THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELI), PA., APRIL 29. 1879.
him, and when you're loaded, we'll
give the brig's crew a shot from the big
(wan gun ; that's what'll tell if any
tiling will. If we can drive 'em below,
and I can keep those cursed canoes
beached, we can get the men from the
cross-trees easy enough. Let 'em have
it now, Murray right amongst the
crowd near the Sstump of the main
mast." Some twenty of the savages were
Clustered near the place Indicated by
Qraham as we afterwards discovered,
around a wounded native, one of the
boat's crew and having directed the
men to pull a few strokes till I was at
the distance I desired, the old shotgun
again gave its double rour.
The effect was all we could have wish
ed. Three or four of the poor wretches
foil, and others were wounded; but
what delighted us was, that their com
panions, who were up to this time had
been on deck and along the rails, armed
With the deadly whallng-gear, were so
terrified at the slaughter cccasloned by
our fire, which they could not return,
that they hastened to get out of sight.
In twenty seconds not an unwounded
man was to be seen.
"Cross-trees ahoy!" hailed Captain
Graham ; " now's your chance. Slide
down the Jib-stay to the boom-end, and
we'll come underneath and take you off.
We'll cover you with ourfeuns till you
reach the jib-broom now for it, bear a
hand before the black devils are out
again."
The Imprisoned seamen needed no
rglng, and we pulled to withlu about
thirty yards of the brig, ahead of her,
jio that we could shoot down any native
who might attempt to get out on the
bowsprit; but no such attempt was
made, the savages were too thoroughly
frightened.
The sailors rode down the Jib-stay to
4he boom, and shook the gasket free;
we pulled up with the boat, and in less
than twenty minutes from the time the
wavages on shore descried our approach
though It has taken me much longer
to describe the affair the two men were
safe with their friends, for such we had
surely proved ourselves.
One of the men was an Englishman,
and lie was unhurt; he brought with
him the hatchet with which the natives
had been kept at bay. The other was a
Sandwich Island Kanaka, and he bore
traces of rough usage ; bis cheek was
badly cut, his left arm almost useless
from a blow with a club, and bis scalp
laid open to the Bkull with a frlghful
wound, five or six inches in length.
" Stow yourself aft here in the stern
sheets, men, out of the way," said Gra
ham ; " lay back with a steady stroke,
my boys, don't wind yourselves, for we
may have a race for it yet; though I
guess they've got enough of it for one
morning. Anyhow, their cussed old
canoes are no match for us; these fel
lows don't know how to make swift
canoes ; it's a good job they don't too."
I had not felt any fear after I fired
the first shot there was no time to be
frightened ; but I did certainly feel re
lieved when we got so far away from the
unlucky brig that Graham told me there
was no use in keeping the gun in hands
any longer.
We were not molested in any way on
our return to the schooner, which we
found about four miles off, working up
under a light breeze. The astonishment
on board as we came alongside may be
imagined. They had heard nothing of
the guns, and could not see the brig;
and had supposed that we were driving
a fine trade with the natives, as we did
not return. Knowing Graham as they
t did, no uneasiness had been felt for our
safety.
The brig was a Hobarttown whaler,
the Celia, Captain Frederick Johnson ;
she had on board two hundred barrels of
sperm oil, and had ran into the bay
where we found her, to get fruit, an
choring at some distance from the shore.
The natives had furnished them with
fruit in abundance, and seemed so
friendly, that the captain, against the
advice of his mate and persuasion of
Kanaka, had resolved to stop all night
at his anchorage.
It was a fatal resolve; for while the
men were at supper the savages made
an attack in great numbers, and though
the brig's men fought desperately for
their lives, and slew numbers of . their
assailants they were over-powered and
destroyed, with the exception of the
two we bad rescued. The Englishman
was in the maintop hanging up bunches
of bananas when the attack was made.
and the Kanaka managed to fight his
way to the rigging with a boat-hatchet,
the haudle of which was still stained
crimson. He said ho killed three men;
and fluite possibly he did.
After getting possession of the brig,
the natives had paid out all her anchor
chain, letting the end ( which was
clenched around the mast where they
could get at it) go out through the
hawse-pipe, probably not knowing how
to heave it lu or unshackle it. They
had then towed the brig in upon the
reef, at high water, and as the tide fell
sho broke her back.
