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A riclfOtan 'talked abroad oisediy,
Awl epoor man walked to y the siltsanse*ay,..
When a pale and starving face came by •
With a palid by and a hopeless eye; . •
And that starving face remained to stand.
And ask for bread at the nob mans bard , •
But the rich man sullenlykorked askaace,
With a gathering ttowti and a doubtful 'MACS ,
" i have nothing, said he, " to give tsx'yous
for any such a rogue of a canting crew ;
Oat work. Ott work! I know full well ,
The whining lies that beggar can tell:" t
And h e f aste ned his rocket ; and on he went,
With tits soul untouched and his conscience content
Now this great owner nfgolden*re
Had built • church not long before,
A s no ble a °Pane as man could raise,
And ihe world had given him thanks tad praise s s
And all who beheld it lavished fame •
Oa his Christian gift and godly name.
The poor titan passed, and the white lips dared
To ask of him if a mile could be spared;
Ths poor marl gazed on the beggar's cheek.
And saw that the white lips could not speak.
lie stood for a moment, but not to pause
Pa the truth of the tale, or the parish laws,
lie was seeking to give—though it was toti small—
For a peony, a single penny was,all4—d •
vv.
But be gave itwith alcindly word,
Whilst the warmest pulse in his breast was stirred;
"rwas a tiny seed his charity shed.
But the white lips got a lute of bread,
And the beggar's blessings hallowed the crust
That came like a spring in the desert dust.
The rich man and the poor man died.
As all of us must, and they were tried
At the sacred judgment seat above,
For their thoughts of evil and deeds of love,
The balance of justice there was true.
And fairly bestowed what fairly was due;
And the two fresh corners through Heaven's gate
Stood their to learn their eternal fate,
The recording angel told of things
That fitted them both with kindred wings,
Bat as they stood on the crystal tient.
The plumes of the rich . men grew lest bright.
The angels - knew by that shadowy sign,
That the poor man's work had been most divine ;
And they brought the unerring scales to see
What the rich man's falling oil could
Full many deeds did the angels . weigh.
Out the balance kept an even sway ;
And at last the church endowment laid
With its thousand promised and thousand paid,
With the thanks of prelates by its side, -
In the stately words of piouvptide ;
Anl it weighed so much that the angels stood
Tosee how The poor man could balance such good
A cherub came and took his place
Dy the empty scale, with radiant grace,
And he dropped the penny that had fed
White staLyirg lips with a crust of bread.
The ehurch'endourment went op with the beam ;
And the whisper of the Great Supreme,
As he beckoned the poor man to his throne,
Was heard in this immortallope—
•Blessed are they who from great gain
Give thousand. witha reasoning brain,
But bolter stiltshall be his part
Who gives one coin with pitying be t,7.
THE POINT OF :I ONOR.
One rti.ning in the autumn of the year
. 1842,
semen persons, including myself, were siting/1
chatting in a state'of hilarious gaiety in knot of Se
nor Anuilas' country house, a mile 6r so out of
Santiago de Cuba. in the Eon:ern lotendencia of the
(been of the Antilles, and once ite chief capital,
when an incident occurred that as effectually put
tin extinguisher upon the noisy mirth as if a bomb
shell had sudderil! exploded at our feet. But first
! a brief account of those seven persons, and the cause
l of thiiir being so assembled will-be necessary.
'lf Three were-American merehante—Southerners
rl and smart traders, extensively connected with she
commerce of the Columbian archipelago, and de
signing to sad on the morrow, wind and - weather
permuting, in the bark Neptune, St key master and
part owner—for Morita Bay, Jamaica ; one-.was a
lieutenant in the Spanish artillery, and nephew of
our host ; another was a M Dupont, a yeung and
rich creole, of mingled French and Spanish parent.
age, and the reputed suitor for the hand of Donna
Antonia—the daughter and sole heiress of Setter
Arguellas, and withal a graceful and charming Mai
den of eighteen—a ripe age in that precocious clime;
the With gAst Was Captain Starkey, of the Neptune.,
a gentlemanly, fine looking English seaman of
about thirty years of age; the seventh and last Was
myself, at that time a merry youngster, and belittle
recovered from .a severe fit of sickness which
a twelvemonth previously bad necessitated My re.
moral from Jamaica to the much mote 'temperate
and equable climate of Cuba, albeit the two islands
ars only distant about five degrees from each other.
