The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-06-23

At the moment when the children
; first en-. barked, Mrs. Walton had glanced
out towards the cove, and for few mo
] ments watched them with all a mother
fond delight as she saw them sailing to
, and fro on the quiet waters of the bay
t and then some visitor called and she for
got her childrensuntil just as the storm
came down, when neighbor rushed in
with the heart rending intelligence that
the launch had been seen only a few min
utes previous, several miles out at sea.
The first terrible shock almost killed
her, but soon rallying her woman's mere
gy and mothers love she rushed from
her home, regardless of the furious
storm, aroused her neighbors, and be-
sought them with all the eloquence call
ed up by the deep anguish of her riven
heart to help her to recover her lost
darlings.
There was no vessel at Rockaway or
Faulkner's island, and to venture out at
sea in such storm, with such crafts as
were along the shore, were worse than
madness and immediate dispatches were
sent to New York, not only to the own.
ers of the ship commanded by Captain
Walton, but the pilots; and within an
hour after the news had reached the city
two of the staupchest pilot boats, man
ned by extra picked crews of gallant
souls, were under weigh, and speeding
on their swift winged course in search
of the ocean lost children.
Mrs WALTON herself hastened to the
city to urge with her presence aud in
huence more prompt action; but the
vessels had been gone an hour when she
had arrived, and so she repaired to the
house of Mr.. Alvin, the owner of the
ship her husband commanded, to await
those who had gone forth in that mad
storm in search Of her three darlings.
Leaving her there In a state of fever
ed anxiety, hoping in the very teeth of
despair, we too, will go forth into the
wild yelling gales to look upon most
sublime ocean picture.
1t was an hour past midnight-dark
as the deepest, gloomiest cells of an IN
quisitorial dungeon, save when the vivid
lightning's flash lit up the Cimmerian
backness with glare rivaliug that of
the brightest MONDAY sun.
Some ninety miles to the eastward of
Sandy Hook, lay hove to, noble ship
inward bound, in one of the most ter
rife gales that ever swept along the
northern coast of America The gale
had just set in an hour before sundown.
and ever since dark the ship had hove
to under the shortest possible canvass,
heading up west south west with the
gale coming in violent squalls out at due
northwest.
"Do y..u think there is any danger to
US or the ship, captain ?'' inquired one
of the three passengers who stood near |
the commander of the ship, partly shell
tered from the storm by the projecting |
roof of the round house.
Not the least, Mr.. Kinsley. You
are as safe here as you would be at your
own house in New York. She is bran
new ship, and [ had no opportunity OF
irving her hove to before; but l am
perfectly satisfied with her behavior
To fact | never saw any craft conduct
herself quite as well in a hurricane like
this
.'Tis a terrible night, however, aud
God help those who may chance to be
out in smaller craft than ours. For
the last hour.I have been thinking of
my wife and children. My wife will
not sleep a wink to night. She never
can in a. storm like this when l am not
at home. | was cast away once on the
Long Island shore, aud not half mile
from home, in just such gale, only 1t
was from the southwest | would give
a hundred dollars to be at home, ouly
for my wife's sake. But we must-my
God what is that ?"
A continuous flash of lightning lit
up the surrounding space, and as dark
ness shut in again, faint but clear and
ahoy" uttered by
female or child, came down on the
blast from directly to windwa"d.
A moment after the hail was repeated,
and another flash of lightning revealed
"a boat driving square down before the
gale. and almost under the ships quar-
Ter. Ere one could count five, the
shriIl, qnivering cry came up from the
boat a. it shot. past the ship and not
three farhoms clear of the rudder.
"Merciful heaven There are three
children in that boat !" yelled Mr.. Kin
sley, who with the captain, vas peeriDg
down over the taffrail, as the boat flew
past.
Hard up your helm, my man, )" said
the captain, in voice as calm as mans
voice could be, and then calling to the
chiei and third mates, who were both on
deck. he Informed them of the fact that
a small open boat, with three children
in it, had just gone past, aud then gave
his orders.
"Mr. Casey, please get out on the
flying jib boom and Keep look out for
the boat, and mind, Mr.. Casey, if we
come up with it you can lay the ship SO
rs to Bring the boat close aboard on the
arboard side-lar board, remember, Mr..
Casey Don't for your life make mis- i
take Go forward now, sir, and if we
save those children, five hundred dollars i
shall be your reward.
"Then turning to tho chief mate, he
said: =.
"Mr. Windsor, you ill brace the
yards all square, which, without making S
my more sail, will send the ship through
.he water sometimes faster than wha' ,
,be boat is going. Having done this, {
Jig single whips two of each on the 10
,r yards-on the larboard side. Place 4
he blocks far enough out for the falls to t
lrop about fathem clear of the ship, ;
md then reef on good sail geer, bring c
both ends on one deck, aud the other, i
ed along for foil, stationing three {
,ood fellows at each Iu the meantime, | I
will get the ship steady before the 7
yiud, and Frank my man, you keep
Ter so Don't let her yaw an inch
Steer her as though your very soul de c
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