The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
BY MAIN FORCE.

had paid for and never gotten, anu reaCi"
ed Chincoteague in safety with them.
Once they sighted steamer off Brandy
wine getting up steam. They thought
she was a revenue cutter and Mr.. Wheal-
ton says thew were badly scared. Ihey
gave her the slip, going to the east OF
Brandywine, and probably causing the
steamer to think they were bound TOT
Cape Nay
The permit given Chincoteague by the
Mayor Of Philadelphia, was good for me
one trip out. Trade was again smut OIL
and again Mr.. Wheaton undertook 10 re-
lieve Chncoteague from the stress OF
war This time he went to see Colonel
Smith. friend Of his at Snow Hili, Nd,
who, had Organized regiment IN fo !,
ssryG nu IN 5ne Of colone Smith Pes
dent Lincoln granted permits to fourteen
masters of Chincoteague vessels to traoe
with the Northern ports. Some OF those
permits, signed "a. Lincoln, are still on
the island.
like the devil" said Mr.. Wheaton with a
laugh. but We had to use him as our
himself to be-"
The permits were never used. a very
short time afterwards, some, time In the
month Of august: the Federal eru Rar
and remained in front of the town several
months.
The battle Of Wishart's. Point is not
IN ap bsts tbyere Ma
ludicrous affair In the beginning and
without very tragic ending Wisharts
Point Is on the mainland, eight 3Mto or ten ten
Louisiana came almost abreast the point,
she dropped anchor, and Mr.. Wheaton
recalls that two parties sent ashore. mum.
Lieutenant Hopkins. and Lieutenant Fur
ness, respectively. The parties We're on
anything but a beliEerent mission. Car
tain Murray afterwards told Mr. Wheal-
ashore for poultry and eggs. But the
people on the mainland We're intensely
loyal to the Confederacy and refused to
not say that the party took anything by
force.
AS the men from the ships We're return
Ing to their vessel. a man named James ,,eI
above Wishart's, fired at them. The next
morning the same force from, the vessel
returned to the shore. but IN the night q
down on the Peninsula. had been notified
of the near presence of the enemy, There
was 81 brisk fire kept up between the two
sa Then and souhar n teSk hhas took
hand also. Further down the Louisiana
had taken aboard as pilot CAPTAIN
Shelly. who was an ardent sontheg mee
got the Louisiana as far as Four Mouth
and saw that he was expected TO pllot
the Louisiana into n fight he refused.
though he put his refusal!. on tho ground
that there were shoals off the point. So
the vrsel did not get close enough to do
much HARM. though the firing Of the
howitzer. which she carried forward. Gre
ated great excitement and CONSERVATION
in Chnco.Sague. When the party from
the ship finally retired several of the
number were wounded. There We're no
fatalities on ell hor side.
on sunday tho Louisiana came to Chin
cotcaguo, Mr., Wheaton Went down and
had n glass OF riot whlslSey with Captain
Murray, whom he and the people of the
island generally learned to like before tho
end of his stay OF seNaral months. though
he was not off his ship moro than once
or twice In the entire time, His sur
geon, however. treated a great many
cases on the island. and nearly rid II of
malaria,
Shortly after the war vessel arrived
off Chincoteague. force of Della ware and
la, and Accomac and Northampton we're
In the hands OF the North until tho close
of the war. Chncoteague rather over
did Itself in the matter of loyalty by
furnishing company. or the northern
army, which did service at Fort Mon
roe.
LEVIED A TAN
Chincoteague recognized Governor. Pier
pont as the Governor of Virginia during
The war and In 1868 he repaid their loyalty
by leyying a tax OF IS on every boat
used in taking oysters, That Is said to
be the first oyster tax ever heard of.
Mr., Wheaton can remember when An
drew Jackson retired from office, found.
however that his memory OF what had
heen told him by old islanders more
The old fellow has lost the sight of one
eye, but he apyArsg 10 he good for years