The men had been discovered at day.
light, but the Ravages had not troubled
them during the entire day ; they were
very busy, however, in plundering their
prize, and took all the dead bodies on
shore probably to feast on.
The wretched prisoners remained in
th e c ross-t rees asecond night, suffering
from thirst, but have plenty of fruit to
eat, as the rigging was thickly hung
with bananas, If they had had any ap
petite. Some time In the night, the natives
being very thick on the deck, and fre
quently looking up at the cross-trees,
which were plainly visible in the fire
light from the shore, the Kanaka fane!
ed they were meditating an attack ; and
managing, despite his wounds, to as
ceud to the royal yard, he cut it adrift
and sent it down on deck with a crash
that made the savages scatter. This noise
it was which had been heard by old
Tom and theTannaman.
The second morning after the capture,
the natives had attempted to reach
them, five of the blacks coming up the
topmost rigging, the leader bringing a
cuttlng-ln spade; but the Englishman
had cut the rigging at the top, and let
them down by the run, by which they
believed the whole number were killed.
The savages had then cut away the
mast ; flie two men sticking to their
position as long as they dared, and then
riding down the topgallant head-stay to
the foretop, and ascending to the fore
topmast cross-trees. The natives had
then commenced to cut away the fore
mast; and it was half cut through when
the yells of the savages warned the sea
men that something unusual was taking
place ; they did not see us until we were
close to the brig's boat, being too Intent
watching the natives. Even when they
did see us they had but little hope that
we should be able to defeat the crowds
of blacks; but after seeing the deadly
effect of the first fire, and the evident
consternation it occasioned among the
islanders, they began to gather hope ;
though they still feared that we might
trust to a hand-to-hand encounter when
destruction would have been certain.
My story is told ; but I may as well
say what became of the brig. We Btood
in for the wreck with the schooner, all
the arms being on deck, and brass gun
loaded with a round shot and a small
bag of big nails. No signs of life greet
ed us as we approached her, the mate
going ahead of us in the boat, carefully
sounding his way. We brought the
schooner to the wind about three hun
dred yards from the brig; and having
drawn out the nails, fired the shot at
the wreck. It struck her about the
covering board and passed through her
galley, making a great crash ; but no
natives appeared. Two or three shots,
were fired at the woods without starting
anything up, and we then hauled oil
shore till next morning, when we ran
in again, and cannonaded the wreck till
we were satisfied that the natives had
left her, when we cautiously went on
board. From what we saw we conclud
ed that the savages must have cleared
out soon after we had retreated with the
boat; as we found seven dead bodies on
her deck or below, and they would not
have left them behind had they not left
in a hurry.
We merely put the bodies out of our
way, and commenced taking out what
oil we could. By sundown we had got
one hundred and twenty barrels of it on
board the Adventure, about all we could
well get at, or well stow in the schooner.
So we set the dismantled wreck on fire,
and stood away to sea again. She burn
ed brilliantly for about two hours, and
then the light decreased, and finally
went out in darkness. We returned to
the British colonies Instead of going to
China; and the whole of the oil we
brought in was divided among us, the
Celia's owners declining to claim any
part of it.
A Sudden Conversion.
WHEN spiritualism first made its
appearance in the village of ,
old Deacon Isaacs, a rich man, who had
stood by the church for nearly three
score years, was exceedingly bitter
against all believers in the "devil's
work," as he called it, and denounced
spiritualists and spiritualism in no very
gentle language.
Imagine the Deacon's anger, then,
when six months afterwards he found
it had worked Into his family, and not
ouly were his wife and daughters be
lievers, but one of them was a medium
and possessed full power to converse
with the spirits of those who had de
parted to that " bourne whence no trav
eler returns."
Deacon Isaacs was mad, dreadfully
mad ; but he had sense enough not to
show it, and bore the taunts of the un
godly with a meek spirit. He knew it
would be useless to declare nr .
for Mrs. Isaacs alone had proved more
man a maicn ior Mm, and he was sure
to be defeated; He must "circumvent
the critter," as he expressed it, and to
mis en a ne set Himself to work.
