The Arkansas advocate., 1831-09-07

dy of the sinking vessel. ''e ct"
 or 'Iie, dear life, nearly suffocafo,
 "n'ios1 the hlssing spray, We reached f6a fba cutter the dog and his helpless ,aastar ,sa 's,e
 x x .'s'stets I For three miserable days, had hco.. exposed, is.is ,i;sketii ed and '. dn open boat, without water, or food os ~ shade The third fierce cloudless Wsst p. @ luuia noon was long passed. and ono. more the dry burning sun snnl. ;n s4se. .se vest hke red hot shield of iron r.. ! my horrible extremity, l impreeated tha m Wia.', ol heaven on my defeneeless baaas 1 and shaking my clenched hands aaa, ae"u, the brazen sky, called aloud m T ,ta a','se E, "as.'.; '; "1h, let me never sec him rise asaln.0 l glared on the noble doa ,'se ss ne iay dying al the bottom of inc boat. :. l madness seized me, l tore his tbro.'. with my teeth, not for food. bnt tha, T might drink his hot blood-itflowod i" a., Va,mnplre-like, l would have poroed m,,o ,a' Sell' 1l put as he turned his dull, grey pla5. Ing eye on me, the pulse of heart ston. ped, and l fell useless. s'oi'-
 when my recollection returned was stretched on some fresh pIantain leaves, in a low smoky hut. witb m, faithful dog lying beside me. whin;ng ara licking my hands and face. On theo rude Jolsts that bound the rafters tooa,h err rested light canoe with ifs paddles ana over against me, on the wall. hnno some Indian fishing implements and : long barrelled Spanish gun. uaders aea'.' sss1 ias a corpse, wsaGARyedn nipea hqrn charcoal.-"The body of John Dead- eye, esq, late commader of his Britannia malesiy's sloop of war TorcIl.o
 There was fire on the floor, at which lieutenant Splinter, in his shirt and troWsers. drenched, unslorn and death- like, was roasting ajoint of meat, whilst a dwartlsh Indian, start naked, sat op- Poslte to him, squatted on his hams. more like bull frog than man, and flaming the flame with palm leaf. In the dark corner of tie hut half 2 dozen miserable sheep shrunk huddled toeeth. CT. Through the open door saw the stars ID the deep blue heaven, and the cold beams of thenewly risen moon were dancing in long Aickering wake of siI- yer light, on tbe ever heavine bosom of ! tho ncpa}r. ..sh;l-i Il .Itli- mcr oi the surge breaking on the shore. came booming on the gentle night wind. had been nourlshed during my deliri- um; for the ferceness of my sufferinas was assuaged, and ] was comparatively strong when :inxiously inquired Of fl,. lieutenant the fate of my sEipmates.
 "All gone down in the old Torch. and had 1t not been for the launchan our four footed friends there, I should not have been here to have told it, but raw mutton with the wool on, is not mess to thrive on, Tom. All that the sharks have left of tine captain and five seamen came ashore last night. l have buried the poor fellows on the beach where they lay as well as could, with an oar blade for shovel, and the bronze orna- ment there pointing to the Indian1 for anassistaDt."
 Here he looked towards the body, and and the honest fellows voice shook as he continued!
 "But seeing you were alive, I thought | if you did recover, it would be gratify- ing to both of US, after having weather ed it so long with him through gale and shunshine, to lay the kind-hearted old mans head on its everlasting pillow as decently as OUT forlorn condition permit ted"
 As tho lieutenant spoke, Sneezer seemed to think his watch was up, and drew of towards the fire. Clnne and famished, the poor brute could no lon ger resist the temptation, but making X desperate snatch at the joint, bolted through the door, with it, hotly pursued by the Buli-frog.
 ssDrop the leg Of mutton, Sncezcr,'' roared the lieutenant, "drop the mutton
 -drop it, sir, drop t, drop it''
 THOMAS CRINGLE. l September l7h, lS30.
 The day after the battle of Stoning- ton several British officers were invited on shore to dine. While at dinner, a lady, setting next 10 one of the officers, asked him to explain to herthe flags of different nations that decorated the z room. After telling her to what nation several ofthem belonged, he pointed to the "Star Spangled Banner" and said with sheer, that is what we call a Guid- i iron. s.ipresune so, sir, said the ia,iiy with great qnickness, ssby the broiling 1 you had uponit yesterday.o