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OLUME XXXIII.--NUMBER 39.
13. G. WARREN
Cabinet Maker & Undertaker.
Two Doors E as! of the Bcmlc,
STAMEORD, CONN.
OU,','j_') respectfully inform the inhabit-
',,,,,s Ct‘ this, and the adjoining towns,
,,,m, ,,e,,,,_, S,,fiS,'g,~d from the urgent necessity
utlv existed in cases wlicii
‘which has freque _ _
,de,,,l, has been caugetl by putrid diseases, and
‘eath occurriiig in warn:
iiii almost all cases of l. H _ _ , ,
'we.tther. that more aIii,‘l9 l’''_°‘’'-‘''°'‘ "1 llle l'”"
_0f,,,.t',c|c,, ne(.e55,,,-y for -, he tiitei'itietit.s of the
dead than has heretofore l)~“"",'““‘l" '” “"5 5"“
tion of t:lie country, is callec‘ fol‘. he has been
induced to make the itece‘<S=,',-TY “"‘_“"‘.l-f"""“""l5
ifor, itud that he is tiow prepa."e¢l '0 l“"'"Sll C”f'
ttins, Shrouds, Caps, Scarfs. "l ‘’‘'‘‘'".V ‘]‘’S‘
-cription that may be desired or .tl|"l- Cil” be "li-
etained in the :ity of‘ New York. “l ” l"°m*"'"“-'
‘warniiiir. day or night, atid on the most I'_easr_iti-
mble terms. lie is also pri-.pai'e.d _.l0 l|H_'|H>‘ll
Hearses, Carriages. see to the cligglllfl 0i ‘he
;grave, and to attend to atiy other iit'i'ittig(-nilellts
‘that. may he wished for the f_iitiei'al pt'OceSb‘l0"s
«lcc. Those who tiiay wish to keep the body of
-a deceased frieitd several days. can be furiiis.‘te(l
vwith an ice-box in which it tiiay be preserved it
‘rweek, or longer ifuecessary.
The subscriber has also oti hand and for sale
I.edoyeu’s disinfecting Fluid——a ti art icle which
will etfectiially removc from the sick room, oi
from rooms where death has occuri-cd.all oflen
sive smell. and completely i"resl.ieii and purity
:‘t’he air. Tliis fluid is far suporioi to ollloyicle of
Time or soda. it being much more powet.‘I1l=IIId
~entire.ly free from smell. whith makes it doubly
'-‘valuable. E. CH A UNCEY \VARREN.
Stamford, Feb. 19th, 1848. 7tf
Cheap, Ready Pay,
AND
One Price Store.
‘The Subscriber. grateliil for the patronage
lheretofore received front his iiumerous friends
and acquaintances during the past 95 ye.ars.
would say to them and the public. gzeiii-i'iilly.
‘that he is now etigzigetl in business on his own
"account, and oti the cheap, rear/y pay, and one
price syslcm.
it will be obvious to all reflectiiig minds. that,
to conduct. the tiiei'c:ttitile business on the 077/.’
price 33/stcni., and that a very loufp:-icc, it_1nust
be done for ready pay.
Additions will constantly be made of SPnS0ti-
able goods. to his already large stock comprising
an unusual variety.
The subscriber flutters himselftliat from his
means and long expei'ietice, l'()_L't'l‘llPl' with the
help of polite atid attentive clerks be will offer
greatitiducetnetits to all who may want. good
and cheap goods.
MSTOCK.
G
SEYMOUR CO
New Cana:in, Jati. 31, 1850.
—_~—IT\:SOI,UTT,0N:"rfltG pai'tnei'sliiphere
’ tofore existing iiudt--.t' the iiaiitc atid firiti
of T. & \V. E. Rayinotizl. is this day by inn-
tual conse.nt.dissolved. Tlic-liooks and at-counts
will remain in the hands of \V. l-layinoud for
adjustment and collection.
\ViLi.i.\M E. RAYMOND.
Tiioitus R.Ai'1tio:~' D.
New Canaan, July 29, 1850.
A C.-\R,D.—The Subscriber, having be-
come. the sole proprietor of this celebra-
ted estahlishtiicut. would tender his sincere
thanks for the very liberal patronage bestowed
upon the late firm of T. &. \V. E. Rayinond
Every exertion will be made to increase the
further reputation of this. store. Lztrge addi-
tions will be tiiade to the former extensive as-
sortinent; of Goods and Business will be con-
ducted on 8. far more extensive scale than
-heretofore. Every species of goods will be
found here in great variety and at lower pi-ices
than at any other store in the State. All
Goods purchased by t.ltc saute person as here-
tofore.
