Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-03-28

I" W. "U'nsS nsu u|eu suSPSStVoo' VI OS'
ilg connected with the slave trade. snd
twice be had been called home 10 Copen
hagen TO answer charges preferred sgainst
him. Bur he had each time been able
to prove hisinnocence, or the the gov
eramrnt h sd been unable to prove hi,
guilt, which au,nuuted to the same thing
aud the Baron Van Sholrn.berg s,ill re-
retained the office .r CSvc.no- OF s..
Thomas.
Captain josh was perfectly concealed
under the friendly shade oi the honey
suckle and lilies, and laying very quiet
he soon learned from the conversation
OF the two gentleman seated on the tomb,
tina, his excellency vas not only engaged.
in the African slave trade, but that he was
also closely connected with a still freer
trade. in which the cruisers wore the
6iarh + q at the main peak. He also
learned that the pretended captn the Of
New Greradlen schooner was no less a
prrsnnage then Charles Mitchell, the Gel
ebrated pirat, ofthe gulf
Captain Forbes heard a great many
things that as,onised him i; and when the
two worthless left the old graveyard. he
crep, ou, Of his place Of conccalmen, with
mn:h pnorss opinion Of the worlds
honesty than he had when he rnoled off
the marble slab, an hour previously.
Grenadlan schooner went 10 sea on the
following morning, firing salute as she
got under way, winch was returned from
the outer fort.
Three days afterwards, Captain Josh,
finding that he could not get . home ward
cargo in St. Thomas, got under wei Oh
with the intention Of running down on the
South side of Cuba, iE,o some li,le by-
ports. and purchasing his carg" Of sugar
and molas.es; shrewdly Calculating that
if he went into some of the small out al
the way places, he should &c. his cargo
much cheaper than he could III any Of the
larger and more f,eqnen,ed harbors.
AS soon AS he made the Cape Maize
the eastern extremity Of Cuba, he hauled
close in with the land. and running along
down to the westward, lie kept brigh,
look out for some little obscure inlet which
would sui. his purpose.
He passed Trinidad, and began to think
that he should be Obliged to run round on
the north side to Havana or Ms,anz IS,
when one afternoon. as he was keeping
close along the beach, inside Of the Isle
Pines, his eye caught The entrance o: a
little narrow channel that Ionked Just as
II it would suit his purpose. The sch"on-
ef's helm was put hard up. and of she
went before the wind. and IN fifteen min
u,es she was inside Of little harbor. tha,
had probably never been visited BY All ho-
nest American vessel before.
Captain Josh Forbes, vas no, very
,iten as,nnished at any thing he saw, bLt
ne was taken all aback that afternoon ;
'or when he got abou, quarter Of a mule
up, the narrow creek, ne discovered
moored alongside Of the bank. half a
nile further up the bank, the New Gren
adian schooner he had seen at 81 Thomas
In dnnbIe quick time the Sarah Ford was
un alongside Of the bank. and tied "p,o
the trees. which grew close down TO the
wa,er's edge.
Josh Forbes, for once in his life, was in
il quandary. He couldn't get gu. t" se'
again, for the wind was blowing square
ITO tie creek. and he knew ,ha, before
the land breeze would ST.. in Al night, the
gentleman from the schooner above would
pay him visit; and then good bye TO al
his hopes Of marrying his little schooner,
names,ke, for all that he was worth in the
world, aud considerable more, was in the
vessel. lie had with him the whole pro.
ceeds Of the cargo which he had sold ii
St. Thomas, and which he was ye, il
deb, for in Bangor.
For fve minutes the Yankee captain
was lost in deep study when all at ""c'
a bright thought seemed to strike him
for he frightened up, and calling his it,
lie crew Of Ave, all told. aft. he addressed
himself particularly to the young maj
who acted as lnale Of the schooner. and
SAID:
Warren, do you think you can taxi
the Sarah Ford home to Bangor:'
"Yes. cap'n. l do." ropliod the young
stcr; but what arc you going to do:"
"Me: oh. I'm going home in tia