Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-10-02

BY THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH.

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BY THOMAS DUNN EHGLIsH.
At the time Of which we write there
was an inlet on fuckers B each New
Jersey, called Brigantine Inlet. In
1900 this was closed up, and the sea
formed another inlet. which exists to
this day. There was no Tuckertown
then. 1t was the Gaunt Farm at that
time. The only settlement than wss
what was known % the :" Middle-of-the
Shore" extending on each side of what
was called Andrews Mill Greek, the
property originally belonging to jacob
Andrews, who settled in the last year
of the sixteenth century and who had
q mill. There was not great many
people; but they did great business
in lumber and cypress shingles, which
they sent principally to New York and
the West India Islands. During the
Revolution the place was q rendezvous
for American privateers, and these little
sea-hornets annoyed the British ship
ping so much, that an expedition was
organized, with the Zebra and other
ships of war, to break up the " den. "
There were several privateers lying there
at the time; but they were warned BY
an express from General Washington,
and escaped before the British came.
Washington sent force under Pulaski
TO meet the invaders; but they did not
arrive until the enemy had done all the
mischief. Part Of Pulaski's men
reached Osborns' and there their picket
guard was surprised and massacred by
the enemy. The invaders did not ss-
cape without loss. In getting out the
Zebra grounded, and her own people
burned her to prevent her capture by
the Americans.
There was one privatesr that the en-
emy managed to take as she was coming
in--the Saucy Jack. She was Balti-
more built, very fast, and armed with q
long eighteen FOUNDER. The admiral
made her tender to the flagship, ad-
ded couple Of ten-pound carronades
to her armament and put crew of
eighteen men and q midshipman aboard
commanded by q masters mate. She
became q regular nuisance to the place,
sailing in every now and then. explor-
ing the harbor, levying contributions of
soft tack, vegetables and chickens, and
then sailing out. The people would
have liked to take her, but while the
squadron was so near the place the
heavy private armed vessels avoided it.
There was Quaker who lived not far
from the beach, by the name of Ephri-
am Lippincott. He had the reputation
Of being q Tory in sympathy. princi-
pally because his son 0bed, having en-
gagged in one or two skirmishes with
British foraging parties, had been dis
owned and reprimanded for violating
the peace principles of the Friends.
When the British parties visited there.
they were always met with warm well
come. But Ephriam was no Tory, af-
ter all-merely o prudent man, who
tried 10 sail as close to the wind as
possible. Obed, though he had been
disowned, was always sure Of quarters
at home when he chose to go; and he
went there just after the last visit OF the
Sea Wasp as the Saucy Jack had been
christened by her captors. c s.,. 4,
The father met him indifferently, but
after dinner called him out to the
barn.
"Obed," said he, 6" I suppose thee'a
consorting with the Kidways and the
Willetts boys, and such idle, disloyal
fellows es usual
" Well, father, I 60 with them occa-
sionally, as thee knows; but they'r re
very honest, hard-working young men
and good company" 4s
"T wouldn't wonder, il thee knew
snd they knew that the Sea Wasp il
coming back next Wednesday, they'd
try to capture her. They're wicked
enough" $50
Shouldn't wonder, father" sale
Obed sententiously. But I don't set
how they could do it" a
"T've noticed that the master Of thu
vessel always anchors right by ths
swamp whore the beach shelves of sud
denly, and within few yard Of shore
So perceive"
| 'sNow, If there were bioodthirsy aRi
wicked men, who had brains to keel
their bad purposes, and knew that shl
is coming on Wednesday afternoon
and that they are going TO Shoud's ant
round about fo forage, and would leav'
the schooner sssak-handed, they nigh
| they are just bad enough-they nigh
leave Q couple Of stout boats in amonl
the reeds in the creek there the nigh
before. a-sJo s -
i "They might, father" gae eng
il "They might 20 down armed at th
same time. with enough TO eat all day
and lie there, and next morning. whs
1.-The men came ashore and got out q
sight over the sand-hills to Shoud'i
they might, II they were a. resoluts .
they are bad. take the vesssl." & &
j g They might, a. thee says; and
; have . notion they'll try" sa HI q
"They may, Obed; but il they do
hops they'll uss peacsabls means.
they do try, % thee thinks they vii
don't thee 60 with them. Bot Il. ths
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