Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-03-10
SIi!pN RECK.

In vain the cord, and prepared,
For now the audacous insult The yard;
High Oh the barIue they throw horrid shade
And Ger her burst III horrible cascade,
Uphited on the surge, to heaven she flies,
Tier shatter'd top half buried IN the skies,
Then headlong plugging, thunders on the ground,
Earth groam air ,reublos and theheeps resound.
Her giant hulk the dread conclusion feels,
And grooming with the wind, IN torrent reels,
Again she plunges! hark second shock
Tears her strong bottom Oh the marble rock'
FALCoEER.
Messrs. Charles &. Mowry aud Gan,aliel Church of
tins town, sailed from Charleston South Carolina,
ON the fifth day of September last, for this poet,
-ince which time, no intelligence of her fate,
nus greeted the anxious of affection, anu
the darkness and gloon that surrounds her story,
leaves the friends OF the hapess msriners TO INFER
that she IS in the deep bosom Of the oceanlburcd.
The Esther commanded by Captain Samuel
Brownell an able and skiifu commander, respect
ed for his nautical ability and the correctness OF
his life. brother, jGst commencing a life of USE
lulness accompanied him. in the capacity of chiei
officer. and or two of the subaltern mariners,
attached to the commaadcr by the ties of con-
sangunty-and thus they all found one common
grave, beneath the ruthless waters, and unan-
caled,' were sent 10 other worlds.
II true, that catastrophes like that which over
took the Esther, whilst pursuing her way over the
trackless ocean, are not uncommon, but there was
something connected with the loss which rendered
it tenfoll melancholy and painful. On board OF
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bidding farewell to the charms and delights of
landmans life, and with the most Aatering prospects
before them, bade adieu TO their native shores and
the scenes OF Juvenile innocence, to the pro-
fession of those who go down the sea in ship. 70
do business on the mighty deep. The one, youth
scarce past the joyous aye Of fifteen, had with the
consent of fond and doting parents entered the ser
vice Of his country midshipman, bu. ere he
had entered the Office assigned him, had with the
consent of the Navy Department., undertaken to
prepare himself for the fulfilment Of those duties
which he expected TO be called upon to perform. In
the furthersnce of this view he entered aboard of
a merchant vessel and proceeded from port to port,
till he reached Charleston, when he determined on
returning home, and unfortunately the hapless
youth took passage in the Esthcr.-We knew him
wel-he was a noble minded and daring lad. and
,hirs,ed for opportunity to do the State some
vice, and to acquire that wreath of laurel which
has twined around the brow of many a gallant
American Seaman. Generous, spirited, warm in
his attachments, and possessing a mind which was
above the ltensss OF the world, he seemed to have
haa Ipeiunol hv mt for tho W
e had chosen and destined to do honour TO hmself
| his fir ENDS and his country. But alas! mis- hopes,
! his prospects and all his cheering promises were
too cut of ;-and ere he had realized noiety
OF the blessings in waiting for him. he consign.
| ed TO other spheres--doomed to slumber to the
mournful music of the wave.,-"to lay in cold OBJ
scurity and decay" beneath the bosom of the yesty
deep, But though he dwells no more with u.s. the
| recollection Of what he was, will not soon be erased
| from the tablets of our memories-and his youthful
companions when they lament his untimely exit
| will dwell upon his virtues and emulate his noble
attributes and excellence,. Thus when too
good, too interesting and too young" fell, m un
timely victim to the iron clad monarch" one o.
the most promising Of his sex.
The other young gentleman, and companion in
misfortune, was the son of Il merchant, who with
the anxiou. eye Of tender paren q, watched the
jawning excellence of his boy; anil ~ he gazet
with rapture upon his budding virtues, his hear
beat high with parental exultation, for he knew
that when stricken in years, aud approaching "th'
dark shadow of the valley of DEATH" he would b
his soace and his joy--that ho would rock the era
die of declining life, AMI smooth the passage TO tn
tomb With eagerness did he watch the arrival o
each barque,ior whilst his breast was cOnvulsed wit
ten thousand throes fancy told him that the naples
vessel would soon anchor in her wonted haven
But he watched in vain-she came not nor was sh
to come-she had fallen prey to the remorseles
tempests ofthe seas. and engulphed in Que commo
and watery grave, the wre,ched companions Of he
fate. His boy will cheer him with h
kind words or dutful oflices-and the image
what he was only adds redoubled tortures to III
bosom Of un agonized father. He was a lad that a
sdmired--he was the pride of his young associates
the JOY Of his friends-the delight Of all who kne
him.
Nor were these two individuals the only on
that fell victims to angry ocean, and the tempe
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