Thirty Years From Home Or a Voice From the Main Deck Being the Experience of
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They probably little thought that this joking over a wine-cup, would afterwards be cracked in earnest, in a scene of blood and carnage. It \vas at this port that the difficulty between the British ship Leopard and the American frigate Chesapeake took place. Sev eral American seamen, having escaped from the former, took refuge on board the latter. The captain of the Leopard demanded their restoration ; the captain of the Chesapeake refused submission to the demand. The Leopard fired into the fri...gate, which, being of in ferior force, struck to her opponent. As it was a time of peace, the Chesapeake was not kept as a prize ; the claimed men were taken from her, and she was restored. This was among the circumstances which led to the war of 1812. The despatches delivered, and the object of the voyage accom plished, we once more put to sea; having first laid in a liberal store of our favorite beef, together with a quantity of Virginia beans, called Calavances, which were in high favor with our men.
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