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- - g.MON. THC CONSTITUTION. AND THE LAY8-THE CUABDIAKS OF OUJl LIBERTT. j Vol. XIX, THlItSD.lY, AVRlh 23, 1830. IV. 007. 9 frm I. Mater' Wreath, li.i II ME tVIIEHE Ctt THE IIEIBf II. ft LM wlanvV lha Lrail i, 4ViVf ! 4 mci 4w.l oie. or rwllrgra, T t- !- frr evr, !. I lUtt 9H f iM, 7 , mit t.-j wit ber loter walk, i m .tV-r w.i krr t hit J. J fcitft. ' IV ln-f Jjj II C. ; li taw bring ri-S fuaaiai.it lo ftte wJJernra, ul J' ' J'-.ffl lflBg. 1 tc e t . ia rack M ttii, il i t nUwh ii- li n f'ika, A 4 on etch rh , uji the km llut jmj. T f. wtwir'rl fceart i.; Vt rbiiia. mif Jmmji hi d.ni, V it t tin t, I'm Kii.J'a '( i'irf , T'l .,n't' fl4IIJ hjMirj T - ! art j;if. a life il ti a.ilr, i. vt- 'Jf ''" P'', I f .i'.M l. i.5'm aii'tro, vj aaA ! w la lit Ct.tr. f Mi Hi' 1 1 1 r.lrJ l !) Sttttli. B.jf JrK. SaLJjnth Wrrrk. a u:i;::i or uu.miai:. Ii w a hesiii.ftj S-bbaih morning in i'if uii'uiiiuuf 1577. a mill cloud t.ng til wi'.'i red, sailed l-wly ihronfh the l!ae heavens; ilia un shone brightly, if c.mc u of iht glory and got-doest of iit M.ker, diffusing around holy !?! ns lift tranquility, characteristic I the ib)' of ret; ilit mjrsiie Frith flihcd lui k the aui Waui. while on t biniii jhJcil IK wilted franartea of .ninrtv, lliere m, Ijjt iu ikUnJ. g!o- m thriraiirncUi; iht My, ahrouu c4 m I15I1I. aj'pfauJ at a Icvu't'iaii, uii mn in iu iay; auJ ili giant Uaaa to aticti wiili tea-fif I, t3 $ m fmuil itioiinimi vt hhwr, in the n.iJt of ih- net. A thouiaiit! toatl lay along the 'Ii'iei f Dunbar. It at tint hirring r non, and thrro vera many loan frum the iiiiith ami from the nuttii, an J alt fnm ilia roam i.f ll.!!doJ. Now, lit!- i:i;a were brnught to lha fUhcrmen that n iiutoeiue hoa wa upon lh enaal. : aud rrgardleat uf iu being Sabbath oiorn-Jair. The fierce hail waa poured down! they tganl'iprrpare their thoutandj at cloud of ice. At ihe voire of the deep- ovt, an. I gi out ! act their aria. t Tha live. Andrew Simptnn, a mm pre red of the piety and bolilnet of an apniie, wa tiici) Aimuterof )uubar.and he went f jrth to the kirk, to preach lo nit people, ha beheld lha unhallowed pre paration of the fiahermen on the beach; and hi turned and went amnpgat lheui n I reproved ihin ;ertily for Ihuir great" wickeuuctt. Itul the men were obdu nt-; the protpcrl of great gain waa be f"ro them, and fVy mot Led the word--( the preacher, ) ca, tnine of thetn a aid l hint in tin word of ilia prophet. " (So u; thou bil l head." lie went from boat l boat, counacllirig, entre-iting. cspoatu 1'l.ng with, and praying for them. " Surely, aid he. the Lord nf the il-batli will not hold ye guiitli'ta for d'oa proftttjlioii of bit holy day." Hut t that period, vital religion wat hut little f. it or undcMtuiid upon the b rJera, and tliey regarded nt hit wordi. Hi! went U one boat which wa the tiperty if member of hit own congre i'ttiun, and there ho found Agnea Craw l-ird, tha duhli r of one of hit eldar. hoiijiiii on Hi neck of her husband, and eir tbree children a!o clung ar iund . "'in. and they entreated him imt to be,ed along the beach, and amongst them guilty .f broiling the Shba!h for the wailing widowa sought their hutbands, I..... I .. ...I .... . . V.I.I ike of peii'hiiig g liii. 11 tit ho regarded nut Uieir v..ii-i; and ha kiased his wilo 'nl children whilo he UnglicJ at their '.Ho fcir. Mr. Siiipsiin beheld the ociio with emotion, and npproaching the troup, J,,!,,, Craw ford," he exclaimed, Iilrosinjf ihe hsisbaud, "you may pro u ni.H ii, iolaui!ii to scorn, tnc word a fi cble woman, but tee that they rc. turn not like a conuming fire, iut t your; own nosom, when hone hat depaited. It l"'t the Lord of tho Sabbath the Creator of the teat at well at tho dry land? IV ye not that ye are now braving tllu wrath of llim twfiirn whom lha loinh y oi-chi is a drop, and all space but a i'l'i? Will yo then tjlory in intuiting hi ordinances, mid delight Vl profaning day of holiness? Willye 'draw 'own eer!.itiii diikiiess on the S.h hi'.h of y.Mir toulf When yo wcro but a '!it!i. vo have litcncd to the