I was also one of Captain Srarkey's passengers, and
so was Senor Arguelles, who bad business to wind
_ep in Kingston. He. was to be accompanied Se"
flora Argullas, Antonia, the young lieutenant, and
boporit. The Nephew had broagnt a•earisti of
snottier, corisirting of hi trleraiS, cotton, el 4terii,-;,c;
Cut a, and was relenting about: half laden with
goods. Among these, belonging: to the- , American
merchants. were a num beret barrelenlgunpowder,
that had proved trasaleableiti'Cisba,'aistl "bitty it
was thought. might alqut.fit'ocuy ifs ast
Jamaica. There was eaciellentcabin eacommoda.
tine on hoard C a p ta i n Starkerils vessel, And as the
weather was fine, and the tiam;Vo43cri*eil to - be
a brief as Well as a pleasant one.-sibewinifluivitig
shifted to the northwest,. withiheittientem. i ii 'seem
of remaining them some fume-ive weieralff 9P
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oilthe Ira ys, t stre i tchtng feraway. neathitts; . gent-..
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taco of the. party itegrate
rid perfnmey end slightly ripple the:winding
riiplets,ratlia,,i . which : eyetywheielatersect and ir
rigate the isitiorf, Te„rel _which were no gli)tering,
with the myriad spier dors of the intensely lustrous
stars - that diadem 4 Cebu •night. Nearly all the
guar Oaf drunk very freely of wine, too much so,
indeed'; but the talk , in, french, which all could
apealtuderahlY, did not profluie the calm glor? of
the scene, till some time after Senora Arguelles end
heir danghter bad left us. The Senor, I should state,
was atilt detained itt tetvh, by basineos which it wu
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neceseary, he should.disposa of ihatvious to embark
ing for Jamaica:
"Do no go away? said Senora Arguelles, ad
dreising Captein Starkey, as she rose from her seat,
" till I see you again. Man you are at leisure,
ring the sonnets on the table end's servant will in
form roes I wish to speak tunher with you relative
to the cabin arrangements:"
Capt Starkey bowed. It'd never, I thought,
seen Antonio smile so sweet y,; and the two ladies
left ue. Ido not pricisely reniember how it came
about, or what Amt led to k, but it was not very
long before we were all conscious that the conver
sation had assumed a very disagreeable tone. It
struck me that possibly M Dupont did not like the
expression of Anto ia's face as she concesied to
Captain Starkey. This, however, would, I think,
have passed of hsrmles,ly, had it not been that the
captain happened to mention, very imprudently,
that-lie had once served as a midshipman on board
the English slave-squadron. Th s farmed M Du
pont's smouldering iii humor into a flame, and I
gathered from his confused maledictions that he
had suffered in property from the exertions el that
force. The storm of angry words raged fiercely
The motives of the English for interfering with the
slave traffic were denounced with contemptuous
bitterness on the one side," and as warmly and an
grily defended on the other. Finally—the fact is,
they were both flustered with sine and mision,
and scarcely knew what they said or rlsl,--M Du
pont applied an epithet to the Queen of Ettulami,
which instantly brornrht a idas• of wine full in his
lace from the hand of Capon Starkey They were
all instantly on their fee , , anti a - pp:trendy sabered,
or nearly so, by the unfortunate iPigid r.l the wordy
tun oh
Caiaai-t' Starkey 'cab .he einv
flu-heti 414 4 1 angry' fealtite• pAril -14',1e0 U. an 111
most ,Ip 7 .4. 1 1 % whfie, aril he ...atnitieeti
"1 boy ynnr pardon. Al Duipon Ir WM , truirg
—very wrong in me 10 do o. ;though not iurrcuaa•
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r• pa•rl.•n Mille tornierres !th owed Ditruit. who
WWI capering ilt/Ottl in an ecstasy 'age. and wip.
log he tare ur ult iris harutkerritiel. •• Vet!, a bul
let through your head phalli pardon yiWil—nothing
leea !"
Indeed. aeconling to the then notions of Cohan
eneiet y , no tithe, attedihtive pave the 4iielln appear.
ed po.sible Lieutenant Arguellap hitrried at MVO
into the house, and speedily returned a ith a cape
of pt‘trilP.
