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HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Hancock Gazette - 1827 McDonald, an Irishman, about 19 years


two thousand four hundred and ninety seven slaves taken and emancipated by this ship alone. The Calabar and Cameroeos are now perfectly empty. In the former there is but one vessel, and she is French, and in the latter, none whatever. I hope, therefore, they have felt the last order of our government to seize them with slave cargoes on board north of the line, and that the slave trade, if not stopped has lately received a severe check. I am off for Sierra Leone in a day or two, in hope of meeting ---, as the thunder and lightning in the vicinity of these rivers and the immense mountains, has for the last week then terrifi c. The rainy season is also beginning, which alone is suffi cient to drive anyone out of the sad bights. In addition to the CREOLE I have sent up for adjudication the last month no less than seven vessels, all laden with slave cargoes, and it has almost cleared the bights. – Niles Register


AMERICAN ENTERPRIZE Extract f a letter from Capt. Cunningham, dated St. Diego, December 1826 “There has arrived at this place Capt.


Jedediah S. Smith, with a company of Hunt- ers, from St. Louis, on the Missouri. These hardy adventurers have been 13 months traveling their route, and have suff ered numerous hardships. They have often had death staring them in the face – sometimes, owing to the want of sustenance; at others, to the numerous savages which they have been obliged to contend with. Out of 50 horses which they started with, they brought only 18 in with them; the others having died on the road for want of food and water. Does it not seem incredible that a party


of fourteen men, depending entirely upon their rifl es and traps for subsistence, will ex- plore this vast continent, and call themselves happy when they can obtain the tail of the beaver to dine upon? Capt. Smith is now on board the COURIER, and is going with me to St. Pedro to meet his men; from thence he intends to proceed northward in quest of beaver, and return afterwards to his deposite in the Rocky Mountains.” [St. Diego and St. Pedro are ports in


California, West Coast of America, nearly 3000 miles from Boston.]


Antarctic Expeditions. – Capt. J. N.


Reynolds, the pupil of Symmes, and who, it is said, has stolen his master’s trade, has announced, in one of the Baltimore papers, that fi nal arrangements have been made for the commencement of the long talked of polar expedition. A contract has been made with an experienced naval architect for the construction of a suitable vessel, and the expedition is expected to sail in the course of the “coming season”– But another vessel is wanted to accompany the expedition as a tender, and for the purpose of obtaining such an one, he an appeal to the citizens of the United States. He says, “there are more than million and half of square miles which have never been explored, and a coast of more than three hundred degrees of longitude, in which the Antarctic Circle has never been approached.


* * * * * Wiscasset, September 23, 1827 There is an unusual quantity of business


before the S. J. Court, now in session in this town. The Grand Jury was not discharged till Thursday evening of last week, after fi nding a number of important bills. The following convictions and sentences have taken place, besides some others not of a felonious na- ture. The criminal docket is still unfi nished, though the fi delity and dispatch of the public offi cers have been unceasing.


of age, was convicted of a felonious assault with intent to kill, committed on board a vessel off George’s Island.


Liverpool on the 21st


At the Royal Naval Dinner given in ult. to celebrate the


birthday of the Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral, “The Health of the President of the United States” was given as one of the regular toasts on which Admiral Coffi n “sincerely thank the company for the honor they had done to that Gentleman. As a native of America and a subject of this country, he hoped the two States would long be united in brotherly union.”


Falmouth, (Jamaica) July 13 Another infringement of the Order in


Council. The American brig LUCY, Church, direct from New York, was spoken off this port on Saturday nigh, bound to Montego Bay, for orders, where, it appears, she ob- tained a supply of water, and “from some misunderstanding relative to a market,’ she proceeded next day to St. Thomas. This communication of American vessels with a port in this Island, in defi ance of the Order in Council, is rather more than would be permitted to British vessels on the American coast, for, by their acts concerning Naviga- tion, which came into full force on the 1st inst.


