The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-09-24


were masters of the decks. Instantly
the .ha,chways and cabins we're, closed,
spiked fast and barricaded. SsTha deck
lcairona des; which we're always kept.load.
ed, we're dragged@into position ooas, TO
command all avenues Of egress for thos.
confined below. : While Z .eanlt66neers
stood by the pieces with lighted. lime.
stalkF<. theE aot, Of the mntlneers proceed;
TO get'the vessel about.sse.:, ysIsT,.a;T ea.it4a
nnAbner Naft TANNED the helm, hard up
and lnshed 1T fast, While De defed the
men toilet 60 the lee,6races and square
the ds-=The=head Of the gallant YES.
Sci played off ra: idly. sand soep she, head
ed northwest, As the daring iea der AFTER
ward said,; with an3' unseemly profanity,
he was bound either ''lor hell or Boston
Harbor.'' Vs.
In the meanwhile. tie crew crew below had
distinguished the fre, after = .hard fight,
but found themselves imprisoned, while
the mysterious-noises deck told them
Of some. remarkable event having rtr ans
splrrd,. AT rrst, Captain Scott and his
lieutenants, in the stupidity of their de;
6 ea! {: had failed'tY notice the.ssrange
events going on.4 above ;thenti,a but the
noise Of the hammers spiking the matches
and:the rolling OF the Ssfronades, and the
L Tapping Of the yards impressed at last
their drunken senses 1i,lithe alarming
truth With tile INSTINCTS Of discipline
and obedience, ,,ltAle crew, in their, alarm
and amazement, waited for orders from
|Etheii superiois. f'' !" -',3Ssi Z; s,-:>,,,.,
.oirhey had not long to wait. Captain
Seqtt, though: ty rant, lacked, neither
coufage i,of: energeyy:.cr'. With at'rrent:: Of
fierc,! imprccations. he ordered his men to
cut, Heir way out to the decks. ;; ;1, sou,
pa While .theiaxes were piled furiously, q
Stem VOICE above was heard, ringing out
like q strumpt Of doom;I,,II - to-, ' ,: t.
keep, down below Efor your lives!
there De SIX cannon-mouths guarding the
hatcfes, said Abner. Taft. n..,:,l a ii -: -
s*"l'lt cat every b't Of flesh: of your
bones, you devils: !!'ii!shouted9 the. English
captain, ioaming at the mouth,withu rage
Again, to .'his imprisoned o'1ien..::" .''"Cut,
cut FOR youaslves! ".i',:, ,>.i,:st u. y.
The axes: dew1ir the hands Or the Eng-
li>h; and: soon they, had, chopped the
! matches in fragments. u AS thew throngcd
ups, the carronadcs were discharged at
close range, and an awful silence followed;
broken With low means: The slaughter
had been fearfh1:** The hatchways we're
againcl osed and fastened. Three differ
were made, BY the English
crew TO break =f6r III, s1tfInd ed with sim
In enc of these Captain Scott and his
officers succecde1 in cscaping from the
Fidurance ~ofithc cabin. and, lstung into: q
reckless fury, charged, with the. sword
and, pistol on the fierce band that held
the decks: .rlt' a!tI -: ...,i !. j ;, -
Abner Taft met his chief prosecutor,
cutlass in hand, and sharp, short com:
ba, was ended by terrible stroke. which
beat down Captain !Scott's guard and
/ Glove his head to the very jaw. Those
bloody stripes were at last avenged! The
other officers shared like fate, as they
fought with logged courage that re-
tusel quarter. But why .prolong. the
bloody and 'monotonous record, and dc.
SCRIBE the fruitless efforts of the English
crew, to recover the advantage?>
| =: Suffice it that destiny smiled. as she so
often does on deeds Of apparently hope.
less daring, on 1.-The exploits of the Mar.
blehead hero. land his followers, The
| winds were fair and, light. SO there was
not. much more difficulty in working the
ship, and all things conSpircd to the hope:
ed-ior end. Abncr Taft;-ha laid the
ships course Us nearly as possible for
Boston, and MS fishing experience had
made him familiar with the Massachusetts
! waters. :
i. So, at the end Of the second day from
the uprising, the good townsmen Of Bos.
ton were amazed and alarmed at seeing a
British sloop ofwar come into the harbor.
the hated ensign flying at the fore.
There we're bustlings and congreg ations Of
fearful faces. There was still deeper
amazemept, mingled with joy, when the
1union jack was lowered ana the American
! flag went to the fore III is stead, for
the Marblehead men had ilnprovised ma
tiopal celors from old bunting. There
sere bontires and ringing Of bells, and
almost frantic rejoicings over the hero OF
Marblehead, ard he and his two comrades
were escorted to their native town by a
J great procession lie had fulfilled his
.pronise, to his. wife Martha ~ come home
before. she had all the apples strung for
| their winter use. '''''
u; The silent influence Of, this magnificent
act might easily have had a most potent
effect in stimulating the legislation which
looked toward the founding of our infant
navy. There is, however: no record nor
a'luSion! to it in the public annals. The
Tradition says that Abncr Taft afterward
leommandcd a priva,e"r, but his name is
! ,nyp}ksln}own!except! by those who have heard
the oral Legend. HIS. after career, how
ever, must have been daring and
heroic one, and borne splendid If unrec
osnized, fruit. l, is bnt another i'lustra,
ton, of the thought Of the poet in apos.
trophizing the unknown great, and 'tt
which 1 alldde' in the first part Of this
Their n na%sess deaths are net rate's seornfn
At human fame ; her dubious forecast Away,
Much modelling in LAY ere carving marJlse dem
That i'Ss IL tie rsa,aHsss tint ind sp.,,
i go itantiuIi'thmioj auidjI,: Il OIL: ~!
I :HhonhID' IS E44HH1F TT IN TIE OCEAN:
/ It does not mitigate the horrors OF tn,
sea to know that the bodies of Those viii
j perish by shipwreGk, as in, thr, case of tn,
Schiller. are dYY9uEed by; hideous cnttl,