New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
PRIVATEERING.
pAsHING sEAFARERS AND THEIR BIC
PRIZES.
From Chambers's Journal.

From Chamberss Journal
The FIRST mention # privateeins possibly In t';iS
case riracy-in connection Nth lNerrS9I Is III IN"
year 1863, when snip o De n,hy bgneht przc
;ntn lie Mrrsey amid great rejoicings. IL " l.
in the reign of George H. however mar hv the
IiyoTpool m1-charts In ia Iivcrpc9s o;sessS1
foar privaeers which, dn h,mI 'h Sozrn shipS
sInnsW se.-off however to the round huhdrrn SAN
Ing to and taken M, from me seven Years war in l
came as a blow to Liverpool whose tri i ~ yrT,S
ivor had been making pr0dis GUS STRIDES. % ~; :,
~ wrcnrh urjyatee found their way iI''o me it
So and at one time actually biockadVu LIZ VOW
for several weeks. Insurance rates went UP ~
Tho merchants however die not Wai1 'or b "ncny
No. NOT nmIy fitted out their useless ships as p
vatccrs but built new .cssels Tor 'i 81 and III.
r rs vas remarkablc one of the first prNatr'rS
TO leave the port returned IN lev WIN, VIZ rmal,v
irIn"h west Indiaman worth t2oVc o thrr 'iTbr;;
,dInhio nrizos followed In quick succt sSion ~ j
the whole country became mao a,, , ro,onirs IN
~ r1 mrvatecrsmen second to none in cor,Sr
and Stewardship. made many prizes nI'. wts
Whole the result of the war to the ves",i
S,sostrons In the first four years alone ~" n'h
belonging to the port were ciPtui' tho gains Of
and this more IMAM cou"'''
The experiences of the Seven Years ,MHa VA,
r. ''ea uuIiS y, The outset sent forth Meet
prvatcers and soon the trade oil 1b'p he French
and Snaniards Joined in the war that ii,,e ian
tcrcd With its old energy into the PRIV. ,h z" dis
nrss Eut once started. so great was t'' Ill ira
,tod ,hst between August l7S. ard Apia Ion
IL, nrivatc cruisers were fitted out Al no mort
put to on 5h beyomd the occasional hgsi I
numerous sales by auction Oh ,' vas little business
tT1nsacted' 1t was indeed. only The IF the
success OF the privateers that S"'" '"
IiyerDoO mer rhants from rum
PRIvATEERING HERO
The greatest OF Iivcrpools pryaiecrlns n y,i
WIS a personagc famous in his diy "'Ii nur
r,ierlv Overwhelmingly. Captain fUr ,r'' OH
%rsnt in So I5,4 p hc rcoon } MIN Ens
merchants in Leghorn. iittti our 'e ..Thn Gentle
teeI 70 Msraznc for December id stated nat ta
Fame Captain WrighD hai caP uf coo 100 CAPTAIN
Wrjght's most remarkable achi'vcmsm'' nU" Min
Trance became imminent In that year ne nui" /,
smaII less. at Lechorn. called the - 'eo'N., ~
Tise ssainst the enemy Of lx lT pn0? guns and mo
hundred and eighty men bore dG~ ni'' 70 rniirc
him when he came out. SO much INJURY had
done to French commerce duTHnS ' hro Of knieh-
hood pension OF 1900 livres per annnm for ne AKA
a.. romrnand Of sloop-of- war 10 whoever IN" 40
brir', bin, into France alive or dead. IN" Carol
date FOR knighthood thcreiorc lmip"I'iit g ~ his
tine i'm close sympathy with the French W"u'H Ill.,.
allow Wright to leave port with NOR ,nnm ,, h
guns ana Twenty-Five men VITA ns Hiin NAN u"
left the hArbor July 3 having 'Hf s G 6 cesr OF
vessels under convoy NO sooner wa noo,rt sipht
other guns which had been secretly sio"ei ny in'
CONVOY for his use. He also prrNAiri upon Hi wv
of their composed Of SlaN pndnS' ' ,,,.l" M
hoari his shin Next morning ia" Fr"nr imam h'i .,
down upon him. and Il O'Clock ne engagement
b, gan i'm sIeht Of about three thousihl WI
of the French In thrcc-quirt'rs OF an hoNi ti'
xcl.c Wa rDsitrcatci that sh" Wa hfS H' com
bat with jh, loss of her captain. hcli tnAh' Arl
eightN-oight men killed seventy NOR" being W"Nhi ,
ed There being no wind she "srapcd WIN ih' "id
of her sweeps else She would have fallen prey 10
I'M. victor Wright had only lost his lieutenant ana
four men killed and eight wounded Tn" DISCUS. q
Tuscan authorities Immediately seized the -.
nd rcfu give her but the appear
ancc at IeghOrn OF Admiral Hawk" with TWO Inc
Of battle ships speedily induced thf IN 10 Il more
complainant frame OF mind. After further dlSiln-
gushing himself at the Of the Frrr b. the
brave Captain Fortunatus Wright was lost WITH his
ship in q storm i'm March l151. while on a voyage
from Malta to Icghorn.
ROUGH DEEDS ASHORE.
Privatccrng was not a profession calculated to
jnsiill love law and order among It's votaries
The privatcersmcn. when th'y came into port. were
So outrageous did Their conduct become that
IN l11s the Mayor Of Liverpool issued "a proraina-
ton cautiOuing these laWlcss PERSONS that he would
in future call in the aid Of the military FOR the pro-
lection Of the lives and property of the pcaccabr
Inhabitants. This had the desired effect
The service popular. tn men shipped ON
board piiVatccrs being safe from imprc-sincni IN"
most dashng and daring If IN" sailors ont Of
their hiding holes to enter on board them. Thee
doughty old Of Liverpool thls rrihci D..
one who wrote from personal observation: They
Of human beings. haf-discplinci. but yet ready 10
obey order
"YOur true priva'ccrsman was a sort of half
horsc. haf-alleaior. with streak a. lightning In
but much more Ike 4 pirate generally With . SIZE
peiahlrddncc Of whiSk'r. $ if hc held with sam
son mat his strength was in the quantity of his