The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17
Adventures on a Man of War
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ssGtATHAL, Cathal o'TIara My poor
~ little friend, can it be youp"

laced officers gazing curiously from the
quarterback, he olasped my, neck with his
arms, but uttered not q word.
zone of the lost family found at last
and now where's Cathleen, and where is
your mother2 And have you seen your
father since his rescue from the French ?"
asked.
Rescued from the Frenchp yes; you
mean that he was washed off the Hiron-
delles decks. / saw that he was saved by
the Englishman, but have not seen him
SINCE"
He then told me how the Hirondelle had
been wrecked among the Bahamas. His
mother, and sister and himself were saved,
together with most of the crew. In wan
dering however, about the Island of New
Providence, Immediately after the ship
wreck, he had been seized BY a press-gang,
put on board British tender, and thence
transferred to the Agamemnon. The
French sailors were made prisoners, but
the fate of his mother and sister he had
not been able tolearn. This had distressed
him greatly, and he would gladly risk his
life in any attempt to escape, for the pur-
pose of seeking them out. Great was his
satisfaction at my recital of his fathers
release from the Insurgente
He told me further that the same officer
whom / had knocked off the wall at Lon
donderry was now lieutenant of marines on
board Sir Edward Berry's ship, having been
appointed to that vessel only a fortnight
previous. Fortunately Cathal had moth
ing to do with the marines, yet the officer
recognized and looked upon him with a
malicious eye. u.I soJ.
"No doubt,' said Cathal, she will get
me into scrape if he can" s t,.t.,
The young lad was now recalled to his
shin, and on the evening of that day we
reached Barbadoes with our three remain
ing prizes. .r.. n.
Soon after this, learned that seaman
of the Agamemnon was publicly compli-
mented by Sir Edward Berry for heroism
in the late battle. A shell having struck
on the maindeck of the ship, it was caught
up by its still burning fuse, by young lad
Of the crew, and tossed into the sea, where
it exploded. This act of coolness had
saved many lives. "The name Of the
brave young seaman" said the gazette,
ais Cathal O'Hara, of Londonderry"
Nearly at the time of this announcement
an officer of the same ship was court-mar-
tailed, and sentenced to be shot for coward.
Ice. The execution was to take place on
the Agamemnon's decks, which he had SC
dishonored. An officer of those glorious
oaken walls a coward ....-fs,.
Our captain went on board to witness the
execution, and was one of the crew of his
gig. ] recognized the officer at once, and
not without pity softening my contempt
He was the same man whose red coat
had last seen in the Cramble under Lon
donderry wall. A single crash of musketry
and he was dead.
We had been but a short time at Barba
does when was sent on board the Var
mouth, sixty-four, an old ship, and th'
same which, twenty years previous, during
the American Revolution, had fought
battle with the Randolph fiigate, the Gen
eral Moultrie, sloop Of war, and one or tw'
smaller vessels, in which encounter tn
Randolph blew up, her consorts beinl
thereupon Obliged to save themselves b.
fight. N''+ tei
Great was my satisfaction to find Catha
O'Hara detailed to the same ship. Blu
our officers were scoundrels. 1t seemed a
if all that was cruel in the service {
George the Third had been concentrate
upon this old sixty-four. And then bo'
long was this to lasts What future fc
Cathal and myselfG What would we ne
risk should the slightest opportunity off
for escape The glaring injustice Of OF
detention filed us with indignation, ii
we hated the sight ola Briton.
Soon the old Yarmouth went out Of Il
barbor to look for the Monsieurs.- On Il
first day we spoke an American vessel fro
Pernambuco for New York, out Of whiS
our captain coolly impressed couple
excellent seamen. But ii is an Ill wiz
that blows no one good, and from this inC
dent came our first CLEAN Of more fort
nate days.
The two seamen, drawn by sympatl
toward Cathal and myself took every 0
pcrtunity TO converse with us. Amol
other things, they spoke Of a ship viii
lay at Pernambuco, commanded by Ca
tain OHara, an Irishman, who had wi
him his wife and daughter--the latter {