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THE MUSEUM.
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Fiom Bracebridge Hall, byWashiugt'n
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THE STOiiM SHIP.
Tn'thf* goiHcn aga'-of the province of the
New Netherlands, when it was under the
Bwsty *>t Wju.er. Van Twiller, otherwise
calied .Walter *he Doubter, the people of
ti*e Maiihattoes were alarmed, one sultry
afternoon, just about tue time of the sum
mer solstice, by a tremendous storm <>t
thunder and lightning. The rain descend
ed iu such torrents as absolutely to spatter
up and smoke along the grouo . It seem
c and as if toe-thunder rattled and roared over
ti.e very roofs of the houses. The lightning
was seen to play about the church of St.
has, and to strive three times in vain,
to strike its weather-cock. Garret v un
H. rue’s new chimney was split almost
from top to bottom, and Doifue MilJe
bergec was struck speechless from his bald
taced mare, just as he was riding into town.
—ln a word, it was one of those unpara
lelled, storms that only happen once
within the memory of that venerable per
suaage,known in all towns by the appella*-
tion of* the oldest inhabitant.”
Great was the terror of the good old wo
men oft he Manhattoes ; they gathered
their children together and took refuge in
the cellars, after having hung a shoe outlie
iron point of every bed post, lest they
should attract the lightning. At length
the storm abated ; the thunder sunk into a
growl and the setting sun breaking from
under the fringed borders of the clouds,
made the broad bosom of the bay to gleam
like a sea of molten gold.
The word Was given from the fort that a
ship was standing up the bay. It passed
fro n mouth to mouth, and street to street,
& soon put the little capital in a bustle. —
The arrival of a ship, in tlmseearly times of
tiie settlement, was an event of vast impor
tance to tiie inhabitants. It brought them
news from the old world, from the land ot
their birth, from which they- were so com
pletely severed. To the yearly ship, too,
they loose dfor their supplies of luxuries,
i*f liner/, of to iaforts, and almost if necea
saries. The good vrouw could not have
her new cap, nor new gown, until ihe ani
val of the ship ; the artist waited for it for
his'tmU; the burgomaster for his pipe ami
pupply of Muiluods ; the school b"y for iiis
top and marbles; and the lordly I Midholder
for tha br cks with which lie was to build
his new mansion. Thus every one, rich
and poor, great and small looked o il. for
tiie arrival of “ The snip,” It was the
great yearly event of the town of New Am
sterdam; and from one end of the year to
the other, the ship—the ship—was the
Continual topic of con variation.
The news from the fort, therefore,
brought ail the populace down to the batte
ry, to fie mid tiie wished for sight. It was
not exactly tile time when she had been
expected to arrive and the circumstance
Was a matter of some speculation, Many
were the groups collected about the batte
ry. Here and there might be seen a bur
gomaster of slow and pompous gravity,
giving his opinion with great confidence,!
to a crowd of old women and idle boys.— ‘
At another place was a knot of old weather;
beaten fellows, win Ind been seamen or!
fishermen in their times, and were great
authorities on such occasions ; these gave
different opinions, -and caused great dis
putes among their several adherents. Hut
t!;e in an m.jt looked up to, and followed,
and watched oy the crowd was Haris Van
ifeit, a i old D itch sea captain retired from
service, the nioucul oracle of the place.—
He reconnoiiered die ship through an an
cient telescope, covered with tarry canvas,
hummed a Dutch tune to himself, and said
nothing—hum, however, from Hans Van
It od a.ways more weight with the
public than a speech from another man.
In the mean tune the ship became more
distinct to the naked eye. She was a stout,
round, Dutch budt vessel, with high bow j
and poops and bearing Dutch colours. The
evenin',; sun gilded fi-fr bellying canvas, as
she came riding over the long waving bil
lows. T.te sentinel who had given notice
nf her approach declared, that he first gm
<si*hl of he’ when she was in the centre ofj
t'ia bay ; nud that she broke suddenly up- ;
on hil sight, just us if she had come out of
tiie bosom of the black thunder cloud.!