word of 'dm Knox, the great Apovllo of our ountrj ; yo have trembled beneith iheir l".vi;r, and the conviction they carried i:H them; and when ye think of those ""'ivJcii mM an I contrast them with your ""iduct this d iy, does not the word apos ' itH burn in your hexrif John Crawford, of your blood have embiaced the ''lte f.ir tha sako of tho truth, and will oof4oe tlix .S iliU nli w hich ihcyaanc 'lied, "n,,, tJotelniMii who openly glo- in such a sin, forfeits his claim to rU that U baa ma part or romnoaica V? "! gra Liu binh. 1 rawloril, hrarkfo unlo an tirf, t lha amrr of ymtt ife, a.n4 that of your baiia., h a Li.njinj Wp i, , rreJ( tlieir matlMr, anJ U oi Cu.hj of Uii Cio. am." flm, .tjj, h fi.iefaiill rrjaij. J w,t iU aopplieaiittne of bia if. ha brracie f u!lea at Uia won! of tha (uraclirr, anJ apiiwjir? into tha boat. re J an w, an J iOi bia romtadia be ?an ta full fuw tha a!,oro. ii"11 ,!,(,,,,n, Pl ta m, anJ Mr. Sitnpaon rriurnrj arroful froui lb beach to tbe kiik. while A-nee Cra. fJ anJ bia wifa fulbiweil bin. That Uy be t..k lor I.i test. lmrtuhfr the h'al.baih Jay q keep it boly j' an J, ! no iranf any ant fervidly drnonnred therrimeof Sabhaifi breaking, and alio. lf J to tha impiou f loeecJinc of tie !ay, bia brarera Iren.tlc d ; but fMr A r.ra wrj.i aloud, and ber rhildren rlunj arnund brr and wept aim becauae ahe wept. Hut era lha amire bad brrn con cluJed the beafffia began to lower. I hi I net fril oter rougrrgaiiun, and lirat came tha murmur of lha trm. wl ich auddenly luit into the wild boa I filia trmpeft. They gazed at rarb o. tbtr in eilcnt ttrror, l.ke guilty epirit. tuicken in Hair Cl rrLc:i;.n by the aearclniig gbnea .f the UiuniaCient. 'J'he loud voice -f the tUin waa hhriintlv huahed. and il echo ininjUd with the dreadtiil muMCvf lha vlcuieala. like the! LlratiKg if a tcndi r Uiuh iti the iud thai a wi rptth liowbng on the mountain, lnr m in. intent itiav . . . . . 1 - I ' and immnaeahle, acre atill diatended w ith the tong if praiae, but erery tor gua wa aileni. and erery eye fized. There wa no aoice aae bearen'a. Tbe church teemed U rock to il fuundationt, but none fled, none moted. l'le, power lea, at marble atatue. horror tranafj zed them in the boue of praier. TJe au-etle rocked in the Mart, and at it bent, a knell untollrd by human band, pealed on the eara of the brealhlcat multitude. A cra.h followed. The apiro that la tercd in the morning tun lay acattrre l in Irimcnta, and the full voice of ihe bill wind wavrd through the aitlet. The tree crourhed aud war airipped leaf !cn; and th tturdy oak, whoa root had embraced the earth for cen'.uriea. torn from the deep darkneta of iu foun dation, waa uplifted on the winga of the trmpcat. Harkncta wat apread over the earth. I.ii'htiiinz gathered tocether ihcir terror, and cloihed in t!ie furr of 1'ieir fearful maieatr. flashed throuah the' thunder the lightning quailed, &, the rage of the tern prt teemed tpeni. Nothing wat now beard aave the raga of the Irou M'd aea, wlucli lathed into foam by ll.o anry norm, atill bellowed forth it white billow to ihe clumla, andthouted iu defiance, loud at the war cry of cui- batiled world. The congregation ttill tat mute, horri fied and dealh-like, at if waiting for the preacher lo break the tpell of tlio ale menu. He rote to return tluukt for their freiervation, and he had giveo out the met i " tt'han ia 1'ijr wrat rebuke ma nr, N.r in thy fct rag c!aatea m f when the tcrctnit and howling of wo men anil children rushing wildly along the lrri t, rendered hit voice inaudible. Tha congregation rote, and hurrying one upon anoiiier, Hiey ruabed from the church. Tha exhortatiotu of the preach er to depart calmly were unheard and unheeded. Lvery teat wat deserted, a;l ruhed ti the thorc, and Agnea Craw lord and her children ran lo in terror wiili the multitude. Tho wreckt of near ly to hundred boats were drifting a' mani tho roekt. The dead were ttrew I .1. I, chil iren their fa'hers.tnolher their ton. ; and all their kindred; anderer and anon I an additional arream of grid arose at lha lifeleaa bodies of one or other tuch rela tione were found. "A few of the lifelcat bodice of lha hardy crewa were tern tossing to and fro : but tho cry for licipi wat nusiied, and the yell ol ueatn wat heard no more. It was, in truth, a fear ful day a day of lamentation, of warn. ing. and of judgment. In one hour, and within sight of the bcarh. a hundred and ninety boats, with their crews, were whelmed in the migh- ly deep ; and dwelling on the ahnre be tweeu Spitil and North IJcrwick, two hundred ami eijzh'y w idows wept their hushnnd lost. 