The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-11-07
HAzARpoUs yoYAGE.

able instance of hardy enterprise crowned with 1
success, is abridged from more extended ac-
count in the last number of the North Amerl-
can Review, by the New York Journal of Com /
MERGE. Capt. Cleaveland resides at Lancaster, I
in this County.
Can't. Richard ]. Cleaveland, of Massa-
chusetts. sailed from Canton, in China, on
the 10th of january, 1899, for the North
West Coast, in little vessel Of 90 tons
burthen. The object was TO reach the
coast before other vessels, known to have
been despatched from Boston. In order
TO accomplish this, it was necessary to beat
M the Chinese coast, and double the north
point of Formosa, in the teeth OF the WIN
ter monsoon, which was declared by sew
cral experienced navigators to be impracu-
cable: and the farther difficulty had oeeh
necessarily encountered, Of selecting an
uncommonly large crew for voyage that
threatened extreme hardship, from desert
ers from other vessels at Wampoa. Ihey
were obliged to work up close along the
shore during the day, and ind an anchor-
age at night: or falling III this, to stand OUT
to sea, and loose the headway they had Ia
borously gained. They made some pro-
gress in this way, but as they advanced To-
wards the north, the shoals were OF greater
extent and on the 18th Jan. they run on IA
sunken ledge of rocks. Fortunately II was
at low water, and when the tide rose, the
vessel was got off without injury After
much hard toll, and boisterous weather,
/ they reached an anchorage under the lee
i of the island of Kemoy on the lst OF tebru-
ary. Here the crew entered into combl-
nation to force the captain to return to
! Canton, and refused to weigh anchor when
ordered to do so. The captain offered to
! set them ashore, well toreseeing that they
would soon be glad to be taken ON board
again they readily agreed to his proposal,
1 but finding themselves without provisions
on an unknown shore, they approached the
vessel the next morning in a Chinese boat.
When within hail, they were cautioned on
! their peril, to come TO nearer. They SAID
/ the Mandarin had sent them off, and they
burst not return. The officers pointed
cannon at the boat and threatened to sink
/ it, if it advanced any farther. This so
alarmed the China men who were at .heir
oars, that they fastened back. Capt. Cleave-
! land then went to the beach, and call
/ ING one at a time into his boat, received
solemn promise of gocd behavior from all
/ but six, who were accordingly left behind.
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voyage, even with this diminished crew.
! After ten days more labor, they had the
satisfaction of seeing the north end of For
mosa, bearing south from them, and, of
thus achieving what they had been assured
was impossible. They now stretched across
the great Pacific, and the rough seas and
incessant storms they experienced amply
proved the improperly of the name by
which that ocean is called. The exposure
and privatons which the crew suffered
were so great, that they resolved to desert
on the first opportunity. On the Beth of
March they anchored in Norfolk Sound,
and began to,trade with the natives. The
captain was obliged to use the greatest
precautions, both to prevent SUI Prise
from the savages and the desertion Of the
crew.
They traded so successfully with the In
dians as to convince the captain that his
vessel was the first on the coast that sea-
son. About the 9Th of May they cast an
Choir in Chatham's Straits. Only two ca
noes came to them that day; but on the
morrow they began to muster, and by ten
o'clock there arrived twenty four canoes,
many of them as long, and some longer
than the vessel, containing about four hun
dred persons, armed with muskets and
spears. AS they had but few skins, it was
obvious that trade was not their object.
Capt. &. being prevented from sailing by
calm, made every possible arrangement
against their intended attack. No more
than two canoes were suffered to approach
at time The whole day was passed at
the guns, with lighted matches, watching
the motions of the canoes, and calling to
them not to approach. At night the saw
ages went ashore, lighted their fires, and
remained quiet. The next morning Capt.
c. took advantage of northerly breeze to
leave them. Notwithstanding their earnest
entreaties that he would remain, and their
promise that they would bring great many
skins. He had only proceeded short dis
lance when he met two war canoes, each
containing twenty-six men well armed,
who were Fastening to share the expected
glory and spoil, and for whose arrival the
attack had probably been DELAYED.
When they were about to leave the
coast, the vessel struck on sunken rock,
and many hours were passed in the most
anxious suspense, during which their rich
cargo, so hardly earned, and their own lib
erty and life, were at the mercy of thou
sand accidents. At length She foated
again, and the damage proved to be trifiing.
On the 9th Of June they left the coast, and
arrived in safety at Wampoa on the 18th of
September, where they realized about
100000 for an investment of So. 200, in a
voyage of about eight months,
VALUE or A Coon REPUTATION. The fol-
lowing vile was used by Francis Aretin
to make his disciples sensible how much il
concerns one to keep fair reputation When
he found that the frequent exortations he had
made them to preserve good reputation pre-
vailed nothing, he used the following stratagem.
The butchers of Ferrara left their meat ali
night in the shamhles; be went thither with his
man before day, and having broken open their
boxes, carried Oft all the meat; two Of his
scholars who had beensreputed the most I'M
luckily in the schools, were accused of that ac.
ton and imprisoned. Aretin went TO Duke
Hercules to desire their liberty, taking the |
fact upon himself; but the more obstinately I