Purchasers will do well to call and examine
our stock. It costs iiotliing, only your time.
and yoti will be well pleased with the result,
‘especially if you have looked around town.
The services of the following §1t‘lli.l8Il19li have
been engaged. making it very eflicieiit force :-——
Lucius M. Monroe, Jerome Judson. Caro
Scott, and some other person not. vet designin-
ted. from whom the pttlt")ltS of this store will
receive the most. polite attentions.
\VlLL[.»\;\l E. RAYMOND.
New Canaan, July 29th. 1850.
Patent Paint.
LAKE’S Patent. fire and water ‘proof
Paint, or artificial Slate. This extraor-
dinary substance is found in a stratum of rock
in Sharon near Akron, Ohio. \Vhen taken
‘frcm«tlie ntitieit hasiill tliezippeai-atice of the
‘finest Indiszo and is no liardertltau cold tallow.
«but a few days to the at.mosphere_ turns it to
tha rd slate or stone, prote.cting wl'iatever cov-
ered from the action of the weatlier and ft'oin
tire. A supply jl.lSl’.l'6(‘.PiVe(lttn(l for sale by
\V. C. S'l‘l-’tEl*‘.'l‘,
Agent for the Pateiitee.
carpets at Westport.
Yards Ciii'pctitt9_, consisting of
A ' ~Su'pet'Bi'ussols.Superand Coiii-
inoti lngrain. all wool; Cotton ltigrain Striped
Venitian. Stair do. i'er-.e'ived this day from auc-
tioii,and will be sold at much lower prices
than those of the first part of the season.
S. MOULTON.
lVestport, June 14th, 18:30.
ECEI VED this day. a new lot of Clocks
. _ Looking Glasses. Lamps. (.ilerandolcs
and Cake Baskets, Brushes, &c.
~ C. E. DISBROVV.
S sCY'rt~1i«i-P.-ti«‘Li«:s. at
OL.\'lS' ‘EA’D‘S.
71‘ ABER’
H. G. Randall.
AS just t'ec.e.ived a new and l)eaiitiful ar-
ticle in his line——a f.:ncy-shaped’ silk
glazed cap.of,the fittest texture. the assort-
merit of which he will rapidly reduce by the
daily sales. Also a complete variety of every
kind of cap, which he offers surpassingly
olieap for cash.
He is manufacturing as good a hat for $4
as can be procured at Belice 66 Co.. N. Y.,
for $5.. Atty person desiring a hat. light, easy
"id waterpr_oof', aiirl niade_ by careful iiieasiirc
to fit gill [lip side-liunips of the head, had, het-
0l_' witlfout delay, as he is rolling off the
pi5e$ent,editlon.of Spring Hats like hot-cakes.
Silk or For liats finished as per order. 18
[{USHES.—_—Sci'ii|i, Stove, Shoe, Hair
1llJ(l"Vlill8\\'fl~Sl] Bruslies of a superior
quality. for sale by Locriwoon, l'lAIGHT & Co.
I:
J E, fresh :1
' i ' OLMS'I‘EAD’S.
00
Village subscribers by carrier——per yeur$‘3
00
t‘iail do. in advance do. 2
Office subscriliers, or those living out of
the Carrier’s district, atid who call for
their papers at the office, 1
Companies of liveor more receiving their
papers by mall, if paid in advance 1
so
50
0. S. Ferry,
Attorney and f}etuiselloi' at Lair.
Mallo:'y’s Building.
Oflice hours from 8 lo 15.’ o’cloc7:. A. Ill. ; and
from 1 lo 6 o'clock, P ZlI.
. o. &. G. A. BISSELL,
fitt0l"II(§_",S aiul cotitiselloisttt l."-.w.
Office over J. Mttllory & Co.7s Store,
NORWALK, CONN.
George A. ‘Davenport,
tlttottiey and €eiint<cllei- at law.
Ofice lV¢'sl Siclc Hie Bridge,
l\"0I1\V.-\Ll{, CONN.
Jan.1st, 1850.
G. J. C-‘3rRUI’vIAl\l',
DEALER IN FURICXGN AND DOMESTIC
Stupli: $5 ifaiitp rig Gauche
CA R P E "r i N G,
(7 11';-piage Cloths ant! Tiriimiatiings.
flL‘fiTli3, fl:l':ifzllillllltE§, VESTENGS,
gfiihgetingg, E‘::1‘_‘E1i’i8lS., Bette. &c_
NORWA LK, CT.
