Clearfield Republican. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, November 19, 1852, Image 1

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by law , o,fl.be foe; tharnapers ere not lifted by thaveto'whon.
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Natoli ti nt; Parteri ftildtPit en thrrntelvcs. or to others,
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' .1 1 4 ES 'OF Tilt . SLAVE SEW ADRON
.• ; ,;(. ; Il •,,, 'ME' ittvrainE. ~.‘
:: Lieutenant Armstrong was coinmaeder
(acting) of the Curlew for monthd alter the
occurrence !of 'the incidents I related in a
former , paper,; and a more Zealous or suc
cessful officer has never, in my belief, been•
engaged, in the hazardous and difficult set.-
vice on the slave. Coast. In four months,
we had made three Caphires—irrespective
oldie Fair Rornmendlie name of one
of which El Reyna', a clipper brig that had
long eluded the vigilance , and outstripped
the spbedl of our cruisers,as well as the in
geniOus mode by which she was finally
made: captive, and must have attracted
the notice of, many newspaper readers in
thak6:days. But although a first•rate sea-
Man and; dashing officer, there was a de-I
fecti,wperhaps , l should say un exaggera- I
don ,of characteri---in, Lieutenant Arm-,
strong, which, in a considerable degree, I
marred his high qualities, and gave a tone
of harsheiiSs to his demeanor, under cer
tain 'circumstances, quite, foreign, ;I am \
sureitcyhis real disposition. Ho was in a
wnoi”-438 I, believe I have previously hint- \
ede• T '"nry iron; disciplinarian, and this entire
ly from a conviction that only •by the stern, ,
relentless'application of the; maritime code
of punishment could the supremacy of the
' navy be permanently attained: Peremp
tory, irresponsible, power, such us then ex
isted in the s j ervice„is Pretty sure, at one
time' or the other, to, lead an officer who
indelges in it `to The commission of, serious
wrongs rind injustice. This, at all events,
,
was once the Caso,during.hisprofessional I
life l , lyith Lieutenant Armstrong, e and the
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conquences of that grave error were, by
a rernrkable fatality, visited upon him, and
othery, at a iiMe and in a manner equally
urrxeppeted . and terrible. This omitted I
but. instructive passage in our naval history!
I ,arn.now,ebout to place before, tho reader. 4
We took El Reyna into Sierra Leone
, ,
pact, ivhi
t . le there, news was brought that Le
Requin, (The-Shark) a fitly named, note.
.4ousoind successful, slayer, was orr The
' coast. - This vessel ? the, property of a
i Frei - 41 Brazilian 'Creole, was commanded
"hy,a. skilful and active desperado of the
Eliglisli name 'of - Harrison, and once a
petty.officer!in the royal - navy. His a.-
samed.designotion,:however, was borrow
ird from .tlio I fine, craft he commanded--
Capt4n I, i e Recitaa--and- he gas reported
to have - under his orders' a molly crew • oft
some of the most . reckless, ruffians, that
could be l nicked get of the refuse of half a I
dozen,civilized nations. It was,,moreover, I
well„knrrn that, Le Requin, when the!
"hlaple,'•: market yas, : slack, overstocked;
or.rnore than usually hazardous, did a lit- 1 1
tl9 in tbe way or or4ipary, admitted pira:
oy,;,antitstringent orders, had consequent
ly, been issued to tlie , officers, of the squad,
TOO to use their utmost efforts to sink, or
capture so daring and
,unscrupulous a ro-
Jer. • , • .
It vas manifest that Lieutenant Arm
strong listened • to the many rumors afloat
relative to the.probable whereabouts of Lo
Requirt With a flit deeper than merely pro
fessional, interest. ' His, inquiries as to the
rippearance of- the,vessel,
,and•the haunte
she,phiefly , frequented, were earnest and
incessapt ; and it ,wctawhispered,arnong us
' thilt Harrison had served in the Same ship
with the commander of Curlew, and that
chr6umstances of an unusual' character' had
oCaurroir in •connection with them both.—
However this might be, there was evident-
Irsbmeostrong private' motive - at the bat=
tom , of(the'Lieues: desperate anxiety to ;get
away irr cietrich of the piratical slaver, and
'Jo:quickly did - he dispatch; his 'Official' bp
stness'relative;to thoXurlew's last imPor
tant-cepturey that'we were at sea again:in
halfithe time we had reckoned on remain
'hag 'at i; Sie rrit.. Leone.. Out. bourse' was
to,thrit•south and , east, and as the' winds!
proved favorable, the Curlew rapidly swept I
the ;African , sea-board from Sierra Leone!
