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CHAPTER If.
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* OFFICIAL.
K . - j . v
Washington City, July 18.
-fii **.
Extract of a copy of a letter from Capt.
Porter to the Secretary of the Na-
Essex Junior, July 3d, at sea.
SIR, . ,
1 had done all the injury tbit could
be done the British commerce in the
Pacjncf vftid Still hoptfd to signalize .
i my cruise by something more splen
did before leavingthat sea, l thought
it not improbable that Com. Hillyard
might have kept *us arrival secret,
and believed be would seek me at
i a
ATHENS , THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1814.
Valparaiso as the most likely place
.to find me, I therefore determined
to cruise about that place, and should ‘
I fail in meeting him, h6ped to be
compensated by the capture of some \
merchant ships, said to be expected :
from England.
The Phoebe, agreeably to my ex- ;
pectations, came to seek me at Val* j
paraiso, where I was anchored with
the Essex, my armed prize the Es
sex Junior*, under the command of
LieUt. Downes on look out of the
harbor ; but contrary to the course l
thought he would pursue, com mo
dore Hillyard brought with him the
Cherub sloop of war, mounting 28
guns, ,32 pound carronades eight
24*s, and 2 long, 9 s on’ the quarter
deck and forcastle, and a complement
of 180 men. The force of the Phoe- j
be is as follows—3o long l* poun- *
ders, sixteen 32 pound carronades, ,
one howitzer, and six 3 pounders in
the tops, in all 53 guns, and a cdrrt- j
plement of 320 men ; making a force
of 81 guns and five hundred men ; ,
in addition to which they took on s
hoard the crew of an English letter
of marque lying in port. Bota ships
had picked crews, and were sent in
to the Pacific, in company with, the
Racoon oi 22 guns, and a sioresUip
of 20 |dns, for tne express purpose
of seeking the Essex, anti were pre
pared with flags bearing the motto
“ God and country ; British Sailors’
best rights—Traitors offend hotly.*’
i bis was intended as a reply to my
motto •* Free. 1 rade and Sailors
Rights ’* under the eVroneous impres
sion that my crew were chiefly En
glishmen, or to counteract its efiect
on their owrt crews. The forceof the
Essex was 46 guns, forty 32 pound
pound carronades, and 6 long 12’s,
and her crew which had been much
reduced by prized, amounted only to
255 men. The Essex Junior which
was intended chiefly as a store
ship, mounted 22 guns, ten 18 pound
carronades, and ten short 6’s, with
only sixty men on board. In reply
to their motto. 1 wrote at my mizzen, !
God our Country and, Liberty-
Tyrants offend them.” j
On getting their provisions on
board, they went off the port for the
purpose of blockading me, where
they cruised for near six weeks, dur
ing which time I endeavored to pro
voke a challenge and frequently, but
ineffectually, to bring the Phoebe a
lotie to action, first with both my
ships, & aftervvasds with ray single
ship with both crews on board. I
was Several times uuder way, and as
certained that I had greatly the ad
vantage in point of sailing, and once
succeeded in closing within gun
shot of the Phoebe, and commenced;
a fire on her, wften she ran down for
the Cherub, which was two and a
half miles to leeward, this excited
some surprize and expressions of
indignation,, as previous to my
getting under way, she hove to off
the port, hoisted her motto flag and
fired a gun to windward. Com. Hill
y*ar, seemed determined to avoid a
contest with me on equal terms, and
from his extreme prudence in keep
ing both his ships ever after con
stantly in hail of each other, there
were no hopes of any advantage to
my country from a longer stay in
port. I determined to put to sea the
first opportunity which should offer—
and I was the more strongly indu
ced to do so, as I had gained certain
intelligence that the Tagujs, rated 38,
and two other frigates, had sailed for
that sea in pursuit of me—and I had
reason to expect the arrival of the
Racoon from the N» W. coast of A
merica, where she had been sent for
the purpose of destroying our Fur
establishment on the Columbia. A
rendezvous was appointed for the Es
sex Junior, and every arrangement
made for sailing, and I intended to
let them chase me off to give the
Essex Junior an opportunity of esca
ping. On the 28th March, the day
after this determination was formed,
the wind came on to blow fresh from
the southward, when I parked fom
my larbord cable, and dragged my
sta rboard anchor directly out to sea.