Warramcre,
fiAi2ihE%§il.Aitl ARTEST
Come)‘ 0/ Slate aml Zlfairi. Streets,
BRlDGl~‘.POR'I‘, CONN.
JOHN AE3'S'E“E§1\l9S
Ahhfliildhl
Over 1-‘. St. John’s Store.
Likenesses
lVi,zrrai/led to please all goozl jz1,rIgcs.
FIELDS & EHENBRIGIES,
A l\lA.\lUF.'\CTURl“.R‘3'.AND Dl£.»\Ll".l{S IN
Boots, Shoes, Le:itlier,antl lr-‘iimliitgs
No. 13 Wiainwfiatreet,
Not-’.\VA Lit, C-'1‘.
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Ifm-.'tfo1*it z‘-.;‘e~ii§iity
iiiiittail Fire lit?~I'.-ii‘é1E§€63 fleiiipaiiy.
GEORGE ST. JOHN, Agent.
HAS a pledged capital of about. -‘$800000.
. A caslt surplus ofniore than $13,U00.——
ltisi.ii'aiicc. on $100 about’? cents per year.
March 12. tl'1()
THE subsci'iber has on hand and intends
keeping a good assortment of Ready Made
Cl()llIllI_£I0filll kinds. Also, it good assortment
of Cloths, Cassinieres, and Vestings, which
he will inako up to order in good style atid at
SllIvil'l notice.
N. Ll. Pill'l2lCltltll' llliGt1l':0n paid to (‘.ltll’il1f3’.
THOMAS RILEY.
Norwalk. Fol). 25.1850. 9
I".4'%..SI-IE03§l'.l-LELE EMEGRIUM
E. Curtis. Merchant Taylor.
No. 10 dlrrin S'I,rrct, Olnistcur/‘.9 Built.//'n_.c,rs.
F "ll:'l E Su'iscriliei' has received, within a
few days past, a large tlil(llll()ll to his as-
sortmcrtit. of Spritig Goods, consisting, in part.
of l3I'();t(_lClUl“l'tS, of Frencli, Greriiian, English
and American iii:iiiiifacture.‘
CASSIME RES,
Plain Black and Doeskiti ; also at large assort-
ttieut. of Fancy floods. of a variety of patterns.
Vl£S'l‘IN(flS AND TR.l.MMIl\‘GS;
A good assortiiieiit always oti hand, to all of
which I would invite an exaiiiinatiou trotii my
friends and cust.oniei's. and the public general-
ly. The above ,<_zoods Will be sold on as rea
sonable terms as can lie oli'ei'ed elsewliere.
Garnienls made. or made atid Ti'inimed in it
most. fasliionable and workmattliko manner.
Cutting done as usual.
Fiisliiotis received every month.
E LBE {T CURTIS.
Norwal7.', April 8th, 1850,
A Card.,
‘HE Si,ibsci'il_iers would take this method
to iiifot'iii their friends and the public gen
erally, that they have iissocinied together in
the practice of Dental Surgery. and will be
happy to serve their patrons in the best possi-
ble nianner. lt is their intention to perfect
such ai'raii,<:etiieiits as will secure to their
friends a_/./. the adv:tiit.ages_ that. the Dental Pro-
fession alfortls. and to execute their business
in a style creditable to thciiiselves. \Vith iiiatiy
thanks for past favors. they would respectfully
solicit. a coiitiniiance of the same.
CHAS. FITCH. A. HILL, DDS.
Gytherean Gream ofSoap .
NEW’ preparation for washing and bath-
ing. just received a tid for sale by
C. E. DISBROWV
Another Suppiy
{E17 Congress \V:itei', fresh and sparl<lin,v_',
from the Spring. put up in pint and quart
| b es. Just i'ecoived at \VEEl')’S,
“I5i1t'e to Stand Alone.”
Be firm. be bold, be strontz. be true,
“ And (litre to stand alone-.;"
Strive for the right. wliat'er ye do
Though helpers there be none
Nay. bend not. to the swelling surge
Of -popular sneer aml wrong;
‘Twill bear thee on to riiin’s verge,
\Vith current wild atid strono. ‘
Slam! for the rig-/it.’ Humanity
ltiiiilores. with groans and tears,
Thine aid to break‘ the festering links
That bind her toiling years.