The by-slanders looked ut flans Van Holt j
tii see” what.Us w.*ild my to his report, —.
Hans Van Pelt screwed Ids mouth close#
together ami said nothing ; upon which
m me shook their heads, and others shrug
ed their sh. uldcrs.
The shin was now repeatedly hailed, but
made no reply, and passingly the fort,
stood on up the Hudson. A gun wa.
broueht to bear on her. anJ, with some dif
ficulty loaded and fired by Halts Van Pelt,
the g m'is.M not being expert iu a tiller/,
Tim shut seemed absolutely to pass th-cugb
tho ship, and to skip along the water on die
m'ler side, bit no notice was taken of it.
Wnat was strange she had all her sails set,
and sailed right against wi: and and tide,
which were both down Ihe river.
Upon this Hans Van Pelt, who was like
wile’ hi tin r master, ordered hit boat, and
set off to board her : but after rowing two
or three hours he returned without success.
Sometimes ho w-old get witnin one or two;
hundred varth of her, and then, io a twink
ling, she would be half a mile off. Some
taid ft was bi 4 ea?i3e his oarsmen who were
rather horsy X s’-ort winded, -topped eve
,a then to take breath. & spit on their
hands ; W tKis.'it is probable, was a mere
scandal. He gut near enough .however, to
see the crew, who were all dressed the
Dutch style ; the officers in doublets and
high hats and feathers. Not awo and was
spoken lv any one on board ; they stood
a9 motionless as so many statues ; and the
ship seemed is if left to their own govern
ment. Thus she kept on, away up the ri
ver, lessening and lessening in the evening
sunshine, until she faded from sight, like a
little white cloud, melting away in a sum
mer sky.
The appearance of this ship threw the
governor into one of the deepest doubts that
ever beset him in the whole course of his
administration. Fears were entertained
for the security of the infant settlements on
the river, lest this might be an enemy’s
ship in disguise sent to take possession.
The governor called together his counsel
repeatedly to assist him with their conjec
tures. He sat ia his chair of state, built of
timber from the sacred forest of the Hague ;
and smoked his long jasmin pipe ; and lis
tened to aii that his counsellors had to say,
on a subject about which they knew noth
ing; but in spite of all the conjecturing of
the sagest ami oldest heads, the governor
still continued to doubt.
Messengers were despatched to different
places on the river; thry returned without
any tidings; the ship had made no port.—
Day after day, and week after week elap
sed, but she never returned down the Hud
son. As, however, the council seemed so
licitous for intelligence, they soon he ! it in
abundance. The captains of the vJHjs
seldom arrived without bringing soifcffe
port of having seen the strange ship, at dif
ferent parts of the river.’ Sometimes neai
the Pallisadoes; sometimes off Grotton
point; and sometimes in the Highlands; but
she wa9 never reported as having been seen
above the Highlands. The crews of the
sloops, it is true, generally differed among
themselves in their accounts of these ap
paritions; but that may have arisen from
the uncertain situations /n which they saw
her. Sometimes it was by flashes of a thun
der storm, lighting up a pitchy night, and
giving glimpses of her careering across
Tappaan Zne, or the wide waste of Ilaver
straw Bay. At one moment she would ap
pear close upon them, as if likely to run
them down; and would throw them into
great bustle and alarm, when the nest flash
wobld show her off; always sailing against
the wind. .Sometimes in quiet moonlight
nights, she would be seen under some high
bluff of the Highlands, all in deepshadow,
excepting her top-sails glittering in the
moon-beams, By the time however that
tiie voyagers would reach the place, there
would be no ship to be seen; and when they
had passed on for s-oine distance, anil look
ed back, behold! thare she was again, with
her topsails in the moon-shine! Her appear
ance was always just after, or just before,
or just in tiie midst ot unruly weather; rind
she was known by all the skippers and voy
agers of the Hudson by the uume of “the
storm ship.”
