Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-18

hi. skull. and he fell dead. Inc old ss'pterS
blood was up .Forecastie there: MI -,'p'
per. clap canister of grape over the boa Su''
and give it to him." Ave. aye, SIR! See"Y
rejoined the boatswain, forgetting The augury a"d
every thing else in the excitement oil the moment
In twink!inu the square foresai-topSaliaat.
rowland studding -sail haul yards were &c, 50
by the run on board Of the schooner. as II tney
had been shot away, and he put his helm hafu a.
port az if to round to. IS Rake him, SIR, OF give
him the stern, He has not surrendered. a
know their game Give him your broadside' s'f'
or he is off to windward OF you like sho'-
No. no, we have him now, heave TO, hr' opi'i,-
ter, heave to.'' We did SO, and that 50 SUD,
denly, that the Nudding-saii booms sIappco
like pipe shanks, short OF by the irons. i>o''
understanding we had shot two hundred yards 10
the levard before could lay our naintDpsaii 10
the mast, ran TO windward. The schooners
yards and rigging were now black WIN men,
clustered like bees swarming. her square sal!s
were being close furled, her fore-and aft sails
set. and away she was dead to windward OF
Jus. $50 much for undertaking our American
friends" grumblcd Mr.. Splinter.
We made all sail in chase, blazing away 20
little purpose; we had no chance ON bowllne,
and len our =! Amigo had satisfied himself oil
his superiority by one two short tacks, he, de-
! Iiberately took reef in his maInsail, han'ed
down his ivinc jib ard gait top i'll. triccd " the
hunt of his fortsail. and fired ms long Mirty-
! two at US. The shot came in at the third after
most port on the starboard side, and dlsmounted
the carronate. smashing the slide, and wound
| inc three men. The second shot missed, and
| as II was madness 10 remain to b. peppered.
probably winged whilst every one OF ours tell
short. we reluctantly kept away on cur course,
! having the Qualification of hearing clear we'll
blown buee on board the schooner play up
:. Yankee Doodle" As the brig fell OF; our
| long GUN was run out 10 have parting crack at
her. when the third aud last shot from the schoo-
ner struck the sill Of the midship port. and made
the white spinters fly from the solid OAK like
Ut silver sparks in the moonlight. A sharp
ny cry rose into the Army soul identlf-
Ii death shrek with the voice that | bad
and saw the man who was standing with
nc LANYARD of the lock in his hand drop heavily
across the breech, and discharged the gun in his
fall. Thereupon a blood red glare shot up INTO
the cold blue sky. as if a volcano had burst forth
from beneath the mighty deep, followcdb by rpar,
and SCATTERING crash, and mlngiIng OF Nn-
earthly cries and groans. and a conclusion OF the
ai.', and of the water. as ii our whole broadsre
had been fired at once. Then solitary splash
here. and dip there, and short sharp ye'ls. and
low choking bubbiing means, as the Kissing
fragments offhe noble vessel we had seen, fell
into the sea. and the last Of her gallant crew
vanished forever beneath that pale broad moon.
We ,cers alone. and once more all was dark, and
wild and stormy. FcarfuIy had that ball sped,
fired by dead mans hand. But what is that
clines black and doubled across that fatal canon,
dripping and heavy, and choking the scuppers
with clotting gore, and swaying to and fro with
the motion of the vessel, like bloody neece?-
:. Who is that was hit at the gun theres"-'' Mr..
Miner, the bomsDd;E sir. THE last aiot ha,
cat him IN ftc0."
Saratoga Spril gs-A recent letter from Sara
toga Springs, says
| s.One thing made a singular impression on my
mind-it was the fact that of the hundreds who
had partaken of the huuntiful repast, saw not
half dozen who had about them the symptoms
of disease. This fashionable sickness is queer.
invisible affair. But these waters beat all for
finding it out. and cxpclling it the system. Ba-
dinage apart, h0wever--weil indeed they were
named the health springs by the AbOrigir ais,
who first made them known to the whitemen by
bringing Sir William Johnson hitner for com
| plant of which they cured him. when othermcans
seemed likely to fail.--From my own experience
on this as well as former occasions, believe the
waters of Saratoga and BaIlston the richest of
heavens earthly blessings to the occidental world.
And although at the large and gay houses but
few invalds are seen, vet there are many hun
dreds here, in more retired lodgings, who steal
forth to the fountains, during the hours when the
crowds of butterfly gentry are in the chase of
other pleasures. 1t is earl in the morning when
the sunbeams are beginning to tinge the distant
tree tops with their golden radiance. or in the
still hour of twilight, that you may see
With eager lips
And trembling hsrds he ansuid quaff
New Eie'
! f-nn these saint cyliliratinr fountains -