The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-03-14

d Every thing was now ready Bigs h
Q got aboard his tarna mud tuIkle, ss
g styled the machine and was about 10 enl
g the aperture TO screw himself IN the al
r tight room or hole when Of a sudden he rr
up and exclaimed
Thunder aud marlinspikes! who's cot
chaw of lotacco!-This old quid won la
no how aud he threw it away.
A general laugh took place al tho oddl
Of the s6rgeanI's appeal, al such junciur
when lhe serious attention Of all was rivete
dpon The machine and its operator. ABOUT
IePqr' on so dangerous service. Inquire
passed round for tobacco, hui no even L
II pIgIa could be rslSet among the group
Daybreak TOO was lot far of and it was ne
cessary that Blge should move immediate
|ty,
Ah! sergeant, You see how ii is said Put
nam II wa continental officers ara too poo
even TO raise tobacco plug, Push off, my
fine fellow, and tomorrow some of the
Southern officers snail supply you with q
keg of old Prginia;'
Goo bad!' answered Bige despondngly
but mind Gin raj, il ,he old lurkIs doesn',
DO her duty, l''s all on account Of my going
10 sea without lobacco-mird tel ye
The machine was lowed into the stream
;asI off aud, Bige and his elslnaI mud tur
ile disappeared under water. For the
pace Of an hour and more did the officers
wait upon the extreme point Of the Battery
expecting momeDIarlly TO see the Eagle as
'end into the air, When day broke, sus
'ence gave away 10 fear. Nothing was to
'sEesq,9IlRe, tQI2edo sRG he officers be
imorg the missing al the next clIi oil ma
egmenlal muster roll.
Putnam had beer examining the vicinity
# the Eagle with his glass, when he sud
leuly excaimed-'There he lS!-SuTf
nough, the top Of the machine wac seen
from the bay little to the LETT "I
he Eagle. Ii was observed from the ships
Ieck for vollcy Of musquetry was fired
nlo it, aud down below popeG the turNlc,
ge evidently not liking this species of re-
,oguilion. Barges were now sent of the
,hore to pick in up, and the Eog'eI
was observed 10 be gsrlng under wsv nI
!reaI haste. Tie sergeant was taken uP.
rear Governors Island, sfler having cast Of
us machine, which hejng Sc, to run about
an hour exploding with tremendous force,
.hrowing up the waefi in every direction
I'he Eagle up aSchor followed by the ASIA
Chatham and several other men-oI-warand|
such rapid 'giUen down New York bay
was reytr seen before nor since.
Lord Howe thought a young hell had
broken loose under charge Of the Yankees,
and ilisa fact no less strange than true, that
mill the morning Of ,he battle Of Long is
and, not an English vessel vsnIured from
Staten Island up the bay. 'Brse, on land
lug, gave Ihe following account Of his peril
Gus journey under water.
'Js. as sid, Gin'ral--iI all failed for
van, ola chaw! You see I'm narvons
without tobacco. goI under The Eagles
bottom. but some how The screw struck 1hf
rron bar that passes from The rnddsr PlnIIe.
and it wouldn' hold on no how could ia
It. Jis, then let 90 the oar 10 feel for 3
rhaw 10 aid my nerves. End had not any
The cussed lide swept me nnder her roun-
ter. and away slip top o water could
not get back so | pulled Ihe lock and let the
lnfernnl CriIter slide. It raised h--l} ,djdn't
il! Issy can, you raise a chaw among
you Dowr
Thus ended Bushnel's famous torpedo
scheme Bushnell died in Georgia, IN
1926.
B,gs died near New London about tween.
ty years ago, avowlDg Ia the last that Ad-
miraI Lord Howe owed his earldon, which
re won By his famouO victory over Ihe
French on the lei Of June, 1874, solely 10
old Puts no furnishing him, tBlge with q
quid Of tobacco when he wen, down in the
eternal mud lurkIe.
10 March, ls45, there were in \.
Yori 93j Smiths, and l92 John
Smiths,