Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-23
SALEM SEA CAPTAINS.



During tho revolutionary war it is
hard IN tell how tbe intcrcourse be-
,,oon r,,ra,,a a,,d 49, aaIon;os ,rnrId
ii""O0 1oP' anu a''itu1' quo VYt0n''' ,Ymt0n''' "Cul
nave oeeh KEPT uPLwitn poStoh' Ne"-
port, New York, Philadelphia, Charles-s
ton ard Savannah successively in the
hands of the enemy--but for the,mer-
cbants ana M orinars of S,io,, Ra1orlvs
',..a'SI.'ir.,, - o.,"'.,I, ~ D' -,.', 10y ~.
anu anu '""rp'oi'eau' o"iein aio'c Son' '"'
Aoo armed vessels, carrying IN all more
than 1000 guns, each vessel having
twelve or fourteen. They took 445
prizes. "a ont of their own fact beinp
10 'T6oYIoss o{tho ,,nT,.aols No. u heo
,nso,ad hMt ,hn loss tno tsa tro,n istory ~ M of
all iii | dataitoJ namor;al @ , 81 tho.e Jsyin w :,
n,,, n 10 n,ora oar;ons' W.T. fan,s.
u'ot nraaornos % ~ Iii ,b,t nor;od onI,,
tho M a,can dor;no Of PanI Joncs anil
fprgats tba soi;d 6sroism ~ Jon,i han
UasaJonp ' ''SiN '' :, - - -
Innath.n uarodon wao horn IN cIor.
oo,tnr h,,t .as ~ I,an o",J - 'Saion, 4,
~ S.' e,r,Io,, IT, III 80 p;ahard rtot ~ t'tLns
tho G ihy caiohyy. I'd nroSiJont ~ H. Hsrt.
ford Gonventiori Te frat went,to co..
90 fio,,tonant fthon ao C,nta;r ~ :.
iourtsenNgnn s,oon hnilt for the State
~ Massaehnsetts and hearing 4 name
fiat would nave delighted NendelI
PhiIlins~tbe Tvr,nnicTie Tn bor ha
belnnd canture y Rritish nayal vessnI.
thai was carried in triurnb into SaIem
bsrhor After,rard HaraJon was INF
IN command of the General pick.ripg
a Salem nrivatccr of ISo TONS carryino
fonrtein' six.nonnders and n crew oi
fortSSGva meb and hoys ia ssiied in
17sI with a cargn of sugar for Rilhoa
then a rssort for American nrivatcers
and nrize vessels. On his nassare he
had a two honrs, fght 'witb 4 Rritish
c~tter of twenty onps and hn,t bcr of
bnt on onterinc the Raw of Riscav found
onnortnnitv fos an eynIoit more DARING
Rnnn;ng by night aIpngside a Rritish
nrivnteer cSrryIng q twcnty-two Guns and
siytv mon ha or5erod hsr throngh hia
trnnnnt 70 "snrrcnder IN nm American
frigaie or ho snnk u The astonished
EngIishman vieIded and came on
hoarJ IN tind IimsoIf outgcneroIeJ A
nri1e crow was nnt on the cantnrcd
Vessel and both made sail for Bilhoa
whom they worc MOT bv n Kings shin
which as tho cant,,rcJ Cantain toId
Harnden with dolirht was the Achilles
another English nriv,teer with forty,
two guns and I4d mon 81 shan't RIM
from hnr ~ s,id Usrador coollv A.
once Tho scene cbanoeJ. tLe bIg En-
glisbman rocanturod thc j;ttle ono
fbnn law ,lonyiidr Horaion's shin ali
night 70 fght bor noxt dov Hnrpden
to9k a sonnd NIGHTS sIcen aud "a.
ornited a hoatswain and eigbt s,;lor.
from bis nrisonors in tho morning
when ,hev wont 70 WORK 2
| Tha A4or;can sh;n soomod soid .r
o'w,tness Iito : Iprg-boat hasiJe a
n4an'ntwar. raa,w o1t5o Eno,;sLmon,s =
shot wont oyor bar onnonont wh;Ia
she horseIf was aiways hi, heiow Tho
watorl;no .,h;s ,,ieyn Aol;Ilos ,;Lo
,ha ano,en, nravaJ" vnInorahIo IN % tHo
bael "A t;ra brosd9de 'of crow.barS
from H,raden had greot esect and
Achilles ged The Pickering cave
chasa and Haraden oferad n isrgse yo'
Wi ,o h;s ornner n bo voriJ oorry
,way snar 6ut No snch IucI oc,nrro1
and the Eno,isLm.n oct off Haradeu
recantured his first nrizo which had
Tins chanaad hsnds thy;on In Avantv1
forr hnmrs and w,nt into ror, viii
bor Tho battIo haI 'lastcJ three
hours bsnc fought 60 near tbe SnsnisI
ooast that hnSdrod ,honsand sroc,.
ZOOS n ,vas said llinsd ths sLorns. snd
I. 80 .Iso all that hafnra t,a pioras
ing and 'her nr;,o had boan haIf n,
hnnr at snchor ono could have woltod
,,;la oyor ,Sa ,va ter bv ~ stenn;r =, TroS,
heat n hat. and when tbr Csntain
I.nJo5 be was horne in trinmnt
tbrnugh the citv on men's sbonllcrs
This ;s Int n samnIe Of tbis hold saiI,
or's aJventnres On another occasion
ain In tia Pickerino he fall in with
threo armed. Fnglishmen In comnanv
carrvin o rcsnActIvely twelve fonrtoen
and sixteen guns: and he cantured
oach In succession with his vessel hs
csrrvino inst ss many ouns ga the
largsst of tbe enemy
Haraden alone took moro than
thonsand Guns from the british durin .
the war 7The Salem sbins intercente1
tho G vasssls which carr;od s,nnlios from
EnoIsnd or Nova Scotia 20 tho garri.
sons in Nav York and Roston. thew
,rn;soJ In tbo R,v ~ piscav and N
,ta English and frish channels. tbnr
raisoJ tba insiranco nm british sb;ns ~
twontv.three ner cent and oblioad ,
I,rre naval force to be constsntlS am
nioyod in cnnvoving mercbsntmen
they moreover bronsbt munitions n
war from tbo Frencb Islands Som,
sailed @ as nriyatoers nure and simnle
others under ..Ictters Of marouc - in
vovagos whoss nrivateering was ;nc;
dontsi hnt WHARF tbe dan oars incprre,
were mucb the, same 5osonh Pea
hodv Cor instance sailed from SaIen
IN tbe winter of I7sl ne second mato n
.ho oIo,+orlotmarono ' Ranger Canta;,
S;nmons c,rrving seven 9nns rho,
tnoL caroo ot saif sold r at Rich
'~ond roo u VIrgina and nj Alcxandri,
inodod ,vith 3our for H,vana part q
- tIa oaron hainr from CeneroI Wash
;nGton,s n,antafion was received n
WOn WsnOn. 4, ,ho mortoJ we;aSt. oil WA.
aoiJ md the Rancer retnrned IN Aley
,nJr;" for anothnr freight Anchorin,
"," ..hn ,,,o,th NO. of tho Potomoc bacaus
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