• to the Bight of Biafra,, looking-us we puss,
'I
I - ed futo , eveiy• inlet: that might afford she'.
.• , 'un- or cleencealment .;to :the . object. of our ;
1 seareh. Ira'sharp, wearying lookout was
I *l w
ength , rewarded by: a passim gleam of!
saateSSt !We were in about' thirty Leagues I
fklaPelLopez, when'.; the' look- out at the
rnaer,:heactAnnouticed first one ;and , then'
trkosails etr thir:Werither-broW.: ; They rose
cptidkly; out Orthe:water,'nn'd;ne ,wonder,
for; they had 'a gide or %via on {he qua rter,l
arid; it was not long :before we could: guess !
tterYarccurately at the•-chrieseter of Both.-I
The Ihnirdrnost 'wadi ao s . qUa re , rigged-sip
of inbbdti four. hundiedtons buithev,ipursu-!
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Ave; cerning up. With , het hatd , civer hen& -'
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• occasions.
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A: WEEKLY PAPER : DEVOTED To. LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, 2 NORALITY,. AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INT ELLIGENC.
up to the rescue, instently let off a piece
of pop-gun artillery, ran up the union-jack„
and set :up a tiny shout in . derision of the'
pursuer, which the. direction of the wind
just enabled us to .hear and echo with sun;
dry very hearty maledictions on their stu-•
pid throats. Le Requin quickly. hauled.
her Wind, and at once recognizing the char
acter of her new customers got, with all
' possible speed, upon the same track as
, ourselves, and being a remarkably fine
weatherly vessel, went off full half a point
closer to the wind than the Curlew, thus
showing from tho first moment the well
nigh hopeless aspect of the chase. •
Night fell—Black as the inside of a tar
barrel—With a gale of wind that by mid
night had-increased to a tempest, accom
panied by flashes of lightning and peals of
thunder which those acquainted only with
the electrical phenomena of the temperate
regions can form but a faint conception of.
IFrequently, during the night, a more than
('usually brilliant corruscation showed us
Le Requin upon the white crest Of a huge
1 wave, tar away' to.windward; but when
1 the cold gray morning dawned, the settee
ner 'had • utterly disappeared, leavine . ' 'us
misersbly cold, wet, disappointed anti
age. One thing at all.events, our night'S
chase had taught us—that the Curlew was
ntrunatch for Le Requin in 'uoint of speed,
and that if we ever should succeed in put
ting salt upon his tail, it must be by some
.cleverer expedient than - that of running
him at the rate'of five feet to his six.
Captain Armstrong looked considerably
, bluer than the bluest of us, and did not re
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1 appear on the , deck till five or six hours af
ter the ascertained disappearance 'of the
schooner. He then ordered the Curlew's
I cotirse to be chang,ed to the north-west till
further order'S. , • The further orders were
Inot issued till about noon on the morrow,
1 when the sloop's head was pointed nearly
I due smith ; and whilst cracking under a
stiff breeze in:that ditection; the comman
der's new "dodge" for entrapping the 'coi
eted'prity developed upon itself . The broad
white ribbon along the gun'line was paint;
ed black; our No. I: man-of-war canvass
was - exchanged for some worn; and here
and therepatched, Merchant sails ' fished
by from the hold; the shiny brass fittings
of the deck, and the glittering figure-head,
were smudged brown ; the brass swivil
gun amid-ships was unshipped' and• Sent
below; the carpenter and his"cieiv - mantl.
factUred' 'a -lot of , wooden gun muzzles,
1 (Quakers,) and 'these, when•peirited, were
1 protruded' from. the port holes in' the place
`of Abe realibarkers; which were carefully
concealed beneath tarpaolin saiis, hen
-1 coops, gratings, and other lurriber . r and so
I ostentatiously watlike:vVere the 'Quaker&
fashioned, that their harmless 'charrieter
could be detected by half an-eye at 'hallo.
league's distance. Many other minor chan
ges and disguises were effected, and the
Curlew's transmogrification -was complete.
We now gradually edged away to the
eastwarci,and OS soon as wo reached about
nine degrees south latitude and five de.
frrees east longitude, the Curlew's bows
t;..
once more pointed northward, and wo
crept slowly enough' along in the day,
Whilst during the night we generally lay
to,, in erder•not 'tb get on too rapidly. By 1
the' commander's orders all the officers-1
himselfineluded—renlacedthe ire p auletted
and laaed uniforms and cocked hats by
: round jackets and hats, and not'more than I
' tWenty',.rnen were allowed fo be ori l deck
lin daylight. All these twigs being carefully
Hilted, Ivo made way at an average rate
of not more than three or four knots an
: hour, and in as lubborly a fashibn—con.
sidertng ' the but 'recent practicti of 'the 1
creNV in
,that line—as 'could be expected.
