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Page 53
... skipper of the JOHANNA when , as most certainly would happen , the revenue cutter overhauled him and asked questions . Very rapidly the " silkes and boxes of cigars , linen and wynes " on board were transferred to the VISION , and the ...
... skipper of the JOHANNA when , as most certainly would happen , the revenue cutter overhauled him and asked questions . Very rapidly the " silkes and boxes of cigars , linen and wynes " on board were transferred to the VISION , and the ...
Page 54
... skipper to the officers on the government craft . " They claimed I had goods not on my manifest and confiscated them . I wish to ask if that is customary or legal ? " " It certainly is not , " shouted back the officer of the cutter ...
... skipper to the officers on the government craft . " They claimed I had goods not on my manifest and confiscated them . I wish to ask if that is customary or legal ? " " It certainly is not , " shouted back the officer of the cutter ...
Page 55
... skipper of the JO- HANNA , were eventually brought to justice through the evidence of the officers of the revenue cutter , it was a kinked lead - line and a faulty com- pass that should have been given all the credit for their capture ...
... skipper of the JO- HANNA , were eventually brought to justice through the evidence of the officers of the revenue cutter , it was a kinked lead - line and a faulty com- pass that should have been given all the credit for their capture ...
Page 222
... inquisitive neigh- bors when the ship returned to her home port . A whaleship returning from a cruise without oil , and with the skipper richer by many thousands of dol- lars than when he set sail , would be sure 222 SMUGGLERS AND ...
... inquisitive neigh- bors when the ship returned to her home port . A whaleship returning from a cruise without oil , and with the skipper richer by many thousands of dol- lars than when he set sail , would be sure 222 SMUGGLERS AND ...
Page 223
... skipper , -who in his high " stove - pipe " hat , black stock and long - tailed coat looked far more the deacon than the seaman , and was often a pillar of the church when at home , - would cruise about hunting whales and would ...
... skipper , -who in his high " stove - pipe " hat , black stock and long - tailed coat looked far more the deacon than the seaman , and was often a pillar of the church when at home , - would cruise about hunting whales and would ...
Common terms and phrases
American ashore Baratarians Barhona boat brandy Brazil brigantine British captain captured cargo carried casks chance channel chase cigars coast guard confiscated contraband contrabandistas craft crew customs officers DANIEL CHATER daring deck declared despite diamonds dollars drugs dutiable duties England fact famous fellow fleet force Francis Bourgeois French gang gems glers gling Goudhurst hands Hawkhurst gang horse hundred islands Jabez Lafitte land lawless liquor smugglers Long Island Sound lugger matter ment Montmorillon mountain mystery never Owlers passed passengers picturesque pirate pistol ports possess pounds prison profits Pyrenees realize result revenue cutter revenue officers rum runners rum-runners safe sail schooner secret seized ship shore skipper slave smugglers sloop sloop-of-war smug smuggling Spanish stealing wool stones story suspicion tain thousand tion traband trade vessels watched West Indies whalemen whaling wool
Popular passages
Page 71 - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board; couchant or levant we must pay.
Page 82 - If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet, Don't go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street. Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie. Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by!
Page 71 - His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he...
Page 71 - Taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride.
Page 31 - ... wood, of the growth, production, or manufacture of any English plantations in America, Asia, or Africa, shall be shipped, carried, conveyed, or transported from any of the said English plantations, to any land, island, territory, dominion, port, or place whatsoever, other than to such other English plantations as do belong to his Majesty...
Page 71 - Taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth ; on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home. Taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man. Taxes on the sauce which pampers...
Page 31 - ... any land, island, territory, dominion, port, or place whatsoever, other than to such other English plantations as do belong to his Majesty, his...
Page 141 - A little tea, one leaf I did not steal. For guiltless bloodshed I to God appeal ; Put tea in one scale, human blood in t'other And think what 'tis to slay a harmless brother.
Page 142 - I am not dead, but sleepeth here, And when the Trumpet Sound I will appear. Four balls thro' me Pearced there way. Hard it was. I'd no time to pray. This stone that here you Do see My Comerades erected for the sake of me.