Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-03-10


great calamity upon some of u.s. l am
not croaking, l am only reading what the
unseen hand has written in my soul. How
ever, you have heard that my parents were
both lost at sea-"
Yes," said |, and he continued.
Aye, so it was; l was a boy then
they were on their way to Copenhagen
my father commanded the ship Amelia,
she was staunch and noble craft. | was
at school then, in Philadelphia. When l
heard that my parents were dead, | was
well nigh mad with grief. | fancied then,
in my first hours of orphanage, that my
heart would break-and think such would
have been the case if | had been kept at
school-but some of my friends came to
see me, and it was finally arranged that |
should go to sea, And prospYred, pros
pered so well, that when [ was twenty
years of age, they gave me command of
ship.
g The man who owned the first ship
that / commanded, was named Graham
he had a daughter uamcd Alma--shc was
one of the sweetest, purest and loyclicst
creatures that ever graced this poor earth,
She was four years younger than myself
but even when | first knew her, and she
was not more than fourteen, then she
was woman in intellect and gracc-though
a child in the simplicity of love and conf
dcnce. Mr.. Graham did not object to my
was best to know that she loved inr in re-
turn 1t had been arranged that we should
be married when she was twenty-Mr.
Graham, himself, having set the bounds.
That had been our plan for more than two
years. 1t lacked two months OF the time,
, and had arranged to remain at hom" un-
til we were married But Mr. Graham
had a ship freighted for Copenhagen, and
her captain was dying, He could find no
ono . III, IL place but me, no asico
me to 90. | could not refuse, but | asked
to be married first He shook his head
and said 30, he had better plan; h had
thought of visiting Copenhagen, VIII re h.
had two brothers in business. They were
i'll company with hun, ana ne said he would
take the next ship and bring Alma out
with him, and we should be married there
| consented to take out the ship, and he
!. and Alma was to meet me there, and there
we we're to be married, and all come hpmc
together. The evening before ] sailed,
spoke with Alma, and when | left her
felt that | was leaving my very life,
WELL continued he, wiping his eya
"I went to Copenhagen. | waited {
month, then heard that the Amcrcar
ship Justice, with Mr.. Graham and dau4h
d ther on board, had touched at Dover, ant
c that all were safe and well when she left
= | waited another week, and then crosscC
|, over % Hamburg; | could learn nothin.
there. Next | went to London, aud thcr,
V l learned enough to satisfy me that I'll,
le ship had been lost on the second day attr
1t she left Dover. \ severe storm had arose
IS and several vessels We're reported lost.
y. . sent my ship home in chargc of tn
a mate, and spent four months in srarchin!
,e for the lost ones, but could gain no trace
ID of th,m-not even piece of the wrrcl
il could | fnl-not mark of the ship, no
- one of the crew. | came home with Sa,
+ and heavy heart
rs Here he stopped few moments, an
d, lowered his head upon his hands, for HI
to feelings had overcome him. In littI
or while however, he looked up and added /
+, a touching tone. All my dear friend
Sc you do not know what have suffered
tongue cannot tell it, pen cannot write it
20 that blow did break my heart; break it i
ur the rendins of its tenderest chords, and i
~ the crushing of its earthly hopes. l hay
ne left the sea because | could not follow
ok business that so constantly reminded m
It. of circumstance so touching to me. Al
he ter leaving Copenhagen, arrived at Philo
k. delphia, as you know, just in time to iol
m this party. My motive in joining it was t
at try, in my wild employment, to forget Al
T. ma but | cannot do it. DO you believe i
ng dreams ?"
ed startled not SO much at the question
at as at the sudden manner in which it wa
ee put. "Not as general thing" answered
he "but have heard of dreams coming true.
"Well," said he, in lower tone, 8
have had dream repeated many times
: but never has it come to me so directly an
n so vividly as within the past few days
he +" Akua Grahom is NOT maF, IKNoN
&C she is moti She has appeared to me re
by p,atedly in dream, and she calls upo