Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . Bainbridge instantly ordered all theMoorish officers and crew on board thePhiladelphia. Owing to the high windand sea, the greater jiart of the night wasthus occupied in getting the jirisone
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . Bainbridge instantly ordered all theMoorish officers and crew on board thePhiladelphia. Owing to the high windand sea, the greater jiart of the night wasthus occupied in getting the jirisoners onboard and manning the prize, by whichdetention the brig was lost sight of, norwas she discovered again until late in theafternoon of the ensuing daj, when shewas met coming round Cape de Gatte fromthe eastward, standing close in shore forAlmira Bay ; but in consequence of lightwinds, she was not re-captured until mid-night. The Moors confessed that theycame out for the sole purpose of cruisingfor, and capturing, American vessels. Onthe morning after the capture, the Moor-ish commander was requested to exhibitthe orders which authorized him to cajvture American vessels, to which he replied,that he had none. To the question, why Cci^^i^ayKO c/^<-^^-<X. he had captured the l>rig, he answered,that as there was some misunderstandingbetween his master and the United Statesconsul, at Tangier, he was induced tocommit this act, in anticipation of the war,which he thought was inevitable. Cap-tain Bainbridge observed to him, that ifsuch had been his intention previously tosailing, he ought not, as an honorableoffii-er, to have availed himself of the [iro-tection of the consuls passports, which,from all ajipearances, were obtained withthe view of i)racticing a deception on the GREAT AND MEMORABLE EVENTS. 185
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