Let us proceed." he said, in a quiek whisper,
" frohe wore )under; wu shall be ►herg Gee hum
interrnption "
He took Dupont's arm, and both tamed to more
off: An they did an, Mr. D amond, the elder of
the American gentlemen. stepped towwds Captain
Stirkey, who' with recovered calmness, and with
his arms folded, was standing by the table, at.d
said.
" I em not entirely, my good sir, a stranger to
these_rtflatro, and if I can be of service I shall—"
" Thank you, Mr Desn.rinif
," replieit the F.ng.
fish cal tain i " butt shall not require your assist
ance Lieutenant'Arguellas, you may as well re.
mai - - lam no duellist. and shall not fight M. Du
pont." • -
ig What does he say!" exclaimed the lieutenant.
gazing with sippiit bewildern3ent round the circle
" Not fight!"
The , Angio Saion blood, I saw, flushed as hotly
in the veins of the American as it did in mine at
exhibition . , of the whit? feather by one ot our race.
"Not fight, Captain Starkey !" said Mr. Des.
mond, with grave ejameemera, alter a painful
pause " you whose came is in the fist ot the Brit.
iihyoyal navy. say this ! You must be jesting 1 ."
1' lam pettedly serious-4 am opposed to duell
•ing upon principle."
"A- coward upon principle !" fairly screamed
Dupont, with mucking fury, end at the same time
st eking his clenched.fist at the Englishman.
- The degrading epithet slung like a serpent. A
gleam at fierce passion broke out of Captain Start.
ey's 'eyes, arid he made a Step towards Dupont, but
reaolUtoly checked
Well, it-mstarbe borne ! I was going •to' offer
you personal violence, although your impertinence
certainly deserved'rebuke. Sill, I repeat I will not
fight with you."
" But yon lila give,my friend sati*Lictimi !" es.
claimed Lieutenant Arguelles, who 'was. we much
eieited . arr Duplijit; " nr. by heaven, l'vvill port
you as is rirn•iarri ; Cot only throughout this i land but
Jamaica t." . :..
CeptatirStgirey for 'all, answer do this Molar*
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coolly rang, the ernmenejand desire the eve-who
aliatiered" .. it to inform Serita Airiellarr tt t he was
ahnnt irrler3y i e;'ait:rt Witii.writt,iSee her , „ ' i
" Thai btave-*nglOmen ,ivtilinit• to, Oa* birn- , '
selkutderthe protecrionlif :your aunt's petticoats.
Attihertserstrottierfollpoot, With trituripharitiiioelt.'
" f ahne4 atiabi whaerlir Starkey ierinEni .
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T 4.. tr! ireckrt l l. wax.irninl.prltcly stly.P. ioceor
edi t" beliiat all e•tintio,tai ter' father mid. mother
Were tror&and-risirrther eld'inet.trY It - ynii. pre-:
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the way into the boaserhesvingdirseOtthissisi•.
ton, as the , French say, pbmtes la. ,
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" assay itssit or OlmlttotAtios Ito* air *trail:rms."
Tin Mint:nee
CliPlain:Statkey had, lett t h e tkolgitr,,lfter
tug upon SenoreArgusillas-that the Neptune would
sail the nest turning precisely at pine o'clock. A
renewed torrent of rage; Coritetnfit, ahtl scririOneki - s
forth at this , aprionnietnent; and srinel at one - time
seemed inevitable between Lieutenant Arguelles ,
and- Mr. Desmond; the last named gentleman ttianis
fasting great anxiety to shoot somebody bt other ltt
vindication of his Anglo-Saxon lineage. This,
hovever s was overruled, and the party broke op in
angry diserdei. -
We were all on board by the appointed time 'in
' the following morning. Captain Starkey muffed
ns wi h civil indifference, and I noticed. that the
elaborate sneers which sat upon the countentnees
of Dupont and the lieutenant did not appear in the
alighted degree to ruffle or affect him; but the aver
ted eye and scornful air of Donna Antonia as she
passed with Senora Arguelles towards the cabin.
draseine, her mantilla tightiy round her as she swept
I by, as if-4o I perhaps wrongfully interpreted the
action—it would be soiled by contact with a pol
troon visibly 'touched hite. , -only, however, for a
few brief moments. The expression of.pain qniek
ly vanished, and his countenance wee as cold and
stern as before. There was, albeit, it was soon
found, a limit to this, it seemed, contemptuous for
bearance. Dupont, approaching hint, gave hie
thoughts audible expression, - exclaiming, loud
enough for several of the crew to hear. and looking
steadily in the captain's face t " Lathe?" He would
have turneJ away, but was arrested by a gripe of
t steel.
