The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-05-15

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the slairs and entered The Office. An Ell
deily man. with absld head and wrinket
face, was ealed al table surrounded By
books and papers. Inviting the new
conner 10 be seated. he. peered al him
through his specsacles. and inquired his
business.
NH. B., you do not remember
mel"
IL cannolsay that lido, answered the
attorney, slowly. a. il in ,ubs.
I. Do you not remember pleading la be.
half Of poor fellow. about being lynched
for murder, some thirty years sincel"
"Mr. NJ W." exclaimed The
lawyer, joyfully. Can ID be possible,
I.never forget face. and yours saw in
a frame work that night that ought 10 i'm
press il upon my memory forever. But
l thought you dead years ago. Sil down
sit down--and tell me ALL" u
safer was thrown from the vessel
thai night" said w, seating himself.
I" was SO frightened that for some time
l-had no consciousness Of what occurred.
On becoming more collected. | found
my lillle boat, half filled with wafer, rid
ing the short heavy waves, and every
second | expected 10 60 under, or, be cap
sized, and SO drown. This mol occurring,
began TO look about me. found the
cord by which was tied passed over my
shoulder. managed To gel ii in my
mouth, and soon gnawed il apart. loosened
my hands, SO thai ina few minutes freed
myself aud sal up. With an old cup,
that found in the boai,.I bailed. out the
waller, and then, breaking up one of the
seats, managed the lille affair so as 10
ship no more OF the waves, and in this
way 10 ride oui The storm and The night.
by morning the wind had somewhat
subsidized, but SO exhausted was by fear
and fatigue, that was forced TO lie down,
and soon was sound asleep. When
awoke the sun was setting, aud as FAR as
lcould SEQ on every side, was d,eary
waste of waters. Strange as IL may sound
was greatly relieved. feared nothing
SO much as falling again into the hands 0
that terrible mob.
"The full moon came out, making ih'
scene as light almost as day, and, gentle
breeze springing up | took my coat, faslen
ell Il on the broken seat, and with this 70
, a'sail, driIlsd, near as could make ou
by the stars, in north easlerly direction
knew sooner or later, must strike ih,
Canada shore, but how far had been car
ried in The storm, could not, OF course
determine. Through that long night
noa'ea on. saw the moon go down, ant
The stars fade into the cold grey light O.
morning, and then the sun came up with
, The clear calm day, bu, no lant could b'
seen' nothing but glillering wafer. i'm
agliied al one time seeing in The dim dis
lance a sail, butt one, il Immediately dis
appeared. About noon | noticed some
Thing floating near me, and on padding
my boat along side, found il bale o
goods, carefully corded together. Hasten
ed il, almost without motive, TO my boat
and again lying down was soon asleep.
was aw aisened by shout. and, start
ing up, found | was running in close 10 .
wooded shore, and number of men star.
ing in wonder at my appearance. In an
swer tony request, one of them waded in
. and pulled my boat to the land. learned
TO my great relief that had reached the
Canadian side, within few miles ol
! . Il was supposed lhassI had been
shipwrecked, to which my bale Of goods
gave colorlng. and secured for me kind
reception. On opening this bale, next
day, | found il filed with costly silks and
i yelvets, and SO admirably packed that the
water had not damaged them. This had
! probably been lost from some wreck in
the late storm, and noting the address with
intention Of repayment some day, l sold
the contents, and with The proceeds made
my way to New York, where !, after my
I mothers death, joined an expedition fitting
out for --, in South America. In this
new home married. and engaged in mer.
chandize. There ( lived until learned,
a few months since. my innocence of,hal
cruel deed had been made known by the
confession Of the real Grim ina"
| When he had finished recounling his
!. strange escape, The elawyer, rising abruptly,
/. caught him by the arm, and pointed to the
open window. They looked and saw i
gaunt figure, with sunken eyes, pale
J cheeks. and long gray hair, in the gloon
Of the evening, move silently along.
That" said the lawyer. " is Mr.
H. Since the nigh, of the crimi
naps confession his intellect, never very
strong. has been complete wreck. Every
evening lie wanders TO the lake. II stor
my, no intreaiies can induce him to seel
shelter. but hour after hour he PAGES th'
shore, as i every moment he expected
some revelation from its troubled waters.
Anecdote Of q Newfoundland Dog
: A gentleman connected with the New.
fonDdland fishery was once possessed Of !
: dog,of singular fidehiy and sagacity. Or