Old Salamander: the Life And Naval Career of Admiral David Glascoe Farragut
Old Salamander: the Life And Naval Career of Admiral David Glascoe Farragut
P C Phineas Camp Headley
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The night of the 14th of November was ap- pointed for the bold attempt to seize the vessel. A part of the plot was to mix laudanum with the rum drank by such of the crew as were not in the secret, reminding us of more recent attempts of our English friends to poison and destroy. LIFE OF ADMIRAL FAKRAGUT. 157 The vigilant officer in charge of the cruise narrates the remainder of the transaction, giving another instance of disobedience in which the necessity and the enforcement of law and order o...n board a man-of-war appears ; also the formal possession of the island. " Lawson was to attend to the rum and laudanum. The third mate, with the prisoners on shore, was to get possession of the canoes on the beach, and with them surprise the ship and take her to sea, there being no other vessel ready to follow her, and no powder on board the Essex which would enable her to stop them. Such was their plan, and such tkeir expectations. I had been informed of it almost as soon as it was conceived, was willing to humor the scheme, and gave them every opportunity of making the trial, adopting, at the same time, suitable means to have them secured and punished for their perfidy.
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