The Delaware farmer., 1883-09-07

! great force, while others fell short.
/ "This is time lost" said Captain
Brown. You have disabled her. Mr..
} Gale-good for you But we have no
further business here-we are sure of
the West Indiamen now, and am going
after them forthwith /"
The wind had freshened, and the Tom
was put in chase of the merchantmen
They were more than twenty miles off
but it was soon discovered that they had
lost the breeze which was helping the
privateer; and, coming up with them
near sunset, she captured all three.
Upon subsequent cruise, the Tom.
with the same officers as before. and
with many of her former crew. went
ranging along the coast of Africa. Here.
upon rounding a bluff which sheltered
little inlet, her captain discovered a
Guineaman lying cozily in the basin.
and, going in, dropped anchor within
cables length of her.
Not a soul appeared upon her deck. |
but on her stern were read the words.
"Gambia-Liverpool, which gave the |
Yankee commander all the information
he desired. A boat was manned, and
the vessel, which was a large square
rugged brig, taken possession of; still
without arousing any one to call this
summary proceeding in question.
Lieutenant Gale, who was in com
mand of the boats crew, went into the
cabin, where he found the English cap
tain lying on a transom fast asleep! He
had his hand on book, which Law partly
open, and the reading of which had prob
ably been powerful adjunct to drow-
5iness. At all events his slumber must
nave been very profound, to have suf-
cred no interruption from what had l
oeen going on so near him. Opening c
lis eyes, he stared in astonishment at l
he American officer, whose undress uni Il
orm had a suspicious look.
"H'indeed, sir" he said, Cow is L
his? Who are you, sir, if a man may -
'ask?' o
Il am a naval officer, sir, " replied Mr.. Il Il
iale u
"Ah, yes Isee! One of is Naiesty's -
lue-iackets, must 'ope, sir?" -,
'Not quite that, sir, replied Mr.. +, r.
ale. "The majesty I serve is called
The Sovereign People I am first Of
eutenant of the privateer Tom, of Bal 90
more, to which vessel your brig has II
ecome prize am sorry for your on
isfortune, but it is our business to Nc
axe war on England's commerce. as it in,
her policy to distress us. si5;
The English captain yielded sadly to wa
S fate. His officers and men, he ex-
aimed, were all gone on shore. and he No.
nself, having had no particular busi- On
SIS on hand at the moment, had sat mr.
wn to read in the cabin, and so fallen oIf
eep. brc
The Cambria proved to be one of the SOW
hest prizes ever captured by an Amer me
II privateer. She was of about three anf
ndred tons burden, and had almost rrb.
npleted her cargo for home. It's bulk aoo
lsisted mostly of palm-oil, tamarinds. Z
valuable wood; but she had likewise tier
unusual amount of gold dust and edu
ry, with an abundance of ostrich of
hers and various kinds of choice gum. nut
was, beside, fine new vessel, upon thel
first voyage. ried
he British crew, upon coming down part
he shore, were much surprised to find Uni
+ brig prize to Yankee privateer. han,
would not pull off to her. The cap S.
, at his own request, was set on shore men
ng them; all the private effects of tion,
self and his men being restored, and cam
raj hundred dollars in gold also re- nine
ed from the cargo, in order to re- of tb
the mariners who had thus lost smol
floating home. The captain said Fe
himself and men would remain at a the Z
uguese station at a little distance move
l the coast until an opportunity I"ilia pJah'
Id offer Of getting home. indee
inning along the coast of Senegam-
the Tom fell in with the stranger
p of three hundred and fifty tons or
about, well-armed and full of men. T.
he surprise Of the Americans, she boro,
80, - q Di''IA Hae o-e was pirate Agri
ly believing that the privateer must nous,
!" 51Ou .'lio''lU u 9oiu On Ooard' pay
ouccaneer was considerably super ono . ,
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