Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-06-05

thing 10 the water astern, Or! Iue
voice acted upon me like electricity,
and do believe | bounded two thirds
out of the water. "o1Tis man, by all
that's holy. Sir" said the old fellow
"Ahoi! come back you rascal" cried
the officers; ''fre, sentinel, iire."-
And as it seemed to me, the very
moment saw the CLEAN on the water,
/ felt sharp cot on my heel. Another
and another ball followed but with
less success "Away there, black
cutters ofihe watch, awayp hallOwed
the boatswain's mate: bu! luckily for
me, the boats had been secured tor
sea, in consequence OF which they took
more time in being cleared away, and
| was half way TO the shore before
heard the running cracking otlhe tack
les and the boat go splash into lhe wa
ter The noise seemed so near me
that looked round, bot saw nothing:
soon, however, | heard the rolling OF
oars in the huI'ocks, and my hopes be
gan TO fail me, when a sight Of the
fretting surf on the rocks cheered and
saved me from sinking with despair.
| piled every nerve, and IN tew
minutes more was close tothe breakers
None but swimmers can conceive the
narrow iini,s OF the view when the
head isonly above the surface; every
waveis a boundary; and TO a person
pursued as l was, and in search OF
landing place, mountains could not
have been a more agoni2iDg barrier.
| at last perceived black shelving
point Ct rock, on which the surf was
rolling heavily on one side, while on
the other the water appeared smoother
For this point l Immediately swan, as
forlorn hope.
Onapproachiug | found myself be
tween two white ridges of foamiDg
water, and occasionally sunk in the
hollow abyss of,he waves, and some
times dashed about amidst the foam on
their tops. When about 10 pass the
shelving rock, 1 was thrown head
foremost into IFS margin ny one Of
those sovereign waves which lord 1t
over all the rest, and lelt in a kind OF
niehe, which prevented its recoiis
sweeping me back. On recovering
from the stun received, I found that
my head was cut and bleeding, bot
that the wound ON my heel was OF no
consequence. Soon the noise of oars
and voices assailed my ears, and |
distinctly heard the midshipman ofthe
boa, say, 'The fellow could never
land here: he must have been dashed
to pieces on the rocks, or drowned in
] the surf; and we shall find his body in
the morning This convinced NE |
was not discovered.
Odious Spectacle. writer IN the
! Vermont Chronicle states the following
as an incident which occurred during the
last winter in one of the Green Noun
tain villages.
1t wa. four O'Clock, in the afternoon
when there came along an OK sled. as il
returning home, after having discharg
| ed its load. The sled was drawn by a
pair of feeble oxen, and driven by two
little boys apparently of the ages of
or10 On the sled, little transversely
lay at full length, what seemed man
and on closer view, a man dead drunk
What have you there?' said to on
of the little boys. ITS my father >
Your father! said |, who's hep Ht
spoke his name, why, what's the mat
ter with him?' inquired further
lie drinks too mucb,' grief and shame
conflicting in his countenance, while he
strove to hide his embarrassment by urg
ing on a quicker pare the uncpnsciou
team with their less conscious load
| Reader, pause moment ponder OF
fact like this. A father takes his LITTLE
sons TO market; gets drunk in their pre-
sence; is placed. public spectacle, OF
an OK sled, aud by them, even his OWL
sons, driven to his own family! TIL,
charnel house IS not more revolving
The funeral procession is not more at
feeling.
A melancholy instance of the effect
ofunrestrained passion occurred at Glen
ham, (Dutches> Coz on the evenin;
previous. man by the name OF Buck
ley. workman in GIeuham factory, OF