'J'hc spectatort were bu- 8y iu carrying the dead, as they were, driven on shore, beyond tbe reach of: lulu maikt. I They had continued their melancholy task for near an hour, when avoico ex claitiied, " See, see, one still lives, and similes to make the shore !" All rush cd to the spot from whence tho voice: proceeded, and a young man was per-! ceived, with more ihan mortal strength, yet laboring in the whirling wave. His countenance was black wiili despair. I lis heart panted with sulTocating pangs. His limb bullctled the billows in the slrou ngony of death, and he strained with desperate cagc'iic18 towards the prejecuof point of a black rock. It waa ow wiiluq bia graap bat in in ttrad ha clutched tlia dereitful wae, tbat laugUd at bia deliteranee. Ha waa billed around it. doahed oa il with ti. Icnre.aud again aaept bark by tha re leaflet aurgp. Ho threw wit' bia arm a at random j bia deep croana and paiitine breatlt wera beard tfirough the aea'a boan toice. II again reached Uia rock I ha graaped, bo clang lo it tang led eiilre. A murraor uoaned throng It the ttiuluiiide. Tbey gazed on upon a noiber. Ilia glazed erea frowned dark ly upon tlM-m. SupJicaiinn and cro were minelrd in hi loitk. Hi lip uiv-a-d, but bit tongue btierrd no found. Ilf only f wprd u apeak, lo implore aa eitance. Hit atrengtti gave way; the wa ter ruahrd around lb rock, aa a whil pool. Ia waa agiin uplifted on tb wl iie boom nf the foam, and totted within a few yard of tha wailing bat unavailing crowd. Jl it John Craw ford! exclaimed ihuae who were able to recognize bia feature. A Iud ahrirk'followcd the nienlina of hi name. A female rothed through the crowd, and ihe nest moment the delicate f.irm of Agnea Crawford waa aeen floating on the wild tea. la an inaUnl a hundred plung ed to her retcue ; but before the arrearn of horror and turpriae raii d by tbe tpec tatr, when they beheld herderotod and deprt purpoae, had ubaid.d.kbe waa beyond the n acli of all w bo feared death. Although -no feminine amutciaeni. As- net had delighted in bufjetting the water from a child, aa though the ft It at borne in their bosom ; and now, the strength of inspiration termed In thrill through her frame. She waa hidden from the gaze pf the marvelling spectators, and a deep groan crept along the shore. She again appeared, and her fair hand grasp, ed Ihe shoulder of lb wounded man ! A thoutof wild joy ran back on the de serted town. Uer father, who waa a moog the multitude, fell on bia knees. He clasped bis hands together. Merci ful heavens! be exclaimed, thou who stillcrl the tempest, and boldest the a st ers in ihe hollow of thy hand, rrotict protect my child ! The waters rioted w ith redoubled fu .... - ry. Her strength teemed failing, but a smile of hope still lighted un her fcaturee. and her hand yet grasped her apparent ly liietest rjuruen. Uespair again brood cd on the countenances of friend. For a moment she disappeared amnngit the waves ; but the next Agnrs Crawford lay senseless on tha beach, and her arm teatinir on ih Unm f l.im i,..t tnatched from a watery (rare on Ihe boiom of ber husband. They were borne to their own house, where in a fuw minutee alio recovered; but her husband manifested no sign of vitality. All the mean within their power and that they knew, were resorted to, in order to effect resuscitation. Long aud ansioutly she wept over bint, rub bing hi temples and bis bosom, and at length beneath her band, his breast first began lo hcae with the returning pulsa tion of hit heart. " He lives! he breathes!" ahe exclaim ed, and she sunk back in a state