The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-03

PERILoUs SITUATION. The following
| extract ltronI the North American Review
SHOWS something OF the manner living
on the margin OF our great western rivers,
! as we'll as the dangers which settlers have
TO ELI ounter. The place spoken of in the
extract Is Trinity, a town near the mouth OF
the Ohio.
"A house here is so constructed, that
when the waters overflow the bank, as they.
never fail to DO every spring, the InnabI-
iants retreat to the chambers, removes their
| furniture, and allowing the water to flow
! through the lower rooms. In the spring Of
1896, passengers gong ON boaIu steam
boats at TRINITY were Obliged 10 pass III
skiff, from the windows in the second story
OF this house. Many such houses are butt
along the lower part ot the ONO. The So
licitude we have observed, when passing
down the river and Informing the InnauI-
tants that it Was rising above, mas been a
subject of curious anu painful interest. We
recolect that III one place the mistress OF
a rickety log hut, That seemed Ieauy to tall
of It's own accord, pointed out to Us tue hole
in the chamber floor, anu the ladder, by
which they had made hasty retreat IA few
months before. From the ground floor to
the chamber floor, the height Was about ten
| feet, and the water rose III twenLy-tour
| hours from six feet below the Dank, To With
| IN six inches OF the chainlier door. Inns, il
may well he believed, Was ii season ol pam
| ful suspense to u mother VITA ner family
about her, and to the father 100, VINO Was
at the chamber WlnuoW Win shIIf, ready
! to receive them If driven iruiE tHaL retreat.
| At last, the watchtul eyes oil htlle boy
glistened with new JOY. lie hal toI somc
| time insisted that the water tid not rise,
which the affnghted parents conld not oe-
| Iieye but when he cried out, II Is lali-
lng, it is f;,llIng," tears OF Joy burst from
| the fathers eyes, rough ana ledriesS as he
| was; and, IN the course OF Twelve noaTS
more, the family hau descenuea 10 riIGH
residence In safety. THESE eatnns aie
sometimes fairly anchored with stones
sometimes II great weight Is iaid on tue
loof hut mole frequently the pusls are
tees, which are preferred mheE tney can
be obtained in suitable places"
PARENrAI AFFECTION. The following
is extracted from the Unpublished letters
of an officer OF the MeXlcan navy -" capt
Dillon, commander VI the Bravo, brig 81
war, had long been ANXIOUS 10 return &c
England, having lett there his Vile ano
family, from whom'fle had received letters
of distressing import. lie was resolved tt
hasten ashore to zen. BdrasaI, at Vert
Cruz; and either to Obtain leave OF Az
sence or demand his discharge from The
service; but, III distance OF more lnan I
mile from the shore, his hoat was capslzed
Capt. Dillon was not only an expert SWIM
mcr, as also WAS the young lad who gener
ally steered his boat; he male directly toI
the shore confidently enough, but Capt
Dillon had his son with hun, hne little
hoy, of about ten years OF age, whom h'
had brought out us midshipman; and hav
ing seized him in his arms ut the moment 0
their upsetting, was much impeded in hi
pro ress Aud well he might be, for thu
sea roared and rolled in driving heaps
tossing and falling in long continued
swathes before the sweeping scythes
the north wind. The rest we're drowned
Immediately. After buffetng about 10
hall an hour, during which time, he ha