The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-06-16
..sm Frederic said she, what is it9--let


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"Nothing ma'am, nothing!' said the gen
cral angrily, go to bed, lady 5fashlelgn,
there is no danger---..ll will be well soon
ma'am.'
"Another following sea strnck her.-and
another--it was the iast!--the dead lights
were shivered into splinters---the stern
frame itself Welded to the shock--the water
delured the decks below, and carrying eve
ry thing before it. burst upwards through
the deck itself, driving those who were on
the companion, forward.
aFanny was caught as She was Whifl'ng
forward, by Welsted, Cher lover before sue
was sacrificed by her parents to Sir treder-
ick Brashleigh, who seized tirmiy hold OF the
hinnacle. which broke away from its clcats,
Sir Fredericl. Brasheigh was hurried on to
the mass of wate.s, and the master OF the
ship. having uttered an exclamation too
clearly Indicative that all was over, was seen
cndeavoring for moment to 'hold on by
the foremast but in another instant thc4oyef-
whelmed ungoyernaole ship met a trcmend-
ons coming wave, and rose not TO ineee IL
--unresisted and unopposed the huge noun
tain burst directly upon her, the contcnding
sea rushed forward from the stern, met the
advanced torrent, the ship plunged forward
TOR moment, as If struggling with dcstruc-
lion, but the effort was vain, and forging
. ahead, she sank at once III the fathonleSs
deep.
"Welsted, who had never let go his pre-
cious charge, during the important period
in which all this was transactng, had lash
ed his beloved to the binnaclc, himself hold
inn on firmly, and when the whirl OF waters
in which the ship seemed to suck down CIV
cry thing around It, hal u little snbsided,
he awokc to a consciousness OF his situation;
the binnacle foatcd beyond the confines of
the horrid abyss and upon the surtace OF the
mountainous waves still iloAted The fond de-
voted pair.
"rhc power Of endurance with which hu-
manity is gifted is hardly credible to those
who have net suffered. Here vas the del
icatc lady BrAsAleigh, nultnred WIN the
foMdest care, and couchcd on doWhy beas'
the evening breeze itself too rude 70 dow
upon her, exposed to the tempeAtAons "lhl
and Constant drcnching OF the raging sea
through a night of awful misery She was
unconscious OF her situation; and It was with
The greatest care and toll that Neistead
could sustain her III !, position @Aicll alone
secured her from almost ent!:c immersion
Of the waves. The sicket!ng and dreadful
sameness ot mounting rapidly on ohc high
bi!low, followed by the dreaa!al ana lmpet-
nous fall from it, only 10 rtisc upon another
and that perhaps tho last, had worn her out;
and it is doubtful whether a. the time, shc
was sensible whose arm it was, that held
her in safety, or upon whose bosom her ach'
my head reclned
The day had Just began to dawn, whci
the sound OF gun, dcadcned By the storm
as if it were mutfled, broke upon Welstcd
ear. He raised himselfto look, but could sec
nothing but water -water-%atcr' it
thougl!t he had been deccived--he spoke t
Fanny she answered, evidently unconscious
II her situation. Again the sound strucS
him; and tic ,.ay frightened for moment
as he mounted ON the edge of a high rolling
wave he caught glimpse OF vessel neal
them
ut was sloop Of war returning 70 the
capes Of India. The doubt and the danger
and the difficulty of their situation now arose
from the minutencss of the object upoI
which they Roated, and the almost impos
sibiity uf rendering them aid, even IT the!
were discovered in SO tcmpestuous sea
hut it was doomed to be otherwise. = i h'
man Of war had seen the DISTRESSED merchant
man on the proceeding evening, and mlssini
her in the morning, when 1t was evident sh
could not have outsaicd her, the guns wer
i,.red for the purpose OF attracting those VIII
might be is Fanny and Wclsted were) Still
oDfAlfDiS VI lAG iatdI Ne-eiSNiS i'liN NiiiNh -
ca.taln Of the brig concluded had occurred
Il was certain BY the increased loudnes
of the report oi the next gun heard. that sh
was nearing them. Ae!stef! waved, as We
as he wa able, the shawl in which Fam
had been enycloped, and which he disen
gaget from her for the pafpose; but
was almost hopeless t. expect so small an OF
icct Is attract the eye through such spac
~ 1t such distance. II was not seen; yt
Providence guided the brig towards tn
place where the unhappy creatures still @
istet; they were actually caught sight OF
the weather was somewhat more modera'
the gallant bark ploughed the foamn
waves and ncarcd the sufferers
"NoW was the difficult part of the tas
10 dc; no boat could live; and even ifa ror
could be thrown to Welsted, in all probabi
ity the moment the floating wreck came
contact with the larger object, it would
dashed to atoms along with these upon it,
The brig got 10 windward and after ma.
fruitess efforts, a length the rope was ho
towards Melsted, he caught it--every c,
= now bcamed--cvery heart beat.--'Stand b.
was the word. 'Fend otl'-'Fend Off
teas, nov '-'now' howl
eIhe moment came; the wreck touch
the quarter Of the brig; four or five go
men, bnatswains' mates, and captain of tol
were read, to seize it i'll the main chains
the grasp was iirn--the hold was certain