. The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . ke manyanother vessel of those days, had painted ports along her sides in order to make her appearlike an armed ship, and theAlabama, for such was thestranger, spent some time inascertaining the true characterof the whaleship. Finally a boat was dis-patched which, learning thatthe vessel was of Americanregister, notified Captain Os-born that he was a prisoner ofwar. It was a good deal of ashock, but there was nothing
. The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . ke manyanother vessel of those days, had painted ports along her sides in order to make her appearlike an armed ship, and theAlabama, for such was thestranger, spent some time inascertaining the true characterof the whaleship. Finally a boat was dis-patched which, learning thatthe vessel was of Americanregister, notified Captain Os-born that he was a prisoner ofwar. It was a good deal of ashock, but there was nothingto be done, and the officers andcrew were taken to the Ala-bama while the pirates pro-ceeded to burn the ship. Os-born, of course, had no ideawho was in command of his captor, and his surprise can saferbe imagined than expressed when he was confronted withSemmes, who no doubt was equally surprised at the identity ofthis his first victim, for the Ocmulgee was the first prizetaken by the rebel cruiser. Once he understood the situation, however. Captain Osbornproceeded to relieve his mind in a way that was highly dis-tasteful to Semmes, who did not enjoy being taunted in such. Captain Osborn and tlie iiuarterboaril ftlie Dciuulffec. 50 MARTHAS VINEYARD. hearty fashion ior thus returning the former hospitality of theOsborns, and he promptly clapped the Captain in irons, wherehe could cool off at his leisure, and thus closed the incident. It is some satisfaction to know that the scandalous mannerin which England broke the neutrality laws, principally in theAlabama case, cost her $15,500,000. THE MARTHAS VINEYARD RAILROAD. There is not much leftin these days to show forthe Marthas VineyardRailroad, which once con-nected Oak Bluffs withthe South Shore by wayof Edgartown, and therewill be still less by thetime this book is written,for the dilapidated re-mains of the Edgartown station are already on their way railroad was opened with a great flourish, the trial tripbeing made o
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