True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-06-03

Eof her children.s II L'S,E s1s ''i1 !. Z ~
At the moment when the children first
embarked, Mrs. Walton had glanced ont
towards the cove. and for few minutes
she watched them with all "a mother's
fond pride, as she saw them sailing to
and fro on the quiet waters Of the bay
and then some visitors called, and she for
got her children till just as The storm came
down, when a neighbor came rushing in
with the heart-rending intelligence that
the launch had been seen only few mi
nutes previously, several miles out to
sea. r5
The first terrible shock almost killed
her; but soon rallying all her woman's
energy and mothers love, she rushed
forth from her home, and regardless Of The
furious storm, aroused her neighbors, and
besought them with all the eloquence
called up by the deep anguish of hel ri
ven heart, to lend their aid in the recOv-.
cry of her lost darings.
There was no vessel at Rockaway or
Falkner's Island, and to venture out to
sea, in such storm, with such small
craft as were kept along the shore, were
worse than madness and so immediate
dispatches were sent to New York, moi
only 10 the owners of the ship commanded
by Capt. Walton, but to the pilots, and
!, within an hour after the news reached the
city, two of the stannchest pilot boats,
manned by picked crews, we're under way
and speeding on their swift winged course
, in search OF the ocean-lost children.
r Mrs. Walton herself fastened to the
city, to urge with her presence and infu-
| ence, more prompt action; but the two
} vessels had been gone an hour when she
arrived, and so she repaired to the house
\ of Mr.. Alvin, the owner Of, the ship her
| husband commanded, to await the return
4 of those who had so nobly gone forth in
e that mad storm in search Of her three dar-
( lings. q t9aj2 .a,s
: Leaving her there in a state of fevered
anxiety, hoping in the very teeth of de-
spair,r we, too, will go iorth into the wild,
+ yelling gale to look upon a most sublime
? ocean picture. t..f
!; 1t was an hour past midnight--dark
as the deepest, gloomiesl cells, of an in
: quisitorial dungeon, save when the vivid
r lightning's flash lit up the Cimmerian
e blackness with a glare of that yiyalled the
}, brightest noon-day sun. ss 4. g,sa4
: Some ninety miles to the eastward Of
g Sandy Hook, lay hove To-, a noble ship,
:, inward bound, in one Of the most terrific
n gales that ever swept along the northern
i coast Of America. The gale had set in
9 an hour before sundown, and ever since
e dark the shiphad been hove to, under the
e shortest possible canvass. heading up
west southwest, with the gale coming in
n violent squalls out at due northwest.
is DO you think there is any danger tc
0 us or the ship, captain!" enquired one
q of three passengers, who stood near the
d commander of the ship, partly sheltered
!. from the storm by the projecting roof o.
it The round house. n
: q" Not the least Mr.. Kinsley. You are
is as safe here as you would be at your owr
|, house in New York. She is bran new
d ship, and ! have had no opportunity Of
g trying her hove to before but I'm per
J. fectly satisfied with her behavior. Ir
,e fact | never saw, any craft conduct hersel
,r quite so well in a hurricane like this
n 'Tis a terrible night, however, and Coz
IN help those who may chance to be out il
g less able craft than our own! For th'
le last hour have been thinking Of my wifi
and children. My wife will not sleeI
II one wink tonight, She never can in
r. storm like this when | am far from home
" I was cast away once on the Long Islan'
is shore, not half mile from home, lin jus
ii such gale, only. ii was at southeast
d would give ahundred dollars this mo
. ment to be at home, only for my wife
! sake. But we must my God what i
: that?" ~, Eas las ,,5 az Nl
:, !, A continuous flash Of lightning lit VI
!, - the surrounding space, and as the.dark
- ~ ness shut in again, a faint but clear an
os distinct" Ship Alloy p uttered eithe
= by a female or a child, came down on th
- ~ blast from directly to the windward.
IS A moment after, the hail was repeated
ID and another flash Of lightning revealed
81 boat driving square down the gale, unde
"a the ships quarter. Ere one could cour
n FIVE, the shrill, quivering cry came u
from the boat, as itshot past the ship NJ
81, three fathoms from her rudder. a s.
at /" "Merciful Heaven There are thre
be children in that boativg "yelled Nj
n Kinsley, who, with the captain was pee
rs ing down over the taflrail as the bo
ID few past
We n" Put your helm hard up. my man,
said the captain. in a voice as calm as
il. man's voice could be and then calm
rs The chief and third mates, who were bol
ali on deck, he Informed them Of the IA
I'd that u small open boat, with three chi
en- dgenlin it had just gone past, and The
ne gave bis ordors: Wy
'ul Mr.. Casey, please 50 out on II
~ flying lib boom, end and keep a loolSo
ok FOR the boat; and mind, Mr. Casey, If '
IN come up with it, you can lay the ship 4
sa- as to bring The boat on the larboard 81,