Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-05-22
| Battle with the Pirates.
bI REV. cusRLIs aicu.


rtoper introduction 10 the sublsei OF this
sAcich shall BE- m,nlioacJ. II vas on one
OF ihc,e empurpled mornings which the
uopieSl Sun so oiirn ushcrs IN with all be
purcamrv. while gliding along with Off
.uif ai 6.hi by al ,;alo ".nd, tina,
discovered on the weather quartet, q black
raknh booking craft, running down with
the in,eni,on. sppareoIy, Of inieresp,ing
our course Al the time OF which ] wnie,
the southern waters wcts iafrfted with gsngs
Of The mos desperate and blood ,brty pi.
Isics which history ever vet mcoiiuncd -
\NYst was also e1Bi,ng between The Span
nd, and Patriots Of South America, aud
pf\ya,reu w.r. consequently abroad for the
dcJtuc,loo Of the snemsy chips. The new
VI beng Of the ~,ndward, had every sd.
= vantage over US, and could therefore bcss
) down upon US with more flowing sheet
or haul her wind, should she wish to avoid
US In les. than thres hours after No frs,
saw her she was aoesm OF us about two
miles distant, and proved 10 be a low brig
Of nearly 900 tons, well armed. All on
bosrd we're somewh hat alarmed at the ap
prosch ofihe new visitor, and especially
when ,ud ienly changing her course, sho
kept along directly abesm.
"A plrslc-a pirate, We heard lom ev.
cry mouth add from the captain 10 the
cnbln boy, there was not one on boatd who
dad not wish imsClfsaily moored in Ma.
tanZa
Things remained thu, I'LL noon, when
the brig again aItrredhcr course aud s,ccred
directly for US Within an hour she shot
I'll
lee gun. her commander hailsd the ship &
ordered Captain n. to heave 10, tina. he
might bosrd us This was soon done, AID
the rcsui, YVES, thst sker an anxious hour
had elapsed, dsring which ,imc Captain N
and myself had been csbined with the lieu.
tcoan, OF the brig, we were politely inform
cd that we might proceed on our course, lhe
officer announcing himself rs he departed
10 be Lieut. 49, Of the Columbia gun,
brig L'Esperanee. He had q, first mis,a-
ken us Tor Spanish vessel, and nilerws rds
DELAYED running down, as VIC looked no,
unlike n sloop of war
|, was on the third morning after
this occurrence, tina, we made the ives, end
Of Port Rico Captain n had just gone
Lrlow tc breakfast, when taking up the SPY
glass, | discovered in the Mona Passage
two ,apering maas, scarcely visible, close
under high Juuing bInh.
'Ieren a pirate indeed | cried on
deck. quick, Captain, for yon will mad this
G.ow no scarce row OF man OF war -
CAPTAIN n Was Immediately on deck, aud
npon a second observation, he noticed that,
the vessel was hosting her foresal and be
fore he could look the third time, she had
every thing sci, coming out from under Ito
land TO mel us.
This looks suspicious said he, 10 l'e
one momen, slowed away like q SPIDER
with nothing to be seen and then, with IN
Nc minutes, to be IN lI,l chase al1ef
stranger am afraid that we shall no.
GnI Il such ca.y work TO get nd Of HIM, as
we did the brig the other day. What say
YOU. Charles; suppose this cIai, 'hoult
nro,e to be a pirate, will you tight hun
or shalt we heave to, and quietly suite
them to cut our ,hroarF
,A.to 6gh,iug, replied, 'lh'le can b
done ia that way, for our whole arm"men
consists OF only one (our.poundcr, TWO mus
Les,one eutlass & my fowlIng piece n sorr.
at,sy, Indeed. against the force which tbs
fellow doubtless musers But l can tel
YOU one thing, Captain N !, " no harde
10 die by cannon ball or boarding pike
than by bein; srung up by The yaId
u,m aud checked 10 death by degrees, or b
having our windpipcs unsA'Iiuliy oPrne
by these quack doclon For, one, then,
say. 70, clear IL we can, but II worse come
to worse, why, fight them
The true character OF the suspicious rr'
sci was soon a,cer,ained, for, not beng !
bile to oulsail u.she fell As,ern IN our wax
q, the distance of lees than bali mile, AN
discovering her error IN not having cut
ohat once, she fred lee gun and hosl
sSpanuh flag OF ths we took no nol'c
Another lee gun was fired and the Amer
can aas run IN. THIS was also suiier'
4, pa~ unno,iocd The third gun can
tom The wiaiwatd, double shoued, s' II
suoAe rolled away, ne I.d'k jag "I'
deatF, ka4 asd sToi' bones Was ssen u
rag the mao sAh peak,
The vessel ~as . snakish looking era
sehooner.r,gg.d. vet one OF the most bes
uful hsd ever sen. Every pau oil b.
displayed the most beautiful syn-tTy, NJ
the long raIing mas tapered gradually
way almost TO mAlhe mlieal point Nv
Z thing bstow The sails was az black
paint could make IL sdJrding a SILiI
contrast to the Two l,ne, Of " hnc foam u
wtIeued Of from each bow ticr d.
va. filed wnh men, IN the centre Of who
n, Tho great weapon Of of nave and def
eve .opersiions, iwss mounted bu
IN IS ,wo pounls', tnniag on pivot
The long tom ~Si polsksd to The high
degree. and seemed TO Ding back IN d,sd
the bright ,unbams as they fell upon IL
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