Washington telegraph., 1858-04-28
The Transport.
A SCENE on TIE WATERS.

The great eye Of day was wide open,
and q joyful light filed air, heaven and
ocean. The marbIed clouds lay motionless
far aud wide over the deep blue sky, and
all memory of storm and hurricane had
vanished from the magniicenee Of the
immense calm.
There was but gentle fuctuation upon
the bosom Of the decp. and the se1-birds
fiosted steadily there, OF dipped their wings
FOR Il moment in the wreathed foam, and
again wheeled spnrtively away into the
'unshine. One ship, only one single ship,
was within the encircling horizon, aud
she had lain there as if at anchor since
the morning light; for although all her
sails were set, scarcely a wandering breeze
touched her canvass, and her flags hung
dead on staff and at peak, or lifted them
selves uncertainty up at intervals, and then
sunk again into matioaless repose The
crew paced not her deck, for they kaew
that no breeze would come uutiI after me-
rid.an; and it wss the sabbath day.
\ small congregation was Siugin. pr.is-
es to God in that chapel, which rested al
most as quietly on the sea a. the house Of
worship in which they had beel used to
pray, then resting Ear or on a foundation
Of rock in green valley Of their fJrsl ken
Scotland. They were emi-rants. nor hoped
ever again to sec the mis,s Of their native
mountains. Bat rs they heard the voice
Of their psalm, each singer half forgot
that it blended with the sound Of the ss,.
AMI almost believed himself sitting in the
kirk of his own beloved parish But hun
dreds Of billowy leagues interviewed be-
tween them and the little tinklin- bell
that was now tolliug their happier friends
t. the quiet house Of God.
And now an old grey-Leaaed man rose
to pray, and held up his witLerei hands
IN tcTveus supplicatioa for al around whom
IA good truth, lie called his children, fo-
three generations we're with the patriarch,
in that tabernacle. There, in one group,
were husbands and wives standing togeth-
cr, in awe Of Him who held the deep in
the hollow Of his hand; there youths auI
maiueus, linked together By the feeling,
of the same destiny, some Of them per-
haps. h7Pilg, when they reached the shore.
10 lay their heads uTon the same pillow;
the-s, chji !raa hand in hand, hJpTy Ia
tho xouIa-- nf thc ocean: and thors, nero
!atants smiling On the suuny deck, and
unconscious Of the meaning OF hymn or
prayer.
y low. confined, growing noise was
heard struggling beneath the deck, aud
a sailor cried with a loud voicc-"Fire,
Gre. the ship on tire = Holy words died
ON the uttercr's tongue, the congregation
fell ssunder. and trembling voices, croans.
>hrieEs, and outcriss, rent the silence Of
the lonesome sea. No one for whi'c
knew the other, as al we're hurried As it
in whrlwiud up or lOul the ship. 4
dismal heat, unlike the warmth o. the beau
utul sun, came stiaiugly on every breath.
Mothers. who IN their first terror had shul-
derel only FOR themselves, now cl1Spei
their intauts to their breasts, and lifted up
their ewes to heaven. Bold, brave men
grew white rs ashes, and hands. strength
ened bJ the toll and storm tremblci like
the aspen leaf. .'Gone, gone, we are all
gone was now the cry, yet no one knew
whence that cry caGic; and men g!arei
rcproachfully on each others countenance.
aud str0ve to keep down the audible beat
in= of their owa hearts. The desperate
love Of life drove them instinctiye,v TO
their stations, and the water was poured.
as by the strength Of giants, down anon.
the smuuldcriug flames. But the leyour-
ING clemcat roarel up into the air; aud
deck. masts, sails, and shrouds were one
cracking aud Kissing sheet Of ire
''l.ct down the boats, was NOW the veil
of hoarse voices; aud in an instant they
we're filed with life. Then there was fran.
tic leapiug into the sea and all who were
fast drowning, moved o0nyulsiyelv to that
little ark. Some sank down at once into
oblivion, some gFIsped at nothing with
their disappearing hands, some seized Ia
vain unquenced pieces Of the fiery wreck,
some would tain have saved friend al
most in their last agouies; and some strong
in u savage despair, torn from item the
c.enehed fingers that would have dragged
them down, aud for-Ot in fear, both love
and pity.
Enveloped in flames and smoke, yet iu-
sensible as q corpse Of the burning, fran
tic mother flung down her baby among
the crew; aud as it fell amung the upward
oars uuharmod, she shrieked but prayer
of thanksgiving. OH" cried she To her
husband, 'sgo for / am coutented to die,
but YOU live for our:ehild's SAKE The
husband looked for a moment until he
saw that his child was safe, and then tax
ing his young wife in his arms, sat down
beneath the burning fragment Of the sail,
with the rest that we're resigned, never
more to rise up until the sound of the last
trumpet
Iua few hours the moon shone out on
tbs peaceful waves, aud no speck was on
the world Of waters, but a few eharred
iinbers of the ill-fated transport.