The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-02-17

" 1ho Hlll tual commanded an extensive /
view OF The widespread ocean, All the lit
tie household soon assembled on the spot, |
but no boat was seen upon the waters
nothing that could give hope except the as
pect OF the wave which looked too placid TO
be dangerous.
Their deep dread was no longer conceal
ed; and while the old man paced to and fro,
looking earnestly at brief intervals over the
lonely sea, the mother and the daughter
were sObbng audibly.
"Fearless let him be whose trust is in
CODY exclaimed the father. The sentence
was uttered Involuntary, but it had its eff
leCt.
cay" said the mother, she always trusted
in God, and God will not fOrsake him now"
"Do you remember, Jane," continued the
old MAJ, show often Providence was with
me, amid the storm and the wreck, when
help from man was far of, and would have
been useless if near?" and they cheered
and encouraged one another to hope the best
but to submit to the decree Of Heaven,
whether it came as the gentle dew to nou-
IRISH, or as the heavy rain to Cypress. From
that hillock which overlooked the ocean, as
cended, their mingled prayers that God would
not leave them desolate.
! The fisherman-the obiec: Of their hopes
and fears-had been very successful during
the night, when at day break, as he was pre-
pairing to return home, he remembered his
promise to bring with him some seaweed
TO manure the potato plot behind his cot
tage. He was then close to rocks which
were only discernible at low water; he
pulled for them, jumped on shore, fastened
the painter OF his boat to jutting part Of a
cliff, and took his boat-hook with him. He
|. collected sufficient quantity of the weed,
but in his eageTness to obtain it, had wan
dered from the landing place, when he hearC
} his boy loudly hallooIng and exclaiming thai
} the painter was loose. He rushed instantly
toward the boat which was then severa
}, yards off; the boy was vainly endOaVOring K
. use both the oars, and Neptune, the faith
9 full dog, was running backward and forward
q bowling fearfully, as if conscious of his mas
j ter's danger, at one moment about to plung
S into the waves to join him, and the mex
e licking the face aud hands of the child, as
d he foresaw that for him his protection woul
J. be most needed.
+ The fisherman perceived at once the de-
is perate nature Of his situation; the tide
n knew was coming in rapidly, and his hope
escape was at an end, when he perceive
"a that his boy, in an effort TO use the oars, hs
n. let one of them fall overheard 'Fathe
D. father" exclaimed the poor lad. ''what shs
~ dot" the boat was at this moment so di
ID slant that his distracted parent could scare
ly hear the words, but he called out to hi
lie as loud as he could TO trust in God, the
no Their of the fatherless. He then stood
i signed to the fate which he felt await,
ol- him, and watched the drifting boat that DO
the child in peril from the fatal rocks.
:. had offered up a brief prayer to the throne
~ mercy, when in an instant, a light broke L
a. on his mind ''Good God!" he exclaime
-. .IO 81 may yet be saved' With the energy
- hope battling with despair, he collected
az the stones around him and heaped them
=. Al pidly upon the highest ledge of rock it v
~, indeed wonderful how he could have ga
.no cred so many in so short time: but
.u' Almighty gave strength TO his arm, and
-, was laboring not for life merely, but for
,oO ings still dearer to him. The tide came
Oh, on, on, and sooR obliged him to abandon
'nu work. He then mounted the pile he
no, heaped, planted his boat-hook firmly in
ulu of the crevices of the cliff, and prepared
struggle for existence; but his heart fai
que him, when he considered how slight was
'he possibility that the waters would not
OF above his head. Still, hs determined to
.' o. all he could to preserve life. The wa
'i.n were not rough, and the boat-hoOk supp
"a ed him.
am The awful moment rapidly approach
the water had reached his knees; bu
oke stood firmly, and prayed that he might
was preserved. On, on, on, it came, slowly
ne gently, but more fearfully than if it had
hen ged around its destined prey; soon tires
lIgh ed his waist, and he then prayed tina
might get no higher. On, on, on, it ca
lged and he was forced to raise his head to
hot as long as possible from death; his rel
Lfast was almost gone, his breath grew feeble
limbs chill; he painted, and his prayers
dian came almost gurgling murmurs. The b
SEM rushed to his head; his eye-balls glare
p OF if they would start from their sockets.
own closed them with an effort, and though,
side the last time on the home that would
man be SO Wretched! Horrible images were
. an fore him-each swell of the waves see
bis as if the fiends were forcing him DOWN
and the cry of the sea-bird was like
the Iyells over their victim. lie was then
~ Of ing, choking, for he had not strength TO
wife, his head above the waves, every nome