Not a moment was to be lost in get
tiug sail on the ship. The enemy
were close in with the point forming
tlie west sjyile of the bay ; but dti o
#pening thSn I saw a prospect of pas
sing to windward, when I took in my
top-gallant-sails, which Were set over
single reeled top-sails, and braced
up for this purpose ; but on round
ing the point, a heavy squall s.ruok
the ship and carried away her main
top mast, precipitating the men aloft
into the sea* who were drdwned.
W ‘ >
Both ships tow gave chase to me.
I endeavored in my disabled state to
regain the port, but finding l could
not recover the common anchorage
I ran close into a small bay, about
three quarters of a mile to leeward
of the battery ,>on the east side of the
harbor, Sc let go my anchor in pistol
shot of the shore, where I intended
to repair my damages as soon as pos
sible. The enemy continued to ap
proach, and shewed an evident in
tention of attacking, regardless of th •
neutrality of the place where I was
anchored—and the caution observed
in their approach to the attack ot tfie
pripplcd Essex was truely ridiculous,
as was their display ol their motto
flags, and the number of their Jacks
at alj thetr mast-heads, l, with as
much expedition as circumstance >
would admit of, got my ship ready
for action, and endeavored to get a
spring on my cable, but had not suc
ceeded, when the enemy at /'.5 miu
tues after, 3 P. M. made his attack*
the Phoebe, placing herself under rnj
stern, and the Cherub on my si \r
bourd bow ; but the Cherub soon find
ing her situation a hot one, bore up
and run under my stern also, where
both ships kept up a hot and raking
fire- i had got three long 12 poun
ders out of the stem ports, which
were worked with so much braver,
and skill,,that in half atv hour we
spoil disabled both as to compel them
to haul offto repair damages.
In .the course of this firing, I had
by the great exertions of Mr. Edward
Barnewall, the Acting Sailing mas
ter, succeeded in getting springs on
our cable three different times, bu.
the fire of the enemy was so exces
sive that before we could get out
broad-side to bear, they were sap.
away, and thus rendered useless to
us.—My ship had received many in--
juries, and several killed.ahd wounded
but my brave officers and men, not
withstanding the unfavorable circum
stances under which we were brought,
t@ action, and the powerful force op
posed to us, were no way discoura
ged—all appeared determined to de
fend their ship to the last extrjepaity
and to die in preference to a shame
ful surrender. Our gaff, with the
ensign and motto flag at the mizzen,
had been shot away,but free trad*,
and sailor’s rights Continued to
fly at the fore. / Our ensign was re
placed by another ; and to guard a
’ gainst a similar event, an ensign was
made fast to the mizzen rigging, and
several jacks wet s hoisted in diifenu
parts ojf the ship.
The enemy soon repaired ‘ Ins
damages for a fresh attack ; he now
placed himself with both his ships on
my starboard quarter, ou: of the
reach of my carronades, and where
my stern guns could not be brought
to bear ;he there kept up a most
| galling fire, which it was out of my
I po. er to return,’ when I saw no
| prospect of injuring him without
, getting underway and becoming an
assailant. My top-sail sheets and
halliards were all shot away, as well
as the jib and fore-top-magt sail
halliards. The only rope not cut
was the flying jib halliards ; and that
being the only sail I could set, I
caused it to be hoisted, my cable to
be cut, and ran down on both ships,
with an intention of laving the Phoe
be on board. The firing on both
sides was now tremendous ; I had let
fall my fore-top-sail and fore-sail,
but the want of tacks and sheets ren
dered them almost useless to us—
yet we were enabled, for a short
time, to close with the enemy j and
although our deck were now strewed
with dead, and our cock-pit filled
with wodnded although our ship had
been sveral times on fire and was
rendered a perfect wreck, we were
still encouraged to hope to save her,
from the circums ances of the Che--
rub, from her crippled state, being
compelled to sheer oft'. She did not
return to close action again, although
she apparen ly had it in her power
to do so, but kept up a distant firing
with her long guns. The Phoebe,
fop rtl our disabled state, was enaoied
however, by edging off, to choose tne
distance which best suited her long
guns, aud kept up a tremendous file
on us which mowed down my brave
companions by the dozen. Many ot,
my guns had been rendered useless
by the enemy’s shot, and many oi
them had had their crews destroyed,
we manned them again from , those
which were disabled, aiid one gun in
particular, was three times manned—
-15 men were slain at* it in the course
of the action ; but strange as it may
appear, the captain ol it craped wM
no. xxr.
