The Weekly register., 1843-09-02

OUT. At length, bleut. FGnky who was
one of them, beckQned to me, took
him in my arms and carried him to the
gun-decll, to the grating over the cock
PIT. There were three others with thsir
legs off. 'Let them go down frst,' said
Funk, 1 am in no pain.' They all went
down. | put bim through. eco to the
commodore" said he. 81 can get down
without you." l turned to go up, and
three men We're picking up one of their
messmates without head. "Out of the
port with him." said the officer, and
they threw him out as if he'd been a
dog. -a.
All This at any ether time would have
been distreas!ng-bnt when got on deck,
smile from the commodore, and "WelI,
Mr.. B. you came 10 see a fight, how dc
you like itH Very wcll-but it seems
to me twill never be oyer' 'No,' said
he, | shall have to so home for powder
and shotir he keeps off much longer.'
Directly he set his foresail, and edged
down pretty close to US. The connie
dore turned to me, 'We'll now settle it
in twenty minutes!'-and after seven
teen, spent much in the same manner as
| have beforeJ described, down came
all his masts and yards, his firing ceas-
ed and we ranged ahead Soon we went
about and stood close TO him, when he
acknowledged he had struck. And this
was all. And this is fight? looked
at the watch, and we had been hammer
ing away one hour and twenty-five min
utes. What ship is that? 'The Mace
DOMAIN" "Give Commodore Decatur's
compliments Capt, Garden: hopes he is
WELL" You must know that last March
Capt. Garden was in Norfolk with his
ship. While there he and the commo-
dore had q warm dispute about the res
pective discipline, equipment, armament
&C., of their and our ships. At last
they quarrelled, and the Commodore
told him that if there should be a war,
they might be, able to settle those ques-
JE.sz, txsSs.ssEESy sss~sS@
discussed. Garden replied, "My frigate
is thought a. match for any single deeked
ed ship aloat. She may go down, sir,
but she can never strike 10 ftigate."
lie came on board, looking more like
a butcher than any thing else, i, fer he
was literally besmeared from head to
foot with blood. He was received at the
gangway in the most gracious manner
by his cid acquaintance. shown into the
cabin, and although il the most dlstres-
sing state of modification, saying, 81
shall certainly be hung, my country new
er will believe this, they won't believe
it till tellthem oft, &c. &c, was soon
pacifed, and at length in some degree
satisfied. He was told that the Guerrero
struck in so minutes, with half the loss
cf men he had suffered, and so on, for
you must know he came from a scene
horrible enough TO have made him mad.
His decks were numbered with his dead
and wounded. His vessel was a COM
plete wreck; ours in one hours time
could have whipped just another. fri5ate
in half the time, could we have got close
alongside one. We are now employed
in putting her in order to come 10 Amer
ica, with what chance, you will easily
Judge, ofour getting her in, when inior-
med that we are just $500 miles from
home, and winters coast to come on
to-, With Decatuf's luck, | think we
may reach america by the first Of De-
cember, when | hope TO have the pleas
ure, &c. &c.
With The kindest regards, am, :
Your much obliged and
humble servant.
B.F. B.