Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-06-13
STORY OF A SAILOR.

Wv W ~ oEh1 So@S
FG years ago I left the port ol
Bost'. che master Of fine ship, bound
for Gina. was worth ten thousand
dulla, and the husband Of a young and
handme wife, whom had married six
mons before.-Wher | LETT her, |
proRed to return to her in less than
'wen months: took all my money
aloniwith me, save enough to support
MY lie in my absence, for she purpose
Of traing while IN China on my own
accent. For a long time we were IA
vorrtwi,h prosperous winds; but when
in I'll Chinese Sea, terrible storm
camapon US, so that in short time I
saw Hat the vessel must be lost, for we
werearifiing on the rocks of an. un-
know shore. I ordered tn, men each
10 pride for himself, in the best posi-
bic manner, and forget the ship, as it
was q impossibili,y TO Save her. We
slruct-a sea threw me upon a rock
sensesss, and the next would have car
ried 9e back into a .walery grave, had
not ole Of the sailors dragged me fui ther
up iii rocks.
TIere was only four Of US alive, and,
when morning came, we found we were
on small, uninhabitable island, with
nothiig to cal but the wild fruit COM
mon b that part Of the earth. | will
not distress you 5y an account Of my
sullerngs here; suffice it 10 say, that
we remained sixty days before we could
makeourselves known to any ship. We
were3aken to Canton, and there had
to beg for my money was at the bottom
of lhssca, and had not taken The pre-
caution TO have it insured.
ltsas nearly year before I found a
chance come home, and then, ], cap,
tam, was obliged to ship as a common
sallalsi. 1t was tive years from The time
that Ile(t America that landed in BOs-
ton. q was walking in hurrid manner
up one of its streets when met my
bl other. in-Iaw. He could not speak
nor move, bnt he grasped my hand and
the tears gushed from his eyes.
" ls:my wife alive :" asked.
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MY Sip, for thought my wl1e-wuo-.--.i,-
but ht very soon said:
"She is alive.
Then it was my turn TO cry for joy.
He cIung to me, and said:
"Your funeral sermon has been
preached, for we have thought you were
dead for long time"
He said my wife was living in our
cottage, in the interior of the Slate. II
was three o'clock in The afternoon, and
I took tain CT cars that would carry
me within twenty-five miles Of my wife.
the cars, hired a boy,
though it was night, to drive me home.
/, was about Two O'clock in the morning
when that sweet little cottage of mine
appeared in sight. 1t was warm moon
light night, and remember how like a
Heaven It appeared 10 me. | got out
of the carriage and went TO the window
eftIe room where the servant girl slept,
and gently knocked. She opened the
window and asked,
"Who is there Z"
"Sarah, do you know me - said |.
She schreamed with fright, for she
thought ME ghost, but 1 told her to
unlas,en the door and let me in, for |
wished to see my wife. She let me in
and gave light, and went up stairs 10
my wife's room. She lay sleeping quiet
ly. Upon her bosom lay our child,
whom | had never seen. She was as
beautiful as when | left her, but | could
see a mournful expression upon her face;
Perhaps she was dreaming of me-
gazed for a long time-I did not make
any noise, for l dared not I" wake her.
At length l imprinted soft kiss upon
the cheek Of my child. While doing it,
tear dropping from my eye, fell upon
her cheek. Her eyes opened as clearly
as if she had not long been sleeping.
saw that she began 10 be frightened, and
| said
"Marv, it is your husbands"
And she clasped me about my neck
and tainted.
But ! cannot describe to you thai
scene. She is now the happy wife Of {
poor man. I am endeavorrg TO accu'
mulate little property, and then { will
leave the sea forever.
LAND LOCOMOTIVES AND STEAM PLouou u
We saw yesterday the model Of ma
chine invented by Mr.. Henry Cowing
and styled by him the Land Locomotive
and Steam Plough. If the machine an
swers the purpose for which j, is intended
il will almost entirely supplan, the us