Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-01
. NUMBER i. 1O3.

Ghost! Billy Morgan!vs as loud as hes
could yell, until he reused the fandiord.s
who came to know what was5the, matter.
Tom related the whole affair. Mine hostr
utterly denied having ever ssen.or heard
OF such figure or appearance, and sea
did all the family. The report reached
the frigate. ''Heaven and earthi' cried
Captain R, ''shall we never get rfdA
ofsthis Internal spectre, or whatever3else
it may be 2" He was in despair. Neverq
was man So prosecuted byaa ghostin
this world before. The ships creBbwerel
SO dismayed, that, hadanl lAlgerine come
across them, they might, peradyentuIe,b
have, surrendered at discretion. They
signed a round robin, suggesting to, the.
captain the propriety of running fhe, y
ship ashore and Abandoning her entirely
to the ghost, which now appeared almostd
every night, sometimes between, Idecks,
at others at the end of the bowsprit, sando
again cutting capers on the1y ards zand
top-gallant masts. .nosssg sids3horq9u M
Iron Malta, the squadron proceeded
to Syracuse. There the ships were,
placed in, quarantine, and fnmagated
with birthstone, to the great satisfaction
of the crew of the frigate, who were ms
hopes that this w6dlds drive away Billy
I Morgan, who had not troubled them fors
some time. q But Immediately omthe ex-
piration of the quarantine,q he7ngain5
visited his. old !. chum and heir, Tom
Brown, lank and dripping wet as usual
and after giving him a soul-thrilling
shake, whispered, ~ Tom, 1 want to.
speak to you about my watch and chest
of clothes.n But Pom roared "'r1urdefip
with all his might, when the ghost yan-ni
ished, muttering, as Tom swore, /" YouD
Internal hlubber!s sd soa flix sazTrs.I
THE reappearancesd doubled all qformerIl
CONSERVATION, and nothing but the mostnE
severe and unrelaxing discipline ipreveu-
ted the greater part Of the crew froul,s
Ideserting. Poor Tom, to whom the de-,
voirs of the spectre seemed most. espec-
tally directed, left. off swearing and
chewing tobacco, and dwindled to q. per-
feet shadow. He became very serious,
and took to singing psalms. In addition
to this diabolfcaf persecution, Of whicRdi
he was not the only victim. strange1s
things werearepeated every day. Tobacl
co boxes left full atsnight were foundID
empty in the morning. Sailors iwouldi0
be missing for aywhole days aud doreturu
uuableto give any account of themselyes.os
Sometimes they were found bys sthairio
! officers in a state, Of 1stupor, though not
one had tasted a drop, Of Liquor. 4alIsb
On these occasions they always saw, =
the ghost of Billy Morgan flying through
, the air, or dancing. on the tops Of stse-
pies, with a fiery tail like a comet. AT :
length Ton Brown, after the usual =
nightly visit, disappeared and was never !.
heard Of afterwards. AS the Inherited
chest of clothes was found empty, oitsa
I, might have been surmised that he
, had deserted, had not a o sailor, ssonsf
watch, solemnly declaredIthat he sawsu
the ghost of Billy Morgan jump oyer
board with Tom in his arms, in a flame 4
/. Of fire. and that they hissed like AIRED )
hot ,ploughshare in the water. With
this bold feat the spectre, took his. /,
final departure. After an absence of be- Z
tween two and three years. The friigate :
discharged; and as an additional wonder
attending her memorable cruise, it is req
corded, ,aon good thatitheirs
three years. pay lasted some of tllenlsi
nearly thfeedaysz Not man aofi them
ever doubted the reality Of the ghost,
9 Clptain, R--- himself spoke of it as one1'
c Of those strange, ainscrutable things
f which battle the efforts of human ingenu7e
ity,, and seem to justify the most. extra.
+ ordinary relations Of past and present
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