State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-09-10


. landed from the boat on the rocks, at some
distance below the cave, in the hope of find
ing pathway or outlet, by which they could
escape up the cliff. After long and hope.
less search, they bethought them of The
boat; and, 10 their extreme terror, found that
IT had been carried away by the rising tide,
which now partly covered the rocks. They
had just time to climb into the cavern over
the fallen rocks, when the waters sweeping
In, closed up all entrance TO any but swim
mer. Although the tide was fast rising, the
ladies' clIeered each other with the hope thai
they should escape. Fortunately The dark
ness al the back of the cavern was sufficient
TO prevent their discovering the height to
which the water usually rose.'
AS you may imagine, Mr.. Clements was
some time before he recovered his senses.
His wife was kneeling beside him, chatine
his brows, when her sister, starting up, called
their attention 10 the rope BY which he ad
descended. We were pulling il up; and he
shook his head as il disappeared over the arch
of the cavern. Well he knew how use less
| it would have been for them to use It. 1T
matters not he SAID, 'they lmeaning us) have
gone to -. We shall have boats here
soon; We are safe: quite SAFE and 80 on, en-
deaVoring TO keep their spirits up while he
knew that in the darkness the chances were
that the boat would never find the cave
Two hours, sir: two long hours passed on
in this way, and MIR. Clements had given up
all hope. The water kept rising and rising,
till at last the waves broke at their feet, and
each instant threatened destruction. he
ladies were almost dea6>with fear and cold
when a large, heavy, Dutch built boat, (you
don't see such now, sir,) swept, with arcelv
sound, under the arch into the cavern, her
Prov coming in close upon the spot where
Mr.. Clements and the ladies were. They
did not hear her till she was within the cave;
and no wonder, for the oars we muffied, and
those who were in her were as silent as the
grave. 1t was part of the cargo of i French
smuggleI, lying a few miles of, that her crew.
assisted by some of the fshmerman were
about to, land, and they had taken shelter in
.th laying been alarmed at the APP.
pros boafst aast. Fortnnatel1'
wasit that Mr.. Glen u. leanfFs u. -
from calling out for assistance from them
why. should have thought at such a mo-
ment, that even stnugglers-
Not they, sir: not they; and Mr.. Gle.
ments knew it. Desperate men like them. |
would have left the poor things to drown, or
have murdered them. No; Mr.. Clements |
knew better. He tried last and danger
Gus chance; butit was his only one. Listen,
sir: while the men had .heiT heads turned TO |
the opening ofthe cavern, watching the boat |
pass, the sight of which had driven them into
il, he lifted the ladies' gently into the end of
the boat They couldn't hear him for the |
noise of the waves; there was plenty of room
for them, and he drew sill over them, and |
was Just stepping in himself after them, when |
ole Of the men turned, and he had only time |
to conceal himself under the bows of the |
boat before she was again moving silently |
out of the cave with, as her crew little sus-
pected, the addition of two to their number
since she had entered it.
They went about quarter of mile under1
kthe cliff, and landed boy, who disappeared
ike cat up the rocks. "A dead silence en-.
sued; no one ventured to speak; the menI
rested on their oars and the boa: gently rose
and sank on the waves. A. last the silence
was broken; something dark was hurled
down the cliff at short distance from the
boat It fell heavily on the rocks. God
forgive him, he's tossed him over muttered
one of the men. And so it was, sir. The
poor man on the look -out was asleep near the
top of the cliff; and we often hear of these
men rolling over in their sleep; There's al
ways reason for it. sir. They were gong
to land their cargo, when they heard gun in
the offing from one of the Kings cutters.
The alarm had been giveE. Not moment
was to be lost; and, straining every nerve,
they bore out to sea-.
They were about two miles from the
shore, when some Of the men declared it was
lost job, and that they couId 60 no farther.
Mrs Clements was quite Sc seless with cold
and exhaustion, but her sister listened eager
| " to what the men said They had some
angry words. but the meaning Of their con-
versation she could not understand. There
was little boat astern Of the larger one,
which they drew to it, and entered one by
one, the last man calling out as he stepped
in-:Now then, boys, pull for your lives;
they'll make after us when they find they've
lost their price
The boa. had disappeared in the surround.
| ing darkness before the terrified lady com
pretended all; and then, sir, in a moment
the frightful truth flashed upon her. The
devils had scuttled the boat, and it was fast
sinking She said one prayer, and turned to
kiss her sleeping sister. when Mr.. Clements
voice sounded almost az her sidel There ne
was, sir,-there be was, in the self.same 1T
| tie pleasure boat which had been the cause
of all their msforfunes. He had just time TO