Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-04-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
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SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF A III.

"p iulo"ihg adventures OF YOUNG frelnl- III,
'"'J'e' e The present article, nte 30 huly genuine
ma 80 extraordinarily marvellous, tLaiAo eanno
refrain item recommending The pefusal Of ,hc, :.
Tie attention of our icaders
captain Mixture, OF the Sarah ffam Etlf,.,
stated that he met the gid, whose name - A.
Jane ihointon, at 81 Andrews IN North A ,n.,,
ca ohe VIVA dressed IN sp,lors clothes. md Ind
on '"e appearance Of having lccn bIonsbt op,o
'"a' employment. lie engaged her nj ninn dollars
"'ohlh, 10 nct us n cook and steward and cousd
cred that she was what sic seemed 10 be un,,l ;,
Jew days before the arrival Of the vessel in tbo na
vi London Ii appeared that some of tho c,c,v Id
'"SPfelea her before she was tccn Washing in bc,
o',', rom the circumstances Of her HAVING rcnent
GUY refused 10 drink gtog.
"o LORD M"yor.-lt hns been reported tint
| - va III "ea'eu py hef captain and The cfaw
wish particularly 10 DO Informed upon thai
point. 'f0" "'''
Captain M'Enre SAID TINT he would emil ,,o,.
inc gItl TO say whether he had not unfo,mlv ,roa,o
'o' win Kindness lnnd whether when her soy ,.a.
o'SooNefeu, The dcgIce OF kindness and cnIo WINS ma,
| increased "'' NV
me g'ii declared that Captain M'EnIire Ind
ocleo towards her with humanity. md Ind de-
Sfeo her to complain 10 him if any oi IN, cre,.
treated her hlrShy She had been in tho con,aa
oil the yoyaee, struck by some of the soilo,s he.
cause she could not work as hard as thew did.
| a lh'ng sne found IT difficult to do in n enle of
VINO oe' she dd not tell the captain. rs she deter
l,hcu 10 ehaoIe as much MS possible without rum
| bling. b. ''"
The Lord Mayor l. it possible Tim, ,h;s morn
| Bh'--'of ahos conno be more ihnn sixlcen NJ,
seventeen yoafsol oge-pe, formed the dul,e, If :,
seaman " y
Captain M'Enliro.--l ia, my lord. She uer.
formed them to admiration She would ,un ~,
TO mana the topgnllan. sail IN any sort OF weather
anu we ma a severe pasgagc Poor gifl she lad
nara llme OF It, They suffered gioally from the
wet, but she bore IT cxeeleutly, and was capital
seaman.
The Lord Moyor,-ls the account of the 70.
mantle pursuit Of the person she WIS snid To lac nj.
lochcd 10 eorroct7 /, Il true she went to Am. a..
ca after tho captain who was slid TO be her swect
heart
vi Lean SAID TINT the account she had given Ia
nv" 'o'lesiohdou win TINT which appeared before
uculnfs.
Captain Al'Entrc stated hat ho had ma donl,
oi the colrecInesss of her statement She wn.
not at oil given 10 loquncy on the CONTRARY. sin
hid The duty OF n seaman without n murmur md
hal Infinitely u better use OF her hands than Of bti
tongue.
rms description Of tho temale Sailor seemed
10 be accurate Her hands appeared M if the,
were covered with thick brown leather plovcs NM
II was by repeated questioning the Lord Mayor got
from her the facts OF which the folio ling IS the sub
snncc.
Anne Jane Thornton stated that she il in the
seventeenth yonf OF her agc ! her father who Is
now "ldo"cr, took her aud the rest of his FAM
y from oloucesiershrc, where she was born, 10
Donegal when she SIX years old lie was
| lac # ia, -.
good circumstances, and was always oleclonale
10 her She regretted I'm, she had quilted her home
for her departure, al which she had glyon 40 prev
Gus notice 10 her father, must ha We caused HIM ma
ny sofrowfnl hosr When she wa. only thirteen
years old, she mt captain Alexander Burke
whose iaiher resided in New York. and was III,
owner OF vessels there and before she was fifteen
thcy bcenme strongly attached to earh olheL Soon
after Alexander Buke wa8 Obliged 10 20 to New
York, and she took the resolution 10 follow INN
She quilted her fathers house accompanied by n
maud sefyont andA boy, and having procured n
cabin boy dress, she etered herself 10 obtain u
passage 10 America. She succeeded IN her Oh.
Jecl The servant mud and boy took leave OF her on
'mb'hSns1 ihe LITTER btlng chnfeed with mes.
sage to her father, informing him of blr intention
By degrees she came rtconccd to tie laboura oil
her new employment tut she behold wph 10y the
shores Of Now York, where she thought hcr nbours
would terminate The moment she lAnlod she
went of III Der cabin boys dress, 10 the house o.
!, Captain Burkcs faihof and sDd that she ho1
worked under the captains orders and wished 10 be
engaged " hln aglIn II was by The iaihcr Of the
young man that she was informed Of tho event
which placed an ctcrnal barucr between them, mud
size retired from the house dlsconsolne. America
was, however, 10 place to opG foe syinpalhlcs. In
the belief dat the sen, winch doubt her Affection
Tor Burke recommended 10 her, was n more probn.
bic mOIe Of existence than shc could adopt IN the
dress Of her SEX she applied or and oh AIMED sli-
unlIon as cook and steward ia the AdeIaidr, ~ {
subsequently IN the Rover, which later yosst
she sailed TO St Andrew's, " here she f IN viii
Capt M'Entlre. The Captain Of the Rovcr had
engaged 10 take her 10 Belfast bur he received NJ
order from the owners TO snil for the West Indies
ard as size resolved to return to her father IA
soon rs possible, she refused to accompany him
For ~ months she had been engaged ~ these
mnrsabie adventures, and participated III III,
most severe toni, Of the crows Of which shc iome,
paH.
The Lord Mayor.-Are you not weary of so en-
barn sing life
The girl-Yes, | am anxious to get hons.
hope and believe my fother will forgive me Tor h,
Sorrows have caused him. | have had my owt
sorroWs 100.
Captain M En,ire-I am anxious 10 pay her Tho
wages owe her, and never had ony idea Of CIV
ing her less han agreed to pay.
Thc Lord Mayor-How did it happen tina, yol
fancied the sailors dress, well knowing that by
assuming the appearance Of one, yoa pledged your
self to perform such terrible duties.
The gid couldn't think Of any ohcr way
and did the doties well us could | under
VENT good deal. travelled from East Port, il
North America, 10 st. Andrews, by myself, dis