The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-18

gers made for il. IN fancy we pictured the
message floating into the Caribbean sea, thence
Stream pnst the American coast md NewfQund
land, eventually 10 be picked NJ on the shores
81 Ireland, toward which everything II said to
drIlt IN this great oceanic current. But our
Toying message" was picked up the samc day
by the " black spcck, which Capt. Brown and
had sighted nom the miIenmhst, ana errons-
ously took for the BremOniicr. II Is not imprub-
able that This bottle message WINS. therefore, the
means which comprised our destruction.
CAPT BLOWN BEwILDERED.
Nv II O'clock the said "speck" was visible
from dock, which struck us ~ n rather strange
lhenQmcnon. az the wind was hourly wcakrn-
carful oi wind which had not favored ~, by
O'clOc. the peck" had grown to consderl-
G c S Wn 59 but i ~ p Ro aansc w wa
50 srnsihly de- reascd between the stranger and
ourselves that Capt brown brought out his tel.
cs0op" to try and mike ont. M he snid, what
had bcwitchad the Bremontier. I shall never
forget tho Captains strange and bewildered
lnss on the hontng object. he turned to our
n.atc and said. Pom my word. Mr. Scgermun
ab ~ seizci tho glass and took one brief look
" We'll, DANCED II itnn't a steamer coming in
h,c limo for US said he, handing the glass to
Ihcn hcrun "pow-wow" II was di1icult
l.r us to rnnl2" TINT the stranger was not the
Hremontisr but the no sail set" necessarily
uprooted that conviction; but II she wns "a
trat pnlt ot the world used Fnglish coal, which
throws OF volumes Of smoke as dense ~ comes
from Pittsburgh factory and which can
Toe seen on the ocean when the steam
nl~ themselves are far below the horizon.
rho only coal FREQ from smoke was the
Pennsylvania anthracite coal; hut there were
I'D American ST nmcis In tie trad anywhere
90 the tropics. 50 thn " no smoke feature gave
o. So toa variety of sp''untions. There seemed
9. h' only oue possible solution t't1e problem
she was an American man -Oi-wir which would
Doe a su,.sla tory solution. at aii cNents. Inc
hii an hour htnr we coul1 make out the rig
a At "a Ilt 4 al "A
WE SCOT. sure enough hut what could an Amer
tnau guuhoni want with nsi for evidently she
,nNNlcise OF inc fact That one has on the streets
when AN finer is logging his footsteps.
Capt. Brown 81 g attcntvely obs nrvlng her
moNsmenis tr5 ush me glass 9n pas1ins re-
marks to u-. S'g'rman, said ne. she may
like h.r looks. She has copper shoathng-it
i'pNs lngn.h o. me- and what mnnsirous high
,ltu- 20. ha~ Can II possibly he the Ala
s'mNt' vcntursd t. remark. Well, no.
lh INK fortune II cant e'n rr9'' cruiser. b." ..,
aus hos could she obtain anthracite comt'
i.,. Iuuiu. I'm si7e as the intervening distance
s.nucuri; german. tell you she IS Eng,
man replied. =. So. sAa has been 1! New YORK
end s9al'd eIasr & her tgi2rsb maff, AK
Captain. still loosln.. through his glass.
UNLIMITED VISITORS
A. this moment brought up from my state
room a number OF Hupe's NeefiH giving u
NHhlma. fnptu-ing 'he clipper shin Jac1b Bcll
of New YORK. Great h'avrnsl" The Captain
mr.. Ii Kit tht F1ri,la." he saiI In tho most
eN .ited munn"r stu Sngrrinnn was dubious,
but the English model ana the piclnreagr,ed
So -irikin-iy tpni ine ~ sm9Ae and flag
lratur"s nad O. h' ruhs ou,n tl Keep down the
rising i''lin, OF alarm, We had by this time
t Iu-ht II could not be unssi blr that tho
s.rIn-'r was .'oying u into Il display OF our
nationality for any sinister purpose The
- b 4 # .
hor prop 'llnr When within about 800 yards she
STOOD "a somewhat t. the windwaIi. displaying:
iDr .broal-iir, when boil sounding. her mo-
tinn slack rnel. Five usy-looking guns We're
aimed point h'nnS nj US prtsumed exactly in
NJ Necessity. There was a liO-pound Arm
strong near the stern that could swcep the
bow. and three as-pound carronaies forming
the side battery and thc men at quarters.
