Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-07

the mast and lowered a boat, and in
some five minutes afterward, her COM
mander, followed by Is men, came
over the Yankees side. The first
object that met his gaze as he stepped
upon the deck, was the old iron gun
amidships, and though the thought of
an American pirate made him feel
sore, yet he could not help laughing at
the almost ridiculous scene thus pre-
sented to his gaze. The 12 green
looking fishermen, together with the
gun did present rather a ludicrous
appearance.
$50 you are on piratical expedi-
ton ?" tauntingly remarked the British
officer.
81 dono," retured Jabe, with an
offended afr. ~ s'pose eff I'd cum
across one o. your crafts at / could
ave took, I should ave done it; but l
dono as 1 should been pirating emmy
more'n yeou are now."
"How many men have you got?"
"Here's IL on us, an eff you've got
IL men at can lick us, I'd like to see
'em."
"Never mind about that, Jonathan.
Well take you into Halifax, and there,
perhaps, you will find your match"
The schooner was searched fore and
aft, but all that could be found were a
dozen old pistols, ard about as many
swords, which were in the cabin, while
in the hold they discovered nothing
but an array of empty boxes and
barrels. The Englishman left IL of
his own men to take charge of the
prize, and took six of the prisoners on
board his own vessel, leaving the other
six under the charge of the officer who
had been appointed to the command of
the Rhody, and also left orders that the
schooner should be kept close in his
wake during the night, as he intended
to see her safely out of reach of the
Yankee coasters.
| Until 8 o'clock at night the Rhody
stood on after the clipper, with all sail
set, while the latter only carried her
mainsail and two jibs. The six Yam
KEGS who had been left, on board were
secured in the long-boat, while the
lieutenant in command and five of his
men had the first watch. When the
clipper struck two bells, the vessels
were not more than two cables-lengtb
apart, the prize being little to wind
ward, as, owing to her bad sailing, the
lieutenant wished to keep the weather
gauge. The night was quite dark,
and the wind, which had fallen some
since sundown, had veered slightly to
the northward.
"While the prize masters were earn
4 estly engaged in keeping up with the
clipper, very novel scene was being
enacted in the hold. One of the
boards, which seemed to form part of a
stationary floor, was lifted from its
place, and the head of old Captain
Enoch Nightingale appeared through
the aperture. In a moment more
another board was removed, and ere
long, 40 stout fishermen, all we'll
armed, had come up from their place
of concealment. 1t was but mo-
ment's work to leap on deck, and ere
tie thunderstruck lieutenant could see
from whence came the enemy, he was
bound hand and foot, and so were
his men, while the poor prisoners
were set free from the long-boat. Obed
Nightingale took the helm, and his
father, pointing a cooked pistol at the
head of the English officer, said:
"Do you think we are in earnest, or
not ?"
~ should think you were," replied
the trembling officer.
"Then, if you do not obey me, you
will get bullet through your head in
an instant. Now, hail the clipper"
"Scorpion, ahoyr r' shouted the lieu
tenant, as if for dear life.
In the meantime the Yankee had
been let of little from the wind, so
that she was now within little more
than a cables length of her captor,
while the bold fishermen were nearly
all crouched beneath the bulwarks.
Some one from the clipper answered
the call.
"Tell them the schooner has sprung
leak, and that the cussed Yankees
must have thrown the pump-braxes
overheard"
The poor lieutenant looked first at
the stern face of the old man, then
at the muzzle Of the pistol, and then
stretching his lungs to the uttermost,
he obeyed the order.
"Now, tell them to heave to, and
you'll run alongside"
The frightened officer obeyed, and
on the next moment the clippers
helm was put hard down, and her
main boom showed over to the wind
ward.
Seven of the Yankee fishermen were
stationed along the lee rail, with stout
graplings in their hands, and in less
than five minutes the Rhody's bow
spirit loomed up over the clippers
weather quarter. Obed showed the
helm down, and letting 60 the sheets
fore and aft, the Yankee schooner shot
gracefully alongside.
"Why didn't you come under our
lee quarter?" shouted the English
captain, as the fisherman thumped