Time. crept on as lazily as 'we did, and
doubts' whether out: Captain's clever con
trivance would rietbnd it "smoke were be.:
ginning to bo entertained; When we spokea
brig boundfor the l Cape, a little north.Of
the eqUator,lWhiblilgave Us the: pleasant:in
formatitin that: a large barque she had fal
len' in with, lade'n with iVery; Olin oil and,
gold 6 si; liad - bderi' plundered the provi-
ouS evening by a T r racticalsSeitooner,,imp . ;
Posato beLe Requin..The'Crewi, it was
farther' stated firid not Been tArSomitty Mal
treated, and
,the barque Enid proceeded `on
her course. r,
• . ' • ,• • .
This Was' groat" new's, .and'so well did it",
sharpen *applies of many: of us, that
.tili,
almost 'simultaneous hail, from. a halra
dcizen voices',' at'day break the next niQpi.
i ng , annonnOod,a 'otriinge,6all; hull do*li ,
astern, , and • steering' westward. . Every
glass in the'slocip was quickly ;directed to
Wards' ,the sttanger,;lsvlieSe:. 'tillite stiiia--7
inainistakeablV those 'of a khooner--g cl lanel,
ed hriltintl3rrin!th&neWly..ii'sen,-unclou-;
ad ift)3!'"o;:ery sedy reit,
i c . ) . r affe.eted th be
8 1 121'6 - it wap l L 11tc4 16 . 1 , 1 P ; 460,..10? - P ire.
sehoondrivlii6hsdid bOti;fOr some 1004 p.
iidar.t.O`'.;ieo *-7-tOned her':bowspri,C, (:!..
ivatd's '4fie . ' 0 010 `g l ad ~ ciowa&V :sail' oli
o:160y itt'inriinil!:ille 'last : 1 1. lingerin g " qpt . o:
ijitnlsl4;'EiAd, i We', 01':;8t,i,urse;i4tiloust4 lac;
614 fitiiielvoh:ctiitii 'diteritattopje,f4Elß 3 9.,
digei'biii;• gqislA WO'fil.iliY diis t ptC,io i np i lopkT i
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ably Was our .6io ,i ) 4oekial: sieciefl-77,
terro-iiiri B hie n : h i gh,,,itp? . „0, ? t6i,4 ,. .1 , ' , .p,
ilia: Wel 'exiiiiil' lia iilt§ a
(Ifive kaciis out of
her ; and the ferocious schooner would, it
was quite certain, be up with us in less
than no time. i The commander's face was
deathly pale from ,over-excitement, I sup
posed ; and as for the,crew,'ihey were in
an ecstasy of uncontrollable' mirth. The
notion of a sloopof-war running away
from, and being chased by, a slaver or pi
rate, was a joke so exquisite as to defy all .
ordinary modes of expression; and the as
tounding capers the men Cut—the grimly
comical squints and winks, and quietgrins
(silence being strictly enforced) they ex
citianged with each other and the advanc
ing schooner, was irresistibly droll. Once
it was feared that a misgiving as to whom
it was he was -so eagerly pursuing, had
seized our. friend, for which not more than
half a league astern, ho suddenly luffed,
and stood across our wake, apparently in
keen scrutinizing observation. His hesi
tation was but momentary—the fierce' as
poet of the "Quakers," I think, re-assured
him—and the chase was resumed. In
' about half an hour he ranged fiercely up
our weather-beam,and as the red flash and
white smoke which heralded a shot. across
Curlew's:bows broke out Oldie schooner's
side, n hoarse powerful voice roared thro'
a trumpet from :he after part of the deck—
" Heave to or I'll sink you 1"
The commander of the Curlew leaped
upon a gun-carriage, lifted his round gla
zed hat, find rejoined, in as loud and fierce,
but mocking tone—" That will we, Captain
Le Rquin, and in a hurry too:" At the
same instant the seamen concealed about
the deck sprang, to their feet, the rest of
the crew tumbled with loud shouts up the
hatchways, the "Quakers" were shoved
overboard,. and before the astounded cap-
tors well apprehended what had happened,
they were confronted, by the frowning doe
ble-shotied battery of the Curlew,and flight
or resistance was out of the question. As
soon, however, as the wild, confused yell
of rage and terror arose -from the motly
crowd that•crowded the slave pirate's deck I
had sufficiently subsided to permit of her 1
captain's. voice being heard,' a desperate,
but of course futile efliirt to escape, was 1
made. We were in no trim or humor for
another chase, and at a wave from Captain
Armstong,'s hand, gun after gun, belched
forth its' , iron shower upon the ill-starred
scheoner,•and with' such a terrible havoc
to her spars and rigging, that in n few min'. 1
utes she was tt.helpless log upon the ivater.l
The pirate carried no colors, but in this
strait some of the crew ran up a Brazilian
flag, and instantly hauled it down again in
token of surrender. The fire at once cca- .
