sentences:  On 22 April 1778, John Paul Jones made a descent on St Mary's Isle, with the view of seizing The 4th Earl of Selkirk as a hostage during the war with America.His lordship being absent, all the silver plate in his mansion was seized and carried away.After the war Paul Jones had, the silver valued, paid the men their share out of his own pocket, and returned the silver to the Selkirks.