Stand for the right. Though falsehood rail.
Atid proud lips coldly sneer,
A poisoned arrow cannot. woutid
A conscience pure atid clear.
Stand for the right, and with clean hands
Exalt the truth oti high ;
Thou’lt find warui syiiipathizing hearts
. Among the passers by.
Jlfen who have seeti,and thouglit,t1nd felt,
Yet could not boldly dai'e
The bat.tle's brunt. but by thy side
Will every danger share.
Stand for the right; proclaim it loud,
'l‘liou‘lt find an atiswcring tone
"lit honest hearts, and Iliou no tiiore
Be (loomed to slmuf alone.
l\'llSOELLAN Y.
FI‘0l)L the Of our Ujiion,
THE. CUTTING OUT.
A TALE OF THE TRUCE‘.
The sea was quiet as the sky. The
clouds, few and flea-cy, slept above, and the
waves had gone to sleep below. Stars re-
flec.edthe.i1-sparkling eyes in the placid bo-
.~:om of the old ocean as the eyes of beauty
shone back fiotn a mirror. Nata sound was
licard in all the expanse cf the universe
above and around. Sky above, sky around,
sca spread wide to the bending horizon made
up the sublime scene. save a single. vessel at
rest, like the fixed center of the circle of the
liorizoii. A low gleam far distant and like
-.1 star just risen in the norlli, might be either
a star or the steady lantern of a light-lionse
many a league away. It was the. latter. The
vessel was tive leagues south ofSeguin light
liecalmcd, and though motionless its prow
still pointed to the beacon it would have
reaclted befoie night-fall if the wind had
held.
I! was a small schooner of about one limi-
drctl and forty-five tons bu rthcii——a doivn-east
trash.-i‘ that had gone up to l:3ost0n laden with
ll.ll1ll)L'.t'i1lltl cider, and was now returning
with freight of :1 miscellaneously congrega-
ted cargo for the merchants on the river and
seaboard. Not :1 sail flopped, not a rope
moved, the rudder, usually garrulous with a
shrill shriek of complaint, was voireless.—-
Tlte l-.ir,r_ze heart-.ife-like swell of the occaii
rocked the vessel with gentle and slow mo-
tion. A thin, blue smoke curled up between
the masts from the pipe of the calaboose
where the evening meal had been cooked.
l7'orward the crew were enjoying the leisti re
of no wind, in lying upon the forecastle
deck, either asleep or gazing, as sailors love
to do, listlessly up towards the stars.
Aft, upon the tafli-ail, sat the skipper,a
short, square-built old bay sailor, in a bell-
topped beaver that some years before had
been new, his once Sunday but, but which
now shorn of its nap and with many a spot
of grease and for, had been converted into a
sea tarpaulin. He was clad in an old blue
0081, Short of the swallow-tail, whereby it
was fasliioncd int.o a jacket, and duck trow
sets well soiled with rope=gi'c.:ise and salt
watt-r. In his mouth was a clay-pipe with
a very short stem, which he smoked with
CVldE.‘t)l.t5l1ll$f'.tCllOn. Ever and anon as the
gleam of the fire in the bowl illuminated his
face, it would be seen that the face was hon-
est aiid weatlier-worn.
Upon the heel of the rudder facing the
skipper sat his mate, a young man, tall and
well-made, with :1 chest like. a Hercules, a
very model of a hardy sailor. He was
smoking also, but it was a Havana cigar, for
he had siren the West indies in his day, and
had learned to smoke good tobacco among
the Don Spaniards.
Laying at his length upon the deck was a
third person, a mere youth in appearance,
who had been serving in the Gulf as it mid-
shipman, and nearly lost in the Somets,
many of \\ hose crew and officers he had
saved by his coolness and gallantry, and
therefore he had furlough given him, with
great praise added then-to by the department,
that he might visit his widowed mother. He
now wore the undress uniform of a passed
iniddy, and seemed perfectly at his ease.
“ Come, captain.” said the iniddy, “ let us
have the yarn I’ve heard my father talk about
it hen you cut the schooner out of Lubec
harbor, last war.”
*‘ That yarn l have told so much, I must
let my mate tell it for me. He was a laid on
board with me, and knows all about it as
well as me.”
“ Well, mate, let us hear it,” said the mid-
shipman, a;ljtisting his head upon the coil of
the niainsheet so as to listen more at his
ease.
