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BI  nOIlKUT    Jl'nlVITT.
•And there shall he no night there, and Ihcy need no candle, neilher liyht of die Sun. for the Lord <JoJ givelh llicni Iighl. and Ihey shiill leigii for '«ver and ever.'—Rev. 23 c. 5 v.
make every elTorl lo escape, and ll thai did nol sue-; one in a second was ica.ly lo repel the enemy. Tbe j g,rs of deslruclion do their v.-eiii.     One hoat was ;     'J'"" Kiei'osn or tuk CJa.iV)..—VVo shrink from -..ceed, lo fighl lill not one renmined.     No tiiiii) was I piralM pcrceivlngthat they were discovered, op.-iicd | completely shattered lo pierc-.s  aed  as  far .,, v.-e : the ...curehing heal of the sun, or we shiver beneath From liic JSanlucket Enpiirer.       lo l.ei lost" ior Ihough wc eould hold good our Jis- , the attack with pi.luls, and upon thc lirst lire disa-. could judge,  at least livonly  sunk inle. a bloody ; Uie blasia that wither us aa lliey  pass.   The .io„o
BATTI  C  WflTI! TUC BIBATCO     mnee while tho present brcczo lasted, yet, sliould I lilcd three of our hlt!c li.'ind; yetweyicld.id nol an j grave.    Those in the oll.er wcrc appnienlly unin-I »'ihe w.'rid is wearyiug—iho nciise and din ol lUe. A !   1 L fc   W I I y\Jj\ C r ! n rt i i. 0. I ,^^ ^^^j j^^ ^„„y_ ,1,^ ^^,^^^^ beiiig smaller Ihan \ inch, hut sloo.l  shoulder to slwuldor, ready lo die | jured, hul wcrc oi,li..j.--d lo slop and rescue their 1 'I'lie Howcrs that we gather have Ihorns Ihi.l [uerre i.yiiBv.cuuii.)isaiea. i ourselves, could easily sweep up to us.     Bcsielei..,! in del'en.ie of U.e ve.s.eh   Theni'askclsand feiwlmg j'Irowning companions.    This delay foved us ;   foi-   us; nmi iha tree, uncl.'r. whose boughs ive lum   lor
  i his hig gun was talking away every few minutes, ! pice-e wore broughl down to a level wilhthe tiiffrail. ! before thc enemy « ere again prepaicd for thc altnck ! safety, falls lo crtish n.^.    We take uur way   along
sending his shot all around'us, ouc of which had [ sure death lo the lirst two heads that appeared ; Ihc sails hcaulifully atriitcihcJ themselvnslo tl.c full j lirowdcd streets, mc'tin'^; nothing hul strange  fa.ic-
already been so imp.ililc  aa lo coum splintering I ab.ive it. ; under tha first blast of the sca-bicT.c which reoeli-
Ihrough the roun.Ihousc, passing between Captain j     ' iJoard ihe Vaidics. my hoys, aud cut Iheir cow- : cd us, and the nohlo ship careened over with pre.s-
N. and myself in ils woy over die Ice) hulwarks.— ! ardly throats, and then for the tilun.ler.' camo from '; sure, as if bowing in defiance lo thc fiends, imiiie-
The sails were immediately wel, from the sky sails I tho comuiandcr of the ho-at, showing hy the use of i diately shot away from danger.    Never did the air
lo die spanker;   logs of wood were paiiilcd black, j the language thai hc was cidier nn Enghshmau or | ring with nine moro licnrty eh.'rr^ than tho.sc fi
and thrust  thr.iugh  dio port holes in imitation of j uu Ainerican.
Hi,'   s-aid  a green hand lo mc i I'll spoil liio bread baskels of
Oh who could wish to linger liercy
Oil Ihis vain world ot wo' Or from this dark and dreary waste.
Who would not wish lo go 1 VVho would not wish lo tread the path
That leads lo joys on high I Whore bliss im mortal never fades
And pleasures never die T Wh.il is Ihere in the hour of dcalh
To make tho (.Jhrislian fear i ' The hope of such a resling placo Iiis dying hour should cheer ! This beacon light to guide hira homa
His jouincy safo wo^uld bc; He nec.l not fear to launch his bark
On death's daik stormy sca. With some kind friend, to linger near
'Po watch the parling breath > To whisper comfort lo the tSoul ;
And cheer the hour of death. To linger round the dying lied,
.Vud close the sightless eye ; Whilst .Viigels wait lo waft thc soul
Up through yon starry sky 1 There friends shall mcel, no more to pari,
^Vho here have said Farewell; The anthem of redau,-uing lo'Je,
-Vt Heaven's 1.right gales 10 swell VVho could hut wish, to hid adieu
To Karlh's sepnlchinl clod ; -Vnd join lluil bright angelic band
Around the Ihrone of GOD 1
,-as nt sca. l.i.und to Cuba.    Nolhing tr3n.spir- jrtliy of nolo, for  thei lasl fifieen clays of our ge, wilh the exception of asiiigic eveiil. which, :1 for evcrj' suhsc- 1 as il may servo ns a pro|ier inlroJuelioa lo the sub- definite onleis are   jcct of this sketch, shall bc ineidioncd.    Ilwas on one of Ihoso emjiuriili'd morniugs *hich Ihe Itopi- cal sun so often  ushers  in wilh   all  his pngeanl,
while gliding along witii  our sails all filled by a   ^un.s, nnd all die old pieces of iron -vhich could bo j     ' .\ot so easily elo stiff Irndc wind, that  1 di.s.;ovc.rcd u.i the weather ] f,,^,,,] ^^.f,, ii„j „|, -^,^ bundles for langrage. The ' 'blast Iho bug (juarter, a black, rsUish looking crafl, runningdown ; uiuskels and fowling pieces were loadc.i, the hayo-1 somo of them, 1 know.'
