November 2017 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 27. HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Hancock Gazette - 1827


Donnell, Newburyport. CLEARED – ship CASHMERE, Whit-


ney, New Orleans; sloop BRUTUS, Clark, Boston.


* * * * * Arrived at Northport, brig ELIZA-


BETH & ANN, Young, from New York in ballast.


Schooner LUCY ANN, Ingraham, from Augusta for Providence, cargo lumber, was in Holmes’ Hole on the 8th


inst. had sprung


a leak and hove overboard a part of her deck load, sustaining no other damage. At Portland, 12th


, schooner BOUND-


ARY, Shackford, bound to Boston. 28 November


MARINE LIST Port of Belfast Arrived


November 21st - schooner UNION,


Boyles from a fi shing voyage. Schooner – ARMS, Marshall, Boston. November 22nd


Ross, Portland. November 23rd


– sloop PENOBSCOT, – schooner INDUSTRY,


Flowers, Boston. Schooner, POST BOY, William Shute,


Boston having made a trip in fi ve days; schooner BOSTON PACKET, John Shute, Boston 26 hours. Merchandise to Whittier & Patterson and Arnold & Colborn. November 24th


– brig BETSEY, Eells,


Providence, also, sloop BRUTUS, Clark, Boston 29 hours – merchandise to Borland & Whittier, John Osborn, D. Taylor, A. Bradbury, P. Morrill and others.


5 December


Extract of a Letter from Capt. James Bish- op to a friend in this town, dated Smyrna, September 24, 1827


I am very sorry to inform you that I


have been again cast away. On the 30th ult. while lying at Enos, an open roadstead about 40 miles to the northward of the Dardanelles, in Turkey in Europe, where I was ordered to take in a cargo of wool for Smyrna and the U. S. the CASPIAN parted her chain-cable in a heavy blow and struck on the rocks; the Hemp-cable not bringing her up, and fi nding her driving broadside on where there was no possibility of saving the vessel and hardly our lives, I cut the hemp and set the headsails, with fore sail and fore topsail and drove her on a hard sand beach to keep her from bilging. She lay in 5 feet water at high tide, the tide not rising more than eight inches. Every exertion was made


The Fisheries. In allusion to a para-


graph which has been going the rounds of the Provincial Journals, stating that the con- vention of 1815, between the United States and Great Britain, respecting the North American Fisheries, has been renewed for an indefi nite period, the Editor of the St. John Courier says – that the treaty of 1815 does not contain a word on the subject of the Fisheries – that the “fi shing convention was signed in 1818 – and one of its stipulations is that it shall continue in force forever.” Halifax Acadina


DIED In Islesboro Miss Esther, eldest daugh-


ter, of Capt. Isaac Boardman, aged about 9 years.


In this town, Sarah Emeline, daughter of Capt. John Shute, aged 4 years.


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to get her off . We hove after discharging our ballast having twenty men from the PORPOISE schooner on board six days but could not start her; and two days after she was stripped and everything movable taken out of her. The PORPOISE parted her chain at the same time and lost her anchor, and came very near going ashore – she pitching her jib and jibboom under. After stripping the brig of everything movable she was sold at auction for 3175 piastres or $265. Her materials were brought to this place and are selling at auction; including the brig there will be about $2000 saved. Our owners are peculiarly unfortunate, the CHERUB arrived yesterday, after having been carried into Carabouze in Candia by a Greek cruiser and robbed of all her cargo, say $20,000 to $30,000, his two guns, provisions, watch, &c. These piratical scoundrels are getting worse and worse. A vessel cannot put her hulk into the Archipelago but what she is robbed by these rascally Greeks. I don’t know as the Greek fever rages violently with our Eastern people, at least I hope not, for I tell you, and it is known by all who know the Greeks, that they are a dishonest, cunning, artful and piratical set of scoundrels; no confi dence whatever can be placed in them.


2nd


Egyptian Fleet. – The Moniteur of the October announces, that the Egyptian


Fleet, to the number of 100 sail, entered Navarino the 3rd


September. It was accom-


plished by between forty and fi fty Austrians vessels. Other accounts corroborate this statement. It, of course, invalidates the re- port of the capture and pillage of Hydra.


MARINE LIST Port of Belfast Arrived


November 29th – schooners HARRIET


& ELIZA, Stanley, Providence; POST BOY, Herrick, Boston. November 30th


FLOWER, Crosby, Orleans; CHARLES AUSTIN, Davis, Hingham. December 2nd


LIN, from Bristol; GERANIUM, Hingham December 2nd


– new schooner FRANK- – schooner ALPHA,


Reed, from Sandy Bay. Saturday at 4 PM 5 miles SE Seguin passed the wreck of a topsail schooner apparently about 100 tons, she had a white waist, the topmast rigging was rattled down. The sea was making a complete breach over her, could not ascer- tain her name.


12 December


Extract of a letter from Capt. Loring, of brig CHERUB, of this port, to her owners, dated Smyrna, 25th


September 1827


you of my being captured, on the morning of the 5th


“It is with much regret I have to inform inst. by an hermaphrodite polac-


ca-rigged brig, armed with four heavy guns, and having upwards of 100 men. The night previous the weather had been quite thick and dark. Judging myself nearly [????] with the island of Gerigo, I took in my light sails – at 4 AM saw the land, not more than [????] 2 miles distant – a few moments afterwards (not then daylight) discovered a vessel close on board of us. We were hailed in broken English to heave to. I ordered our vessel to be kept away, in hopes of making my escape, and made preparations to defend the vessel. It was but a moment after hailing me that she fi red a volley of musketry into us – I had but a moment to consult with my offi cers. Seeing she was well armed and full of men, I thought it not prudent to make any resistance, as the result would have been much worse than it is. She was nearly as long as the CHERUB, was, apparently a new vessel and sailed very fast. They took me to a place called Carabusa, in the island of Candia, took out all my cargo, robbed her of everything that


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they could lay their hands upon, such as spare sails, rigging, provisions, &c. Lost my best cable and anchor, hawser, &c. took my watch, 3 bbls. rum, and some clothing from my offi cers and crew. We were all in suspense, not knowing what the event would be. At times they threatened to murder us and destroy the vessel. They would not listen to anything I said respecting the vessel and it was only through the exertions of my offi cers and men that the vessel was saved from be- ing hauled on shore. We were treated much better than I expected – although it would have been quite diff erent if we had no cargo. “I had information, while lying at Milo,


that a small boat had arrived from the place where they carried me, with coff ee and sugar – and immediately applied to Captain Booth, of U. S. Ship LEXINGTON, who sent an of- fi cer with a boat’s crew with me, to examine her; and I found nine bags of coff ee which I immediately identifi ed as originally a part of my cargo. She made a prize of the boat, and kept four Greeks, as prisoners, who prom- ised to show Capt. Booth where he could fi nd the rest of the cargo. I left Mr. Parker, my second offi cer, on board the LEXINGTON, being a request of Capt. Booth as he would know the vessel who robbed us in case he fell in with her, and would be able to swear to the property. She sailed a few days since on a cruise in search of her.” I arrived here in company with the ROB


ROY, under convoy of the U. S. schooner PORPOISE; waited 7 days at Milo for her.” – Bos. Pal.


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