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SERGEANT, JASPER.
The followiuff account oF this dauntless
TpatViot soldier, we copy from the 'Charles
ton Mercury." The deed of noble daring
recorded belowthas long been familiar to us.
On the anniversariesof the 28th of June,
and oh the 4tli of July, the sons of Carolina,
in their flowing cups, ever freshly rereri--beredJhim.
An attempt is going tb
made to get a pension for his daughter, who
is living, and in want. For the honor of
our country, let it not prove unsuccessful.
Ciri. Eve. Post.
AVilliam Jasper emigrated at an early
aire from Ireland, and settled and married in
lina, previous to he revolution. Imbued
with a national hatred of tyrants, he natur
j -ally embraced with ardor the cause of the
! Revolution, and was ambnge first who
ook up arms and joined the troops which
Carolina marshalled at Fort Moultrie for
the defence of the harborj ot Charleston.
Upon! the memorable 28jth of June, 1776
and when the fire upon jthe fort was the
hottest, the flag-staff was; struck down by a
unon ball, and the "colors precipitated with
it over the "walls of the fort. Dismay struck
consternation into the" hearts of the assem
'bled citizens, who, from the wharves of the
th
Lei 'that justice whose demands have
been too long neglected, answer. Let those
who are moved by a j spirit of compassion
inquire. We opine, however,- that the case
has not been made known to Mr. Lesrare. r river.
We feel assured that when he does come to
know it he will , endeavor , to have justice
done to one of the bravest and most faithful
soldiers of South Carolina.
LEO.
e ISwest Chickasaw Bluff, the present his Majesty then came the Royal FamLJ
site ot Memphis, just ten miles abovef the Jy who had courteously , yielded to thenff
normern umus oi mis iiaie, is an ancient, tfre precedence. On Smelling the first
and convenient passage over the Mississppi nosegay presented by them the dog fell
river. Here De Soto is supposed to have dead. Madame Pom nHmir ; .'turned nalf
crossed the Mississippi, and left the terri- and was about to scream oui, when her
tory of our State. It does not comport Royal iover whispered to her" be not
with the purpose of this discourse to follow , alarmed the danger is passed. Hide the
this gallant, but unfortunate wanderer be- poor spaniel in a fold of obe he died
yond the limits of the Mississippi. I will to justify the, sftying-4ff brother, and
barely mention, that, after penetrating to father of the King, ad never the King
the highlands of White river, 200 miles himself.
rom the Mississippi, to Little Prairie, the j The ceremony was soon afterwaJtls con
other the other as resolutely denied the
Cannes ana tiot &prinss ot Washitta, the eluded, and Louis returned to hiinirivate justness oLthe claim. At last, such insults
were passed between them as no gentleman
of true honor could or would tolerate.
What? (you say with surprise,) kill a man
who refuses to pay you fifty cents ! But
the insult, my dear sir ? Well, you exclaim,
what was it ? a mere breath a man's
breath a negro's breath ! a puff of malig
nant passion ! I see, my dear sir, you don't
ojmau i-(.ucu me tuuiui)- auuui apartuieu i, wnere ne seni'ior tne JDieuten-
the mouth of Red RK'e Here he sent out ant of Police. You were well informed,
a party to explore the country farher to the M. de Bellisle," said he, "last yefthe
south. The frequent bayous, the impass-! poniard of Damiens a nosegay this time
able canebrakes, and the dense woods, and all from the same source '.' But in this
permitted them to proceed but 40 miles in ease l cannot punish sta I should. You
eight days ; thus obstructed, the party re- will please keep silent on this dreadful mys-
turned with the dishearteninsr intelligence terv. Aswik man hn U v J ma t
t j y - - - r 1 1 1 v a. ; j : t j -
they had procured, j llus disappointment wish to see him present him to me."- Understand the rules of honor. Theymwsf
auaea to me sorrows oi nis wnote career in 1 he Magistrate made some excuses about hght. What will the black and yellow
these regions, so different from his fate on the froUeur's humble dress and appearance, wenches say ? Coward ! Think of it, sir
the golden coast of Peru, and a defiance but was interrupted by the good natured " None but the brave deserve the fair." .'