wilh tho inlenlion, ap/.arenlly, of inlcrcepling our' ,„,ta being likcU from the lormer ami anTixed to long ; Delerinined. h..wcver, as we were, all our resls- course. Al the timeof which 1 wrilc, the soulhein I poles, to servo ns boarding pikes. .Such was our :'.ance wouM have been in vain hiul not the stew.ird waters n-erc infested wilh gangs of the most despe-1 force. Permit mc, reader, once liiorc lo enumerale | iiilorfered. l-'ive uf llic piralcs had al last gfiiicd rntc and blooil Ihir.'.ty piralcs which hislory ever yet; it. Fourteen nicii, one four pounder, wilh not a • a fooling in tho main chains, and the fiist Iwo had ! mendoneJ. War was also existing butween the i hnll lo lilit, and with only five pounds of powder, | aimost as soon fallen buck dead hi thc hoiUs, from \ Spaniards and IMlr'iOls of .South .Vmerica, and pri- j ten wooden guns; two muskcis; one fowlingniecc; ! die unerring fire of our muskets. There was no I vatccrs wore coiistinlly abroad for iht destruclion ; one cutlass, and two long poles with bayunels al- \ limo lo reload, and in a monieul the other three , pursu. of the enemy's ships.     The new sail, heing lo iho . laelu'd to them. 1 were over the rail and  on deck, in closo grapple
windward, hail every advantage over us, and could ', • Cook,' said 1, coin.; f.irwnrd lo llic ramboose, I wiih the caiilaui and Iwo of the men. A groan bc- ! therefore hear down irjion us with a more fiowing \ fill your coppers wilh water, and heal itas soon as hind and hi tho chains, lold me dial the slaughter i shcel, or haul hcr wind should sho wish toavoid us . possible." | was going on, and tho next moment the second
I In less than three hours aficr we first saw hcr | ' l.orry, Massa t-'harles, whal you going to do j mate foil dead in ll.c Ice scuppers, l-'or a uiinulc ! she  was nhcam   of   us about two inilcs dislant. ¦ wilh so much hoi ivater V ¦ or tvvo it wa.i Ihe clash of sled, oalhs, groans, ivheii
I and proved lo bo a low brig of nenrly Iwo huiidr.'.l | 'I vvill tell you, conk, what 1 want of it. You : suddenly a loud splash was heard, and almost at ! lons, well armed. All on board were somewhat I nnd the steward must gel up one of the water casks i the same nioment those of the pirates who weie ill 1 alariiicd at tho approach of the now visitor, and cs-; and saw it in two ecjual parts, each making a large ihe> boats weru observed lo shove oil' wilh llic inosl I pecialiy when chniigiog suddenly her course, she j tub. Sliould llio iiiniles aUcmpI to hoard us with ' hunible imprecations. The steward il seemed had, j kept along directly abeam. j dicir bonis, dn you fill ihcse tubs wilh hoi water, ! nt thc heginning of thc contest, filled the tubs witii
; 'A pirate—a pirate,'we heard from every moulh; | and when the devils comn idongside, just lip Iho builing water, nnd unobserved hy the pirnlcs,'"h3d 1 and from Ihe ca|ilain to the cabin boy, there was i ivater over their heads, nnd sec how they will relish ; dashc.l it full in llieir faces. Blinded and convul- I not one on board who did  not wish himself safely j a good scalding.' i sed wilh pain, dicy coulddo nolhing, and their only
1 moored in Mnlanzns. ' Kyii, .Massa  Chades, guess dey will link, dut
1     Things remained Ihus Idl noon, when the brig . radera warm reccpshun.' | soon fell, lilerally cut to pieces, not however wilh-
>gain altered her course and steered direcdy for us. 1     Poor I'ellow!   these were his Inst  wi.rils, for a i out having slain two of ournumber.    Asthebattl.i Wilhin un hour she shot beautifully across our; shot, glanced from thc niainmnsl, slruck him on Ihe ! closed, n kind providence, as if in pity, sent a stilV bnw.s, and firing a lee gun, her comrnanelcr haded ' head, killing him instnnlly. j land breeze, and ul a few minuies wc were moving
: Ilw ship, am: ordered Capt. N. to hcnvc lo. thut hc | Never evns I more proud of my i'nukce country- . rapidly along, sccUje, at least for thc presiint, from ] migirt hoard us.     This was soon ilonc, and ihe rc-; nien than during that terrible chiy.     Ciianned, dc- ! furlher danger.
