Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1854-11-25
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and Will spin them yam which will clear the bay
ot 'hem soon as they can up anchor. | have
Brazilian uniforms for all lie officers AMI myself,
which we will bend now and walk into The bay
under Brazilian colorsr ,,,- ,..s.
we ngsed ourselves accordingly, and musteriFg
upon the poop sailed into the harbor with The B.x.
zilian ensign at The peak |, was qnie small, and
the En2lish tfgaies were a, anchor near the cen,re
OF II, some distance asunder. Gradually shorten.
ing sail, we backed our main ,opsa abreas, ,hs
Commodore's ship, within about two hundred
yards and when we had LOST headway, | foarei
out in Porluguese-( for their edifcaiion:)
Let 60 The sarboard anchor :" twisting The MS
and the os and the RS about in every direcloa-
We then furled sails, squared the yard by tie
lifts and braces, hooked The yard-iackles, hosted
our ooas, and manning the captains barge with
Portuguese, Seymour pulled aboard The English
nag ship. He was received with The usual hoaoTs
and had been on board but o few minutes when
three small flags were run up a, the mizen and Is
gun fred to wake the o,her irigale Not being Goa.
veraan, with the English code of signals / lii
mol know what 10 make oflhis, when an old quarter
master who had served under Nelson, perceivhig
my ignorance, informed me that il was, q Hois, in
boats, and prepare 10 weigh" .r. -.
The English shi[s now all alive Boat
after boat was dropped alongside from the guess.
warp, and hoised in, two at time, Zone each
side y decks cleared up, and capsans manned Al
this momen, Seymo came over the eangway of
the flagship, and as he showed of, the Brazilian
flag was sent up THE fore and salu'ed with elev en-
guns. We returned the salute British ensign al
| tho III he III.
having weighed anchor, swept past US, making
| sail, we gave them three cheers, which were duly
! returned .... II. 81. . ...
"Seymour,' said /, when the tus,le was over,
what did you tell that feow!" a.3
"Ohe ~ said he, recovering breath after severe
iii OF laughter, was not any OF your land yarns,
| sack-twsted stuff was outand OUTER When
trs! boaded her, began by asking very coolly.
in Portuguese, what the names of the frigaies,
where hey l.om, and where bound, and whom
had The honor of addressing, ec. The cfus,y old
commodore having answered my questions in a. few
words as possible, IN Spanish, desired TO know The
same OF me, and asked if could speak English -
But devil the bii Of English could speak No
No infende=, Englsc, .Senor," said I, with face
| "a long as The lbdown haul, and then proceeded
| 10 tell him that my name was " Don So-and SO -
that my brig was the Brazilian brig of war Achnle
on cruise; that we fell in, this morning with a
suspicious looking schooner, mounting eighteen
| guns, under English colors, and gave her chase
| bu! as she stood out 10 sea, and sailed very fast,
we had given over The chase, because we had been
on short allowance of water for Ten days and had
only one Jays allowance left, and dared no, stand
~ bal iIaI bal I f.
supply, and intended to sail the next day. and cach
the SLAYER il possible, and sling Up The rascal. al
my yard arm !; and added, by way OF clincher.
ha, wished they would not trouble themselves
about her, but leave her for me, as | had SET my
heart on sending her TO The bottom. @
g That will do for marines, T" said the commodore
10 mis- first lieutenant, in English " on short allow
ance of water indeed If he had said short allow
ance OF courage, be would have come nearer the
| truth. He was affaid the SLAYER would be Scotch
prize TO him, il he meddied with her He will
take the oes, Of good care no, TO chase her again
He set his heart on seading them TO the bottom, in.
deed !-ha, ha, ha - And The old knish, laughed
lnnd and long al my bravado. Then nrnng 10 me,
ne asked IN : anish all about lhe schooner when /
saw her, the course she was steering, when | Iost
sight oi her, etc, aud ended by ordering his first
lieutenant TO hoist in boats, and prepare 10 weigh,
making signal TO The other figaes 10 do The same.
He then talked about matters and things asked and
told tue news; and when took leave waited cti
me TO the gangway very politely, expressing has
sorrow hat he had not time 10 visit me, but hoped
that as should sail Tomorrow, we should meet
he sea, and perhaps have The pleasure ofcap'urirg
the pirate together; adding, with wink 10 his frs,
l'eu'enani, which nearly capsized my gravity, iha,
nothing would crafty him more than 10 hyh, III
such valiant company. So mnch tor so much"
continued Seymour, bursting into OF laughter,
in which all hands heartily joined: Ilurra for
John Bnll!'
b. the time mrh had suhsded, the English
riga'es were our OF sight having doubled the norih-
ern point OF the bay. Seymour having satisfied
| himself oil ibis fact said TO
"AIl hands up anchor Mr. Garnet, this bay is
no place tor rs"
| Afer giving The requisite orders in preparaiioni
desireI to know for what purpose he weighed and
whittier were bound ..-..... ...s
Z" We are gong up the river, 10 be sure, he re.
piled. '' in order TO get our live lumber aboard"
al see no liver" sand |, looking carefully around
the bay
u will show it to you in iileen minutes" an
swered Seymour $50 now up anchor for lhe
wind is fair, and we've no time TO lose.'
! The anchor was soon at the bows, and eail being
made stood for the head OF the bay, which, as
have already said, was quite small--abou three
miles in length, and one in width al the mouth
narrowing, OF course, TO ward the head. The land
around i, was considerably elevated, and densely
covered with tall mansrovss-and nowhere could
see the eas, indication OF river--ihe coast ofthe
| bay being OF a uniform elevation. We went on,