Marietta Pioneer

              VOL. II.
llgAU&TTA PIONEER.
"TO   KAVOB THE  Alir4XrF..>IP,
H' A. B. Sc R. K. GROSH,
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MARIETTA, (PA.) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1827.
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1011   Tilt   M.VlllETTA  riONEEU.
A PUZZLE.
'Tis not in ocean, e.arlh nor air.
Anil vaur.c.l skies say, 'tis not there ; •
Nor win;!-, nor va|,oiir&, waters, chuids,
^forwiioil, nor ore, its presence shrouds;
'1 i.s not in I'.arkness with the night,
In fire, nor sunshine with the liglit;
'I'he iiniverbc has never fc;lt
TliLs wonder, which in it ne'er dwelt;
IV(>r kini^, nor soLject, painter, poet.
Nor ijuecns, wilii all their pomp cun know it;
tu sorrow, joy, in time, m r s;iace,
.Vor yd 111 ill ul, r..!i n find pluce ;
'l'l.<iii(r|i HI u r.ro'^s.'tis hot f..uiui ihere,
J-'ncmls — can you find it .'
fell im   where ?
Jicailer, uo be;; ot U, To attf-'i I hercuii-2i For 'ivviii excite your P.T If you hut read tliis U-F-
AM 1. D. A. Dear Mist'ess E. Str.inge joii cMi't C Uow much I'm loving I.'; Mcuiivvhile, shall I Aslv ri asoii y, 1 may not >v ? ,
tVill ihoii .'.ut n.
As fine -AH .my J,
Wiit-n we hLome.
If )th No-  1,
And sip our de.tr  To-K'
H .« SaoRT.
~^i   . rr r~ 1^"*' apprehensive bieathin<r pause.	
lllteraril  DcpartnUnt.      Every   eye   was  turned  towards   the
quarter where the ominous si^ns had been discovered ; and each individual eiKleiivoied to read their itnport, with an intellijrence correspondent to the degree of skill he mii^lit have acquired during his particular period of service, on that treacherous element vvhich was now his home.
The dim tracery of the stranjrer's form had been swallowed by the Hood of misty light, which, by this time roll¬ ed alont; the sea like drifting vapour, semi-pellucid, preternatural,and seem¬ ingly tangible. The ocean itself ap¬ peared admonished that a quick and vi¬ olent cliange was nigh. The waves had ceased to break in their former foam¬ ing and brilliant crests ; but black musses of thc water were seen liftin"- their surly summits against the eastern horizon, no longer rellev^ed by their scinullating brightness, or shedding their own peculiar and lucid atmos¬ phere around them. Tiie bree/.e wtiich iiad been i^o fresh, and wn^jii h.id even 'jlown, at times, wiih aj^orce that near¬ ly aiiDunted to a little" gaie, was lull- iii,. a .d becoming uncertain, as though awed b.' the more violent power tliat was gatiieriiig along the t)orilers of the »;ea, in the direetimi of the neignbuur- ing conliiieiit. hach iiioment, tlie east¬ ern pujV> of air lost their atrengtii, and became more and more leebie, until, in an incredibly siiurt period, ilie heavy sails were heard llai)[)iiig against the masts—a friglilful atul uiiiinous calm succeeding. .Al this iiistanl, a glanc¬ ing, Hashing gleam ligiited liie fearful oLi-curity (ll l!ie oceaji; and a roar like that of a sudden hurst of tliunder. bel- ioAed along the waters. The seamen turned their startled looks on eacii other, and stood stupid as tuough a warning had been given, trom the Hea¬ vens liieiiiselyes, ot what was to fol¬ low, iiut tft^ir calm and sagacious coiiiiiiander put a ditferent construc- liiiii on tiie signal. His lip curled, in high prutessioiial pride, and his iiioutii iiiovud rajjidiy, while lie muttered to iiiinself, with a species of scorn,—;
* Does he think we sleep ? Ay, he lias ^ tt it himself, and would ()[ieii our e,es to what is comi ig. \\ hat does lie iniagine we have been.about, since the middle watch vvas setr'
riieii. Wilder made a swift turn or two ou llie (juarter-deck, never ceasing to beiiil Ins (piiek glances Irom one ipiailerol the heavens to another;— froiii the black and lulling water on which his vessel vvas ruliiiig, to the s.iils ; and from his sileiiL and pro- lounilly expectant crew, io the dim lines of spars that were wavini: above hia head, like so many pencils tracing their eurvmiiear antl wanton im.igen over t'le innrky yolunies of the super- iiK uuiiieiit ciouds.
