New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-25

Hebrus, and had been wounded in one of he
boats close to Queen. Charlotte, to whose cock
pit he had been taken; that his arm HI
been there amputated; and at the close Of ith
action, all her wounded being placed in cots 0
beds, be, unwilling to give further trouble, ha
come To the entering port and was watching i
the hope that some boat might pass, in whic
be might be taken to his own ship Rs So,
him safe IN bed before he himself lay down
When was first. lieutenant of the Rhine, an
was slowing away the sheet anchor, three time
met q very fine yoang man, working at M
side like Hercules, withdraw his left foot froT
4 aposition Of fearful peril; but as turned i
give directions for q pull Of the forestry, hi
replaced IT on the sarne spot, and the anchor q
the same moment slipped and crushed it. WI
released it before the blood flowed, and, as
stopped down instantly to bind it, he arrested
my arm, saying, 30, Mr.. Nj, you will
spoil your silk handkerchief
Some years before this, in one Of our boat cx-
petitions, I climbed over some rocks to cut the
cable Of the ship we were trying to take, and.
falling headlong into the sea out Of sight of my
party, was supposed to be killed. When re-
covered, and regained the rocks, found-al-
though the boat had pulled off. to secure our
half-won prize that two Of our men had re-
y manned behind under a fire Of musketry, e to
bring Of, Z as they told me, s my body. II
will give an instance Of the faith have in
man, q perfect and able seaman, was pressed
onto transport ship, in which he was second
mate, and sent to Us from the flag ship with the
strictest notions to guard him lest he should
escape. saw that he was heartbroken, and
Z placing him III the gunner's crew, begged The
gunner, good man, to try to cheer him The
next day his mother, sister, and q lad came on
board to see him. They remained on the main
deck with him all the while the people were at
md k1rh
came to me on the quarterback, and said
Z Sir, 4 know you cannot grant what ask.
but to please my mother and sister, come to
say that they wish you to allow me to 90 on
shore with them. would be off again by day
light tomorrow morning. =
started. . Did you not hear I asked,
the strict ordersI received yesterday, to guard
You weilsn
I Yes, sir 4 knew you could not grant their
request 4 and sorrowfully he returned to
them. The young lad, an assistant in the
Fest office, was standing by, and as Honeyman
"A left me, he said :s 98a 58s
II, sir, you would but let me remain as his
security, 7 would gladly stay Hooked at him
and replied. d
& Why, half . dozen such as you would not
equal his value to ms He also lent me and
as walked away from the wretohed party, my
good genius whispered & Try him! /. turned
4
am going to put my commission into your
hands, said / You said you would return
BY daylight tomorrow If I let you 90 on
shore, give me your word that you will be off at
eight o'clock in the morning
s will, sir"
Then 60 He made bat one bound to the
gangway- ladder, and another into the waist,
without touching Of it, and spoke but single
word TO MS mother and sister as he passed them
Both of them lifted up their clasped hands. /
could e not stay to see more, and will only add
That Sam Honeyman was first class petty off
Ger Of my fayorite old ship, when, nine months
after this time, left her to Join Lord Exmoutb
in the Boyne.
FIRE IN THE NORTHERN Wo0ps. - Relative a.
the iire which hos done 50 much serious damage
in the woods Of Clinton county. (New York, the |
editor Of the Keeseville Gazette gives the follow
ng account Of his experience in the region of the
fires:
' AT Mooers we were informed Of the damage
done to the track and the injuries sustained by l
the poor men on the locomotive, and the fact that
We would have to bunk in at the village and 1
reach home, nobody could tell when ]! Here was
= = quanaary, wednesday night, and about thirty
I'VE !. miles from the publication office Of the
W. wnlcn paper was to appear on the following
morning The only means of extricatipr orr
selves from this dilemma was to secure /. private
conveyance, which was accomplished IN ala
tlma, and at nine o'clock we started On a tramn
OF twenty miles, behind d French pony, blind IF
one eye, Dut with good deal of 90 In his lecs
Lne woods We're soon reached, and for nearly
= nllies we trotted q gauntlet through
.re any smoke, tall trees. all blaze, threaten
lng us from either side of the road and here and
there gusts Of fame sweeping across the h;gh.
way with fearful sound We overlook 4 neel
lier, who was loud in thanking his stars for his
miraculous escape from one Of these dasbas az
I.e element, ne averring that the tail.boar If
u w venicie bore evidence ofthe singing Every
5Iep marked the passage Of the furious element
nere " q bridge was burnt, and we had to rrope
9ur way through the bed of the stream; and
,.as iamily had abandoned their log hut, and
1000 BY their goods and chattels piled m II III
nladle q the highway. Men we met. bare l
leaded and with axes on their shoulders. re-
exhausted and sooty, from tiaht;ng Ara
Z s1ssral places the farmers had pulled down
neir fences and thrown the material into The
oau' far on IN the woods, above the smoke d
Wa ; ilgnts could be distinguished like myste,
l lous peacons They stood on the top of some
!o s.ees ana lent solemn aspect to the scene,
nsh naru 9y me names would leap at some tree,
usn up ~ like serpent, and vanish. Ieav;n9 "
ulraning Goals as If twined in q chain around Il
eua 70 this, IN every direction. MI 4 flistapna
uria glare patching up the sky. and Won have
= iaea OF the spectacle we witnessed that neht !,
q 1o'HtEsTERrIELD WoNDER. "A Chesterfield cor. N
espondent q the Richmond Wing furnishes The Is
flowing y 's'''' ~
s mere y now in the possession Of Col. w. I
q this county, an egg, which Is tbe
lose remarkable phenomenon Of the ACE r. i !,
70 egg OF hen, rather smaller than ,,suol III
"a. .ne common form yet, no matter in what Z
'slaion 1T 10 placed, it will Immediately erect
ssit upon one particular end. BY means Of some
80 80 pas unknown agent It cannot be- kent y y
my otner position, not even if placed on IT. ~
,p ~ ana larger end-it will immediatalv Il
M upon inc other THERE'S no hoax about ii J, 4
1 IN MATCH AND SHOOTING AFFATR
II" aays ago young man ran away from
aoh' lnd,, with a Miss Williams for t6a nnr'
'ss OF getting married The father of Tia IN, ae
arsned them and shot the young man tho b sI, tn
,sslng through the feshy part Of the tb; as do
le wound was not considered dangerous Wy. wi
inns was arrested. MI Iva ",
a NOVEL Casa oolored man in rnd;an
Y recently refused passage in the Tetfsrsan bv
le Railroad cars, because he conld not nrera ~ =.
freedom He thereupon brought NH II g ~ "
images before magistrate and obtained ae
The case, however, has been taken
o higher court. 'aAen