Daily Republican., 1883-08-15

boistipe our first boat load Of natives
aboard. when the man ON the lookout
yelled down; !" A, Sail . aatl T. when
ali our operations ceased, and we made
immeliate preparations to move away,
when the lookout yelled down again
" 'Tis the same Dutch man -Of'war that
hailed ia off Cuba" We then net sail
with all speed, thinking that we couId
easily Duisail the Dufrhman, but we
we're sadly mistaken. Weworked nara
to ut away from him but he gained
on us all the time, and we feared 1t
would be all up with US. we theh
kept In towards shore. /
I think our captains Idea was tol
beach our ship and make for the SHORE
in our boats and trust to luck. The
Dutchmsn saw our move and he evi.
IDENTIFY drew less water than we, and
drove in nearer the shore than We did,
and before we could beach our ship. he
fred a sol d shot into our stern below
the water line, andswe filled and sank
rapidly, before the boats could be
launched. Many Of US jumped over
board soon after the shot struck our
vessel, and SWAN for shore, but the
Dutchman's boats were soon out and
picked many Of us up, but some got to
land and some were drowned, ana OF
course the poor natives were all drown
ed In the hold Of the ship, bat what
hurt me most at the time WAS that all
my money, the savings Of ten years.
was all lost In m0Ment.
Well, We were taken on the Dutch,
man, and kept ironed a. prisoners and
taken to Amsterdam, and tried and con-
yicted and az a seaman got sentence
OF ten years penal servitude on an island
in the South Sea. Our officers got
a heavier sentence. We were soon ship
ned for Dutch penal colony, where
worked for many a day In chain gang
under the eyes of Dutch sentinel. l
served nv time out. After the first
Ave wears was treated with more con.
sideration, and was put over gang OF
convicts, as foreman, but still under the
guard Of the soldier. My experience on
the Spanish ship had made me
good sailor. l could speak Spanish ike
native-then could talk my mother
tongue, and l became man of some i'm
portance, AZ soon as they found out that
was not kpave. Some few Of the
Dutch officers understood Spanish, and
one Of them understood English, but
none ofthem understood both languages
but did, and therefore was often used
AZ interpreter in many cases OF grea'
Importance.
one day told one of the Dutch offi'
GERS my story, and he was very much
surprised and said that he would inter
eat himself in my behalf. This was aftel
I had been a convict for eight years
and l believe that he did intercede FOL
me, for when my time was up, in fac
long before that, l was never undel
strict guard, and when l was called W
to be discharged I was presented Will
a neat outfit in clothes and money, anC
the next ship that sailed l was sen
aboard with free pass to seaport II
Holland. After trading at the Eas
Iniies for some six months, we the'
sailed for Holland, and on my arrlva
there Immediately shipped on 'rltisl
ship as full seaman. ] liked their treat
ment and always did my duty. We sail
ed for the East indies and China AM
were gone over four years, and then re
turned and landed In Liverpool.
! l had again saved upa good pile O
money, which I thought ought to keel
me in plain way for the balance
my life. lived in Liverpool for som
weeks after being paid off in full ant
| honorablv discharged from the ship. AM
began to get anxious to get back
America again and hunt up that silver
30 l shipped on vessel for Boston. an
arrived after a stormy passage in somt
thing over six weeks. After renainin
some time in Boston. and inquirin
about the route to Delaware, l was al
I vised to ship to Philadelphia, and g
home from there. Before leaving BOZ
ton hunted up a good, safe banker
> and placed my money there on interest
l and then tried to work my way dow
7 here. was determined not to touc
. my deposited money while was abb
Q to work. could work, but did nc
. like to work on land, so shipped on
coaster for New York. Then | wished
. ct vessel for Philadelphia, but coul
> not find one for that place, but fouh
u one for Charleston aud shipped o
that.
: thong hit could be earning my li'
=. ing and at the same time get near nom
', We we're detained at Charleston for
\ month, having repairs made TO our ve
', sel then we came back to New lorl
y There found u vessel for PHILADELPHIA
y and hired on her, but she would N
y take man for less than a month, so
u had to make two trips on h before
u could get clear of her. In Philadelph
-. | found sloop that sailed for Chrl
). tine Bridge, and Immediately engage
a passage Oh her, but the winds we
- so Eigh, and ahead, and the It'd
i low, that we were six days making Il
4 trip to the village.
:" inever was 80 SUR rise'l in my life
a | was with the change that had take
II place in my absence. before l WI
~ taken away from home 1t was vel
~ tritling, no account place, with but 10
IN houses and tavern. Now ! ma
y, number of wharves bnilt, also lar
~ store houses on both sides OF the cree
20 and long sheds OH the wharves runnil
~ back fifty yards from the creek sever
Vi sloops lying at the wharves loading III
Il discharging cargoes besides, we pass
n. several sloops on our way up the cree
an they were on their way out all heavl
4. loaded. The store-hOuses were all II
y" of grain and barrels Of flour, piles
nt leather goods, bales of cotton, pap
~ rags, etc the sheds were full OF hol
iv heads of ground bark, the whar,,
~ a ra unyaral with niles of lumber, al
ri timber, cord wood and iron, and thu
:" are dozens OF wagons waiting daily
~" their turns to load or unload. The {
.a',, yards are all in full work, and all
an bark lis are busy the cooper sho
~ are halnmcring away day and mig
~ there are two new vessels on the stot
I'D being built, there are three blacksm
he shops, three wheelwright shops, sew
, a shoe shops, some with five hands ea'
n. two furniture shops, two tailor sho