When the ship drew near the port, all the boats from the American shipping voluntarily went to assist in bringing her to anchor.

She proved to be the letter-of-marque ship 'Louisa,' of Philadelphia.
"I went with our captain on board of her, and we there learned that, with the exception of the captain, not a man had been killed or wounded.

The ship was terribly cut up and crippled in her sails and rigging--lifts and braces shot away; her stern was literally riddled like a grater, and both large and small shot, in great numbers, had entered her hull and were sticking to her sides.

How the officers and crew escaped unhurt is almost impossible to conceive.

The poor captain was immediately taken on shore, but only survived his wound a few days.