'• Ecoutet, monsieur," said Captain Starkey : " in•
dividually, I bold for nothing whatever you may
say ; but I am captain and king in this ship, and I
will permit no one to beard me before the crew,
and thereby lessen my authority over them. Do
you preAnne again to do so, and 1 will put you in
solitary confinement, perhaps in irons, till we arrive
at Jamaica."
He then threw off his startled auditor, and walk
ed forward. The passengers, enloreil as well as
white. were all on board ; the endow already speak,
was bmintlii home; the bows of the ship tell plow..
Ic at!: and we ware hi a few moments running be
(Ore the wind, though but a faint nue, fur Puiut Mo
rant
NO one, could be many hours nu hoard the Nep
tune ssi,hotto being fully *awned that, ho sever tie.
licient in duelling enutae , " tic' captain might be, he
vrit* a thtt.uu4it seaman, and that his cteve —about a
1.1..zen ut atlite tellowa I have ever sern—were
ender the intro padre* dt.ciptme and command.--
The service of the vessel was carried on as noise
lessly and rekularly as nn board a ship of war; and
a sense of confidence. that should 3 tempest or oth
er seaperit overtake us, every reliance might be
place., in the proles.innal skit and energy of Cap
taw Starkey, -ow. mealy er openly acknowl.
cited by all on board. • The weather throughout
happily continued fine, but the wind was light and
variable, so that for several days after wo had sight.
ed the blue mountains of Jamaica, we scarcely ap.
pealed sensible to diminish the distance between
them and us. At last the breeze again blew steadi
ly train the hwest, and we gradually neared
Point Morant. We passed it, and opened up the
bay at about two o'clock in the morning, when the
voyage might be said to be over. This was a great
relief to the cabin passentrers—far beyond the or
dinary pleasure to land‘folk of escapinz from the
tedium of confinement on shipboard. There was a
constraint in the behavior of everybody that was
exceedingly unpleasant. The captain presided at
table with hefting civility; the conversation, it
sack it could be called, was usually restricted to
monosyllables; and we were all very heartily glad
that we had eaten our last dinner in the Neptune.—
When we doubled Point Morant, all the passen
gers except myself were in bed, and at:planer of an
hour atterwads Captain Starkey went below, and
-was soon busy, I understood with papers in his
cabin. For my part I was too excited for sleep,
and I continued to pace the deck fore and an with
, Flawkini, the first mate, wtiose watch it was, ea
gaily observant of the lights on the well-known
shore, that I had left so many months before, with
but faint hopes of ever seeing it again. As I thus
gazed landward, a bright gleam, as of crimson
moodiest, shot across the dark sea, and turning
quickly round, I saw it was caused byw tall jet of
flame P h not ip g up from the main hatchway, which
two seamen , for &nine purpose or rubel!, had at the
moment partially opened-1n my still weak Mote,
the terror of the sight—for the recollection of the
banels of powder on biiard 'Hashed instantly somas
my mind—for,sereratmontents completely stunn
ed me, and bet that I. caught instinctively at the
settlings, I should have fallen prostrate on thedeek.
A wild outcry of " Fire !' firerthe most' feartill
cry that can be heard at sea=-mingled yriith and
!heightened: the dizzy ringing". in my . *Au,. anti I
.was barely sufficiemly conscious to idiscem, amid
the riindinga to and fro, and the indolterent'excla
m mons of the crew, the sinewy, athletic fi gure - id
the captain leap opus it %refe r :root the companion
ladder wills deck, and withoirt trumpet-voice corn
rnaml immediate silettbe,instantli &Wowed by the
order again to batten tiown.the blazing bate Belay..
Lfhis t with his own assistance, was prompUy efiett•
ed, and then he disappeared down , perform:Ws;
The tyro or three mantel 'he Wris`gnnett (meld
Attukni),cornpleteily Aid-4,appear Jo 41*
'sequin:it that ; our fate-mnat - •deperid wpoit slits
inilVtunit MA's' *Ord *ea Ata . dtent,'
'lined It pie( 1 iiiFiCial4,7ll4
.nearly suoiehed,em ,plackener 1b.,. Mt, ! and
&again:tap .what seemed a dead body in hisshoy,'
-11 b• ihrowlds' be rile* r-deltil s r add : pi - maim;
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nem . uolort.Or rex „soy. motive deceive you. .Lituin,
Oise, attentively. Yon drunken brute—he is Lieu.
tenant Arguelles' tervarit--ints fired with the candle
the Spiritr he ores stealing,: and the hold is a man'
of Ore *hi:h it is *se ess to waste one pteeione
moment in attempting to extinguish!'
