Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-17

overheard any udv 10 save nim iTom u'on"n6'-
In speech, Lieut., Whylie was short and emPha.
tic; bot If word Of learned length came athwart
him, either end seemed Indifferent, and he had
knack Of adding a syllable to those already sum-
GENTLY long The West Indies suited him ex'
actly, it being -" a brae country, where ys are
ave drinking. and aye dry" Alas, poor why
he. he has taken his final launch; many's the
cruise we have had together, he was merry
uood hearted fellow. " take him all in all"
When Lieut. Whvhe arrived on ooafo' 'ne
following dialogue ensued between Us. ;,
WHYIIE-Whata devil Of long pull you
have given me this morning. and not breath o'
air out of the heavens; come, IS breakfast rea'
dy? 49,. uh,t Iuck
FuIoS-Well Whylie, my boy @ha' 'ueA
have YOU had since we parted coz
W.y,,r-I.ucki Why, have taken 0utch
..tonna- and a French schooner, and have dsa'n.
81 snd American brig looking round and
ss.;ng the shark:) But why do you dirty your
S0nIse Nth those cursed animals? You'll be
how all YOUR liie.time-Fitton.
FIT1os-Tell me, Wnylie, was your Amerl'
can brig named Nancy?
WHYLrE-Yes, she was; you have met her,
FrIroS-No, have not; never saw her.
WHYL1E-Then how did you know the brig
had detained was named Nancy!
FrrroN-Was there q supercareo on board'
called Christopher Schultz, of Baltimore!
WHYL1E-Yes, there was; his name vas
Schultz, or Sklooits, or some DID Duteh
name or other; why you must have spoken "ers
FuroN-No, have mt; never saw her.
Wuy11E-rhen how the devil came YOU to
know had detained an American brig called
Nancy. Christopher Schultz. suPercarg"!
F,rros-The shark you see lying there, my
bov. has brought me foil information about the
Nancy. and, those papers you see spread out 10
dry are her papers.
WsyLIE-That won't do, Fitton, for sealed
all her papers up, and gave them IN charge OF
the prize master when sent the vessel away.
FIrroN-The papers delivered toyou BY the
master when you overhauled him. you OF course
sent away with the vessel, but her true papers.
Inch prove the owners to be enemies- ana not
Americans, are those which YOU see drying on
deck, brought to me BY that shark you abuse me
for catching.
Lieut.. WhvIie stared at meat the shark
at the papers-then qui, ky descended the cabin
ladder. calling out - Breakfast ho-breakia''
none Of your ticks upon trayellers-none of YOUR
stuff. Fitton."
soon after parted company, and ! am not
sure that Lieut.. WhyIie fully compfehended the
circumstance until he returned into port, and
found the vessel aud cargo condemned to HIN as
a prize, bv the recovery Of the true papers;
leaving to Jonathan no resource 10 future, Dut
to swallow the papers himself
Having preserved the sharks Jaw sent u
20 the Admiralty Court Of Jamaica, and wrote
upon it, Lieut.. Fi't"n's compliments. and begs
to recommend this jaw as collar tor the rea
trails to swear through"
In addition to the foregoing. Lieut.. Fitton
remarks. that the same papers led to the con
demna,ion Of another vessel that was taken 'nt"
Port Ro, al by one Of our cruisers. We believe
that her name was Christo2he. ltbappenrd that
Lieut. F.ttou dined at Table d4o'e at Kings.
ton, afterwards. in company with the master and
supercaryo Of the Nancy. who were making loud
complaints Of the brass. 6ottomed sarpents, the
tyrauts of the sea, that would not allow vessels
under a neutral flag to follow their legal occuPa'
tons. The contents of the sharks stomach,
however, had proved them to be otherwise; and
It was not until Lieut.. Ftton had left the table,
that they learned the fact Of their vessels true
papers having been thus found. II was COM
munlcated to them BY the captain Of Danish
vessel, named the Ameland; and on hearing il,
they Immediately took horses, and crossed the
Blue mountains to Port Antonio, from whence
they departed, leaving the Nancy and her cargo
to their fate.