston of the seas"
The first nautical enterprise that SUE.
ceeded the battle Of Lexington, was on
purely OF private adventure. The inielI
geuce OF this conflict WAS brought 10 Ma
chIas, III Maine, OIL Saturday. Ihr 9Th III
May, l115. An armed schooner callcn
the Margarella the service of the crnwn.
was lying III porr. will two slonps under
her convoy, that were lna,Inn with lun,-
ber on behalf of the Kings Government.
Those who brought the news were cnjuin
ed 10 he silent, plan TO capture the Mar
garetla having bcru Immediately rrujrcIeI
amUne some of The more spirited of the
inhabitants. The next day being Sunday,
it was hoped that the "ili :ers OF the latter
mis- eht hr seized while in church, hut the
-c.enc failed in consequence Of the pre-
cipiiatiun of those engaged. Capt. aIoure,
who commanded the AarsaretIa, saw the
assaian,s, and, will his officers, escaped
through the windows of the church TO The
share, where they were protected by the
guns Of the schooner. The alarm was
now taken, spring, were Got on The Mar
garcl'a's cables, AMI Il few harmless shot
were Iire'I over the town, by way OF iu-
tInIi!aiou. Afiera litIl. delay, however.
tile schooner dropped down below the
! town, to Il distance exceeding Il league
Here she was followed, summoned to sur
render, AMI fired on from a hioh bank,
Which her own slini could not reach. The
Mar ,arctla again weighed aud running
into the bay al the confluence of the Two
rivers, anchored.
The following morning. which was Mon
day, the lIrh of May, four young men took
possession q! Que of the lumber sloops,
and bringing her alongside of ii wharf, they
gave three cheers n, Il signal for volunteers.
On explaining that their intentions were
TO make al attack on the Marearerta, a
PARTY Of about lhirIv.iire athletic men was
soon collected. Aiming themselves with
fire arul,, pIlchIOrkS, and axes. and throw
ing a small stock Of provisions into the suop
these spirited lrertnrn made sail on their
craft, wilha lighI hrcZe al north wcst.-
When the MarSaretta observed The APP
prnacf Of Tie sluup she wei ehcd and crow
hed sail To avoid conflict, thai was every
way undesirable, as her commander was
NOT apprlsed Of all the facts that had nc-
Cured near BcsIcn. In iihhius. the schuo
ucr carried away her naii.hoom, hu, con
tiuuug 10 stand on, SHE ran into Holmes.
Bay, anL took a spar out of vessel that
was then lying there. While these repairs
were making, the slunp hove in sichs, and
The Mar9arcIa stood out TO sea, in The
hope of avoiding her. The wind nnw
lrcshencd, and the sloop proved 10 he h"
better ler,wlh The wind on the quarter.
So anxious was The Alargarcrla to avoid u
collision, that Capt. Moore now cut away
his hoats; but fuding this :neilec,uhl, and
that his aSsaianis were fast closing with
hm,h opened a fire, the schooner flavine
an armament of four li.Il guns, and thirteen
swivels. a man was killed on board The
sIoOp, which immediately returned lllc irc
with a wall piece. This discharge killed
The II an Il, the Margarct;a'S helm, and
cleared her G"nr::;;.- -ue,.. The schooner
broachcd to, when the sIpap gave u gnntr-
al discharge. Almost II the instant the
two vcsse Is came trul of one other A short
conflict now tnuk place with mIlSkcry -
Capt Moore throwing hand ercnales with
considerable effect, in person. This off
Ger was Immediately afterwards Shutdown
however, wien the people of The sloup
boarded and took posScsSion Of The Mar
sarela.
The loss of life in this affair was not vrri
great, though twenty men on hullI side.
J are said to have been killed aud wounded
| The furcc Of the Margarcf,a, even in men.
was much the most considerable. ihouel,
the crew of no regular can ever equal i'
spirit ard energy, Il body volunteers a.
srmblerl on an OCCASION like this. Thrr.
was originally no commander in the slonp.
but previously to engaging the sch ,oncr.
Jeremiah O'Brien was selected for tn
station. This affair was III" Lexington
conflict, il WAS the rising of Il people -
sainst regular force, was characrcIizc'I
by long chase, IA bloody struggle. and
triumph. 1t was also The first blow struck
IN the wafer, after III. war of the Amcli
can Revolution had actually commenced.
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