“‘ \Vell, vou shall have it, since the skip-
per ain't initlie yarn way to-night,” answered
the mate, lighting a fresh cigar at the fire of
the old one, “ you recollect at the close of the
war———”
“Thunder,” ejaculated the skipper, “he
don’t rccollect nothing about it——lie \vasn?t
nothing but a little baby—il he was born at
all."
“ Well," resumed the mate, “ he must have
read about the war, and he will recollect
what he has read,l guess, skipper. You
see, Master Clarke, when the war was com-
ing to an end, and the treaty ol peace as they
called, was sent over to England to see if
they’d agree. to it, hostilities were in some
sort kind suspended till the answer cot-ne.——
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-iii all. Atlengtli after we had laid there
it was understood that if any American ves-
sels were blown into British waters, they
would be taken and held on to till it was
dccidedabout the treaty, whether the war
was to continue or not. Well, it so liappem
ed that more than‘ one of our vessels had to
put into"St. Johns and Halifax in stress of
weather, and they were at once taken pos-
session of by John Bull, but the crews were
not confined but let go where they chose.
“Now, you must know that our Skipper,
here, was inaster of a trading schooner that
used to run between Pcnobscott river and
Boston with lumber. Well, the Skipper
hearing about the treaty and that fI'FllL[l'll.S
were higli between Eastport and Boston,
made up his mind to go tiiere to get a cargo.
Now, you must know that Eastport is on the
American side and Lubec on the English
and eitstern shore of Eastport river, which is
about two miles wide opposite these towns.
The line between the American and English
territory runs exactly midway this river. On
the Lubéc side were stationed a frigate and
a brig of- war and two gun-boats; while on
the American side there were no vessels of
war, and only a few guns mounted upon a
Wl1=1rft0,protectthe town."
“ Andften guns was protection plenty-—the
British npvcr dared to come near them at
all l” sail_.l the skipper, who seemed wlioly to
approve _'of the manner in which the male
was relating the narrative.
“Well, the schooner commanded by our
skipper, herc entered the bay and steered for
Eastport with a wind N. N. VV., which made
it necccssary to tack and beat up. She
ivent on bravely, keeping the American side
as closcly as possible, until she got opposite
lf.astpot't, when the skipper, feeling a little
saucy and confident, stood over on his star-
board tack farther toward Lubcc and in the
British waters than was absolutely necessary.”
“l had to makea long leg that luck to
reach the anclioi-age—if l hadn"t kept well
over to Lubcc, l‘d had to tack twice, and I
knew I could get out of the l3ritisl1 waters
afore they could catch me. i”
“ But in going about, the schooner missed
stays and fell off,” resumed the mate, “ and
new way had to be made on l1Cr before she
could go about square. ln standing on to
get lieatlway for the purpose, the schooner
struck full upon a mud flat and run her
nose fast in the mud of a clam book. There
we stuck! We sent out kedge aft and haul-
ed upon it, but we couldn’t start her. The
tide was ebbing and each minute made our
situation worse. The English SCh(mnCl‘-0f-
war, half a mile off, saw us, and two boa :
filled with men lift her and pulled swiftly
for us. i"i7c‘ did our best to got off the flat,
but seeing it was no use the skipper wont
below and hid his papers and tnotic-_' about
his waist, and come on deck and waited for
the English. Tliey were soon alongside,
full forty of ‘em, all armed. They scram-
bled over the side like so many red and blue
They filled the deck in a nice.
Their lieutenant ame aft and asked the skip-
per if be surrendered the schooner. He an-
swered—”
“ I told him the schooner surrendered ber-
self—thut I had. nothing to do with it. The
tiiud bank catclied us."
“ The officer then put one of his tneu to
the helm, ordered others to (liffercnt parts,
and going into the cabin asked the skipper
if he had any liquors. ‘We gave him some
old Kennebec cider which he said was good
as champagne. He made himself mighty
social, and stinga song or two to put the
skipper into good humor. So thitigs went
on till about midnight when the flood tide
coming in lifted the schooner out of the mud
and floated her handsomely. The British
ltifftlien was brisk enough giving orders to
make sail, and wearing‘ round, in twenty
minutes more we: were brought to a quarter
of a mile below and anchored off the town
of Lubec, under the guns of the schooner of
War.”
“ Thercls a cat‘s paw rising, sir,” said one
of the men coinming aft. -
“ Ay. ay, I feel it,” answered the. skipper,
holding up the palm of his hand. "We shall
haven wind by ten oclock. Go on with the
slory, mate.”