Bark. ahDy.' came from an officer standing
in a boat slung in the davts.
Ays' aye! s,T" resnentod CN2ppt Brown.
tim. Where from AMI whore hound TOP
Baltimore e. Rio Jan"iro.' What's your
barrels Of nour, AMI GOp kegs Of lard. There
WIS mgrf"nt~ NIL when tii" on''rr ordor"d
~ " lleay" To-; y !, md a boat aboard YOU
Doubts Preseniiy we heard the HOUSEWARES
whistle ana could SEQ crow being rapidly
| lowered on the -il" away from Us. and mo-
| mrnt later "A lnun IN shot around hsr stern fol-
| lowed in anuthernInute hy second boat which
appeared under her bow. twenty armed men IN
" Iienvens. what visit" says sogcrman 10
me-. " but SEQ. the crews are in blue. Federal
| sailors after all WHY should W. have amy
| mi7kiNihs1 we n,,h q. ven, n9u,'l11s11' w ~
'crs u flr 81 nm she. = D. dressed IN gray tlr
. confusion ia cur minds, but IL was soon made
HAUL DowS CHAT rLAc!'
| The first boats r ~ rfl hing Us, rapidly as
| TII Lac LA i HftNkn
down. ana caino on deek VINO il Captain II
this vessel grufi} asked an otllrer. | anl,'
| said Cart. Brown. stopping toward him. The
officer then reiterated ALI the questions that had
| be-n propounied u from the steamer which.
SW""n SIR ha. 70 " MORN you Il" that 7' You
| are a prlzs to the Confederate States steamer
florida; Haul down mat nag which orier'
was quickly followed by the substitution Of tho
| Coniederate ensign On the Florida, Al this
| time Segcrmln and | stood fairly breathlcss
| but now Segerman, giving vent t9a sigh, sald,
-.,to VOC, Ths " is up. Thomas MT IT. s
scarcely bell' we'd the alternatives he menti pned
| were all that would be presented US. In fact II
| IL was 10 be a matter OF choice would have
! chosen neither. some Putri remarked
years before. After the Lieutenant had had a
short parley with the Captain, no called out loud
| this vessel will have five minutes 10 bundle NJ
their duds 10 be s'nt al 'ard the Florida Tho
| passengers an ttke tnoir convenience. hut must
! positive 50 saying he leii Us.
dashed lulO iiN 'ihNll ana 20 my -litHfOon 70
gather up my duIs.n which had become con-
siderahy altered. There met the old stew
! ard. 50 busily Engaged setting the supper table
| that he was not aware We were captured and
| all prisoners ia tho hands OF pirates. as |
| firmly believed. Tho poor old man nearly
| Tell - the ngOr when Ae looked out ON
! the de'k and sQW The mQrine-, one Of
] them In the not II entering the galley after
/ something 10 eat. but, ms he fancied. after him
self. Mr.. TAoml-." he said. have cooked
| T. tlle best Of ms ability AMI ~ tho dun wash
! good - Dry W., old man, l, piled SesernAn
| You have only ilYe u4nut 5 l.lt sou, and you
| had better bundle up right quick. Oh, God
| cried the steward, That ] was born To- walk "A
| plank Seeing the d.treseDd condition of the
| Old man, enlonyorel % ~ 'ourugr him. but it
was with tear str, aiming eyes that he said tO
mo rs he assembled with tho crew to descend
into a boat. GQod-Dy friends hope We w!ll
meet IL heaven
TRANsFEkRED To THE FLORIDA.
Mr.. Moss and mvs'I 7 and our lady passenger.
with her family Of children, hein-, the only pas
! -engers, were not long ln pH 'hlng up which
done. we reported 90 an ili'crour readiness Tor
| ORDERS. liy this time all ot the FinridhS boats
/ were busy rua-ing back and forth hatWecn the
/ prize' and herself. and "A little after Moss and
| myself, In Company with the mate. found our
selves On the de-. Ol the prtAteer We wore
r. 'eiyed nj tn gungway, where crowd of sal
! lrs WIS cole ted, Whlle suuuVrd on tho
usrk Wrrr our sailors and some, MY
! NtAer snHucu in irons. chained in
8 4n.'s; I'll 'rr was thu od 81 wnrd still