I sul: was, dial aflcr an anxious hnlf hour had chip. ; fenceless, ihe shot fiying around and across our ves- j VVhen ihc dny dawned our loa was discovered ' Bed,during which limc Captain N. and myself had   s,,!, wilh dcalh directly before us and that loo a vio- | about three miles astern, and as tho land breeze was
the i]uarlcr-dcck  of the J.me.     The change iv eli'Clrieal; and Ihe revi.lulion of feelings in every bosom wns legibly wriUcn uu the countenance.
'Some danced, nnd some, among whom was our Capiain, even wept for joy ; and many wero ihc long yarns nnd jokes lold on Ihnt ei.iy. Slill, wc were not entirely free from danger; for nlihough wc might hope that the pirate thus bufiled nnd ivcnk- eiicd would nbandoa the chase, yet he might nlso resolve^ upon being revenged fnr our icsislaiu'c and us even lo our destined haven.
Karly in the morning wc had observed a sail on our wealhcr how, bul so far distant her hull could not bc distinguished. , Afler die lirrize had taken us we soon gained upon her and by noon hnd come up alicam.    She proved In he the French brig I.'-
j *.h,.i stale ci.ldly as we pass—nu smile, nor welcome.
I Wc wander through green palh.". and perchanc-e
i some are ivilh us Ibut 'vc love or think wu love ;—'
I that even in greeu paths Iherc arc briers to  wound
j Ihe foot, or llie serpent's shining track  crosses   tho
I road we  go, or ihosc with us fall nivny, nnd ulle.
I loneiinese is ill to hear.    This is yfo—builhe dea.!
', havercst!    Whcrecndsour piilhl    Taken Ihrougli
I dreary crowded streets or desolate hy wiiy.i,  wher.'
i is our hed al last!    I-'or wc eannot always ivuiidci,
j .striving, hoping, fearing, for we scarce know  whal
I —there must hc some place of solace; where shall
we find ill    Oh, wciiry, weary  spirit, here ends
I diy toil; here where the turf is so cool and  green
I —hs-re where  the wind   whistles  so  mournfully
llirough the waving grass.    Rest llicc ; rest thee—
lake Ihe mantle aroiind thee; lie down upon Ihis
ready earth, it  will open aud give Ihee rest.    -Vrt
thou enid? aiik the cold u'lpu'che-lo  take ihfc  to
its narrciw ehambci-; lh..u will shiver in tbe winler
wind nc. iiiore.    Dolh lliy hrow a.-lu- with all  Ihis
feverish excilcnu'iil-^lliis whirlwind of sound  and
1 .Vmicilie, from Havre hound  to Vera Cruz, wilh i molion I press il lo the cool mantle  of the tomb; two hundred imssciigers onboard. | let the nir, grown damp acid chill from passing over
I     ' Ah I Monsieur,' said her coplnin in broken En- \ graves, fan ihy burning cheek—it wiil woo thcc to
i been calcined with the lieulenant of the brig, w . were politely informed that we might proceed ou Jour course, ihe olhcer aiiuouiicmg himself, as he departed to he Lieul. • " ' , of tlie Columbia gun , brig I,' Espcraiice. He had at first mislalien us for ¦' a ti!par.ish vessel, and afterivards delayed running ¦ down, as we looked not unlike a sloop of vvar. ! It was on the third morning after lliis occurrence, ' that we mado the west eu.l of Porto Hico. Cnptain [ cai'h man's bosom In imitation uj Ihe Cermaii Song,Das Falcrhnd ; ^'- had just gone below  lo breakfast, when laking |     gii^^j ^^ |,„,, ^^^^  ^y   lif^^ j i,^,,g |„^„y ,in,pg
The Christian's Fatherland.
Where's the Christian's therishcj homo !
Tell n.e where chat spot can bo 1 Is il hi-i ow-n hearlh beside,
Wilh his chiidrcn on his knee. And his wifo whose angel smile Meets his gaZB of love the while I
No, ah, no ! pale Dealh miiy strike The mother and the child alike. VVhcre'a the' Chrisliaii'ii own dear land t
Tell mc where ihat s[iot can he 1 U it whero the Hudson rolls
Ils mighly Iribule lo the sea; ,\nd on whose iiiiijestic lide Thc natives oflhe v'vorld niay ridel No, a counlry nobler lar Is iho Ceriblinii's nativo land. Where's die Christian's native land '
Is il where the .Vndes rise. In solemn grandeur lilting up
Their snowy s'jiiimits i., tho skies— Or whore the Kio I'lai.'.. seen Winding Ihrough bouiiil;..ss plains of green 1 No, a broeidcr land ilian ihis Tho true Cbrislian clniirls ns his. Where's the Cliiistiaii's native land?
