The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-10-23

Ter. Sic was long. black. raklsh look
ING eIa'ts--hsssily spared, and oslsLls-
touslg exhibiting nine porn holes on each
side. On the high seas she would be
easils nis'aken b. the enemy Tor an s,sh.
Ifen Sun brig. wish sll the customary
means ard sPpullensnrss,
The WaRdersr sas eommsndsd by
Richard MiieOT. E.q.. . man Of Rrsa,
insEepidiiy and resolution, end who pas-
sstssd, among other eharsrisTisties &c =
thorough seaDsn. . noble. generous heart.
tie 'sss . s'riet dIseipiInzrian. and az
though his eIes were comparatively fsw
10 nnmher. his vessel was msnsgsd wi,h
admirable sk,ll aud dexleri'y.
On the ouiwsrd passage. capiain vii.
cox fell in with number of British srm.
ed vessels. and was sevsrsl time. chased
BY their frigaIes and sloop. OF war, from
which he found litlle difficulty in escap.
ing. When he fell 10 With 9 large net
chant ship, or a government vessel of
small size. either Of which would have
been more Than match for Tue Wander
er. With her small armamenI and CON-
plemeni Of msn. he would hoist the "siars
and stripes" at his lrysail peak and rroad
ell sail. steering directly towards her.
with drag ssiern, 10 relsrd the briggs
way. and prelude the possibility Of
getting within point blank shol--wLile,
in en- sgony Of fear. the enemy would
claw of with al possible despatch.
The Wanderer VAS b"und 10 Chins,
and reached whampOa siter a short pas
sage Of one hundred aud fifteen dsys. She
succeeded in getting into port, 10 spite Of
the British cruizers, which at thai lime
we're stationed al convenient intervals
along the whole southern cast Of China.
end which succeeded in trapping q num-
Der Of valuable American ships, and pre-
vented Others from leaving port. Her
arrival caused quite sensation among the
English officers. and old Commodore
TresnsIl. who arrived at Whsmpoa 10
the frigs,e S.IamsnGer, a few DAYS after
wards. declared. with q knowing look. 90
he CARED with an admiring eye on the fair
proportions Of the beautiful brig. tina, al.
though L" jonathan" had fairly weather.
ed them by entering the port, yet he
would find il difficult matter TO get out.
C.p,sin Wilcox anchored his brig a.
par, from the other yessls in the hsrbor,
and took pains to conceal the actual con.
s !..Jes 81 s.v b; sypsPsal end crews On
officers. he t.lked large. and impressed
them With the idea that the Wsnderer was
a crack privsteer OF eighteen guns, and al
least one hundred men. In the mean
time. he was secretly purchasing bis car.
go oI teas and silks, and BY way Of re-
creation, caused a dozen "quakers," or
wooden guns. 10 he manufactured on
board, and regularly mounted on csrris-
ees or slides. lie was thus enabled on
gala days TO show what sppesred 10 be a
formidable set OF teeth, shhough the
greater par, Of them were false ones!
One day Commodore Treensil. in a
conversation with Captain Wilcox. ex-
pressed desire to G" on board the Wan
derer. The Yankee was aware that the
Commodore merely wished TO satisfy
himself Of the efficiency Of his vessel,
and TO form an opinion of The result o.
any contts, ,hst nigh, take place between
the American brig and one Of the En-
glish gun briggs then in those seas. New
ertheless. without indicating by his man
ner, any reluctance, Wilcox cordially in
vited the British officer to honor the Wan
derer with his presence the next after
noon.
Capt. Wilcox went Immediately OF
board the brig, had his "quskers" put II
good trim-and soo;h to cay. they mad
an imposing appearance in their warlik'
gsrb. and provided with tompkins. aprons
breechings, gun-,ackles, aud other trim
miugs-csnnot shot were arranged con
spicuously in racks about the bul w atks-
and sabres, pistols and boarding pixies il
great profusion. were exhibited in gal'an
array. Wilcox. who was seldom at
loss for expedien.s. next considered hos
he should make up for the occasion tn
deiciencyin his crew, and finally applied
10 the captains Of the few American We:
sells in port, for the loan OF their crew
for a day! THIS favor was readily graz
ted. The Wsnderer was coon name
by some eighty or ninety as fine fellow
as ever knotted a reef-point or puddene
an snchor-(we had no chisn cables
those days. - and when Commodo'
Treensil came on board in his barge. ;
greesbly to appointment. and passed U
the accommodation ladder. and over Il
gaugwsy, and saw such crew, all nes
ly dressed. al quarters. he promptly d
cidej in his own mind that the Wander
was calculsted to do great deal OF mi
Chief, and would make short work wi
any thing Of less force than sloop
war. He determined TO take his measure
, accordingly.
The result equalled the expectations
Captain Wilcox, who stood in as mu'
! fear of a small gun brig as Of friga'
but who was determined to avoid CO
tact with either. and rus, to the niDb