The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-10-03


the prospect of performing some gener
Gus and gallant deed.
In few hours strange sail was dcs
cried in the distance with small yes
1sel in company and soot the sail wa:
suspected to be a cruiser, disguised as a
whaler. Then some pretty play took
place. allowable in maritime war,althougll
entirely a game of deception. The
stranger showed Spanish colors the Es-
sex showed English, and then fired gun
TO the leeward The whaler in company
with the Essex ,hoistcd the Americah
hae Jencafh the English jack All these
false indications are allowable to gain
advantages before fighting, but not to
fight Under, when true colors must be
shown by the attacking ship under the
penalty Of piracy
Gun signals were then resortcd to
The stranger fired shot aheadl Of the
Essex, as much as to say stop aM talk;
the Essex fire and shot over him; signi
flying come nearer. She come. for the
implication was that the next shot would
be into her When nearer the stranger
sent an armed boat to board the Essex
but the boat was directed to return with
IN order to the stranger to pass under
the frigate's lee Il. c under her guns.)
and to send an officer on board to apollo
gisc far the shots he had ficd at an
ENgliShman of.war The order was
promptly complied with. The stranger
came under the lee of the Essex and
sent her lieGtenaut on board, who, not
suspecting where lie was. readily told
that his ship was the Ncreyda. Peruvian
privateer Of fifteen guns and full crew;
that they were cruising for Amcrl cans,
and had already taken two, the some men.
tionel by Tie whaler:)and that the small.
er 7esscl in company was one of these
After giving this Information he made
the apology for the Shot, which was that,
having put one of their American prizes
in charge of small crew. and that they
were cruising for this Nimrod with the
view to obtain redress and had mistaken
this frigatc for her, and herce the shot
ahead Of her; and hoped the explanation
would constitute sufficient apology 1t
did so Capt. Porter was perfectly salts
fed with It, and still more with the in
formation which accomnonied it It
placed the accomrli.hmcnt of ono oe his
three objects Immediately in bis hands,
and the one rerhaps dearest 70 III, heart
that Of catching the Peruvian corsair
which was preyiug upon American com.
inerce. So, civlly dismissing the lieut-
onant. he waited until bc had got aboard
of the Ncreyda. then run nm Tho Amori.
can flag. fired a shot over tho cors,ir and
stood ready to fire into her. Tho can.
tion was sufficient the Peruvian snr.
rendered Immediately. with Lcr nri1,
Thus vas The plratical canuro IF two
American whnlers promntlv lv cb,,tis,I
and one of them released md tho Porn.
yian Informed that bo and His nnu,,tr,.
men were cruising ooainst American. IN
mistake. and would be treated ns nirotes
if they continued the nroct;cc Thisod.
monition put an end to Peruvian seizure
of American vessel,
Believing that tho othor Amor;cor
whaler captnred bv tLo Norcvl, and to.
ken from her prils.crow ty tbo \;mrod
would be carried to Lima Con, portor
immodi,telv boro o,roy f,r ;,s no.t (C,I.
lao). APPROACHED it bnuled of, to watch.
saw three vessels staudin, in r7.cared
to cut them off ard csneciallv the oro.
most. which he indeed to bo nm Amcri.
can She was so. and was ent ofF-tLe
very whnIcr he was in search Of II was
the Barclay: and the mostor crew and
all. So reioiced at their release that thcv
Immediately ioincd their dcliyercr Tbe
Barclay became the consort of the rs.
sex her crew enlisted uuder porter
the master became (wbot he orootly
necdcd) a pilot for him in tLe vast and
unknown sen he was trovcrsino Ther.
was now eooG opportu,,i,, to t,ok into
this most frcouented Of Prrnvian norris
which Capt Porter did shaving Enc,;sh
colors and seeing notb;,y within that
he would have ripbt In c,tcn whom IL
came out. nor gaining any sncciol ipfor.
nation. and finding that nothinp had nc.
currcd there to make knn,yr his arrival
in the Pacific he Immediately smiled a.
gain to make the most Of his timebefore
the fact of his presence shonll he lrown
aud the alarm spread
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