sent him by a tribe of Indians near Natchez, Monarch with " So miich the better ! Their first meeting with pistols was pre-
completed the work of melancholy, and ( The working dress is the; people's dress of veHted by the interference of civil authori
broke the heart of De Soto. He fell a prey 'glory ! Bring your frotteur here I will ty. But men whose honor has been insult
to a mortal disorder, and to cquceal the treat him better than a prince l" Bellisle j ed are restless they vowed revenge and
body of the dauntless associate of Pizarro, went out and soon returned holding by i resolved to have satisfaction. ; The masters,
the governor of Cuba and the first explorer the hand his protege, trembling, and not i met and consulted upon it, and ' arranged a
of these south-western regions, 'the corpse, daring to lift up his eyes. Louis XV. ad- j code, which I venture toyrecommend to all
wrapt m a mantle ana in tne stillness ot vanced to him ; ' embrace your Kins:, wor- iuiure comoatants, wnpsy?nonor is so sen
first
midnight, was silently sunk in the Missis-jthy man," said he, 44 let that be your
sippi.' Thus the discoverer of the Misfire ward." "Ah, sir !" exclaimed the i
sissippi slept beneath its waters. 4 He had trying to throw himself at his feet, " am I
crossed the continent in search' of gold,' .worthy of such excess of! honor and good-
says tne eloquent ana most learned uancroit, ness V 1 he King drew him to his bosom,
feily, witnessed the fight,for they thought
for a moment it was losjt; but the gallant
Jaspc r was seen rushing? over the ramparts
he recovered the colors he mounts the
perilous height he turnsj waves the colors
in the lace of the enemy,? and hurraing and
shouting 44 God save liberty and my coun
try !" fixed them in their position and
resumed his place at thej guns. '
Heroism lrke this excited a correspond
ing enthusiasm ; the next day Governor
Rudedge visited the slaughter pen; called
for Jasper and offered hibi a tibm mission.
"No, sir. Tarn mo?e at home, and can be
inbre useful asI am."; Noble Jasper!
accept then this sword," and his excellen
cy presented him his own. Often did he
make it drink the best bloVd of the enemy.
He was a powerful jrtrpng, active, in
telligent, of the mostfefirless courage ; emi-
neni in partisan wanaire, ever novenng a
round the skirts of royalists, he struck them
iV I a prfe'blotis pHze. Inwlicit confidence Was
I placed in him by the American officers, and
v , ' n i i. t
ne was auoweu 10 pic-K a.iew uanng spmis
like his own, and go and come when, and
wherf he pleased. jSparcely was a - battle
fought in the South ',76 and '79 without the
aid of the Sergeanti . and ,many -acts as "dar
ing as that of the celebrated' Rescue," are
told
7
DISCOVERY OF MISSISSIPPI.
BY MANN BUTLER, ESQ..
On the 27th March, 1512, fourteen year
after the discoveryby Columbus of the main
land of America, Ponce de Leon discovered
Florida in his romantic search for the foun
tain of youth; This was a spring, which
was extensively believed at that day, to pos
sess the l vijine of renewing the wasted pow
ers of lifevpsNotwithstanding this charmed
power in the waters of Florida, the discov
erer died mortally wounded in a contest
with the warlike natives. He was soon
followed by various adventurers, British
and Spanish.. But Painphilo de Narvaez
and Herando de Soto were the most dis
tinguished. The former is supposed to
have landed on the 12th of April 1529,
near the bay now called Apalachce. After
passing six months in exploring Florida,
he coasted the Southern margin of this
State, and.the whole party, except fonr,
were shipwrecked near the mouth of the
Mississippi. The survivors, after years
of captivity and hardship among the Indi
ans, reached the city of Mexico. De Soto,
whose fame you so well commemorate in
one of the INorthern counties of the Slate, j' and had fovnd nothing so remarkable as ' warmly embraced him, and kissed him on
possibly in the path of his ancient explora- his burial place.' Three hundred, out of the forehead. Louis asked him in what
tion, next followed. This most remarkable ! one thousand, who had embarked with De ; way he could serve him ? 44 Well then,
adventurer, even at a time and in a nation of! Soto, alone lived to return to Mexico and !sire, (he answered) 1 should be happy to
uusuiiiasseu cutciimsc, u u uesiineu, 10 ' .us iicai. uiuivcu wue, iiiv uuuiu uiaiauilia.
realize the wildest visions of romance, had
participated with Pizarro in the conquest
of Peru. He had realized, in that fairy
work, every thing it might well be suppos
ed, that love of fame or -wealth desired.