Is it where the Saviour bled— Where he burst the rocky louih.
The first bcgollcri oflhe .lead—
.Vnd arose while Heaven vvas ringing
Wilh nien's ai-chiimand angel's singing!
No, a wielcr liidund hc claims
Which his nalive land 'le names.
Where's the Chrislian's counlry ihen.
Which he wooelli more dian all 7 Is it ivhero llie hanVan i. sliaduws
Ou Ihe rich pagodas lull— Where Irinkling streamlets soft and slow Throii.,di vales of ilreani like boauty flow Ab, no, his counlry is neil here, 'Tis nol the land he holds mosl d^ar. Where's the Christian's Fatherland ?
Is it classic Grccia's shore ijlrc-.vii wilh relics of thc pust—
Columns vasl and temples hoar— Whore every hill and walk and vale Have each some well remembered lalc ' No, tho' hor hounds so lovely arc. His fatherland is dearer far. Where, then, is his fatherland ? Is il Spain or glorious France, VV'here henenth llie shnde of olives
Minstrels sing nnd maidens einnce ? Or is it hy Imlin's sca Where every breeze wakes melody I No, his fatherland ccintaiiis ;More than nil Ilala's plains. Is the chrislinns fatherland
Burdened Erin's sea-washed isle? Or, beside the Forlh's hroad waters,
Dolh the sun upon it smile 1 Or is it England,  land of casllcs. Lazy lords and cringing vassals?
No, thc Christhiu's birlh-lnndis .\ broader, nobler laud Ihnn ihis. The woni.n is his dear fatherland!
.\nJ die truest patriot he i And lis dwellers are his brolhcrs,
Wheiher bohil or free. Frank and Elhiop, the samo, I'he Chrislian's warm afi'eclion claim i ''     He lovelli nil Humanity i .Vnd thanks his God Ihat hr can find .'. liear; lo cherish all mankind.
i up Ihe spy gl; tvvo tapering jutting bluff.
• I Icre is a pirnlo indeed,' ericii I; ' on deck, quick. Captain, fi.r }ou will find this fellow to be no scarecrow of a 'a mun of war.' Capiain N. was inimediately on deck, and upon a second oimerva- llon, Iio nolieed thai the vessel was hoisting hcr fiircsail, and before ho could lofik the third lime, she had every thin,-; set, comingout from under the land to mcel us.
' This looks suspicous,' snid hc, ' lo lie one mo¬ ment slowed awny liko a spider, with nothing lo bo seen, and then wilhiii five niinules, lo be in full chnsc afl.ir a stranger. I om afraiil llint we shall not find it such cnsy work to gel rid of hirn ns we did the hrig thn olher d.-iy. What say you, ('hades; I (|^|^^ jj- [^^ y,^ f^^ ^ suppose this crafl should prove to be a pirate, will you figlit him ? or shall we hnve to heave lo and quielly sufl'er Ihem tocutour Uironts?'
'As to fighting,' 1 replied, 'lied, tlml wny, for our wholo urmamcnt
glish, ' if you bc vou honest man, ycu will plense
tell me vat for dat vessel firo so many puns at vou?'
We replied liial itwas a piratical vcssul.
' VIon Dieu I von pirate did you say ? 01.! sarre I
I esteem you von very grand man to cscnpc so very
fcty was in a retreat.    .Six who were left on deck ! "ieely.     .Monsieir -ih Monsieur, val shall i do?—
My vessel is von slow sailor, nnd dp piralo vill calch
I us atid kill us all.     Oh Monsieur, vill you be so
j much a good mnn as lokeep vid wc n lilllc while?'
j     To Ihis  request wc knew nol what lo reply.—
I The brig as the cnplain said, was a dull sailor, and
i if we kept company we should be obliged lo shorl-
I cn sail nnd thus again beexpeucd lo our old enemy.
I On the olher hand, we could not ciiJurc the thougl
lent one, and one of our number stretched lifeless ul I dying -iivny, and consequently very  light, ho had ' of descrlin.g so many of our fellow beings in a mo-
ourfeet;   ilwas enough lo dash every face wilh i two boats alliiched lo Iho schooner, rowing ahead lo i mcr.t of extreme danger,  aud yet if we remained
ce.nslernalion.     Eul nol a vcsliso of fear could ho I quicken his speed.     In conscqurm-o of this assist- j wilh Ihcm wc couhl nol defend ourselves, much less
Iraccd in a single couiitciiunce of our lilllo band. I nnce, the pitale gained rapidly upon us, nnd when j another vessel,    VVe however louk in some  of our
Every heart and hand was neryed l.i  tl.e conlesl, i 'he sun arose, only a quarter of a mile separated us. i light sails and kejit with ihu hrig for nearly an houi'.
