Marshall County Republican., 1860-06-21

aged to do with one of his shoes. a substan.
tial pair of stogies. ----- -,
Hitherto he had been blessed with the
light OF day, 5nt, to add to his distress.
night was astapproaching, when he could
only depend on kind Providencet to puide
INN over the dark waste of waters. The
sky, too, began to be overcast, and an oc.
teaSlonal star which glistened through the
maze was the only light afforded him
through that long and fearful night. Wet
TO the skin by the constant dashing snrav
part OF the time In water half nav mn n
his knees, so cold that the blood seemed
chilled In his veins, and almost famished
with munger, he felt that death was pref
era6le osuch long continued suffering. and
nothing but the thought of his family sus-
tanned HIM in his exertions to keen his
boat trimmed and headed for the land
when morning dawned, the outline of
me Canada shore greeted his ewes and bo
found ne had made land in the vicinity nf
Long Point. Here he met with another
dlfhculty in adverse wind and heavy
breakers. bat the same Hand which bsa
sustained him thus far, guided him in this
emergency. and after thirty hours of unre
mitting and increditable exertions. he sue.
ceeded in landing in safety.
What his emotions were on again tread
ing the green and solid earth" we shall
not attempt to inquire; bat his trials were
not yet ended. He found himself faint
with hunger, and exhausted with fatigue
at the distance of forty miles from anv bn'
man ha6itation, while the country that ON
tervened was desert, filled with marshes
and tangled thickets, from which notb;nn
,T Gouid be be. obtained to supply his wants
ihese difficulties, together with the re-
Quoted state of his strength, made pro.
gress towards the settlement slow and
anu
on his way he found a quantity of
goods which had been thrown ashore fron'
lne % wreck OF some vessel, which. altbouob
lhey Afforded him no immediate relief
we're aiterward of material service. After
long and weary march through the viii
ierness he arrived at length at the settle
nent, where he was received and troatoJ
WITH great kindness and hospitality by the
'eopie. When his strength was sniff.
iently recruited, he procured boat and
vent IN search of his goods. These he
ound and brought of. He then started
verland to Buffalo, where he disposed Of
art OF his treasure, and with the proceeds
himself with complete outf;t
nd finding the Traveller, Captain Charles
rown, OF Conneaut, in the larbor on.
aged passage on board of her.
The captain and crew had heard of his
sappearance, and looked upon him as
ne risen from the grave.
His story was SO astonishing as scarce.
to be credible, but as he was there in
,rson to verify it, it could not be doubted.
ithln day or two he was on his way to
IN his family, who, he was informed bv
captain, had given him up for dead,
"a were wrapped in the deepest des-
DIS feelings can easily be imagined as
approached the vicinity of that home
lieh he had never expected again to be-
When the packet arrived opposite the.
use' the crew gave three long, loud and
arty cheers. and fred guns from the deck
token Of JOY, which led his family to
liclpate his return. On landing. he
md that his funeral sermon had been
cached, and had the rare privilege of
ing his own widow clothed in the habili-
nts of deep mourning.