These reports perplexed the governor
and Ills council more than eve ; and it
would be endless to repeat the conjectures
and opinions that were uttered on tee sub
ject. Some quoted cases in point of ships
seen ofl‘ the coast of New-Engiand naviga
j ted by witches and goblins. Old Hans
Van Felt, who had been inure than once to
the D itch colony at the Cape of (food
Hope insisted that this must be the Flying
Dutchman, which had so long haunted Ta
ble Bit', but being unable to make port,
had now sought ahotlivr harbor. Oliit‘l3
suggested that, if it really was a superna
tural apportion as there was eve* v natural
reason to believe, it might he Hendrick
Hudson and his crew of the Half Moon
who it was well known had once run
aground in the upper part of the river, in
seeking a northwest passage to China.—
This opinion had very little weight wiiu the
governorjhut it passed current nutof doors.
indeed.it hat! already been reported that
Hendrick Hudson ami his crew haunted
the Kaatskill Mountain; and it appeared
very reasonable to suppose that this ship
| might infest the river where the enterprise
was baffled—or that it might bear the sha
dowy crew to their periodical revels in the
mountain.
Oilier events occurred to occupy the
thoughts ami doubts of the sage Woutei
and his council, and the t?torm Ship ceas
ed to be a subj.’ct of deliberation at the
board. It continued, however, to be a mat
ter of popular belief and marvellous anec
dote throughout the whole time of tire Dutch
government; ar.d particularly just before
the capture of N*-iv Amsterdam, and the
stjbjugalion of (he province by the English
squadron. About that tidie the Storm Ship
was rgpeadtedly seen in the Tappaan Zoe,
about We'ehawk, and even as far down as
Hoboken, and her appearance was suppos
ed to be ominous of the Approaching squall
in public a flairs, and the downfall of Dutch
domination.
Since that time we have no authentic ac
counts of her, though it is said she still
haunts the Highlands, and cruises about
Point no-Point. People who live along the
river, insist that they sometimes see her in
summer moon-light; and that in a deep, still
midnight, they have heard the chant of her
crew, as if heaving the lead; but signs anil
sounds ore so deceptive along the moun
tainous shores, and about the wide bays and
long reaches of this great river, that Icon
s fess S have very strong doubts upon the,
subject.
Ualm of Qjiiln,
FRF.SH wipplv just received by the ship
Augusta, and fur sale bv I
FRANCIS J. LAY- j
I
John Luthrop Cos.
Hunter’s Wharf.
OFFER FOR SALE,
4000 bushels prime Maryland Corn
100 bundles Hay
40 hhds. prime Muscovado Sugar
75 bbls best double refined do j
50 pieces Inverness Colton Bagging
50 kegs Larcl
SO bbls. prime Beef, New-York Inspect.on
10 birds. 3d proof Neutral Rum
10 boxes No 10, Cotton Cards
3 quarter casks March’s superior Madeira
Wine
30 bbls. Glauber Salts
100 boxes No. 10 and 12, Window Glass
.June 1 30
Lemons fy Mackerel.
40 boxes fresh Lemons
SO bbls No 1 Mackerel
30 hlfdo do
itist landed and for sale bv
NEWMAN ft BLAIR
Moore’s Wharf.
june 14 _e4o
Uncoil, Corn, §c.
30,000 pounds assorted Bacon
- 60'J husliels Corn
100,000 American Segars
Now landing from sloop Resolution and for
sale by I’ALMES & ROE.
june 14 dlO
Real Rye high proof Whiskey.
4 FEW barrels this superior article just re
xjl ceived from the Pensylvania Mountains,bv
‘1 UFTS ft REED. “
june 20- r!45
Hair Matrasses.
AFRESH supply of the above articles which
arc warranted to be very superior and are
particularly recommended as very beneficial to
health. For sale by J. W. MORRELL,
In VVhitaker-ftaeet, opposite Col. Shelmaiu
Mansion House,
june2o 45
Piano Fortes.
/EMIE subscriber has remaining on hand a fe v
I’iano Fortes, manufactured by Gibson $r
Davis —the reputation of which need no com
ments ; soil if not sold in a few days will be re
turned to the manufacturers.
