Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-10-02

against them. His hour Is come" SAID they, as
they regarded one another with locks OF awe;
our struggles are vain.' The courage and the
hope which had hitherto supported them began to
fail, and the descending shades OF night ex'n-
guished the fast feeble sparks OF both, and put an
END TO their endeavors. Fan alone can paint
the horrors that must have crept on the unfortu-
nate MN. as, amidst the impenetrab!e darkness
which now prevailed, he became aware OF the
continued increase Of the food that reared around
him. by its gradual advance towards his feet,
whilst the rain and the tempest continued to beat
more and more dreadtully upon hun. That these
were long Intellectual in shaking his collected
mind, we know from the fact ,afierWards ascertain
ed, that he actually wound up his watch while III
this dreadful situation.-But. hearing no more the
occasional passing explanations ct those VINO had
been hitherto irving to succour him. he began to
Shout for help in voice that became every mo
inent more long drawn and piteous, as. between
the gusts of the tempest, and borne over the lhun-
ders Of thu waters, il fell from time to time on
the ears OF his clustered friends, and rent the
heart Of his distracted wife. Ever and anon II
came, and hoarser than before, and there was an
occasional wiliness IFS note. and now and then
a strange and camerous repetition tor tme,as II
despair had ms pred him with an unnatural ener-
~. But the shouts became gradually shorter,
less audible and less frequent,-ll! at last
their eagerly listening ears could catch them no
longer is he eoncs'-was the half-whis-
pered question they put to one another, and the
smcthered responses that we're muttered around,
but too plainly told how much the fears OF all
were in unison. What was that cried his wife
in deIeriUus scream. - that was his whistle
heard She said truely. A >hril whistle. such
as that which is given with the fingers IN the
mouth. rose again over the loud din Of the deluge
and the yelling Of the storm. He was not vet
gone. His voice was but cracked by the frequent
exertions to make it heard and he had now re-
sorted to an easier mode of transmitting to his
friends the certainty of his safety. For some time
his unhappy wife drew hope from these consider
atoms. but his whistles as they came mnre loud
and prolonged. pierced the ears OF his !orebod'ng
friends. like the i'll omcncd cry of some warning
spirit ; and il NAV be matter or question Wheth-
err all believed that the sounds they heard were
really mortal. Still they came louder and clear
or for brief space; but at last they were heard
no more. save in the frantic wlte's fancy. who
continued to start As if she still heard them. and
to listen when all but herself were satisfied that
she never cond hear them again. " ct and Wea-
nv, and shiveiing with cold, was this miserable
woman. when the tardv dawn OF morning beheId
sriininr her eve-bals through the imperfect
light, towards the trees where Crulkshanks mad
been last seen. There was something there that
looked like the figure ct a man. aud on that her
ewes fixed But those around her saw. alas. too
well, that what she tondly hoped to be her hus-
band was but a buacl, of wreck. gathered by the
food into one Of the trees: for the tree to which he
cluns had been swept away. The body of poor
a Tho off nj 10
day. ON the Haugh of DandaIicth. some four or
five miles below As it had ever been his uniform
practice to wind his watch up at night, and as IT
was discovered to be nearly full wound when II
was taken from his pocket, the fact OF his having
had self possession enough to obey his usual Gus
tum under circumstances so terrible, as is nnqnes-
tionabIe as iii wonderful. 1t had stopped at a
quarter past eleven o'clock. which would seem to
fix that as The fatal moment when the tree wa,
rent away; for when that happened. his struggles
amidst the raging waves of the Spey must have
been few and short When the men. who had co
unsuccessful attempted tosave him, were talk
Ing over the matter. and agreeing that no human
help could have avalIed him. I'm thinkin' |
could ha' tacn him oot' said voice in the cir
Gle. All eyes were turned towards the speaker.
and a general expression of contempt followed,
for il was boy of the name of John kalDev,
reputed idiot. from the foot Of BEHRING'S, who
spoke. .You.' cried a dozen voices at once,
what would you have done YOU wise man, i
would haze lied an empty anker-cask to the end
o a-lang lang tow, an would nae foaicd it AFT
fra near ABBOTT whar the raft was ta'cn iir-t ava,
an svncve sce.as the stream teuk the raft all the
tree. may be she wud haze aen the cask there
too,-an' if Charley Crulckshanks had once got
ten hand Of the rope. '-sIe would have
finished but his auditors were gone. They had
silently skunk away in different directions. one
man only having muttcred as lie went something
about wisdom coming ont of the mouth of fools ;"
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From the Q"ebeck Gazette, Of Sept. 90.
GREAT SWINDLFR:-sAIDT oHAvE GONE
TO BosroN.-Since TUESDAY last an extraordla-
ny excitement has been created among the mer-
cautiie part of the community. owing TO the re-
ported disappearance of a person who had eslab-
iished species Of B mixing aud Exchange Office
in ST. Peter street, and who had built vault for
the security OF his treasure a part of which IN
gold coins, real or forged was every day art