He captured an English vessel1 or so, but his ambition was to make a voyage which would result in the capture of as many vessels2 as could be manned from the “Essex.” He thought the matter over at length and then formulated3 a plan which few other men would have thought of. No large war-vessel of the American government had been in the South Pacific for some years, and now the English whalers and merchantmen pursued their trade unmolested, save by a few privateers which sailed haphazard4 in the waters along the coast. David Porter decided5 to round the Horn, thus cutting himself off from his nearest base of supplies, and live the best way he might off vessels captured from the enemy.
He knew that he could not hope for a hospitable6 reception at any port he visited, but if he could keep his magazine and store-rooms supplied, determined7 to capture or destroy every vessel flying the British flag in those waters.
He started on his long voyage at the end of January, 1813, during the Southern summer season, when the gales9 and hurricanes in that region are at their fiercest. He had not been at sea very long before the scurvy11 broke out on the ship, and it was only by the most rigorous discipline and cleanliness that the disease was kept under control. By the middle of February the “Essex” reached the Cape12, and, the weather having been moderately free from squalls, they were congratulating themselves on avoiding the usual dangers of those waters when a storm came up which in a short time began to blow with hurricane force. Gale8 succeeded gale, followed by intervals13 of calm, but nothing terrifying occurred until towards the end of February, when a storm which exceeded all the others in its fierceness began to blow. They were near a barren country, and, even should they reach land, there was no possible chance of escaping the slow torture of death from hunger and thirst. Great gray waves, measuring hundreds of feet from crest14 to crest, swept them resistlessly[134] on towards the menacing shore, which could be seen dimly through the driving spray frowning to leeward15. Many of the waves broke clear over the little frigate16, knocking in her ports, opening her timbers, battering17 her boats to pieces as they swung on the davits, and loosening her bowsprit and other spars so that they threatened at each movement to go by the board. The crew, weakened and disheartened by disease and the excess of labor18, lost heart and considered the “Essex” a doomed19 ship. David Glascoe Farragut, then a midshipman aboard of her, afterwards wrote that never before had he seen good seamen20 so paralyzed by fear at the mere21 terrors of the sea. On the third day an enormous wave struck her fairly on the weather-bow and broadside, and she went over on her beam ends, burying her lee-bulwark in the foam22. It looked for a moment as if she would never right herself. The ports on the gun-deck were all stove in and she seemed to be filling with water. The head-rails were swept away, and one of the cutters was lifted bodily from the davits and smashed against the wheel. The fellows there stood bravely at their posts, though thoroughly23 terrified at the position of the ship. The water poured down below, and the men on the gun-deck thought she was[135] already plunging24 to the bottom. The grizzly25 boatswain, crazy with fear, cried out in his terror,—
“The ship’s broadside is stove in! We are sinking!”
That was the greatest of their dangers, though, and better days were in store for them. Early in March the “Essex” succeeded in reaching Mocha Island, and the men, starved on half and quarter rations26, were sent ashore27 to hunt wild hogs28 and horses. These were shot in numbers and salted down for food. The crew soon regained29 their health and spirits, and Porter sailed away for Valparaiso, putting in there to refit his damaged rigging and spars.
And now began a cruise which is numbered among the most successful in the country’s history. Porter had been at sea but a few days when he overhauled30 a Peruvian privateer, the “Nereyda.” To his surprise, twenty-four American sailors were found prisoners aboard of her. When asked to explain, the Peruvian captain replied that as his country was an ally of Great Britain, and that as war was soon to be declared between Spain and America, he thought he would anticipate matters and be sure of his prizes. Porter, in forcible English, explained the Peruvian’s mistake, and, to make[136] the matter more clear, threw all his guns and ammunition31 overboard, so that he might repent32 of his folly33 in a more diplomatic condition.
