Harper's new monthly magazine . f sixtymerchantmen that left Ireland for those waters,thirty-five were captured by American West India trade with Africa was almost de-stroyed by them. At the beginning of the wartwo hundied ships were employed in that trade:this number had dwindled to forty in 1777. The Congress fitted out forty-two vessels dur- 160 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. ing the war. Nearly all of them, with somesmaller craft on the ocean and on Lake Cham-plain, fell into the hands of more powerful andmore numerous foes. In the autumn of 1782the maritime service of the Unit
Harper's new monthly magazine . f sixtymerchantmen that left Ireland for those waters,thirty-five were captured by American West India trade with Africa was almost de-stroyed by them. At the beginning of the wartwo hundied ships were employed in that trade:this number had dwindled to forty in 1777. The Congress fitted out forty-two vessels dur- 160 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. ing the war. Nearly all of them, with somesmaller craft on the ocean and on Lake Cham-plain, fell into the hands of more powerful andmore numerous foes. In the autumn of 1782the maritime service of the United States wasclosed. At that time only two frigates of theAmerican marine were left. When the sun ofpeace arose, after a dark night of tempest forseven years, the navy of the United States, likeits army, disappeared as a mist of the morning,leaving nothing behind it but the recollectionsof its sufferings and its glories. Let us take a very brief glance at the mostimportant operations of the American marineduring the ESEK HOPKINS. In February, 177G, Commodore Hopkins wasordered to operate against Lord Dunmore andhis amphibious marauders in the Virginia wa-ters. The ambitious commander pushed on tothe Bahama Islands, captured a hundred can-non and a quantity of stores at Nassau, NewProvidence, and bore away with these to NewEngland the governor of the island. On his wayHopkins captured some prizes. He performedessential services, but because of his disobedienceof orders he was dismissed from the navy. Jones cruised off the coast between Bostonand the Delaware, sometimes stretching awayto the Bermudas. He once carried fifteen prizesinto Newport. Whipple and Biddle, who cruisedeastward as far as Nova Scotia, were both suc-cessful. The little Doria, commanded by thelatter, took so many prizes, that when she en-tered the Delaware River with them she hadonly five of her original crew, the remainder be-ing distributed among the captured vessels. In the autumn of 1776 Dr. F
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