Still this favorite of fortune, the pride of the
knights of Old Castle, panted to intertwine
his heroic and wayward fate with the state
ly forests of Mississippi. His keen passion
for adventure kindled at the news brought
to Spain by the surviving associates of
Narvaez ; and he easily obtained from the
partiality and confidence of Charles V, then
Emperor of Germany and King of Spain
and the Indies, the government of Cuba and
of Florida;
In May, 1539, all but 300 years ago, the
Adelantado of Florida, landed at the Bay of
Espiritu Santo, theTampa Bay of our mod
ern topography. 'Here; after establishing a
depot at the bay of Achnsis, the modern
Pensacola, and concerting communications
with his noble wife, whom he had left in
charge of his goveinment at Havana, he
proceeded into the interior.
Witout expatiating on the desperate and.
gallant contests between the native sons of
the forest, (roost probably the ancestors of
the Seminoles,) and their warlike invaders.
I will barelyiseleCt a few of the most
.prominent and interesting points, which
have4een identified in this boldest of the
European explorations of Alabama, Missis-
which gives him protection that's flat.
From the MicTbcosm.
DUEL EXTRAORDINARY i
Patrick O'Flaherty treated a- man scurvily thief is in the company, but if, he isthe
lyho has been fighting for the dear country old rooster will crow "wheii the offender
whirh ffivps him-'nrntfptinn tUnt !..,i. n.. '. i it.i i.;f. t
luucxies me uoiuiui ui ine Keiue wua i
handsl Walk found in a circle, and v tlie "
cock will make-known theswatch stealerT
The innocent need not4je afraid you know.
Dear Sir: A duel extraordinary occurred carry out thaloke. walked around the ket.
ire this morning, which has excited much'Ule in the dark for three or four minutes,
teret in the social circle, fwo colored All done gentlemen ?' .
4 All done !' was lhecry rf whefVs
your crowing, we heard noljckadooledooT
he
in
young gentlemen quarrelled-the cause as
usual a trifle. One claimed 50 cents of the
THE POISONED NOSEGAY".
provm
that have made America the terror of the
! bppress6is,as well as the asylum 6f the op
pressed, until the period!, of the (jisastrpus
sippi and Arkansas. Tusealuza, or Tusca
lnnsa. n3 It. IS nn writtpn i fircf nrocontprl
by fond tradition, fhus he went on, tHe waSf 8 the penivian historian, 4 one
mg the wisdom of those, institutions of lhe most ,hiCf (1 and warlike of
the native chieftains of the south.' He has
left his name indelibly stamped on a river,
and the capital of the neighboring State
6f Alabama. His territories must have com
prised a great part of what are now the
Statesof Alabama and Mississippi.
The Spaniards entered his town of Mau
vita (evidently the origin of Mobile,) which
is supposed to have stood about the junction
of the Tombeckbee with the Alabama river.
Here was the scene .of one of the" bloodiest
battles between the natives, and their invar
defs. The ruins of this town, sacked and
Pbunied by the Spaniards, became the tomb
of the heroic chief of uscaloosa, and 4 sev
eral thousand of his subjects. The plain a
round the town was strewn with more than
attaik of the combined French and. America
can arms to dislodge the British "from ; Sa
vannah; on .the 9'ii jf pctoberi '1779. It
wasunsuccessflf1eibcolors of the. rigi
ment to which'Jase'r.Hbonged were: pre
sented to it, with a special charge, from the
rnohle donof, M. Elliot, to Jasper to 41guard
them well.7' Those colors - were succes
sively borne by Lieutenants Bashe'& H lime
upon that fital day, and-both were : killed.
Jasper was resolved that they! should not
falijinto the hands of the eemy, and made
a prodigious effort to. carry ithetn off In
that! desperate act he was mqrtally' wounded,
and! there closed his brilliant carreer. Thus
has this gallant soldier,1 though serving ; in
the ranks, gained V renown and a histori
cal name, which campaigns and the posses
sion of empire have failed to. give generals
and 'Kings. The name of Jasper is in ' the ;
mourns oi our people, with those of Marion
and Sumpter, and Laurensand Rutleilge!
