Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-12

KNOW where to direct Their fire. The effect was
beyond my hopes, for the next instant | heard
the report Of the whole broadside of the sloop-
of-War, the balls from which took fearful effect
on the schooncrs deck, and as | knew from the
sound OF one Of her masts crashing over the
side.
The desperate pirates now exchanged several
shots with the Scnirannis, but the third from
the sloop-ot-War was decisive, fora heavy rat
Ting sound succeeded, and | knew the schooner
now lay dismas1ed and manageable on the
waves. NO more firing was heard, but the
SOUND Of voices and the dashing of spray told
that my own ship was close at hand. | remov-
ed the furniture from the door Of the cabin SUI
ticientIy to permit my egress, and with a pistol
in each hand rushed up stairs Just in time to
head Il gallant party Of boardcrs who sprang
from the Scmiramis to the schoOncrs deck as the
former grazed past. | shouted to them, and
recognizing my voice they followed me in a
desperate charge upon the dark group Of vii
l"ins who had gathered on the forward deck.
The pirate captain received Il bullet in the head
from one ofmy pistols and fell: boldly my men
stroye hand in hand with the Wretches, and in Il
few minutes every corsair on board had been
either killed or taken, and the shouts ofmy no.
bic crew and the signal lanterns we displayed
cave token 10 InOSc on DolfU the ScIlllulQlS
that the schooner was our own
Not long after, | had the satifaction of trans
fering Emily and her sister 10 the ship, and the
first person | met on my OWL deck was the per-
son who had accompanied me to the cove. He
had heard the pistol shot which | fired when
the pirates first seized me, he had put the horse
to the trot and reached Monteoo Bay in from ff-
teen to twenty minutes, threw himself into a
boat, boarded the Semiramis, told the lieu
tenant what had happened, and pointed out the
course to be pursued, which resulted so happily
in the capture of the pirate. In an houro or two
we entered port with our prize, and the joyful
news of the affair spead like wildtire. On my
way to report to the commander of the station,
1had the pleasure of accompanying Emily and
her sister in a coach to the house of their friend,
and promised the grateful girl to call soon.
Every evening that week saw me at the
house where Emily resided, and when a fort
night after | set sail for England | bore on my
finger a plain gold ring, the pledge of my fair
ones troth; for | had told of my love and been
accepted, and it was arranged that | should
obtain my discharge from the British service
and hasten to Boston, to claim for my bride the
lovely h%eiress, my own Emily D."
About year after the above was written,
there appeared in the papers of Boston the fol-
lowing notice:
married on the 2lst Sestember, by the Rev.
Mr., Charles C., Esq, late captain in
the British navy, to the lovely Emily D.,
daughter of the Hon. Raphael D"
The pleasures and festivities of the happy
event so occupy my mind, and the society ofmy
Emily so engrosses my time, that for the pre-
sent | must close my log-book, and reserve the
remainder of its contents for another OCCASION"