The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
her sweeps out and in a few minutes
wnnld board the brig with a croWdo of fresh

her sweeps OUT anu III q icW luluutSf
would board the brig with a crowd of fresh
assailants.
Fortunately the Enterprise was not moro
than ~ miles away in tho southwest. The
watch had been changed, Il the new
lookout had just got aloft when he callSSS
out: "Deck ahoyl There goes a gun rssnu
n~or'east off the starboard bowl"
In a minute all was in commotion. One
of the officers sprang into the rigging with
a night glass and hailed: "There it goes
again. / hear the boom.
The commander was on deck. THANK
fortune, here comes the wind from the
west. Make all sail, Mr.. Hamilton. Well
run down and sea what it is. That's a
heavy gun. The Toridor has only IS
Founders. They would not make a flash
like that. Beat to quarters and cast off
the starboard battery. Ram in q round
shot over grape
The breeze had freshened, and the Enter
prise fairly walked. Tho flash of guns was
now seen from the deck, and the lookout
hailed that he saw a mast headlight.
1.-THE Spanish brig is in trouble. ] hope
nothing viii happen to my friend Her
mani, = said the officer. A tropio dawn is
something to remember. Long before tho
sun TlSCS tuCf0 CCIlCc d pCdQti4Sl 1Ocy
light, making the sea a sheet Of gold, and
thus everything was made plain to the
Enterprise and her crew. The Spanish
brig was enyelopcd in smoke. and the
noise of the conflict was plainly heard.
The schooner was sweeping up to board
her deck, alive with men.
The American was 200 yards away,
right across her bows, and then came the
-. lfGs~o IAS <xr. Is1frsonc Do1-o how.
fore and aft
The effect was tremendous. A chorus
of yells and SCREAMS from tho pirate, and
down came her foremast and maintop-
mast. ssGive it to 'em again!" and her
decks were clear. Backing her Smainsail
in a minute more the bowsprit of the En-
terprise was forking over the bow Of the
Toridor, and the cry was, "Bonrders
away The man-o'-war's men made
short work of the pirates in the waist and,
all escaping, got into their boats and
pulled for shore. Printing a carronade
discharged it, cutting ono boat in two,
SID in a moment the water was alive with
sharks taking care Of her crew.
The schooner was at once boarded by
three boat crews. The decks were DESERT
I'll, Uub III ub t1CfG Gill q OOcidAy
volley of musketry from tho cabin, killing
three men, and then a rush, headed by
Pinto, u tall, grizzled negro, powerfully
built. He shot Lieutenant Hamilton
through the body and was attacked by the
wardroom steward Of the Enterprise, a
giant mulatto from Baltimore. He, too,
got a bullet, but struck Pinto's right arm
of with a outJass, and the villain was
taken alive, the only survivor of his crew.
In the waist OF the Toridor lay 62 dead
men, over 40 being Of her crew, and Cap
tain Hermann admitted that in an hour
more the pirates would have owned his
brig.
Another episode displaying Spanish and
American characteristics is the effort of
Baron FL Cardo to get up a duel with
Senator Mason Of Illinois. Senator Mason
Immediately chslmpioneu u,
George Z. Powell of Lacrosse, Wis, who
cabled an acceptance of the baron's chal-
lenge. DIR. Powell is an old time Indian
scout and frontiersman ard is recognized
as onu of the best pistol shots in the Unit
ed States. His eye is SO good and his hand
SO steady that be shoots pennies from be-
tween tho thumbs and fingers of friends
who bave enough confidence in the aocu-
racy OF his aim to hold them for him. He
practices on UGH small targets as PIN
heads, which be can hit as far as he can
see them. and he thinks he can do as much
for this dueling Spaniard. Once he even
shot at SO fine a mark as q hair, which he
cut in two at several PAGES while a friend
held it stretched between his hands. DR..
Powell is a brother Of White Beaver, once
mayor Of La Crosse. Hoi is d Kentuokian by
birth, but part Indian BY descent, his
mother being the daughter Of q Seneca
chief. His father was of Scotch descent.
After the fathers death the mother and
young George went to New York for q
time, but afterward moved to the western
frontier. where tho boy acquired the aas