The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24
THE ELLEN cRUsoE.
An EventfuI Voyage Made by the
Portland Schooner.

The three masted schooner Ellen Crusoe,
which sailed from this port on the 2Sth of
November, in charge of Captain f. T. Jones,
with general cargo for the west coast of
Africa, arrived here Sunday night with a
cargo of palm oil and other African produce.
The voyage out was made in about 40 DAYS,
while the return voyage was one day longer
The vessel carries crew of seven men,
all told, and is owned by r. Lewis & Co.
The voyage which the vessel made was a
most eventful one, and although she has
been absent from Portland but compare
lively short time, three different captains
have been in command, and of that number
one now is buried in the sands of the west
coast of Africa and another is resting on the
bottom OF the sea.
Captain Jones had charge of the schooner
ON her outward voyage, which was less Sc
we're than the return trip. J, On the afternoon
of the 18th of February, the captain started
on foot from Buchanan to Fishtown, dis
lance of some two miles, which are
settlements on the coast of the Repub-
lie of Liberia. He walked along the beach
accompanied by two native and when about
half way between the two villages he was
struck and instantly killed by lightning
One of his companions was also killed and
the other stunned. The schooner remained
on the coast about two months and Manson
Hume, the first mate, succeeded Captain
Jones as commander of the vessel. Soon
after Mr. Hume acceded to the command of
the schooner he was taken sick with ague
a,.d al Aou of ha Tnol Ix
died on the End of April and was buried at
sea.
Succeeding him, Captain L. r. Ross of
Lisbon, Maine, who CHANGED to be one of the
passengers. took charge and brought the yes
sci home. Captain Ross said the homeward
voyage was the toughest one he ever expert
enced. The vessel was several times blown
from her course and the head gear was car
ried away and one jib lost
Captain Jones was a native of Lisbon
Maine, where he leaves wife and two chill
dIen. Captain Hume, of this city, leaves
wife and two children. Both men were I'M
der forty years of age.
The schooner brought two passengers; j.
w. Good, high sheriff OF the county of Mont
serrado, Liberia, and G. S. McKane, alias
Mannah Funacai, prince of the Y tribe Of
Liberia.
Mr.. Good, colored. was born in this
country, ana in 1858 he went TO Africa where
he rose to the position of high sheriff of the
county. He came to this country on leave
of absence from his excellency Fl. r. w.
johnson, president of the sRepublic of
Liberia, and will go to Baltimore to have
two cataracts removed from his eyes. Prince
Mannah is here on visit and will return
next September. King Jiah, his uncle, king
of the tribe, succeeded Mannah Sandy, also
an uncle. He has an aunt named Twallah
who is entitled to rule, but in the event of
the death of all three he would become king
of the tribe which consists of about 10000
bold and warlike members In conversing
with the PRESS reporter Prince Mannah
said: II am descendant from King George
alias Mannah Funacai, from whom the
Liberians purchased Monrovia. My tribe is
a powerful, warlike one, but they are intelli-
gent and shrewd. They invented an al
phabet of their own and can read Arabic to
some extent"
The high sheriff and the Prince took the
boat last night for Boston and from thence
thpv will on In Raltimora