Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31
HELD FOR RANSOM.

.1r ts53n said Thomas Thompson,
ssafter had beel i'll OF lever lor W.
,onntbs at Georgetown, British GulanS' .
q General trader of that port nameu VIZ
S;s2,, chester fitted out small schooner
70 nroceed up the river EssequlDo 10 pSI-
tor for the native products OF the eoun-
~ berth was offered me, anu Was
only too glad to accept 1t. e..a ,+
.yTbe craft which our owner ntteo ous
an old coaster which had oeen
.ncclred or condemned and sold az auT-
,;on The schooner was provided WIN
- 80 small boats, which were oid anu
,,otcbed AS to the cargo, suppose II
. was all right, and there was no tbs rs.so% was s
:, doubt that the Captain, whose nsn.s . 80
arkin. and the mate, whose halno ~. w..
y Wardell. were sailor men ana knew ulo,. me-.
4. business. We numbered twsre , ~.
:. aboard, there being nine OF US oelu.o sr-
- mast. We were only started on oua s0S =,
= age when we discovered the Isason y
ne oSr beinr so full-handed. When .u' W
wind was not favorable we Were ca
\u ~ected TO tow the schooner ana aiter
ho a. or two. this back breaking "oi'
& ,.,as mt upon US as regular duty ,...
tIe Wklter letting above the last nl'il.s. l';.
o,+ Ne we're among the natives, VII
pO1Is O1' ourselves to depend upon, aD
II ohii ;,o we discovered nothing hostile
go go; derneanor. the boats were alwaysPl
se % x;ded with mnske.s. and when we Ga.
ou' to an ,Se--~'upon the students and
nce-lJ~~4- Biddle and Zion WesIev ~, |,
tileh - 49,; :;
1s. M marked, ITO hoodwSTI55kA hdST5 A. sort 'nen, |
- male clerks?r 'o"' eiever
Sc, les, indeed, tits. Their ewes 49,. .
he thoroughly educated as to make : r y;
N. take almost impossible u'l
nd now do they educate their e,os,,.
OF r. by constantly running over n,a
ID 10 casually watch these women a, ,1Oue,
Is you would probably imagine the NJ ~
re soie ann WAS simply 10 count a. suei
n as rapidly as possible. Not 50 Dvne. N,u'!
" WIZ take pile Of bills. tiehtlv fas,e ~ S.sIi
0 together by rubber bands AMI -s.enee ,s.s
will bon hoii; rs ioosening the fasteninas shs
bv osIn 10 count at lightning ra,e
| n1na merely turning over quickly ths
. SKI, sh.-hand corner Of each nose
nor.;on ; ,nough she has only such a small mail
Vii, rGlii1n 3i Of the note for her guide .. shs
ma Us. as.oseI counterfeit readily. lei
49, nSiale little incident which ba,,
N p'1Sa 1Sa N;i while the Seventh regiment wp.
,ho ~ .ne CITY, Some of the bows. smon., ~as
has1 1nsin . paying teller from a New Yo.i
DauA' paid US a call. looking yerx a.
s"ns N their tasteful uniforms tn.
me,e engaged fer several momen,.
wa.ening the clerks count monrv - ~ ~ 20
.nannef .n., dtseribed. Suddenly cne ~ ,te %
young women snapped a NOE fror ,hs ny
ppssekaee which she was running 90 oyaS .ne
naren,In m,s1 Inc had thrown it aside in an an.
and bs1dei es'e'e.s manner, l picked il IN
ton. n wss = 20 tne visitors for inspec.
W without eliciting any special So ano.ner
flnaiiy i reached the man wbo',, 'inent. n n
~ ~ De 4 paying teller. He examinsS !,
~ moment and returned il 10 ~. Q
oiSsesSlon = without word. nske5 m.
,.onea ne nad noticed anything perul;., "'m IN
sk"ia g He replirdi in the pecs,;xa