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CONCORD, N. H., AUGUST 31, 1840. 



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Defence of the Privateer. 



THE BOLDEST FIGHT ON RECORD. 



The annals of modern warfare do not furnish 

 the recital of a more gallant action than that 

 fought at Fayal, Western Islands, in 1814, be- 

 tweeu a British gun brig and the hoats ol'a Brit- 

 ish squadron on the one; side, and on the other 

 the little private armed American brig General 

 Armstrong, of seven guns and ninety men, com- 

 manded by ('apt. Samuel O. Reid, out of the port 

 of New York. 



The terrible engagement of Paul Jones with 

 a British crnsier, is scarcely a parallel to it, and 

 few naval battles, even by huge fleets, exhibit so 

 great a slaughter. A British resident of Fayal, 

 who was uitness to the action, in a letter to the 

 celebrated Cobbett, under date of Oct. 15, 1814, 

 thus describes the hold d fence and noble con- 

 duct id' the daring American privateersmen : 



"The American privateer brig General Arm- 

 strong, of New York, Capt. Samuel C. Reid, of 

 seven guns and ninety men, entered here on the 

 26th ultimo, about noon, seventeen days from 

 that place, for the purpose of obtaining water. 

 The captain, seeing nothing on the horizon, was 

 induced to anchor. Before the lapse of many 

 hours, his majesty's brig Carnation came in and 

 anchored near her. 



"About BIX his majesty's ship Plantagcnot, of 

 seventy-four guns, anil the Rota frigate came in 

 and anchored also. The captain of the privateer 

 and his friends consulted the first authorities 

 here about her security. They all considered 

 her perfectly secure, and that his majesty's offi- 

 cers were too well acquainted with the respect 

 due a neutral port to molest her. But to the 

 great surprise of every one, about nine in the 

 evening, four hoats were despatched, armed and 

 manned, from his majesty's ships, for the pur- 

 pose of cutling her out. It being about tin: full 

 of the moon, tie night perfectly clear and calm, 

 we could see every movement made. The beats 

 approached with rapidity towards her, when, it 

 appears, the captain of the privateer hailed them 

 and told them to keep off several times. They 

 {notwithstanding pushed on, and were in the act 

 of boarding before .any defence was made from 

 .the piivateer. A warm contest ensued on both 

 sides. The boats were finally dispersed with 

 great loss. 



"The American now calculating mi a very su- 

 perior force being sent, cut his cables and rowed 

 the privateer (dose in alongside of the fort, wilh- 

 'ii half cable's length, where he moored her, 

 bead and stern, with four lines. 



"The governor now sent a remonstrance to 



laptain Lloyd, of the Plantagenet, against such 



proceedings, and trusted that the private r would 



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not be further molested; she being in the dq- 

 minions of Portugal, and under tie: guns of the 

 castle, was entitled to Portuguese prelection. 



'• ( 'aplam Lloyd's answer was, [hat he was de- 

 termined lo deslroy the vessel, at the expense of 

 all Fayal, and should tiny protection be given 

 her by the furl, he would not leave a house 

 standing in the village. All the inhabitants 

 were gathered about the walls, expecting a re- 

 newal id' the attack. At about midnight, four- 

 teen launches were discovered lo be coming, in 

 rotation lor the purpose. 



" When they got within clear gunshot, a tre- 

 mendous and effectual discharge was made from 

 the privateer, which threw the boats into confu- 

 sion. They now returned the lire ; hut the pri- 

 vateer keep up so continual a discharge, it was 

 almost impossible for the boats to make any 

 progress. They finally succeeded, aiier im- 

 mense loss, in getting alongside of her. and at- 

 tempted lo board at every quarter, cheered by 

 the officers, with a shout of No quarters,' which 

 we could distinctly hear, as well as their shrieks 

 and cries. The termination was near about a 

 total massacre. 



"Three of the hoats were sunk, and but one 

 poor solitary officer escaped death, in a boat 

 that contained fifty souls; he was wounded. 

 The Americans fought with great firmness; 

 some of the boats were left without a single 

 man to row them ; others with three, or four: 

 the most that any one returned with was about 

 ten ; several boats floated on shore full of dead 

 bodies. 



" With great reluctance I state that they were 

 manned with picked men, and commanded by 

 the first, second, third and fourth lieutenants of 

 the Plantagenet : first, second, third and fourth 

 do. of the frigate ; and the first officers of the 

 brig, together with a great number of midship- 

 men. Our whole force exceeded four hundred 

 men ; hut three officers escaped, two of w bom 

 are wounded. This bloody and unfortunate 

 contest lasted about forty minutes. 



