The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-10-23
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GREENWIcH HoSpITaL.

ound on his wooden pin, willis, busting thro >
he conlieal Jack in. the. box ys'e ct the east
20 OF the naval Asylum go,ug in Gfeepsieh
fssk---
4 I've lost one eye and I've got = timber toe"
I And where did you leave your eye, Joe g
| - In the Gut Of Gibrsliar .'---' Well Joe,
pun never see double sgain, 60 what do you
hyto another glass Come lc,'s freshsn the
| w. my old boy and spio Us 9 tough ysrn."--
pSo no. thank ye all the same--No, no, thank
| y, I'D rather not; for whilst am saipnioe
pc ys'nyou weed DO winding me up, end
| ben shall go reeling !, to my cabin, and
| otch The yellow iever.'s-' Bot whsrs aid
you lose your leg, Joe !'--Wby I'll tel, ysu
! all about u as soon 40 we come 10 on enchor
usdcr the uees. There now you shall have
IT, Why, dye see, lost my leg when lent
hand TO take the r., Ftench so, and
VAIN work We bad Of it, 'Avsst there Joe,
svaa---you know lis oil o fudge said old
Tom Pipes ss he came hobling up You
koov IFS oil fudge. Wsn't you groggy?
snd didn'tyou jam your foot s,wix, The sho,
iocker and The combings, and csp.ixc down
the haichw0yl and now you want 10 persuade
the esmmon i, was done ia sc,ion. .'.-' Aye,
eye, Tom, you'to always vucning foul Of me
ddn' you hold the step OF my preciou, limb
whilo he surgeon dotk'd It and ssw'd swpy
the spn'efs and amt go, the sho, 10 this
hoo' !! Yes, joe, yes--5ut tell tho gem
man about Nancy Snd her husband my coup.
psrs run over wheneye, think Of fla Why
aye, ne shall have u, and do you lend me o
litt Il should beck down, though don't
much lear il. Why dye see cir, Bill Neville
was our messma'e, ond he used 10 tel! us .
lilile ct his history. And so, Sir, he was
brcughi up IN country village, and loved his
Wiz when only li',le girl, aud he wen,to sea,
thinking to make his fortune ioV her sake.
Well, he rot 20 be master OF mcrchsn, mao,
and ,hen they were married. Who can do.
scribe The pleasures Of that moment, whom
their hands were spliced az tho siisr, and he
haitcd her as his own But he was obliged 10
sail again. 'Oh !" ssd Nancy should you
ocvcr re,ufn, what shalt / do ?--where shali
| psss--where end my wretched days" His
ART WAS too foil TO speak one hand cisspcd
in hfi's..iho o,her pointed 10 Tho broad x.
ranse wherc tie noOnday son was shining IN
Merid'sn spis0dor. IL bad doubic mesn-
itg; Nancy felt it, There is n God, rus,
hlo o., il not on earth, We NEE, in heaven !
WeA'sir, eighteen months roi'd oway, dur.
'og which 10 due time, Nancy broUgh, into
the world, deaf pledge oi sfaction---a love.
ly Boy. Bu' Oh the agony Of The mother as
every day dragged on without Intelligence
from William When she looked 81 tho
sweet babe--was II indeed fa,hefless snd she
widow ! You'll excuse my stopping, Sir,
but iodesd ! can't help it--i'vs shed tears
over u many time.
Well, sir, eighteen months were turned
when one morning Nancy arose 10 pour ou,
he' heart before her Maker, end weep over
her ch'ld.--Tbc sun had just risen sbovc the
hills. wheo no'se IN tbe IiuIe gs'dsn which
foDted the cptlsge SIoTmed her. Sho open
ed tho casement and put aside the woodoine
--beheld, delightful yet egonizing sishs--he'
deaf, her long mourned William, bsodcuH'd
between TWO soldiers, while Others, win their
SIDE arms drawn, seemed tesdul OF losing
their pfsy His face pale, snd his enacisted
body worn down with fatigue and sickness,
his spiri. seen'd ready TO qait its hail man.
sion. ssd WAS only kept 10 earth by union with
his wife. Nancy fo'go oil, and cis'ped him
in her arms--bu, the fa,tiog OF the irons
. pierced her soul. do no, condemn the pol
Icy, Sir; but lis Q cruel practice, that oi
pressing well remember it--Ihoogb
! si~ays served INV king, God b!eo bin
Ye, I've witnessed many aching heart end
heard msuy a groom Of sgony. But to pro
cced--W WilIinn was press'd--Nsncy has,sord
io,o the collage, aud wrapping the sleeping
babe 10 its blanket, she prepared 10 aceomps'
ny them Cannot you picture TO yourself the
& :, glance which tho wretehed parent cast
up1b his child Oh. il was ssd, swes, joy
,ha, wtuDg the soul! sbalI pass by ihe'
meeting, their dear deligh', their bitter an
guish II you cen feel, il IS already eng asco
on your heart. Suffice j, 10 say, William bsd
been ship wrecked on the Ahiesn coast, end
though be hod lost the whole OF his property,
yet heaven had spared his lite, and his only
ono. Slckne,s came on him, aud bot Tor tue
humsniiy Of poor uD utored negfo, he might
have bres,hed hts last. She Was bistk, sbs
was ncg'o--but God searches the hesr'.--
He bsd procored with much difficulty pas
sage home. The ship sr'ived--be set oa',