American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-05-07

,imurmured at the being that upheld me I desi
death and ceased my exertons in order to hasten
Its approach. From that moment till revived att
your dwelling, reason left me.-The humane fisher
man did all he could to comfort the hapless sufferer
he consultations OF religion were freely offered &
he taught him submission to the divine will tol
Him from whom he had already received such mani
Told merces. have doubt, he continued, but they
will soon land in the vicinity to divide their plumber,
and let us indulge in the hope that these outcasts
OF society will be brought to Justice, and you resto
red to the partner of your bosom.
| Animated with this idea, the fisherman rose and
approached the window, and he anticipated, the
vessel was distinctly standing in for the shore. Not
moment was to be lost. Raising the stranger in
ibis arms he carried him to his skif, and rowing
round steep bluff which screened them from OBJ
lservatlon he placed him in cave retired and Sc
lcure. He then fastened to some huts few miles
distant, informed the inhabitants Of the bloody trans
faction of the past night and conjured them if they
were not destitute OF courage and humanity, to add
him IN boarding the vessel which was at anchor.
IA small out determined band was immediately
COLLECTED, and under the direction of the fisherman
they advanced with caution towords his humble dwell
lIng--Provdence smiled upon their endeavors.
They crept to the brow of crag beneath which the
pirates were seated dividing the money of the stran
ger, and watching their opportunity sprang uponl
them The confusion OF guilt and above all. the
Intoxicating draught, rendered them easy con-
quest, and they were carefully secured to await the
punishment due to their crimes The fisherman
land his comrades then rowed for the vessel and
ltears OF Joy bedewed his weather beaten face on
Finding that the wife Of his guest had escaped unin
Inred. When he descended into the cabin, she at
h'st seemed unconscious of his approach, so much
had her senses been overpowered by the late scenes
: OF horror. When at length she aroused from the
i,.upor in which he had found her, she informed him
that she remained the only survivor OF those who
had taken passage in the vessel and o ! she ex-
Iclaimed, that | could share their fate To me far
more welcoms the watery grave of my husband
than what hourly fear, the embrace of his murder
: er. Fo some moments the tears OF the iar and
n disconsnaie mourner unnamed our generous
fisherman but at length collecting himself, he bid
Nj her not despair that the objects OF her terror were
beyond the power of injury, and that though separa
ted from the one whom she loved she should never
want protec while he had single arm to raise in
her defence. But be continued perhaps your husband
. may be still alive Some Of the passengers have
e been picked up severely wounded indeed, but not
beyond recovery: at last he unfoded to her the
p happiness that was in store.-But with all his eau.
zion, nature sunk under excess of emotion; and he
rembled lest all his labors should have been bestow-
h ed In vain. Their Joy at meeting, no pen ade-
lquaely describe Suffice it to say that after knee
ing to that Being who had restored them as it
were 10 life, their first the welfare of the
, fisherman. A sum sufficient to render him indie
pendent was Immediately bestow ed, and the only re-
O turn they requested was that they might retain the
dog who had been instrumental in producing this
d ljoyous meetlng-But here the fisherman pleaded
e in turn. He said that his reward had been greater
n than his labors deserved his heart desired He
hoped they would not charge him with ingratitude
bur the dog, he said, pattng him on the face, had
been his only companion during the long and dreary
" winters he had passed among those rocks-hat there
is was no other living creature whom he could call
p iriend-and in hne rather than to part with so
: faithful, he would return their bounty preferrng
his hut, his poverty and his dog, to wealth and soil
q tude. You shall not part, says the stranger, and
!, sorry am to have given a moments pain heart
II so feeling. Take this said he, presenting large
addition to his former donation and if it be more
n than sufficient for your wants, know it will
m be employed as all wealth ought to be-in alleyia-
IS ting the distresses OF your fellow beings.
3 DR.. Hough, late Bishop of Worcester,
e was remarkable for sweetness of temper, as
: well as every other Christian virtue; of