The Arkansas advocate., 1831-09-07
From Blacheood's .Hagaaiue. HE QUENGHING OF THE ropcu

'1AN fS1 HI IOR(I ' LOOK out for sea. quartermaster,- : Mlhd your starboard helm!-Ease he T. man-ease her. e on 1t came rolling as high as the fore
 yard, and tumbled in over the bows
 green, clear, and unbrokeo.
 c IL hiied the deep waist of the TorcI 7 ''i ah ihstanis and as rose haIfsmother ed ID the midst of a tumble of men, pigs $ heheoops, and spare spars, l had nearl, ], lost an eye by a floating boardine-pik. ;. 9 ,hat was ianced at me by the ;aAgle Q, ,he water. As for the boats on the ooomss they had all gone to sea sena. , fateiy, and were bobbng at us in i; . squadron to leeward, the launch act;n. : as commodore, with the crew of doc CD sheep, whose bleating as she rose or
 the : crest of wave came back upon IN
 laintiy blending with the hoarse roarino
 or the storm, and seeming to cry. uNoo
 more mutton for You my boysn
 l At length the lee ports were forced
 out-the pumps promptly rigged and
 'haahed,-buckets nam slung and at work | down the hatchways; and although we ] iiao narrowly escaped being swamned
 ana II continued to blow hard. with 2
 heavy sea, the men, confident in tbe qualities of the ship, worked with olee
 shaking their feathers, and quizzipg e,ch l other. But anon a sudden and annal- nhg change came over the sea and inc SKY, mat made the stoutest amongst us guar and draw his breath thick. Tho n,h'ament darkcned--the sea became el<,vh vs s..i. '. ~ -ss S.,',.o x.s,.. caim-the teeming clouds descended 1 and filled the murkY arch of heaven with their whirling masses, until they appear cd to touch our masts, heads. but there
 was neither lightning nor rain. not one gianemg flash. not one refreshing drop 1.-the windows of the sky had been
 sealed up by Him who had said to the istorm, 'sPeace, be still.n
 1 During this death-likepause, infinitely
 more awful than the heaviest gale. eve 1 ry sound Oh board, the voices of the men.
 even the cracking of tho bulk-heads.
 was heard with startling distinctness:
 and the water-logged brig, having no
 wind to steady her, Iabored so heavily in tic trough Of thc sea, that NC expect ed her masts to go overheard every mo- mont
 ssDo you see and hear that, sir?'' said lieutenant Treenail to the captain. We all looked eagerly forth in the direction indicated. There was white line in
 fearful contrast with the clouds and the
 rest of the ocean, gleaming on the ex-
 treme verge of the horzon---it grew
 broader-a low increasing growl was hcard-a thick binding mist came driv-
 ing upa stern of Us, whose small drops pierced into the skin like sharp hail. 'sItis rain!" ssNo, no-salt, salt" And now the darkness. came laundering on
 with stunning violence, tearing off the
 snowy scales of the tortured pillows, and
 with tremendous and sheer force, crush
 ing down beneath his chariot wheels
 their mountainous and bowling ridges
 into one level plain of foaming water.-- Our chan-plates, strong fastenings, and
 clenched bolts, drew like plaint wires, shrouds and stays wcfe torn away like tilC outIIUiCt S,CcoSiufCbS tkiIu Oul tIldotS and spars, cracking before his fury like dry reeds in autumn, were blown clear
 of the ship, over her bows, into the sea.
 Had we shown shred Of the strong est sail in the vessel, 1t would have been blown out of the bolt rope in an instant we had, therefore, to get her before the wind, by crossing a spar Uh the stump
 of the forcmast, with four men at the wheel, one watch at tine pumps, and the other clearing the wreck. But our spir. it's wcrEeA eAeon dashed, when the old car. . penter, one of the coolest and bravest : men in the ship, rose through the fore , hatch, pale as ghost, with his white ! hairs streaming straight out in the wind He did not speak to any one of Us, bu
 chambered aft, towards the capstain, tt a which the captain lashed himself. ssTh, ;. water is rushing in forward like mill ,. stream, sir; we have either started 'l b,ttY, or the wreck of the forc-mast ha gone through her bows, for she is fas ; settling down by the head.'' ssGet th' boatswaih to foiher sail then, man, ant
 try it over the leak, but don't alarm th' people, Mir. Kelson.'' The brig va = indeed rapidly losing her buoyancy, apt : when, the next heavy sea rose ahead o
 us, she gave a drunken sickening lurcl' = . and pitched right into 1t, efoaning ant : trembling in every plank, like a sg5nilt'
 and condemned thing in the prospect 0 : impending punishment.
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