Aory of rage and terror burst from the erew, and
they sprang imptilsively towards the boats, but the
captain's anthorititive voice at Once &nested their
steps.
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" Hear ms out will you, Hurry and confusion
will destroy us all, but with courage and steadiness
every soul on board may be saved before the flames
can teach the .plowder. And remember," he add.
ell, u he took bis pistols from Hawkins and cock•
ad one of theM, "that I will vend a bullet after any
man who disobeys me, Wel I seldom miss my aim.
Now, then, to your work—steadily, and with a
will P
It was marvelous :to observe the influence his
bold confident, and commanding bearing and words
had upon his then. The panic terror that had seii
ed them gave place to energetic resolution, and in
an incredibly 'short space of time the boats were in
'Me water.
" Well done, my fine fellows ! There is plenty
of time, I again repeat. Four of you"—and he
named them—" remain with me. Three others
jorap into each of the large boats, two into the small
one, and bring them round to the landward Bidet of
the ship. A rush would swamp the bosh:, and we
shall be able to keep only one gangway open."
The passengers were by this time rushing upon
deck half clad, and in a mate el the wildest terror,
for they all knew there was a large quantity of gun
powder on board. The instant the boats touched
the starboard side of the bark, the men, white Al
well as colored, forced their *ay *ith frenzied ea
gerness before the women end children—careless,
apparently, whom they sacrificed, so that they
might themselves leap to the shelter of the boats
from the fiery volcano raging beneath their feet—
Captain Starkey, aided by the font tithletiC seaman
he haJ selected for the duty, hurled them fiercely
back.
" Back, back I" he shouted. It We must have
funeral order here—first the woman and children
next the old men Hand Senora Arguelles along;
next the young lady her daughter : quick "
As Donna Antonia, more dead than alive, was
about to be lifted into the boat, 2 gush of flame burst
ap through the nPain hatchway with the roar of an
explosion ; a tumultuous cry burst from the frenzi
ed passengers, and they jostled each,,/other with
frightful violence in their alone to reich the gang
way. Dupont lorced hie way through the lane of
seamen with the,energy of a madman, and pressed
so soddenly upon Antonia that, but for the utmost
exertion of the captain's Herculean strength, she
must hve been precipitated into the water.
" Back, unmanly dastard !back, dog !" roared
Captain Starkey, terribly excited by the lady's clan
ger ; and a moment afteryseizing Dupont fiercely
by the collar, he added : " or if you will, look there
but for a moment," and he pointed with his pistol
hand to the fins of several sharks plainly visible in
the glaring light at but a few yard's distance trom
the ship. " Men," he added, 't let whoever pass.
es forward ont of his turn fall into the water."
" Ay, ay, air !" was the prompt mechanical res-
ponce.
This terrible menace instantly restored order ; the
colored woman and children were next embarked,
and the boat appeared full.
" Pull off," Was the order," Fonts. dyer ipeough
for safety."
A cry faint as the wail of a child, arose in the
boat. It war heard and, understood.
u Stay one moment ; pass along Senor Arguel
les. Now, then oft with you, and be mean P
The next boat was quickly loaded ; the colored
lads and men all but one and three Americans
went in her.
4 . 1 You are a noble fellow," said Mr. Desmond,
pausing an instant, and catching at the captain's
band ; " and I was but & tool to—"
" Pass on)' was ahe reply ; there is no time to
bandy compliments."
The order to shove off had passed the captain's
Tips, when his glance chanced to light upon me, as
I leans 1, dumb with terror, jast.behind him against
the - vessel's bulwark&
Hay on a . moment" he cried. " Here is a
yonnglier wbose-weight will not hurt yon ; " and
he fairly lifted me over and dropped me gently in
to the boat, shivering as he did so : " Remember
me, Ned ; to thy father and mother should I not dee
'them again."
There was.now only the small boat, capable of
safely conraining but eight persons, and bow, it
was whispered among us—bow in addition to the
two seamenalready in ber,van sbeiaker off Lien.
tenant Arguellai Dupont , the reinslning ‘ coloi.
