Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-01

with his Zee, to the royaLmast, and hammerlnE
,w,v with , serving mallet ] watched ill re
p,, m dec in safr,y, and could no, on admire
The cool and de,ermi ned manner in which he
ACCOMPLISHED wha, he had undertook he
haw>er belt coil-d in The stern sheets OF me
boat. we showed of and proceeded to the ASIA
Tb. face OF the water was covered with pieces
Of wreck: mas,s drifted about on the surface, 20
Which chung hundreds Of poor wre,ches whose
vessels had been blown up. Numbers vi 'hrm
implorinely cried upon Us, in The Turkish 'ah
guage. a small sms'tsring Of which the most oil
us had picked up in Smyrna Wekrp' paying
out the hawser as we pulled along, bu' JUS as
we came within fa,homs Of the Asia, our haw
ser terminated and we could moi proceed any
far her. The crew of the Asia, at the gun.
room port, seeing our dilemma, hailed US and
hove the ropes end 10 make fast 10 our haw'
SER; bu, this we could not manage. A man, then,
Of he name Of Geo Finney, captain OF our
maiu-,op, seeing n eIe could BE- no Other way
Of getting it Gone, jumped into the wafer, and
swan the distance between the boat and me
flag ship; the end Of he hawser was then put
GU, of he port, and Finney catching hold OF It,
swami back 70 the BOAT, airing he end OF the
heavy rope in one hand, anG swimming win
the other.
We soon made what sailors call a" Carrick
bend" Of the TWO ends, and Began to pull back
for the Genoa. The admiral appeared on the
poop, in plain blue surout, and signed win
handkri chief for Us 10 make all speed
Scarcely had we gained half way between the
Asia aud our own ship. when he former ships
mizer went over The Qusr;er with crash. we
thought the admiral was inv Owed in the wreck,
as We saw him standing at the place no. aminu'e
before The mast went over; but We were 'eiiereo
from this apprehension by his re appearance
on a conspicuous situation. We picked up on
our way back ten Of the poor drowning wretch
es who were drifting about during the storm OF
fire AID ,hLnder, that made the ancien, island
of Sphsiaotria trenble again. s veral Of them
were Arabs, quite black, but all were Malone
tans as we saw by the lock Of hair left ON he
crown Of their heads. by which Mahomet, &C
cording 10 their owa belief, lifts them 10 Para
disc
Not a shot had struck The boat since we lett
our own ship, although several pieces 81 hum
ing wood .and showers Of burnt rice and olives
Il ON he Turkish ships, raint down upon US IN
plentiful profusion; bu, as one Of our men call
ed Buckley wa. hauling stout young Mosem
GU, Of the water, shot blew the head OF the
Turk 10 pieces; upon which Buckley, turning
see the like of tha?"
Cool, however as a British sailor is in dam
ger, not hing eau approach the TUX in his res
pee, Georg, Finncy -men,loned btfore-had
hauled one into the boat, fre looking fellow
and elegantly dressed He was no soonvr seat
ed in the bow Of the boat, than taking out a
portable apparatus, he began to fill MS pipe,
which having done, he struck light from The
same conveniency and commenced sending
fouh, with uncomfortable apathy, volumes oil
smoke from his mouth. "Do you see that
Turkish rascal, said FInney who was provoked
at this singular ms ance of ind ference. "We'l
since he cares 30 liz lie for being hauled out Of
his Botanic Maj sty's clutches, well send him
where h. came FROM" So saying, he made a
spring forward, and seizing the Turk, who
could not understand how he had offended,
tumblrd him overheard before any one could
prevent him The Turk soon recovered, and
GO upon peice Of the wreck OF one Of his own
ships, where he was picked rp BY The Albion's
boa, Another instance Of tn, kish GOODNESS
may mention, which although i, did not hap-
pen in our ship, was old me- under we'll
autnenica'ed oircums ances Some of he
crew Of the French fr,ga,- .7ltyons mad picked
up Turk, who BY his dress app, AIRED 10 be
person Of rank in their navy. Wneo he was
brough' abo.,d, he found his arm SO shattered,
hs' it would need TO undergo smpu,arion SD
he made his wy down The cockpit, ladder with
as much ease as &c hr had no. been hurt, and a,
much dignity as II he had made prIz" Of the
frigate. H. pointed TO his shattered arm, and
made signs 10 the surgeon that he wanted i,
nF The surgeon Obliged him so far, and hav
ing bound up thr stump, and bsndagrd il pro-
perly, The Turk made his way to The deck, and
plugging into the water, swan 10 his own YES
sci that was opposed, along If another, TO the
very friga,e he had Ie.n onboard of. He was
seen climbing The side wi his one arm, but
had not been ahos's many minutes when il
blew up, and he. among hers Of The crew, in
all probability persisted in 'hr explosion
Caiedbn,on Mercury.