The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-22
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British Accounts Of the Bull Dogs Engagement
with the Batteries at Cape Haytisn.
The Captured Vessel Asserted to be .
Jamaica Packet Ship.
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From The Kingston Usma,oal Standard. Nov 81
The following narrative OF this event abOvo n1ousson09
has been k.diy furpsshed 70 M " correspondent wen
acquainted WITH ssch ovcus, sd ~ every respect ~
is our psa1u duty 10 announce the tots Ioss Of hss
Masesys ship Bull Dug, which was blown up on Nc
ngns q October 49, prevent her failing nso ss ha.1s
Of tx0 enemy n the circumstances which led 10 such
laispusablc catastrophe tho blowing up OF o6
her Mpestys ship, must - interesting toeverybody No
will briefly state e events which neccsseascd such -
On us morning OF October ID she Butt Dog Ion hey
anchorage in Cape Hayden harbor for the purpose q
exercising sr target Practice ~ when she had
hDsshed Droceeded towards LAcul small town aboae
eight miles from the Cape for the purpose Of communal
bIockade Soon Afterwards theTebeI fouiIa cons,saa
OF the steamer voldrogo and four scboouers Oh
servsd CHASE Of and tfus At mailsteamer carrying
the Egsh lkg Course altered in their direction.
and closing the rebs steamer, boat sent o.
board 10 ufo1tAer captain that Captain Wake inended
to inouire into the naiionas.y Of te English steamer
and tas II shs-was HsyteHI no could do he pleased.
but Enthusiastically English ne would aovallcw her 70 DO
packet anA Captain Wake having fully satisfied himself
70 her perfect right to the flag she aew gave hog
The next merniug on arriving Mt Cape HaytIcu an ex-
PLANTATION u what had occurred was sent on shore 10 tho
consul ans sn0sS s ssDssd bv an armed Soscs
whereupon Captain Wake seat letter OF re-
70 General Sainave To which no reply was
vouchsafed snd a public announcement made that
comu should be held with the English captain,
and that IL he landes he would be assassinated, and,
therefore shoed not bo permitted to land That even
my the British Consulate forciby entered and tho
male refugees who had been under the protection OF he
aag since the beginning Of the revolution were takca
TO prison and loaded Wills irons tho insult
peated the next mOrrsng The Bull Dog was tncn
cleared for action and hendeavors TO bring the anar
to peaceabe termination having failed, all redress
having been positively refused, and inmsion gwen
THAI correspondents closed the Bun Dog lett tspo
Haytien proceeded to LAcui to communicate with
the Presdent-being leave the harbor by the
threatening demonstration made by the rebe's-iresn
guns being got INFO position every dsy ana pon'oo
At forty.ave minutes past eight A. on Monday,
Oct e, the Bull Dog returned 70 Cape Hayden.
with the intention OF DESTROYING the rebel notlA,
| and Afterwards inmediately proceeding 10 "a
maica strict orders were gwen that not a snoe
was to be fred on the town. but only on sho
batteries which fired against her TN passing Fort FUR
let the Of the barbor, broadsde was fired
warming those inside Of what they might expect
Tho Bull Dog then proceeded towards the steamer Vol
droge with the intention of running her down. but when
within fty wards Of that vessel going full speed at the
time she ran reef and renamed mmovabie. The
of the voldroge then opened IRE with her two guns
and musketry which they continued 70 do until sunk
with shell. An armed schooner was next sunk.
Directly the Bull Dog ran the reef The hat
teries shore opened lire on her. aud az she was
only distant about four hundred and fifty yards nearly
every shot told but owing TO the very great accuracy
with which il was returned the guns were RAPIDLY dis
severance by the rebels Al past five M tho fire.
OF the enemy saekencd and ceased That oil the Bun @
also ceased the standing easy at their guns inc
wounded then 10 the American ship dc soto
Towards the evening" the ship being In eleven feos
five inches OF water, all endeavors having boon
made to tighten and get her on u was 90
ship. There chance of saving, and IL was deter
mined TO blow her up the men had been nghng i"r
upwards nine in the heat Of tropical sum- and
they would remain at their guns all night, with
the great probability Of the batteries opening hre when
would have been impossible To roturn with cuoct
The ammnnitioa would have lasted more than thres
| hours and any attack made the next day could only
have been repulsed with great loss and eventually
| when the ammunition was nearly expended il would
have been necessary TO destroy the ship, VAIN All
hands, to prevent her falling into the hands OF
such an enemy Accordingly at eleven !. M the Doata
which had not been damaged by shot, were got along
side the mustered quietly into them, and showed
OF from the ship and Joined about I'VE minutes
afterwards by the gig, with Captain Wake who hsd ro
manned behind to fire the magazine, and IN Tow NM
i utes more her Majesty s ship Bull Dog blew up
The boats. then proceeded to Lemonade, small VII
Iage disant about miles from The Cape, whord
they remained till the next evening, when the crew
were taken to LAcul in Hayden steamer and trans
night the Hayten corvette Twenty SECOND
December which the President had kindly placed u
their service.
On the 27th she eft the harbor and arrived al Post
Royal, jamaica, ON the 18th.