Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-14


WH- forced to anchor i'm Il small blv u"n uN.
here ,hr torrGb and tho 'uubV attacked n.m
luUt.y. and thpu"h the result WAS never
uouutiut ,u fact there never Wls the slight
c-' cIiu.cui -'lihr tine ~hir. barring only
1tr.lru'- iloi ""u'n ', r"Il,I pr'flGruj'h.
ihr ii"rv"-' u",rUr" Nt- mlin'dIu"j lDr iuHr
hours, uutil Size wa" ia clearly u "a sin liur
condition. ana Wl~ summoned to save iHC
lives ct tin" wounded who covered hr.1u'N~.
There Wu~ Il had OF thirteen upon the Essex
during the CngHT 'mrnt, VINO soon Hli wards
wrote down his rc"uilcrIuuS OF ;h' N&nt,
This hoy afterwards cuuu to great personal
distinction, bui aside from tina, lis words are
worth repeating, ailOrling aS they lO most
| vivid representation ot actual occurrences in
It sever" naval nuttic, which Il iHnG~mtn could
not venture to describe.
"During the action" the lad says, ~ per-
| formed the duties of captains aid quarter
| gunner, powder boy, and in fact did every
! thing that was required OF me. shall never
! forge, tnt hrrrid Impression made upon M
! at the SlVht of the iir>t man had ever seen
| killed. lie wHSa bodiSwaiu'S mate, und was
/ tcarfully mutiUtci. 1t staggered and sClru-
| ed me at first hut they soon began to fdll
urOind ne 50 fast that il al appeared like
| dream. and produced no erect ON my nerves.
! Will" was standing near tn" captain. just
uhaft the M lin mast Il shot clmc through the
| waterways Ind glanced upward killing four
| men who were standing Icy the side of th"
! run. taking the last one IN the head. aul scat
! tcriur his brains over both Of IT.. Bat this
/ awful 'iEEl dlI not AFFECT III" mall 81 much a-
| the dcath ot tn" first poor fellow.
| ION on" Utcr>ioU VI !d-uipmu l-uics came
! up and reported iiHt quvrt"r gunner nrmcd
| Rulrh had deserted his post Tnr uuiy reply
Of the captain. addressed 60 M. was. 10
your duty. .r.' seized % pistol uu.i went i'm
/ pui~Ul, OF tine fellow. hut dlI urt tiuu MIN.
''ruuu alt"r this some .uu-priilct~ Wrr'
W1utol an wa, sent 1ij"r tnrHi. ln @1in"
below. WhIIr wis pu tdr WJrl "rH' li.i.l.
tIlc captain ot tine ~.p 'hrvtN ..i.-i'r the
| nfurhNa% WAS >'rurh i|II iu tbr .,'a pv uu
Is pound SHOT Hut iniI back uu ..'. Nu j.I'I-
u..i dpuu tI- u'tru lN...u.. i..u..> ..I
WN head. uuu uc. i.r,i'Jtc... i..l .uHu.. .u.l-.
-.l. i.rlutr,. iorJ- .t N.. .a .....l.ul Jl
..H~t tyo uuHt'.' puIlf- Wt.sI HuGII
.|.... Q.
I.."t.t,. avf'..- IIt NI.I. ia. ..f tJs .l,-
.m.Hl- -t4uu.d u' tH. .uN. u.i .a.. i...4.,'.-
Ia, r. tH ."'ua i.;r ,.',,Do N.a .i.. ..
.'-I.... Ni. "lUu. i'I. I'D ....t .I.r"...
q '.u,,' lu. -ir.' 'rnn.' sail a.. .uu.rca..
II.aIf..... ns.~ I.si..f iu.. f.. Way. ..
.Jrl rem Nor, .-..'J J.,.I. CARRIED. ... ...,H.,-
"Nun U,. Is. Nu.l .i'.lr '.J u-t.u saw t't,.
ctl..llu u,.i and iI my uIru '.lu up .Il u-, .i
.'i It Nu- N'.u.'..'. lt' H'-H. H..'t IIH Foo ..-
most tU" ~.llir words. 81 t.,ir,' mot. .l. -....
bu; tHlt a. uluW uu tn" sop uI ut b'.d.
"Wh"u rl services wore not required iuy
other purposes. generally u~~l~tut n work
lrEu gun: Wuuu run ami hHug powder from
tle boys ANA send them back Tor moro. uutil
the captain wanted lIc tu carry. II uI.~-a-n.
when i0 was determined that We must SUR
render the captain sent mr to ascertain IL
r Mr. hHd the signal book. and ii SO to
throw it overheard. could not lind him uI
tine book iur some time. hut at ia-t saw the
lattcr lying ON the sill OF II port, and dashed
it into tine Nr,.
"l>aac> ana amused ourselves thrawing
overheard pistol, ANA other small arms, to
| prevent their falling into the hands of the
, enemy. At length the boarding officer came
T. ON board and running up to Captain Porter
asked him how he would account for allowing
e his men to jump oyerho4r. and 1T the sqm(
. time demanded his sword. THAT sir replied
! Porter, is reserved for your master Tn,
, Captain went ON board the Phubc, and fol-
lowed half an hour later.
t "During the action AN old gentleman WA,
! Standing at the wheel, when saw Il shot com.
+ ing over the fprcyard in such direction that
a Thought it would strike him or me; 50 tpi,
lt
/ wards me. At that instant the shot took of
/ his right leg, and afterwards found that my
{ coat tail had been carried away. helped tn,
g old fellow below, bul he died before he cuul,
l. he attended to.
=, 1T was wonderful to find dying men. VIII,
had hardly ever attracted notice among th,
q ships company. uttc tcriug sentiments with thci
e. hast breath, worthy of u Washington. NU.
O. might have heard in all directions Don't civ,
20 Lrr. mp Logan "a ~urIhriuuct for pur,uI-
e. 'Hjrrlh for Liberty and similar cN Nprr@,iunS
+ \ young Scorchnlu numcd Bis4lcy ha. ON
: l"@ shot on close t" the groin. He u."i hi
@ haudkcrchici ~ II tournguct. and Sdd tu hi
y comrades, i left my own country ana i,iupI
i Cl the United States to irht for her. hone
e nave thi, day proved worthy %, til" counuy
= OF my uduUtiun am no luu-,r of ANY i~,
l. to you or Her. 50 .gnnd hS,' With th,,," Word
= he leaned ON tn" sill of the port. uui threw
= himself uVrrhuard
- went ON board the Phdnhr unl was u>h
- cred into the strrrugc. WAS 80 mortified "A
II our captur" that could not refrain trun
l. tears. While in this uucomturtahr state
e. WIS aroused 10y having a yuiIng rccfcr cui
Il ont a prlHc, Il prize, 40, boys IL fine young
= Strr bV love" | saw at once thai he haI mn
# dor his arm II pet pig hpionrug to our shin,
Il called Murphy | claimed the animal uS M
own. An. said he. but Nou are II prisoner am
+ your pig Also we always RESPECT priNut
l. ! prOpcrtN, 4 replied and | seized hold of MN
e ply. This was fun for the odstcr~, VIII
n sum- Out Go il my LITTLE Yankee if Won r,
= thrash shorty y0u shall have yutlr biz
l. Agreed said /. \ ring was soon formed and a
~ it we went soon found that my untugor
n lists pugilistic education did not come M I
min In t,,t h..