Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-12-02

tumble IN these packages; get The rest oil
The goods into The boats, and lei them ge
ashore. If that diego hasn't drank toe
much water, he may give us some trouble
about this matter yeln
In few moments the last package 10
be struggled was passed into the boats; the
''patron'' who had made the purchase coun
ted out the pay in doubloons, the canoes
pushed off, and soon vanished up The riv-
CIR.
| In few minutes our matches were re
placed, the decks cleared up as before,
and the crew retired to their berlhs, with
orders to be sound asleep aud not to wake
up on any account.
All this scarcely arranged, when the
dash of oars coming hastily up the river
was heard, and in another moment an arm
ed boat from the guard da COSTA was
alongside. At the first sound of The APP
proachirg boat, captain Marin had LAID
down where he frs, pretended 10 60 TO sleep
and he was snoring louder than ever
Even the curses, many loud and deep. Of
the angry Mex cans. failed to arouse him
from his deep slumber. The officer who
had been thrown overheard, still dripping
from his involuntary bath, rushed aft, and
with no gentle means tried 10 arouse the
sleeper AT last tho captain, gaping and
stretching, slowly opened his eyes, and as
he yawneJ and scratching his head, cody
asked what was the matter, and what was
wanted. Then came scene. All the
Mexicons cursing and swearing and threat
enirg and carrahoo;ng at once, ointing 10
the officer who had been taking midnight
swim all alone by himself; who, with
voice louder than all The rest, swore thai
he should have been drowned if St. Anto-
MO hadn't made the scnt.nels hear his
voice aboard the guar da COSTA and caus
ed them TO send him boat. The captain
could not be made to understand what was
the matter, and when he was charged with
hlving thrown the revenue overheard, aad
with having smuggling boats alongside, he
raised his hands IN holy horror towards the
stars, und Indignantly replied, "It's all a
ID lie!-Why," said he to TIE other
officers of the 'guar da COSTA SHAT gen
leman d.ned with me; we drank pretty
freely; and then came up from the cabin,
when both OF us lay down here TO Sleep
| did not wake up until now; he must have
been dreaming, and have fallen overheard
in his sleep! You saw that was sound
asleep when you came aboard; how then
could have thrown him overheard? The
idea is absurd, nonsensical: the whole sto-
ry improbable-yes impossible! See my
matches are all bat'ened down, just as they
were when you were on board, when |
came in from sea to-day; nothing has been
moved; my crew are all asleep. He must
have been dreaming; and while dreamed
of smugglers, and The IKE OF such, he must
have fallen overheard. He knows very
well that he was ''as drunk as lord"
The story of the captain was we'll con-
cetvcd, and told with still better effect a.
mong all The revenue officers, save the VIC
tim himself, who called upon every saint
III the calender TO come down and swear
that his story was true.
But the perfect order and qnietude OF
our vessel, the crew all sound asleep, the
matches bat,ened down, just as they were
IN the morning; the honest indignation OF
onr sleepy captain, and the acknowledg-
ment Of The victim that lie had been very
drunk, compared badly With his own story
and the yam of cap'a,n Marin was belev-
ed. The soaked official was taken back
to his own vessel, to be tried ard punished
for sleeping on his watch, while another
officer was left in his place to keep US f.om
smuggling. When daylight came, we
weighed anchor and sailed up 10 the town,
where we honestly discharged the cargo
per manifest, paying honorably all char.
ges and duties thereon.
Captain Marin only cleared five thou
sand dollars by thai trip; and we have oft
en- laughed since al the scene have des-
crbed, especially the Mexican Dream thai
,rcs not all dream