Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-24
A s1NGULAR D1sAPpEARANoE.
The Schooner s'Madgie" and Her Cap
tain Missing, and Fears that They are

The Schooner ''Madgie" and Her Cap
tain Missing, and Fears that They are
Lost.
On the 18th of last month the little son
Of Capt. w. D. Oliveira died Of malarial
fever, contracted during a trip on the
schooner Madgie along the Ogeechee river
lOwlands. The father was overcome with
grief, and for a week kept to his room, re-
fusing to see any one, even the members
of his own family. On the 22d he left his
home, on State street, early in the MORN
ing and went to his vessel, lying at the
Market dock. On his way he met party Of
marooners who engaged him to take them
on trip down the river. The party was
gone several days, and returned to the
city Aug. 26. During the trip the Captain
acted strangely and kept by himself much
of the time. On the return up the river
he was taken sick and the
marooners brought the vessel to anchor
opposite the city. One of them
purchased some medicine and sent it on
board at the Captains request. After
paying for the trip they went ashore, leay-
ing about weeks provisions on board.
The next morning the vessel with her
Captain was missing, and neither have
been seen or heard of since. For week
nothing was thought Of the matter, as it
was not unusual during the rice season
for the Captain to be absent for two weeks
at a time. When he failed to return,
however, at the end OF the second week
his family and friends began to get
anxious and made inquiries to discover,
if possible, his whereabouts. Nothing
could be learned further than that on the
day following that on which he is sup
posed to have left, his vessel was reported
seen off Tybee by one Of the marooners
who was on the island. When the party
went down on the 22d the only crew
on the vessel, besides the Captain, was
a couple of negroes, neither OF whom
knew how to manage a sail. Inquiry of
the pilots, the Captains of c0asting
schooners and light keepers along the
river failed TO discover any traces of his
vessel. Nobody had seen her 90 down
the river, and none OF the pilots had seen
her outside. TWAS thought possible that
she had gone among the islands
for wood, but, with a scanty sup
ply of provisions on board, she
would have returned when they had been
exhausted. The singular conduct of the
Captain before leaving his home, and his
protracted absence, have excited the fears
of his family that he is lost. The utmost
diligence has been taken to reach him,
but not the slightest clue has been OBJ
tanned to indicate the direction in which
he went.
His vessel, the E'Madgie,' was a sloop-
rugged schooner of from thirty-fiye
to forty tons, and was engaged
in the coasting trade-principally IN rice
during the season. She had been lay
ing up during the summer and had made
only one or two trips, the last one being
the trip upon which the Captains son con-
tracted the fatal fever while at Ogeechee
bridge. The family are deeply concerned
as to his safety. His son, NJ. j. OCon-
nor, has been making the most untiring
efforts for his discovery, but up
to last night not the slightest
clue had been obtained. 1t is feared that
he has either taken his vessel out to sea
and is lost, or he may be somewhere
among the islands along the coast.