J. W. MORRELL,
Whitaker street, opposite Col. bhelirmns
Mansion House,
june 20 45
Fo r Sale,
QTpWO prime Negro MEN. valuable field
4S. hands, will be sold low, if immediate
application is made
J. B. HERBERT & CO.
june 20 45
JV. O. and St. Croix Sugar.
10 hhds prime N O Sugars
15 hds do St Croix do
$5 bis do do
For sale by
BAKER N MINTON.
June 17 542
Mackerel § Herring,
1- 0 barrels No 3 M .ckcrH
200 boxes liigby Herring
Landing from sloop Income, and for spit by
A MORGAN
june 14 tdtO
Dearborn's Patent Balances,
OF all sizes, constantly for sale bv
T C HAYWARD
novlo 9
MOLASSES.
100 hhds. prime retailing molasses. For
sale by
LAWRENCE R THOMPSON,
june 11 atj
Gin oml Lamp Oil.
100 bis Mason’s India Point Gin
11 casks ij 10 Ills Lamp Oil
5 pipes Holland Gin
For sale bv
BAKER & MINTON.
june 17 5?;42
Bills on JVciv-York,
TSOII sale bv
C. C. GRISWOLD & CO.
june 20 45
Happiness,
TALF. for the grave mid the gay, by the
v&Jbv author of “ No Fiction,” 2 rois. Just
received, fur sale by
’ THOS. LONGWORTH,
Julmsoit’s Square,
may 13 13
.Merc Books.
QTMIE Martyr->f Antioch a dramatic poem by
ii the Rev. H. IL Milman, price 50 cts.
ItItACKIIUIDGE HALL.
Practical observations ou Midwifery by John
Ramsbotbars. Received and for sale by
THOS. LONGWORTH.
Johnston fequare.
juc It- 40
DRY GOODS.
‘• TjUST received by the Augusta, a fresh sup
] ply of the following articles.
Parasols and Umbrellas, assorted
. Irish Linens and Sheetings
, Domestic Plaids and Shirtings
Plaid Silks and Brilliantenes
j India Satins and Levantines
Crape Robes and Shawls
; 5 4 Bombazeen and Nankin Crape
i Jaconet, Carr.bvic and mull Muslin
j Brown Linens and Irish Diaper
Drillings and Dowlas, &C.
For sale by
WM. INGLES ft CO.
june 15 41 h
Holland Gin.
pipes Holland Gin, landing from brig
! Jw Abcoii*, andfor sa'e bv
V. WILLIAMS fc CO.
k
Sugar, Coffee, &c.
SEVERAL lots of New-Orleans Sugar*
on** of which is very superior
14 bbls St. Domingo Coffee
A few boxes fresh white Wine simi
lar to Champaigtie For sale by
J. ft C. BOLTON.
june 22 ni47
SAMUEL 8'i;)2)!)T:?;7
Taylor’s Wharf, offers for sale,
3 hhds high proof, warranted Jam. Rum
9 de 2d and 3d proof St. Croix liuro
20 .boxes Sperm Candles
32 do bunch Muscatel Raisins
50 do No. 1, Chocolate /
22 half boxes do
15 bbls Cherry and Rose Cordials
30 kegs spiced Salmon, and
18 firkins fresh Goshen Butter, for family
use
june 22 i47
Superior Soda Porcders.
few dozen of fresh Soda Powders, put
uTA up in the best manner-in portable tin box
es. equal to any in this city, and warranted to
keep in ail climates. For sale low.
ALSO,
A fresh supply of Sc,lutz Powders, and
Lynch anil Clark’s Soda Powders, direct from
his manufactory, New -York, to he had at
FRANCIS 3. I.AY’S
Drug Store, corner of Congress and Whita
kar-sts. Shadd’s Building’s Savannah,
june2l 47
Mackerel.
