The North-Carolinian., 1850-01-12
Il ROMANCE OF THE OCEAN.

The following facts relating t" young
American girl, think. cannot but interest
your readers especially ~ they are too
well authenticated t" admit uf a doubt Of
their having taken place. in the manner Il,
be mentioned.
The American whale slip Washington,
which arrived here on the 18th instanf.
reports the whale ship Christopher Nit
chcll at Paita under the following circum-
stances: The NJ. had touched at Paita.
for the purpose of putting ashore letters
Tor home, and again left tor the cruising
ground but on the second ur third night
out. when the watch was called, one Of
the crew was discovered to he a Young
girl, instead Of Il r-haired boy, which
created n" little excitement on board. and
caused the Captain to put back again to
Paita t" land hrs female sailor, to seek
some mere cOngenial way Of earning
livelihood, than using a tar bucket and
n,s,;c Hmrr;:,n sr,nn.s:, ssrns l!sr story before the
She i>a native Of Rochester, New York.
was >educed, like thousands Of others.
from her nome, by villain who promised
t" make ber his lawful wife. but who
aba ntoned her IN Il short time and abscond-
e' T" parts unknown. Returning to ner
parental roof. she met with bitter
scorn. and driven from her home. Too
proud to ask assistance from strangers,
and not SO far lost to virtue as t. think Of
suOSlstInS bv the only means which might
now seem left to her. she put on male at
tire. md for two months earned her living
by driving horse OH the canal. Tired Ot
this. she determined to go to sea-first
engaged as a cabin boy at 50 per month
but was told by the shipping master that
she could make more by whaling voyage.
and consequently proceeded to Nantucket
t" look for snip 1t WAS with some
difficulty that she obtained berth. her
youth a"! delicate appearance being much
against her. One of the shipowncrs. at Il
place where she applied, Gan old quaker.)
at last become much pleased with, ~
he expressed, the good face Of the boy"
that he persuaded The captain al the w. to
take her on board She performed her
duty faithfully for the seven months pre-
vious to her disCOvery-never shrinking
from going alOt.. even in the worst weather.
Of the darkest night She also pulled her
oar twice in prr> ut of whales, but the
boat in which she belonged had never been
fast t" one Of the monsters. or perhaps her
courage might have failed her.
She was general favorite on board.
never mixing with the crew any more than
was absolutely necessary Her quiet.
tnOucuSiSc UenaVlOr dfSO very udCu pre-
possessed the Captain and his officers in her
favor. When summoned into the Captains
presence. Immediately after the discovery,
she made Il full and voluntary confession,
wncreupon She was taken into the cabin,
a state-roo,n set apart Tor her use, and every
attention shown her that could be extend
ed to a female on board ship. When land.
ed al Paita. the excitement and fatigue
had somewhat "verpowered her, but in
one or two Gays she was quite well, and
much eIated with the prospect Of soon
reaching home in the vessel about to salt.
Only once. previous to her final discovery.
did she run any risk of being exposed but
OH the occasion alluded to. by suddenly
working in a more bunyling manner, she
escaped detection. The cause Of attention
being drawn towards her on the above
occasion, was the quickness with which
she piled her needie--being more than a
match for the other sailors, in that respect.
The fact Of her being on board and doing
her duty we'll, cannot be doubted. Her
name is Miss Ann Johnson, and her age
nineteen years.-Polynesian. .4ug. 90.