of un consciousness, and waa carried from the room. Tha prescher attended by her tide, where Ihe unconscioue fisherman lay, directing and attisting in the opera tions necessary for restoring animation. As John Crawford began to recover, the film of death that had gathered over hit etet bevan to meltawar, and hecaz cd around in bewilderment, but uncon- aciout of where hp waa, and he tank into a troubled sleep; lie catt forth his arms, in imagination yet grappling with death. He dreamed, and in hit dream he shouted fur help. He prayed, and in the aame breath he blasphemed, and re vilcd the troubled spectators that hi fan cy could picture on the beach. In a few hours the fisherman awoke from, bis troubled sleep, which maty cz prcted would have been the sleep of death. Ho raised himself in Ihe bed; he looked around wistfully. Agnes, who had recovered and returned to the room, fell on hia bosom. My Agnes! my poor Agnes! ' he cried, at lie gazed wistlully ' - I r - . L . I. ... i . in ner ia:o, " out wuerr, wiicrii am i; My bairn, where am they!" Here, father, here! cried the child- ten. stretching out their little anus to em brace lam. Again be looked anxiously around. A recollection of the past and a conscious ness nf the pre cut, fell on his mind. Thank God, ho exclaimed, and burst in to tears. And when hia troubled aoul and agitated bosom had found in them relief, he inquired eagerly, " but oh tell me how was I saved: Was I cast upon the beach? Thero is a confused reniein bratice in my brain, as though an angel grapctl nio wnen i was auiKing, anu held me. Out my head ia confuted, and I remember nothing, hut aa a dream, save . . i xh bursting o'er o' the dreadful storm, wi' tho perishing o hundreds in an in atant, and the'awfu cry that rang from boat to boat a judgment has come o er uk! and it was a judgment indeed! Uh Agnes! had 1 listened to your wurds, and to tho piayera o' my bit o' bairns, or the advice o' tho minister, I wad hao escaped the tiu which I ha this day corn- mitied, and the borrora wi which it baa been tiaited. Dot tell o bow or ia wbft manner I wa saved. John, aaid li e aged elJer. the father of Agnea, y waa eaved by ll merciful and wsuiiiieg power o that Providence which ye thit taoraing tel at naught. Out 1 rejoice to find that your beau ia nn hardened, aad thM the awlul visiutiua ihi judgment a ye have wet! described it, which baa thia day filled our coatt with widowa and orphan, baa not fallen a pun yna ia eain, while ye acknowledge your guilt, and are grateful for your deliverance. Your Wing tared ia naething abort of a miracle. We bad beheld how long and how detjierately ye eirurgled villi the raging warce. when we knew not who you were, and it wat na in tie power of any bcirg upon the abort to render ye th slightest atsutauee. IV aaw bow ya struggled lo reach-ihe black rock, and how ye waa awept around it: and when j at last reached it, we observed how ye clung to it wi the grasp o death, until your strength gaie way, and the wavea dashed you from it. Then y wa driven towarde the beach, and torn of th spectator recognised your countenance, and they cried out your nam. A scream burst upon my ear a woman rushed through the crowd. and tin John! oh then! but here the feeling ol the old mat) orerpowcicd him. He sobbed aloud, and after a few moment added" Tell him sonte o ye." Oh! tell me. aaid the fisherman; all that my father-in-law hath aaid. 1 kenned before. liut bow waa I tavi d! or by whom! The preacher took up the tale, heark en un'o me, John Craw ford, aaid be, "ye have reason ilia day of eorrew, to be grateful beyond measure. In tho morn ing ye mocked my counsel, and tat at noog lit my reproof. True if wa not the apeaker but th words anoken that ye ought to have rrgartod, for they were not my word, and 1 waa but the humble instrument lo convey them to ye. Cut ye despised them; and aa ye towed, .i have ye reaped. Cut aa your father-in-law hath told ye, alien juur face wa re cognizcJ from the khore,and your name was mentioned, a woman screamed ahe rushed tliioi'gh tha multitude the plung ed into the boiling