They remember it at thefr 'festivals, and
women and children speak of it vvith ! bene
diction. History has embalmed his name
among those things she holds most precious,
and poetry has married it to vernal verse.
The genius of painting has evoked its han-
I piest effors to illustrate his" actions1, and our
own townsman, Mr, White in his painting
of the " Rescue," has proved the glorious
power of the noble ait. In short; Jasper
has been made illustrious by .his own deeds,
and by the tribute of genius.
And yet the child of this man pines in
neglect, and as yet has received no aid from
thn laws. She is, a native of our city. Is
this proper is it just that the country for
which the father died, should suffer his off
spnng to sink beneath the power of want ?
IL 1SUhe Pav that -was due to him ?
Where is the warrant of hountylahds do
"uuiBanu nis representativeg are Ayirtu
jlly .entiUed by the tender of commission
iroiri Governor Rutledge ? h" '
i
2,500'bodies. Within the ,v?alls the streets
were blo'clced tip by the dead. ' 4In one
buildiog a thousand perished in the flames,
a greater part of them females.' It is, some
compensation for this demoniac havoc,' that
its' authors did not ntey escape from
the calamities they had, brought upon these
distant shores, Eighty-tWo Spaniards cas
ed as they were in armor of steel, perished
and forty-two Spanish horses were killed
by the Indians, ariWmoumed says the same
historian, -as if they had been so many
fellow-soldiers,' . The baggage and stores
of; the Spaniards were consumed in the
flames of the town. Tne next point reach
ed by the expidition, of immediate interest
to us, is the province and town of Chicaza
or Chickasaw. This is supposed to have
been in the upper part of this State, on the
Western bank of the Zazoo, about 240
miles riorth-wesf of Mobile. Here the
Spaniards, experienced aj(desperate night
attack from - thef Indiana , of
their met and more bfhetr-horses .then
un.no wninx Araerica, hd to'' precious to
theirs invaders ' i;- v'-. ;
v f After many simHTaylBni.'rerf'U test
lying to the xmtidery iM -,persi
yeringiprtitucje of Itie natives, the Spanish
party came in sigh) 6ft the Mississippi, on
the Rio Grande, ai'they called it. Below
On the eve of the fete of St. Louis, a
poor laborer arrived out of reath, at the
Hotel of the Lieutenant of the Police, in
Paris, and asked to speak with the Chief
Magistrate, the celebrated M. Berntiii de
Bellisle but it was one o'clock, the usual
dinner' ur, at the period, and the elegant
ly dressld valets would not disturb their
master for a 44 shabby looking workman."
The man insisted they laughed at him
he entreated they ordered him out, and
at length, provoked at his importunity, they
took him by the shoulders and attempted
to force him into the street. While strug
gling with them, he exclaimed 44 1 have
particular business with the Magistrate
the King's life is in danger!" At these
words the menials desisted and an officer
who was present, struck with the honest
countenance of the man, informed M. de
Bellisle of the circumstance, who immedi
ately ordered him to be conducted to his
private room, where he soon joined him.
The Magistrate had frequently been de
ceived by persons who, in the nope of re
ward, had rtimped up some story of alarm
ing danger to the King or the Government,
so that he listened to the workman's nar
rative with a stern and distrustful counte
nance. ; -,
It seems that while the poor Ifellow was
doing some repairs in , one of the pleasure
houses with which Paris about. ds V: h .over
heard, through a chink in the partition,
conversation carried on in an under tone
between two personages of the court; the
name of the King, was frequently guttered
drew his attention he listened attentively
and the details he learned were of the most
terrible importance. Among the nosegays
which were to be presented to his Majesty
on the occasion" of his fete one was to be
impregnated with a poison, so that it
would cause the instant death of any one
who should smell it. Master if so porten
toiiSi secret, the frotteur has left his work
tmBms'hcdand without time to change his
working clothes, he had, hastened to the
Hotel of the Police to reveal the dreadful
plot that was preparing. Bellisle sifted
him closely on the various points of his
story, but found him perfectly Consistent,
and was at length convinced by his earnest
ness, particularly as he offered to submit to
the torture to testifythe truth ol his words.