(py'jlst'FA bbls. Mackerel, No. 3
F or tlt !e by
JAMES CONROY,
Anderson’s Wharf.
june 22 47
For Sale.
11/'fjV'RV'FA bushels white flint CORN, on
‘Xir board the brig Abeona—apply
to lire Captain at Andersons wharf, or to
E. WILLIAMS CO.
june 20 46
Drafts on Charleston and
NEVV-YOUK, at short sight For sale bv
A. L. MOLYSAUX.
june 21
Sir Andrew Wylie, of that Ilk,
liy the Author of ‘-Annals cf tiie Parish” 2
vols, Just received and for saie by
THOMAS LONG WORT 11.
Johnston’s Square
junelß 45
Notice.
\UGUSTUS CORNWALL will Lave in
state on the 20th hist, for a few n omhs
previous to which a I persons having demand
will present them, a* .1 all indebted are re
quested to make immediate settlement,
jure 13 23
Day and Corn.
50 bundles Hay landing from sloop Income
IX STOZE
3000 bushels prime wh te Maryland Corn, lb,
srle by.
HALL U HOYT.
june 14 40
P. McDermott,
receved by tiie Ship Augus a !Vam New
x-a-3 York. 12 half bbls. of beef. Put up ex
presly for family use.
june—i4l
Earthenware
bird* china ware selected particularly
this market, just received per ship Emily
and tor sale by
JOHN LATHROP&
june 6 33
Corn Afloat.
3000 bushels corn, Cargo of schr, Hamilton
and Hiram. For sale bv
june 14 JOHN LATHROP & CO.
Hills oil Mew-York and Phila
delphia,
JJS4OR sale by
T ‘ JOHNSTON & HILLS,
jtine 19 h 44
Corn Afloat.
33|5?lTYTi bushals Baltimore CORN f or sale
in lots to suit purchasers. Ap
ply to PALMES St ROE.
IS STOTIE.
15 lihds prime retailing 1 Tobacco
June 19 4h 45
Cheese, Molasses, &c.
I7INGLISH pine apple Cheese
„! 10 hhds and 20 tierces Molasses
3000 pounds Hams
1500 do Newbolds do
i‘oo begs Lard
5 pipes Cognac Tlrandv, (Scignette)
30 boxes white Havana Sugar
100 bblsprime Muscovado do
15 i* casks L. P, Teneriife Wine
10 111 Is Jamaica Ruin
50 boxes Muscatel Raisins
Summer C indies, Soap, Crackers
Rutter Biscuit, prime lleef, mess do
Mess l’ork,rod & complete assortment of
Groceries, by
GAUDRY & DUEAURE.
June 19 c 44
Tor Sale.
The subscribers offer for sale, received by the
Thomas Fowler, and other arrivals—
-15- bundles prime //ay
50 boxes Cod Fish
50 bhls. Mackerel No. 2,
25 bbls. Reef
20 Pork
100 boxes Soap and Candles, from John
Winsley’s Factory, Boston
And a few ton Stone Ballast
LEVISTON & CANDLER,
ue
250 bis Whiskey
200 kegs Lard
30,000 pounds Bacon
Now landing and for sale by
LAWRENCE k THOMPSON,
junc 12 c 39
{£pTlie sliip Three Sisters
James Bell master, for Greenock, can stdi t I ’
tUO bales Cotton on freight if early apujikt on
is made to tire master on board, or to’ ‘ 8
j - , 0 ~ JU. REID ft CO.
june 19 44
lor Boston. ~ *“
Jj(M> The brig ABKOXA, T. Foster. Vt;
JKZ-8& saii on the Ist of July next. Ft.r freiti?
or passage, apply to the Captain on board'l,
Andersons wharf, cr to ’ 1
E. WILLIAMS So CO
june 21 46 |
for Liverpool, ~~
Ship VALI AS,
La fit. Land —has one half of her cargo re-.’.,
aurl now taking on board. She will |, e
patched without delay—for freight, apply - u0
Wood, or
JAMES DICKSON (j CO
june 15 41
For Alexandria,
Ora Fortin the Chesapeake. The
j .'d* fast sailing schr HAMILTON aid
j HIRAM, Capt. Turpin, for freight or paisM*
l hawing excellent accommodations, applvtii
1 board at Ancicaux’s! wharf cr to
JOHN LATHROI’& Cos.
june 14 40
f r _. Passage far JY*. York.
