The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-07-21

80 w" hiuCN was expressed In these Fey
woods" Anne was good woman I" Wha
higher eulogy could have been spoken by N
lips Of man! "
; But let me not linger
lie told mo of all the strurge Of that fearCu
! storm OF four days. nosting upon the wrsrl
without water or food, of beng taken up by !
steamer, OF the death Of soma Of the crew atte
thelr arrival at home but ever as he talked h,
came back to her, the light of his life, which
had SO suddenly been extingushed.
"A month passed away an | we were passen
gers on the IL. F. Gushing, boand for home
The morning that we left ST. Domingo wa.
rainy aud sultry, and there wa, somo trouble in
| getting out to sea.
Capt. Friend stood upon deck for hours in tn.
storm, anj was not careful to protect himself IN
his ol-cloth coat aud hat.
The smart sea breeze chilled him, and the mex
morning he complained OF feeling very i'll. A
ieVer set Ia. All was done for him that could
Do done under the circumstances. Tho mates
were as kind as possible, and the sailors did
their duty.
Sea.slckness for four or five davs kept me from
, seeing him much, aud was more in condi.
tion to be waited upon than TO help others
bht never spoke with him or sat by his side
Two minutes that he did not speak of his Annie.
| One morning tie said
"lt Annie were here should be up in aay
or two; she would know just what to do
Ana more than once he expressed almost a de
sire TO 80 to her. Lilo is Il burden to me with.
out her, he remarked, the morning before his
death, as kuet by his side ON the deck TO
which his bed had been carricd--for the sake Of
the cool alr-to give him food On the ninth
day his symptoms became alarming, aud he be
came speechleSs for somo hours, but revived on
the tenth aud walked the deck IN the evening
he again sank into deep stupor, and on the
morning OF the eleventh day, on tbe 10th of
May, at half past six, he brea:hed his last with
Out struggle or motion ot u muscle Of his body
tie had net spoken for thirteen hours and the
last words heard him speak were: "l thank
you, you make me think of Annie when you
feed me-" (l was feeding him on little cracker,
wine, and water.)
"Oh dear, how miss her. Life is a burden
without her.
He has gone. In the pride of his manly
strength was he cut down, AMI passed forever
from the tolls and struggles, the storms aud
tempasts of life
The ships crow consisted now OF only I've
The two mates, Stanley, and Smonds, pre-.
pared the BODY for its last resting-place, and on
the morning OF the 10th Witnessed Tor the FIRST
time that solemn aud imposing ceremony, u
burial at sea.
There was no clergyman or even church mem
b'r on board; but my brother read a part Of the
10Th chapter Of Corinthians, and as he read,
these nardy seaIneh wept (som, of them) like
little children, His young brother--the young
est sailor before the mast-leaned his head upon
h's hands, but TO tears cam. to his relief, Ho
haa wept bsfore while talking with ma, when
he said, " 1t will kill mother the nool gates
were opened. Bat now he was still and calm.
to- degree painful to contemplate.
The reading done, the two mates sung with
clear voices, the hymn
There is n heaven Of peaceful rest'
aud the body was given to the keeping OF the
eternal deep Our sails were again set, and with
sadlened hearts each man went TO his duty,
He died at sea- How often these four
monosy llabes tell all that the loving heart
knows, of the last hours of some cherished idol
Of the home and its affections! The words of
the sorrowing boy, os he stood leaning over the
deck after the brothers decease, droppng his
tears with the waves below. at viii kill
mother she had one boy "who died at sea -
Impressed ma go deeply, that for that mothers
sake have wrilten this little tale Of tho Sea-"
Should it ever reach her il may be drop of
comfort in the bitter cup TO know, that even
strangers eyes dropped tears over the las, re.
mains OF her boy, and thou -ht Of the grief of
the mother when sho should know that ho died
at seu.
IMpROMPTU.
[Liaes on the Baria at Soa OF Capt. T.. C. Friend
master OF tho schooner H. r. Cushing, who died on
the morning. Of tho 10th of May 1859, on her homs-
ward-bound tip from st. Domingo to New York;
By MRS. FRANCES DANA GAGE, PASSENGER.
AS the morning sun broke Ger tho sea-
To the deck his comrades bore him.
In his canvas shroud wrapped carefully,
And his "nations flag F" spread o'or him.
They sang the hymn, and "the WorIr Was road,
While their tears fell froe in sorrow,
As thes thought Of the virtues of the dead,
And the lonely coming morrow
Then they gave the body to its rest,
Beneath the rolling billow,
That sparkled brightly above his breast,
Below his fearful pillow
A fitting tomb for tho sailor brave,
Is the broad an grand old ocean.
But the spirit dwes with Him, who gave
To the winds and waves their motion.
Let them give a tear for the comrale gone,
sigh for tho friend trna- hearted,
But mourn not in sadness, his task il done
Whose cable of life is parted.
Give tears for the absent fathers pain,
For the mothers srieken anguish,
But ask not the spirit back again,
Mid Ie.toils and TO languish
lie has anchored now in the better land,
Where his Annie waits greet him.
And welcome him to the kindred band,
Who were there before, TO meet him,
The sad rite over, they sail
oh be strength and yirtue given,
To weather with honor each passing gale,
Till they oil shall meet in heaven.