sed, and the schooner'was hailed to send
her captain on board the Curlew, imme
diately. In a minute or so, it was replied
thqrthe captain had been carried below, I
mortally wounded, was rapidly bleeding
\ to death, and'could not therefore' he reme-
' ved. 1 was standing closebyCommander 1
Armstrong at the moment; and noticed
that a hot, swarthy flush passed over his
pale, exciting features. After a moment's'
thought, he said,.hastily, "Sutcliffe, have a
boat alongside, manned end . armed as
quickly as you can. I mush see this fel- 1
low myself, and without delay, it seems.
So saying he left the deck. 'By the time
the boat was reedy he re-appeared in full
uniform, and, was swiftly rowed on board
the prize. .
. After briefly direCtingthemen to 'disarm,
and secure the crow, he hurried, below,
motioning as . he did so, that I should ac
coMpany him.' The captain of Le Requin ,
—a tall, gaunt,b.ut not, I shouid think, origi
nally ill-looking man—was unquestionably
dying. His right leg had been carried away,
above the knee by a round shot, o and al
though a rude torpiquet had been applied,
the lOSs 7 of blood had pravioasiy, teen so
great that life;,as we entered, flutteredbut
feebly. inj his veins, and .there was scant
breath left, it struck me; in the mutilated,
panting.' frame, toanswer much questioning
if that were, as I supposetl,Liutenant Arm
strong's parpose there. , This,was my first
impression; lint the ferogiously-triumphant
scowl that,brolio from his, darltpning oyes
at the sound of his visitor's yoice, (he had
not seemed to recognize ,him by sight) tes,
tilted, tope still untamed, energy of gill
which conldthus .fore'e back retreating life
to, the citadel.t,had but 'finally abaadoned.
He partially Taisoil : bimself, and ; glared at
the . tAieutenantp : as if, in Soarful douht that
his ailing eye•sightand hearing had de-
CeiVed him. ,"You here--Lieutenant Arm- strong here!" he hoarsoly. gasped, Eta he
fell back--",then is : death welcome as `a
bird !", . ' .;— . .
, .
: ,
. "L•im sorry. .to see you thus, Harrisen,":
Said the i Lieutetiantj; M
. a,passihnat.o
tope, 4, , 1, Would rimeh Tather,havo,met,yaa
alive and Well .t._ -:., •., :..: :r. -, ',. ,:i
..: "Yeu. could . poNer: ;have captu,ml me
cilive7:' ieterfed Harriort,,,..!•"l'hat„l um
alWays providedtagainst." And sorry, , are
Your:l)p went.ion,..relapsiggii tato, tOehle•
nesp.; , ; ‘& l 3 'll‘e, ,fifne. Ls : past.,y, hen Abet., mighi
liitve,av i ailsd,' , )/: p4i j) aye ci beert „my' „ rwli 1
illioV throult life—always :.1 El, Reyna I
0?/.li.0,i4Y cargo.4lNeF9.. Par.llY.:rni.Pe—i
apt/ prate ~ 4 0g010, . 5,:g0r1p.,. „Yesi ever'
tidy triumfiliaqfpe-7-opprossor.;
~,But,"' he
a r ,i,4',_apin 'with kindling ferobity ' "the 1
4a4 .5t44.,' t 4 : Sr,co!vning ,pqg 4 1 14, that,
ifk':tioltOfinliAF 6 '. l49ll g 74xinpil,,;;.,
"I once give you,grievious wrong, Har
rison," replied the Lieutenant, heedless ofd
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this menace—unintentionally so. It was 1 The Lost Daughter—A Thrilling Incident. OREM' MEN NEVER DIE.- -. •; -•
a' mistake—a blunder which I regret--al- A letter dated Detoit,
Oct. 14th, in the ,
In the oration delivered' by. Webster'•in
though—" , Cleveland Plaindeeler, says Faneuil Hall, in 1.826,. on the. death ,of
Y Adams and Jeffersbn, he thus tells us r art4
"It was a murder !" screamed the dy.- An incident occurred on last Thursda
ing seaman—"murder of soul and body. afternoon which filled the town with much . his words have 'now full iapplication to
hiinself,' that great and good men never
For another's fault--not' mine—you lax: excitement, and which cailed forth many
a legend of the kind remembered by
cerated my flesh and brutified my Spirit, I
oldest inhabitants. the , die.
