New-York daily tribune., 1843-01-30

men, that most terrific OF all cries al sea, man
overheard I. man overheard few ike fshsnisg
over ,he ship. sprrRg upon the quarter deck iuts
as the poo. fellow, with his fearful human face
riding the top of tiilow, fed past, In an instant
| all was eomnotlon: plaaks were cass over for MIN
10 seize and sustain himself on ill Tho shin could
be put about and The boat lowered The FIRST mate,
bold, hery fellow, leaped into the boat thar huas
at the side Of the quarter deck. and in voice SO
sharp and stern seem 10 hear /, vet shout..! il.
nen-in men (" But the poor sailors hung back
The sea was too wild. The second mate then sprung
TO the side Of the first, and the men, ashamed to
leave both their officers aIone, folloaed Cut
away the la.hinss exclaimed the otFce1-the
knife glanced areuad u,e ropes-thc boat fcl!
the wster-rose on e huge wave far over lhc deck,
and drifted rapidly | thought il could not
live moment ia such sea, but the officer who
held th; helm was skiiiful seaman. Twice IN hIs
life be had been wrecked and for moment for
got the danger in admiration of his cool scii-Pos-
session He stood ercci-thc helm in his hand
his flashing eye embracing the whole peril in .in-
gallan, litsle boat To each high that other
wise would have sunk her. watched them I'LL
nearly Two mile a.tern. | saw them lie 70 and
look around Tor tho lost sailor Just then turned
my eye to the horizon and squall blacker
and heavier than any we had before encountered
rushing down upon us. The Captain al-o saw II.
,nd was terribly excited. He afterwards told
,L., -, H. L,,.l
He called for flag, and springing into the shrouds,
waved it tor their return. The s,an, fellows
obeycd the signal AMI pulled for the ship. But !,
wa, slow work, for the head Of ;hc boat lad TO be
laid on TO almost every wave. Il was now grow
ing dark a,d If the squali should strike The boat
before it reached the vessel, no one expected ever
to behold it again. Il would either go down a,
once or drift away in,o the surrounding darkness
10 struggle out the night as it could. ! shall
never forget that scene. Al along the southern
horizon between the black water and the blncker
heavens was white streak Of tossing foam
Nearer and clearer every menent IT boiicd
ami roared on its track. Between it aud us APP
pcared a, intervals ,ha, little boat like black
speck on the crest of the hillows and tken sunk
away apparently engulfci forever One moment
the ssunll would seem Ia gain oa them cyend the
power Of escape, and then delay its progress. "a
stood aud watched them both and yc, could not
toll which would reach rs first. the excitement
,,,ou,,,d 10 perfcc, a-.ny. Second, seemed
lcnr,hcnea in.o hours. | could nct look steadily
on that gallant lis,lc crew now seitios ID" ques-
ion of life and death themselves and perhaps t"
~. who would be left almost unnamed in the mid
die O! the Atlantic and cncomPasscd by storm
The sea was making fast and We, that freil thing
rode il ike n duck. Sometimes she sunk away for
longer time than usual and thought II was Al!
over and would cover my eyes in horror-thc ncx'
noncu, she would appear between us and the
black rolling cloud literally covered with foam and
SPRAY The captain knew. as he said afterwards,
that n few minutes more would decide The fate ei
his officers and crew He called for his trumpcI
and .rringng up The r1iiinss, shouted oat over
the roar of the bias, and the waves, Puti dnay
my 5yarc DULLES, The squnH IS eomins-giee 'c"y
,uv aeariiesl y and the bold fell-"e @td give
,ray" with will. l could see their oars culver
"a ,ey rose from the water, and the iie-likc boat
.nrunp 10 their strokes down the billoWs like pan
thcr on the leap On she came, and on came the
blast. Oh how my heart leared As she shot around
The stern and rose wave far over our Ice quar-
ters. shaking the water from her head as ii in de-
iie h, to lind her shelter again.
The chains VIC e fastened, and | never pulled
with such right good will on rope the one
that brought iha, boat up the vessel side As the
heads OF the crew appeared over the bulwarks
could have huggcd tho brave fellows IN transport
\. they stepped on deck not question was asked
mo rcpor, ciyen-hut " Forrari, men broke
from the Captains hps The vessel was trimmed
o oes, the blast and wc were again bounding
,ur way IL that ,lual! had pursued the course OF
,li the former unes. we must have lost our crew
,ut when nearest the boat {and II seemed 10 me
the foam was breakin. hundred rods oil tho
Wind suddenly vcercd and held the cloud in check,
20 that it swung round closely to our bows. The
poor sailor gone he came not back AGAIN. Ii
MAS his birth-dsy Che was % years old and also
u Was his d-athdav. Whether, bold swimmer,
he .au n, a distance his companions hunting hope
!essly for him, and finally with his hear, growing
cold with despair, hehcld them turn back ihI
.hir, and the ship itself toss Its >psrS away from
him for ever, or whether tic sea soon took him
under. we know not. We saw hun no morc-and
closm fell the whole ship. There were but
few OF us in all on board. and fcl, hs loss. l.
was wild aad dark night; Death had been among
u. and had left US with sad and serious hearts
rha, night, as walked to the and looked
back on the foam and tumu, OF the vessels wake,
in which the poor sailor had disappeared la
,tinctivcly muImured--
Oh sailor boy. >ailot boy again
Shall lnrr rrirnr. or AinnrrG WIZ rrp.Y.