The New York herald., 1876-08-21

piece the steamer aud the Citaipa saspg side by
side, within easy sleakng distance, said, Now ask
him what does he want"
Captain Anthony stepped the weather rail and
a bc as we rS 80 tne a"eI
do YOU wantYn 'Hcave loln came back from the
Gcorgette .tie says hcavc TO- : ASK him what for
pet No reply, aud tho question rs repeated siiu
louder.
WHAT AM TO HEAvE TO FoRT'
After quite pause the Georgettc hailed, "Have you
any convict prisoners on board?n Answer, "No pris-
oners here; no prisoners that | KNOW OIL" The
Georgctlc then hailed Il tecgraphed 10 your govern
me 1; dont you know that you are amcnablc TO
Brush Law in this colony You have six convict prs
oners ON board see some OF them on deck now "
| then 81 to the captain, 'fhs fellow lying aud
trying bun US; lie Caat send message to Adelaide
before SATURDAY next" The Georgettc then haed
III give YOU fifteen IN putcs to consider and you must
take the consea gcnces; have tie means 10 do IT, and
II don't bcave 10 IN blow the IN asts out OF you"
TEA him that's the American nag; you are Oh the
hgh seas; If he res the ship he fires the Amer
lean nag.' The captain then shouted, pointing 10 hs
hag, "fha's the Am rican dag am The high seas;
my flag protects me; II you nrc this ship you IRE
tue American nag
The tnreal TO nre on the flag highly inccnsed the
FIRST mate, Mr smith He canned ,he scoun irel in
good, strong NAUTICAL phrase and he exclaimed
damn him let him sink US; wc'n go down with the
ship III never start sheet or tack Tor him"
Mr. Smith asked me, "What will you do II
he tries to board usf' | replied ''Sink his boat
when IL coracs alongside; you have couple OF pood
heavy grndstoncs, let Us have them handy to heavs
the sldc." The captain now reminded Mr. Smith
OF ONE short heavy logs of TIMBER which the
hold and badc him order The crew To tneu
these logs qucsiy passed on deck and laid tho
maiu hatch ready Tor The Lookout reported sail
the lee bow, and saw small sal between us and
Rnrincst Island FMS called the captain particular
attention To the position Of our ship and judging that
comng too close IN 10 The land and liable to
run Brush waters, he wore shir stood tho
other tack, bearing down close on the Georgctte which
backed out OF way. This movement seemed to dis.
concert the parties board The Georgcttc Our teen
minutes and several other minutes had exprcd,
and the Georgette steamed slowly stern
looked for u rakng shot among masts She did
not re, aud as she ranged aousidc agaiu knew thai
the game oi blum was played out The party board
the Gcorgette with battery OF spokcs
man. whom believed to be Colonel Harvest, called out
'Wou't you surrender 10 our governmcntf" No reply,
and again he called out, q" see three OF those
board now" Our captain replied, ''You mistaken,
sr the men you see my ships crew" Our men
were all IN the cabin from the time the Georgettc rst
bore down on us, with strict orders not come ON
deck unti called thcm After about ten
more sailing side by side, the Georgette hailed '.Can
come on Doardy' To TINS Captain Anthony replied
''No sir; I'm bound tor and can't Stop Tho
Georsettc still kept, us company as II 10th part
until halt past nine A. NJ, when she slowly swung Oh
and without having the courtesy bid Us BON voydge
steamed back 10 Freemanlc Tho remaining incidents
Of the voyage written In the log OF the good ship
/ Cataipa JOHN l. BRESLlN.