Oti'manohe.l'otu Illankflayllll4i Captain. Starkey
They were, however, all speedily embarked ex
-cepi the captain.
" Can she bear another !" he asked, and ahho'
.his voice,wipt 4rru as ever, his countenance, I no.
tined was ashy pale yet (atlas ever of unswerving
resolution: • -
" VVe must, anti will sir, since it's yon ; but We
Are dangerensb overcrowded, now, especially with
yon‘nly customers swimming around "
is Stay one` moment ; I cannot quit the ship
White t iliere's a living soul on bOard." He stepped
hastily , *Fara and presently reapplmred„ at , the
vngway :with. the win senseless body ot hen.
tenant's'servant in his arms and dropped it over the
ydtliiinto - the boat. 'There Wall a cry of indignation
•bnd it_was of no avail. The boat's rope the next
instant was cast into the water. "Now volt for
- yotir lives FL The we from , the instinct 'Owl!
galifiervinion, Ali into the - taste!, and the
•irit sprang oft Captain Markey, now that all ez
cept.himsen were claar-of tha beming•shipi gazed
,itegkrtyvith eyes ifteiled with his hand its the di
090' l r eaeatt y he
hOll9 the bnd-
vi t li o taitsnost l itrinesa langsp4;
And the pilot-boa!s ought to be eornirg Dot, thonik
tki7Mlol - ,I= , UP
I don't see any. It you meet one bid him be smart;
them may be a chance ft.t." .
Alibis scene, this long agony, which has, tit i ken
Itte so many words to depict very imparfet4from
my own recollection, and those ot others, only'last.
ed, I was aftereards assured by Mr.. Clesmond,
eight minutes from the embarkation of Senora Ar
guelles till the last boat left the ill-tated Neptune.
Never will I forget the frightful sublimity of the
spectacle presented by the flaming ship, the sole
object save ourselves discernable amidst the vast
and heaving darkness, if I may use the term, oftthe
night and ocean, coupled as it was with the dread
tel thought that the heroic Man to whose firmness
and presence of mind we all owed our safety aas
inevitably doomed to perish. We hstl-not rowed
more than a couple of hundred yards when the
flames, leaping up every where through the sleek,
reached the rigging and the few sails, so present
ing a complete outline of the bark and her tracery
of mists and yards drawn in lines of fire ! Capt
ain Starkey, not to throvit away the chance he spoke
ot, had gong out to the end 01 the bowsprit, having
first let the jib and foresail go by the run, and was
for a brief space sate from the flames ; but what
was this but a prolongation of the bittemssa of
death'!
the boats continued to increase the distance be
tween them and the blazing strip, amidst a dead
silence broken only by the:Measured dip of the oar
and many an eye was turned with intense anxiety
shoreward, with the hopeif descrying the expect
ed pilot. At length a distinct hail—and I felt my
heart stop beating at the sound—was heard ahead
lustily responded to by the seaman's throats, and
presently afterwarla a swiftly propelled pilot boat
shot out of the thick darkness ahead almost imme.
diately followed .y another. e •
" What ship is that 1" cried a man standing in
the bouts of the first boat.
" The Neptune and that is captain Starkey on the
bowsprit !"
sprang eagerly to my feet, and with all the force
I could exert shoaled :
" A hundred pounds for the first boat that reach
es the ship !"
" That's young Mr. Mainwaring's face and voice"
exclaimed the foremost pilot : "Mora, then, lot
the prize !" and away then both t-ped with eager
vigor, but unaware certainly a the peril of the task.
In a minute or so another shore boat came up, but
after asking a few nuestieni and seeing how mat.
tern stood, remained, anti lightened us . of a portion
dour living cargoes. We were ad three too deep
in the water the sine!: boat perilously co.
Great God ! the terrible suspense we all felt
while this was going forward. l Can scarcely bear
even now, to think about it. t shut my eyes and
listened with breathless, palpitating excitemer t for
the explosion that should end all. It came '. •
least I thought it did, and 1 sprang convulsively to
my feet —So sensitive was my my brain, partly no
doubt from recent sickness as well as fright, that I
hail mistaken the suds' en shout of the boat's crews
for the dreaded catastrophe. The bowsprit, from
the end of which a rope was dangling, was empty,
and both pilots, made aware doubtless of the clang
er, were pulling with the eagerness of fear from the
ship.