He took him in JiisvCairiage to -Versailles,
where he had him placed under the surveil
lance of the guard, while he went6 the
King's apartment by a private staircase, in
order not to excite the fears' of the conspira
tors. At eight o'clock on the same eve
ning, Louis XV. wenttofhe grand saloon of
reception where he sat .with a smiling coun
tenance in the chair of State at the bottom
of the room. Before him was the splendid
round table of mozaic, vvhich had been
presented to Louis XIV. by the Republic
of Venice", and was destined to receive the
brilliant nosegays which were to be offered
to his Majesty on the present joyful "oc-
casion. Jiouis exenangeu sinning giauues
with madam1 de Pompadour, and with his
hand caressed his favorite spaniel, placed
on a stool at his feet. The ceremony at
length commenced. The'King received one
bv one the various' boquets offered him,
aftd under the pretext of playing with his I
"1 V e ."I- ' '-' '"' -IT ' a. -'-. a 4 - mt I
aog, wnose muiscreei ivaiy oc..
reatlylO;muse him, he held each ; bunch
of fiowers to the animal's, nose, and. then
ai4 it oiv the table. The members of the
diplomatic body first paid their homage to
live near your Majesty, here in the neigh
boring park. If you will permit me to see
you sometimes, I will always be happy."
" Is that all," said Louis- 44 in fifteen days
a house shall be built for you, my worthy
sitive and so fugitive as to need murderous
md.n,Gtitfactini t0 glut heir ' devilish pride
with malignity. Yes, from the member of
Cojress down to the most outcast profli
gate ; for we read that all men lay claim to
honor.
Well, sir, they nfel coats ff these
honorable black heroes. The masters stood
seconds. They had each a cowhide placed
in their hands, and were then ordered to
listen to the rules of cowbat. 1. 44 If you
strike my negro in the face, I'll knock you
down with this cane jand 'if my negro
strikes you in the face, ' your master will
friend and every morning you will bring knock him down. 2 You will strike each
me a nosegay which will make me re-i mernve diows at once men stop, and
member that I have owed my,life to yourlsa whether yoii are satisfied if not, go
loyalty and attection. The King kept j on tin you aie. : Are you reauy t une
is a ueuuuiui uonage was ouilt wuct, xxuu nn.. j'uui
)r his humble friend near Trianon a pen-1 it into each other so hard that you could r
4 Bring us a light.'
A light was broughtas ordered . . v
Now hold up your hands good fols.
One helliyip his hands after another.
They wereof course black, from coming
in contact with the soot of the kettle
4 All up ?' - :
4 All up ?' was tlie response." - :
All black?' .
4 A 11 don't know, here's one fellow
who has'nt held up his hand !' '".:.ti
. 4 Ah, ha, my old boy : let's. take a. peep
at your paws J' ' v
They were examined, and jv'ere not black
like those of the rest of the company.
4 You'll find your watch about him
no w search.'
And so it proved. This fellow not be
ing aware any more than the rest, of the
trap that was set for the discovery of.tho
thief, had kept aloof from the ketde, lest
when he touehed it, the- crowing of the
rooster should proclaim nm as the thief.
As the hands of all the rest were black
ened, the whiteriessof one showed of course
that he dared not touch the old brass kettle,
and that he was the offender. - He jumped
out of the frying pan into the ire, and was
soon lodged in as uncomfortable a place as
either, to-wit, the jail. - ;
DEATH OF SAILORS. -
h
ior nis numoie inena near i nanon a pen
sion of 120 louis a year was settled upon
him, and he lived in uninterrupted happi
ness till the end of his days,
ECCENTRIC HOSPITALITY.
During the late American war, a soldier
who had been wounded and honorably dis
charged, being destitute and benighted,
knocked at the door of an Irish farmer,
when the following dialogue ensued :
Patrick. And who the devil are you, now ?
Soldier. My name is John Wilson.
Pat. And where in the devil are you go
ing from, John Wilson h
Sol. From the - American army at Erie"?
sir.
Pal. And what in the devil do you want
here ?
Sol. I want shelter to-night, will you
permit me to spread my blanket on your
floor and sleep to-night ?
