The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-05-18

"' Nh5 aihA' disappeared DeDlDd IT,
lhIckenlng atmosphere, and night boran
to close around. The scene was by 40
means calculated TO create n disposition
10 s!nmber, but the rain beginning 10 de.
seend, obliged those whom duty did not
require upon deck 20 seek shelter below.
ceiling no inclination to sleep, | threw
mysclf'into my birth, determining ON vi:
sting The dock, TO witness the raging Of
The ocean, when night enveloped all
around in darkness The roaring Of
the waves the bowling Of the wind
iuo' the shfouds, ano The shocks which
the vessel every now and thtn received.
as she WIS impelled against some biIlow
loltier than its fellows, were quite sum
cient 10 Danish sleep from a landman's
cyclic. The voice OF the officer of the
vsgca, heard warning the helmsman, OF
giving orders 10 the sratnon to perform
some necessary duty feet hurfying oy-
er the deck, and the NOISE Of the ropes,
when they were thrown down and haul
cd dctosi the planks Immediately above
us, tended IN no inconsideiable degree
To mcfaage the interest which our situa.
ton excited. The pitching VI the ship
became in the course OF two or three
hours, excessive and was induced 10
ascend 10 the d.Ak. had heard oflhs
appearance OF the ocean at nuht in a
STORM, but my fancy had not conceived
II ilthc OF the awful grandeur of the re-
atty II Was not dark, although tho
heavens were wrapt in the most intense
biackness, for every biiow seemed cres-
tod with wreath of fire, and tho bows
OF the vessel appeared us if deluged with
a shower OF boiling silver The foam
caused by the ships tlpii way, rolled
around TO a considerable distance, and,
circllng and sparkling as il rose and iell
with The receding pillows, marked our
luminous course through the oeeau.
The gales came not In hiiul gusts, but
with steady roar which formed a suita.-
bic accompaniment 10 the deep. ioncd
music OF The raging sea, Perhaps the
word music may not lie thought appfo.
pirate 10 such scene, bGimy heart told
me il ,ods m,fsic far more touching than
any to which | had ever listened.
felt II as The ocean rejoicing in It's might,
and hynlling It's praises to the God OF
nalnre, and felt il us the dirpe t,at
bad sounded over mant a sailors part
ing sonl as lie sunk beneath the strife
Of winds and saves far disian, from his
home.
1he storm continued 10 increase Ia
Violence, and AZ length withdul an inch
OF canvas spread, We were drIyrn before
IT a prodigious rate. Long before tha
return u day the pillows had grown 10
an enormous she; ard our ship, that
had 50 lalely da3hed them in her pride
from befofa ilcf path, now flew Is up tire
side Of q Try hull, and then, trembling
for al ans. : on the summit, shot with
the raf1ig { an arrows flight into the
dark ah}sz which yawne5 as II 10 enpulc
hen IN oblivion,
ray At length appeared, ard opened
new scene of wonders TO my as,onish-
cd view. On every slde the giant seas,
crowned with wreath of the pdrest
white, rushed on before the mighty fi-
! ~ Of the winds, and the spray lying
from tbeir snowy cresls, spread a thin
we'd Of mIsts over the surface of the o.
cedn. At eight O'Clock, A. NJ. the at
tentl0n OF al Oh deck wa3 attracted By
a vessel three or four miles distant, of
the latboard boy. When FIRST describ-
cd, She appeared dark, shapeless oh
Jcct, through tho gloomy atmosphere.
but as we flew along, and the distance
lesscned, we discovered her 70 be line
Of battle ship, lying 10 under storm
slay-sall. Her huge hulk Was tossed
Ike feather on the mountainous sels.
Which ever and anon hid Der entirely
from view, aud my heart would bound
III my bosom with fear for her fate. as
the violence Of the tempest bowed her
down so low that her masts were some
times almost an 4 horizontal position.
We very soon lost sght OF her astetn,
and pursued our course with undininish.
ed speed.
BY meridian the storm Began 10 a.
bate, and at four O'Clock, j. NJ. the sa-
bic cloud that hung over the eastern no.
rizoD, aud the swelling seas, which iii
rolled raast high, were the sole relics &C
the storm Scarce d breath Of air flutter-
edathwah the s,irface of the ocean, AMI
tho splendour Of a glorious sunset, unob-
scured ny a cloud, closed a day that cons
menced amid the darkness and fury Of a.
tempest III. l..
Politeness -Mutualpoli,eness between
'hc most intimate friends, is essential to
the harmony which should never be
once brokenot interrupted How impo-
tant then is II between man and wife -
The more warm the attachment, the less
will either party bear 10 be sighted OF
treated with tie smallest decree OF