Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-07
tsr she had those designed Tor the fr;,.s.
uunoer':nd, .a.aao much larger ship-ssemsd

ready to jump out of her.
ana now, while all was app-ebeos;o,
another bot drew-and then snn,has'
until at last our whole stay v,s nI...a
upon single bolt less than . m,n, .e
IN circumference. Still the INN .,.nn. rss .s
tne solld wo d, and bore us aloneside ths
breakers, though in most frigatfu, nror'
unity TO them This thrilling ;nc,dsn,
has never, believe, bcen noticed in nuh
hc, but 1t is helitersl fsct-which ~.
not the slightest attempt TO eub.li;.h
As We galloped on--for | can corru.
our vessels leaping to no.hinp else-f,bs
rocks seemed very near us. Oar. .sv.s
the night, the white foam scovlsd .,arnS
their black heads, while the spr.y fill
over US, and the thunder of the dcsh,ne
surge sounded like the awful knell ,h.s
the ocean was singing for the victims Il
was eager to engulph -
AT length the light bore upon our omar.
ter, and the bold Atlantic rolied its rh;,.
caps before us. During this time all 10
silent, each officer and man was 4, h;s
post, and the bearing and countenspoe Of
the captain seemed to give encouragement
to every person on board. With bur .
bare possibility Of saving the chin and
those on board, he relied on his q ,n,;c.I
skill and courage, and by CARRYING The
mainsails, which in any other s;tust;on
would have been considered q suicidal
&C. he weathered the lee shore, and saved
the Constitution
ihe malnsail was now hauled up. by
light hearts and strong hands. the iii
and spanker taken in, and from the liSbt
of the Scilly, the gallant vessel, under
close-reefed topsails and main trys,ils.
took her departure, and danced merrily
over the deep towards the United States.
Pipe n" said the captain to the
first lieutenant, ''and splice the main.
brace"
Pipe down. echoed the first lien.
tenant to the boatswain.
Pipe down !" whistled the boatswsin
to the crew. and pipe down" it WAS,
'liow near the rocks did we 60 Z"
said l to one Of the master mates, thu
next morning.
lie made no reply, but taking down .
chart, showed me pencil line between
the outside shoal and the Light House
Island, which must have been q small
straight for fishern IN tn run his smack
through in good weather BY daylight.
For what is the noble aud dear old Fri.
gate reserved.
L went upon deck; the sea was calm.
gentle breeze was swelling our CANVAS
from our maInsail to royal, the isles Of
Scilly had sunk in the eastern waters
and the clouds of the dying storm ve,.
rolling OF In broken masses to the north.
ward aid westward, like the flying col.
uunns Of beaten army
l have been in many gale Of wind.
and have PASSED through scenes Of srs>s
danger, but never !efore nor since have
experienced an hour SO terrik,s as TIA.
when The Constitution was lshoring With
the lives of five hundred tnen hsngins on
a small iron bolt. TO weather Scilly, on
the night Of the llth of May. 1885.
Curing the gale, Mrs. Livingston in
quired OF the captain, if We FeTe not in
great dranger, 10 which be replied, as
soon as We had passed Silly. You aro
as safe as you would be in the aisle of q
church"
1t is SINGULAR that the friga Boston,
Cap III Neal about the Close of the
revolution, escaped similar danger while
employed 10 ncarryingo out to France, Chan
cei!or Livingston, relative of Edwards.
anda so Minister TO the Court ofS,. Cloud
He likewise had his wife on board. and
while the vessel was westhering a lse
shore, Mrs. Livingston asked the captain
"a rough but gallant old 6re-eater-if
they we're not in great danger, to which
he replied" You had better. madam,
get down upon your knees. and pray God
to forgive your numerous sins, for if we
do not carry by this point, we shall all
be down in five minutes"