' Lay the alter-yards sijuare I' .said he. ill a voice which, was iie.ird ny ev¬ ery man on deci\, tliou^^ii his woni- vv<;re a|ipaie!itly siiokeh but little a- Uove his brealii. Even the creaking ot tne blocks, as the spirs cjJWie siuwly and heavilv round tu lh« indicated po¬ sition, coiitnlnited to the iinposiiig cliaracter of tlie inoni-'iit. and sotiiid- ed III Uie ears ol all the instructed lis¬ teners, like notes of fearful prepara¬ tion. '^
' Haul up the courses 1' resumed Wil¬ der, alter a tiioughtlul, brief l^ilerval, witli tiie same eloijiieiit caliiwiess ul iiiaiiner. I'hen, taking another glance al tiie threaieiiiiig liori/.i>ii, he added, with empliasis, 'Furl them—furl them both : Awav aloli, and hand your cour¬ ses," he continued, in a sliuut; 'roll tlie 111 up, clieerily ; In with lliem, bovs, ciieenly ; ini'
Tiie conscious seamen took their im- pulse.s from Die tones of their cominan- iier. In a moment, twenty dark lorins were seen leapi-ig up the rigging, with the alacrity of so many quadrupeds; ami, ill another minute, the vast and powerful sheets of canvass vvere el- vvliich had ar.iusi-d tnem, thus une.x- |^,j.ji^ii|y lendered harmless, by seciir- peitedly, into aciivity, |iri)d;iced order, I ,,i^ ti,oiii in light rolls to their respec-
' tive spars. The men descended as owiflly as they had mounted to the yards ; and then succeeded another snort   and  breathing pause.    At this
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Our watciiful aiiveiiturer [t .- Cap¬ tain ol the royal Jaijunej w.., u,;i blind IO tliese w el I-known and sn..sior Oiiien.s. .No sonner duf ^the petiiii;-.r atiiiospiicrc. oy which the mvsie.i.ias iiiia^c iiiai lie su often o.Kaiai.Kil w.is suddenly surrounded, tateli his eye, than iiis voice was heard in the cle.ir, poweiiul, and exciting lules of waiii-
' Stand by' he callt'-I aKnul, • tow in all siuddiiig sails I Howii uiili (.u-m I'^ he added ; scared > g'^mg hi.-, hnmer Winds tunc to reacn tne ear.s of nis suboidiiiates. * t) >wii wiiii every rag ol them, Iviil; and .iK tiie siup! Alan the li»«)-t:allaiil tlewliiies, Mr. i^.ir.U;;. Clc'.'. iijj ami cie.v d.>wii I In wiui eve¬ rv tiling, ciieeiily, men 1  in I'
I'liis was a language to Wiiicli llie crew ol tne Caroline were no slraii- l]ri-<, and one vviucn was doubiy wel- i .•:iie ; since tlie meanest seaman ul Iiie,11 all had tliougiil iii.it ius umvinuvn roaiuander had oeeii needies.-iy tri¬ lling with the salety ul me vessel, b\ tlie iiardy inaniiei' in wiucn ne uisie- g,aidod tne wild syiiipt-juis oi uie we.i- t'li-r. L5ai lliey Underv .i.ned llie Kee.i- t\i I vigilance oi A uner. lie ii.id ie!!aiiily driven the liristol trader t u\>ugii the Waicr at .i laie s.ie iiad ne¬ ver liceii kiiuw'.i to iiaNc i,oiie ueloie ; but, i!ius far, Uie facts l!ie:iisei\ es M- t:'.<;-d in his favor, since no injury was 1 .-• lur.sequence of What they deemed ! is lenicriiy. At the ijuicrw, sudden i .der just given, lioWe\er. liie whole s'lip was iiisla.itly in an uproar. \ do/.eii seamen called lo eacn other, from thlVereiit parts ol liie vessel, each tlriving lo lift bis voice auove the ro.tr- iiig ocean ; and liiere w.is every ap¬ pearance uf a general and i.ie.Ktrica jle coiilusioii ;—but   the   same   aptlmrity
ens, every sound of the element?, and each dusky and anxious countenance that was visible, helped tu pruclaim the intense interest of the moment. It was in this brief interval of expecta¬ tion, and inactivity, that the mates a- j^ain approached their Commander.
' It i.s an awful night, Captain Wil¬ der I'said Earing, presuming on his rank to be the first of the two to speak.
'I have known far less notice given of a.shift of wind ,' was the steady an¬ swer.
