Southern telegraph., 1836-07-01

"A
preston Of care equal to the amount Of his
invoice. vet honest and fearless as the truck
of his nlainm1si, round, sailors back, that
looked as if he would hoist up bis deck It
Won battered him beneath hatches against
his will, and teeth as white as his new fore
sail, completed the picture Of the muster of
the brig Metamora. Jolly old H-t, shall
never feel the grip Of an hOnester hand, nor
return one las FAR as can with the fist you
crippled at parting) with a more kindly
pressure! A fair wind on your quarter, my
old bov, wherever you may be trading!
What sort of accommodations have yoi,
captaini" | asked, as my friend introduced
me.
. Why-none to speak Of, sir! There's
starbOard berth that ain't got much in t.
A few boxes Of figs, and the new spritsail,
and some Of the mates traps-but could
stow away little, perhaps, sir"
You sail tomorrow mOrningf"
"Of with the land breeze, sir"
took leave Of the kindest Of friends, laid
in few hasty stores, and was on board at
midnight. The next morning | awoke with
the water rippling beside me, and, creeping
on deck, saw line Of foam stretching be-
hind us far up the gulf, and the ruins Of the
primitive church Of Smyrna, mingled with
the turrets Of Turkish castle, far away IN
the horizon.
SAT on deck most of the day, cracking
pecan nuts with the captain, and gossiPPlng
about school-boy days in our native town,
occasionally looking over tho hills Of Asia
Minor, and trying to realize (the Ixion labor
Of the Imagination in traveD the history OF
which these barren lands have been the
scene. ! know not whether it is easy for
a native Of old countries to people these de-
sOlated lands from the past, hut for me, ac-
customed to look on the face Of the sur
rounding earth as mere vegetation, unsto-
ried and unassociated, il is with constant
mental effort alone that can be classic on
Classic groun1-fnd Plato in the desert
wastes Of the academy, or Priam among the
Tuyi-strilden anl PROSTATE columns OF
Troy. In my recollecfi3ns Of Athens, the
4 Partheaon nn1 the Thesion, and tho solemn
and sublime ruins by the f)unt cf Cal'irhoa,
stand firth p-o-n;aea: cr7"rh; II: w3ea
vas On Tho r1ot-a biped 70 uho.' three
meals day, washerwoman ana he.1sT
were urgent necessities-I shame to confess
that sat dangling my legs over the classic
Pelasgicum, not fishing for Philosophers,
with gold and figs, but musing on the mum.
Idane and pFoximate matters Of my daily
economy. could see my six shirts hang
ing to dry close by the Temple Of the Winds
and knew my dinner was cooking three
doors from the crumbliny capitals of the
Agora.
The morning was cool and fresh, tho sky
of an oriental purity, and the small, low
brig, sped on like nautilus. The captain
stood by the pinnacle, looking off TO the
westward with glass, tarpallin hat over
his black locks, pair Of sail-cloth pumps on
his feet. and trowsers and roundabout Of All
indefnable tarriness and texture. He hand
ed me the glass, and obeying his direction
| saw stealing from behind point Of land
shaped like a cats hack, the well-known
topsails of the two frigates that had sailed
before us. We were soon off Vourla, and
the commodore had gone 10 to pay his res
poets to Sir Pulteney Malcolm, then lying
with his feet in this little bay, and waiting
We supposed, for orders to force the Darda
nelles. The frigates soon appeared on the
I bosom Of the Gulf, and heading down, near
ed our larboard bow, and stood for the Ar
chpelago. The Metamora kept her way
but the United Sta:es," the heetest Of Ou
ships, soon left US behind y ih the strength
ening breeze, and following her with tl''
glass till could no longer distinguish tn
cap Of the officer Of the deck, ! breathed |
blessing after her, and went below to break
fast. 1t is strange how the lessening il
! the distance Of ship in which one hai
, cruised in these southern seas, pulls on thu
, heart-strings.
As the sun set over Ephesus, we neare'
the mouth Of the Gulf Of Smyrna, and th
captain stood looking over the leeward bow
rather earnestly.
7 awe shall have snoFter out of the nor
west," he said, taking hold Of the tiller, an
sending the heImsnlan forward--"I neve
:, was up this sea but once afore, and It's
dirty passage through these islands 10 an
weather--let alone LeVanter."
He followed up his soliloquy by jammin
! his tiIler hard a-port, and in ten minute
the little brig was running her nose. as
Q seemed to me, right upon an inhOspitabl
g rock, at tho northern headand Of the Gul
# AT the distance Of biscuit toss from th
" shore, however, the rock was dropped
r lesward, and a small passage appeare'
P opening with sharp curve into the mint
/ ture, but sheltered bay Of Fourgas. W
= dropped anchor of a small hamlet Of fort
g or fifty houses, and lay, beyond The reac
z Of Levanters, in circular basin that seen
d ed shut in by rim Of granite from the SCI
! The captains judgment Of the wealth.
le was correct, and after the sun set, the wiz
r rose gradually to violence which sent Il
Is spray high over the barriers OF our prcteC
to ed position. Congratulating ourselves th
at we we're on the right side Of the grani
al wall, we got out our iolly.boat on the folio
is ing morning, and ran ashore up on I
O. beach half a milo from town, proposing
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