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MARINE LIST Port of Belfast Arrived


September 26th , sloops PENOBSCOT,


Ross; WM. & HENRY, Johnson, Portland; schooners CLEOPATRA, Gray, Somerset; FINANCIER, Yarmouth. September 27th


, schooners BOSTON


PACKET, Shute, Boston; HARMONY, Macy, Nantucket. September 28th


September 29th


son, Chatham. September 30th


, steamboat, WATER-


VILLE, Porter, Kennebec, and left next day for Bangor.


, sloop RAPID, Nicker- , schooner DOLPHIN,


Trundy, fi shing voyage. October 1, schooner FAME, Houston,


New York, passenger Capt. D. Otis; brig MARGARET, Castine. October 2nd


, schooners WALLACE,


Barnstable; LENITY, Boardman. * * * * *


Arrived September 28 at Lincolnville,


ship CASHMERE, Whitney, from Philadel- phia in ballast. Arrived at Hampden, brig FRANCES


SOPHIA, Curtis, from St. Pierres, (Mart.) in ballast, has brought home the offi cers and crew of brig LYDIA, Hamlin of Hampden, totally lost at St. Pierres in the late gale. The FRANCES SOPHIA lost about 40,000 feet of boards that were rafted alongside; and brig ELIZABETH & ANN of Northport, 25,000 feet during the gale. Arrived at Boston, September 26, brig


BUD, Pope, Ponce, (Porto Rico.) The BUD was driven ashore in the gale of the 17th


, but


by discharging the cargo was got off . The gale was very severe at Ponce and the plan- tations were much damage. It was calculated that one half the coff ee crop was destroyed. Brig BELUGA, Nason of Kennebunk,


ready for sea, cargo 120 hhds. molasses and 10 hhds sugar, drove on a reef and was totally lost, vessel and cargo, together with Lewis Chadney a passenger, Daniel Butler the mate, and Stephen and Bradford Webber (father and son) seaman. Brig HERALD, Ripley, for New York


was driven onto a reef and totally lost, vessel and cargo about 200 hhds. sugar, crew saved. Schooner CERENA, Burden of Eden-


ton, ready for sea, cargo 123 hhds. molasses, was driven onto a reef and totally lost vessel and cargo, crew saved. Schooner ALCAID capsized in the har-


bor, carried away masts, ripped up the deck, &c.


Schooner WARREN, Perkins of Ken-


nebunk, was totally lost at Guazama, with the mate and all the crew. Captain Perkins was on shore and thus escaped. * * * * *


brig BUCKSPORT, Herriman, 6 days from Bucksport. On the 20th


New York, September 24. – Arrived inst. experienced a


severe gale, stove stern boat and received severe damage. 21st


, James Cole, seaman,


was knocked overboard by the trysail boom, with great diffi culty succeeded in saving him after being in the water one hour 20 minutes.


10 October Copenhagen, August 18. – By a ship


from Iceland, we learn that the greater part of the island, especially the north and the east coasts, had been surrounded, last spring, by an unusual quantity of Greenland fl oating ice, which produced a very stormy, cold, and dry weather, by which all vegetation was checked. The fi shery, however, has been very productive, especially in the south. Many persons especially children, had been carried off by a contagious fever. On the 13th of January there was an eruption of a volca- no, in the Skeidaraar Jockel, in the district of Ost-Skaptefi eld.


A letter from Zante, of August 2nd ,


contains an account of the capture of a Turkish frigate of 36 guns, and a galliot, by Admiral Cochrane. The frigate was much cut up, and surrendered in ten minutes. The cannonade was heard at Zanta at noon, and the next morning the HELLAS with her prizes passed near the Island, and proceeded towards Clarenza to anchor and fi t out the prizes.


LIVERPOOL, August 31 MASSACRE AT ANNABONA Extract of a letter from Capt. Mathews, of the schooner PRINCESS VICTORIA, Bound to Batavia: -- “I have mentioned the necessity of my


going into Annabona.* After calms, foul winds, &c. we managed to get within 25 or 30 miles of the land, by the 21st


of May.


