Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-01-19

uy neon I'D Ine nIslncss' ~ '"'s ""b'"'
sudden squall sprung up, rendering u nee
r-sary TO reduce SAL. II was attended 10y
heavy rain. aud tarpaulins were thrown over
The bodies.
The sqnall over, the sailors were sewcd
up in their haIn,nocks. The body OF Mr..
Spencer was placed IN the coffin, aud the
other two corpses. arranged according '"
rank, Mr.. Spencer att, were placed along
the deck. All hands were now called m
bury the dead. The procession was formed
according To rank. reversed. OF Tho colors,
which had continued TO ny. the ensign was
lowered to half mast. Beiorc the corpscs
had been placed on the lee haminork rails
rendy for lowering overheard. tho night had
already set in. All the battle lanterns and
the other lanterns in The vessel where light
ed and distributed among the crew, collected
with their prayer books on the bOGms, IN the
gang. ways and lee qunntcr boats. The ser
vice was then read, the responses andlbly
and dcvou,y made by the officers and crew.
and The bodies consigned to the deep. The
service wns closed with that prayer so apprO-
pirate to our situation, appointed 10 be read
in our ships of war: "Preserve us from The
dangers of the sea, and from The violence Of
cmcn,ics that We n,ny be safeguard to the
OUlttu NDiuttS w n'ICllS obu I" WV
such ms pass on the seas upon their lawful
oc ca sions that the inhabitants of our land
may in peace and quctudc serve thee our
God aud that We may return IN safety to
lerjov the blessings of our lnnd, with the
irulis of our labor with u thankful rtmcm
hrancc of thy mcrcics, to praise aud gorify
thy holy nnine. through Jesus Chris, our
Lord" In reading this, and in rccolrctlng
Al, A., xi,.h tho S,,nnrs hnl hppp dos
tined as now find. before she quilted the
waters Of the U. States, could not bu'
hnmbly hope that Divine sanction would moi
be wanting to the deed OF that day.
As the last transaction connected with this
sui icct, | may mention that on the following
Sunday. being the 9TH December after the
laws of the government of The navy had
bccn read. according to our invarInblc Gus
tom in the Sonicrs on the first Sunday of the
month, took occasion 10 draw from the past
history and example oi the criminals whose
execution they had =" recently bchcld, all the
useful lessons 'ha, they afforded 10 win back
10 the paths Of duty nnd virtue the youthful
crew which they had been so Instruments
in leading nslray. showed how The leader
in The projected mu'iny had turned aside
from The example Of his honorrd parents,
aud ,ramplcd on The wise connscls aud sol.
cmn warnings which had been lavlshcd on
him.
In the Bible Of poor Small had fpnnd
letter io him from his aged mo'hcr, filled
with aficctionatc cndcarnlent and pious conn.
sci. She expressed the JOY with which she
learned from him that he was so happy on
board the Somcrs; (at that time Mr.. Spencer
had not lined hrr) that no grog was served
on board of her. Within the folds of this
sacred volume he had preserved copy of
verses taken from The Sailors Magazine, en-
forcing the value Of the Bible TO senmen. !
read those verses 10 the crew. Small had
evidently valued his Bible but he could not
resist temptation.
urged upon the youthful snlors TO cher.
ish their Bibles with a more cnirc love
than Small had done; to value their prayer
books that they would find IN ihem prayer
Tor every necessity, however great. mcdi.
cine for every nimrnt of the mind. en-
deavored To call Ia their recollection the ter
ror with which the three naleiaciors had found
themselves suddenly called 10 enter the
presence of an offended God. No one who
had witnessed that scene could for moment
believe even in the existence u! such feel
ing as honest athclsm--a disbelief in the ex
is,ence of God. They should remember
that scene. They should also remember
that Mr.. Spencer, IN hts last moments, had
sand that "le had wron- ed many people, but
chiefly his parents" From these two cir
cuDslanccs they might draw two useful les.
sons n lesson of tlIal piriy, and Of pety
towards God. With these two principles for
their guide they could never go as'rny.
In Conclusion, told them that they had
shown that they could give cheers Tor their
country, they should now give cheers to their
God, Tor they would do this when they sang
praises to his name. The colors were now
bo>lcJ, and above the American ensign, the
nuly banner To which II may give place, the
banner of the cross. The hundredth psalm
was now sung by all the officers and crew.
Alter which, the usual service followed Il
when it was over, could not avoid contrast
my the spectacle presented on that day by the
Soncrs, with what il would have been hud
she been in pirates hands.
But on tins subject iorbear to enlarge. !
would not have described the scene at all,
so different from the ordinary topics ot an
Official communication, but for the unwon'cd
IN which We were placed, aud
the marked effect which 1t produced on the
ships company, even on those deeply guilty
members of It who sat manaclcd behind mr.,
and that II was consider d to have done
much towards restorIu. The allegiance oi The
crew.
In closing this report, pleasing yet sol.
cmn duty de,olves upon me, which feel
unable adequately TO fulfil, to do justice to
the noble conduct Of every one of the Off
GERS Of the Sorcrs from the first Lieutenant
To the commanders clerk, who has also since
her equipment done the duty of midshlpn'an.
rhroug hout the whole duration of the dllli-
culllcs 10 which we have been involved, their
conduct has been courageous, determined,
calmly sell. possessed, animated, and upheld
always by a lofty aud chIvalrous patriotism.
armed by day and by night. wax
ing aud sleeping with pistol often cooked for
hours together, the single accidental dis
charge which took place was from very
delicate weapons repeating pistol, IN the
hard OF the first Lieut.. when lie was arrest
ny Cromwell in the night.
] cannot .orbcar TO speak particularly of
Lieutenant Gansevoor,. Next 10 me ~ rank
on board the SOmrrs, I've was my equal ~
every exeIiIon to protect and dcf'nd her
The perfect harmony Of our opinions aud of
our views of what should be done on cach
new development, OF the dangers that me
naced the integrity ut my command, gave us
al. .l..I Al lNs In