' Tho shol were again Hying fast, cnrrying nway a ! ^'hiding, however. Ihnl the pirate gained rnpidly large pari of our inizzcn topmast, and splintered the I upon us, only onc nllernative rcmsincd, o'.id that main-yard-arm. Our sails wcrc completely tiddleil, i ""* ^•^ "owd all sail and leave tho brig lo the pio- yct fortunately no ono wns injured. Preparations i tection of Providence, unless indeed we were wil- were again mado for boarding, and two hoals were I ling 10 rcmahi liko men bound hand and foot to he this lime sent, holh filled wilh men. On dicy carac, : captured. The ceunmandcr of the brig was Ihere- w'ilh their pikes and cullasscs gleaming in ihe mor-1 fmo advised lo altnr his course nnd steer in a nor¬ ning sun. It wus now n dend calm, and there wo llierly direction, n« tho pirate, being so eager to se- Iny wilh no means of defence compaicd wilh that j cure us for our incivility to his men, might leave of our enemy, unable to move a single inch, and a | the brig unmolested. Tho liglil sails heing agnin bloody set of men within a quarter of a mile, mad- j set, we parled, nnd parted, too forever. Sudly did dcncd l.y former ill success, rowing up, prepared lo I wc mislake the prolnihle iiiovemcnls of llio pirates, wreak upon us vengeance by every imnginublc lor- I for immedinlely upnn our separation, hc hauled his lure.     The fifteen minutes which elapsed after die ! wind and slood fur the hrig.
boats left the schooner were lo us a period of most |     lilaily would I here closo my .sketch, and if pos- iulcnsu ngony.    VVe knew that we must die, nnd ! sible Ihe darkest oblivion across the hitler rccollec-
.stillness and '.o c, moil of esislenci lili-s. Pons:>iiiO'i.
Ihou will forget the hot liii- ¦ Ii. w home shall be so quiel.
whilo the firm aad delermined slep with which each j moved from spot lo spol, showed that a nobler res¬ oluiion and not feeling of despair, was ol work in
I'ur. DiiL-sKAien's Wur..—None bul those wh.) have pu..-scd the sad orileal, know the sufferings ol one who is fa.itciieel i.y indissoluble bonds lo the misera'jlc drunkard ; onc whose -.vroiigs, whose pa¬ tient fi-jlfcrings, eontiiiually ascends on every breeze lo the throiio of God ; whose active and inexlir- guishohlc alfeclion is ever watching over one who rcquila il all Ly hard-hearted abuse and ncglecl.-- Failh a.nd hope arc the jewels Ihat glisten in hci soul; und ihey i-hinc in the midst of sorrow nnd gloom, as siars in a stormy night. Once joy nnd hrighlncsi! filled h' r lot; hut now. lonely vigils, heort slruggleii, broken hopes, the wreck of nil thnt is lovely, have made her palh dark alid her life as a e|oudy vision, .V trusting hcarl has hecn broken nnd tho conviction comes, that that licarl, once the home of bliss, must he the grave of sorrows, where lies buried the wreck of her dearest hopes. Toci often the heart that lovps must bleed, but whose htarl suffers as docs the drunkard's wifo ? — Crys¬ tal Four.!,
1 discovered in the .llona passage j f,^^,, ^^„„g|.,  ;,„„ „,^^,^„  j,^^;,^ „„j „„,g ij,„„ , nasts, .scarcely visible under a higii | „„^^ ^,^„^ ^j.^,, ^„,|^,, ,„ ,„„|j jj^^,i, ;„ j^c faccbut | never did 1 feci as 1 did during ihnt chase. "I'is not j any easy thing lo summon upyour manliness and'; re,-ulve lo die—lo Iramiilc down those high hopes ' of ihe future whicii have hitherto incited and sus- ' luiniid us—to behold our hrighu'st dreams, like bub¬ bles, dashed lo naught hy a violent band—lo tear | away Ihe wirm aud l.uining Ihoughls of home nnd ; friends which cluster around the hcarl, and isolate ' one's self upon the edge of the grave—lo gather up ' all the past into a miiiule, and gaze upcin it wilh our I Inst tearful look, ond then lling forward the vision | iulo elci-nity,lliat we may anlicipalc our receplion [ there;   it is not an easy  ihingi suy lo die.     Wc ; can road, nnd  eiicn  think  of Dcalh ivithout cmo- but when we listen to the o''',./i tread of hisslep lurking nround us, and hear ic wenpon hissing by as il hurries lo slay our fcl¬ law, nnd feel Hint wo may he tho next victim, there bo dono in i is not» soul bul Ihinks quickly, nnd not a hcnrl sts of only ¦ which docs not heat ns if il would tear itself from
Who Axn Wua'i' I n.vvii SiiUi?.—I hnve seen a farmer's wife lake ihe last l-Acnly hilshels of whent from the granary lo purchase a iieiv dress, when luir husband at llie same time, had an execution ^landing agninsl him,
I have seen fartners thnt e-oiild po Iwenly inilcs to n political meeting, but would hot go five lo an agricultural one.
