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truth of the report. Throughout this work I have 

 wherever possible avoided all references to the vari 

 ous accusations and recriminations of some of the 

 captains about "unfairness," "cruelty," etc., as in 

 most cases it is impossible to get at the truth, the 

 accounts flatly contradicting one another. In this 

 case, however, there certainly seems some ground 

 for the rather fervent denunciations of Captain 

 Warrington indulged in by Lieut. Low. But it is 

 well to remember that a very similar affair, with the 

 parties reversed, had taken place but a few months 

 before on the coast of America. This was on Feb. 

 22d, after the boats of the Erebus, 20, and Primrose, 

 1 8, under Captains Bartholomew and Phillot, had 

 been beaten off with a loss of 30 men (including 

 both captains wounded), in an expedition up St. 

 Mary's River, Ga. The two captains and their 

 vessels then joined Admiral Cockburn at Cumber 

 land Island, and on the 25th of February were in 

 formed officially of the existence of peace. Three 

 weeks afterward the American gunboat, No. 168, 

 Mr. Hurlburt, sailed from Tybee Bar, Ga., bearing 

 despatches for the British admiral. 84 On the same 

 day in the afternoon she fell in with the Erebus, 

 Captain Bartholomew. Peace having been declared, 



84 Letter from Com. Campbell to Sec. of Navy, March 29, 

 1815, including one from Sailing-master John H. Hurlburt of 

 March 18, 1815, Naval Archives, xliii, No. 125, of "Captains' 

 Letters." See also Niles' "Register," viii, 104, 118, etc. 



