Litchfield enquirer., 1841-01-14
From " Around tAs World"

 sailor attached to ship, that interested me much. "He was an excellent seaman, and so religious and peaceful that he was called, par excellence, the Quaker. He was religious in all his doings, and, with few companions, seemed to stand apart from the majority of his shipmates, as one who had little sympa- thy with them; but every officer and sailor respected him, for he was intelligent and faithful, as brave as he was religious, as generous as he was reserved. He devoted his leisure to mental improvement and the Bible, but if daring work of duty was to be done, deed of danger and skill, there was 1none SO prompt and firm as the Quaker to ,undertake it. Once storm arose suddenly at night, and (though I have forgotten the peculiar nautical circumstances,) 1t carried away a mast, the ship preached to, and a heavy sea broke over the quarter; when, as she keeled and the decks filled, it was dis covered that all the lee ports had been clo- sed, and the scuppers were not enough to release the accommodating flood. The flap ping of the loose sails against the rigging, the moaning of the winds and the waters. quite drowned the voice of the trumpet, and there was great danger of the ships going suddenly down in the trough of the pillows Then, as the lurid lightnings for moment illuinined the deck, confusion and conster- nation were revealed in every direction i; the men were rushing for the boats, the bin- nacle lights were out, and the weather helmsman had deserted his post; when, at that critical moment, the voice fone, touch- ing his hat at the same time, said firmly to the officer of the deck, "Sir, shall Itake the Aelnl! no one is there." ,i v.. Asr
 "Who speaks :" said the officer. 'e
 "It is the Quaker, sir"
 tYes, take the helm, my good lad. and be
 n. A...k H. nnA slz, II hold the helm, and let out the water. The 2 ship lays like log, while these cursed fools are crazy" ri.,4.a ly15s A. .s
 The Quaker sprang, with prompt alacri- ty, down the half sunken deck, up to his waist in water-a vent was soon made, and the whirling currents. hurrying to escape. almost took the dauntless mariner with them; but in a moment he was at the helm. Silence and obedience were restored among the crew, and the broken mast was cut away. The Quaker fixed his steady eye upon the breaking sea, headed the faltering prov to the wave, and the ship. once more being relieved, soon righted-the sails sec cured were closely reeted, and safety reas- sured. tE H.n 2a
 But had not the Quaker been there, where might have been the ship and its trembling spirits! And what was it that armed this .xnan with such fearless self possession in sthe midst ofperil? Nwas surely more than .coHrage-yes, it was firm reliance on the providence of God, a submission to the de- .crees of duty. whatever and wherever they ,might be; it was the courage of religious ,faith-ra faith that !" "casteth out all fear"
 We take the following notice of the SGl Works at Syracuse. in the State of New. York, from letter in the Boston Courier
 But the great attraction of Syracuse. to the curious traveller. is the Salt Springs, in Sy- racuse and Salina. Three hundred and six. ty gallons of sea water. at the east, yield upon evaporation, seventy five pounds of