Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-21


of Gilbert Hay, prizemaster, recently from
fort Lafayette; and John Gilbert, mate; anC
five seamen. The captain and mate of the ].
I. Elicott were accompanied by their wives
The wife of the mate was left on board the
brig. This woman had cause to fear bat
usage at the hands of the prize-master and
his mate, and managed to get them ntoxicat.
ed, when she proposed to the sc4uien, who
were mostly if not all cOlored people from St
Thomas, to make them prisoners and capture
the vessel. She took iron handouts from her
trunk and put the pirates in irons, and took
possession OF the vessel. She had studied
navigation on the voyage with her husband,
and assumed command, sailed for St. Thorn
as, till she spoke French vessel, which gave
her the right course. She made Tortola.
whence she was pllOted by colored people to
ST. Thomas, where she arrived on the 18th
ult., and placed the brig in the hands of the
U. s. consul, who put the master, mate, and
five seamen on board the U. S. steamer Ala
bama.
THE HEROINE OF THE WAR.
Welearn through Washington correspon.
dent of the Bangor (Me.) Wing of the ex-
ploits of a heroine, Miss Anna Etheridge
formerly Of this city, and who is well known
to many of our readers. She is now with the
army Of the Potomac, and her history de-
serves to be conspicuous, fully justfying, as
1t does, that 'truth is stranger than fiction, &"
while it furnishes an example believed to be
without a parallel in the history of her sex.
She was born in Detroit, Michigan, and is
now twenty -three years of age. Her father
was once a man of wealth. and her early
youth was passed in the lap of luxury, with
no wish unqualified and no want uncared for.
IS11f ts4,,
property, and broken in fortune and depressed
in spirit, he removed to Minnesota, where he
died, leaving our heroine, at the age of lively e
years, in comparative poverty and want On
the breaking out of the rebellion she was viz
iting her friends in this city. Col. Richardson
was then engaged in raising the I'd Michigan
volunteers, and she and Is other females vol
unteered to accompany the regiment as nurses
Every other has returned home or been dis
charged, but she has accompanied the regi-
ment through all its fortunes, and declares
her determination to remain with it during its
term OF service. She has for her use a horse
furnished with side-saddle, saddle-bags, sc.
AT the commencement of a battle she fills her
saddle-bagS with lint and bandages. mounts
her horse and gallops to the front, passes I'M
der fire, and regardless of shot and shell, en-.
cages in the work of staunchng and binding
I'm 10 az IL:
1ar sI,o hns VI Gu. SUBMITS. III thls man
iii, 'l''9 P''s9ou every paVtle III
n,UH 'i,o ieSi,l,enG naS Oeen engaged COM
ranod5 W." .h ;no p"'le oi DlncRourii f0rd
H., f D''Yie :? Duii nun, llclua-
Wv D't 49,, ~ liie Pviiisu!ar anu term-
rs n D. wy O'. I'i Vi HieueilcASourg'
br;C,odo -. i,'I PieSeiit co'il'iialluGr OI the
w. "'ilen noi Iesi'leiil Is aVtacIled' ana
any ,aI"y.n IN elIiseil ior bravery
i' Al "i, ''iese ils'i's' declares she
i,;1,"If as iiot d hie Vi tie enemy as
j., o Oi oiv UocHsioil SoIuief was torn
Of hind,n ~ " 49, "i,,ie sue was ~ .lle act
cd and IS W ,p Us "o",iGS ~ etlouSiy recelF-
boo oaad nay % I'sl0'lo "et uless "as
SLou ,,ot sLo I,s , t;nu -" ,iiei's Vi
hno ,yrr,d IIan .,.,,,.'. III "''l "e'
br;rado nnr,a,,rjod ~ tI, I Doio'S ~ tne
ILaa~no,, IN t;s d,I 'S i''''J'i'eu oeli,
her danntlnss cora@n and ol
IN SAVING the lives Of his men c. R US
commissioners ner as regimental sergeant.
When not actively engaged on the battle field
or in the hospital, she superintends the cook
ing at the headquarters OF the brigade. When
the brigade moves, she mounts her horse and
marches with the ambulanceS and surgeons,
administering to the wants of the sick and
Nyoundnd and at the hiVOuac she \yrluS her.