The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-01-27

upon utck became less lftuuent seldom making
hts appearance there till after ni.htfall when
there was no one to disturb bis medtations. OF
di,e into the secret workings Of his heart Eve?
the presence OF his wife, who had heretofore
possessed The power to sooth his most turbulent
feelings, now served Only TO increase his agony
HIS child was carefully kept from his sight the
presence of the little innocent was insupporl
able
Every practicable attention was bestowed on
the >hlpWrecked man, who gradually ovcred
strength. aud IN few days was pronounced out
OF danger, by the physician, though his cmarlat
cd and NO worn appearance rather indicated
tenant OF the grave, than being Of tins world
The captain attentive in bis visits to the
hammock of the sick man, and constantly ad
minlstereI with the medlcinlls OF the phv sician
page from his tavorltc Bocheus or Seneca
/ he fact was. the captain. though he boastcG
Of being lnvulnerable to the shArpcst shaft of
fortune, had not philosophy sufficient to protfc;
hum from feeling acute for the sutlrrngs OF
others Though ever ready to bear himself all
the evils that fate could heap upon him, he trlf
concerned if but slight breeze passed over
others. whose mind, he magincd were not a.
strongly fortified by philosophy as his own liz
learnt from the sick sailor, that he was the cap
tain Of merchantmen which had sailed from
Gibraltar for New York about MONTH before .
that when ten days ont. III Il rough sea, the YES
sci was met by heavy squall and capsilcc
Several OF the passengers were washed OVER
board and persisted and when the shi,, rigltr;l
there was so much water III the hold anG cabin,
that the provisions could not be reached will
out much difficulty, and the bread and waite
were rendered unfit for use. St ryaton thrca,
encl them; The survivors we're accordingly place
on allowance from the first. As they had lost
their rndder in the gale, and the spaIs and ri.
sng bad been carried over board thew wcgs
tossed about at the mercy Of tl4n wind and wa,a,
He had bcheld his crew and passengers G1
amid the horror, Of starvation. one ty one. an.
the last who had survived, had b, % driven j.
the agony of hunger, to appca,n the cr!e, Of M
ture with the dead bodies Of their fellow crca
lures All this he bchell, and still c,,ing to h;
wretched life with as much eagcGncss as if sur
rounded by all It's pleasures and allurcments
At length he was the sole survivor, and his lamr
of life was but family Pickering in the socket !,
the deck OF the vessel was constantly washed by
the waves, and protection against ben.
swept over board, he secured himself to the
windlass, there patiently to await the dispense.
ton Of HIM who gveth and takcth awav He
had been in this situation two days, when VIC
proyidcntlaiIv rescued him from impo nding t!cs
tructon.
Mrs Campbell was NOW seldom seen. I'll"
ray Of animation that occasionally disrolled the
gloom from her lovely couuic name, had vanish
cd aud the moments of chccruncss thai She a.
times formerly cnioycel. hal nov entirely d,
serted her. She was confined almost entirely IL
her cabin and sickness was assigned as IL,
causr.