tea, and in an instant, !ie vb0 out of the reach of help"' Speak speak on," cried the giber men cageily; and he placed hi hands on hia heaving bosom, and gazed anxiously now toward the preacher, and again to hi Agner, who wept over hi shoulder. The Providence which bad till ihen sustained you, while your fellow crea tures perished around," adJed the clergy man, supported her. She reached you the grasped your arm. After a long struggling ane Drought you within a lew yards of tho ahnrr; a wave overwhelmed you both; and cast you upon the beach with ber arm the arm, pi your wife that raved you upon your bosom." Gracious heaven! exclaimed the fish man, pressing his wife to his bosom my own Agnes! w&s it you! wat it you? my wife my saviour! and he wept aloud, and his children wept also. There' nae merit in what I have done, replied she, for who should have attempted to aare you hd t no! ye are every thing to me, jonn, sail ta our bairns. lint the feelings of the w ife and mo ther ara too alron for words. 1 wi not dwell upon the joy and gratitude of the lamiiy. In wbom the hut-baud aud the father had been restored as from the dead Ito found a sorrowful contrast in the voice of lamentation and of mourning. which echoed alonr tho const litu ih peal of an alarm bell. The dead were laid in heap upon tho bench, and on the following day, widows, orphans parents and brothers, came from all the fi(nnj towns along the coat to seek their dead amongst the drowned, that had been ga ihercd together, or if they found them not, they wandered along tho shore to seek for them, where the sea might have cait them forth. Such is the tale of the Sabbath wrecks on ho last drave of Dun bar. From tho Democratic Review. Old Ironsides on a Lcc.hore BY AX KTB WITNESS. . .... . ii was at me ciojo ot a stormy djy in the year 1835, when the gallant Fri gate Constitution, under the command of Captain Mlliot laving on board the late Edward Livingston, bite minister at the Court or trance, and family, and manned by nearly five hundred souls- drew near to " the chops r the Eng. lish Channel. For four days the hid been beating down from Plymouth, aud on the fifth, at evening, the made her last tack for Ihe r reach coast. Th watch was set at eiuhl P. M. iho Captain came on deck soon after, and having ascertained the bearing of Scilly, gave orders to keep tho ship " full and bye," remarking at the same timo to the officer nf the deck, that he might make the light on the Wo beam, but, he staled, he thought it more than probable that he would pass it without seeing it. He then " turned ia," at did most of the idlers and tho starboard watch. At a quarter past nine, P. M., tho ship headed west by compass, whon the call of " Ught O ! waa beard) Cram the fore topsail yard. " W here away V asked the officer of the deck. Three points lo the lee bow, repli ed the lookout-man ; which the aapro fetsionU reader will rraddy sudt rvund to mean very nearly etraight ahead. At this acoicnt the Captain appeared and took ill trumpet, - C1I all binds,' was bit immediate order. AU bands wliisl.ed the boatswain, with ihe Jong thrill summons, familiar lo the eai-f of all who have ever been on board of a man-of-war. "All bands, screamed the boatswain mate, and ert the la-l echo'died away all but swk were upon uVck. The ship was staj-gerinc through a heavy awell from the I5ay of Uitcay ; the gale which had been blowing several days, had increased to a severity that was not to be made light of. The breakers, where Sir Cbmdetley Shovel and hit fleet were destroyed, in the day of Queen Ann. tang their on of death be fore, and the Dead-Man Led; replied in hoarser notes behind u. Tu go ahead teemed to be death, and tt attempt to go about waa sure destruction. The first thing ilut caught the eye wf the Captain was the furled mainsail, which bo bad ordered lo be carried throughout the evening the hauling rip of who h, contrary to ihe iat order that he had given on leaving the deck, had caused the ship to fall off bi leeward la o ! points, and had thus led her into a poi lion on a "Ic shore ' uton