Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-02

and, it you will call the captain; will tell you
to whom wish them to be given" | called
him, and he continued calmly MY gold watch
wish my sister Emma to have and my silver
one-give that to Georgy, my little brother
Georgy and my rifle, let it be kept for him un-
The is old enough to use it. Give to my Meg
gy the ring on my little finger To my mother
his voice faltered when he came to her. and
tears crept down his pallid cheek. s'Ah, she
was good mother! Give back the Bible that
she gave me, and tell her that her boy did not
fear to die 7! All else he bequeathed to his ia
ther, to dispose of as he pleased. The captain
left the room, and he said, looking earnestly up
into my face, 'fWrite to my mother when am
dead, and tell her that everybody was kind to
me, and that had every attention. how ten
der and thoughtful was this wish Of his to save
his mothers heart from pain )-s'that | did not
fear death. Tell Meggy that love her in death:
you should see her, she has such soft meek ewes,
and her hair curls so beautifully about her fair
forehead. Poor Meggy! And-and-there is
one OF whom | have not spoken-Mary -;
Twas engaged to her-give my best ring to her,
and tell her that hope to meet her in Heaven i
Becoming exhausted left him for short time
When came back, he said, II wish once more
to see the ocean, i'll whose depths my grave will
soon be made let me gaze at it once more ~
Alas, he was too weak to be raised upon the
deck-poor fellow And then he wished a
bucket OF sea water brought to him His ewes
We're sutlused with a smile when he saw it. He
put his hand in it, and batled his forehead. saw
ing could haldly tell whether sadly or Joyous
y, "soon shallmy body be in the dark blue
sea- There was something magnificent in that
selt-baptism OF his-his tearlesslless was so tri-
umphant over death.
All the day the wind had been increasing in
.4r 4 L. L
wards midnight the sea became frightful-the
waves dancing ever us amidships. or striking
our side, sounding like heavy timber Many Of
our passengers were frightened nearly all.
They We're up, and when the captain came down
into the cabin, they gathered about him with
ANXIOUS eyes and earnest questions | was up
all night with the dying one-some of the time
holding him i'll his bertha part of the time he
lay III my arms. He was perfectly lucid, and
his tearlessness was a rebuke to those who We're
pale with fright from the storm As the morn
ing came on, the gale increased. At daybreak
1t had reached It's heieht-at daylight the poor
young man said, Il thank you all for Your kind
ness to me-farewel forever !" and died
The storm syent suddenly .dowI, and the next
morning there was perfect calm, and the can
yass was idly tapping III the air. The sun shone
calmly upon the beautiful seattle air was
balmy like that of the south-but we were all
sad, Tor we We're to see what few of as had ever
seen before---a sea burial. will not describe
the ceremony; tor ADLER pens than mine have
done SO. will say nothing of the little band
hat sadly stood at The lee-gang-way, and saw
the corpse stretched upon the death plank of
the horrid plunge of the body i'll the mysterious
ocean---nothing. All that gentle day little par
ties We're clustered together, talking about the
poor young man. All of us We're sad
When the evening came on, and the full moon
shone above us, with a lustrous purity, | went
out upon the quarter deck, and unused long upon
the young man, his English home, and those
who dwelt there. His mother. perhaps was
praying, at that moment, a safe voyage for him:
a happy sojourn in the new world, and happy,
OH happy return but the sea was his mother
now, poor woman His dear Meagy, ''with her
hair curling beautifully around her brow" lay,
at that moment, perhaps kissing him in her
dreams Dream on, Meggy---too soon will YOU
wake to the stern agonies of life Then | tho't
OF the time when every post would be eagerly
watched by those at home, for the expected lei
ter from HIM And letter does come with a
foreign post mark, but in a strange land. The
father grows pale as he looks at it, the mother,
watching his countenance, asks why he is pale
He hands the letter ia her. and she covers her
face and shudders. They dare not open it. The
brother does, and reads---the letter that | wrote
to them. Shivered, in moment, are all their
beautiful hopes, and they weep i'll anguish---and
Meggy! she is out among the flowers, playing;
they have not told her !! the brother goes to her
and says, "Come to me Meggy;n the girl runs
to him. and he bursts into tears---he cannot tell
her what he wishes. He grows stronger and
tells her that her brother is dead, and is buried
in the. blue ocean, and will never come back
Sne asks, sadly, ''Will he never, never come
back - ''Never, Meggy H'---and the beautiful
child cries as if its heart would break but the
dark ocean would not heed its cries, nor its
mothers, but hugs him as trophy in its embrace
TEE CHARMS OF LIFE.