At dusk the report of a gun was heard from under the land, which proved to be the last act of one of the most savage, barbarous scenes I ever saw or heard of in my life. On anchoring in the small bay, on the northeast end, we found the inhabitants had all fl ed, leaving a few pigs, sheep, or goats, behind, to guard, the miserable huts. Towards noon, two canoes ventured from the lee side of the Island. After great caution they came alongside, and related the following, in English, most, indeed all of them, knowing the language. They stated that, a fortnight before, a brig under Spanish colors, from and belonging to Havana, had anchored for refreshments, supposed to have had about 30 men indiff erently armed. The Captain requested the Governor to give his crew a house to carry on trade, which was readily granted, taken possession of, and barter, for small fowls, pigs, and goats, carried on amicably for two days, when the Spaniards grew impatient for more supplies, which the Natives really had not on the Island. On the following day two men were taken on board the brig, and most severely beaten; they are since dead. The Natives now fl ed to the mountain for safety. On the third day some return, and the kindness of the captain and his crew, for the time, induced all to return to the village. For of the crew slept on


shore, had a good house or hut, and as they stated, were well used. On Saturday morning trading continued till noon, when the crew rushed on shore, armed, and, without the least cause, reason, or notice, commenced a most heavy fi re of musketry upon the poor, harmless, and totally defenseless inhabi- tants; the consequence of their fi ring, as you may suppose, was a dreadful massacre. The inhabitants that were fortunate enough, again sought shelter in the mountains, where the unnatural Spaniards plundered the vil- lage, set fi re to it, and burned it completely down, destroying every article that could be useful. “I cannot describe the state in which I


found these poor beings on going on shore: I sought at least fi fty new graves in and around the church, which showed the number that had been murdered; and not a family but had lost a member, either dying or dreadfully wounded. I myself dressed the wounds of fi fteen. My ship’s medicine chest aff orded but a scanty supply; however, they were grateful; we cut up shirts, handkerchiefs, &c. for their use. The number of suff erers killed and wounded must have been, at least, 70 or 80; some were burnt with the houses when wounded, and others thrown into the sea by the Spaniards.”


The celebrated Red Jacket, for many


years the acknowledged Chief Sachem of the Seneca tribe of Indians, in the State of New York, has been disposed by the other Sachems. He is said to be very intemperate, and in other respects immoral and irregular in his conduct. He is seventy years old, and is still very active and intelligent. He pos- sesses strong mental powers, and is a man of great decision, and high temper. Twen- ty-six Chiefs or Sachems united in this act of censure against Red Jacket. They say he has become an enemy to his brethren and to the Great Spirit. Red Jacket never embraced Christianity, as most of his nation have done, and has always opposed the Christian missionaries. We recollect, in company with two or three others some fi fteen years ago, to have conversed with him on the subject of the Christian religion. He was very decided, and sometimes plausible in his objections – but they arose chiefl y from the abuses of religion, from the mysterious doctrines which he had heard taught as a part of the system, and the bad lives of its professors. He insisted, that most of the professing Christians he knew, were no better than the Indian tribes. – N. Y. Pa.


MARINE LIST Port of Belfast Arrived


October 6th – schooner ELIZA, Door,


Salem; CONGRESS, Young, Boston; CHARLES AUSTIN, Davis, Hingham; HARRIET & ELIZA, Stanley, Boston. October 8th


– ROB ROY, Donnell,


Newburyport; EXPERIMENT, Cottrell, Boston; CAROLINE, Coombs, Boston; MORNING STAR, ---, Salem; VICTORY, ---, Yarmouth; sloop ELIZABETH, Duncan, Boston.


October 9th Boston.


17 October Com. Porter, in a note to the Editor of the


Mobile Register, says his squadron left Key West by his orders, to relieve the government of the United States from any embarrass- ment from the squadron’s remaining longer there. The Editor remarks that a Mexican Offi cer said the squadron had been directed by the Collector to leave the port – fi rst by a verbal message, and next it was supposed, by a written one.


– sloop BRUTUS, Clark,


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