The cheeriog among es were renewed again and
again, during which—l continued to gaze with ar
rested breath and facinated stare at the flaming ves
sel and fleeing pilot. boats. Suddenly a pyramid .
of flame shot up from the hold of 'h• .14.,
ea by a deaTening roar. I fell, or was knocked
down, I know not which ; the boat rocked as it
canght In a fierce eddy ; next came the hiss and
splash of numerous heavy bodies falling from a
great height into the water; and then the blinding
glare and stunning uproar were succeeded by a
soundless silence and a thick darkness, in which
no man could discern his-neighbor. The stillness
was broken by a loud, cheerful hail from one of the
pilot-boatel we recognized the voice, and the sim
ultaneous and ringing shout which burr from us as
sured the gallant seaman of our own safety, and
how exultingly we rejoiced in his. Half an hour
afterwards we were safe)! landed ; and aa the ship
and,cargo had been especially insured, the only
ul
timate evil result of this fearful passage in the lives
of the passengers and crew of the Neptune was a
heavy lass re the underwriters )
A piece of rlate, at the suggestion of Mr. Dia
mond and hie friends, was subscribed for and pre
sentel to Captain Starkey at a Oldie dinner given
at Kingston in hie honor—a circumstance that many
there will remember. In his speech on returning
thanks for the compliment paid him he explain.
ed hi. motive for resolutely declining to fight ado
el with Mr. Dupont, half a dozen versions of which
, had got :tto the newspapers.
I was very early left an orphan," he said, and
was very tenderly reared by a mammal anni, Mrs
mentioned a name with which bond
dreds of nevrspaper readers in England must be fa
miliar) " Her husband—as many bete may be
fiware—fell in a duel in the second month of wed-
My aunt continued to live dejectaily on till
had passed my nineteenth year ; and so v ivid a n
imrression did the patient scum.* of her life make
o n me—so thoroughly did I team to loathe and de
fest the barbarous practice that consigned her to a
Premature grave, that it scarcely required the sol
"simn promise she obfained tram me, as die last sigh
trembled on her lips, to make me resolve never,
under any circumstances to fight a ,duel As to my
-. behavior during the unfortunate conflagration of
the Neptune, which my friend Mr Desmond ha.
spoken of so flatteringly, I can only say that 1 did
hQ !sore than my simple duly in the Minter. Both
Wind I belong to a maritime nice, one Of whose
most lieremptory_maaiaaiit is that the captain must
be the last man to quit or give up his ship., Besides
1 mast have been the veriest dastard alive to have
quailed in the presence o f --of—that is, in the pres
enee'of—einbuniiiincel which—in point of fact—
/ J I . 4 F . 1 0 1 .PV4 7 . 3 4ier Puatea and boggled sad.
ly ; ha was evidently nootvile ;Inewheeher it was
:be Fly tipifiranee cf Benet
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which just then happened to be turned to ww
orthe glaticei he threw at the gallery where Senn.
ra Arguelles' gravepluritlity and don,ta Ant‘,l!ie•4
bright , eyes and bloating clerks enco un le ie d hint
that so completely put him out, I cannot LI ; but
he continued to stammer pninfolly, aithough dos
company cheered smiziaughed with weal vebtru
once and uncommorrgood humor, iu order to give
him time. He could not recover himsett ; and et.
tar flouadering about 'through a tea n
sentences, sat down, evidently very hot and un
comfortable, tl ou.h amidst a lade hurricane of
hearty cheers an hilarious laughter.
I haire but a few words to say. Captain Sia. ley
ha• been long settled at the Havana ; and Dufinu
Antonia has been just as long Mrs. Starkey. Three.
little Statkeys have to my knowledge, made the t
appearance, and the captain is, altogether a rich
prospemus man; t 3 t though apparently permanent•
ly domiciled in lorelm country, he is, I sni
quite satisfied, as rue an Englishman, and as loyal
a ruk.ject of Q 4 - 6 R Victoria, as when he threw the
glass of wine liable Cuban Creole's face. I don't
know what has l aecome of Dupont ; and, to tell the
truth. I don't shach care. Arguellas has attained
the rank of 11430 r Arguelles officially reported t r
be slightly worded in the late Lopez expedition.
