The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-08-21

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alton would pour from all the pores of m,
trembling body. Sometimes | would drea1
OF my old home-Of my sisters brothers, AM
father, ay, and ofniy mother and friends tina
once had been dear to me; and then in m,
loneliness and weakness would weep owe,
the follies OF my youth and manhood, and sigh
to think OF the tears had caused to flow, The
fears had created for those who loved me-
and the love had cast aside in the pursuit OF
a baseless chimera which had led me into toll
danger, pain, poverty. and grief and had an.
chored me frlendless wreck upon the hard
IRON bed of charity at last The reader who
can realise the feelings of a proud and not in
sensible spirit under the foregoing circumstan-
ces Will easily conceive the strength of that
Joy which made my heart dance in nv bosom.
when found myself one beautiful spring
morning, in Liverpool, with certificate of Gu
red IRON the hospital authorities, and con.
seriousness OF returning power flowing with
my blood through every vein and artery in
my frame
'Hnrra! here am again!' said / to myself
scant OF rigging and light of ballast, but have
a good hull, and hopes breezes are blowing
once more through my skyscrapers so keep
stout heart, Tom, and mayhap providence
has something in store for you yet left nv
49, ~ OhSSh
with as many injunctions to look after its safe
ty as if it had been an admiral's corpse in spir-
lis, and set out TO look for BERTH
Are you shipping any hands Just now. sir q
SAID to consequential little gentleman, who
walked the quarterback of brig, which was
told, was in The Canton trade.
The great man looked at me without vouch-
safing an answer; and as stood with my feet
a little apart, and thrust my hands in free
and easy way down to the bottoms of the lar
board and starboard pockets of my Jacket he
looked more astonished than pleased. what
was the name Of your last ship% said he, eye
ing me superciliousJy.
The Shad, SIR said l. squirting out my sur
plus juice and careening my hat little to lar
board.
Yankee or English2' said he, as snappy
and short as turtle, and cycling lie as if he
could eat me. 5 .f
American, sir, said |, in much the same
tone for was riled al the fellow
What trade was she in p
'The Mram;chi timber-trade,' said I; she
was a Halifax built boat, owners jackson &
Son, Commander Jedidiah Byers of Boston,
Massachusetts; cast away last November on
one of the Orcades, and she lies, as far as
know, waterlogged in little bay off The is
land of Pomona
THANK you for your information. said he,'
and in return take my advice and mend your
manners when you speak to commander
again.
'My name is not in your ships books, said ],
stoutly; sand while nobody commands me,
why, l am my own commander therefore
you might have taken the advice and digest
ed 1t before you parted with it,
| turned upon my heel and walked on shore
again, whisling as loudly and shrIly as
could the tune of yankee doodle,' when
stout, porpoise looking man, with fur cap
and long rough pea-jacket, accosted me with
well, guess you want berth, boyg
| Your New England education taught you
that SIR said / making an awkward attempt
at bow.
8 Will you ship with me " sail he, quickly.
Ghave no objection replied !, IF the ship
pay, and rations, are half as good as the COM
mander looks
He neither smiled nor seemed TO otherwise
notice this little piece Of fattery, so that felt
rather uneasy about him +; but had little time
for doubt, for, naming the pay, tonnage of the
vessel, and pointing ont where she lay, he had
my word to ship, and accordingly left me 10
take my furniture on board.
We sailed with crew of twenty three hands,
in the barque John Adams of Baltimore, for
the South American guano trade. She had
brought hither cargo on the preceding fall,
and finding the trade good, Mi Vans had deter
mined to take out supply of dry goods for the
Brazilian market, and make his return one TO
England of this celebrated manure again. We
had six months voyage before us, good
ship, an experienced captain, according to all
accounts, and clean active looking crew, so
that felt tolerably at home. Amongst the
most interesting of all the shipmates with whom
ever sailed were two young men ofthe name
of Elliot who slung their hammocks with me
in the hold of the John Adams. They were
eighteen and sixteen years of age respectively,
and their comparatively slight but active frames
their fair, Intellectual faces, and their dress
and manners, showed that they had not been
trained amongst the loafers of sea coast
town to handle an oar or haul rope. The
elder lad was of fine manly mould of frame
and feature. His sable curls clustered round
his high pale forehead, and his black eyes
flashed like lighthouses in dark clear night
in spring; and contrasting him with his mild
and even beautiful young brother, would
have wagered my months pay against the fin
of dog-iish that the elder was likeness of
his father, while the younger was the counter.
part of his mother. 1t was not much that Ell