; The fast sailing regular Packet
I ‘-YliA'i Ship'GENERAL CARRINGTON,
Thomas Wood r.unter— will sail on TUESDAY
NEXT. For passage, having superior accon
j modations, apply to capt. W. on board, at Junes*
! upper wharf, or to
BALI, & HOYT.
june 22 47i
Hoots and Shoes.
JOTIN B. W ICK, lias just ! t'ccivcd
1 trunk gentlemens’ fine morocco Boots
. 1 do • do wax calf do
1 da cheap copper nail <j 0
1 do wooden pegs do
I do fine morocco walking pumps
1 do fine Seal Skin do
1 do gentlemens’ calfskin slices
1 do do Seal
1 do Ladies black damask Sattin figured
1 do do colored cio do
The above goods have been made to order
and can be confidently recommended to be
equal to any in this city,
june 13 no 4-5
Landing from brig Almira^
j 451 bags Sugars, of a superior quality
j 1/ hhds Muscovado do
! 40 r ises fresh London Mustard
3 pipes i’thrd FHipey St Cos. Brandy
For sale by
LAWRENCE & THOMPSON,
may 29 27. n f
Coffee Sugar
300 B ig* prime green Coffee
.50 hhds do N. O. Sugar
50 do do Aiu. do
For sale bv
E. WILLIAMS & Cos.
June IT 42
CHIME PORK,
37 Barrels Prime Perk, New York city in
spection landing from Brig Native,
ALSO,
A few cask Linseed Oil for sale by
ISAAC COHEN.
Jnue 17 c
11 lieumatism Cured.
JU~T received a fresh supply of that justly
celebrated Dr. P E. Braiidins genuir.c Anti
Rheumatic Salve, for all rheumatic affections.
The above highly esteemed medicine stands
preeminent—its superior efficacy has been at-
CtsL and to by a number of very respectable per
sons, who hate been laboring under that dis
tressing di-.ease. It is. now offered for sale di
rect from the patentee bv
FRANCIS J. LAY,
Druggist, sole Agent, corner of Congress and
W hitaker streets, Savannah,
june 22 47
MOTIVE.
‘3 HIE undersigned have disposed of their
■* Stock in Trade, corner of Jefferson and
Statc-st. to 11. Champion. All persons having
demands will please present the same, and a !
those indebted are earnestly requested to set
tle their respective accounts. —They have at
their Store, south sijje Market Square, a gen
eral assortment of
CHOICE GROCERIES,
Together with
nnv coons, & c . &c.
Being thankful for past favours, they solicit
from their friends and the public a continuance
of the same.
A. & J. CHAMPION.
June 21 1.5-17
Walt & Smets
HAVE removed to Pooler’s Dock, recently
occupied by Messrs. Brown Si Overstreet,
where they continue the Lumber, Factorage
and Commission Business,
jane 20 h 46
MO TICE.
4 id ME subscribers will close their business on
iJL the first July for the sumr er months—
persons wishing to furnish themselves with a
supply of
S/up Jt.YB CJMiLES,
Will do well to call previous to that time.
It is request; and that all demands against the
concern may he presented for payment.- —
Those indebted will please call and settle the
same.
L. BALDWIN’S; CO.
FOR SALE AS A ROVE,
50 bb's. N. E. Ruin (Boston)
bbls. No. t Mackerel
Savannah and Northern Candlis^
No. 1,2, and 3 Soap
Fancy do
june 20——45
Shot and Bar Lead.
48 casks Shot, assorted Irom mould to No,
9.
10 casks Bar Lead, landing from ship Geor*
gia, for sale b.v
LAWRENCE if THOMPSON.
mey Cl t> “ , ~