“That was a neatly made capture, skip-
per,” said the young midshipman, with uni-
motion.
“[1 was for them, and not for me,” an-
swered the skipper, placing a fresh pinch of
tobacco in his pipe. “ You tell, mate, how
it ended.
“ VVe were fairly caught,” said the mate,
in continuation, “and had to make the best
of it. \Ve were sufferctl to walk about the
decks, and and do pretty much as we pleased.
On the whole the English and ourselves got
to be on good terms. We told each other
long yarns on the forecasllc, and played
cards together on the windlass. As for the
skipper, the British luff, and u middy and he
ate their duff together in the cabin and
smoked togt-tltci' on the deck afterwai-(ls.
“ Altogether there were on board nine of
them, besides the luff and the reefer, eleven
four days,thc skipper got leave of the luff to
go ashore in the boat with his met: and buy
some liquor, &c. To this John Bull con-
sented,especially as the skipper, here, said
he would treat all hands. So he and l went
in the boat and landed at Lubv-._c. llere l
saw a Eastpoit man in a skitf, forduring the
truce people crossed and recrosscd from town
to town very socially. The skipper and I
had already agreed on a plan to get posses-
sion ofthe schooner again, and we sent this
man across to Eastpoit with a message to the’
townspeople there to have the cannon on the
wharf shotted and ready for use whenever
they should see the stars and stripes run up
to the peak of the schooner; fortlle English
flag was at that time flying in its place --
The man put off in his skiff and, as you
will see, nobly did his errand. VVe then
laid in a large stock of liquors, and having
treated the British tars who belonged to the
boat, we returned once more on board our ,
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carouse_ aft and forward. The skipper plied
the hill and the mizldy in the cabin-with
brandy and inadeira, and 1 was generous oh
the forecastle with old rum and hollands.-—
Songs were sung, one or two fights took
place among them.-elves, and by ten o’clock
at night all were asleep and dead drunk, save
four men. Our own, who numbered five be-
sides the skipper, were sober. These {om-
inen were the watch, and the lieutenant was
sober enough at the outset to forbid their
drinking till their watch was through.
"' Our experiment had succeeded, and we
knew that we only had to take the proper
time to get poscssion of the schooner.”
“And why not at once '.3” asked the mid-
shipiitan. ‘
“ Because it was ebb tide which set over
towarcls the British shore, and the wind was
too high to stem it if we had got the schoon-
er free fi'om her anchors. But the next day
at cleveri o’clock we again brought out our
liquors and treated all hands fore and aft.—
They thought we Yankees were generous
dogs, atid said it and swore it. By iwt_-lve
0’Clo(‘k every man was more or less drunk,
except the lieutenant and middy, who, like
most Englisliincn, \'l0Ul(l drink nothing be-
fore they dined. With these two exceptions
and my own men, who feigned to be tipsy as
the rest, not a man was able to raise a hand-
spike.
°‘ The time had not come for the rescue!
lt was one bell after meridian. The flood
tide set strongly toward the A inerican shore.
There was a light wind, but it was fair what
there was ofit. The British ariiicd schooner
lay about two cables’ length south and to
windward of us, with her broad side bearing
upon -us. The fiig-titc was at anchor a mile
further out between the island the and main.
The day was fine and the air bl‘-'tClIlg and
inspiring‘ to deeds of courage. Lubec. with
its roofs and towers lay on the larboard beam
and Eastport a mile and a half distant on the
starboard, and our bows pointed down the
river. VVe rode at our tnoorings by our
best bower and swung freely with the in and
outtidcs.
“The English crew were either lying flat
down npoit the deck aslccp or liatigiiig over
the windlass stupid and sleepy.
walked the (lock, his pistols in his belt and
his Cutlass in its sheath. The gniddy was
below lying on a settce, rcading Capt. C-ook’s
voyages that we had on board. Our men
were dispersed about midsbips squatted
down, and under th«~~ir lt:.ilf-closed and seem-
ingly stupid eyes, were wzitcltingj for the
sigiial——foi' Cflcll man had been made ac-
quainted with the propo~'c-_l plan.
“lstood lt-ziiiitig over the capstan in a
C;1l't:lt,‘SS manner, with my cycs watcliing the
skippcr’s every motion. He was walking‘
the deck as well as the luff, but on the othei
or l£tl’l)t)t'1t'Cl side, for John Bull had tiilitrtl for
his pronicnade the honorable side of the
quartet‘-deck.
