Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-09-04

J Iup 10 the relief of the sufferers. We
several precious minutes elapsed 5efor,
this could be effected. When we cam,
. up one OF the oarsmen was dragging al
elderly woman upon the keel of,!le cap
sized boat; the other was making tn,
best OF his way towards the steamboat
taking especial care of his own safet,
in the first place; while carried to som,
distance by a refuent wave. saw for
moment, distinctly, the features of
beautiful girl, pale indeed with alarm
yet expressing perfect Consciousness o
her situation, and beamiog with the
hope and the courage Of bold heart
|ohe was supported nobIy by the Young
man, her companion, who struggled
strongly with the strong waves; say
saw all this but moment: for the mex,
instant they went down into the trough
of the sea, and "a succeeding surge dip
ped their heads in the water far out Of
sight. Three horrible minutes elapsed
aid again they rose to the surface; the
young lady's arm entwined closely "a.
round her companions neck, while, with
his left arm around her waist, he grasp
ed the faithless element, convulsively.
with his right. Boxes, plal.ks, ropes,
&c. were now thrown out to aid them
to the boat, but so very rough were the
waves, that all this was totally NAVAL
ing, and they seemed inevitably perish
ing-that beautiful girl and that noble
boy when a sturdy old tar, passenger
in the boat, taking the end Of small
cord in his teeth, and directing one OF
the crew 10 hold the other end. plunged
into The boiling waters and oashing then
aside like a giant, swan TO the sinking
pair laid his slIong grasp on the young
mans ann, aud hallowing to the crew
TO pull in, they were drawn to the side
OF the steamboat, and lifted on deck.
seemingly, AT the last gasp oflife! The
same experiment brought in the old la
dy and her prcserver, who had managed
until relieved, to retain their hold upon
the keel of the capsized boat. When
the young lady came to hers.if f-~hi,,r
she did in a few minutes,) she looked "A
tout her with a wild glance, and asked
for her mother; with cry Of wild Joy
they rushed into each others arms: and
various as was the crowd that witnessed
this scene upon The deck Of that boat.
not an individual but seemed 10 regard
il with the deepest feeling. The young
lady again looked up from her mothers
bosom, " i,h even ii more alarmed glance
than before, until her eye fell upon the
very handsome features Of the young
man who had been the companion OF
her danger; and although | cannot.
in relating this real little incident, adopt
the style Of the novelist, and say that
they, too, rushed to each others en-
brace, yet such look of extreme jo, rs
those beautiful eyes suddenly filling with
tears as she alfcciionately held out her
h md to the youth, might certainly have
served as model for some of the most
touching scenes of romance. The La
dies retired TO their cabin, and saw no
more of them; hut if tina, young man
and that beautiful girl are not married
within three months after this event, aud
if they are not a happy couple, then |
am no interpreter Of the looks and yes
inr. sof passion, and then have none of
the spirit Of divination.
SLAvERy.-The first of August, COM
meneed the grand experiment Of releasing
the black population Of the entire British
Islands from slavery. The result Of few
years will go far to test the experiment of
their capacity Tor selfgovernmen and self
reliance. 1t is our earnest hope that it
may be successful, for although the benef
cial results Of the ST. Domingo emancipa-
iion are worse than doubtful, it does not
follow as certain consequence that they
may not be more felicitous in the British
Islands.
The qualifications of the British act of
Parliament for the liberation of slaves we
are not particularly informed of.-One of
its provisions, however, seems 10 be, that
during the period ofiheir apprenticeship or
semiservi,ude. the power Of inficting cor
poreal punshmentupon them is taken away
from masters and conferred upon the ma
gistrates. In reference to this subject, the
Barbadian Of the 29th ultimo, remarks:-
smear as the first of August is, we think
that the propretors would rejoice at this
plan being at once the law-but with The
slaves generally we apprehend the al,era-
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