"After the hoats gave out, nothing more was 

 attempted till daylight next morning, when the 

 Carnation hauled alongside and engaged her. 

 The privateer still continued to make a most 

 gallant defence. These veterans reminded me 

 of Lawrence's dying words, of the Chesapeake, 

 'Don't give up the ship!' The Carnation lost 

 one of her topmasts, and her yards were shot 

 away ; she was much cut up in the rigging, and 

 received several shots in her hull. This obliged 

 her to haul off to repair, and to cease her 

 firing. 



"The Americans now finding their principal 



gun (Long Tom) and several others dismounted, 



deemed it folly to think of saving her against so 

 superior a force; they therefore cut away her 

 masts to the deck, blew a hole threw her bottom, 

 took out their small arms, clothing, &C, and 

 went on shore. I discovered only two shot bides 

 in the hull of the privateer, though much cut up 

 in the rigging. 



" Two boats' crews were afterwards despatch- 

 ed from our vessels, which went on hoard, took 

 out some provisions, and set her on fire. 



"For three days after we were employed in 

 burying the dead that washed on shore in the 

 surf The number of British killed exceeds 

 one hundred and twenty, and ninety wounded. 

 The enemy, (the Americans) to the surprise of 

 mankind, lost only two killed and seven wound- 

 ed. We may well say, ' God deliver us from 

 our enemies,' if this is the way the Americans 

 fig hi. 



" After burning the privateer, Captain Lloyd 

 made a demand of the governor to deliver up 



the Americana as prisoners — which was refused- 

 He threatened to send five hundred men on 

 shore, and take them by force. The Americans 



immediately retired with their arms to an old 

 Gothic convent, knocked away the adjoining 

 drtw-bridge, and determined id defend them- 



m'Ivi-s lo Ihe last. The captain however thought 



better than to .-end his men. He then demanded 

 two men, which he said deserted from his ves- 

 sel when in America. The governor sent for 

 his men, hut found none of the description 

 given. 



" Many bouses received much injury, on shore, 

 from the guns of the Carnation. A woman sit- 

 ting in the fourth story of her house had her 

 thigh shot off; and a boy had his arm broken. 

 The American Consul here has made a demand 

 on the Portuguese government for a hundred 

 thousand dollars, for the privateer; which our 

 Consul, .Mr. Parkin, thinks, in justice, will be 

 paid, and that they will claim on England. Mr. 

 Perkin, Mr. Edward Bayley, and other English 

 gentlemen, disapprove of the outrage and depre- 

 dotion committed by our vessels on this occa- 

 sion. The vessel (a ship of war) that was des- 

 patched to England with the wounded, was not 

 permitted to take a single letter from any person, 

 being an eye-wiiinss to this transaction, 1 have 

 given you a correct statement as it occurred." 



New York State Fair. 



This grand exhibition will be held at Syracuse, 

 September 11, 12, and 13. The premiums offer- 

 ed are liberal, and the list very extensive, filling 

 nearly five columns of the Albany Evening 

 Journal, amounting, as some have estimated, to 

 six or seven thousand dollars. As the affairs of 

 the New York State Agricultural Society have 

 been conducted on so liberal a plan, and compe- 

 tition invited from different parts of the Union 

 and from the Cauadas, this society assumes the 

 character of a national association, and the fair 

 seems like, a great national jubilee. 



An address is expected by Professor Johnston, 

 of England, who is distinguished for his works 

 and lectures on agriculture and science. Presi- 

 dent Taylor has excepted an invitation to he 

 present at the coming fair, and it will doubtless 

 he the greatest exhibition, both in the show and 

 the concourse of people, that has ever occurred 

 in ibis country. 



The railroad companies in the State of New 

 York offer unusual facilities to persons attending 

 the State Fair, and for the transportation of ani- 

 mals and other articles for exhibition. When 

 shall we witness so liberal a course in New 

 England ? — New England Farmer. 



Our Country.— On no country more than our 

 own have the charms of nature been prodigally 

 lavished ; her mighty lakes like oceans of liquid 

 silver — her mountains with their bright aerial 

 lints — her valleys teeming with fertility — her tre- 

 mendous cataracts thundering in their solitude — 

 her boundless plains waving with spontaneous 

 verdure— her broad, deep rivers, rolling in so- 

 lemn silence to the ocean — her trackless Ion sis, 

 where vegetation puts forth all Iter magnificence 

 —her skies kindling with the magic of summer 

 clouds and glorious sunshine — no, never need 

 tin American look beyond his own country for 

 the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery. — 

 Irving. 



The Law. — An editor down south, wdio served 

 four days on a jury, says he's so full of law, that 

 it is hard for him to keep from cheating some- 

 body. 