was a lost man from that hour! I, gently more. As human beings, indeed, I t hev
1 Adams and lefferson, I have said are no
A few boys, who had been out on aj
w as
to be—but no matter, Well, I ran, nre no more. They tire' no more, as in
Was caught—again flayed by your order; I hunting excursion, called at one of their
l 1776, bold and fearless advoeates• ofind6-
yet I escaped at last, and nowe—Now !"- I neighbor's and began shooting at a mark.
pendence ; no more, as on subsequent.pe-
A little girl about eight years old, who
a t s ho we he h a a d v s e o re f ee th n e tly g s o e v e or
th na c e ra n .L tLT l
The savagely exultant tone's of these
i had formerly had an ilinens that had af
worda not only startled me, but also for a
fected her head, got alarmed at the firing, m r t d r s e ;
moment the steel-nerved cotnmatider ofj
and ran into the woods,
the Curlew. It seemed a vain alarm.-e- and venerable objeets of admiration arid •
In a short time she was missed, and it rregard. They nre no more. They' at't,
,
There. Was noother persOn in the cabin
was remembered that she had been run- I dead. But !how little is there, of the great
save a colored lad about nine years of age.
ring toward the woods, and consequently
Harrison himself was lying helplessly up -
a search began, btu night came on, and tr y
and good, which Can die. To their cairn -
they yet live, and live,nnd live forever.
on a locker in front of his opening sleep-
ing-berth, in which hung a short bell-pull, with it rain, which rendered further search They live in all that perpetuates the re
the tassel of which his right hand fingers for her that night impossible. Morning mem brane° of men on earth;; in the re-
clutched convulsively ;but what help could came, and yet the little wanderer had not corded proofs of their own great hotilas;,
ihe summon ? The crew, we know from returned. Its frantic parents, with one in the offspring of their intellect; irt, Op
the quiet overhead had been secured. He i other child, made further search till the deep- engraved lines of public gretitude,
was, no doubt, I concluded, partly deliri• sun had passed the hour of twelve, and' and in the respect and homage of menkiVl.
I of the et no tidings' lost one were had
ous, and fancied himself still in command i • TheYslive in their example. and they - liv r O,
)
of the Le Requin. The lad, whose bright,
l 'The neighborhood was alarmed, and dogs, , emphatically, and will live in theinfluence
l eyes heti been intently fixed up- horns, and every instrument of the rustic which their lives abd efforts, their princi-
I glisteningon us, (he was Harrison's son) handed his kind, were marshalled, for the search, but' pies and opinions, now exercise on the set'-
j father a cordial of some sort. It greatly i egaia night s ; with its Egyptian horrors,'
fairs of men, not only in their own cenntr l y.
revived him, and the expiring lamp of life ,•,et in, without restoring the little cherish- {but throughout the civilized world; A pi
, played up with momentary brightness inlcd one. Minutes seemed, hours, with its I parlor and commanding human • intelleot,
the socket. : distracted mother. 1 a truly great man, when heaven voriah
"You well know, Harrison," urged the At length the long wished for morningisales so rare n gift, it is not e temporaly
commander of the Curlew, "what I wish to came, and with it a . hundred men .and! flame, burning bright fel. a while and then
be informed—assured of." lboys, who, notwithstanding the still con- i expiring, giving place lo returningdark
-1 iinued storm, went forth Mt° the depths ,Hess. It is rather nape* of fervent - bent,
"Ay, to be sure Ido. Dldthebe - autiful lof the woods, in search of. the child, with' as.%vbli as radient light, with power. to-ert-
Bermudan Creole live, die or marry I To an eagerness that was commendable be- kindle the commou mass of hunian mini;
be sure. Ay, and I will tell you," added
yond the compass of words .to express ;. so that when it glimmers in its own decay,
Harrison, quickly, as if suddenly warned and yet ~, •
a o ain night set in and still the lost! and finally goes out in death, no nig, . 1-
‘. lit lb
I
that but a feW moments remained for him. l
. was not found. What the agonies'of the: lows, but it leaves the world all light; all
"You alone—in no one else' hearth g — I Mother were, as the marshalled force re-lon fire froth the poteet 'Conte& of its own
Johny," ho went on rapidly addressing his turned without her little charge, tears, I spirit. , Bacon died; but the hurtigh under
son; '"I dropped a pocket-book near thei s . l • t
1 netts, greens, incoherent ejaculations, standing, roused by the touch.of.' his tai
fore hatchway,—the fore hatchway mind :1
anda picture of &spit . , can only pop- racelous• wand, to a perception:9E4hp
fetch it to meat once. And, you sir !" I
i tray, words arc inadequate. • Another i true philosophy,'and the just
,mode of in-
Flo looked at me. Lieutenant Armstrong dreadful nieht was passed. ,An increts- , quiring after truth, has keptoriita 6onriO,.
