The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-10-21
THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.

at PLAIN but neatly attlred female nearly
opposite, who, to relieve the tedium of the
journey, had taken her knitting from her
pocket and was industriously plying her
needles. Once heard him speaking OF knit
ting and the piano in connection, at the
same time casting his eyes at the delicate
embroidery on which his wife was at work.
What it was | did not precisely understand,
but from his look and tone, Guessed his
meaning. A game Of checkers was proposed
by the father to the son and they set to
work. There was scarcity of men q think
they called thena) and a quantity Of gold
dollars were displayed upon the board.
turned away disgusted at this attempted dis
play, till my attention was again arrested by
hearing game of Backgammon proposed by
the son. This for want of dice, they were
obliged to forego A short time after, saw
them both standing by the card table look
ing at the players. | was too much shocked
to look longer in that direction, and turning
away, was soon lost in my own reflections
4 boy eight gears old at the card table, led
there By his father. Should that child grow
up gambler, and indulge in all the vices
which almost necessarily attend gambling
o, what fearful account must that father
render. And when. at the bar of God, the
sentence of Punishment is pronounced upon
that son, and he, perhaps, with all the ago
ny of despair, turns toward his parent while
his look of terror seems to say--Father, you
taught me to gamble, you led me to the card
table, with you l played the first game
can describe the remorse Of that parent {?
Imagination must paint the scene.
At that moment the bell rang which put
an end to my reflections, the cry of &c Pas
sengers for P - brought me to my feet,
and stepped on shore, glad to escape the
sight of which had been so long an unwil-
ling spectator.
LETTER FROM SAN FRANc1sco-THE Cocos
ISLAND RoMANcE.-A vessel has just left
San Francisco, freighted with an adventure
of a novel character.
1t is known, and as part of Mexican
history, that at the period when the Viceroy
of Spain feared the success of the revolution
that freed Mexico from the yoke of Spain,
he shipped vast treasures, belonging to the
Government and to the churches, to Acapul-
co, destined for Manila. Nothing had been
heard of the vessel during several years,
when it became known to the authorities
that she had been taken by pirates, and all
on board murdered.
Ill Iulu, IL Is dlIeSeu, Tie pirates, DdnQeQ
by certain regulations to know the where
about of each other, were, in some manner
or other, killed off-the last of them reveal
ing to an Englishman in India, when dying,
with great precision, the place of deposit oil
this treasure, amounting to more than Sl0,-
100000. The little island Cocos, some four
or five hundred miles west of Panama, is
said to contain the cached treasure.
This Englishman, veritable man of COM
mercial habitudes, and formerly of wealth
arriving at San Francisco without the neces-
sary means, in order to obtain it, communi-
| Gated the secret to distinguished citizen,
who, joined with a few others and a very
choice crew, have taken the Englishman on
board, we'll armed, with all the appurtenan-
ces for trip Of pleasure, in the confident
certainty of bringing back the where-with
to ease our money market.
These are the reliable facts of this case,
as yet only known confdentially to a few
friends, who are offering each other $5, 600
for every 81 900 invested in the Cocos Island
stock. The island is barren and uninhabited,
and the ex-merchant of Calcutta goes with
this party with a rope around his neck, y
sure of the treasure. 1t will yet be some
time before the active reporters of the press
get hold of it here, measures of great secresy
being necessary to success. Two months