Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-05-05
: YANKEE SPIRIT.

AnEAmeFIean DElg belonging to Forts
mouth, N. H., was once, during the days
of impressment, in DemaEara discharging
hercafgo, when she was boarded by a
boat from an English gun brig dying al
anchor at no great distance. Tho crew
were mustered, and their projections ex-
amined, and one New.Hampshirc boy, Of
| a noble fearless spirit, and though young
| in years, of a vigorous frame, was ordered
into the boat. He peremptoriIy refused
to obey the order. The officer, in great
rage, cellared the youthful seaman, sbul
was instantly laid sprawling by welf-di.
rected blow of his list. The boats crew
rushed to the assistance of their officer
and the spirited American was finally o,
verPowercd, pinioned, thrown into The
boat, and conveyed. on board the British
brig. Tho Lieutenant complained to hi:
commanding officer of the insult he hac
RECEIVED from the staiwart Yankee, anC
his battered face corroborated his state
ment. The commander at once decided
that such insolence demanded summar,
punishment, and that the young Y anket
required on his first entrance into the scr
wee, a lesson which might be ofuse t.
him hereafter. a 80
Accordingly, the offender was lashec
to gun by the ihhuman satellites of tyr
amy, and his back was barred to the lash
Before a blow was struck, he repeated
his declaration that he was an Anne ricar
citizen, and the swornfoe of tyrants. Hc
demanded his release; and assured the
captain in the most solemn and inpres.
sive manner, that if he persisted in pun
ishing him like the vilest maiefactor, fol
indicating his rights as an American cit
izen, the act would never be forgiven; but
that his revenge would be certain and ter
rible. The captain laughed al what he
regarded an impotent menace, and gave
signal to the boatswain's mate. The
white skin Of the young American wa:
soon cruelty manglcd, and the blows fei
thick and heavily on the quiyering flesh
He bore the infiiction oil; this barbarou
punishment without a murnur or groan
and when the signal was given for the ex
ecutioner to cease, although the skin wa
hanging in strips on his back which wa
thickly covered with clotted blood, he ex
hibited no disposition to falter or faint
His face was somewhat paler than it wa
wont to be. But his lips were compress
Fed, as if summoning dissemination TO hi.
aid, and his dark eyes sliot l0ssh & brill
liant CLEAN, showing Aat IL - -.
lllRs snAASaaed, and thai Sc waf
venge, even if his life IS
lfeit.
His bonds were loosened, and Be aFos
from his huniIiating posture. He clare
fiercely around. The Captain was stan
ding within few PAGES ofhinl, with de
moniac grin upon his features, as if he eI
/ joyed to the bottom of his soul the di
grace and tortures inflicted upon the poo
Yankee. The hapless sufferer saw tina
smile circulation, and that moment dec
fded the fate ofthe oppressor. With tn
activity, the ferocity, and almost tn
strength ola tiger, the mutilated Amer
can sprang upon the tyrant, and graspe
him where he stood, surrounded by his o
fcers, who for the moment seemed para
yzed with astonishmcnt; and before the
could recover their senses and hasten I
the assistance of their commander, tn
logged American had borne him to h
gangway> and then ciutching lin u u
throat with one hand, and 8. e W
cling him with the ~et
! | him into the turbid va VI 81
raral They parted TO EErF,.ssss s. g
4 and his victim, then ck ses =:
neither were ever aftefv zris seen. e!
l.pessed to their last account. z. -.e..,