He was a man of sound Judgment
ana Lis worldly experience of flay
years was not thrown away. From the
day It first came to his knowledge that
bis wife and daughters were spiritual
ists he never spoke a word against, nor
did he ever allude to it, except in gen
eral terms In bis morning prayer; but
any one could see that it troubled him,
for be was absent-minded, his eyes wan
dered restlessly, and he looked care
worn. The deacon witnessed one or two "sit
tings" at his own house, and was satis
fied that if he possessed a little more
knowledge he could get rid of them.
So one morning he started for the city
determined to thoroughly investigate
the subject before he returned. After
visiting two of the most popular medi
ums and paying his money, he returned
home.satlsfled that he could see through
it.
There was a "sitting" at the deacon's
house on the night he returned ; and
his daughter Mary (the medium) invited
the deacon to take a seat at the table,
which to her gratification was accepted.
The spirits were In good tune, and so
exceedingly communicative that the
deacon was induced to ask a few ques
tions which were readily answered ; and
the wife and daughter were in ecstacies
at the thought that their father would
be a believer, and urged the deacon on
to his Inquiries.
" Has my wife always been true to
her marriage vowsV" asked the dea
con. To this question there were no raps
in return, whlle"Mrs. Isaacs sat trans
fixed with holy horror that such a
thought should enter her husband's
mind.
" How many years have passed since
she was untrue i1"
Answer by single raps. Then came
slowly and solemnly oue, two, three,
four, and so on until they reached
twenty.
" How many who claim to be are
not my children V"
Again the spirits rapped one, two.
Mrs. Isaacs looked dumfounded.
" Mercy ! ' ' said Mary.
"Which are theyV" asked the dea
con, who now seemed so Intent on this
Bubject that he paid no attention to
his companions.
" Mary, Sarah," rapped the spirits,
the names of the two daughters, the
elder of which was under twenty.
Mrs. Isaacs could stand it no longer.
"It's a lie! I didn't! It's a lie!"
she shrieked, rising from the table.
" They are your children, Deacon Isaacs
and Gods knows it."
" But the spirits affirm differently,"
said the deacon, In a solemn voice.
" Then they lie," said the wife.
" But If you believe them in every
thing else, why not In this V
" But I don't believe in them at all.
it's all foolery."
" Nor 1 1" shouted Mary.
" Nor I," added Sarah.
"Then," said the Deacan, while a
smile illuminated his countenance,
" we will bid them good-bye, and leave
those things which God has wisely hid
from us to be revealed in his time."
The deacon's evening devotions were
characterized with more earnestness
than usual, and the family retired fully
satisfied that the spirits and mediums
did not always reveal the truth,
Mrs. Isaacs was so glad that none of
the neighbors were present. But some
how the story got wind, and so fear
ful were the spirit dames that they
might be caught in the same trap that
the deacon had set, that spiritualism
was driven entirely from the village.
A DISGUSTED DARKEY.
" QARTIN, boss, shine 'em up in
O less'n no time," said he, and we
mounted to the hurricane-deck of his
place of business.
" Wall, yes, boss; not been here long,
but I'se gettin' insight inter de ways
mighty fast. De ways here, sah, is
different to what dey is down in ole
Masslsslp. ' Bin Massasslp, sah t Fine
ole State, sah."
" The colored people here appear to be
quite as happy as in any part of the
world," we ventured to remark.
"No, sah ; beg leave to dlffah: you's
not on de inside, sah ; dar's too much
elewatlon ; Las' week, you know, sah,
de culled folks had a ball quite a high
toned affair, sah. Well, I engaged a
young lady for de party, sah; one
dat I looked on as de pride ob de
county, sah. I put on clothes, sah
clothes dat don't every day see de light
ob de sun and went to de residence ob
de gal."
" I 'rived at de 'pinted time. De gal
was In de bes' room an' in her bes'
clothes, waltln' my arrival on de scene.
De ole man was dar, an' de ole woman
also figgered in the tableaux, wld a few
juvenile superynumry members ob de
family.
