Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-02
PRIvArzERs m rHR LAST war

|. Ihe suoJoined h selected from the r~oorS ~
the doings Of the Salem feet Of AmsT.sn
priFsteeu during the last war with Grsat
britain: -
December 5th, Maeedonisn, Cant Pan.
Townsend, arrives, with prise goods And
twenfy-two prisoners The way In which fhs
csptain came at and captured one Of his
prises Is fully elucidated in the following an
ocdots, the substance Of which the writer bad
! from bis own lips.
ltappears that just after be lefl the West
srn 1sisnds, who're he had stopped 70 recruit,
a1o Sniist he Was cruising between those
sisHos ana Tristan de Acunha sail vss dis-
covered on Ills Ice bow, towards which hs Ir
soeiistely kept away.
T.. whilst running slowly down, with . IigLt
oreeze, The lookout man at the mast st-hsed wss
mailed from the qusrter-desk as follsws:
Masthead, there"
"Sirn'
Do you see that ssii now g''
Ay, ay, sir"
q What does she look ike,''
one looks very large, sir. Guess she /.
either frigate or Indiamsnn
on hearing this, Capt. 7. took his Rlaas, AMI
went aloft, 10 satisfy himself in regard both =,
has enemy's strength and calibre. After dolas
%, ne came down from aloft, luffed his vessel
up 10 the wind, sent all bib men, with th. ex.
ception OF nine or ten, below, hoisted Dutch
| eAN hSPs Va df&iu DelOre the wind.
Diguising himself 20 as to appear as much Is
possible like Dutch skipper, and havin
Transformed such OF his men as remained o..
deck INTO very respectable Dutch sailors Csp,
Il ran boldly down across the eneuy's sterp
ana coming too under her lee quarter, Wa.
hailed as follows
" Ship shoy,"
Halo"
What ship Is that %
Ihe name of some Dutch vessel with vhish
tne Saptaln was we'll acquainted, but which
We nave forgotten, was given in reply and
then Capt / in broken English, Inquired
NOt ship ish dat 2"
In reply to this, the mans of q noted India
man was given, with the following addition:
We are last from Bsrbary, bound TO Lon
usl' 'ON '1PPv
In answer 20 this, Capt. T. replied Ia sub.
stance, that IL the captain Of the Indiam.n
would favor him with q Wait he would See
Wnat ne could do about il, AMI a short time
afterwards be had the satisfaction of seeing A
ooat alongside his vessel with she English cap
on board
with the utmost politeness and civility sf
manner, Capt L. invited the stranger Into
nus caoin, as was customary in those days q
take glass Of wine. This Invitation was i'm
mediately accepted, and the captains vent
"ci"", "nete tne nrst oncer OF the III lcedO-
alan, as had been previously arranged, acted
the part Of steward, by placing upon the t.
oie VINE and such other 'refresnments as the
isrder OF the vessel at the time offered
Then the two skippers sat down W the ia
pie, and after p!sdging each other in q friend
~ glass OF wine, entered into animated and
general conversation, in the course of which.
the knglishman animsdverted q considerable
length and with much warmth upon the pro-
eeedings OF a certain privatesrsmsn conuand-
81 by one Townsend, who he solemnly ayerr,l
was regular Yankee devil.
AZ this point Of proceedings Cap, 7. gave
the wink TO his steward pro tenn, who In q
elsaiestine manner handed him n Sounls NJ
pistols, one Of which be instantly presented N
the English captain, saying as he did %
sir, Jon Are my prisoner; i am that Yss-
Rec devil l., sbest whom you have been 30
freely speaking Choose, now, whether yos
will nave your brains blown out OF surNndsT
up your ship"
Seeing In moment that ali rssistanss vculo
oe utterly useless, the Enghshnaa said
L / surrender"
Then be gave orders to his third lisuteraut
Weo Q sd charge ef his boat, 90 rsturn 10 bis
vessel and hand down the color., which We.
Immediately done. prize crew was tAss
PCT on board, sad the prisoners were trims
ferred 70 the Macedonian, and the re.slt vv
that one Of the richest prizes taken during As
war arrived safe In the United States.