The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-14

THE OysTERMAN's PROPHECY.
snow I've read heap OF curious things afOre
now, partkerly in the way of prophesyint and I
knew an Old woman'onct down at Salem that used
TO tell fortunes by payin' cards and ookin' In tea
cups You may laugh, but she could bait a hook
that you'd have ter swaller, every time, with all
about your grandfather Jnkins and your grand
know'd evcryboays grandfather and grandmother
that ever lived In this section, and she could show
up the past Jest ts about perfect; but when
guessn', and she wasn't always sure.
SIZE used to mako some sort OF allowance
But my grandfather, gentlemen, was gifted with
some sort OF second sight, and afore he died-that
Was ss years agoe tod ~ me somets that
me- Kiah there's goin' to be great trouble In this
country aiore long. and II, tell you what 4 Is, SO
agoin to fight, and they'll have an awful war, and
youll live to see It, But that amt all. When
hers be trouble atween '" Delaware ssalS "a nnd
Jersey. Now you sec CT their anti" "Kiah''
looked around ut his companions and then fixed his
eyes stcrny and fiercely on the HERALD reporter
Now, said he III tell you my opinion. The Old man
was right and consider the Delaware peoples
coming over here is exactly the same idea Us the
South lrin' on Fort Sumter. II means war. After
expressions of approval OF this sentiment 1t
proposed to speak about
THE CAPTURE.
The seizure OF the 81 OF May occurred near the
mouth OF Old Mars Creek, just above Penn Grove.
within few yards OF the Jersey shore. With him
was Joe Barber celebrated In the annals OF Penis
ufoNc hS bne inventor OF BaTDer'S bsOOu PuTlueT,
mythical cordial OF many virtues Both
these men are characters Whitehead appeared
at the Grove last evening. expressly to explain
matters to the HERALD reporter. lie is portly
man, who must have been very handsome In his
youth, If one MAY judge from the lines Of a full,
round face, closely shaved and tanned by the river
breeze as red as lobster. His head ia surmounted
by great shock Of preterHaturay white hair, and
ne wore Dolly Warden shirt and Caleb I. Plammer
mcntonable patch. Mr.. whitehead liz very wealthy,
and accumulated his entire fortune by fishing and
ferrying particularly the latter. He has repnta-
ton for shrewdness unequaled, and which, II all
their stories are true, must be fed by sort OIL fsher
d h Tae Gay 70 .e sease ND
| oneourth the catch OF the season. SO when seized
| he had nothing to lose and nothing to pay, and
| Barber was forced to make everything good. II
kin cll We all about that seizin he said. 1--WE were
all up in the boats above Oldmans Greek, an see
The tug comm, an seq !, Joe,' SEE THAT'S Joe
Barber, my partner-'Joe,' seq l. and SEE no 'WhatS
DO We see that tugr
us, on tnat complaint or Richardson's.'
'Joc says No; they're only noticin' em to quit
didn't believe It, but I'd sold Joe Barber the boat,
and had my money and 1t was his business all but
QUICK We saw ali the boats in town. and ser
.loscphn' and Joe got the net in and pulled for
shore. The captain pulled out the plug on the tug
was comm, an the constable-that fellow, Prch-
ard-pointcd pistol at me and hoored, .'Surren.
been thai the tug Was was rann Fight on to me
shouldn't never have stopped. The captain tried
day met him, and he says, says he:-
"WhItey, what made you row so ? I'd let you get
away, anyway" Now call that cheeky. What do
TON MURPHY PRESERVES THE PEACE.
Innning from the mouth OF Christine River, ex-
the middle OF the Delaware to a point OF Oldmans
Creek. It's sandbar and divides the river into
bar IS i buoy. We were captured above there 10y
the tug, and as we hadn't any money and didn't
Know exactly what to expect t.. In Delaware Ella
over there II 70 more. The captain and constable
promised to let come ashore here, but when we
got down to the bar he took the Delaware channel
on the west side. or course we noticed it, and
then we got rather excited. We had some talk
together and made mp our minds 70 throw the
onlcers overheard aud como home. They were
armed though there Were only four or five of them
were twenty-five captured In all, but some were
towed IN the boats asten) ana We thought we could
US not to resist however, ana we're an glad now
We didn't, as Tom said one or more OF us would
have been shot and then the rest would have
drowned the officers aad It's much better for all Of
| us that il didn't happen.
THE CHAMPION scuLrER OF THE DELAWARE.
| Gideon ifolton was long accounted for his per-
sonal bravery the most remarkable man In the
vicinity OF PENIS Grove. He swOre time and
again, when threats came sounding ominously
over the Delaware that he would rather thousand
times face grim death and fall o free fisherman than
to go bound IN manacle s,I to Wilmington N lie aad
| world, and his companions had intimated that
II he should perish in 50 good 20, q
| nntimely end. Great expectations were enter
| tanned by the Jersey people OF the carnage that
sclr-constitutod champion; but last week their
! anazement was heightened by an unparalleled feat
OF Skill The day after the seizure OF the boats, on
! the Sd inst OF the fishermen received letter
! from Philadelphia Offering him the command OF u
tugboat. In the slack of business no was persuaded
and into to- Christine Greek. When leaving Penns
! Grove he placed his boat and nets In charge OF his
two sons; and When on coming out OF the mouth il
| boys near him in the river, he bore down
| towards them and took some shad on board The
fishermen, seeing this, thought 1t was the Whining
ton tug, with officers on board and became panic
stricken. The ex-dsherman blew the tugs whistle
to reassure them. and only succeeded In adding to
their terror. They cut their nets, abandoned some
Of them and pulled for the shore in the widest ex
element, some OF them hallolng to Holton, "Now's
| your time ~ go ort aud fight them!" "Attack the
| tugl' But, to their dismay, this champion struck
out for the shore, using single scnll and, though
his reputation for courageis slightly furnished by
the retreat, he has rs hand at SOULS the So
brquet Of "The uammill OF the Delaware
ESCAPE FROM FORMIDABLE FISHER.
The men had cOntcmptuous manner Of speak
| ing of the constable Prichards as a leller from
| down among the pines" and persistently called
siliftess wretch, whose principal occupation was
the selling OF beds from underneath helpless babes
aa 9 Gqcnt m nc0 Mas of
! the fact that when In the chase after Whitley
P1ichard pointed his pistol at the old gentleman,
! Lew Murphy heroic shad catcher, OF formidable
size stood close behind with the intention, after
wards expressed, that II shot was fired the con-
stable would be hurled overheard. No one seems
TO doubt this was his intention.
The fishermen now talked upon great variety
OF subjects. They said that on the day of the seizure
they had taken 1000 shad. They told how each
year great run Of surgeons takes place between
the lst and 18th Of May, followed few days later
ny shoals OF catfish to come after them to prey
upon their spawn. The run OF sturgeon began this
year on the 7th instant, and one fisherman took
iorty-seven at q single haul the largest among
them Weighing 800 pounds each. Two days after,
on the 9th, the white catfish camo up In such guam
titles That AZ seine fishery at Cannan's Point
mile below PENIS Grove, all the boats
were lilled, and it was estimated that 300
bushels were LETT upon the beach to be carried
away by the farmers OF the INTERIOR who came with
wagons ana carts. Two rival voices here struck
In, one 10 praise Mr.. French's Hotel, buildings and
woud plant n million hills OF sweet potatoes the