Jefferson-St Charles-St Bernard County Louisiana Archives History
.....Communicated To The House Of Representives January 30, 1816
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February 21, 2008, 12:24 pm
14th Congress ] ~~~~~~~~~~ [
Number 288 ] ~~~~~~~~~~ [ 1st Session
Losses Occasioned By
The Blowing Up Of A Vessel Of War.
Mt. Pleasants, from the
Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of
John D. Henley, on behalf of himself and the officers and crew of
the schooner Carolina, reported:
The memorialist represents
that, during the invasion of Louisiana by the British forces in
December, 1814, he commanded the said schooner belonging to the
United States, then lying at New Orleans; that, on the landing of
the enemy on the 23rd of December, he was requested by the American
general to fall down the river to the required position on the
enemy's flank; that, in compliance with said request, the schooner
fell down to the required position, where they opened a destructive
fire on the enemy, which was continued until the Americians were so
closely engaged with the British that a continuance of it would have
been destructive of them as well as the enemy; that a fire of hot
shot was at length opened on the schooner, by which she was set on
fire, and finally blown up; that the memorialist, with his officers
and crew, escaped with difficulty with their lives, and were unable
to save their property, consisting of their clothing, and the
nautical books and instruments of the officers, which was entirely
lost, and for which they pray a renumeration from Congress.
This committee think this one of the cases of loss to which military
man, both in the land and naval service, are frequently exposed,
that numerous cases of the kind occurred during the late war, and
must occur during all wars; that they believe there is no precedent
of renumeration by Government for such losses.
They therefore
recommend the following resolution:
Resolved, That the prayer
of the memorialist ought not to be granted.
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