The Peruvian captain begrudgingly34 gave Porter a list of all the English vessels in those waters. The first one captured was the whaler “Barclay.” On the 29th of April the “Essex” took the “Montezuma,” with a cargo35 of fourteen hundred barrels of whale-oil. Later in the same day the “Georgiana” and the “Policy” were overhauled. These prizes, with their cargoes36, in England were worth half a million dollars; but, better than money, they were plentifully37 supplied with ropes, spars, cordage, stores, and ammunition, of which Porter still stood badly in need.
Finding that the “Georgiana” was a fast sailer and pierced for eighteen guns, Porter decided to make use of her as a cruiser, and, fitting her up, placed Lieutenant38 Downes in command of her, with forty men for a crew. Then the “Essex” took the “Atlantic” and the “Greenwich.” With this very respectable squadron Porter sailed for the mainland, Lieutenant Downes in the “Georgiana” meanwhile capturing without great difficulty the “Catharine” and the “Rose.” A third vessel, the “Hector,” fought viciously, but was eventually secured after a stiff little battle.
Young Farragut had been made the prize-master of the “Barclay.” He was only twelve years old, but Captain Porter, who was very fond of him, was confident of his ability to bring the ship into port. The English captain had been persuaded to act as navigator; but once out of sight of the squadron he refused to sail for Valparaiso. He afterwards said it was merely to frighten the boy. But the boy did not frighten at all. Instead he called one of his best seamen to him and ordered sail made. Then he told the captain that if he did not go below and stay there he would have him thrown overboard. The Englishman retreated below precipitately40, and Farragut brought the ship safely in, a first proof of the courage and skill he was to show in after-life. Few boys of twelve would have done it even in those days when midshipmen soon became men regardless of age.
The “Atlantic,” being reckoned the fastest vessel of her kind afloat in those waters, was now given to Downes, who had been promoted to master-commandant, and renamed the “Essex Junior.” She was given twenty guns and sixty men, and soon proved her worth. All of this time Porter had been self-supporting. Neither he nor his squadron had cost his government a penny in money, and[138] the prizes he captured, including the “Charlton,” “Seringapatam,” “New Zealand,” and “Sir Andrew Hammond,” could not be reckoned much short of a million and a half of dollars, a tremendous sum in those days, when the pay of a captain of a naval41 vessel was only twelve hundred dollars,—less than the pay of a boatswain to-day.
But Porter grew tired of his easy victories over merchantmen and privateers. He had succeeded in frightening the ships of the British entirely42 from the ocean. His one ship, a small frigate, had complete control in the South Pacific, and the Admiralty wondered at the skill and ingenuity43 of a man who could manage his fleets so adroitly44. They determined to capture him; and two smart ships, the “Ph?be” and the “Cherub,” were sent out for this purpose. Porter heard of their coming, and was willing enough to meet them if it were possible. He went to Nukahiva, in the Marquesas Islands, to put the “Essex” in thorough repair and give his men a rest. He remained there two months, sailing near the end of the year 1813 for Valparaiso, with the hope of their meeting the English cruisers.
The “Essex” had been there but a month when the “Essex Junior,” which was cruising in the offing in anticipation45 of the arrival of[139] the British ships, signalled, “Two enemy’s ships in sight.” Half the crew of the “Essex” were ashore enjoying sailor-men’s liberty. Even if they all got aboard, it was fair to assume that they would be in no condition to fight should the Englishmen choose to violate the neutrality of the port by firing on them. Porter immediately fired a gun and hoisted46 the recall signal for all boats and men to return. The English captain, Hillyar, ran the “Ph?be” on the wind straight for the “Essex,” the “Cherub” following closely. But when they reached the anchorage, the “Essex” was ready for action and the crew were at their stations. The “Ph?be” went around under the quarter of the “Essex,” luffing up scarcely fifteen feet away. It was an exciting moment. Hillyar could see the men at their guns, and his ardor47 was perceptibly diminished. Had he given the order to fire then, he would have been raked fore10 and aft, and the tale of this last fight of the “Essex” might have had a different ending.