1 And I, also, tt ► "m pretty well now, thank you!
Lisa Is THIL TROPICS.—Sydney Smith writes-- .
" Insects are the curse of tropical climates 'rho
" bete rouge" lays the foundation of a tremendous
ulcer. in a moment you are ith ticks.
Chigoes bury themselves in yont flesh, and hatch
a large colony of young chigoes in a few hoar'.
They will not live together Gut every chi ,, oe sets
up a seperate ulcer and has his own private por.
lion of pus. Flies gat entry into the mouth, into
your oyes, into your nose--you eat flies, drink flies
and breathe flies. Lizards, cockroaches, and snakes
get into t`le bed ;and ants eat up the books ; scor
pions s ins
_you on the foot. Everything bites and
stings and bruises ;livery second of your existence,
you are wounded by some piece al animal life thAt
nobody has ever seen before. A-. insect vrith elsv •
en legs is smitnming in your tea-cup, a nontlesctipt
with nine wings is struggling in the small beer, Or
a caterpillar with several hundred eggs in her bel
ly is haste', int over the bread and butter. Ai‘ na
ture is alive, Aid seems to be gathering all her en
tomological host. to eat you up, as yon are standing
nut of your coat, waistcoat anti breeches. Such are
the tropics All this reconciles us to our dews, logs,
vapors and drizzle—to our apothecaries ru,hing
about with gargles and tinctures—trt your, old Sw
ish conatittuional coughs, sore throats and swept!
faces."
A Dertertinx of Bigotry —Old Job Itt undee
was at one time one of the most popular darkies
in oar city He Was a kind of a patriarch amore
the colored population, and universally liked ty the
white folks. About the time that he stood at the
head of the new street church he was snpoenaeit
before Squire (now Judge) Wiseman, to testify to
the character of a Negro ITIIO was charged wi.h pet
ty larceny.
I=
I . Well. Jot," said the Squire, " wile! do yen
know of the character orate defendant r
" Well I knors considerable 'bent de celnre I it.-
iliwidnal, and lineber fin's him guilty of onlyone
'fence," replied Job, with great reference.
Well, what is the nature of the offence Tee a:.
We to "
" Why, de nigger am bigoted ."
" He's what"
" Bigoted, bi pted--iloesen't you know what dat
am 1"
""Why, no, , eptied the Squire, who is much of
a wag. " Will yon define the term Job ?"
" Sartainly, sartainty, I does. To be bigoted,
colored puesen mO4 know too much lot one mg.
gar, and riot enough for two niggate."
WASTED AVM distinguished physie,an of
Chestereounty, gave the following story in a letter
to a friend!
At the commencement of my practice I was call
ed to see an Irishman's child who was laboring
under a very severe ausett of pneumonia. The poor
little fellow grew worse and worse for several days,
until on one of my visits I.found him very low, his
breathing difficult, and the extremities almost cold.
The family saw it clearly tind felt deep'y the danger.
WherTl left the house, the father came out of the
doorisind as I was mounted my horse, he said:
" Doctor', dear, do you think little Jemmy will
come oat of it rf
I replied, " the case is very doubtful : but there
is some hope."
"Sure, doctor, and I hope no hope at none
in 'heti work' ; so 1 hav'rit. Hi* mother and Me have
often 6e - en - el:leaking about him, to we have, and
we never expected to raise him. Such ohiltlien
can't be rested, f doubt ; they never stay long."
" Why?'
" Ah, doctor, he's so crafty. 'Ye wth'n't believe
what takin' airs he has witi him—he's wqntell ahoy,
among lbleaced
We take the to:lowing, grsoil one ft ore the ti,l2e
ford
The Rev. Mr. R, who liva,l not a thousand miser
horn Portland was preparing his discourse far the
root Sabbath. Stoping occas o .alty to re' tew Rh. t
he had written and to erase that which he was Jill.
posed to improve, he was attet?sted by his Hide soo
who had numbered but three summery.
" Father, does qrod tell you what to prraoh
" Certainly my Child?'
" Then, what maktuyou strakb it out '
Poriav —.A wiahy-wasthy kinil of filch! that young
people live on white troubled o lit' a palpitation
of the heart. Mixed with mcolitiglit, it is very apt
to make young ladle* feel as it they would Lite to
lean against a white vett.
mr Punch asks.— , ‘ Why is a man mho , lees ncc
bet, ss Wd ss a Irian who &Noel Because he is
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