' We have had time to gather in our kites,' tis true, sir; but there are signs and warnings, that come vvith this change, at which the oldest sea¬ man has reason to t*ke heed I'
'Yes,' continued Xigtrtbe.-id, in a voice that sotmded hoarse and power¬ ful, even amid the fearful accessories of that scene;'yes it is no trifling coinmissioii that can call people, that I shall not name, out upon the water ill such a night as this. It was in just such weather thuf I saiv the ' Vesuvi¬ us' ketch go to a place so deep, that her own mortar would not have been able to have -^i^iw a bomb into the o- pen air, had iiftnds and lire been there lit to let it oiri'
' Ay ; and it was in such a time that the Greeiilandman was cast upon the Orkneys, in as Hat a calm as ever lay on.the sea."
'(ientleiiicn,' said Wilder, with a peculiar and perhaps an ironical em¬ phasis on the word, ' what is it you Willi Id have ? liiere is not a breath of air stirring, a.id the ship is naked tu her topsails I'
It would have been difficult for ei¬ ther o\ the tvvo malcontents to have given a very satislactory answer to this question. Both were secretly ..roaded by mysterious and supersti ii.>us apprehensions, that were power¬ fully aided by the more real and intel- igible aspect of tlie night; but neither
expended the utmost of his power and skill in direct and manly efforts. Nor was there, in verity, a moment to lose, or a particle of human strength ex¬ pended here, without a suliicieut ob-
The lucid and fearful-looking mist, which, for the last quarter of an hour, had been gathering in the north-west, was now driving down upon them with the speed of a race-horse. The air had already lost the damp and peculiar feeling of an easterly breeze ; and lit¬ tle eddies vvefc beginning to fiiitter among the masts—precursors of the coming squall. Then, a rushing, roa¬ ring sound vvas heard moaning along tUft fteean-, whose siir/l.ce was first dimpled, next ruffled, and finally co¬ vered with one sheet of dear, white, and spotless foam. At the next mo¬ ment the power of the wind fell upon the inert and labouring liristol trader. As the gust approached. Wilder had seized the sligiil opportunity, ailurdcd by the changeful pulls of air,* to get the ship as much as possible before the wind; but the sluggish movement of the vessel met neither the wishes of his impatience nor ^he exigencies ol the moment Hef^J^ows had slowly and heavily fall&n 'off from^the north, leaving her precisely in a'situation to receive the first shock on her broad¬ side. Happy it was, for all who had life at Muk In that defenceless v^'ssel. that she was not fated to receive the whole weight of the tempest at a blow. The sails lluttered and trembled on their massive y.-irds, bellying and col lapsing alternately for a minute, and then the rushing wind swept over them in a hurricane.
The ' Caroline' received the blast like a stout .nnd buoyant ship, yielding readily to its impulse, until her side lay nearly recumbent on the element in which she floated ; and then, as if the fearful fabric were conscious ofits
h.id so far forgotten his manhood, and jjehpardy, it  seemed to lift its recli- his prorossional pride, as to  lay   bare  "'"i? mus^^ again, struggling to work
tne full extent of his own weakness, at a moment when he was lialile to be called upon fur the exibitioii of quali¬ ties of a far more positive and deter¬ mined character. Still, lliij feelitig that was uppermost betiayed itself in the re;My ut Earing, ^louglrin.an indi-- rect and covert manner.
' Yes, the vessel is snug enough now,' he said, ' though eye-sight has shewn us all it is no easy matter to drive a frighted ship through the vvater as fast as one of your flying craft can go, aboard of which no man can say, wiio stands at the helm, by what coin-
its way heavily through the water.
* Keep the helm a weather! Jam it a-vveather. fur yuur life I' shouted Wil¬ der, amid the roar ol the gust.
The veteran seaman at the wheel obeyed the urdi-r wi-li steadiness, but in vaiu he kept his eyes riveted on the margin uf the head sail, in order to watch the manner the ship vvould obey its power. Twice more, in as many •niuments, the tiill masts fell towards the horl/oii, v.aving as often gracefully upwards, and then they yielded to the mighty pressure of the wind, until the whole machine lay  prostrate on the
pass she steers, or vviiat is her draught!' .water.
