Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-03-24

w ncn asked nun what reason ne hdu
for saying SO, he replied that he had
dreamed that he was onboard a, bark, and
that she was coming to our rescue He
described her appearance and rig and to
Que utter astonishment, when your vessel
hove in sight she correspondod exactly to
his description of her. We had not much
faith in what he said yet still we hoped
there might be something in it, for drown
/ ing men, you know, will catch at straws |
As it turned out, cannot doubt that it
was all arranged, in some incomprehensi
bic way, by an ovorruling Providence, SO
that he might be saved. To him be all
thanks for his goodness to US"
''Thore is not q doubt" rejoined the
other captain; "that the writing on the
slate, let it have come there as it may,
it saved all our lives | was steering at
the time considerably south of west, and l
altered my course to nor'west, and | had
lookout aloft to see what would come of it,
But you say, che added, turning to the
passenger, that you did not dream of
writing on n slateli
"No sir. have no recollection what
ever of doing SO. got the impression
that the bark I saw in my dream was
coming to rescue us but how that impress
sion came | cannot tell. There is another
very strange thing about it," he added
"Everything here on board seems quite IA
miliar yet l am very sure l was never in
your vessel before, 1t is all puzzle to
me. What did your mate see!'
Thercupon Mr.. Bruce related to them
/, all the circumstances above detailed. The
conclusion they finally arrived at was that
it was special interposition Of Providence
, to save them from what saemed hopeless
fate.
The above narrative was communicated
to me by Captain j, s. Clarke, of the
schooner Julia lIallock,' who had it di-
roctly from Mr.. Bruce himself They
g sailed together for seventeen months in
; tose and . 30 thGs C~rt Clarke iiad
D the story from the mate about eight years
after the occurrence. He has since lost
d sight Of him and does not know whether he
l. is vet alive. All he has heard Of him since
they were shipmates is, that he continued
c to trade to New, Brunswick. that he became
h the master of the brig Comet, and that sh'
r was lost.
g asked Capt. Clarke if he knew Bruc
n well, and what sort Of IA man he was!
"As truthful and straightforward man,
nt he replied, ''as ever ! met in al my life
H. We were as intimate as brothers; and tw
ID mon cant be together shut up for seventoe
- months in the same ship, without gettin
i, to know whether they trust one another
lg word or not He always spoke of the eli
ed cumstanco in terms Of reverence, as of q
lis incident that seemed to bring him nearC
to God and to another world. I'd stal
de my life upon it that he told me no lie."
~ In July, 1852 The Julia Haock was then lying
the foot Of Rutgers slip, New-Iork. She trades
tween NrW.IuIk and 81. Jago, IN the Island Of Cuba
od The Captain allowed to his name, and 10 rel
to him a. of the truth of what is here set doN
BEAUTY OF BACoN's YouTH.--IIe VIC
love und deserved to win love; for eve
;, in the flush of his life he had none Of Il
-, vices of young men, If weak on the SEQ
u, of dress and pomp; if he doated, like
- girl, on howe rs, OH scents, on gay colol
-, on the trappings of a horse; he Meth
Nd drank, nor gained, nor ran wild and loo
, in love. Though armed with the me
~ winning ways, and the most glozing lip
London, no husbands peace was ev
- hurt by him, no woman's fame was dra
, ged by him into the mire. He sought
victories, like those of Blount. He broug
80 no shame, like Raleigh, to the check
. one who loved him more than her o,
- good name No Lady rich, as in Sidne
IA case, ever
''' Blushed when he was named
no His life was pure as that of Milton,
that of Pascal, though unlike the poets
SIR Paradise and the Penses, he lived in
at court where gallantry was in vogue a
beauty was bought and sold. How th'
en- with all these friends, with all these clai
an on love and help did he not win his W
the to place? He sought it never man W
'am more haste and zeal, for his brain b
with victorious consciousness of power;
hungered to rule mankind, and his bic
zap had the fiery strength which glows i
tie white heat at an opposing blast. \
question must be tried, Why, while m
tue with far lower claims than his, got pc
ira and honors-solicitorships, iudgeships, 5
70 retaryships, embassics-did this man co
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