I have seen fiirmcrs that had  but  lilllc  except
di'g fence," hut I could hot see Ihat llicy had that too by inches, unless thnt over ruling Power, I tion of that hour, liut il can never be effaced from I hcllcr crops than those Ih-jl had good tail or board wilhout whoso notice not even a spnrruw falls to | ray  memory ; ii hns haunted  mo hy day and by   lencc.
nighl, ond even now, ihough many years have in- 1 havb seen fanners ihalburned theirsU-aw, when lerveiied, asl recall il more vividly before my mind, j llire^iing their grain in llio fiill, nnd go begging tho hot scalding teats are gathering.
Tho hrig wns soon overtaken.    For a few mo¬ ments there  was a dreadful  conflict!—vard arm
thc ground,' should interfere for our rescue. Th ; iiarlmg hand was taken hy all, no distinclion now ] existed between ollicers and crew. .V leller, previ- I ouiily prepared hy Iho cuptain,staling our slluiuion, 1 1VS3 jilaced iu a bollle, which wilh ils mouth se- . curely senled, was committed to Irll our fale tothose 1 wo loved at home. Mnny a prayer was ofl'ered by ; hearts that never prayed before, and eyes which had
never wept, wcrc now filled with tears, ilach piay- i ed for himself, bul wepl for olhcrs; wcpl, that this ' little  hand of honest hearted men should fall like
I ouc four  pounder,  two  inus'.ecls, oue cutlas.s. and i Ihe h.isoin.     And yel, ivhatever these undefinabli
'. my fowling piece ; a sorry array indeed agninst llio '. feelings may he,'they are not fcari—Ihey arc some
' . • u  ..   . f .1       ... . T. . r .1,1. .,,,11.-  1. li. ,i.i, .-.i,ii„ ,!,„„    ,„.,,,„ |.r» I "'Sep before iho murderous knives of Ihe destroyers.
! foreo which that fellow doahlU'ss muBlcis.    Eut I Ihnig niiblcr, holler, wbieh while Ihcy send the hic !        ' . .      -,
i can lell you one thing CnplamN.it is no harder to! Wood  rushing through every vein with lliei fight-I     '''™"'f ""' wish,  my denr shipmnlcs,    smd . .       . .   .     ¦    .    . ,.'... I     .       1      .¦.-..     .-      I Cnplnin N., ' lo go before the bar of my God, ns 1
I dio by a cannon ball or hoarding pike, Ihnn hy being   niugs speed, bid the soul acl, nnd md It in nclion. ,.      \ . ,       . ,_        ,     ,
I ' , , ,',   , . ,     , ,    I rn. •   -   ..    . .      . -, ..        f expecl m afew minutes to do, with my hands un-
I strung up to the yaid aim and choking lo denth by , This is the hour when true courngo sits rnynlly on -     *^        . .     ,.,,,,,,.,.„
' ... ... ,-,.,¦ ,,' ¦-.   .e '. • .1   .     1.     1    1 1        ,     ncccssaiily slaincd with llic b ood ol my Icllow lic-
ekgi-ces, or by   having our windpipes uiiskil.lully   Us throne, it is now that noble deeds aro done, lo ! .        ,;,,,„. ,     ,
!     ° , ,    , ' ' ,      ', I    ¦ • 1    .    .- r I.   .       .        .       - . ; iiigs, hut 1 hold scll-.i.-i's.irvnlion to be Ihc great first
opened by these quack doctors.     Foi one, iheu, I . which the linger ol hislory loves lo point. ' . '     ,. . ...       . „u
;   i^ '' ^ . *,, / law of our nnlure; and, allhough lo nu human ap-
• sny, gel clear if ive cnn, hut if the worst comes lo j     -Tlfroughout Ihe duy we kcpl Ihc interval belwcen , ,.,,„,„„„, „,„ „,„3t di.,_ ,,„„ j,- „.„ ,,,o„,j „„,„,j I Ihe worst, why fight Ihem.' j us nnd the pirale nhout Ihc same. VVe had periiaps : ;„ destroying thrice our number of the enemy, yet
I     Tho true character of Ihe suspicious vessel was ] gained on him a lillle ; hut ufler the sun wenl down, ; „g ^^.m ,„j(,avor lo rid the world of some of these j soon ascertained, for nol heing able lo outsail us,; the breeze slackened, and soon died away almosl to ] monsters.'
¦ she fell nstcrn inlo our wake, at thc distance c.f less   u calm, nol however until nighl had shut in for our i     Accordingto directions then given, hy him, four I Ihnn half a mile, and discovering her error in not j prolection.    Every lighl on b.iard, incIuJiug Ihnlof . ijj|.fp|s „.„ replaced onlhe quniter deck and covered
having cul us off nt once, she fired a lec gun and I lhchinnnclc,was cxtiiiguished, nnd Ihc helms-man ' ,yi(i,   boards, upon    which    temporary   pinlform , hoisted a Spanish flag.    Of this wo lonk no notice, i commanded lo steer by the stars.    The niglit woro . ,|,p ||,n,, fQ,,^ pounder wns lified by all hnnds, load
siime nrliele i,.cforc spring lo keep dicir slock  alivu.