As it was, he jumped upon the nettings, and said, with distinguished48 politeness,—
“Captain Hillyar’s compliments to Captain Porter, and hopes he is well.”
Porter was well, but he was in no humor to bandy compliments.
“Very well, I thank you,” he replied; “but I hope you will not come too near, for fear some accident might take place which would be disagreeable to you.” And at a wave of his hand the kedge-anchors and grappling-irons were swung up to the yard-arms, ready to be dropped on the decks of the enemy. The men swarmed49 along the nettings, ready to jump aboard the Englishman as soon as she was close enough.
But Hillyar, not liking50 the looks of things, changed his tone considerably51. He backed his yards hurriedly, and said in an excited manner,—
“I had no intention of getting aboard of you. I assure you that if I fall aboard it will be entirely accidental.”
“Well,” said Porter, “you have no business where you are. If you touch a rope-yarn of this ship I shall board instantly.”
Porter then hailed Downes on the “Essex Junior” and told him to be prepared to repel52 the enemy. The vessels were in a position to be almost at the mercy of the Americans. When the “Ph?be” ranged alongside, the crews could see each other through the ports, and laughed and made grimaces53 at one another. One young fellow in the “Essex,” who had come aboard drunk, stood at one of the[141] guns, match in hand. He saw one of the English jackies grinning at him. He was primed for a fight, and yelled across,—
“I’ll stop your making faces, my fine fellow.” He leaned forward to apply the match to the vent39, and was only saved from firing it in time by Lieutenant McKnight of the gun-division, who knocked him sprawling54. Had that gun been fired, the “Ph?be” would have been taken.
There seems no doubt of Captain Hillyar’s previous intention to try to take the “Essex” as she lay, regardless of the neutrality. Captain Porter would have been justified55 if he had fired at that time.
But the Englishmen were willing to bide56 their time. Two more British ships were expected, and they felt sure of their prey57.
A strange state of affairs now ensued. The officers meeting on shore exchanged the proper courtesies, and strict orders were issued to the men, who for a wonder were restrained from fighting. Porter flew from his foremast a great white burgee, bearing the legend, “Free Trade and Sailors’ Rights.” Captain Hillyar soon hoisted one in reply, “God and Country: British Sailors’ Best Rights. Traitors58 Offend Both.” Porter then had another painted, and sent it to the mizzen, which read, “God,[142] Our Country, and Liberty. Tyrants59 Offend Them.”
These amenities60 had the effect of making the crew eager for a speedy settlement of the question. Once Captain Hillyar fired a gun in challenge; but upon Porter’s accepting it, the Englishman sailed down to his consort61 the “Cherub,” and Porter returned. The Englishman, in spite of his challenge, was not willing to fight a single battle.
Finally, Captain Porter, learning of the expected early arrival of the “Tagus,” 38, the “Raccoon,” and two other ships, determined to put to sea and there fight it out with the two frigates62 as best he might. The next day, the 28th of March, 1814, a squall came up, and the “Essex” lost one of her anchors and dragged the other out to sea. Not a moment was to be lost in getting sail on the ship, for he saw a chance to sail between the southwest point of the harbor and the enemy. Under close-reefed topsails Porter made a course which seemed likely to carry him just where he wanted to go, when a heavy squall struck the ship, carrying away the maintop-mast and throwing the men who were aloft on the top-gallant-yard into the sea.
This great misfortune at a time when there[143] was at least a fighting chance of getting away put a different aspect upon the chances of the “Essex.” Both English vessels immediately gave chase, and Porter, failing to make his anchorage, ran for shore, to anchor there and fight it out to the last drop of blood. The “Ph?be” and the “Cherub,” bedecked with flags, came booming down to where Porter awaited them, flying flags from the stumps63 of his maintop-mast and at almost every point where he could run a halyard.
