The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-03-05

except Dory, seemed TO tako any interest
in what was going forward. He, ever
and anon, approached and looked down
the ehatchway.--Dusenbach stood BY, pu-
perintending the whole in person.
what have they got hold Of now ?"
at length said Dory.
All hands clustered round the hatch
way, and stood looking down into tho
hold with eager expectation. Quick as
thought, Dory tripped Dusenbach's heels,
hurled him head foremost down below.
His men accompanied him in his eight
for Dory's associates had, like clock
work most ably seconded their leader.
The hatchss were closed and barred,
aud every avenue to the inner parts Of
the ship locked. There was running
up and down the decks for few minutes.
and then the boats put of. But ere they
reached the shore, three heavy columns
of smoke rose from the Palatine and in
"a few minutes after the whole ship was
mass of flames. The deliberate MUIR
derers, instead Of landing. sailed round
and round The ship TO cut eff the retreat
by water Of any whose impossibility Of
escape they had already made dea,hly
sure.
But ever on this very night, the super.
stitious horro- connected with this ship
began to be felt. Numbers affirmed that
they saw some Of the poor wretches
burst from the hold and run up the m asts.
where they hung from the yards /; till,
literally roasted and fried, they dropped
into the fres below and that when the
flames ragged highest, a female form WAS
distinctly seen from all the boots, stand
ing on the quarter deck in the very hot
test Of the FIRE, till the whole mass sud
denly went out, and the last fame curled
upwards, rs If the arch -fiend he'd sunk
through the sea with his prey.
Of the fate of thu crew who landed
there is no certnin record. Some say
that the islanders took the administration
Of the law into their own hands, and ac-
iually gibbetted them. Others, that uf-
ter bloody battle over the spoils. ia
which many fell on both sides. n pariey
was held, and The few surviving sniiors
were not only spared, but admitted TO all
the rights Of isiandship.
But sure it is, that whatever became of
the crew. the islanders were ultimately,
heirs to them and to the hapless passen-
gers ofthe Palatine. To the final con-
summators ofthis tragedy their ill-gotten
wealth proved curse. They led troub-
led lives. They avoided the right ofcach
other, and some of them. as if ifdetermined
to remove as far as possible from their
companions in crime, loaded their boats
and removed to different points Of the
main coast. There hard drinking, To
drown the horrors of conscience, soon
ended their days. At last only throe re-
mained on the island, and to these the
curse Of haunted existence was extend
ed to most preternatural old age. The
last Of them died as related in the carly
part Of this narrative and the Phantom,
Ship, which had appeared NJ the death
ofeach Of fihem, has not been seen since
1t will, perhaps, he difficult to account
for the atmospheric phenomenon which
is associated in the minds Of the island
ers with such tale Of horror. OF i,s
appearance. rare indeed, but attested by
hundreds Of Witnesses, there is not
doubt. That it should haunt the scene Of
the Palatine's wreck, or that it should
appear at all, is certainly extraordinary;
and all can say to the scerticis,
"Thore are more things in heaven and earth,
Horatio,
Than are dreamed Of in your philosophy