Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-11-05

Of The skipper 10 his barometer becam
frequent; and the most knowing of our 70 re-
castle oracles shrugged their shoulder
coldly as they turned their eyes toward tn,
mountain tops in the interior. The clerI
of the weather was evidently brewing mis-
chief.
One Of the most certain onens Of ar
approaching gale on that coast is sin
gularly clear atmosphere. Dis,an, hills
seen q, no othsr time, show their blue peak.
plainly; thus fore-warning tho mariner &c
be ready 10 cut and run. We as well as
our French neighbors, commenced prepar.
ing for it by sending down our light spars
housing -gallant-masts, coss-reetine
toPsails and courssrs, and re-furling then
snugly to the yards, intending if possible
to lay it out at anchor.
Night came on, and as the sun gradually
descended behind a gathering bank ofcloud.
! IN the west, the wind increased, beginning
TO pipe the sailors warning in its loudes
key. The ground-sveIl rose very high
causing US to labor heavily, aad to pitch
bows under into it, The dlstsn, ,hunJel
and lightning played hsfully ,hro' the fly
ing clouds.
This is the very nigh, for such q dare
devil as Will Allen" said /, as hurried or
deck, envelloped in the folds Of my storm
Jacket, with ~y sou- wostor dashed on my
head The though. had barely passec
through my mind, when the look out on the
N it-t,f he's -. S~il No
=" Whereaway is she?" said | stranine
my eye-sigh in The gloom.
8 RICH, ahead sir. | believe it's that
clipper that tricked the Johnnys the other
day, trying to come out over the bar"
&" Great God, she'll be- lostw said l, as
| caughta glimpse Of her struggling through
the heavy range Of breakers that ran
mountain high entirely across the bsr, one
moment hidden in their ,umusuous boiings,
the next seeming 10 leap high above their
snowy crests. Oh! i! was beautiful,
grandy, sublimely, terrifsslly beautiful!
As the lightning haah illuminated the
scene, the eye in one hurried glance would
cover the high, rolling breakers, tinged
with the prismatic hues of the rainbow
tina, seemed to leap madly up from the
quick sand bas; the gallant and beautiful
vessel rushing swiftly through the flashing
waters, hsr spars bowling 10 the full
strength Of .as kings breath, her
sails white ls the cloud spot whence the
Iigh.n ng bursts forth; her crew hurriedly
flying from one post to another, as thoir
varied dulias required, in the dread tune
of danger.
Again the lightnng-cloud closes, and
the Imagination is eftto picture the scene
from the wild nproar OF the warring ele-
meats. Ohcs more the Jagged rays of lurid
ligh: flash forth: The vessel has passed the
bar in salty hers she comes, right down
in our midst The gale had increased &c
height that rendered our anchorage un
safe, and altogether, French and American
were obliged TO slip and scud
The ire Of the Frenchnnen was aroused
II was Calling TO their pride to see little
Yankee clipper pass into a block aded port,
in fair weather, under their very portfolios,
but doubly calling to see the audacious
craft again laugh a, them, and defy their
power in the teeth OF hurricane.
As the Nela came on, the Franch
ships beat TO quarters. determined, as one
Of their officers afterward told me TO sink
her, We were oil in n huddie, driving
ou, to sea before the gale. AS the lreach-
erous lightning betrayed tbs position OF
the gallant Alien, the French opened q
rapid fire upon him. but they were too
nervous to do any harm their shot flew
wide, the quick flash Of light hardly enab-
ling them TO take an aim, which the sue.
ceeding darkness would set entirely at fault
On, on we sped before the whlslling blast
amid the roar of the hurricane, the loud
booming cannon, the lightning's glare. the
red flashing of the guns; bu. the Nella
had the heels. Soon, even the far-reach
ing s,ormlight failed 10 discover her situa
lion she had run the blockade, in and oul
IN perfec, safety.