Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-05-26

see this leader and his little band-the chiidreh
of a despised stock-swayed by noble emulation
to relieve the distressed aud ("hat the fashion OF
the world will deem a higher glory 'mpeiied oy
that love of daring which the romahcers ca's CHI
valry-throwing themselves upon the uh.uty
waves of winter, and flying. on the wing oil the
storm, into the profound, dark ABYSS OF oceah'
when all his terrors were gathering IN 'he'i 'n"s'
hideous forms; when the spirit OF i'll shrleked IN
the blast, and thick night, dreary with unusual
horrors, was falling close around them; when old
mariners grew pale with the thought OF the dan
ger, aud the wisest counselled the adventures
against the certain doom that huns upon their
path:-I say, it was gallant sisht 10 see sucn
herosm shining out in all humble and unlettered
slave of the Old Dominion!
They say the night that followed was night
Of the widest horrors Not star twinkiea IN
the black heavens: the winds rushed forth, ike
some pent.up flnod suddenly Overbearlng ITS bar
rers. and swept through the air with PaIpable
density: men, who CHANGED to wander at that
time, found it difficult to keep their footing on
the land: the steepIes of Norfolk groaned with
the unwOnted pressure; chlnneys were oiowh
from their seats; houses were unrOoted, ana the
bowling elements terrified those who we're ga
thered around their own hearths, and male them
, silent with fear: the pous fell upon their Knees:
nurses could not hush their children 10 sleep;
boid-hearted jewellers were dismayed, and broke
up their meetings: the crash ut trees, fences. OUT
buildings mingled with the rawlings OF the tenn.
pest: the icices were swept from the caves, and
from every penthouse till they tell IN The streets
like hail. ships were stranded at the wharves or
we're lifted by an unnatural tide, into the streets:
the ocean roared with more terrific bass than the
mighty wind, and threw It's spray into the near
| A -. - .,d tarfs
as anxious seamen looked out at intervals during
the night. towards the Atlantic, the lighthouse,
that usually shot its tay over the deep, was IN
visible to their gaze, or seen only by gllmpses,
like little star immeasurably remote, wading
through foam aud darkness.
What became of our argoDauts9-Th The next
morning told the tale. One seaman alone OF the
brig survived to relate the fate of his companions.
In the darkest hour Of the night their vessel went
to pieces, and every soul on board perished ex-
cept this man. He rad bound himself to spar,
and by that miraculous fortune which the ire
quent history of ship-wreck recOuns. he was
thrown upon the beach near Cape Henry
Bruised, chafed, and almost dead, he was disco
vered IN the morning and carried to neighbor.
ing house, where care and nursing restored hun
to his strength. All that this mariner could tell
was, that early in the ght.-perhaps about
eight o'clock,-and before the storm had risen to
its height, (although, at that hour, it ragged with
fearful vehemence,) a light was seen glIulng g.
with the swftness of a meteor, past the wreck;
a haiing cry was heard as from a trumpet, but
the wind smothered its tones and rendered them
inarticulate; aud, in the next moment, the spec
tire OF the sail for one of the sufferers bellev.
ed It really fitted by them, as with rush OF
wings 81 close that some afirmpd they could have
touched il with thc,. hands: that, about an hour
afterwards. the same hideous phantom, with the
same awful saluation. was heard aud seen by
MANY on board second time; that the crew,
terrified by this warning made ali preparations
to meet their fate; and when at last, III the high
est evaporation Of the storm, the same apparl-
ton made its third visit, the timbrrs OF the brig
parted at every joint. and all. except the reIater
himself, were supposed to have been enguIphcd
in the wave. AMI gwen to instant death
Such was the SUN OF this mans story
What was subsequently known. proved It's most
horrible conjecture tn I've fatally true"
Mr.. Holmes OF Name, In his speech on the d.
plomaric intercourse. Colonial Trade, &c alud-
ING to some remarks Of Mr.. Smith OF Maryland,
sai6:-
Ii this charge &C too much consistency had
come from the Senator FROM New York, Who chal-
lenyed US to this debate | should not have been
surprised. In that state, understand they don't
,n,nh IS ,,neiu,ancy Ii il said that there.