The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-09-01

No, iI Cannot b.! fel--yes. IL Is. IL
10 Susannah, striving 20 steer toward The
wreck" exelsimed l. ins0lunlsrlIy.
Tie old mans eyes, dim from age. but
their vision quirkened from sffsclisn.
Were fixed like mine, in slraining scruli-
ny; and when his gaze Vas sure of IFS
object, he cried out in a zone Of bllIeresl
anguish---
"Oh my child! my SDsannaL!---il is
her---it is the boat. She will perish.
oh. save her! save her. Her GonT'
And with incredible speed be dsried a.
way from our resting place. | soon o.
verlook him, and supported him ON my
arm, as he toIlered. painting and exhaus-
ted, to the tree against which his lille
skIif had been erewhile colled. We
now saw il within fifty yards Of US on
tie boiling surf. and the heroic child
her young heart buoyant with PHYS life
Understanding her helm-like oar with
all her strength. aud looking pale and
stern al The rain aud the waves. which
dTenched her lhrough and through, al the
lsrious wind which had lo0sened her long
hair, and sent il streaming around her,
and al the broad lightning. which gave.
al intervals, supernatural hue TO her
whole person. She wss, in minute ar
tao more, in the power OF the formula
BILE enrreni. in which The hall drowned
men now elung to their boat. ard she was
in nearly as much danger as they were.
, ] IN KN s.N
for her father. and OF incredible awe TO
10 me. shall never forget The sensation
OF that fearful interval OF suspense.
The gray headed old man now gas
ped convulsiSely: and wildly stretching
forth his arms, he flung himself on the
earth. as il 10 shut out the scene If ale
most inevitable death. The despalrlng
} men we're. with hoarse, isint voices,
girl. haIllng and cheering IN the intrepid
4 and giving what snaiches Of insIruc-
! ton they could utter a. 10 The means oI
approaching them. But alas! the NJ.
! most strength Of child, as il must have
been. by powerful feeling Of religious
confidence and a noble courage, vas in.
sufficient far so severe struggle; and
had the deep anguish Of seeing the
wreck, and the fOriorn brothers. who
hung upnn il with fierce vet enfeebled
grasp. swept by within dozen yards oI
the ferry bnat
Al this moment old Relsscher started
. up, and he would have plunged into the
m"rciless rver, had | not iorcIhly held
h.m hack-but. scIeaU'ng louder than
the ,urm, his voice now reached Susan.
nah, aud II seemed at once to paralyst
III her prwer and skill She cast heI
looks, by turns, on the wrelched object:
.ha ~nul have saved, AID on the half
madd,uri parent who seemed rushing in
p franuc effort 10 assist her.
Al this crisis. Martin Buckholz, one oil
sae brothers. psrce,vlng tina, their comb.
ned hope Of safety depended entirely on
tie possibility Of his gaining the ferry
boat-l'r his companion could not swim
--he resolved IN trust himself, inexperi,
n exhausted and remembered as he was, 10
the rhauces al The torrent. tie slipi
down into the water. struck oui MS new
nerved arms to bulfs; every wave, and
rolling and plunGing with the fierce ener-
. gv of despa,r he lIule BY iule approach.
ed the sktff. Sussnnah regained heI
. presence Of mind. and she laboured Al
her nsr with renewed strength and re-
, doubled efforts. She soon met the bold
, swimmer; he grasped the prow-heaved
, humseti up the side--caught the oaI
fr,.n his preserver's hands; and though
: now a considerable distance from the
, heavy ,stug wreck. he came up with il
, Just as his brother was falntlng from ex-
, {, haus,ion and terror, and lifted him safe
into the sklh.
And how to describe old Reisacher's
, delight, quick following his despair. as
4 he saw the terry boat bounding triumph
, | autly across the waves, with its miracu.
lousy rescued freight: the tears, the bles'
, sings, the thanksgiving, the love, the
, pride, the gratiludel--all fell down in
: plenteous showers upon the head OF his
chlld, nr rose up to heaven in iervent bu
silent thought
Susannah-calm, modest, and appar'
emily unconscious in the midst of all our
united praise and acknowledgements destln'
2 ed To the conviction that she had done a
. virtuous and heroic action without know
, ing, a, the time. It's uncommon merit.
The Grand Duke of Baden on hearing
the circumstance, was pleased to bestow
, | a graluitv of 300 forms on our little he
I rome, together with medal, as spe-
> cial mark of distinction, bearing the in.
scrip,ion, "She trusted in God" She
1 was, when last saw her, year after
= | the adventure. receiving the full benefit
, of an excellent education; for voluntary
I subscriptions procured her many add
tional advantages: and she walked at the