nodded affirmatively, and I followed the •force le .
, edw as raised, who marshalled tbern- successlbily and glorlOnsly. Neitidh diert ;
lad up - the' cornprinion•stairs. The boy selves with the dawn Of the Sabbath, be- yet the• of h • b .. ltraostin
. courses te sp ores
went forward,bnt I. proinfited by my curl- I fore , .
the door of ~thebereaved parents.-Iknownennil they yetrrievnorn , in.theis;as- •
.sit • remainedafloat 'cl l'' s Where on' L
y•, mi s lip , , - Prayers, were offered .lo Almighty Gnd,' bits which he saw, And described for them,
observed myself, could discern through the :and the aid:Of heaven invoked to di • t • •
lee in in the infinity !C:( space.
, . . ,
the long open, skY-light, what Was going ; the search. - ..---
The prelimineries; being ar- ' ' .. .. ,
orr at the furthest end of the cabin, and ,- . ' te...
ranged,along line was formed upon the 'Of the Population Of the' Globe: "
0
pretty well hear what passed. I missed !6 . ection,linus uud the march renewed.-- I ,•,., ~ , . 'tie
some words ; either of anger or remon
; Hour alter hourlpulsed,• d •vestigej
an no. a The population of the glohe is sepposed
,trance, they seemed, and then Lieutenant lof , to be a thousand millions; or;hcordirigilt
, the missing was discovered.,
Armstrong exclaimed passionately—Mr. Hassel, 937,856.000 , If, then;isties
1 Every tree, stump and log, possessing a
a F ! ' I-• d .•
ll '
reach writer, all, man ,an
,were Lee ein.
"Will you answer me or. not ? Say yes . suspicious
cavity, underwent the
closest' ed in one place, every'f • individuals
. lour .
or no!"
. scrutiny; every bush and thicket, thickly ~... • ' L
. occupying a square metre, the wunle
"Yea, yes," shouted Harrison, fiercely i foliaged, every fir and. cradle knell was ;
might be Contained in a "field tail' nits
grasping what I had taken ibr a bell-repe. ! visited as the band pressed onward. Long:
square. Thus, generally ' stieakilei t ," die
"'This—this, atrocious tyrant—this is my , and ardent was the search, and many population
of a country mighti i be, packed
answer!" 1 fears for the lost little one were entertain- 1 . ,
, ' without Much squeezing . , in its:capital—
.
A terrible volume of bright flame, ac- :, da- 'The sun had , fur passed the zenith,
, But the can idea this gives 'us 'of - the
companied by the roar as if of a thousand i and was . laistening ,behind the, Western
number of the ,human race, - is countet
thunders suddenly burst forth. 1 felt . hill, when an elderly man an d ,his son,, balanced by. its capability of omtenei
Caught and.whirled into the .air by a fiery partly discouraged, as well as %%reared with -,
'Elie new world is said to contain of „pm
whirlwind,andl remembered nothing more
an
search, were drawn as by the hand of.'
idective land 4,000,000 square miles of
till several days afterwards, when 1 awoke ineisible pilot, in an opposite direction, middling quality, each capable of auPftltrt
to returning consciousness in an hospital far from the band, and while standing and
ing two hundred inhabitants;. and
,6,00(1,
at Cape Coat Castle. I had been fright. discoursing upon the propriety of ahead-'' ,-, n
%., 'iv cif a better quality, capable of support
fully bruised and burnt, and fever had su. oning further search, a distant sound: ing five hundred persons. According to
pervened ; but the loss of two left-hand broke upon their ear.. They hastened in',
this calculation, the population of the new
lingers ,Was the only permanent injury I , the directien flow which the sound pro- , world, •as peacesfld civiliziation advanee,
sustained. The lad' Johny had also been 'seeded, and having travelled us fur us'
may attaiti to 01A:stein-of 4,000,000,00 0 .
