Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
From ths -Niv York .7aeriean.
OLD KENNEDY, TIE QUARTER MAsrPr

'AffbteGhe ana Shdnuou- Bt al flghf
wei, MIR. Kennedy, says Lee. you have Told us
\ oi your vieiories,-hov> you always been y,c.ori
ous-have ycr Away. tat the luck on your side
Where di you lose your ami Tie cd ulin took
long and Cebs'a survey of the iiot 2 N kebint
ne, apparently OF wei pleased With a dark cloud
jrst beginning u hti Itself above is edge INT
hitevtr differences he dteS from IT he KEEP, 70 him
| sell, md havn: relieved his mouth from tie putJ
and rtp'enished the vacuum by fresh bite Of the
pig tai, lac ieisurelY tur ed To u again, nnd rented
with some enphasis-"rhrm aE fights the Engrh
| Fl gh's men and though i;s been my luck 20 be
| taken twice by them, one't in the unueky Caes,
peake, and one't on the Llkss, and Ihonyh owes
| the losI o! my n pper 10 a muskci marked CIR I
| hopes bears them no more giutse than becomes
a true Yankee sailor. Nov, sp.nking Of that. I've
always observed, since he war when our ali o. is
| N the same port, that however much we always
/ nights, when falls IN with each Other the, ,he
moment the English or A:nercsns Ee's iato rnuss
with the French or tue Dutch ihe Sp.niards that
they makes common cause, and tumb'cs 10 and
helps one anolher-bui I'm blesi but that Ches,
peak business was BID oiTiir They took he shin
e; them have the credit oft, say I-bu, no grei,
cred, neithc'; Tor half tho men foreigners IN
stare Of murray, and none Il the men knoz'J their
Officers. he1rn Capt. Lawrence scy himself az
Ter lie was carried below, that uhen he ordered the
busle-man 10 sound TO repsi bOatders, The Cursed
Portuguese was 80 frightened, or TIRE acherous, thai
no sound came from the buslc, though his check.
s~el'ed as II IN toe ac;; and hearn a British eff
Ger say TO one of olr'n, that Capt. Liwfence owed
AMI that sharp shooter in their tops picked HIM
| OH, knowing as how that no common man would
| b. so dressed. | don't complain OF their geting
tie best oil II, for that ia tie fortune Of war but
they behaved badly after the co'ours was hauled
down. They fired down tne hatch.7, and (ifins
| his hat and exhibiting a seam that nl-asured his
head from the crown 70 the en- | received this
here slash from the cI;ssh Of, drunken sailor. for
my snare, rs came NJ the man hatch, after she
surrendered. NV eyes all the stars in heaven
were dancing before ma as tumblci back senseless
on the gun deck heio~; and when they brought the
ship into Haiit'x, she smelt more like slaughter
house nor Chris;ian Man of,waS. Howdsom.
ever, they uhipt US, ami there's an end Of the
matter-only wished our gallant Llurence might
have died before the colours came down, ana
been spared The pain Of se,ng his ship in the no nds
oil the enemy. IL was what Old sailors expected
though. She was an unlueky ship and that di,
graceful nfi'iir between her aad The Leopard was
enough to take the luck out O cny ship Now If II
hsd been 'Oid ffOrs des" or the sod Wagon" (IJ
S'aes) Im blessed! but the guns ould have sSne
oil themselves, had the whole crew muuned and r.
fused TO come "a quarters, when hey heard the roar
OF tic British cannon-ay, ny, Old lronsiles' bull
dogs have barked at John B M of en- enough nv and
always held MIN by the nose, too, wheG they eroyl.
ed-but the Chesi p.ske's co,ors was haulcI bown.
while the Shannon's was 1ying-Thi,'s enough
We had TO knock under--let them have the credit Of
u, say |. They'd Little cause, except in that ere
night To crow over the Yankee b'ue jackets. They
whipt US, and there's On end of the matter, and be
tion as how los, my larboard ripper. Il wasn't
IN that ERE unfortunate ship, sltho If i, would have
saved the honor of the h,g. Bill Kennedy would
willingly have given his head and arms too-but il
was under Old Chauncy on Lake Ontario. 1t was
IN boa: expedition on that lake, that first got
a loose sleeve 10 my jacket, BESIDES being m4de
pTis'ner into the bargain. You sec, SIR James was
slut up in Kingston, and beyond the harbor there
wlsa long bay OF inlet setting up some three or 1
mres
Now, the Com. thought it might be. there was more
o. his ships in that bay; so he ord rs Lieut..