which a strong gale wat blowtn her, in which the chance of safety appealed lo (he stout est nerves almost Impedes. That sole chance consisted in standing on, to carry us through the breaker of Scilly or by a close graz along their outer lede. Wa this destiny lo be the end of the gallant old ship, consecrated by so many a prayer and blessing from tbe heart of a nation t " Why ia the mains il up, when I or dered it set ?' cried the captain in a tre mendous voice. Finding that she pitched her bow under, I took it in, under your general order, sir, that the officer of the deck should carry sail according to hi discre lion," replied the Lieutenant in com mand. "Heave th big," was (Tip prompt command, to the iiusier' mate. The log was thrown. " How fail does she go I" " Five knots aud a half, air." " Hoard the main lack.' "She will not bear it, sir," said the officer of the deck. " Boaid the main lack,' thundered the Captain. Keep ber full and bye, Quar terinasier." " Aye ! aye, sir !" Th Uck was boarded. ' Haul aft the main sheet,'-! shouted the captain, and aft it went like the spreading of a sea bird wjng, giving tip huge il to the gale. "Give her the lee' helm when she goes into the sea," cried th Captain. Aye 1 aye 1 sir ! ah has it," growl ed out th old sea-dog at tha binnacle. 6 m "- l bye." " Aye I aye ! sir ! full and bye she is." was the prompt answer from the helm. " How fast does she go ?" " Nine knots and a half, sir." " How bears the light !" " Newly a beam, sir.' " Keep her away half point." How f.ist does she go ?'' Klrtht t-niif hfTm L r Iia. riill rwl i niine knots, sir. " Steady so !" returned the captain. " Steady," answered iho helmsman. and all was the silthiceof tho crave upon that crowded deck, except the howling of the storm -for a space ol luue that seem ed to my imagination almost an age. Il was a trying Imiir with us unless we could carry sail so aa to go at the rate of nino knots an hour, we most of i necessity dash apou Scilly, and and wil l ; ever touched these tocka and lived du- ring a storm t. -Tie, .ca ran very high, the rain fell in sheets, the sky was one black curtain, illuminated only by the faint light which was to mark our dcliv- erence, or stand a monument of our de struction. I ho wind hail got above whistling, it cauie in puffs that flattened lha nates, and made our old frigate set. tie to her bearings, while every thing on board seemed to be cracking into pieces. At tins runment the carpenter reported that the left boll of the weather fore Sthroud hail drawn. Get on the luffr, and set them on all the weather shrouds. Keen her at small lelm. Quartermaster, and ease her in the aea." were the orders of the captain. Ihe lulu were soon put upon the weather shroud, which of course reliev ed the chains and channels, but many an anxious eye was turned towards the re inaininggkolts, for upon them depended the masts, and upon the masts depended the safety of the ship tor with one fool of canvass less she could not live fifteeu ruinates. Onward plunged tha ovcrludencJ fri gate, and at every eurgn the seemed bent epo.a making the deep the aiTwrt grave, sod lev liv wak side, hi eoffie f-" ry. th had been fitted oat aa Iesofi when the theratometer wa brlewr xerw. Her abroad of roars therefor slacken ed at every strata, anJ ber aawirUj matt (forth bad those designed for tbe frigal Cumberland, a mrh larger abif.) teemed ready to jotap oat of ber And now, mrbil .Ml was apprehension, anoth er bolt drew Iand then another ! an til at last, oar whole lay was placed up on a ina boll Je than a snaa'e vriet in riicumfcnnee. Still th good iron clung to th oIiJ wood, end bore n a fbngtide the breaks". hagh in srot I fearful proximity t ihew. Pliia thrill- -!,. a t. inf incuieni na never, a -- noticed io public, but it it the literal fart which I make not the slightest aliesnpt tt embellish. Aa we f allopfij on for I can compare our vessel leapirtal l no thing viae the rock termed very rot us. Dark aa wa the night, the while f.nro scowled around their black head, while the spray fell over at, and the ihuuder of ihe