Harper's new monthly magazine . ng. Theprisoners and some movables were soontransferred to the Constitution, and atthree oclock in the afternoon, the bat-tered hulk having been fired, she blewup. The Constitution carried the intel- * Isaac Hull was torn in Derby, Connecticut,in 1775. He was first in the merchant service,and in 1798 entered the navy as Lieutenant. InMay, 1800, he was First-Lieutenant of the Con-stitution, under Talbot. In 1804 he commandedthe brig Arms at the storming of Tripoli. Afterthe war with Great Britain Commodore Hullheld various commands; and he enjoyed therank of Capt
Harper's new monthly magazine . ng. Theprisoners and some movables were soontransferred to the Constitution, and atthree oclock in the afternoon, the bat-tered hulk having been fired, she blewup. The Constitution carried the intel- * Isaac Hull was torn in Derby, Connecticut,in 1775. He was first in the merchant service,and in 1798 entered the navy as Lieutenant. InMay, 1800, he was First-Lieutenant of the Con-stitution, under Talbot. In 1804 he commandedthe brig Arms at the storming of Tripoli. Afterthe war with Great Britain Commodore Hullheld various commands; and he enjoyed therank of Captain in the service for thirty-sevenyjars. He died in Philadelphia in Febiuary,1843. His remains repose in Laurel Hill Ceme-tery. 170 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. ligence of her own triumph to Boston. It pro-duced a profound sensation in both insolent tone of the British press was low-ered, and the prestige of Britains hitherto navalsupremacy lost much of its power. Congressvoted thanks and a gold medal to JACOB JONES. The victory of the Constitution was soon fol-lowed by the brilliant exploit of the UnitedStates schooner Wasp, 18, Captain Jones,* incapturing a British sloop off the coast of NorthCarolina. The Wasp was in Europe when thewar was declared. She returned to the Dela-ware with a prize, and sailed on a cruise towardthe middle of October, 1812. She fell in witha squadron of British merchantmen, convoyedby a vessel of war. It was on Sunday morn-ing, October 18, 1812. The convoy was theFrolic, 18, Captain Whinyates. When theWasp had come within fifty or sixty yards ofthe enemy, the latter opened her fire. It wasreturned by the Wasp with great energy. Thesea was very rough, and it required much nau-tical skill to manage the vessels. At one timethey were so near that they touched each other,and the destruction wrought by their guns wasterrible. At length the Americans boarded theenemy, but they found no man to oppose decks were covered by t
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