The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-27

nGl.er fateign iown. The exisifnes Il
these hlsls colonies have slill . worse Fl
fecl in ease of dissGeelion smoAg he In
disns. inasmBeh - they are ever ready 20
pour forth foreign emisssFies. sbo M
ssnly foneni he Iead, sad mislead ihs
poor natives. BY holding out hopes u az
sislsncs from their respective Countries.
Such had been lie care with Bulge
Budge. the aforesaid Fort. before which
. couple Of frigaies and some armed bnais
were lying Fl he lime 0fmy sketch. Tbs
native garrison which amounted 10 shout
six hundred men. had sainly been sum
moned 10 surrender. For three days.
long shots bad been fred slihsm. bui. as
lhe fortress vas built Of mud, no sooner
was the smallest breach made lhsn II was
instantly closed up and rebuilt surngsr
Than over. One Of the commanders sdsis-
ed lie adoption of . s,orming party; HE
brother officer. hoseyrr. differed from
him. urging that he place vas 100 well
garriscUed 20 BE- easily carried by sssssll.
The opinions OF tie two leaders were
forwarded 70 Calcutta, and the reply was
experisd 20 be returned an The morrow,
James Bunting (so We will call The old
iarl heard all these pGi0Uers. 40 he siyl
ed them. and looked very knowing. lie
understood there was a chance Of eight
ing, so be lell paIfceily delighted. To
his berth he descended. and as usual, v ben
no vas particularly h.ppy, managed 10
20, particularly drunk. and iurntd 10 e.
Ideally worse Tor liquor. Now, il so hap
pened that il about on hour alter he had
thus settled himself in his hammock, he
suddenly swoke. A burning fever. an
sgonizing thirs. parched his mouth. 50 he
arose and went TO his locker: but. alasl be
had drunk every drop Of the liquid he
possessed, and where 10 find more be
knew mol. Aboard The vessel he had no
hopes; shore vas his only chance: so, IN.
seen BY any one he made his way in.o
The water BY lowering himself from The
chains, or from tile port hole, or snme
such place. and struck out for the beach.
wherc he landed safely. in spite 81 alliea.
tors. senlnels, aud all other similar op
POSITIONS.
When be had shaken the water from
his hair and hilched up bis ,roSsefs, hs
began 10 look around Tor shop. where he
could lnG some Of lha, liquor, or some
arrack. 10 take the chill OF the water hs
had swallowed; but alas! no building y
the kind moi hls view, not single hab
itaiion could he see. The Fort frownet
gloomily over him in sallen grandeur: NJ
other place whero the spirits we're likely
10 be found could he discover though he
peered snxioUsly round on every side
To Iuse time, TO be laughed a, by hi
comrades on his return for Tie wild goose
chase he had undertaken, was by n,
means pslatsblo 10 Bunting. To be bsuik
ed is InsxIm unknown 10 a sailor; go
rather Than lose bis grog, he determine,
To loso his life, or, al all evouis 10 riskit
Without further ado. he began scaling th.
] walls Of the Fort. This he easily man
aged, and in few moments found him
self at tho Top nf the glacis. Ela,ed a
his success, he began shuu'ing as tDud al
ever he could bawl. o. the horror of The
garrison, who Instantly lancying them
selses assailed, started ~. and we're ebou
TO run 10 the spot Ehero they supposed
the attacking party had made agoodludge
meat. when Jim. who had scamperet
round the defences, began 10 shout from
the opposite side. and suddenly lowering
himself into the town, commenced cheer
ing as loud ss he could, inlermingling the
vocifers,ion with cries for liquor.
Assaulted, as thes supposed, on both
sides. the enemy actually IN The fortress
surprised in the middle Of the night, ex
pecting nothing less than 10 be cut tc
pieces in The dark, wha, could they do!
The brsvest nigh, well hesitate; unable
TO got their forces together, confused and
ssloun,ltd, they naturally supposed they
had been betrayed. They had but one
course left 10 pursue. They opened
the gates aud fled az fast and rs far as
their ieot would cary them. leaving The
town in The quis, possession Of Jun Bunt-
ing. who, after shouting vainly for some
time, fell down and slept for couple Of
honrs, when he swoke. perfectly sober.
though about as much puzzled TO find
himself alone, and in the enemy's Fort
as the poor man was in the Arabian
Nights. when he suddenly found himself
transformed into an eagle.
jim rubbed his eyes. He pinched his
legs. and walking up to tank actually
drank three Inouthiuls Of water before he
could believe that he was awake. He
then stru,,ed up to the ramparts; and con
yincirg himself he was in his proper
senses, for there lay the two frigs,es and
there iloa,ed the union jack. for which he
had oiten risked his life. 'Shiser my
tilnbers! but this is queer CO.! said he,
and with tha, he iwi,ched up bis ,rowsers
as usual. and shook The pig,ail--ahich
then hung from every ssilor's head.
| The vessels perceiving man thus ex
pose himself, began TO fire at him.
-'Avast therer shouted JIM; but. as they
), did moi hear him. OF attend To hiu., he RAJ
). to the principal battery. and climbing th'
! dag stsli, pulled down tho Dutch colours