The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-20
Friday Morning, Oct. 90, 1866.
The Haunted Ship; a true story-as far as il

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Inc following narrative is by Washington
Irving It is not included in his collected
works and tbaragoro will ho non, 60 MOST al
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our reauerS.
The world abounds with ghost stories, but it
is exceedingly difficult to get them at first hand
a that is to say, from persons who have actually
seen the ghosts; this may be the reason why
they have fallen into some discr-dit with the
dubious. l once, however, heard story of
the kind from one who came within an ace of
being an eyewitness, and who believed in it
Is most honestly He was a worthy captain of
the sea; a native either of Nantucket or Mar
tha'5 Vineyard, / forget which at any rate, a
a place noted for its breed of hardy mariners.
met with him in the ancient city of Seville, hav-
ing anchored with his brig in the Guadalqtiv-
er, IN the course of a wandering voyage Our
conversation, one day turned upon the won
ders and adventures of the sea when he in
formed me that, among his multfarious crlls-
ings, he had once made voyage on board Of
haunted ship. 1t was vessel that had been
met with, drifting, half-dismantled, and with
tagging sails, about the sea near the Gulf of
Florida, between the mainland and the BAHIA.
ma banks. Those who boarded her found her
without living soul on board; the hatchways
were broken open; the cargo had been rifed !;
the decks fore and aft were covered with blood /;
the shrouds and rigging were sneared with
the same, as If some wretched being had been
massacred az he clung to them; it was evi-
{ dent that the ship h2A been plundered by pi-
rates, and, to all appearance, the crew had
been murdered and thrown overheard.
The ship was taken possession of by the
finders, and brought to boston, in New Eng
land; but the sailors who nayigated her to
port declared they would not make such an
other voyage Tor all the wealth of Peru They
had been harassed the whole way by the ghosts
OF the murdered crew; who at night would
come up the companon-way, and the forecas-
tie, run up the shrouds, station themselves on
the yards and at the mast-heads, and appear
TO perform All the duties OF aship
AS no narIn mad resulted nom this ghostly
seamanship, the story was treated lightly, and
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got reauy % elnpark IA hef. 'one Jay Ior some
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