dashing urg aounded like the awful knell that the ocean wae singing for the victim it wa eager to engulpb. At length the light bore npon our quar ter, and the bold Atlantic rolled ita white caps before tjt. During this lime all were silent, each officer and man waa at bia post, and the bearing and counte nance nf the Captaiu seemed to give en- eouns-ineti! ,u every person on board. With but a bare possibility of easing tl ship and those on board, he relied on hie nautical skid and courage, and by carry ing the mainsail when in any ether eite ation would hv been considered a ui cidal art. tie vtnlhtred the he thore and tatct ihe Contlitution. The mainsail was now hauled op, by light hearts and strong hands, the jib and spanker taken in, and from the light of Scilly the gallant vessel, under cJoe reefed topsails and main trysail, took her departure and danced roeirily on the dcrp towards the United Slater, " Pipe down,' said Ihe captain to the First Lieutenant, " and splice the main brace. Pipe down, echoed the First Lieutenant to the boatswain. Pipe down," whistled the boatswain to the crew, and pipe down'? it was. " How near the rocks did w go ! said I o one of the master's mate next morning. He made no reply, but tak ing down a chart he alio wed mo a pen cil line between the outside shoal of thai Light House Island, which must have been a small straight for a 'fisherman to run his smirk through in good wcaibeg by day light. 4 For what is the noble and dear olJ fri.' gate reserved ! ", I went upon deck ; the sea waa calm.'' a gentle breeze wa swelling our can- ' vass from our mainsail to royal, the iaJea of Scilly had sunk in the eastern wa ter. t a . a, . . . anu me ciouus or the dying storm were rolling olTin broken masses in the north ward and ' westward. I k the Urine columns ol a beaten -trnjy. I have been in many a gale of wind, and have past thr'oueh tceues of treat danger; but never, before nor ainct. have I experienced an hour ao terrific, as that when the Constitution waa labor ing, with the hrea of fit hundred men , hanging on a single email iron boll. io weather Scilly, on the night of the 1 1th of May, 1835. Aofe. Dur'mjr the gale, Mrs. Lir. ingston inquired; of the Captain, if wa were not in great danger; to which he replied as soon as wa had passed Scilly, "you are as tafe as you would be in the aisle of church." It ia singular that the frigate Boston, Captain McNeal. about the cloao of the revolution, escaped a similar danger while employed in carry- , ing out lo France, Chaneellor Livingston, a relative of Edward' and also Aliniater lo the Court of St. Cloud. II likewise had hia wife on board, and whil Ik vesel wa weathering a lee hore, Mr. Livingston asked th Captain a rooh k... t.i ... . urn 3ii.t oiu ore-eater u they were not in great danger ; to which ba renli ed " You had better, Madaoi, ret down on your knees, and pray to God to forgive you your numerous aia i., if w don't carry by Oua'poinC we ahsU all be down in five minutes." " THE GOTIIS AND HUNS. The terrific honors which these fero cious nations paid lo their deceased mo. narchs. are recorded in liatary by the interment of Atl.la, Kmg'of , and Alanc, King of the Goths. Atuladied in 433and was buried in the nuds of a vast ch.mp.ij,,. , cof. encioseu in one of toJ another of ailver, and another of Iron! With ihe body were interred all the spoils of ihe enemy, harnesses ernhroi dered with gold and studded with jw els. rich ailks, and whatever they had taken most precious in the palaces of th kings they had pillaged anti that the place or his interment might forever re mam concealed, the iKuns .deprived of life all those who aasisied at his bu.iat. The (.oths did oesrly the same with Alanc, iu 410, at Coainea. a town in Calabria. Th.y iurnpj ri.r asentj ; atl having formed a grave ia i: -1 . 4f , ii t . t . .I. ' I! I - a, I a J I -I 4 --:V . y i 1 4 . il I i a -at It " 4
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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April 25, 1839, edition 1
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