Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-03

n,'ossh the masAz'ne-o one knocked the lanle N 20
~ ana sent the lighted wick upon the noor:
49,. "s gnnnef hadh't have jumped on It with
MS ie:t tet1re It ciught the loose nowd,r-r,v
eyes On; that ere ship and eysrv tbine an n ,,,d
NOuio nave gone into the air ike a sIe,f Of Nv
iookets, md them was on Lo,rJ n.ve, ~. "a
I've s"D"'i which ste whipt. Dat Of one huf dir a
fnen That went into ac'on .ishty the. ,neo -.
either killed or wounded. AMI ,very ofF..',
.her khef or hurt, except he commod bra. I'm,
hei'enant OF marines, Lieutenant B ock,-bir, a.
vas called the Boston Adonis-the han Isomts, nj
~ ue service vas cut nearly IN tso by a eannoa
SHOT and d ed before the close OF the neiicn
!, was nisn ons up with US. The m,n WAS
&c sfH no. and even the W, undsd cried, Blov
ner up rather than ttike. Well ss thinss STOOL
ue'e vas an end OF the Lawrence, 50 far as fight
ing Weni-and our q, mao .ore saws saws he
Lieutenant Yarnall-the American a,o m,s, 70,
NC pulled down over my head this day while life
remains IN my body: will go on board that shin
ana bring her myself into nction-and will cave
TO you to pull down the Lawrence's fsy It there
IS no help Tor H." So we got our barge slones,d,
~ TIE blessing Of Heaven no, 40 much ininred
oAt whnt shed hpa and of we pushed ior the Nia-
gera-ihe Commodore hnding with his motto a,e
unuef MS arm; but as toon as the enemy caught
sight OF Us, they delivered IA whole Lroaiside di-
tecuy tthe bo1t-and then peppered AWAY 10
orlsky that the water all around Us hubbIed ike
uueK pond m thunder shower. There Perry
STOOD. erect and proud in the stern shees his pis
'os strapped IN his belt, and his sword in his hand
the diS'ance-never heeiing the shot flying around
nim like hail. The men begged him 10 sit down
they enueaIed him with tears IN their eyes-but h,
was not until dragged him down by main force
The ner declaring that they would Law upon thei r
oars and &c taken--that he conseatc.i.
There's them as says FL lott lc6uidnr come down.
ana there's them as says he eoridni-all knows
-, that when our gallant young Commodore took
'he quaf'er-dec the Niagara walked down mo
Toe thsekest Of II quick enough-my eyesl how we
gl1 give 70 10 EN- niu--n~ bo,h
once-We IN between the Dstrio; and Ch1ro,te
cur guns eramned to the mJzze-snd delivered
Doth oil our bTo1tsides into them n, the same time
grape, canister and ail-raking the Others as we
passed; and the Niagara lads shaved IL wasn't no
iaut OF theIrn, that they hadn't have come earlier
20 thelr votk-l never know'd guns sarved smarter
shan they sarvsd theirn, tall the end OF the action
nor WIN better effect. We soon silonecd the enc
my ana run up The stars again on the Lawrence
snc lay, complete wreck, shattered and cut up
among them, for a the world ike q dead whale
surrounded by shrks. They struck one after an
other, much like you may have seen the hasscf
Meet run down afer the evening gun and as the fr-
Ing ceased and the heavy smoke Link rolled off ~
coward, sniyer my tmbers. but i, was sisht for
nnkee Tar to see the striped bunting slspping
iuuTphanily in the breeze over the British Jacks
a. their gsfs.
Ii there's any man, though, as says that there
Conmocorc wasn't man every incn of him. ave.
and as good seamen, too, ever walked a caI,k.
ed plank, there's one here, and his names Bill Ken
nedy, as will tell him, that he's know nothing. and
ialks OF better man nor himself. Ave ave
scraPe the cro"a IF his buttons and he might mess
with Decatur and Lovrence, and splice the main
brace with Stewart and Hull, and they b. proud of
his company. he was badly cut up, though, and
nave heer'n tell, that whsn be got home 10 England
he wound'nt go for to see the lady what he'd en-
gagged to marry, but sent her word by a friend-I
don't know who that friends was-but surpose il
was ms hrst Lieut.. in course,-he sends her word
Ihat ne wouldn't hold her TO her engagement-cause
Why, says he, Pm all cut to pieces-and amt the
man "as, when she engaged for to be my wife.n
WEI, " hat owe thing the noble girl says when she
hearn th's-"rell him. says she, as long as there's
enough OF him letto hold HE soul will b, his"
say, Master Tom that's most up to our Vrcinny
gals Wel-well-there never was but one az
would have said ss mueh for Bill Kennedy. and she
poor Sus-she married curly headed BOB. captain
oil the maintop in the Hornei,-in q get, and vss
sorry when II was too late. She was good girl
Ihoush-and I've lent her and her young ones
hand onee'I or twice since in ihe breakers.