Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-08-19
MISCELLANY.
A WEST-INDIA PARSON.

West Indies, with assurance that those Of our
friends who give it perusal, viii he highly
| Sratifed. MIR. Coerdge's work is one of great in
crest, and we recommend it to the perusal of the
public. II can be found at the Circulating Lii
| braries.
| The church in Rosseau is well situated,
and tolerably finished without, but the nte-
rlor IS In miserable state. The common
pitch pine, when unpanted, has particu-
iarly unpleasant effect in hot climate il
always oppressed me in remarkable man
ner. About hundred persons, chiefly
coloured, attended the morning service;
they had books, and apparently came for
the purpose ofseeing the bishop---certa My
| with one or two exceptions, they were en-
tirely unacquainted with the ordinary ritual
OF the established religion. The Church
OF England, indeed, does not flourish in
Dominica, which, considering the great ca
pacity and spirituous affections Of the pres
| ent worthy incumbent, is matter of some
surprise. believe there are two thousand
Protestants in this colony, ofwhich number
the Methodist form the largest part; about
sixteen thousand are Papists, under the care
Oh three Spanish priests {; so that it is con-
solitory to the sympathies of obese and in
quescent men to know, that if irue religion
thrive not in Dominica, ut the least, its
minister does, upon an ample salary, and
Just so much breathing exercise o'Sundays
as may conducc to good digestion for
the rest of the week. Not that | would be
brought to impeach the zeal Of the rector
of Rosseau: very far from it; it is too well
| known to be questioned; and it argues an
unusual degree of apathy or stubbOrnness
in those who are the daily Witnesses of it,
that the effects are not moro perceptibc.
Mr.. Newman is great and remarkable,
but he is not SO great and remarkable as
his predecessor, Mr.. Audain. This Nj
Audain waSp patriot---few of his cloth like
him---he Vas not content with praying
against the enemies of his country; he
fought against them also. st. Peter Ger
tainiy owned boat, according to the au.
thorized translation---Mr AudaIn loved lit
crat Observation-Disclosures a partnership
among some OF the apostles in ship. SO
Mr. Audain butt schooner, and carried
on for many years, a system Of practical
polemics with the disputants ofthe French
school, to his notoriety. 1t is even yet
| fresh in the recol!ections Of the inhabitants
of Rosseau, with how joyful rapture this
holy Dominican once broke off the service
on Sunday, unable to repress the emotion
of his triumph on seeing the vessel Of his
faih sail into the bay with dismasted
barque, laden with sugar, ram, and other
Gallo vanities, from Martinique
1t was shortly after this event, that the
star ofAudain began to wax dim. His zeal
was usually great; his courage undaunted;
but his evil destiny met him at every turn.
An acguain' ancc Of mine met him one day
in the streets of Bassaterre, in st. Kits,
surrounded by negroes, to whom he was
| distributing plantains, yams, potatoes, and
other eatables, and holding private talk with
them all by turns. Having caught my
friends eye, he came up to him, and said,
IL am going to smugglc all these PAS
Gals this evening to Gaudaloupe." He did
so in his schooner, but remained himself on
shore. A pr'yateer of Nevis captured the
smuggler before he could get her to mar
ket. Aud,an became furious, went himself
Ito Nevis. and challenged the owner of the
privateer to fight. The challenge was no,
accepted, and Audian Immediately posted
tn uame oftbe rescusant, as that of
scoundrel, on lie Court-iiouse He him
self, for two days, kept watch upon the
platform, with "a sword by his side, and four
| pistols stuck in his belt, to see if any one
dared to touch the shields
Auuian fitted out another schooner, and
cruised in her himself But fate was too
heavy for him, though he struggled against
it like man. On the second day large
vessel was seen to the leeward he ascer-
tanned her to be Spanish trader, supposing
her to be wholly unarmed, bore down on
her as upon certain prey. When he came
within pistol shot, fourteen masked ports
were opened, and as many guns pointing
at himthrough them Audain was obliged to
strike in an instant, and, with his carpen-
ter, succeeded in secreting himself, under
some water casks in the hold ofhis schoon-
er. The Spaniards came on board and cut
every man in pieces, except Audain and his
carpenter. These two lay all night under
the casks, but in the morning, upon further
search, their asylum was discovered. They
were brought upon deck, and the Span
iards were upon the point of hewing them
in inches, when their captain exclaimed
with rapidIty, "Hold all ! this mans life is
sacred, and the others too for his sake. I"
AudaIn had formerly done the Spaniard
great service at st. Thomas, and il now
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