The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24

With a cargo Of sugar. intending a. soon
Of vs ss,ss s SpSf
ieets.. Ho had been attacked By 4 British ostS
Ger ns rsa and f hss Sps St hsR
two hours fight. IN beating the enemy Oh
=, A h the oSaOjTs P!cEsilng sntsIsd &c Pay
two suns and sixty men. the American mount
liz % .h Hafyns sS%s
force hsfsasG boldly ran so3 ssdf sRa called
iJieate or the. largest c'ass and that he would
66Sw the British pSiVatesr out oil water IL shs
The Engiishman, struck his nag but, when
he expressed humilation at having given. IN ID |
such an Interior force, The battle which FOL. !
iSTsS hs sS Gays 1sF whis Hs5'dsP ssSy
S Ss bis ,hs
...Haraden: still in command Of his fayorite
the West India Islands. This ship proved to De
SSi an G oaf.
Il necessary to haul on to repair damages,
III s.0 dlscOvs5sd that he had s1ps|P'Ssd
Haraden rammed home his last round Of powsI
der and shot. and boldly running alongside his
that he would give them exactly five minutes
in which to haul down their colors. aud that II
time he would send every man OF them to the
bottom OF the sea. Then running up the red
pisce. and standing where ne could be plainly
second: the various lapses Of timo that had exc
Before the expiration Of tho Ave minutes the
EnGlishman surrendered; "
war OF the Revolution. ,NIassachusetts had
90 psyntGssrs IN som mission; Ne " hsmpshtrs
sSdS Se lssSd D. peGnsySasa rysad
q, North Carolina and South Carolina ..
Salem ives the Great, great centre OF prvaseer.
Of The Struggle Tor American Indspen denes she
sent out l5s vessels under letters Of ms.SSSs
halt the prizes taken during the war. Only
q q the Salem priVatesrs were taken or lose
When the war o, 1912 began tho United
States Possessed according TO the author:
sea. The merchants FASTENED TO despatch
privateers against the rich commsrce OF the
qHf had SG sent Ea ss
w StsS so S'1 81 snay ne5 RE.:
here duTins that s,tassis: Early in The Was
Aai q Rsr sspi 10 H osSc nfast May says
Ing American coIors. prepared TO close with
them. A quarter OF an hour later the smaller
s' 'eg Sen sns
Mnt,,t TsssrySa hi. IRE, nI ss he was was
R Rs'S Vessel between The two EnsIsh ships.
which was followed up With voiieys Of mus:
kerry. The effect OF the priyateer,s cannon IRE
the s'S sSaer shin hauled if her eoi9rs down.
Scarcely had the Atlas turned from the smallef
ship to the ot sSs
that she had SURRENDERED; 0apt Maf1tt res
9nened on this vessel ",s and ip few minutes
and hsa ed 70
s sna s' ns1. and s
with twelve guns and fifteen men, both laden
Mafhtt's vessel was SO badly cut up that he
made for the nearest home port TO reat takine
Among the priyatee rsmen OF the. War Of 1872
whose careers Mr.; Maelay sketchss at eops
length was Capt Thomas Boyle: He had tha
S q. sGstft Gossrq Gs var craft opsrass
and sometimes In the British and Irish chan.
| nels, In defiance OF their ieetest frigatos and
Scoops Of war which strove again and again TO
One Of Capt Boyle's adventures was with .
Portuguese cruiser; which was undertakine to
! Comet attacked the fotilla, nghting tho Fortul
| turing one vessel and sending the others into
tho nearest port crippled. Capt; Boyle sent e
coffee house. in which he declared all the har,-
! bors OF Great Britain and Ireland to be In q
state OF blockade and forbade all nations trad
| trick under the guns OF the British cruiser 81
| Lawrence. he led his men from the Chnsseur
Capt, Dirop Of South Carolln,, rghting the
Decatur against the English cruiser Dominica.
, ordered all his matches closed TO prevent any
man from sEulking and took the Engllshman
with pistols and cutlasses, after killing or
wounding sixty men out Of the crew OF eighty;
| Porter from capture at La Tcste. ran away
| from British friRlte and finally, provisioned
| his ship at sea at the expense OF the enemy.