Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-05-10

In an hour after daylight the Rhody
hove up her anchor and made sail. and IN
lc.. than five hours she poked her blunt
nose into the waters Of the blue Atlantic.
Shortly after the schooner had passed
Whitehead Light. the Ensli.hman was
made Oh, abou, two miles distant, to the
south'ri and wes,'rd. jus, OF the ledse..
and hauling his sheets ia, aft, Jabc brought
his vessel up to the wind, which was fresh
from the northrd and east'rd. and stood
Oh toward the latter point. This looked
amazingly like trying TO run away-at least
80 the Englshman thought-and consc.
quently the clipper was Immediately put in
foil chase. and though she was somewhat
70 the leewird. .,ill IL was evident that she
would no, 30 long in overhaulins the Yam
krc.
Abou, four o'clock in the afternoon tho
Engli.hman came almo., within hiiling die.
tancc. and fired n gun. ~ the sho, came
whiIrn. over the fisherman. deck, Jabs
IIa.kins a, once hove 20, and ere long the
clipper came uP.
Schooner ahoy 70
Halo :" returned Jnbe.
"Do You .arrender?"
"wsl. IL YOU want & take US. s'po.e I
can't hep myself"
The clipper hove her forc.,opsail To tho
mas, and lowered host. and m some fys
minutes aitsrwari her commander. follow.
el hy fifteen men came over the Yankees
side. Tho first ohjec, tha, me, his sSrs a.
he stepped upon the deck, was the old iron
gun amid.hip.. and though the though, oi
an American pirate made him feel .orc. ye,
he could no, help laughing at the almo-,ri.
diculou. scene thus presented to his snrs.
The twelve green looking fishermen. to,cth-
cr with that gun dad pre.cn, rather ludi.
crous appearance.
$50 YOU are on a piritisal expedition ?"
taun,insly remarked the British officer.
II donno," returned Jabc, with an Of
iendci air ~ ,'po,c il III cum acro-. one
o'your craft. at could ave took. I should
ave done IL, hut dCnno As should q been
piratins emmy MORN you are now"
4" How many men have you cot9"
Here's twelve on Us. an ef you've got
twelve men "a, ken lick u. i like tew see
en-
Never mind ahou, that, Jonathan.
Wen take you into Halifax, and there per.
hap. you will find your match"
The schooner was searched fore and ait.
hut all ,ha, could b, found were q dor.n
old pistols. ani abou, a. many swords.
which were in the cabin. while IN the hold
they discovered no'hin. bu, IN array Of
empty boxes and barrels The EngIi.hman
lett twelve oi hs own men 10 take charge Of
the prils, ani took slx Of the prisoners on
board hi. own vessel, lsasin: the other six
und'~ the charge Of the officer who had horn
APPOINTED 10 th1 command Ot the Rhody.
and also lett orders that the schooner should
b. kept close la h,s wake during the night
IS be intended 10 sec her safely out Of reach
Of the Yankee coasters.
Until nine o'clock at nigh, tho Rholy
stood on after the clipper with oil sail set
while the latter only carried her mainsail
and two jlbs. The SIX Yankees who h.d
been left on board were secur: d in the long
I boat. while the Lieutenant, in command and
/ I've Of hi. men had the fr., watch. When
the clipper struck two bells. the vessels were
no, more than two cables length apart, the
I prize berng little windwari. as owing to
her bad -ailins, the lieutenant wished TO
keep the weather gage. The night was
quite dark. and the wind. which had fallen
some since .undown. had yeerei slightly TO
the nor,hward.
II While the prize masters were earnestly en-.
gagei in keeping up with the clipper. a
very novel scene was being enacted in the
hold One of the boards, which seemed 10
form part Of a stationary door, was lifted
from its place. and the head Of old Captain
Enoch Nightingale appeared through the
aperture. In n moment another boari was
removed. and erc long, forty stout fisher.
men. all well armei. had cjme M from
their place of corccalment. IL wasa mo.
ment's work to leap on deck, and ere the
thunderstruck Lieutenant could sec whence
came th. enemy. he was bound hand and
foot, while the poor prisoners werc set free
from the long boat. Obcd Nightingale took
the helm, and his father. pointing cooked
pistol at the head OF the English Officer,
said:
"Do you think We are in earnest or
noi?v
81 should think you were." replied the
trembling officer.
"Then IL you do no, obey me. you will
&c, n bullet through your head in an In.
slant Now hail the clipper"
+" Scorpion. ahoy ~ shouted the lieuten.
ant. q. IL for dear life.
In the meantime the Yankee had been let
OF little from the wind. 20 that she was
now within little more than . cables
lsng.h OF her cap,or. while the bold fisher.
men were nearly oil crouched beneath the
bulwarks. Some one from tho clipper m.
swercd the call.
"Tell them thu schooner las sprung
aleak. and that tho cus.ed Yankees must
bav, thrown the pump. brakes overheard.