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Major Lindley Pierson was plainly very much disturbed when the owner / of the Bellevite was pointed out to him by the commander. He had / practically retreated from the position he had taken with his brother, / and had apparently given up the idea of sending him to the fort to be / made a soldier.
From the point which the steamer had reached, just north of Little / Pelican Island, Captain Breaker had directed Mr. Dashington to head the / vessel to the eastward, through Sand Island Channel; and she was now / moving towards the main ship-channel, which passed under the very guns / of Fort Morgan.