The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-29

ty-four instead Of thrty-two points; he sala 'hd'
the needle pointed wrong, so he slowed 1t around
i & 6. w. for Texas, and nailed it so; and "heh-
ever any thing went wrong on board, he would
blame the merchants at home and abuse them
for it.
And Bobstay, the master, took his observations
at the bags of money in the hold, instead oil the
IN, with hambug quadrants, and calculate inc
lonritude and latitude of the strong boxes IN the
cabin; and Small Soul, the boatswain, whenever
any of the men were drowned or yard was
carried away. would console himself by saying,
like Jacob Faithful's father, eBetter luck next
time"
There was also the gunner of the Lying .4r-
tiIIery, whose name was Sharks he was always
preaching to the mids about his great repuoh
canisu when they messed their "loaves and
fishes" and drank ''pap" brandy; he showed them
how to turn iaw-tacie end for end, tie running |
bowlines, splice a broken repm tation, and plat
ti6 Senet.
Nor must I forget Jacko, the captains mon
key, or as he called by the Sailors the LOG
tori for his long tail and longer ears, his antics'
capers, and, above all, bis greediness, made nm
the soul and spirit of the whole ships crew.
And. to please the Captain, the first officers
no were all picked in pay and sailed IN saia-
rv0 declared they would ezpuage, ''1ttttty' ana
firm. the old nautical books and tables; one
wanted the merchants to give up their money TO
the Captaia for safe keeping, and the Captain
said he would have it; another said they Paid
the boat builders too much; third sand I'll
(the sailors) did not get enough pay, and fourth
/ wanted more marines.
= Thus things went on, until one day they made
sail for fair meretricious looking Island, called
Sub-Treasuaria, situated among the rocks and
reefs of Despotism, where it was whispered by
the crew, he intended to run the ship on the
rocks. wreck her, and set up for King of the
Island:-from which place, when he had collect
al ed an army, he intended to make descent on
: the property and possessions of the merchants.
"A But the gales of popular opinion, blew strong,
: | and the tide of opposition ran hard against Ill III
as the Republic, still beautiful in her helpless
: ness. mounted upon the heaving pillows, rolling
!. gunwale under, and dipping her lower yards IN
:, To the sea her canvass was blown from the bel
ropes. and few like mighty birds away to the
- leeward into the feathcry Inists OF the storm;
wave after wave swept across her decks, or were
"a dashed from her bows in snowy foam; the moth
er Cary's chickens, and the oaninous Petrol nap
ped with their wings the Kissing waves, as tney
=, flew by this seemingly devoted barque; and Wild
w did the storn-spirt peal hrs shril coFonais on
- the may rigging, while the creaking Oh the
20 blocks and the grooming Of the timbers, sounded
- like the cry of some gigantic monster IN Its
l. agony. n. ::
Il In vain did old Amos rave at the sailors; IN
y vain were the wards braccd sharp up, and the
helm put a-ee--stili she would net spring her
- huff. or dash off On taunt bcEvline, within ave
points of the Island= for.itE4ew real typh9'n.
I'd In vain were the ssorFn-staysais set, when the
o other sails had blown into rihbonds for the YES
Id sci was down TO her bearings, and was drifting
IA away before the Storm.
eS Yet in spite Of all this, the Captain said he
cd could and would sail IN the lUitse eye, on
II his new AID reformed system of Navigation >
a. sand he would bear down on the Island, even Il
NJ it took ten ments hold his hair on his bead,
n the ks.ver azchor blown into the round top
a and the chair cable to the tezt harpings. ~Een
he alice. down and l,aHd down." cried the Caftain
~ eeDowz it is1 says amesy wAo with three others
were ss the wheel. FfThere:goes the staysails p
1e cried the Captain, Hzmen thee aloft ssithyou,
~ and bend on the tarpanlins"
Now oa1r Invertebrates had been looking in 1is-
l,.av, from their sat the management ofShe
L sl;p in the ofinss but when they saw then, try
n Ing to weather Point Honesty, and steer for tbs
T, dangerous ISLAND, they struck with the Pi-
e r,s1cal design of those on board, and employed
0,ED BILL BiJNTI me, aR honest. and gallant tar,
!, vyhe had once been s. Captain 10 one OF their
faeses the Western, Star; but whe then was an
r humble fisherman and lived in a hog cabin on
e SHORE TO head them, take her, and bring her in.
t S,,ns5ev collected a gEest number of his Jolly
: ola n,assmates, gallant Young watermen, sturdy
6s,ero,o,. and ship carpenters, who haS not only
o., interest in the vessel but syere part owners,
: and had iauch property on sesre
| All hands took to their Efe1beats, and in the
e,ce Of the rolling surf breaking in On -ehore, /
thew dashed into it, and riding ever the treners-
dous pillows. were soon upon the deep: for the |
i yav they stretched on their oars, was cauhea!
serIurr ah n,ysboys, and don't give up the ship
l@teady, my hearties, and give way" shouted
tse weather-beaten old man-ofwar's-man, as
thesr elea wing pSows dashed through the angry
waves go.
Now the parates, during the storm, had thrown
Cle,y Garnet the first Lieutenant, overheard,
and were fight ing, Like devils, the decks, for :
his place; ans .eeing this fleet OF boats as they
rose on tie SUBMITS OF the crested waves, conn ;
IDENTIFY expected to wee them overwhelmed Dy the
seas, supposine, no doubt, chat they were manned
by lubbers, like themselves, and not by cool
and manly set of real Jack tass. But when they
saxv them mouut wave after wave in safety, and II
were bearing down upon them ia fine style, they =
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