I have seen a farmer that traveled otic hundred
and four miles in the course oi a year, to  use hit
was  locked in yard  nrm, nnd  a cl.iuJ of smuko [ neighbor's grindstone, when two days labor would seon wrnpped them hoth in oiie deadly embrace.— | puicha.ie onc that would lasl len years.
The Javii w.is hove loo tlial y,'c niight learn iho  rc- j     i have si sull ol liie balllo.   Soon the firing ceased and  iho ' cream and smoke rolled away—what a sight wns presented '.— I Not a spiii- of thc brig wns sianding, whiic hcr decks were covered vvilh fiends denlihg  everywhere  Ihe blows of Death.    Tho victims wero sooii despatch¬ ed, and one aflcr auolher thrown inlo the ocean.— Thc schooner had lost her foremast, which now lay along side, and disengaging herself from  die biig, she lay too a shorl distance from hcr.    Tl: of plunder went on.    Thr'.-jc the boats weni lo th brig anej relurned.    l.bicc more loo ihcy  relurned,   fu| echo, not now laden wilh gold  and silver spoils.    One . 1 thocht by
cn a farmer's wife that wollld prefer sour il visil, to swccl cream and home.
Another Ice gun was fired, and ihe Americnn flag i away slowly, ench onc in turn catching n short nap ! ,.,i,(, the niu'/zlo with pieces of iron. The object of i ""^ '" °"^ "^ ""'' ''"S" eilies, who slated, before his was run up. This wns also suffeied lo pass unno-1 upon deck, for no ono waa pcrmilled to go below, I Hus vvns to raise the gun nbove die rail, for the pi- I ''oath, that about tho limc to which this sketch re- | ticed. The third gun eame fiom dio windward Ls on otiack might nt any lime be expected from the j fates heing astern, it could not bo directed lowards i ^'^^^' '>'' "'"' master of a scliooner, which captured, double shotted, and as the smoke rolled way, Ihe j boats of the schooner.
PiTiiiei; isn thk Echo.—' Patrick whcrc have ynu been this hour and more? You musl nol ab¬ sent yourself wilhout my leave.'
' Och, iiiver mote will 1 do die like, Sir.' ' Well give an account of yourself, you secra out of hrcnlh.'
' Failh Ihi) same I nm sir—I niver was in  such ^|j i fear  sinco I came to .Vmeriky,  and   I'tltell you nil ' alioul, sir, when 1 gel breath onct ngnin.
1 heard ye lelling ibu giiulcmcii of the wondei- over in thc woods, liphintlho big hill, hnl yo said uv it, that it hnte  nil tbe was filled whh pirates; tho other—oh must 1 write ! '^'='""-'8 uv ould Ireland, and so il dors, hy the  pow- ..,.,.,. . 1      , r  ,       ,      ,    lers!    Well, I jusl run oyer lo die  place  yo  was
it!-wilh thc wivc, ani daughters  oflhe  i.laugh. I   p„^j„g ^^./t^-l^.^.^.^^.^ „  ,,;,„.!,,,  ,',,<, „o„aerful
Icted dead. creadier.—So said 1, • Hillo, hillo, hillo, you  noisy
• .••••• rascal 1'
.,    . f.    .L .        ¦   . .1     ' I thoctthalwasvcry quarc, sir, and I saidlliUoT
1- our years afler these evenls a piralo was execu- i       ¦. , j ,       ,
-" ' '. ngnin.
I     ' Hillo yourself., said the echo,' you begun lirst. What die d—1 nro you made uv'said 1. Skill \ our mouth,' said the echo. j ,, ,.       .  .  ¦   ,- u -. i     'So saidi, ye  blalherin  scoundiel,  if ye  was
Ihcm through the porl-holcs in the side of thc vcs- j »"'»"S "'I'"'; P"^""' » ^ ''"<'}' ''"E f'"'" ";''cih sev- | „^.^,^ ^^^ ^^^^J^ ,.^^, ^^ ,,^^^,^^ ^^^    ^^^^ ^._^ ^__^^
cral young females wero tnken and carried lo a ren- i j ,, i,„„n„,, ,.„ tip ii,e mother of yo wouldn't knov. dczvous ill Cuba, and dicrc, aficr liaving shffercd j her imperfect son.'
Vnd whal do you ll.ink the  echo said lo that ' Scamppr yc baslo of a paddy,' il said ' faith
if I cntch you I'll break every bono in your ugly ! body.' .Vnd it hit my head wilh a slone, sir, th.) \ wns nigh knocking the poor brains out uv me.    .''.
