Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-01-06


On reaching Canton, the ship wa
surveyed by the proper authorities
and was condemned as unseaworthy
She was then sold for the benefit o
the Underwriters. Her cargo, to us,
a homely expression, "was worth lit
tie more than shucks.''
Two Spanish merchants from Ma
nilla (bTothers) bought the ship fol
two thousand and eight hundred dol
lars. They were up in Canton OF
business, and had parted from their
ready cash. They gave security,
however, for the price of the ship;
and, as no vessel bound for America
could prudently depart till the shift
ing Of the Trade.winds, they asked
the captain of the Enterprise to send
George with them to Manila, and
they would pay the purchase money
for the Enterprise to him, at that
port. in undoubted Bills on Canton
Finding, on inquiry, that this would
be safe procedure, the Commander
of the condemned ship agreed that
George might so; and ordered him to
be in readiness. whenever the repairs
which she was already undergoing,
at the instance of the Manila mer.
chants, her present owners, should be
completed, to embark With them
Two weeks after this, the ship sailed
with the merchants and George on
board as passengers. The latter had
become, to some extent, faverite of
the former before leaving Canton
And, while on the passage to Manila,
he made conquest of their hearts,
by bis alable manners, combiued
with his knowledge of commerce, and
his shrewd plans for surmounting bis
reverses of fortune. As some four
months would, necessarily, elapse
before the Trades would become ia
vorable for American bound ships,
these merchants, soon after landing
at Manila. proposed to George to
make trip for them, in the Enter
prise, to Batavia--to which place (act-
| ing on suggestion which George
had thrown out while on the passage
from Canton to Manilla) they design
ed sending, they said, valuable car
90 Of choice wines and other liquors
to exchange for coffee. George, af-
ter some hesitation, consented to 60;
but stipulated that he should be vest
ed with full powers to act, on his ar
rival at Batavia, on his own Judgment;
provided any changes of the prices
curr, Mt. when last advised, of the ar
ticles to be dealt in, should prove TO
have taken place at, or previous to
his reaching bis destined port. And
he further stipulated that payment
must be transmitted TO Canton for
the Enterprise, before he would bulge
cables length. Bjth Of these stip.
ulations were agreed TO, and the lat
ter was consnmmated forthwith in
Georges presence-the Draft on Can.
ton arriving safely, and being duly
honored.
The Governor at Batavia was, al
the time, an extensive dealer in al
most everything marketable--a spec
ulatGr of as much nerve, and quite a:
little conscience as some of our owl
adventures. To him George had let
ters of introduction and credit. He
arrived safely at Batavia, after shor
and very pleasant passage; and, with
out loss Of time, waited on his Elk
+ cellency. The twain were speedily
as hand to glove. They dined to
getber, drank together, rode out to
gether, and, last, they traded togefn
!, er. George sold him the Enterprise
together with her cargo, for slxt,
f thousand dollars; and took, in pay
, ment, Bills on Amsterdam payable a
sight. The annual Home Packe
sailed for Holland the next day. Sh
arrived in due time. The Bills wer
presented and cashed. But Georg
; has not since been seen neither il
Amsterdam. in Batavia, nor in Can
: ton. or in Manila.
3 The officers Of the Enterprise, an
: her sailing crew, whom George le
5 at Canton, all found passage hon
;, on board various bomeward-boun
r East Indiamen--some of them arr
: wing III New York, and others
e Providence, Rhode Island, and in S.
|, lem, Massachusetts,. The only ma
: who did not return to bis natives shore
NJ vas George Lowell.