irom lliL'ir ill-directed ihoiigh vigor jus elf.ris. ^
Wilder had spoken, to awaken the drowsy, and to excite tne tjr|tid. Tne instant iiefouiul each man on l:ie alert, he resumed Ins urders, with a cilni- ne.ss that gave a direction to tho pow¬ ers of all, bat still with an energy that he well knew was called for by the occasion. The eiior:nous sheets ot duck, whicii had looked like So many li^ht clouds in the murky and threat einiii heavens, were soon seen llutier- .iiig \.;ld!y, as they descended iVoai tlieit high places; and, in a lew niin- lutos, tin; sliip was reduced to the ac- [tiiMi of her more secure and heavier |<i;anvas5. To etfect ihis object, every lan ill the ship luid exerted his power I" the utmost, under the guidance of he sie;ulv but rapid mandates of their -•••niiiALiJur.   Then followed a short
moment, a candle would have sent its tlauie perpendicularly towards tiie hea¬ vens. The ship, missing ihe steadying po.ver of the wind, rolled heavily m the troughs of the seus, which, howev¬ er, bezan to be nioie diininulive, at each instant; as though the startled element was recalling, into thc securi¬ ty of its own vast bosom, that portion oY its particles which had, just before, been permitted to gambol so wvddl}^ over its surface. Tne water washes sullenly along the side of the ship, or. as she 'laboring rose from one ot hei fretiuent falls into the hollows of th.- waves it shot back into the ocean fron her decks, in numberless littlejlitter
ins cascades.    Every iiiie of the hear-
'Ay,' resumed iNighthcad, '1 call the ' Caroline' last lur an honest tra¬ der, and lew sijuare-riirged boats are there, who do .nut wear the pennants ut the king, that can eat her out of the wind, or Cirnig her into their wake, with studding-sails aboard. But tliis is a tune, and an hour, to make a seaman think. Lo.ik at yon ha/.y lii^ht, iieie, 111 with the land, that is cuining so last down upon us, and then tell me wheth¬ er it comes from the coast of America, ur wiiether it comes from out uf the siraiiger who has been so long runniinj under onr lee, bul who has got, or is last gelling, the wind of us at last, and yet none here can say huw, or why. 1 have just this much, and no more, to say. Cive me for consort a craft whose Captain 1 know, or give me none !'
' Such is your taste, .Mr. Nighthead,' said Vvilder, coldly ;• mine may, by some accident, be very different.'
' Yes, yes," ubserved the more cau¬ tious anif prudent Earing, ' in time of war, and with letters of marqne aboard, a man may honestly hope the sail he sees should have a stranger for her master; or otherv^ise he vvould never tall in with an enemy. But, though an Englishman born my?elf, 1 should rather give the ship in that mist a clear sea, seeing that I neither know her nation nor her cruise. Ah, Captain Wilder, yonder is an awful sight for the mornnig watch ! Often, and often, have I seen the sun ri.se in the east, and no harm done; but little good can come of a day vvhen the light first breaks in the west. Cheerfully would I give the owners the last month's pay, bard as I have earned it with my toil, lid I but know under what flag yonder Granger sails."
' Frenchman, Don, or Devil, yonder he comes !' cried Wilder. Then, tur- ;)ing towards the silent and attentive crew, he shouted. In a voice that was appalling by its vehemence and war¬ ning, 'Let run the after halyards! oiwid with the fore-yard! round with t, men, vvith a will!'
These were cries that the startled
¦rew   perfectly   ynderstood.     Every
erve  and  muscle were   exerted   to
'xecute  the   orders,   in   time   to  be
n    readiness   for   the    approaching
tempest.   No man spoke; but  each
' fCeep her dead away I' added the still cairn but deeply authoritative voice ufthe young commander. ' Stand by to furl the tore-topsaii—let it hang a moment to drag the ship clear ot the wreck—cut, cut—cheerily, men— hatchets and knives—cut wiih all, and cut off all!'
As the men now worked with the freshened vigour of revived hope, the ropes that still confined the talleu spars to the vessel were quickly seve¬ red ; and the • Caroline,' by this time dead before the gale, appeared barely to touch the foam that covered the sea, like a bird that was swift upon the wing skimming thc waters. The wind came over die waste in gusts that rum- blid like distant thunder, and with a power that seemed to threaten to lift the ship and its contents from its'pro- per clement, to deliver it to one still more variable and treacherous. As a prudent and sagacious seaman had let tly the halyards of the solitary sail that remained, at the moment when the sriuall approached, the loosened but lowered topsaiJt vvasApw distended in a ma>H/^Q&rtJlifl!' (H|re#«lbd to drag af- ly, mast which still stood, iitlysasv the ;ii->c<issiity of ai^l and he alsp R^^ of securin|^^ |pl^i(^, he pvyn- giir, iiiid gawu. thftw-
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such shocks
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" Von sp^ cirfii^ot' much   loMgfcr^'^fl'* should it go p'ver tine^ blu'.v might b^ gi^ rate she is in»t.vi m'udfc'be sent the yards."
