Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-13

about it as soon as we got little quiet
r This gentleman" (pointing to the pas
f senger,) "being much exhausted, fel
into heavy.sleep, or what seemed such
sometime before noon. After an hou
, or more he awoke and said to me-
Captain, we shall be relieved this very
; day." When l asked him what reason
he had for saying so, he replied that b
had dreamed that he was on board {
bark, and that she was coming to theil
rescue. He described her appearance
and rig; and, to our utter astonishment
when your vessel hove in sight she cor
responded exactly to his description o
her. We had not put much faith il
what he said; yet still we hoped there
} might be something in it, for drowning
men, you know, will catch at straws.-
As it turned out, I cannot doubt that il
was arranged, in some incomprehensibfe
way, by an overruling Providence, SC
that we might be saved. To him be al
thanks for his goodness to us: .
'sThere is no doubt" rejoined the
other Captain, ''that the writing on the
slate, let it have come there as it may
saved all your lives. was steering al
the time considerably south OF west, and
I altered my course to northwest, and |
had a lookout aloft, to see what would
come of it. But you say" he added
turning to the passenger, ''that you did
not dream of writing on a slater"
"No, sir. I have no recollection
whatever of doing so. | got the impress
sion that the bark I saw in my dream
was coming to rescue us; but how that
impression came l cannot tell. There
is another very strange thing about it, %
he added. Everything here on board
seems to me quite familiar; yet | am
very sure 1 was never in your vessel be.
fore. 1t is all puzzle to me. What
did your mate see?"
Thereupon 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
seemed hopeless fate. ,5
The above narrative was communica-
ted to me by Captain J. S. Clarke, of
the schooner Julia Hallock, x who had
it directly from Mr.. Bruce himself
They sailed together for seventeen
months in the years 1886 and 81; so
that Captain Clarke had the story from.
the mate about eight years after the oc
currence. He has since lost sight of
him, and does not know whether he is
yet alive All he has heard of him since
they were shipmates is, that he contin-
ued to trade to New Brunswick, that he
became the master of the brig Comet,
and that she was lost.
I asked Captain Clarke if he new
Bruce well, and what sort of a man he
was? .-.' t
GAS truthful and Straightforward a
man" replied he, "as l ever met in all
my life. We were as intimate as
brothers; and two men can't be together,
shut up for seventeen months in the
same ship, without getting to know
whether they can trust one another's S
word or not. He always spoke of the
circumstances in terms of reverence, as
of an incident that seemed to bring him
nearer to God, and another world I'd
stake my life upon it that he told me no
4 lie
/ #In July, 1859. The Julia Hallock was then
/ lying at the foot Of Rutgers Square, New York.
She trades between New York and st. Jago in
the island of Cuba. The Captain allowed me
to use his name, and to refer to him as evidence
for the truth of what is here set down.
Il
Interstate Courtesies. ia
The ST. Louis Ne,os we'll remarks that
one of the most illogical and inconsis-
ttent, but, at the same time, most delight
full spectacles that has been witnessed
for many year in this country, is the
friendly visit of the Legislatures OF
Tennessee and Kentucky to the Capitol
of Ohio. It's illogical and inconsistent,
because the visiting Legislatures OF
Tennessee and Kentucky are Democratic,
while the visited Legislature of Ohio is
Republican, 1t is delightful asa proof
that the ancient spirit Of fraternity be-
tween the States Of the center still exists
and will continue to exist, in spite Of
temporary distractions by sectional dis
cords.
The Ohio folks treated their acom.
pany'' with generous hospitality, and
the company appear to have been
charmed with their hosts And yet the
Eultraists and secessionists tell us that We
are on the eve Of disruption of the
1Union-that there is to be perceived the
warning shudder of a political earth
quake, that will break the Republic il
Twain along the line of the Ohio river
Can this be true, when two Southern
! States 60 six hundred miles ''to see" {
4 Northern State? Could men sit dowr
to the same table together, and clicl
their champagne glasses in toasts to eacf
others health, if they were thirsting fo.
each others blood? Could the Roman
and Carthagenians have feasted togethe
the night before Cana? Could Leoni
das and his three hundred Spartans hav
drank wine in the Persian camp the da,
before Thermopyla? Could Crockett
and Travis have sat "cheek by jowl
with Santa Anna on the eve of the car
mage of Alamo? No. The sLegislativ
visit to Columbus is an outward mani
festation of spirit of friendship an
brotherhood that has it's birth in tn
common interests and "reminiscences
and that cannot be quenched by transien
trihes. The border Slave and Ere
States are determined to cling together
e and while the Republic remains SCUM
and integral at the heart, We have n
: fear that the extremities will becom
lifeless.-Kanaaoha Republican.
: What a Dear Little Heroine!
. We find the following in the Memphi
Bulletin of the 18th. How sad an
touching, yet how beautiful is the 10y
;. ing, heroic exculpation of the littl
g angel: ~