The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-08-25

andpatclles. caution thee toilet ftaloiie.
Certainly fatl,er, Jnstas thee says
There were dozen young men ipflie
settlement, siauheh Whigs-soin tlaler-
men aud all accustomed To the sea--wllc
followed Obed's lead on all 0ccasiDils. lfe
summoned them quietly to meet BIN on
Wednesday night, secretly, at the beach;
aud III lie meanwhile he secnreda co,4,le
~ stout boats, viii. oars, aiid lflti- ussn
away in the place indicated.
On Wednesday afternoon near nightfall
the cutter came in alll anchored, but no
one CAME ashore. They kept agoOi watcli;
but the night was very dark and their obs
scrvation could not extend very far. Obed
and his friends made their way through
tie swamp 10 the boats, and lay there
quietly all night,
Next morning at daylight there was 4
whistle heard from the ttitser, and two
boats were left down, into which there
tunlblcd, TO the great delight Of the cons
cealcd Wings, fourteen rfen, armed with
cutlasses and muskets, with the masters
mate and midshipman commanding in
seIerale boats. This would leave the boats
vain, three men, and a boy on BEARD
OOed kept watch, the others lying close
down, and saw tile boats land. They all
disembaiked, leaving the boats IN charge
of two men aud sending them buck. They
evidently Intended 10 return lila short
while, and no Zine was to be lost. Sosoun
as the main party had disappeared behind
tile sand hills Obed and Wiiletts, covering
lie two men who We're seated on the
bows oftlie boats, where they were drawn
M on the beach, fired. One Of the men
fell uortally wounded, aud tile othe dead.
Oped aud Willetts floundered through the
marsh 10 where the men lay, aud, with
out paying any attention IL tile wounded
man, quickly stove holes in tile bottoms
OF the boats, while the rest of ilie men
ruwed into sight. One of their own boats
took them Oh board and they made for the
cutter.
But the people on the cutter were not
lille meanwhile. They disengaged car
ronade. nan il out Of a port-hole, and pre-
pared 10 fire. The boats, by previous IN.
,Ierstanding, separated, one circling north
and the other south. and the shot Inisssi
both. Before another gun could be aimed
tile cutter vas boarded ut bow and stern.
The noise ofthe firing caused the nlain
party 10 retrace their steSs. and they came
back ina hurry 10 tire lan,lirg place,
where they found their leals unit for use
mot, however, until they Ind pushed
them of. and the water poured inon them
Will.tis, in tile mean while. after the
prisoners were secured. ran TO the maga~
zine. brought up snIie grape aud canister,
,naded The Long Tom. and trailed II direct
Is upon the party in the water. The shot
frnm that and one Of the carronades did
fearful execution, anl the few survivors
That were unwouuded ran up the beach ia
tile nearest hnuse, where they sheltered
themselves and intimately surrendered.
Five had been killed outright andeight
severely wounded, three ofthem. mortally'
The cutter had hern won; hut 70 keep u
was another matter. There was nOcrew
10 man Il. even ifit could be got TO sea
through The squadron. Al soon as the
news of it, capture was known. or when
some time had elapsed after It's ahsence.
there would hc powerful boats crews sent
for IL, perhaptone % the smaller vessels.
SO. a.ter consultltiOn, itws agreed to cut
The rigging remove the masts. aud sink
Tile vessel III tile deepest hole Ia the har-
nor. 10 be raised Oh a suitableopportunity
This was soon done, after taking the
movable property ashore. previously filling
The barrels ~ the Long Tom and carrona-
de. with all the melted hecswaxtliai could
lie had III the neighLorllnod aud then
storing them III the hold. Then the priss
oners were carried oirb by their capturs.
In three days British force came, n
lad been expected, aud they made things
lively. They burned down a number OF
larmhouscs, Lippincott's among the nuns
Der. hut the inhabitants, except those 81
known loyal sentiments, kept at a re-.
pcctal,lc distance from harm. Every boat
upen tile beach ror miles the British des.
lroyetl.
In atouta years time obcd willeits,
and some Of the rest came back, got ~ 9
crew, raised the cutter. and found her ~
good order. The eannons were rislcd
some Of the outside, but the bceswax had
preserved ll,c inside. sn0n.h. They re-
mas,ed and rigged her, cut the wasp
tigurehcad of, replaced u ~ The rudely
carved figure Of Il snake. rechrietenci he's
The Rather, an oaie dark, stormy night
rot off 10 sea with her, having ol,,aipe,l
letters uf marque. and ran down y W.
West Imdies, where they took ample re-
yenge for the turning oftlie Mi.idle-ofthe
shore. III fact, with the prizesthe took,
lie master and crew shared quite asnall
rop,une at the close of the war. The Rather
wa- disarIiied when peace came aud em-
barise,l Nv IL quieter business, CARRYING
sllnpk4 aud pine bbafds nlOng the coast
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