The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1857-06-13

q sailor hu sOtemnly slhrmed he Knew Il %
-; y hssever slsc he ~as. s essislnly saask hAse
been elor Of genius: -
3 were 81 sbo.ssl Zip i.qnnst ~
!. We had i,sssrsi the Straits u q tSraIisv, aud
y ng of B.risary. one clear bright evening
w!iasi, it came my tnra to take the helm The
ship was becainea, and everything around wus
as silent the day after ths deluge Tie
wide mohotony of water. varied only by the
glancin<s OF the moon on the crest Of the waves,
made think the old fal,les Of Neptune were
true. and that AmpIiitrite and her Fada were
spnsting ON the surface Of the ocean, with dia-
mpa,ds in their hair These fanries were follow
ed by the thoughts of my wife, my children, aud
my- home; and all were wildly enough julatled
together in delicious state of sluanilcr. Sui
denly heard above my head loud. deep, ter
rible voire call out, stand from Under" /
started TO my feet-it was y customary signal
when anything was throws from the slsonds-
,nerha i:JlIy sung out the u>u i 4isw. r: Let
gol Lut othng came. l fnnkea up m the
surou.is-ther: was nothing there. / searched
the deck. ami found That was alo.ici tried
III nk II was dream; bnt that s.,uid. SO
deep. so stern, SD dreadful was ruani:g in my ear
lid the crew waat l had heard Ehey
laughed at me: and were all day jul Of their
jokes about Dreaming Tom One fellow
among them was most unmercttul IN his ra aicry.
He was n swartsy. malignant looking Span
ard, who CARRIED murder III his eye aud curses
on ls tongue; dar;n,, aud lordiy n,an. who
oas, ed Of CRIME MS it gave him i,re-rm.nel,ce
AMONG his fellows. lie laughed longest aud
10 dest ut my story. "a most unc,vil ghost,
0 - said he; .'~h-n such chaps come to me,
l make 'eu show themselves; III not lie satis-
lsu without see.ug aud feeling well us ilear-
ny"
The sailors all joined with him; and !, ashamed
II my alarm. was gla.l to he silent. Tie r-xt
4ikhi lsk BuriOl tsnk n. s4-h< lss.~ 4Aek%-} }sS1
.rves like an OK, anl snews Ike u whale: it
Sas little he feured Oh eartl, or beneath H. The
lock struck oae. D..k was leaning his i.eu.l
III the heinI, he said. thinking nothing ct me
ar my story, when that awful voice gain called
from the si,routis, ''otand from untler!"
y elk darted forward like an lmdian a,ruw
.sh.ci they say goes through and through u
buffalo, and wings on its way AS II it had not
:cit .i.ash IN the rear. 1t was an instant or
more before lie found presence ef mind to call
out Let s0!" Again nothing was seen-moti,-
lu:, henrd. Ten nights in succession. at one
.'yluck. the same unnatural sound rul,g through
the air, making our stontest sailors quail rs ii =
bullet shot had gone through their brains.
At last we grew pale when il was spoken of,
saving our prayers. For myself, would have
been chained To the oar all my lIfe to have got
uff that vessel. But there we were, in the vast
solitude of the ocean, and thus invisible belnx
was will, us No put bold fure upon the
matter hut Antonio, the Spaniard He Iauy he'd
at our fears and defcd Satan himself to t.rr.fy
him. However, when it came his turn vt the
helm he refused to 20 several times, under the
,resence of illness. he was excused from duty
which all on board dreaded But ut last tle
cautain ordered Anto.iO to receive u round
tnxeu of lasLes every night until he should con-
sent to perform his share of the unweicu.ne of.
6ce. For a while this was borne patiently :,ut
ut length he called out, II may well de
one uav as another. Give me over to the
ghost
Few of the crew slept, Tor expectation sid
alarm had stretched our nerves upon the rack.
At one o'clock the voice called, "otand from
uud.ri" LET xoT screamed the SpMtliurd.
This was answered by shrek Of tau,Aier.
! and sucl, lauglteri 1t seemed MS II the i-..As
anssersd eacl, ether FROM pole g l'otr, s',t, lle
bas. was hoy I'D in hell. Then cai,e sudden
crash npom the deck. us if our mast aud spars
had fallen. We all rushed to the spot, and
there wnE cold, sIH, Klgaat.c corl.se. l.e
! S,.a,.ard said It was throwH frOn the SIN ouds
aud whe.. he lookeu on It i,e ground h.s teeth
like "a madman
IL know him." exclaimed he. 81 stabbed him
! within au hou.s sal ef Cuta, aid drunk his
! btosd for break asst"
We stood agaust Ut the u ousser. III fearful
| wLs,,srs We aske.. WHIT si.a,ni.. bt dnne with
the body. F ally We ar ed hat the terri be
s.g,.t must lie reanoveu Rom as, a..d shiOtsn in
: 70 DEPTHS ot TIE sea. + u Of M attempted
TO raise II; III human >treDsth ii 40 ay...l
we mi ,,ht a. we'll have tuxg "a IT Atlas. There
it Law stif r.yid, heavy, A..d ss iinns"vabie rs
if it had form.si part Of The vessel. The spau-
lard was tnrous, Let me LIT him. said he. a
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