The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-07-07

and waiting, waiting. At last, the second
mates watch came, and he went out, as
hough going on his ordinary business.
[ looked out, all was still the mate wa
,acing the quarter deck, smoking as calm.
as though he were in his own house at
Boston but saw that he kept his ey'
| N the man at the wheel. The crew were
gathered in groups about the main-deck
| md over all the moon shone, as calmly
though no deeds of violence and blood
he'd were contemplated. Slowly the
me dragged on ; at every stroke of the
,ell we started, and grasped our weapons
"One! two three four doomed from
ahe deck The last stroke had not died
away, when there were other sounds: a
trampling of feet on the quarter-de ok,
then sharp report, and heavy fall.
We sprang to our feet, and rushed up
the gangway The pirates, at the first
signal, had advanced silently towards tn,
quarter deck, but when their leader had
fallen dead before the mates pistol. they
set up wild yell, and rushed forward
just as we came on deck We met them
with Il deadly voley, which made them
retreat in confusion but our small mum
| beers encouraged them to renew the at
tack Should they once close in with us,
we would very soon have been borne down
by weight Of numbers; and this they
determined to do; their only firearms
were old. fash oned pis OILS, and these they
could make little use of so that, so long
as we could keep them at a distance, we
! had an immense advantage over them.
| Again they came rushing upon us like
FINISHED wolves, and though we received
them with deadly fire, which brought
down several of them, they rushed on
determined to close with us. I never
saw men so regardless of their lives as
these fellows: they fought with halter
i round their necks for they knew that il
overcome they need expect no mercy, as
: they would show none, if successful
/ Dead nen tell no tales is saying they
always put in practice when they capture
vessel. Seeing that we were in danger
nf being surrounded, l gave the word t.
retreat into the cabin; which we scarcely
had done, and barred the door, when
they came rushing up to it, and attacked
it turiously with hatchets. But they
only rushed to their death; through tht
: loop-holes we had made, we poured oul
fire directly into their faces, with terrible
effect, and soon the gang way was piled
with corpses, and the survivors retreateo
discounted was In hopes, that, seeing
how well armed we were, they would Civ,
up the fight but my first mate said, No
they'll never give in while there's one o
EN- left they know They're sure to b.
; hung if they do For some time all wn
still, except the groans of some wounded
pirates, and the wash of the water on til,
: ships sides. Then there were sounds o
trampling on the lower deck; wha
could they be doing there's We wer
: not long in doubt; the vessel was in bal
last, hence they had no difficulty il
reaching the cabin bulk-head, and w
, soon found they meditated AN attack Of
that. Not thinking of an attack in tina
direction, we had neglected to make an,
!, loop-holes there, and consequently the,
were safe from our fire However, as TIL
hatChets could only make a small hole a
: first, and this would Immediately exprs
: them to our fire, we still had hopes tina
we might keep them off. But instead o
/, trying to cut through the bulk. head, w,
soon heard them moving some heavy OBJ
Iject the whole plan instantly flashed
! through my mind they had taken one 0
the spare spars, which they intended tt
use as a battering-ram With this they
could burst in the bulk head at one blow
and rush upon US at ono, in overwhelm
ing numbers! Our case looked desperat,
indeed but just here the second mate
whispered a suggestion to me. This wa:
no less than to turn the tables on the
Williams, by rushing on deck and impris
oning them in the hold We could see
that they had all gone below, leaving the
deck clear, except the dead and wounded
The gang-way was closed at the top by