Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-05-05

OBTAIN an honorable substance as the mate
Of a West India trader
1t was period when long and proilless
summer and autumn had nearly passed aw y.
tha; TerlOggan, like the vulture, even watched
Tor his prey. was more than usually obseryant
Of the signs Of the heavens nor was an, one
more capable than himself of discovering the
most distant indication of tempest Nature
had for several months worn placid and
most encouraging aspeM. The soft and azure
sky seemed to res, a 5ah the Transparent. sea,
and the slowly expanaed waters swept with
slow mdrmerings aloHg the shining sands of
the deep bay, with alwild and monotonous
flashing, that seemed " strike like the voice
OF u prophecy upon he ear Not more
hateful were the glorious boams of the orb
OF dav to the fallen Lutifer, as described BY
our great poet, than was the onirscent state
OF nature TO the dark mind of Teroggan. In
his mpaticnce he cursed the proiracted sea.
son OF tranquility; and hailed the approaching
period OF storms as more Congenial, not only
t,the gloomy temper of his soul" but to his
interest At length he saw, with a smile of
savage satisfaction, the sun sinks in angry red
beneath the dim and cloudy horizon; heard,
with secret exulta'on, the hollow murmering
Of the W inds; and behcld the blackenng
waves rising in fury, and lAshing the rocks
with their ascending spray As the nirht
advanced in chaotic darkness, the horrors of
the tempast increased; and the loud, long
blast of the contending elements rung ont up.
on the ear like the death knell Of departed
soul
| "Now's thy time calculated the old hac,
his wife, go thy way cut upon the cliffs,
there's death in the wind" Terloggan speed.
iIy equipped himself. and ascended the steep
promnntorv at the entrance of the bay The
usual expedient was restored 20, and he soon
observed light at sea- as if in answer To his
signal, His prey seemed already in lis grasp
The light evidently approached nearer; and
before AN hour had elapsed, the white close
reefed sails Of the vessel could be dimv dis.
covered through the darkness and the appal
Ilng cry OF the seamen, at the discovery o
their danger, distinctly heard Signal gnns
of distress were immediately fired. and the
loud commands, aH hands on deck and aLou,
sA'p were vociferatod in wild despair Every
exertlon was made to wear the vessel from
the shore; but the rphepming moment was
paSt-the ship was completely pmbav, d, and
neither s'rent 9TH nor skill were of any avail r
averting her imnending fate. In a few min
u;es. tremendous crash. and hear -rendng
hn' frnlt'ess cry rhelp announced the hor
rid catastrophe and the last flashing sigma
gun revealed for a moment, n scene too terri.
BILE to he described. The stranded vessel
buried repeatedly against the Jagged rocks q
the hav. soon narted the waves dashed owe,
hnr hot,a ..,I l,,,l 1, Al
ing to the shore the shattered cargo. broker
pieces of the wreck and the atered RIGGING
while the mingled shrirks of the drowning
blending with the roar of the conllic:ed ele
mcnts. rose npon the ear like the desparina
cries of an army of'dving Titans
There was one, however. in whose ewes
such scene was JOYOUS, in whose ears such
SOU DIS were melody: and that being was
Terloggan. Fl" waited impntiently until the
storm had somewhat abatrd and when silence
began to oindlcn'e that tie work of denth wa,
nigh over. h. DIS ended the wpll'known cliff
to dart upon his prry Unmoved bv the hor
rid spectacle, (for the moon had broken from
the clouds by which she had before been con
ceaed,) he stood awhile gazing upon the
scenes of desolation around him. at loss
where to begin his work of rapine. But. tc
his surprise and momentary dismav. there
was yet on living soulnn hoard who, should
he survive would interaose between hi. haid
earned bo'ty. and who was even ROW loudly
snppllcating his assistance To dispatch this
unhappy or ature in his exhausted and help
less condition, was n resolution no sooner
formed than executed Whilst he was ap
Vearins TO aid his escape from the Jaws u
death, one stroke Of his hanger laid him 1
llv'd and mnlilatrd rpSr upon the sands be-
fore him. Tcrl"ggan hen rlled the pncke,.
Of his victim, took ring from his finger, ane
den with the most portable articles of plum
der. retrarrd his footsteps to his hnt
What luck ," exclaimed his friend hrlp
mate, as he crossed the Threshold uf tht
door. Never better" rejoined rerlogg,ln
poining to his booty He then described
the success If his hellish strategem, withou
even conce ding the par; culars of the mur
der; after which he di.played some pieces u
foreign gold coin. aud the ring which he has
taken from the finger OF the stranger.
Give me- the light Me.," said the hoary vii
) liam The bag oheyed. But no sooner haC
hr examined the ring than he recognizing il,
form, and certain hiIss upon it, His coun
t-nancr changed, and with groan OF agony
ne quickly handed it to his wife. She knew
to- we'll from whose hands it must have heer
taken; and after glaneing AT il for moment
yelled out with super alural energy: "Oh
my son, ms poor sln!' and fell srnseIess a
the feet of her husband Terloggan endeav
ored TO master feelings until the fact could b,
ast ertained He arose with the dawn, an,
hsstened To the spot where he left the mnr
dered corpse. IL was indeed his son The
stroke If retributon had been complrted
Overwhelmed by d'sI sir. and stung by
rrmorse tn which his heart had never bef,r,
heen imPervious he determined on self de-
Struction A few days afterward his man
sled Iody was found among the rocks, and
inferred on the spo; where he had perpetrated
his last deed of blond. The chiefincidents o.
his last terrible st'rv are narrated in the
nrghhorhood which was the scene OF its he
ro'S manif Id atrocities. His wrelched wife
persisted few weeks afterwards by the hll
Of her hut; occasioned by one OF those dreead.
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