Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-08-06

server might ascrbe to the good naf1,Ssa
bluntness of the sailor; but nearer examiner
would discover sort of hardness in his Wis.
age, kiud of cruel carelessness in his eye,
and scornful projection of the under lip,
which plainly said, "Ths man has no
; heart;" and it was true--for he was pro-
| fessed duelist
/ "That man," said the General, waxing
warm as he spoke, observes to be cast out
from society as monster too hideous even
for punishment, too despicable even to be
, made an example of. He Is a murderer
from inclination--a homicide for amusement.
When he is in barbor, he makes it his BUSH
ness to frequent such public places as his rank
gives him admittance to, for the express
porpose of quarrellng with, and challenging
such individuals AS the universal knowledge
of his character allows to approach him; and
sure as meeting takes place, so sure is Cap
tain Is of the Elmira either to kill or
wound his advel sary,-for long practice has
given him such dextsrty with the pistol,
that he can number with successive balls
the buttons sailors jacket, or shoot down
a phal bottle suspended from the yard arm
of his own frigate. Yet is he kind and hui
name to the men under his commands; his
ships company love even his faults; and his
reckless gallanry IN action, supported by the
efforts of daring crew; have got him the
name of the Fighting Captain, as much as
the abominable prediction have describ-
ed"
need scarce say that after this warning,
both Edward S-n and myself kept clear
of the "Fighting Captain" as carefully as he
would steer his frigate from the dangers OF
rocks and quicksand. But although we were
fortunate enough to escape collision with
him, others were not equally so, for poor
Baldwin seeing him take some liberty with
: his bonnie Jessie, naturally resentedit.
: The brutal temper of LIS, inhamed
with wine, was insufferable, and blow was
the result.
!, As this rencontre occurred after supper,
, and duty had required my absence, was
not witness Of the transaction; but on my
, return, ! was made acquainted with the
whole.
During that brief interval, not only had
r the quarrel taken place, but formal chal-
lcnge HI been given and accepted.
But let me hurry over the disastrous events
of the few succeeding hours; they are too
r painful to bear repetition, even at this dis
! tart period Of time. Suffice it to say. that
before eight o'clock that morning, in the
q midst Of the dust-soiled ornaments of the BALL
e room, whose gaudy decorations seemed to
= mock the sorrows of those withinits precincts,
= ana surrounded by the unFemoved fragments
d Eof the midnight banquet lay the cold remains
+ of poor Baldwin, while the shrieks and groans
- of his distracted wife now filled the ears, in
stead OF the gray SOuliu VI iduSHter, diltl Tic
exhierating strains OF music which So recent
i " had echoed through It's walls
r. Three years elapsed; during which time
re the Generals second son having taken my
{, post, rejoined my regiment; with which /
l. was quartered in many of the windward ISL
h ands; but we were at length ordered to head
quarters, and Ii ad the pleasure of finding
!" the coed General happy in the enioyments of
: a green old age. In Barbados, we were join
l. ed by young ensign, whom l shall name
l. M'Ivor, who had purchased into our corpse.
n He was a native of Scotland, and although
= Scots are generally reserved in their manners,
If vet there was gloominess about M'Ivor, who
a had purchased into our corps. He was ma
- tive of Scotland, and although Scots are
y generally reserved in their manners, yet there
n was gioominess about M'Ivor a sternness
d of character, and a sadness of demeanour
Ie unusual and unnatural at his time of life
n flor he was not above nneteen.) His
IL figure was tall and elegantly formed, and his
r. features bore a character sti ictly i'll unison
:, with his manners. He had the Roman cast
~ of countenance strongly marked; an eye of
y the deepest blue, with hair that clustered in
n let black cu, round his lofty and intellectu-
er al forehead; while his whole face, even i'll
&c, moments of excitation or exercise, retained
ed invariably the same pale, marble-likc COM
e plexion.
1t was one morning, about twilight, and
y shortly before gun-fire, that, having dismissed
:, the picquet, with which, as subaltern of the
ho night, Thad been visiting the outposts, l was
IL returning to my quarters at Crab-Iown,
ar when an accident occurred that has for ever
is, stamped in my bosom detestation of the
DIS character of Guelsts; and I can now bless my
rd God, who has thought fit to remove me iron
ns a soldiers profession, which, chlvalrous ano
honorable as it is usually thought. is but Ii
censetl system of murder; and in misery AM
deprivation, in sorrow and IN wo, have al
most learned to think that excuse, nc
even self-defence, can free that man fror
blood outlines who dares deliberately
uld .squench that gifted spark which Omnipe
It's. .ence has once ordained to burn" and whic
ore no mortal power Car ever re-iluminate.
site 1t was one of those raw chill mornings, M
ee- usual in Barbados at the approach of tn
the rain scason.-A thick, dense fog partially OF
ur- scured the landscape round, but which tn
ite- newly risen sun and the awakening sea breez
he had in part d,ssipated on the higher grounds
nor obscurelv revealing fragments of the scencr
in distorted and nnsightly portions. He
cral the fog lowered round and hid the base
and some building, while the summit was clear
AVE discernible, the summit was hid
,our clouds, the base only was visible; there son
ugh norton OF the distant hills showed like
nv green island in an ocean of mist; through a
te Of other vista of clouds you might behold Il
he solitary sentinl wrapped in his watch-cloa
. l and occasionally shrouded and revealed,
the he moved briskly backwards aud forward
He ON his post; and, in the direction OF the s.
age. the standard at 81. Ann was ooservao
road floating like some bird Of i'll omen, lazily q
ned. heavily Tapping about the clouds that oosc'
~ of ed its supporting fag-stati.
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