'•The &ti whip," retail
luwor  mast'ft^^pf'^^f^spi'ung.    There ¦wuuid be great danijirTEtrusting a"   * lite in that tup, while sucli^^d -^qn.i'tls as these ar^'breAiiiig arujnid us."'       '•'"
" Vou mlly.be^'Tifld^^'lurned Wil^
s, soni^fata e shiff^t thf jnaij^'^i'Ptwo ihfe^nT fruin
a willow autl the
' Reflect!' said Wilder, sei/.ing the bewildered Earing by the arm, as the latter rushed madly up the steep of the deck ; ' it is our duty tobe calm ; Bring hither an axe.'
Quick as the thought which gave the order, the admunished mate com- [ilied, jumping into the mi/.zen-chan- nels of the ship, tu execute, with his own hands, the mandate Ihaf'he well knew must ful low.
' Shall 1 cut:' he demanded, vvlili uplilted arms, and in a voice that atu- iied tor his inoiiientaiy confusion, by its steadiness and force.
' Hold ! Does the ship inind her helm at all?'
' Nut an inch, sir.'
'* Then cut," Wilder clearly and calmly added.
\ single blow sufficed for the dis¬ charge of the momentary act. Exten¬ ded to the utmost powers of endu¬ rance, by the vast weight it upheld, the lanyard struck by Earing nu soon¬ er parted, tlian each of its fellows snapped in succession, leaving the mast dependant ou itself alone for the support of all its punderous and com¬ plicated hamper. The cracking of the woud came next; and then the rig¬ ging fell, like a tree that had been sap¬ ped at ill fmindation, the little dis¬ tance that still existed between it and the sea.
' Does she fall off .=' instantly called Wilder to the observant seaman at the wheel.
'She yielded a little, sir; but this new squall Is bringing her up again.'
' Shall I cut?' shouted Baring frbm the main rigging, whither he had lea¬ ped, like a tiger vvho had bounded on his ]»rey.
  Cut !' vvas the answer.
A loud and imposing crash soon succeeded this order, though not before several heavy blows had been struck into the massive mast itself. As be¬ fore, the seas received the tumbling maze of spars, rigging, and sails; the vessel surging, at the same instant, from its recumbent position, and rol¬ ling far and heavily to windward.
*She rights ! she rights !' exclaimed twenty voices, which had been hither¬ to mute in a suspense that involved life and death.
der, with & s^AJB^'^convictiuii i,f the trath of wr>at_'tlie?iUu'r had said. "Stay you then liere ; aad it any tiling belal me, try to get the vessel into port as far north as the Capes of Virginia, at least;—on nn account attempt llatte- ras, in the-present condiiiun of"	
" Wliat would you do. Captain Wil¬ der.-" interrupted the mate, laying his hand powerfully on the shoulder of his Commander, who, he observed, had already thrown his sea-cap on the deck, and was preparing to divest him¬ self uf some of his outer garments.
" I go aloft, to ease the mast of that topsail, witliout which we lose the spar, and possibly the ship."
" .\y, ay, I see that plain enough ; but shall it be said. Another did the duty of Edward Earing.'' It is your business to carry the vessel into the Capes of Virginia, and mine to cut the topsail adrift. If harm comes to me. why, put It in the log, with a word ur two about the manner in which I played my part: That is always the best and most proper epitaph for a sailor."
Wilder made no resistance, but re¬ sumed his watchful and rellectiiiii at¬ titude, with the simplicity of one vvho liad been too lung trained to the dis¬ charge oi certain ubligutiuns himself, to manifest s'lrprise that another should acknowledjje their imperative charac¬ ter. In the mean time. Earing pro¬ ceeded steadily to perlorm what he had just prumi'^ed. Passing into the waist ot the ship, he pruvideil him¬ self with a suitable hatchet, and then, without speaking a syllable to any of the mute but attentive seamen, he sprang Into the fore-rigging, every strand and rope-yard of vvhich was tightened by the strain nearly to snap¬ ping. The understanding eyes of his observers comprehended his intention; and, with precisely the same pride of station as had urged him to the dan- "¦erous undertaking, four or five of the older mariners jumped upon the rat¬ lings to mount with him into an air that apparently teemed with a hundred hurricanes.
"Lie down out of that fore-rigging," shouted Wilder, through a deck-trum¬ pet; ' lie down ; all, but the mate, lie down!' His words were borne past the inattentive ears of the excited and mortified fuUowers of Earing, but they failed of their eftect. Each man was too much bent on his own earnest pur¬ pose to listen to the sounds of recall. In less than a minute the whole were scattered along the yards, prepared to ubey the signal of their officer. The mate cast a look about him, and per¬ ceiving that the time vvas comparative¬ ly favourable, he struck a blow on the large rope that confined on^ of the an¬ gles of the distended and bursting sail to the  lower  yard.
To he Concluded in our next.