picked up, scarcely hurt; and from him practie.rible, they halted and listened fora
and others of'the Le. Requin's• crew, the few 'ninnies. very intently .: again .that If we suppose the s urface,of.t.lie„old world
i to be double that of America, (and notwith
\
mode by which the explosion, which blew sound was heard, and turning a few steps standing' the comparative poyerty pc ttip
the after-part
b e n , the .schooner into frog- ,in another direction, what was their sur- I land, this calctilatiOn may, 'be accePted; r. if
merits, had ee , effected, - Was pretty accu- !prise to behold the little object ,of their' we say nothing of Australia 'and the; vii?-
rately asbertained. It was Harrison's foo search sitting upon the . ground, " Yi n ions ,archipelagoes,) it would support 8,
ed resolve- after he had added last ,awakened and •arisen from a bed of
000,000,000 ;and thes the, aggregatepop
piracy. to his less hazardous trade of man !, leaves, which it had collected by . the side ulation of the entire, globe might ameont:to
stealing—never to be taken alive. With ,of an old log. There the little innocent 12,000,000,000, or twelve thires the &gi.
this view, a barrel of gunpowder was pia- sat,! in her tattered dress, sobs and sighs ant number.
red beneath his cabin floor, into which, !heaved r little besom, and large tears ._ _
---- -------,, , - . 1
when about to engage •in any perilous en. rolled do%vn, her swollen cheeks....
1 . SADI most titsMie.s•iiii.—A wind story
terprise, a flint gunlock was , inserted, the , As she caught the first glimpse of her !
IA told of a seuthern gentleman' in'an 'dr
trigger of which was attached to the bell- !'deliverers, she asked for something to eat„
tno southern 'States, who beinglyeryill,
lope hanging, in his, sleeping: berth. Bothl„"Oh," said she, "I have, been obliged to
Opposed that anag,ed slave; who • had•beien ,
himself and Lieutenant Armstrong must ! gel to bed nights without my supper; please
very faithful to him, should be called in
have been blown ,to atoms--a sad, fate to j to.give me something to eat." They took to his room: Sam seen mailliMiis a * P'Piar•-
.befall so zealous rind promising an officer, ' tip, the little sufferei, end started' en, home,
ance,,aed with a joyful face drew meaetli his
More especially as the well earned honors' which was. about four miles distant. -
master,. expected that, be: was abont tet po i
and, rewards of .his profession. were then! W . idle, pas.slng through a snarl of :tall I .
nounce to him his ' f l rh'
purpose 0,, eayino Igo
within his reach, and time had begun to
,g asked her. if she 'had ,passed th.ro' free. .• . .. i
. ,
sensibly mellow and soften - an unfortunate L uny such, gratis. ,"Oh, yes," said she "I .: . Yee know;Snid the . matiter; • * 66" 1 1iiiib
rigidity of temperattent to which, us we ' have travelled .algreet way through 'much
tiltinty''s been itliful•serventto me;atit.
have seen, the :sudden meiaticholy sates- alter grass than tine, and I would .call for
al`
Yes massa, he replied,: , :, r. , ,:r lo '
tropho is mainly owing.• , ray father to r come and get the, but he , poor Sam !expected thy. next•onntewp
would , not; I would cull for, my:mother-to .
ita'' . cd ! his freedom:
cot In . .
come and , getme,
,hot she would not ,then
. , il But, said his master, you
,Itno%v,..Sairt,
I would call for ray little .brother,
1 and „ a ., ° !•l al WayS`trititted''yon 'kindly.' .' . ' ,
would not come after me.., So L travenee •
..
1 Sam was toViill anxiety tOhetti•ol,
on.” On being: then l asked if. ,she sleptlookedgrae.efellv into 'ilia •fSee'ef hiarlyi
warm at : nights, 'ehrosaid . '".yes, , but the i,rniister,,,and Waited ! ' to" hoar 'ihe !churn '
first night .my little. brother. went to bed ;
!word FMed6m l ' But What Was Sa : m's dii
with me, and in the night !he pulled off all 1 appointment' when , tie' said :!--- • •' : ,'' --
the clothes, so -I got cold,r, ~Arrivtid .in 1 •
.An'donsitteriition'o( your tong indliitlie
sight, of •the; hoese, the- distracted motherkful !stirVices, I tuii.re directed'in'MY 'Will'thßt
rushed forth,'•ber• haggard , %couatenance ~ when voti die you "shall be'bUri l e'd=l:W' m
now. irradiated With•the gratitude of. heav- . st a e ,. , . !,,, .:: • e• i - . i: •ri ..-
en for, the deliverance of lierehild, andais ~,, :After: w Torii , pause; Sain'rePlied- '! 1
she received and pressed the little 'wander. I . ; „ m6 ,.. t ; xi olk o ; T d ., tyias e l L ~ , •,, • •i 1 tri
,i
onto her : breast, exclaimed, ~ •.rgy daughtet
•hr
don't"y o
e lik& itl t lt•Will'•bectifi .