Pat. Devil take me if do, John Wilson,
that's flat.
Sol. On your kitchen floor, sir?
Pat. Not I, by the Hill o' Howth, that's
flat.
Sol. In you Stable, then ?
Pati I'm d --d if I do that either, that's
flat. ; .
Sol. I'm dying with! hunger: give me
but. a bone and crust : I ask no more.
Pat. Devil blow me if I dosir, that's flat.
Sol, Give me some water to quench my
thirstfl begofyou. '
Pat. Beg and be hanged, 111 do no such
thing that's flat.
Sol. Sir, I have been ! fighting to secure
the blessings you enjoy? i I have, assisted in
contributing to the glory and welfare of the
country which has hospitably received you,
and can you,s6 inhojpitablyijeject me from
y outhouse ?
PaU. Reject you ? who in the devil talk
ed a word about rejecting you ? May be I
am not the scurvysspalpeen you take me to
be, John Wilson. You asked me to let
you lie on my floor, my kitchen floor, or
in my stable; now by the powers, d'ye
think I'd let a perfect stranger do that
when I have a half a dozen feather beds all
empty ?. No, by the Hill o' Howth, John,
that's flat. In the second place you told
me you were dying with hunger, and want
ed a. bone and a crust to eat ;nfw honey,
d'ye think I'll feed a hungry man' 6n bones
and crust, when my yard is full of fat pul
lets, and turkeys, and pigs ? No.by the
red
you could not
distinguish between the crack of the cow
hides. They were not sutixficd, and the
word was again given. From the way
these negroes fought, you would have
thought they hae. been practised to it from
their youth. They kept up their honora
ble itching ior revenge till they had each
received 39 lashes, laid on as hard as honor
insisted could inflict equal you see, sir,
to seven shots and four-fifths By this
time their anger was cooled down to the
very zero of satisfaction their courage ap-
i proved and the debt settled. Of one of the
combatants; I cannot speak of my own
knowledge, but I know the other was so
Utile disabled, that he waited at our dinner
table, in seeming good health and spirits.
Indeed, I thought him decidedly improved
bv the disciple of the cowbat.
LAM LASH.
Raleigh, August I.
Cowbat, from " cow," and " battere," French,
to cow-beat.
NEW WAY TO DETECT A THIEF.
The father of the great American states
man (Mr. Webster) was a very humourous
jocose personage., Innumerable are the
anecdotes that are related of him. As he
was once journeying in Massachusetts, and
far from his native town, he stopped rather
late one night at an inn in the village of
In the bar room were about twentv
powers, not I, that's .flat. In the thirdCjIn
different persons, who as he entered, called
out for hinito discover a thief. iOne of the
GomDanv it appeared, had a watch taken
from his pocket, and he kpow tbffender
must be in the room withtn
4 Come Mr. Almanac mkerryo know
the signs ofse times, the hidden things of
the season ; telwho is the thieW
Fasten all the doors of the ro6'm$ind
let no one leave it"; and here landlord go
and bring you wife's brass kettle "
4 Wh ew ! want to know! my stars?
my wife's wh ew !' quoth boniface.
Why you would'nt be more struck "up,
if I told you to get a pot.' -
Boniface did as'commanded. The great
brass kettle was placed in the middle of the
floorlts bottom up as black, sooty, and
smoky as a chimney back ? The landlord
got into his bar and looked qn with eyes as
big as saucers. ,C-
You don't want any hot water or noth
ing, to take off the bristles of no critter, do
you squirp V said the landlord, the prcpara
jns lookin i little too much like hog kill-
place, you asked me for some simple water
to quench your thirst ; .how as my water is
none of the best, I never give it to a poor
traveller without mixing it with . plenty of
wine, brandy, whiskey ,j or something else
wholesohfe and cooling. Come into my
house, myf?6ney ; devil blow me, but you
shall sleep in the best feather bed I have.;
you shall have the best supper an break
fast that my farm can supply, which, thank
the Lord, is none of the worst : you shall
drink as" much water as you choose, provi
ded you mix it with plenty of good wine, i
or spirits, ana proviciea jaiso you preier ii.
Come in my heartyj come in, and feel your
self at home. It shall never be said, that
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ing 4 tne oia woman s g" tu wt
the well's dry. ; , . ...
