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272 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
confusion, during which the militia, as soon as boats could be procured
passed over. The enemy, however, did not wait for their coming, but hastily
abandoned it, leaving a quantity of stores and one gun which fell into our
hands.
On the 24th of September, Captain George Cooke, in command of the State
ship Defence, sailed from Annapolis on a cruise along the southern coast of the
Atlantic. On the 4th of October, while at sea he captured a snow, bound
from the Bay of Honduras to Cork, loaded with mahogany and logwood.
Placing Captain Brown on her as prize-master, he sent her safely into Baltimore. On the same day he took a sloop bound from St. Augustine to London,
with no cargo but a little indigo, and she was brought safely into port by
prize-master Walker. About the same time the privateers Harlequin, of
Baltimore, and the General Greene, of East Greenwich, captured at sea a
Jamaica ship of three hundred and ten tons, and sent her into port. Her
cargo consisted of three hundred and twelve hogsheads of sugar, eighty-two
puncheons of rum, thirty-six pipes and four hogsheads Madeira wine, eighteen
hundred pounds weight of copper, and a large quantity of other valuable
stores.1 On the 30th of October, Captain Cooke, while on his cruise in the
Defence, captured a small schooner from Dominica, bound to Newfoundland.
She had on board forty hogsheads of rum, three hogsheads sugar, one hundred weight of coffee, a few barrels limes, etc. After making a number of
important captures, he was compelled to return to port, and arrived at Baltimore about the 1st of December.
In the meantime, quite a number of other vessels arrived in the State,
bringing valuable cargoes. In November, Captain John Martin, brought in
the brig Friendship, from Martinique, mounting ten carriage guns and forty
men, belonging to the State, with a very valuable cargo, consisting of three
thousand two hundred weight of gunpowder, two tierces of gun-flints, four
hundred and ten bushels of salt, a large quantity of osnaburgs, blankets and
a considerable quantity of saltpetre, brimstone, sailors' jackets, *etc, likewise
drugs and medicines. A number of French gentlemen came as passengers.
About the same time, Captain Thomas Conway, in the schooner Molly,
brought into the Great Wicomico, for this State, a large cargo of arms and
ammunition. The State also sent out a number of vessels loaded with flour,
wheat, corn, tobacco and coarse woolens to the West India Islands for return
cargoes of military stores. The tender Resolution, under command of Captain
John Carey, made a successful cruise to Martinique and brought back a
valuable cargo.
The convention re-assembled on the 2d of October, but in consequence of
the pressure of more important matters, the consideration of the Bill of
Rights and Constitution was postponed from day to day, until these could be
disposed of.
1 American Archives, 5th series, ii., p. 560.
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000303 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 272 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. confusion, during which the militia, as soon as boats could be procured passed over. The enemy, however, did not wait for their coming, but hastily abandoned it, leaving a quantity of stores and one gun which fell into our hands. On the 24th of September, Captain George Cooke, in command of the State ship Defence, sailed from Annapolis on a cruise along the southern coast of the Atlantic. On the 4th of October, while at sea he captured a snow, bound from the Bay of Honduras to Cork, loaded with mahogany and logwood. Placing Captain Brown on her as prize-master, he sent her safely into Baltimore. On the same day he took a sloop bound from St. Augustine to London, with no cargo but a little indigo, and she was brought safely into port by prize-master Walker. About the same time the privateers Harlequin, of Baltimore, and the General Greene, of East Greenwich, captured at sea a Jamaica ship of three hundred and ten tons, and sent her into port. Her cargo consisted of three hundred and twelve hogsheads of sugar, eighty-two puncheons of rum, thirty-six pipes and four hogsheads Madeira wine, eighteen hundred pounds weight of copper, and a large quantity of other valuable stores.1 On the 30th of October, Captain Cooke, while on his cruise in the Defence, captured a small schooner from Dominica, bound to Newfoundland. She had on board forty hogsheads of rum, three hogsheads sugar, one hundred weight of coffee, a few barrels limes, etc. After making a number of important captures, he was compelled to return to port, and arrived at Baltimore about the 1st of December. In the meantime, quite a number of other vessels arrived in the State, bringing valuable cargoes. In November, Captain John Martin, brought in the brig Friendship, from Martinique, mounting ten carriage guns and forty men, belonging to the State, with a very valuable cargo, consisting of three thousand two hundred weight of gunpowder, two tierces of gun-flints, four hundred and ten bushels of salt, a large quantity of osnaburgs, blankets and a considerable quantity of saltpetre, brimstone, sailors' jackets, *etc, likewise drugs and medicines. A number of French gentlemen came as passengers. About the same time, Captain Thomas Conway, in the schooner Molly, brought into the Great Wicomico, for this State, a large cargo of arms and ammunition. The State also sent out a number of vessels loaded with flour, wheat, corn, tobacco and coarse woolens to the West India Islands for return cargoes of military stores. The tender Resolution, under command of Captain John Carey, made a successful cruise to Martinique and brought back a valuable cargo. The convention re-assembled on the 2d of October, but in consequence of the pressure of more important matters, the consideration of the Bill of Rights and Constitution was postponed from day to day, until these could be disposed of. 1 American Archives, 5th series, ii., p. 560. |
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