Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-20

night AZ anv spectral fabric, ard heavier
terror to me than q phanthsm worked by
ghosts could have proved.
knew such thing could not happen
ot,air vet when I called Pitt talked to him
about it rs though we must certainly he
run down if he jid not keep a sharp look
ont. aud when my watch below came round
n I O'Clock, was so sgj'ated that ! vas
M aud down till daybreak. as though my
duty did not end till then.
Tho sale moderated at sunrise; and
though il was a gloomy, true Cape Horn
morning. With dark driving clouds, the
sea dusky olive, very hollow, and fire.
uuent small quick squalls of sleet, which
brought the wind to us in sharp guns. yet
AZ we could see where We were going, | got
the schooner before it, heading her east
northeast, and under q ree!ed tOpsail,
mainsail and staysail the old bucket storm
ed through It with the sputter ard rage
OF a line of battle ship. There was Il log
reel and line on deck, and I found q
SAUDI glass in the chest in my cabin III
which ] had met with the quGdrants, per
spectiye glass and the like, aad kept this
log regularly going, making a point Of de-
pqrtuTe on the chart the American captain
had given me, which afterwards found to
be within two leagues and n half Of the
true position. Bot for three days the
weather continued 80 heavy that there was
nothing to he done in the shape Of crafty
ing the mems expectations by oyerhauling
what was left of the cargo. Indeed
we had no leisure for such work, all
our waking hours had to be strictly
dedicated to the schooner, and in kCepingG
lookout for ice. But the morning Of the
fourth dav broke with fine sky and
brisk breeze from little to the east Of
south, TO which we showed every cloth the
schooner had to throw abroad, aud being
now by dead reckoning within few
leagues Of the meridian Of GO degrees,
shaped coarse north by east by my com
pass, with the design of getting view OF
Staten Island that might correct my cal
CulatiOns.
When We had made sail and got our
breakfast, told Wilkinson and Cromwell
4 Pitt being az the tilleT that now was a
gond opportunity for inspecting the con-
tents of the hold; and not to he tedioua in
this part of my relation, however l may
have sinned in this respect elsewhere we
carried lanterns below, and spent tie better
part Of the forenoon in taking stock. From
a copy of the memorandum made Oh that
occasion ,stlil in my possession, dlscoy,
cred that the Yankee captain had
lett us the following: Thlrly-hye
casks OF rum, twenty eight hcg7heads OF
claref sixty puncheOus OF brandy, forty
casks Of sherry, eighteen Clsed OF beer IN
bottles, together with q number OF pieces
of gin, AS 1t is called. In addition To this
were the stores in the lGzlrette, besides a
quantity OF several kinds of wine III ltrs,
ttc elsewhere enumerated, bGs,',s all the
ships furniture, her guna, powder, small
arms, etc rs well "a the ship her-eli.
took the men into the run and showed
them the chests, opening the little one
which stood stocked with small arms,
aud lifting the lid Of two or tire Of
the others They were perfectly satisfied,
FULLY believed the chests to be filled with
small arms and nothing else, ana 90 We
came away and returned to the cabin,
where, to please them, | put down the
value of the cargo ut a venture, setting ilg'
ures against eSrch article, and making ont
a total Of II go This, ofcourse, included
the ship.
How muchll dat be man, lnassa''
asked Cromwell
"Sir hundred and sixty pounds | an
swertd.
The poor fellow WAS 50 transported that,
after staring st me in silence with the cor
ners 0! his mouth stretched to his ears, he
tossed no his han r., burst into roar Of
laughter, and made several skip3 abou: the
deck.
"Oicourse." said /, addressing Wllkin-
son, my figures may be- ahead Or short 81
tho truth But il you are disposed to take
the chance, Ill tell you whH. I'll DO u
stand 10y my figures, accepLiug the rl-k of
the value OF the iUiiGg being less than what
/! say 1t is, and undertake to give each man
OF sou u, 900 for your share
''WeIl, sir. " SAID he, II don know that
/ ought to object. Bat few pounds ID
MISTER Of great consequence 90 me- and
reckon il these here goods and the vessel
should turn out to be worth more than ye'
offer, the loss nd n agin the griL-ay, II
'twers $50 a man.'
laughed, and told him to let the matter
rest; there was pleuty Of time before u.s. !
should be willing tostaud by MY offer even
If [ lost by il. 80 heartily obliged was | to
them for coming to my assistance. And IN
this | spoke the truth, though az You Will
who know my position, | hal to
fuess,. 1t went against my conscience to
make ont that the chests were full OF small
arms hat | should have been msd to tell
them the truth, and perhaps by the truth
make devils of men who were, and promls-
ed to remain, steady, temperate, honest
feUOwa. / was not governed by the desire
to keep all the treasure to myself; no,
vow TO God | shOuld have been glad to
give them mO;ety OF it had | not apprc-
hended the very gravest consequences II ]
were candid with them. But this, surely,
must he so plain that it is idle to 70 on IN
sis;iug on It.
The fine weather, thegOlden issue tina; was
10 attend Our successful navigation, the
satisfactory behavior OF the schooner, put
us into a high good humOr with one an
other; and when il came to my collecting
all the clothes in the after cabins, and To
them among the three men,
thought blily llll anu NIOluNtA NVH'H
have gone mad with delight. To the best
OF my recollection, the apparel that had
been left IA by the American captain who,
as YOU know, had cleared the tOTecastle OF
the clothes there consisted OF several coats
of cut velvet, trimmed with gold and silver
lace some frOcks of white drab with large
plate buttons, hrOclde waistcOats OF blue
satin and green silk, crimson and other
colorcd cloth brooches, along with some
cloaks, three corner hats, black and white
stockings, q number of rullied shirts, and
other articles of which recOllect the char
acter, though my ignorance Of the costumes
of that period prevents me from naming
them.
az, ~
IN H.