American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-14
CAPTURING THE CUTTER.

At the time of which we write thert
was an Inlet on fuckers Beach called
Brigantine Inlet. In 1900 this was CLOSED
mp, and the sea formed another inlet
which exists to this day. There was nc
Tuckerton then 1t was the Gaunt Farm
was what was known as the % Middle-of
the-Shore,r extending on each side OF
What was called Andrews Mill Creek, the
property originally belonging to Jacob
Andrews, who. settled there in the last
year of the sixteenth century, and who
had mill There were not great many
people; but they did good business in
H46ez and cypress shingles, which they
sent Ek1noipally to New York and the
Wef 1ndfa Islands. During the Revolu-
I'm fh6 place was rendezvous for Amer
lean privateers, and these little sea-hornets
ai,n0yed the British shipElid 10 much
that an expedition was org ddized, with the
Zebra and other ships-ofwar, to break
up the denn There were several pri-
vateefs lying there at the time; but they
were warned by an express from Gen
Washington, and escaped before the Brit
isll came Washington sent force under
Pulaski to meet the invaders; but they
sdidnot arrive until the enemy had done
sli the mischief. Part of PuIaski's men
reached Oshorn's Island, and there their
picketguard was surprised and massacred
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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 privateer that the enemy
managed to take as she was coming in.
the Saucy Jack" She was Baltimore
built, very fast aud armed with long
her tender to the flagship, added a
couple of ten-pound carronades to her arm
ament, and put crew of eighteen men
and a midshipman aboard commanded by
amaster's mate. She became a regular
nuisance to the place, sailing in every now
and then, exploring the harbor, levying
contributions OF soft tack, vegetables and
chickens, and then sailing out The peo-
pie would have liked to take her; but
while the squadron was 50 near the place
th0heavy private armed vessels avoided it,
There was Quaker who lived not far
from the beach by the name of EphraIm
Lippincotf. He had the reputation of be-
ing Tory in sympathy, principally be
cause his son 0betl, having engaged in
one or two skirmishes with British forag-
ing parties, had been disowned and repri-
manded for violating the peace principles
az Friends. When the British parties Wis
tied there they were always met with
warm welcome. But Ephraim was no
Tory, after all-merely prudent man,
VINO nicu 70 sail as close TO the wind as
possible. Obed, though he had been dis
owned, was always sure of quarters at
home when he chose to go; and he went
there just after the last visit of the com
mander OF the Sea Wasp as the sSaucy
jack had been rechristcped by her
captors.
The father met him indiffercntly, but
after dinner called him out 10 the barn
"Obed," he said, Il suppose thee,s
nm fiuo with fl,a
Willetts boys and such idle, disloyaI feI
lows, as usua1t'.
. Well, father, / go with them occasion
ally, IS thee knows; but they're very hon
est, Woodworking young men and good
company
wouldn't wonder, if thee knew and
they knew that the Sea Wasp is coming
back next Wednesday, they'd try to cap
ture her. They're wicked enough"
3" Shouldnt wonder father,' said Obed, |
sententiously But don't see how they |
could do IT."