Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-08-09

sw near: The ba,s'l, 'or preparation had
ssariiy .Prcreu;c, lie cry. of The ,i,o>v-
wretch rom Icing heard, aud for some
Mss me h"a' pulled irutlcssly about.
was human Woice, we could not
fnhze been deceived. Alas! we are TOO
sNE, the sea has rolled over him for ever"
.sssAtn .sn ne may b, alive. e'en now stretching
'etx 0tsx MS 'ieeb'e hands, and vainly trying TO
fsSe ms drowning voice." SupersirinIs
suss5s mad taken possession the sailors,
E1ssae scene was. an imposing one, on The
,isstnisht Deep. searching for an unknown
either dead or at his las, gasp
aSlost IN despair, and. perhaps himself
sM.tf, injected with the general dread, the
Ger OF The boat was about to give up the
as!sen ~ anu return 'o the ship. when .rherr
ill1s' sir, from The coxsw ain. drew his eyes
nlSards the floating object. No sound
caahe from II as it rolled on the flnaIing
Inc boar was soon alongside Of it.
nSaxas y q human being, apparently Il corpse
'a$,eo on n plank, with scarcely any COW
siAse 70 project 1t from the l'cnling sun of
l!l;iI snI not latitude. The unfortunate man
Yss conveyed on board the ship. and the
sasseon pronounced him still alive lie
i%fs i%fs ouch bruised, aud dreadfuIly hlistc. ed
osSthe sun, .nnd appeared to have been Il
tlonS. on time in the Water. Proper remedies
.wfse applied to rcsuscilu,r him, and he soon
.sask into ii deep sleep a~sss.
.slis History is short. He wos l1cx;c,,
laa about 10 ur 2O Years of 40. ..fycry
pieasina appearance. Pressed ~ 81. Anna
tnt1 fhe army. he had ATTEMPTED! To desert.
butsbcIng caught, was drown INTO The dim.
sesni "' the Castle of ST. Juan d'Ulua, there
'gsaawa'i the punishment awarded. Ter
riled at1he prospect before. him, he resell
veT to cnnmit himself to the deep and RELY
our: KIM, Providence for succour.
q he Castle Of st. Juan j. bull, OIL Il rock.
OLE the town OF Vera Cruz Durinn rho
Hpanisii dominion in that country, j, was y
fHyerirl fortress, but the .lrxicans have
.iEswed Il to become very much dIapiatcd
se.foundtd by the ocean, however. Ills y
.Vtsy safe prison, for few have holdncss
efM ngh TO aiopr The means of escape re-
aised to III this instance. nor is i, rcnsona
biSgto suppose that the same success coul
aI a!d' al such attempts. Forty cich,
fiszc;rS before We picked him up, the t!csprr-
S43I.nu'h lett his dungeon, iashcd on :,
AfSai poard, to seek safety on The mighty
sr,.eI ~,'iiSii 49, ia.
Enss. Despair and terror ac ccn.npany,p"
i!hh' as he ii"alcd nearly naked cxnoSc.! 10
u.e iiarciins rays Of tropical s,.n, in ,h,
hSnc-i SEASON ot ihni irrvii r.inun,,. nnd
,tn's too III il sea filled with rnnumcrahi,.
hordes oi 'voraclous sharks. a.ainst whose
hnnsry attacks he had no defence.
Can II be thought a chance, which pro
tecied him from such dangers, and loarrd
Iim so near. tha, his low means were heard
b> per,'ns entirely iSnorant even of his cx
iStticc. an" little expecting the sea. almost
us were, 10 give up To them her ,lr.d!-
was loo lii Il solitary part of the ocean,
ana one IN whcI, few vessels ever nnch,,
some idea may be iorneh of his almost mi
raculous preservation from the sharks. when
lis known that Il British irigaic (rh NADIA
sascnr, ihlnk,) lost an officer ana fnnr
hve men, from The swamping u! one of her
boats Oh Fainpico bar, who n..re .!cvcurcd
Uelurt assistance could he sent from the fri.
gate, lying III sigIir III The coast.
II was determined nuf 10 surrender ON,
puget the authorizes, rs the moor fellow
Was very urgent in hi. cnirca;i,s for pro-
tecnon. The pIot. Ga Mcx.can,) told II.
that u was believed AT The Castle and iu
vera CTZ, that lIr wa, drowned or eaten by
ihe s'iH!ks, as twas ;.>rcra!lch that h, had
madr his escape through II p0r' in The Castle
10 which no boat could l:iyc nprroachrd
"ithou' beng seen hv the SrutrirS Care
va. taken nol 10 remove his hc!iri. iir
VAS according y carried To Pensacola, where
he took leave "i til" W, IL very hand
SOME purse having hccn made up for him
on BOARD, his wardrobe rcplcmishcd, &c.
believe that he subsequently returned
to Mexico'to gladden. the hearts OF his friends
who had wcpt over him as one mystcriuus!v
iaken.irom ;tnong them and doomed never
10 return. The overthrow of ST. Anna.
nrouShtpardon to all who had fallen under
his dtsplcasurr. an this brave y6ura doubt
less now III The bosom of his family. cljnys
that rapiurons remembrance of The pasr, :,
only known To those who have been mcrci
fully snnIchcd from the hands OF dcath.-
Feelings ot gratitude towards the ins!ru-
menis oi his rescue, aud Il fond rccu lection
OF the, Kindness shcwn him bv the officers
and crew of the " -, can never be- erased
from the niind Of this poor Mexican lad.
:, NAUTICUS.
EARLY loUTH AND OLD AGE.-Therc
arc Ill eNi>tcncc two periods when we shrink
troHr ANY great vici>siilide---early y0ulh
and: old age. In the middle Of life, we are
ind'lterchI 10 ,hanSr.; for we have discnv
ered that nothing is, in The end, so good or
Sd bad. as II at tirst au,,pnrcJ W., l. ,u,v