- " ''- I. no horar to";iii..is safe.
'ie . like,it,
Tue----,- - ,
T Sk:AsoNs or lera.AND.--From the
16tb'or -I.Bth of Juno till ;the end of the
month there is no night. ' The , sun disap
pears .for a short time behind the hills ; but
iwilightnnd dawn arobleaded together, and
the , rays of .the evening have .not faded
from the sky. before the , morning light
breaks .forth with, renewed ,hrillianey.. , I
.wastitt % Iceland : . from,the 10th of Alay.to
the 29th.a July,: and , although: I ,never
went to bed, bolero eloven..o'clock,:l idid
not once reqaire the; light. oruNAnta. - . In
May, as; well , as towards'. tho tOnd !.ef July,
the, twilight lasted . about: tWo:lhourS;:ibut it
was never dark.;; Even itV.the,;:tlo,Of-toy '
departure. I could .see to .t.Vad.'t,ll.o4f ,. .litist . ,
Olovqo., • 'MAI% it.,,seemO.d 'NPPY';'!liipagge . to
go, to :bed in hroad,daylight);:ltall:
,'o;3n,got
used ;to it, and no sunshinp.'M4:;bright
enough to keep ma awake ;tilb,:offer, , eleven
&clock. It often •strocli toq - :lo.lAry`lidio -
u.lous,,heweyer,..to go oat' , fotittlt ,Ationg
stroll,abont:ten, and.myselfirithitjiali ht
of day, instead of the soft, glimnifiritig i
~ef
the Moon and stars.—Baird. ..-..,..;%-
"t'? r t . 11 119:1 0 •
fi'.~lll a I:I ~:
MM=III
~,~~ ~,~;~ ~,,,r.;;+i .
~)
:1 . 1, , ;lit.; .1
,e ,
liaimber
KrAn authorof a:love 'story •,;i rildescri.
bing his heroine, says: Innocence' dwells
hill's rich clusters of her : Alai:lt A
Waggish' editor, suggests thnt . ,a, fine tooth
C o mhWOuld. brin&it nut. . • ;,
NIV hen it,TenntiSseo girl is slyly kiss;
ed, she ,puts on _a frown and says, .1 4 ..N0iy,
:pot. 'that article back, sir, where you stole
it from,
rum, sq gclunreeP
Idtt- •It IV° 417toonths, it
•
leb netniclathe :1' do Li °loath'.
.! , glirt? sipttv. bo jialf notro l l Mo o
lt 11%84,
N 4 do '?
12 () mon
.8 reaffi t lawn tatinth..'
0 months, 6MII do ti 12 02'
do 12 months.. Mit do ~. do' ulf•
X llbafal redaction will be made to bletohants and other's
who all wilts by the year,. . 1 • f ''•
Onr papsr circulate" In ascii neighborhood, and is reed bp
nearly every Islay M the county --and thnretere.
donloalest and cheap means forth° btaine's men ..of 'oat.
e u t n Y o — w t 171 %TIC tr•
like to insert "A Card" for every Mechanic, Bterohanc. and
Prolesrloopi man In the concty. We have wooly of 'Our
vrithdatenctronnhlng upon our readtne columao, and no man
In a fezitimmo hollowly will lose b advert gin VINIRIIigt
for. as a general le, the more ettenaivrly a th en ode Wet,
thogrentnr will bo his profits.
lbioks-, Jobs and Blanks,
01 1 Eviiv isr.suittrftoii. VMS!'
BEST STILLU, AND ON• 2llEl
NI/TICE. AT TEIELOFFIGE OF"CfI
"CpIIARVIELD REPOIILIOAN."
Me noliko,u,
dark night do Debit come look ,for. masse{,
'and mistake and take poor Sam.,
•
QAn
old . maid, , in , speaking; of mAr
ringe,says it.iis' like anyother. diSbaso--
whilelberes:life,, there's hope....' ' •
Gerritt Smith the ultra abolitionist has'
been elected to Congress in the Oswego
district, N. Y. -
•
indeed; massa, for some