“All at once the old man fixed his eyes
full on mine and t'l'lC‘t'llng my glance of re-
cognition showing him 1 was ready, he sud-
denly leaped across the dock, confronted the
lictitenaiit, with one hand drew the ofiicer’s
cutlass from his slieath, and with the other
wrcsted a pistol fioin his belt and stood be-
fore him presenting the one to shoot him
through the bead and the other to cut him
down if heresisted. At the same moment I
caught up a handspikc, atid calling to my
men some to cut die cable and some to go
aloft and loose the jib and forelopsail, l
sprang to the cabin to secure the ntidship-
titan. l was upon him before he was aware,
and after a short Sl.l'llgg'lB in which he fought
like a lion, I succecclcd in tying his hands
and then his feet and lashing hint to a ring
in the cabin floor. lthen rt.-turned to the
deck to direct the men, with both the middy’s
pis!_ol’s in my possession. ~
The skipper in the meantime, had found
a hard customer in the Eiiglisli luff The
officer, ittsteatl ofyicltling at once on rlcmand,
sprung back, drew his rcmuiiiing pistol and
levelling it at the breast of the skipper, fired
without hesitation. Fortunately the old tiiaii
(he was younger them than he is now) leap-
ed aside, striking at the same time the muz-
zle of the pistol, the contents of which went
through his tarpanlin, knocking: it off his
head into the rivet‘. The luff was now
wholly in the sl<ipper’s power, atid seeing
that his men were useless and that 1 had so-
cured the niiddy, lielaughed good naturedly,
and said 2
“I suppose we must change places, skip-
per. 1 yield myself your prisoner.”
“ The skipper then left him to take care
of himself, and took the helm. In the mean-
while I was busy forward. The men had
cut the cable with an axe already placed at
hand, aml the s-rhootter’s head was swiiiging
round when those who went aloft flung the
topsail from the yard. It was soon shceted
home and the jib hoisted when we got $'.Cl.*l‘-
age way oti her. \Vith the topsail yard
squared the skipper laid her course for
Eastport, while othcr men were lioistitig the
foresail, and otlit:I‘s springing fllfill loosing
the main topsoil. In less than five minutes
we had our three head sails and main topsoil
on her, and were doing our best to get out
of British waters.
But we were. not sufficient to have it all
our own way. The report ofthe pistol had
been heard on board the British armed
schooner, and they soon saw what was going
on. 'l‘hc_v piped to quarters at OM“: bl”
before the order was obeyed they piped “all
hands in the boats!” for they saw (as we
had foreseen) that if they fired inlo us they
would endanger their own people's llV(-.‘s.
ln a few minutes three boats filled with men,
each coinnianded by an officer standing up
and cheering, were pulling after us.
“ ‘ Hoist the stairs and stripes,’ said the
skipper to me ; and I roan sent_it to the peak,
glad to see it once more waiving in its own
place. _
“ The wind. was light and could not, Will
the aid ofthe flood, force us i'0r\Vat‘d mere
than four miles an hour, while the boats
R2
The lull"
Terms of‘ thfi Gazette. Fighting was stopped for a while; but then schooner. That night there was a regular Vwcre p,,n;,.,g fun six mg”: an Thong They
ividing line into Yankee
watei's,- when I saw five boats full, of metf
putting out from E-astport. With the glass
I could see that they were armed with guns
and clubs and whatever came to hand. I
could also see that the six cannon on the
wharf had a black crowd of men around
them ; and then I lmew that we had‘ friends
to help us.
We did our best. VVe spread our tnttitts
sail and hoisted our flyingjib ‘and set our
gafl. topsoil ; but the boat of the enemy gain-
ed on us; but at the same time we came
nearer the American boats, till just before
we reached the centre of the bay where the
dividing line runs, both fleets of boats were
equally near us. At this point we had to
hill’ to advoid a shoal, and in doing so the
English boats gained ait advantage. In three
iiiinntes more they would have been along-
side, when 21 flash and a cloud of smoke on
the \Vlli1l'f\’tlS followed by the shrill wind of
a twelve poundcr which passed over the
Englishntcn in the boats and made one of
the officers dodge. A second shot followed
the first, but ‘not from the wharf, but
from a brass swivel a four pounder,
which was placed in the bows of the
leading Yankee boat. The English
scented to dislikethis little barker so near
them more than they did the big bull dog
a mile off. So they all laid on their oars
aboiit a cablc’s length from us. The leader
of the Ariicrican party then stood up and
shouted to them that if they pulled another
stroke towards us they would lire into them
and sink tncin. A threat that could very
easily have been putinto execution with a
four pounder at point blank range. This
the John Bulls were well aware of. So
they lay quiet and see us sail 011 across the
(lividitig line here marked by a buoy and
behold the Anieicans surround us. As the
l21Ll(.'t‘CI1m0 near two shots were sent among
tlietii from the armed schooner, but without
got across the (I
over the men in the rear boat ncut‘ which it
flew past, skipping and ritrochetting like an
lndan rubber ball.