only a slight wound. Finding that
the enemy had it in his power to
choose his distance, I now gavq up
all hopes of closing with him. and as
the wind, for the moment seemed to
favor his design,l determined VO en
deavor to nin her on shore, land my
men and destroy her. Every thing
seemed to favor my wishes AVe
had approached the shorethin ‘
musket shot, and I had no <Hpif)t of
succeeding, when, in an insfant, the
wind shifted from the tan 1 fas is ve
ry common in this port in latter
part of the day ) and playfpnM? hfcad
down upon the Phoebe, where we
were again exposed to a dreadful ra- s
king fire. My ship was now totally un
manageable ; yet as # her head wus to
wards the enemy, and he to leeward
of me, I still hoped to be able to
board him* \t this moment Lieut*
Commandant Downes cavne on board
to receive my orders, under tl>e im
pression tiu'l I should soon be a pri
soner. He could be pf no use to me
in the then wretched state of the Es
sex ; and finding ffrotn the enemy's
putting his helm that my lust
.attempt at boarding would nut suc
ceed, l directed him, after he had
been about ten nfinutcs on board to
return to hisbwn ship, to be prepared
for defending and c&stroying her in
. case of an attack.
He took with him several of my
wounded, leaving three of his boat’s
crew on board to make room lor
them. The Cherub now had an op
portunity ofdistinguishing herself by
keeping up a hot fire upon him du
ring his return* The slaughter on
board my ship had now become hor
rible, tile enemy continuing to rake
Us, and we unable to bring a gun to
bear. I therefore directed a hawser
to be sent to the sheet anchor and
the anchor to be cut from the bows
to bring her board round: this suc
ceeded. We again got our broad
side to her, and as the enemy was,
much crippled and unable to hold
his own, I have no doubt he would
have soon drifted out of gunshot be
fore he discovered we had anchored,
had not the hawser Unfortunately
parted. My ship had taken fire se
veraf times during the’ action, hut
alarmingly so forward and aft at this
moment , the flumes were bursting
up each hatchway, and no hopes were’
entertained of saving her, our dis
tance from the shore did not exceed
three qua iters of a mile, and I hoped
many of my brave crew would be ü
ble to save themselves, shoul l the
ship blow up, as 1 was informed the
I fire was near the magazine, and the
I explosion of a quantity of powd rbe-.
low served to increase the horrors of
our situation—our, boats des
troyed by the enemy’s snot ; f there
fore, directed those who could s.virnt
to jump overboard and endeavor to
gain the shore. Sonic reached n—*
some were taken by the enemy, and
some perished in the attempt ; but
most preferred sharing with me the
fate of the ship. We. wpo remained
now turned our attention whollyuo
extinguish the flames; and whenjwe
had succeeded, went again to our
guns, where ihe firing was kept up
for some’ minutes, out the cqvi on l
by this time become so Weakened,
they all declared tp me the import
bility of making further resiftanc ,
and entreated me to turretfde** my
ship to save the wounded, as all fur
ther attempt at opposition /m-:
prove ineffectual, almost every gji
being disabled by the destruction of
their crews* I now sent for uie ou L
cers of divsions to conduit tnem ; but
what Was my surprise to find on y
Acting Lt. Stephen Decaiu, M*
Knight remaining, (who conLm.d
the report respecting the cond.uo.i
of the guns on gun deck—those on J
the Spar deck were not in a baieE
Lieut. Wilmer, after fi ;> ic
ing most gallantly throughout . ue
action, had been knocked overboa and
by a splinter, While gtttmgihe p u.-t
--anchor from the bows, and wa* drow
ned* Acting Lt. Join G. Cj.cu
had lost a’leg, Mr. Edward ii i :\ >
wall, Acting master, haa been rid
ed belowy alter having receive
severe wounds, one in the ore av.;
one in the face ; and Acting
VVm. H. Odenheuner had beci
knocked overboard Jrom the quarter
an instantfoie, and did not reg i
the ship until after *.
j was b
the steerage, .'sLfh2
birth deck could • corjUfiM^h *mbifeV
wounded; that the woWi'e-:
killed while the surgebivs were dres
sing them, anil mat, .unlcs so.ru. *?. g
, ( tor remainder uist V