Mobile register and journal., 1846-12-25
Burning Of the Creole.

find the following account of the burning of ihe
 Creole, which derives additional interest from Ihe fact, that Of it's most daring and prominent ors, Midsh uman Hynsop. now lies Sin ihe deep ho-
 som of the ocean buried i" It is melancholy lo think that just as he had succeeded in winning a place upon the scroll of fame. by an acl of daring mol t, be surpassed by any ihe records Of our naval hs- tory, his promising career should be quancIed in the raging pillows, among whose depths the earthly tabernacle of hls soul is tossed and bufetcd. food for 6shes! The correspondent of the Georgian writes;
 | The late movemen nis oG the squadron different prints Iefi the U. $. brig SomerS under Lt Com 'dt
 R Semmes the only vessel blUckadng ihe immediate port oi Vera Cruz
 On the evening of the 18th November, nothinQ being in sight, the Somers ran into Ile anchor age at Green Island. Ca the morning of the l9lh, they
 were mortified o hHd brig under Mexican c0lurs standIng ln to the noiihwaId of the castle, and too close for them to cut her of The Mex'cAns receiv- ed her wih great Jny and exuaiion She was now
 safe under the protection ol their powe iui batteries
 and tn make il worsenur officers would have stan | inc Jokes nf the Eng glishmen, with whom we often exchange visiis-iheIr squt tiran of nbserSaiion chred a Sacrfcios of rou'se. the brig slip su eas,ly through he blockade. l ha S0Iners ned | Q 'rtly "t her anchors, and on ihe next day (lhe 20lh) VIC have the opening of he ls' Act-time, af- | ternoOH-Lt tom u2 Sealhtf paclnR me heck ,Onk | ing ra lher blowy-npbnd,, n fact particularly good hum red Ener-I.i Jas $. Parker. 2d It of the hrig with Passed Mijshipmen. c Rodgers and K Hyns,n They appro .ch u Comdg 5. very re. speclluily, tOuChng their caps. Ll Five re. uuesI perniss sir, Ia vis the English suuadron al S,acrfcios " u Com'dg s. hesiiates Parker cou. tinues-'. We might get some information It Cou'dg 5 .-"You can go, sir! You must he back, gentlemen, as early as possible" Li P and friends | exchange Rlances. ev,de ilv pleased. s.Certainiy Gam rn akp lSi r1 It S.-"No. sml You may take ihe 3d." Parke and frIeads evidently lower in ihe chops-''V-ry good, sir" In little while they shove off, and bp- fore sunse are pleasantly chatting wlih the officers of the celebrated irgale Endymion. (She was one of the squadron that captured Com. Decatur ia he President When the night had we'll in Parker and friends bade lhem English friends gool cen and they shook hands requested them, "if noih ing is heard of us before to morrow evening please send word to the Somers that dead or pris- oners in the Castle, for we are going 10 or burn the brig that gave the slip yesterday" The Englishmen laughed and promised, never thinking them mad eneugh for such attempt They shuved oG aad were soon lost to his sight. Nine gallant hearts were they who left on this desperate enter orise wilh such slight iarewe-tIev were in n small l six pared boat-3 otflcers-6 good men IL did seem madness-not SD much 10 do the deed, as io escape after the deed done. from the fire of such and SO many baueres-for discovery seemed inevil able, ihe brig moored to the walls of the Castle. and overlooked by the sentres; madness- yer il is madness that often wins that which wisdom will not dare rhe Englishman--a gall'nt fellow thought them mad they pulled away. Three hours alter the Quarter master of the watch called his attention to strnnge light at the caste-ltf ck | ered-hashes sprung up--hdmes burst oul-and by her burniag light he saw the brig under the l castle's walls-consuniing! Running his eye along the now lighted horizon, he saw small boat pulling steadily, and far on her way to Green Island. By Cd they've done il!'
 But let US go with our own true hearted boys - uuok. cheerly they pulled away. yet gently-and present. ly lay on lheIr oars, about half mile from the tle-mnffied well their oar. locks-arranged their plans-and every man understanding his place, they waited till silence and the increasing da kness favor
 ed their design. Now my men said Pai ker, give way-sink your well-puIl slesdy--nol a word give way" And tho boat glided hke dark shadow oser the waves. The castle seems 10 from ou, the non they approach, and iis huge baiilements spread ont into the darkness Silent Us death, ~ith steady noiseess stroke they urge the boat. The brig lonms up-they see the very ceniry the wall-and they unseen. God fortune speeds them. One other pull--ihc slide quietly trail- ing from the ucks-they touch the brig, and eight brave men are smingng upon her sides. The less night watch. dreamrss 0f danger. smoking with cOmrade. leaning against the mainmas- hearing noise he turned, excaimng 'Quen vis" -a stunning blow cut short his challenge. and ere his mate had we'll turned to see the he was felled upon the d.ck Three others had been secur- ed upon the deck. Swift and aoi eIess as had been the york; the sentries ihe castle observed ds. iuibance in the brig. and hailed 10 know the cause Parker. who speaks Spanish like natiye, assumed the part of the captai of the brig. and replied eooy -" some Of my rascals are tipsny, and am tying them, thaI's al don't want any assistance" His officers and uen mean~hiIe busy securing all they could had below and in less tune than il takes to tell ot il, they had securely beuud and securely gagged all on board The seniries the wall rev CT imagining the possibility of an enemy al li,eir
 very side, were satisfied with Parker's answer, and he, as so0n as the Mexican crew were secured, re.
 manned quiet for some time --ihen cautiously passing hs prisoners and men nio his boat. ever, thing was
 prepared for their reueat The three entered | the hold uf the brig aud care uy fired her yar,-
 oas parts, building theIr fires that 20 or 30
 minutes would rapse before they would burst uut.-- | The bug secure mOored by chains iO he cas- | tie walls, hut il would have beea impossible, had | she been free, for them 10 have got her out. She | was laden with rich cargI of warliKe slores, of | which little nothing had been removed by the
 Mexicans. Regaining their boat, now hea,y with
 the added weigh, Of their prisoners, the gallant par | y pulled away-sieDtly slowly, leaving their prey -deep sinking their oars, hey tug on their way.- | Those only wno have known imediaie grea' dan l ger impending their heads iInmagine the
 hard strung nerves of that noble crew, as resoIu,e
 for all fortune, but hopeful for good, they cautiously
 won theii irsi hundred yards from the castle. The | slightest accident might discover them, and to be
 discovered was 10 he the mark of hundred can | non. They have won their way. The castle has
 sunk in darkness, the Lisendera IS passed. when
 pres nily they see hickerng light and hear the drunls Of the castle. "Ciye wal, my hearties, ,'' 1 cries Parker, ..we have built a beacon that may 1 light us to own graves " Soon they had passed
 out oI range, and as their flaming prey up now
 bright fishes 10 ihe skies they gave three hesrly,
 happy cheers Such, fsr us can gather. may
 pass fol ArcOnnt Dl the m st iiian best con. | duc'ed deed uf the ~"'
 | Mr. Rauioui, oi ,,ns.s., D. <. ... .olicaton says | ll.4lI he fta ,,f .lfo 4.