4 Now go into the barn and bring the
biggest coockrell you've got.'
Whey ! you wont bite him, will ye
heu's a, tough one. I can swear, squire,
he did' nt steal tlie watch. The old roostej
knows when to crow without looking at a
watch l . , :
Go along, or I won't detect the theif'
-; Boniface weAt to'the barn, and soon re
turned with a tremendous great rooster
cackling all the while like. mad.
Now put himlniider ?the kettlei
No w gentlemen I - ddnf suppose
low affecting, how appalling the state
ment, that 44 for every sixteen sailors who
died of all diseases, eleven died by drown
ing, or in wrecks."
It appears, by a report of a committee of
Parliament on the extent of loss of property
and lives at sea, that between 1833 and
1835, inclusive, there were 1573, vessels
stranded or wrecked, and during the same,
period there were 120 vessels iriissing or
lost, making a total of 1720 vessels wretk
ed and missing in the period of 3 years.
Tlie amount of property in those vessels
was believed to be 8,510,000, while 2682 .
lives were lost at the some time
On our own coast, .it appears by the
Sailor's Magazine, for January .1837, that
316 vessels and 829 lives were lost in .1836
Noestimate the value okeachjfessel am
cargo at, $20,000; we havertheJtmount ol
$t6,320,0j00 lost the last year byship-wrecks.'
Well indeed, might an ancient philoso
pher enquire, when distributing the hu
man race into the two classses of the living
and the deah, 44 who can determine in which
class we are to enter the names of those oh
the sea?" At this moment, perhaps, wide
the reader is quietly perusing these lines,
the sea in some parts is lashed, into fury.
Deep is calling into deep." A vessel is
staggering and plunging from the mountain,
waves down into roaring caverns. L Death
is raging arou;.ct it. seeking fofits jpi!-
moment longer a nail stzris .- .
me mesis piunge oer uir - .
and the vessel disappear, iiand
emphatically true .is it of . tlie Jivihat
there is but a step between Jiirn and death f r
How affecting to think that a great major
ity of those who have perished at sea, .were
cut off suddenly inUhe prlmeof Ufe. The,
earth is the grave of infantine: weakness,
of deceased emanciation, of "worn-out age,
but the ocean Is the tomb of theJ young, the
vigorous, the brave. While they were full
of heart and . hope, buoyant as the bark in
in which they had' carreered ' over, the
lightning sihote them, or the boom struck
them overboard ; they fell from aloft, or the
restless wave, washed them from the deck ;
the ship sprung a leak, or stranded or stnnjk;
the boat sunk, or the tempest gatnerea, .
burst and overwhelmed tlieraif "Thoo didst
blow with thy wind, the sea cover Tthem,
they sank like lead m the mighty, waters."
Under circumstances the rnst nnfavorable
reflection or prayer in a-momentf in the
twtnkling of an eye,'- tney passeanio tne
presence of their Judge.! .Tv".
How attecting to anticipate-ne uay wnen
44 the sea shall give up thread which were
in itiVwhen ' S! .
FiOir out their watery Wds", the Ocean's ienCQ
Renewed, hall, on the unstirring bilfows, tajjJ,
From pole to pole ; thick coveripg all the ea.M
How appalling to . reflect, that of the
counites's hosts Tfhich the sea. shall then
surrenderpmore numerous thaff its
waves the great mass perished suddenly,
44 went do wn (qiiick," and oh ! what ground
there is to fe that Uiey died unprepared--died
in angerwith death died, and " gave
no sigTi'i but tlhat oi impenitence aieu,
and offered no prayer but that oi iiorria im
precation died amidst noise and tnmnlt,
hostile to salutary reflection ! t r 'i.
And shall we wait ti)l the sea giro tip Its
dead, before we awake to a Tsensa of out
responsibility-? - Shall we iJf tuTTOr
them standing lor jpdmentt before "w6 ocfe,.
gin tcfvweightheir cIaxms,or to considetf
consequences of otfx: gtxUtr reject t 61ratt ,
ihe JjosjtthosV ho .will ? then 'riiwVWv
prepared go" on augmenting, ind we mi -no
corpbine effort to prevent it;' v
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