New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-08
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me Mebhe Aoveft'ser teIls Che following sfsfy.
which We copy without fbe predatory paraarapf !.
This Captain has large heart, and is known ),
nave contributed frequently To works 81 CHARITY.
nas stndied and practieed the maxim do untp
others Is You would that Others do unto youJf Euf
nas oeen V often deceived that ne has Iasseriy be-
eohe t.e suspicious, and 10 not so ready Is for~
merry to Yield TO the numefons taxes which y nm
name disposition are apt to impose anon him he
n must nov 9; kaow 20 that .hs object for which DC
ascertained, be is never found dereiict n nerSovn,
ing his duty Ike good Christian.
Well, while the Captain, with others, was sitting
around ne ooors o. one o. our ahip chandlery
about his sufIerings and wants, snd ssksd IN Z
triBg sum to relieve bis large family n,utiSsu 8
direct appeal TO the aforesaid Captain. The bee-
gar having strong, healthy appearance, aifhouxh
with one arm and leg gone, the Captain sug9esssd
that he might ind some employment that W0ula
yield support for himself and family II he would
would be more heartily enjoyed than more bCun.
tiful one that had been begged for; and n be-
sides added the Captain, it il far more repu-
table TO work than TO beg.u
81 understand ~ said the bequar the force ar
all you say, and would work as willing as any man
you ever saw, if could only obtain employment.
but with only one leg and one arm, as you see, 4
| Jobs "a can do can't get.r
You're just the man want, then, ,''sreplied the
Captasln. : Ny vessel, yonder, has sprung leak,
| enough to keep he- clear. There ia puup On he
wharf alongside, the pipe Of which Is copnectzd
with her near the bottom, and want the water
pumped out so as TO raise her above the line az f
leak, When that is done. 4 can get at the hole nd
stop It Now you can pump as well with one lee
and arm as With two, and when you gel tired ycs1
can rest. Go 70 work, and wiIl givs you ~ ~
The idea struck the begsar faycrahlv. q =.
mounted cask and pumped away most fndusizf
and took supper with the captain, and shen reeeg5
ed his promised pay. Here the thought sceusYed
| to him that the vessel had not ightened much, ~
though he had pumped quite diligently. and he
venfured to remark that she must Inevitably aink
unless the leak was stopped soon. The captain
quieted his fears on this point BY telling him that
the story. about the pump being connected viii
as free from leak now as on the day she came Oh
the stocks-that he had simply pumped the water
out of the river back int0 the river and had fully
earned every dime of the money b. bad received.
Il Bat 4 added the captain, as yon aEe the only
| beggar ] ever saw that would work, yeu deserve
more than ordinary pay, and here is $6 more thst
the witnesses Of your exertions instructed me ~
| give you. II you ever need help in future, here or
| elsewhere, call on Captain a.. and you shanss
starve.''
The beggar put the 50 in his wallet and IL
marked /. Captain, that is the best money hsye
seen in ten long years, because believe earned
i it by hard work. but II had known that my pump
ing at that pump wasn't doing any good to any
sod poor q a II @ nays ,s ans \ ~ sa
| service to anybody I'll do It If cam bus as ID
working for work sake, TIL starve drst.'s
/ Here the beggar left the Captain 70 his rshee-
tions and the latter joined his friends across the
4 way. Upon their inquiry as to how hs made 4
Capt A. replied that their beggar, though sadly IN
want and willing to work, was one Of the most
n sensible beggars he had ever met with.
n AMELAscHoLy APPAsR Too Yo,sng Ladies' and
a Young Man Dr0scssed IN Toronto Bay. very
melancholy boat accident occurred yesterday On
the bay and which, We are sorry to state resulted
in two young women and d young man being
drowned. Itappears that John and William Hoig,
sons OF Mr.. Hoig, cIofhier King street. near York
street, went out for cruise on the bay in SAIL
boat accompanied by Elizabeth Baker, niece of
Mr.. Brown, grocer, Yonge street, and Ellen Martin,
servant to Mr.. Taylor, clothier about o'clock in
the evening, and che parties sailed about in The
vicinity Of the Queens wharf. At this time. John
Hoig was steering the boat, while his brother was
sitting in the vicinity Of the girls One of the girls
rose for the purpose Of changing her seat, and in
cautiously stepping On one side, the boat waa IN
an instant oapsized and the parties all thrown into
the water. William Hoig, who is q good swimmer,
at once got clear of the boat, and returning imme
In this he partially succeeded, when the girl
Baker, who had caught hold Of the gnnnel, began
to sink and again overturned it. The two brothers
strove manfnliy to keep their companions afoat,
but in few minutes Miss Baker sank to rise no
more in life John caught hold Of Miss Martin and
gallantly held her above the water for some time,
but finding that his strength was falling he hade
his brother good -bye,' and sank with The unfor-
tunate girl clinging to him. William again renew
: ed his Efforts TO turn the boat, and in this he
I succeeded after hard struggle, and then padded
= himself to the shore, where he found man who
had observed the accident from the Esplnnade
making preparations to put off to his assIstance
! A number of persons soon gathered near the
B place, and search was made for the bodies, bnt
without success. Mr.. and Mrs. Hoig returned
to the city at o'clock, from enjoying themselves
at one of the excursion parties, to learn the NAL
ancholy tidings of their son, promising young
t man, had met with an untimely death.
Toronto Globe.