CAPTURE OF THE CHESAPEAKE.
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The capture of this i'll fated ship by
the English frigate shannon was main
" owing to a bugleman's desertion Of
hisquarters. Notwithstanding the fall
OF Captain Lawrence and the principal
officers Of the Chesapeake early in the
action, had the bugleman whose duty
it was to call the boarders sounded his
horn when ordered, the crew would
have promptly repaired to the deck,
and the issue Of the engagement been
in all probability, different. AS it was
the usual signal was not sounded that
the enemy were boarding, and when
some midshipmen ran below to pass
the word, the seamen knew not what
they meant. were thrown into confu-
SION and abandoned their quarters.


Previous to the ships falling foul Of
each other the FIRE of the Chesapeake
made unexampled destruction on
board the Shannon. All the damage
that the enemy received was be6ore
they boarded. In the short space q
eight minutes, the Shannon Wa 90 cut
70 her bull By the Chesapeake broad
ndes that it was with difficulty she
could be kept afoat during the night,
md she had 50 Of her crew killed and
wonded, while the Chesapeake vas
comparatively uninjured.


Chesapeake was rated n Sc gun fri
,afe but mounted 46-the Shannon
Mounted So carriage guns and a picked
rev Of 40 men. The seamen of the