The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-02


'JaLe,' said The Captain, did you knoa
there was British clipper just outsider
.Yes.'
well, s'poso we go an take herr
DO uatr
srake tha, Englishman.'
'W-he.w!
.But I'm in earnest
JAbe looked at Nightingale in utter as
tonishment.
q can 60 ont in my little Rhoda an take
her before she knows where she is. Now
will YOU help me?'
I'll ip.ler yer, cap'n, ef yeou 60 10 thun
Ier,' was Jabs's hearty response, a. be saw
ht the old man was 10 earnest.
Capt. Nightingale took his mate by the
rm and led him off The night was dark
aut still ihere was busy scene on board
he schooner Rhody, which was the heavi.
est fishing vessel in the place. Torches
we're cleaning to and fro oil night long
hammers and saws were sending forth their
music, and when the morning dawned the
Rhody was ready for sea. The old iron
| lgnal gun had been hosed on board. and
,laced upon q rude SORT Of q carriage amid
| ships, The cod-line buckets and bait boxes
had been cleared away, and, take her ali
| N all. she bore some faint resemblance io
IN embryo pirate or priva,eer.
She was manned BY twelve men, Of
| whom Jabe I!ask!ns took the command.
Tho people wondered where Capt. Night
lngale was, bnt Jabe set their hearts at rest
~ ie!iing them that he would get outside
| IS soon as the schooner did.
IN an h,ur after daylight the Rhody hove
up her anchor and nade sail; aud in less
nan FIVE hours she pnked her blunt uose
Into The walers Of the blue Atlantic. Short.
| " alter tl,e schooner had passed White
Head light, the Engiishmsn was made oui
about two miles distant, 10 the souih'rd and
sesi'rd, j1st off the Ledges, and hauling
MS sheets fiat aft, Jabe brought his vessel
| up TO The wind, which was fresh from the
noth'rd and eas,'r!, and stood of toward.
| he latter point. This looked amazingI,
Ike trying - ron away-at least, 50 tht
| EngIl-lman thought-and canscquenls
he clipper vas immediately put in fulI
iesc; and though she was somewhat L.
lie lee~ard, still, il was eviden, that shf
..t...,u nes No isrs in peeshau,i.rS si,o Yaii.
| zee.
About O'Clock in the afternoon, the
ncishman came almost within hailing dis
tance, and fred Il gun. As the shot came
shizzing over the ii-herman's deck. Jabt
llaskin al once hove to, and ere long the
clipper came up.
! Schooner ahoy!
.,n.-!.a. returned Jabe.
ID, you surrender!
.Wnl, cf YOU want t take us. SIP ,se
| can't help myself.'
In. clipper hove her tore-,opsai to the
mast and lowered boat, and III some five
minutes afterwards her commander. follow.
II BIZ fifteen men. came over the Yankee
ile. The first object that met his gaze a.
Ia ,teppei upon the deck, was the iron gun
mid,h and though the though, Of al
American pirate made him feel sore, yet
le could not help laughing at the almost ri
liculous scene thus presented 10 his gaze.
Tho twelve green l,pking fishermen, To,
gelher wah that gun did present rather .
nuicrOus dpltcHIhHce.
IS, YOU are on piratical expedition? |?
.un,ingly remarked the British officer.
Iiln,,' returned Jabe, with an offended
ir. i s'poss ef I'd cum across one o your
| riffs 'at could ave took, should ave
| me il; but dcno as should been pira.
ltng cnny more'n yeou are neow.'
'iIpw many men have you got?
6 rff,t
welye mcn at can lick us, Id like lew sec
| en-
Never mind about that Jonathan. Wei
!aks sou into Halifax, and there perhaps
,ou will fnd your match
| The schooner was searched fore and all
but all ,ha, could be found were dozen
Id pistols, aud about as many swords,
which were in the cabin, while in The ho'e
they discovered nothing but an array oi
empty boxes and barrels. The English
n n left twelve OF his own men 10 take
charge Of the prize, and took six OF The prs
| ners ON board his own vessel, leaving iht
ther six under charge Of the officer wht
nsd been appointed to the command OF The
Rhndv, aud also left orders ihat the schoon
ar should be KEEP, close in his wake during
he night, as he intended to see her saie'.
ut OF reach Of the Yankee coastcrs.
Until nine o'clock al night. the Rhods
TODD on after ,lhe clipper, With all sail set
White the la' only carried her ma'n-sa'
md two ihs. The six Yankees who haf
5cen lett on board were secured in the Ions
yoat, while the lieutenan, in command an
i've Of his men had the frs. watch. Whei
the clipper struck two bells, the vessel
sere not more than two cables length u
part, The prize being little to windward
IS owing to her bad sailing, the llenten7n
wished to keep the weather gFg". In
night was quito dark, and the wind whic
rad fallen some since sundown, bad veerc
slightly TO tho norihward.
While the prize masters were earnes'i
engaged in Keeping mp with the clipper,
very novel scene was being enacted in ib
+. hpld. One Of the boards which seemed I
form part Of stationary floor, was life
: f'rcm is place, and tho head Of Old Captai
i I.noch Nightingale appeared through III
G aperture. In moment more another boar
vas removed, and ere long, forty stout fsl
a ,rmep, all well armel, had como up frof
J. their place Of cpnrealmcn'. II was but
!, nomcui's work to leap on deck, and ere III