The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-01
n sun WILMINGTON. DELAWARE. SUNDAY. NAY l. 1898.

I a joke at the same time, ran with it t,
one Of the grnners and exclaimed
Here, gunner, write postpaid on it ant
send it back to the villains" Captain
John Foster Williams was another dar
ing priyateer.
! The number OF vessels captured iron
the British by American privateers dur
ing the Revolutionary war was enor
| nous.
AS early as January, 177S, 1913 vessels
| had been captured, entaling loss o.
nearly Sl5,0O0,000 The number o
OF Americansprivateers was stated to be
l73, carrying 255G guns, and l3,S4O sea
men.
The number Of English vessels EN-
ployed in the West Indian trade cap
tured by American cruisers amounted or
February !, 1777, to $50 sail. the value O.
their cargoes being about $40, 600 600.
During the entire war not single
American cruiser was captured by Eng
lish privateers, while sixteen English
cruisers were taken by American pri.
vateers.
Privateering was again employed by
our Government during the war OF 1917
and $50 privateers were commissioned
during this second war OF independence
Baltimore supplied So; New York, So
Salem, 40; Boston, 81, and harleston
~. A successful privateer was Captain
Hazard OF New York, who, with the
Paul Jones, by August I had captured
fourteen British vessels in the West
Indies.
n'al,y ~ AuSust ne TOOK the i1assal'
o ' iroIii oipiaIar 10 havana ma VIII w
MINES : ana ury goods valued at sou, 0oo,
me me fence ae Nentchatel, Captain
Diurolla NIX Iook elgllteen prizes; the
! II W. ra!i, sixteen prizes, Inc
L lL4 ZINES IN Mafch,, 1915, admltted
VIZ .'N anhees ll.u captured ooo Brit
nn no' - ~ H.. s ha51on llo' s
was I,nta;m Th",nas por., - p o. It;a''u''
w S sa,od T. tbn noy'e oi bal'l.ols'
rn n 10 nnn In WV, lo,iese',
1ei, aftar ,7as,,,o4 Elk. .e su,l,,loi W
nr;t;sh sh;n Ihn lse c n,En'' ~, ne, o"l'
a. q "a noo "''N0 0''s Voc '" 'E''
Later Bowie reappered unon the seem
with new clipper. the Chassenr which
cantured eighty vessels nj which thirty.
two were her equals in strenoth and
eighteen her sureriors Three If The
prizes alone were valued at 500 coo "
One of the most famous and desperate
combats in the history OF American nri-
Watering was that which occurred intha
neutral Portuguese harbor Of FayaI an
Sentemher 26 ISL
T;,a nr;,o+oon ,.on,>r,1 ,u,,.+,,,,,,. Is
Nam .isa''e a "u,lu,ai A'Ills'fIns ~
..u" y o'H 81; Io, ,l,; ~ Ialaalll
"."es' W 49, 49, I5,i;ns ia 'ile i'ei
"' We; r.[' f ~ = ,m,a eluauro,'
fn,,m s's.l,s y, thn pat" i' ~ se'enu
an"I aI h,;,. w ua' io,s,4ou, guns'
" 81, ~, w ~ r. + a"n,n,,h ~ .e sui,2'
~ Ilo ulle'e' ''e s''''''s' ~ >''''''''''''e
''' ri. "
Ivy ARMSTRONG ~, mao nut seven guns
'lit i1iiels ineii' lne ll'SV aetack WIS
i fat ~ r ioal a iaul'cl 1 manned py
lily lily, NH M eaei, any wa easily le.
p,l, h' f s,, ''t,aun WAS illa'e -n ae
i, nn " ''o' 'ee' '''o''c''e' anu wv
'i'ei.
Alter terrific combat OF lorty minutes
the assal!ants were repnlsed with a
loss OF l20 Killed and i"0 wounded. A
tllr,' attack was made at daybreak by
the brig Carnatlon, but again the Arn-
strong calamity defended herself She
was SO much damaged, however, that
Captain Reid, knowing that she could
not stand another attack, which would
be sure to come, scnttled and abandoned
i'eT, .,,, ,.., ,..
,on h'liils ven il',''s lile BRUSH 'oSt over
1oo III hilleo anu wounded, Whiie the
t.illel'uails 1os' ol'F TWO kl''ea ana
seI W. Mouil1eu. .,...
D.lrlls we c''ll Mar priva'eeIlhs was
el'sasG ~. III ollly ~ .i'e >o"tn. IN grant
lhs pe'.lsereit rlshss 10 t,'e Confederate
tiie !. hR e. States ylelueu 10 them the
r.si't 10 III o'l1 cruisers ~ prey on NORTH
e'n Voh'.,eIct' ipi ~ was nov poSslple
10 prescribe t''e lhooe ol WARFARE 70 pe
adopted.
ms view was also taken by European
NATIONS. Lng'and allowed the tolted-'
crates to Dulld ana equip vessels in her
ports, when were afterwards used III de,
stroylng federal merchant vessels. In
all 1904 such vessels were taken and
thelr value amounted, ut Il low estimate,
to S3o, ooO,Ooo,
me Alabama, the most famous and
terrible OF these Southern prlvateers, was
a cruiser, ~ feet long: y feet wide, and
drew but fifteen feet OF water She was
a fast boat Tor those days, and carrie d
eight guns, OF which one was hundred
pound blakeiev rlf1.