I black Jlag wilh Death's head and cross bones was i     j i^^,,] sinlchcd  myself upon one of the seals in I sel.    Cnptain N., ninicd the gun himself, pointing
' seen flying al thc mainsnil peak. I ^\,Q si^m boal, with my head resling upon the lafl'i it directly nl the hoals, hut al a spot aboul Iwcnly
I     The vessel wasasnakish looking craft,schooiicr   rad as«pillow,riotlosleep,forlhal was impossilile,^i'ods distant from tho ship wilh   the intention of |''of'»o "'ondis Ihe most horrid dcgiedalioii, were
! rigged, yet ono oflhe most beaulilul 1 had ever | hul lo Ihiiilt of home, nud to throw off I'or a mo-i eharging Ihe piece when the boats liovered thai spol. 1 at la.st destroyed by poison.   Beyond all doubts
seen.    Every part of her displayed the most beauti-! menl, the henvy weight that wns crushing my heart, j ''"I": priming was poured on, and ia breatliless aiix-, 'hese wcrc the ill-faled ones of ihe l-'Ainicitic.
' ful symmetry, anel  the long raking niasla tapered i U wns so still nround, that llic very silence seemed I'et.V wo awaited the enemy's npproach. |  ¦  11_     .      ¦    i K,   ||   |
: gradually away almost lo a malhmnlicnl point.— ' oppressive.    I had laid but a few moments, vrhen 1 |     Suddenly a gleam of hope flashed aciccs every i     A young Irishman, who had married  when  ho , gjj^|"',yj',n'''herc iTlcll vou ov "i sir*"'" *
ExCiy Ihing Velow Ihe sails wns ns black ns pnint j thoughi I heard something ihat resembled thc splaiih j countenanco.    In ihc eastern board wns observed a I wus  about nineteen years of age, complaining of .     '" "'    " " ; '
I could make it, n.Tiirding a striking conlrilst to Ihc j of an oar, and rising from my scaly threw a hnsly ; d'"'' "PP'b skirling the  horizon, suie evidence Hint ', ti,o difiicullics in which his cnrly marriage had sub-1     . i\ia, Mn, (Cousin John, he's in thc parlor  with
i two lines of   white  foam that widened off from I glance over ihe hows of tho hoat.     What a sighl 1 'he sca-breczo was setting in.   If the wind reached ! Jeclcd him, said ho would  never marry  so young I sister Sal, and he keeps a bilin het.
i either how.     Ilcr deck wns filled with men, in the j met my eyes!     There was a largc ioat filled wilh i us before the ship was boarded, wc wcrc safe.   The j again if he lived lo ho as old as Malhusalah. ' Cousin JohiUjidng my Sal ?'
I centre of whom,  ns Ihe great weapon of ofiVnsi'.c   men, at iJnsl Ihirly in number, all armed wilh cut-! pimtcs also   observed the indications of the rising  i righronVo ruV^nd Z',3"galL'^^^^^^^^^^^
I nnd defensive operalions, wus mounlcd a huge brnss j hisses, nnd pislols, while by Ihc side of each lay a ' 'neeze, and therefore plied Ihcir oars wilh all iheir       'Death is the wages of sin.     That spoor pay.- ; ^ ^;,_ nolhri.'
I diirly-two pounder, lurning on a pivot. This 'long   boarding pike.    Fortunately for me, 1 was nnl uh-I slrenglh. | VVc wonder that more peoplo de3n't quit sinning,.     .Qh—ah!   i.evcr   niiiJJ   Xcd.l guess he  did'nt
j Ifim' was polished to Iho highesi degree, ond seem-1 served, nnd cicnring wilh a single bound tliesicle of j     ' Stand by with your match-rope,' said Cipl,N., i and sland out fur higher wages. I hurt hcr much.'  ^
cd to fling back in disdam the bright sunbeams as i Iho boat and ihc laff rail, I sprung upon deck nnd   wiihoul moving his eye from the innge of the gun, 1   '     " "'"'^ *l"L,Z ^.''^ '„,! i njl'.'' '''"' '^,1"' f"
. t      u   * . I .1 I » If        1      1 1 ^    t     '     tl      %    \. 1 i-    .1    I .,<¦ » -.1 1^   t snf  kept a  ii^uin  mm. onti (iion i rnv noihini uut
1 Ihey fell upon il. shouted wilh a voice that rung hko Ihunder on the \' and Ihe very tecond I lift my hand do you fire.      :     Ho who has no respect for the laws of morality,   ^^^^ ^^<^^,^ ^^^ j,^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^ .^^^.^^ ^^^^   ^^^ ^^^
\     Acouncilof war was immediately held, in which lair—-'Pirates alongside! pirates alongside!' '     Almost immediately the signal was given and Iho i will card;,-f.nd  mciin. m cade thf Ui^s "^f'ho   j ,,jj jtall iljrcajh-'ae te; htile,    I 11 Sie Uttrs »;
, €v';ry one having spoken, il v.as decided first  to,     TiiO aliiira  ^prcod throujh thc .ship, and evtry   gan di.charged.   CnEinngly did thoiC itcn mc.-iicn-   land. h'm, Vv ^i.h.'
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