At about four o’clock the “Ph?be” selected a position under the stern of the “Essex,” and opened fire at long range. The “Cherub” stood off her bow. The fire of the “Ph?be” was terribly destructive, and few guns from the “Essex” could be brought to bear upon her. The “Cherub” fared differently; and, finding her position too hot, sailed around and took up a position by her consort, where a tremendous fire was poured in. Captain Porter, with great difficulty, had three of his long 12-pounders hauled into his after-cabin, and at last succeeded in opening such a fierce and well-aimed fire that the enemy wore about and increased the distance between them. The “Ph?be” had three holes in her water-line, had lost the use of her mainsail and jib, and had her fore-main- and mizzen-stays shot[144] away. Her bowsprit was badly wounded, and she had other injuries below.
But the “Essex” was fighting against terrible odds64. The springs on her cables were again and again shot away and the crew were being killed and wounded in great numbers. When the ships of the enemy returned and opened a galling65 fire from such a position that it could not be returned by the “Essex,” Porter determined to assume the aggressive. But when he attempted to make sail on his ship, he found that most of the running-gear had been cut away, only his flying-jib could be spread to the winds. But, nothing daunted66, he cut his cable, and, spreading his tattered67 canvases the best way he could, made down for the “Cherub” until within range of the cannonades, where he gave the Englishman such a drubbing that he took to his heels and got out of range altogether. The “Ph?be” managed to keep her distance, and with her long guns kept sending in broadside after broadside, which swept the decks of the doomed “Essex” and mowed68 her men down like chaff69. Captain Hillyar was taking no chances.
The slaughter70 on the “Essex” was horrible. One gun was manned by three crews, fifteen men being killed at it. Men were dying like sheep; but those who remained at the guns,[145] and even the wounded, had no thought of surrender. A sailor named Bissley, a young Scotchman by birth, lost his leg. He lifted himself, and said to some of his shipmates,—
“I hope I have proved myself worthy71 of the country of my adoption72. I am no longer of any use to you or her; so good-by.” And before he could be restrained he pushed himself through the port into the sea and was drowned.
Midshipman Farragut acted as captain’s aid, quarter-gunner, powder-boy, and anything that was required of him. He went below for some primers, when the captain of a gun was struck full in the face by a sixteen-pound shot, falling back upon the midshipman, spattering him with blood and tumbling them both down the hatch together. The blow stunned73 the midshipman for a moment; but when he recovered, he rushed again on deck. Captain Porter, seeing him covered with blood, asked him if he were wounded.
“I believe not, sir.”
“Then, where are the primers?”
This first brought him completely to his senses. He rushed below again and brought the primers up. Captain Porter fell, stunned by the windage of a shot, but got to his feet unaided.
Though most other men would have surrendered[146] the ship, Porter made up his mind to run her towards the shore and beach her broadside on, fight until the last and then blow her to pieces. An explosion occurred below and a fire broke out in two places. The decks were so covered with dead and dying that the men who remained upright could scarcely move among them. The cockpit would hold not another wounded man, and the shots which came in killed men who were under the surgeon’s knife. Out of the two hundred and fifty-five souls who began the fight only seventy-five, including officers and boys, remained on the ship fit for duty. Many of the men, thinking the ship was about to blow up, had jumped overboard and had drowned or were struggling in the water in the attempt to swim to land. The long-range shots of the enemy were striking her at every fire. The Englishmen had the distance accurately74 and were battering her to pieces as though at target-practice.
Captain Porter, at last seeing that resistance was only a waste of life, called his officers into consultation75. But one, Lieutenant McKnight, could respond, and at 6.20 P.M. the order was given to haul down the flag.
When the British boarding-officer came over the side, the sight of the carnage was so shocking that he had to lean against a gun for support. The force of the “Essex” was forty-six guns and two hundred and fifty-five men. That of the English, in conservative estimates, was seventy-three guns and four hundred and twenty-one men. The English lost five killed and ten wounded. The “Essex” fifty-eight killed, sixty-six wounded, and thirty-one missing.
Thus died the “Essex” in one of the bloodiest76 and most obstinate77 combats on record.
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