The Daily Dispatch: December 31, 1861., [Electronic resource]

Barbarians of the Sea.

‘ The Nova Scotia brig Thomas Tileston, which arrived yesterday from Mancanillo, bound to New York, was boarded by an American man-of-war in the Gulf, when her papers were examined by the Lieutenant.--The brig had been out some time, having encountered very heavy weather, and being out of provisions, the Captain asked the Lieutenant of the man-of-war if he would sell him some. He replied that he could neither give nor sell any, but he would mention it to his Captain when he returned on board. The Captain of the brig remarked that a British man-of-war would not suffer him to starve, and reminded him that a British war steamer had recently towed an American vessel to St. Thomas. The American man-of-war left without relieving his wants, and before boarding fired without hoisting her flag. The brig afterwards fell in with an American merchantman, and hoisted her flag, union down. The vessels were standing towards each other before the latter perceived that the former was in distress, when she tacked and stood off.

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