. Tales and traditions of the lower Cape Fear, 1661-1896 . hers whose names are forgotten lie halfburied in the sands where they may remain for centu-ries to come. The loss of the Georgians McCall is associatedwith a horrible crime—the murder of her pilot. Whenthe ship was beached under the fire of the blockaders,Mr. Thomas Dyer did not leave with the retreatingcrew who sought safety ashore: he seems to havebeen Left behind in the rush. It was known that hehad a large amount of money in gold on board, and itwas thought that he remained to secure it. A boatreturned for him, but found his bloody
. Tales and traditions of the lower Cape Fear, 1661-1896 . hers whose names are forgotten lie halfburied in the sands where they may remain for centu-ries to come. The loss of the Georgians McCall is associatedwith a horrible crime—the murder of her pilot. Whenthe ship was beached under the fire of the blockaders,Mr. Thomas Dyer did not leave with the retreatingcrew who sought safety ashore: he seems to havebeen Left behind in the rush. It was known that hehad a large amount of money in gold on board, and itwas thought that he remained to secure it. A boatreturned for him, but found his bloody corpse skull was crushed as by a blow from behind ; therewas no money on his person. Another man was foundon board, but. unhurt, who professed ignorance of his 165 fellow. This person was the watchman, and it is saidthat he carried ashore a large amount of money. Hewas arrested on suspicion, but there was no still lives on the river, but the cause of poor I Oyersdeath will probably never be known until the GreatAssize. T=^|p=r 166. Captain John Newland Maffitt« Maffitts Experience. 2*0 iUPvE conclude our blockade-runners reminiscenced\\ il h a few extracts from his Tales of the Cape FWr*Blockade, published originally in the Southporfc Leader. [Experiences of Captain John Newland Mafritt,C. S. N., in running the blockade at Wilmington.]■ We are readj bo deparl ; friends bid us farewell 167 with lugubrious indulgence of fears for our the hazards of blockade-running had recentlyincreased in consequence of the accumulated forceand vigilance of the enemy. Discarding all gloomyprognostications, at dusk we left the harbor of break of day Abaco light was sighted, a placeof especial interest to Federal cruisers as the turning-point for blockade-runners. At the first blush of daywe were startled by the close proximity of threeAmerican men-of-war. Not the least obeisance madethey, but with shot and shell paid the early compli-ments of the
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