Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-04-22

helped somewhat to swell the list of the killed
and wounded on board of the pirate The few
who were left able to perform any duty, exerted
themselves to get the schooner on wind, and
although we continued to pepper them with bull
let's and round shot from our big guns, as long
they continued within reach, they were soon ena-
bed by their superiority of sailing to range so far
ahead that we found tt useless to continue firing
The schooner escaped, but her loss in killed and
wounded must have been very great When she
first came along side from forty to fifty could
be her deck-when she hauled off, there
were hardly half dozen men able to do duty.
During the whole of the engagement, Captain
Lndall and his lady kept the cabin. We could
occasionally, during intervals in the roar of mus
kerry and cannon, hear the hystercal screams of
the lady, and the eyhortations of her husband to
be composed But as we gave the pirate our
warm salute with the swives, we heard proceed
ing from the cabin deep and piercing shrek of
anguish, which seemed to to thrill through every
heart; after which all still. When the en-
gagement was terminated, and the pirate had got
out of the reach of our guns, Mr. Thompson put
his head down the companion way, and called out
that the battle was over but no answer was re-
turned' Alarmed, he descended the steps and
entered the cabin, followed by myself, and some
others of the ships company, and there, sight
presented itself which will. never be erased from
my memory. Upon the cabin floor, in the midst
of pool of gore, were extended the forms of
Captain Lindall and his lovely wife, both appa-
rently without sensation. We fastened to render
assistance, but found that musket ball had pas
sed through the Inflated captains throat, from
which wound the blood was still yelling; the ju-
gular vein had been divided, and life had fed for
ever. His wife was still alive, having fallen in
aswoon upon the dead body of her husband. But
it was with much difficulty that we were able to
restore her to her senses, and then her grief was
so violent that it would surpass the power of Ian
guage to describe it.
We subsequently learned that Captain Lindall
attempted several times to come on deck during
the engagement; but was prevented by his wife,
who,clngng to his mech, partly by force and partly
| by her entreaties and tears, induced him to re-
main. During the latter part of the action, he
was sitting in an arm chair, holding his Ellen in
| his arms, and attempting to quiet her apprehen-
sons, when the pirates after passing astern of the
brig fred voey of musketry One of the balls
entered the cabin window, grazed the cheek of
the fanting fair one, and passed through her
husbands neck, who fell to the floor and expired
withouta groan 1t was then she uttered that
piercing shrek, which seems even now to be
ringing in my ears.
1t is singular that Captain Lindall was the only
man, on our side, killed in this desperate engage
ment. Had he fallen while bravely defending
his vessel against the attacks of band of MUIR
dering pirates, his memory would have been fond
y cherished by his shipmates and his friends
His untimely fate was a striking illustration of
the improperly of placing of weak minds,
deficient in energy and resolution, in responsible
situations, where not only riches but lives are at
stake. Mr. Thompson received slight cut on
the forehead from cutlass, during the action on
the decks of the Hyacintha, and one of the crew
was shot through the shoulder with pistol bull
let from the effects of which wound he with diff
fculty recovered Our rigging much cut
up, and the mainmast received an ugly wound by
a shot from the D." long Tom, before we came to
close action. We met with no difficulty however
in proceeding to New Orleans. whittier we ar
rived in about week after our action with the
pirates.
Mrs. Lindal having lost her husband under
such melancholy circumstances, ere the honey
moon had hardly waned, continued for a long
time three weeks at least) inconsolable. She
finally took passage for New York, in packet,
where she arrived without having met with any
remarkable adventure, and before six months
were passed away, she had again plighted her
faith to young gentleman, lawyer-she de-
clared she would have nothing more to do with
sailors and ere twelve months had elapsed from
the death of her husband, she had drowned all
her sorrows in the sea of matrimony.
.Matrimony.-Thomas Bastad, Esq. fellow Of
the New College, 1888, wrote the following cpl
gram ON his three wives:-
Though marriage by some is reckoned curse,
Three wives did marry, for better or for worsej
The first for her person the next for her purse
The third for warming pan, doctress and nurse
The above reminds us of clergyman whose
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