“ The Eitglisli now sent after us all sorts
of ribaldry and altogether showed the worst
possible ill—l'iumor at the result of their chase
With a sullen voice their officer in com-
itiand gave the order “to pull back again,”
whereupon our men gave them three
cliei--rs.
fig“ Nine men from one of the Eastport boat
now got on board of us at the request Of the
:lcippci-, in order to overcome the English
sailors on board, who had been fairly roused
up by the firing, shouting and gcnct'alcon1'u-
sion , and my five men were not enough to
handle thc-in if they should pt'ove sober
cnougli to show light. They were now driv-
en into the forecastle, while the schooner fair-
ly in Auiericati water, moved gallanll to
the aiichorage opposite E:istp0l‘l- 811*’-Yld<‘d bV
the fleet of boats, one or the other kept up a.
continual cheering all the way.
“ As we approaclied the quay we saw
them crowded with people, and also the win-
dows and balconies were filled with ladies
who waived there 'kercliicfs and ,hands to-
wards us while the men cheered, answering
the huzzas from our deck and boats. At
precist-ly quarter to two o'clock we dropped
out only remaining anchor within a bun-
drcd fathoins of the wharf, the guns on
which fired a salute of thirteen guns in hon-
or ofour victory.” _
" \Vell,that is what i call a neat‘affair,”
said the midsliipman who had listened with
deep attention to the whole l‘(-.‘Cl'.dl. “ You
deserve your success skipper for your cour-
age in planning the I‘e(.‘t)V(‘l‘y,0fl.ll8 schoon-
er, as well as for you!‘ Spirit in _ ¢“"")"“‘:’J ll
through. It is worthy a place in the naval
books. VVl'tatdid you do with the officers
and men.”
“ When iv
the skipper, “ we told
back to their schooner;
back in a skitlf that a Lube’:
over this side."
“ And the Olllcet‘ as he left made a tltreat
that he would get the schooner again in his
power,” added the mute; “ and its the Britr‘
ish must all be mad and mortified, We felt
con'vinccd thatthey would try and do as they"
promised-, ni-tivitlist-.ini.ling the truce; for
they with their frigate and armed schooner"
were. stronger than we \v.e_-l"P, and If they
choose to come in togctlier and cut her out,
we could hardly defend ,l'fer. At any, rate
we knew that the fiigatb would blockade us
in, and that we ltliglillillave to remain there
weeks. before we could get to sea.”
“ You had some reason to fear for your
scliooner after all,” said the young midshipa
man.
“ That we had,'and the mate shall tell you
what we did and what the British did after-
wards to catch her. it is :1 better story than
this one,” added the skipper.
“ There is a breeze fanning us,” Clied lhe
mate, starting to his foot. “ All l18Y1(lS 10
mal«:e sail! Haul aft the main and fore
sheets; the wind is on our quarter, here!
There she moves. Another time, when we
get into the river you shall licar, sir, how we
did the British a second time; but the Cap‘
tain, he must tell the story in his own way.
It is his yarn next.”
The lraditig schooner now went rippling‘
along her course with all her canvasclraiving
gemlv with the rising south-ti est wind; ‘and
higltet‘ and higlier from the northern horizon
rose the star-like light of the light‘-h0,ttse,
guiding her to the mouth of the river, into‘
which she was bound. The midshlpman
wrapped his cloak about him and slept tothe,
rocking of the billowy cradle beneath him 2
The mate paced the deck smoking 21 long-
nine; the skipper who had to take the watch.
after eight bells, or midnight, went below
and turned in, and, _ '
sel, there seemed nothing in motion In fine
illuminated universe of sky and 0063"-‘
e got to the wharf,” answered
‘ them they might go
and so we sent them
fisherman had
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began to gain upon us and we already her
lieved we should be overhauled before we‘
any fuithcr result than tlirttwing the spray I
save the éareeninq "Yes-‘ ‘
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