HIM as the English called the "DIre.Dsvil Yankee !"
the same as went in with barge the year before
and ourni n heavy armed schoon on the socks
with all their stores and cane away by the light OF
IH-at-a;-U ds-emennber the placel The orders
him TO proceed up the bay TO Teconnoitre-io see
whether there wasany oil the enemy's ships al an
Choir thereto get all The information he could OF
his movements, and TO bring ~ prisoue fhe could
catch one-that the Commodore mought overhaul
hlm at his leisure So The Lieutenant takes a yagl
as we had captured some days before, having Sir
James own flag painted upon her bows, with I'D.
shipman Hart, and eight OF US men, and pulls lei
surely along shore, till made the entrance OF he
bay. IL was delightful summer afternoon, md the
water was as calm as the Captains hand BASIN no,
ripple 10 be seen. Well, the entrance was narrow,
and somewhat INSTRUCTED by small Islands; but ~ e
soon got through them, never seeing two heavy
English men of war barges, as was snugly slowed
IN the bushes; but about three miles up we spies a
rait oil timber. with two men on 1t. We gave way,
, close board the raft the Lieutenant hains one OF
the men, calls him TO the side the boat and
says My man, what are you lying here for do
ing nothing-ihe wind and tide are both in youI
,avor-don't you know we are waiting down a
Kingston for this here timber for his Malet,y's sar
wee, what are you ijlins away your time for hers
The teller first looks Sir James g painted upor
the bows Of the yawl; and then ut tic lieutenin,
and then again OF The flg-ond then of the lieuten
ant-and then opens his eyes ard looks might,
IsrarCV. without SlVinr nnyfttng With he
VIDE open,-"l say" says the Lieutenant again
i say, you Teller with the ragged breeches, do vol
mean 10 swallow my bOat-why don't you answe
what the devil are you doing here 2" The felle
scratches his head, and then stammers, IL
r know you-you him burnt MIR Peters schoon
c er last year." "Well" says the Lieutenant, "uhn
are you going 10 do with this here timter." an
carrying It down for q raising" says he. "Whslr
says the lieutenant, "do you use ships knees, an,
rnnsom beams, for house raising in this part Of III
country Ii won't do my man. Bear hand, m,
lads, ard pie al the boards and GIT stuff in the cen
ue, and we'll make bonfire IN honor If his mos
sacred Mnlesty" So We set fre 10 it, and took tn
, spokesman on board the ynwl-towirg the other mai
IN their skiti as'ern, intending TO release them boil
when We had got oil the Information that rcq lure
out OF them. We returned slowly down the bay a
gan, and the blszing raft making great smok,
30 bot as peared the outlet, what does we ses
' but them two heavy barges pulling down TO Gu
\ US off. We had 10 run some distance nearly pa
. fallel with them, an island intervening, so WI
= were every moment came nearer 10 them, nnS
i toon within speaking distance. The men cav
p way heauy-in fear Of an English prison, but q
we came nearer each Other Of the officers in II
= Engl SIN boats recognizes Lieutenant -; caus,
wby-they had been prisoners with us-nnd hsii
u hlm-"G, }" says they, you must submit lis no US,
for you 10 resist, arc four 10 your one. Come
Old Teller, don't make any unnecessary trou-
. bic, but give up-you'vc got 10 kaock unier.r-
The Leu,en1nt said no.hng-bui he vasa ra,t
cular man, and had his own notions upon the sub.
icc', Tor, bidding the rien TO give way, he dc Der
aicy draws sigh, upon The spokesman with hi
th,, and most Saftn, ns he was dead shot, Their,
would have been vacant commission is His Ma
iesly's Navy, hadn't the raitsman, who was lrig
cned out OF bis wits, caught hold Of him by the ts
Of his coat and dragged him down into the bottom
{ of the boat The Lieutenant drops his rihs and
catches the teller by his legs md shoulders and
&, heaves him clear Of the boat towards the skiG-
vile We men, dropping cue oars, rave them a
v1i,ey vith our muskeis, aid then lais down 10
aga n. We had taken them by surprise but % We
dashed along ahead OF them, hey reiuine our ERE
with interest pcppcung some Of our l,cs ana XII
ling NJ Dish pmin Hat ouri sht, who merely ut,efed
IA exc. nation ne his Der Il ~ % above his head
and he iol. dead IN he b0utm OF the boat. We'll We
seed the ho1dno blfgc on ready, lying on thei,
OUs and waiting for US, and as there wns ~ run
ming tho gauntlet past her FIRE, mide for another
opening from the bRy didn't appear 10 10 obstfue
I'd, but as VIC nesrs Il and Just begins 10 breathe
&c, thtoo boats fol Of HOLSTERS, Of red coats shoots
right across, and closes the entrance efeetuhlly on
that side. We was IN regular rap unp. We bsd
been seen and watched from the moment we had got
inside Of the bav. burning the ran Ind All Wi