Demoine courier., 1855-12-20
PrIyateers IN the Last War,

cord ii The dnings Of the Salem iIeei of
American sPriysseers durieg The last war
with Great Britain.
December 5,h, Macedorian. Capt..
Penn Townsend, arrives. with prize
goods aud % prisoners. The way in
which the Captain came at and captured
one of his prizes is fully calculated in
The following a%necdote. the subs,anca If
which the wri:ef had from his own lips.
IL appears that Just after he left The
Western I.iani. where he had stopped
to recruit, aud whist. he was Cruising
betw eenrthose islands end Trtlsn de A.
cunha asail was disceved on his lee bow,
tow ards which he Immediately bore A.
way.
Whilst running slowly down, With
light breeze, The lookout man a; the
masthead was halle trom ihe qua rt.r-
deck as follows:
"Mast-head, ,heret' ae4aa 4uv
..Slr!"
"Do you see that sal. now!"
Gay, ny, SIR" ~
"Whal does she look kk e?' 1aa ssa
"She looks very large. sir. Gress
she's either a irigsie or Iadiaman." ~
On hearing this, Capt. +. look his
glass and went aloiL 10 satisfy himself in
regard both 10 his enemy's strength and
caiibre. After doing so he ca e down
from alofl. luIed his vessel up int,he
wind, sent all his men, with the excep-
ton OF nine or ten, below, hoisted Dutch
%colors. and keptoff again before the wind.
Disgusting himself 60 as to appear az
much as possible like a Dutch skipper,
and having transformed such Of his men
as remained on deck into very respec,
able Dutch sailors, Capt. Il. ran boldly
down across the enemy's stern. and com
ing TO under her lee quarter, was hailed
az follows: 4at a9f
s'Ship ,hoy !"tq saaak asti
HALO" Esa .nsghs b ia
"What ship ia that"
The name Of some Dutch vessel with
VIII CHI The Captain was we'll acquainted,
but which we have forgotten. was given
in reply. and then Capt. T. 10 broken
English, enquired- Al sdi ~
4 ~aNENot SAtp ~ Adt.AAhas N& kAta t&kfEt t4 &t
la reply 10 This, the name of a noted
lndiaman was given, with The following
addition:
1--WE are las, from Barbary. bound to
Lonlon, and short Of provisions; can you
supply ,us?' gN7 &eaid 39ff3 gTois
n In answer 10 this. Capt. T, replied in
substance, Thai il The Captain of The. Ia
diaman would favor him with a.visi, he
would see what he could do about il,
and in a short time afterward he hadithe
satisfaction of seeing boat Alongside Of
his vessel with the English captain in
full uniform. who Immediately eamc on
board.
With the utmost 2oliteness and civil
ty Of manner, Capt. I. nsiteI The siran-
gerinto his cabin, as was customary 10
those day s, to take a glass Of wine-
This invitation was Immediately accept
ed, and the captains wen, below. where
the first officer Of the Macedonian, as
had been previously arranged. acted the
part Of steward, by placing upon the
table wine and such other refreshments
as the larder oil the vessel 81 The time Of
tered. Nual II ssagl ALI acf7 sA h tgss
The two shippers sat down to the
table, and after pledging each other in a
friendly glass of wine, entered INTO an
mated aud general cnnversation ID the
course OF which the Englrshmen animal
vefted 10 Q ~consaeraue length, aud with
much warmth, spon The proceedings Oh
a certain prisateersnian commanded BY
one Townsend. who he solemniy aver
red. was a regular Yankee deyik a9s
Al this poin. OF proceedings, Caps. II.
gave shs wink 10 his steward pro fem
who, ina clandesline manner. handed
him a couple Of pistols, n Of which he
instantly presented 10 the Engtish Cap
lain. saying, as he did so:
"Sir, you are nv prisoner; | am the
Yankee detil T. about whom you haze
been so freely speaking. Choose now.
whether you will have your brains blown
on. or surrender up your ship"
Seeing in a m~omentthat all resisianey
would be utterly useless, the English
man said s19sp3 q go Ff& astbsuasl
81 surrender" w4T sHs
Then he gave orders to his third lieut..
who had charge Of his boat, 10 return
to his vessel and hand down The cs4ors,
which was i'm immediately done. A prize
crew was then pu. on board. and the
p~Iieossrs were transferred 10 ,he Mace
donian. and the result was tha. one Of
the sriches.prizes taken during sAe war
arrived safe in the United Stases. as
HusKING CoRN-FEAT BY HoosIEa.
james Buck, of West Plans, near
Lafayette. Indiana, wagered 500 tina.
he could 'husk and CRIB one tundred
bushels Of corn in ten hours. He com
menced at Z o'clock on Friday morning.
cad uit., and husked for nine hours and
twenty. four minutes. The Judges chos
en- 10 measure the corn in The CRIB, re-
ported the number Of bushels kuske3 10
that time to be one hundred and eigh-
teen. Buck thus won his wsser, with
.hirty-six minutes 10 spare, and . surplus
of eighteen bushels over lhe quantity
stipulated.