The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-02-12

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OF War paIe
The following letter from the captain
If the baIqae Dolphin. of Warren 4. l., 1
narra,es the PARTICULARS Of an affair men
Iianed briefly under nur telegraph head
lew days since:
JomANNA. Aug. SIh 1851
Mr.. Randall Dear sir:--l take the
Liberty tn write you. the particulars OF The
! omLardment Of the Fort Joanna, On
The 6 h of August the U. 5 slo"p of war
Dale, Commander Pearson, arrived here
and lmmediaiely demanded redress ofthis
King. inr unjust imprisonment of Captain
Monres. of the barque Maria, of New
Bedford. who was imprisoned here in
August. 1850 Capt Pearson. after max.
ing all enquiries. of both the English
SQUADRON on this station and the masters
Of American ships in the harhor, and al
so of the English residents here. being
convinced of the flagrant injustice dune
to Captain Mnorrs and others, at this Is.
land, Immediately demanded of the King
$50 900. aud required an immediate an
swer. After waiting all night aud receiv |
ing no answer, he dispatched ano her let
ter, Informing the king, that It he did moi
give MIN an aInwer befnle twelve O'Clock,
he should commence hoslllilies. The
king replied To the las; note, offering
$500 cash, and $500 dollars in bnllocks
aud lrinkets. Capt. p, refused this, and
got his ship under way and moored her
nff the town, Que hunHred yards from
the beach, with bis broadside To The t"wn.
The king then seut off aud offered to pay
So 900, If he could get II any way--w"'d
give lrnkGts. and cattle aud cotton cloth
IL make up the amount. Capt. Pearson
then gave the king twenty four hours
more 10 consider of il, at the same lime
telling him not to make any warlke dem
oustrations in the mean time, il he did.
he should consider it a breach of filh,
and should commence immediate hosllli
ties. He also notified the king that if he
did not come to some definite terms, Ia
send the women out ofthe place by noon.
the next day. as he should then cImmence
firing upon them.
Al daylight, the 9th. there were large
number of troops paradrd on the shore
and they sent word to Captain Pearson
that he might do what he could--they
would not pay him any thing. Al 9 A.
NJ. the Dale commenced firing shot at
the fort. After FIVE shots they set white
flag. Capt. P. Immediately ceased fir
ing, aud sent Lieut.. Fairfax with flag
Of truce. To enquire what the white flag
was set for, and it they we're ready I"
treat with him They answered that they
wished the firing to cease aud said they
could mol meet the demand. They were
told to haul down the flag Of truce, but
the refused to do so. Capt. p on learn
ing their answer, sent auuther message
10 them, informing them that II they did
not haul down the h,g he should COM
mence firing again, with it up. After
/. waiting proper length of time, Capt
p. again commenced firing at the for' .and
black house, at the corner of the town
but strictly avoided firing into the town
Aher nineteen shots and shells they sci
a signal on the beach. Lieut.. Parker wa
: sent with flag of truce.
At this time The King offered 10 pa!
$1,000 down. give bond for S5OOO. and
surrender the town; said he was very solr,
} that he had wrong and faithfully pr"m's
ed not to do so in future Tie wo'd give
up his houses, his slaves. his cattle, bu
that he could not give hut 81 600 in mon
II ey and 80 head of cattle Capt, Pcarsoi
wishing to avoid bloodshed, accepted 'hl
offer on condition that the X ng shnul'
make treaty with the American Govern
ment. placing Americans on an eqna
: fooline with the most favored nations.
ATS A. NJ. on the OH, Capt. Pearson
, hauld his ship from the town and ever.
. Thing has gone quiet ever since, so tar
:, This chasiisemenl.l beg leave l"say,wa
. reonred in order that Americans nigh
:, be- lresled with common honesty, 1t w"''
!, be great benefit lnihe interests OF ih'
n whaling fl .pt in the Indian ocean II
! have n ship Of war to protect us Th'
s King makes nothing of imprlsnning US
;, when he thinks proper, without law "
. gospel; we can only appeal To our Gov
!, eminent, which has | am proud to say
;, promptly and rfitc,unlIy redressed tn
p ourrage up"n Capt. Mome,
You can make such USE of this commu
:, mention as you think proper. The state
= ments are true. was an eye witpes
= to the whole proceedings.
' Yours, &c, CHARLES r. CUTLER.
Master bark Dolphin