" Miss Augusta smiled on me in dat
nieltln' way ob de eyes dat alien guv
me a movement ob de heart. I was in.
terjuced to de more influential members
obde household, an' de discount was
agreeable. Presently I suggested dat it
would be well to be movin for de party,
an' Miss AuguBta rose In all de pomp
and circumstance ob her high-priced at
tire. " We arrived on de stoop ob de door,
an' offerin' my arm, I suppose we should
progress. No, sah, not a bit of it. Dat
gal receded. She rose ereo' to an aston
lshln'hlght, an', as she transfixed me
wld her gaze, she uttered dese memor
able words : Whar's de transporta
tion V
" De what ?" says I, feelln' dat suflln
was agoin' wrong.
"De trans-pot-atlon! Where's de trans
potation I"
" What's de transportation V" says I.
"De wehlcle whar's de vehicle V
she says.
"I don't know nuflln' 'bout no we
hlcle," says I.
" Whar's de kerrldges?" says she.
" De kerrldge," says I. "I haven't
seen no kerrldge!"
" Mlstah Berry, does you pretend to
tell me dat you've come to take me to
de ball wldout a kerrldge ?" and she be
came of a still greater hlght.
" Why, of course," says I. "I thought
we could walk. Down In ole MasslBsip
de gals think nufiln' of goln' miles an'
miles'
" So you expect me to hoof It, Mistah
Berry ? You tell me 'bout de gals in
Misslsslp.MIstah Berry : do de eals then
know 'bout proper attire, Mlstah Ber
ry ?" An' she guv a sort of kick an' a
sling of her body, an' trailed out about
four yards of train.
De old man, an' de ole woman, an'
all de rest now put in dar 'pearance, and
says de ole man, " What's all dls con
fusion of tongues V"
"Mistah Berry doesn't consider de
honah sufficient to warrant him in de
outlay necessary for de furnishing of
propan transportation," said Miss Au
gusta. "Sah!", said de ole man; "Sah!"
said de ole woman ; " Sah 1" said all de
little members.
"I said nuflln'."
" Does de nlggah 'spect he's gwlue to
lead our darter off on de hoof like she
was a cow ?" said de ole woman.
"Who do you call nlggah, ole wo
man?" says I. "Why, I'se drove
better lookin' heifers nor yours to de
plow in old Misslssip!"
"Degalshriektl"
" Dar you talk to me an' my darter
in dat bituminous manner?" said de
ole man; an' he guv me a lift wld his
old stogas dat raised me off'n de stoop
and fullered it up wld numerous of de
some dat was much assistance to me In
glttin' out de gate.
"Dar's too much elewatlon, sah,
creepin' into cullud society. I turns
my back to it, sah!"
White Ties.
During the time of the Vanderbilt
will-suit the Commodore's passion for
white ties came up, and General Daniel
Butterfleld testified that on New Year's
Day, 1874 or 1875, he and General Tyler
were among the Commodore's callers.
" You're looking well for a young
man," was the Commodore's greeting to
General Tyler, who was but two years
his junior. " I hope you have been do
ing as well as you look."
" I always suspected that your success
was due to your white necktie," General
Tyler responded ; " it makes you look
venerable, and people take you for a
preacher."
"That reminds me of a story about
myself," the Commodore replied. " I
was coming up in a Broadway 'bus one
day, and a couple of young men got In,
pretty well sprung. They became noisy
and I began to watch them. Pretty
soon they saw me, and looking straight
at my necktie, one of them said :
" I s'pose you think we're a-going to
hell, sure?"
"Oh, no," I said ; "you are all right;
a little over the bay, perhaps, but the
stuff's in you and you'll be somebody if
you behave yourself." They gave each
other a little nudge, and one of them,
with a half chuckle, gulped out :
" Universalist, by jingo!"
A Very Sad Case.
A woman In Nevada has applied for a
divorce upon the ground that she has
received absolutely nothing from her
husband since their marriage but a box
of huir-plns. We have not a very inti
mate acquaintance with the laws of
Nevada, but really it seems to us this is
sufficient grounds for a divorce.
A woman who Is dressed the whole of
her married life in nothing but hair
pins naturally could not get intc society
very often, and she must sutler a great
deal in cold weather. We should think
a man who would not buy a more ex
tensive wardrobe than this for his wife
must be exceedingly mean. Hair-pins
are becoming enough, so far as they go ;
but to wear nothing else well, it is al
together wrong.
t3" How great one's virtue best ap
pears by occasion of adversitv : for oc
casions do not make a man frail, but
show what he Is.
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