Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume 58Essex Institute Press, 1922 - Essex County (Mass.) |
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Page 310 - Capt. Jackson saw the sloop at Regla the day before. Capt. Jackson informs us, and we have also been informed by other persons from the Havana, that this system of Piracy is openly countenanced by some of the inhabitants of that place — who say that it is a retaliation on the Americans for interfering against the Slave Trade, and for allowing Patriot privateers to refit in their ports.
Page 56 - All our charts, chronometers and other nautical instruments— aliourclothing and bedding, were also gone; as well as our cabin furniture and small stores of every description. Our ship's provisions, such as beef, pork and most of our bread, had, however, been spared. Of our armament nothing but the large guns remained. Every pistol, musket, cutlass, and boarding pike, with our entire stock of powder, had been taken. "With assistance from the other vessels we immediately began making the necessary...
Page 310 - Bugnon, who arrived yesterday from Charleston, spoke on the 2d inst. off the S. Shoal of Nantucket, the brig Three Partners, from Jamaica for St. John — had been robbed, off Cape Antonio, by a piratical vessel, of about 35 tons, and 17 men, of clothing, watches, &c.
Page 53 - He was likewise very badly wounded just below the groin, which came so nearly through the leg as to discolor the flesh upon the inside. " Wonderful, however, to relate, notwithstanding the want of proper medical advice, and with nothing but the unskillful treatment of three or four shipmasters, the thermometer ranging all the time, from 85 to 90 deg., this man recovered from his wounds, but in his crippled hand he carried the marks of Malay perfidy to his watery grave, having been drowned at...
Page 58 - ... impress them with the power and ability of the United States to avenge any act of piracy, or other indignity offered by them to her flag. "When I visited the coast again, some five months after this event, I found the deportment of the natives materially changed. There was now no longer exhibited either arrogance or proud defiance. All appeared impressed with the irresistible power of a nation that could send such tremendous engines of war as the Potomac frigate upon their shores, to avenge any...
Page 52 - ... her, but proceeded on their way, and landed at Pulo Kio, secreting themselves once more in the jungle, near the residence of Po Adam, until the morning, when four naked and half-famished white men were seen to emerge from the bushes, and approach his fort with feeble steps. As soon as recognized they were welcomed by him with the strongest demonstrations of delight; slapping his hands, shouting at the top of his lungs, and in the exuberance of his joy committing all kinds of extravagances. They...
Page 301 - Company for the signal service rendered them by your successful exertions in repelling the attack of a Piratical Cruizer on the brig 'Belvidere', the cargo of which was insured in this office, and it affords me much pleasure to have an opportunity individually of expressing to your crew the gratification I derive from the gallant conduct displayed on the occasion, which you will please to communicate to them in distributing the amount voted to their benefit, which you will find enclosed. "With the...
Page 299 - ... hailed me — he only discharged his long gun three times alongside, as our third shot broke his carriage, and his gun fell into the lee scupper — he then kept up as smart a fire as he was able with muskets and blunderbusses, and dropped near the stern, expecting to find more comfortable quarters, but there he got a most terrible cutting up from a brass 3 pounder, by which he was raked within 20 yards distance with a round and two bags of 40 musket balls each, which completely fixed him...
Page 304 - Mexican" The pirates had left the unfortunate brig in a bad plight, but Captain Butman and his crew, esteeming themselves fortunate to escape with their lives, at once set to work repairing damages as speedily as possible, and before dark had bent new sails, repaired the running gear, etc. Thanks, also, to the foresight of Captain Butman, who, when he discovered the true character of the strange vessel, had managed to hide some of the most necessary navigating appliances, such as a compass, quadrant...
Page 55 - In doing this, however, they were obliged to barricade their dwellings, to guard them against the insulting annoyances of the natives. "Qualah Battoo bazar that day presented a ludicrous spectacle. Almost every Malay was decked out in a white, blue, red, checked, or striped shirt, or some other European article of dress or manufacture, stolen from the ship, not even excepting the woolen table cloth belonging to the cabin, which was seen displayed over the shoulders of a native, all seemingly quite...