The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-29
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ALONE WITH THE DYING.-It would be difficult to
nn9 IN tne whoie range of fiction more affecting
incluent tnan is contained in the following extract
from letter, written by British seaman to his
/ wlfe ltwas his irstservice as a soldier he having
oeen sent ON shore with boats crew of marines to
silence a fort and take some guns:
f dispersed at lew hundred yards distance
rom rom the beach to keep the coast clear while the
Iva, Ioa' crew made prizes of the gums The enemy
na vantage OF the wood, and also knowing the
vanno W; WWeii; ana troop of them showed in ad-
80 " we were ordered to fire. [ took steady
ann ann ana hred at my man at about e;xtv Hords Ho
iell nKe stone. At the same time a hroadside
ro.l ',o,n 'nG went In among the trees and the
enemy disappeared, could searce,r toIi -
felt as though must go up to him and soo Itb
be was dead or alive. He Law quite still and ros
more afraid of him than when he stood facing me
few minutes before. 1t is a strange feeling to
come over you all at once that YOU have killed
man. He had unbuttoned his Jacket, and was
pressing the hand over the front of the chest
where the wound was. He breathed hard, and
the blood poured from the wound, and also from
MS mouth, every breath he took His face was
as white as death, and his ewes looked so big and
prlght as he turned them and stared at me. |
snall never forget it. He was fine Young fellow
not more than five and twenty. | went down on
my knees beside him, and my breast felt as full as
though my own heart would burst Hn had a real
English face, and did not look like an enerv What
l felt L never tell; but if nv life conId have
saved SAY ms, believe should have given it laid
ms mead on my knee, and he grasped hold of nv
hand and tried to speak, but his voice was gone
could not tell a word he said, and every time he
went to speak the blood poured out, so | knew it
Wouid soon be over. L am not ashamed to say that
was worse than he, for he never shed tear, and
L couldn't help it. His ewes were closed when
gun was fired from the - to order aboard, and
that aroused him. He pointed to the beach where
tue ooat was Just pushing off with the guns which
we mad taken, and where our marines were waiting
to man the second boat and then he pointed to the
wood where the enemy was concealed. Poor fell
low he little thought how shot him down. was
wondering how | could leave him to die, and no
one near him, when he had something like con-
vulslon Tor moment, and then his face rolled over,
ana without sigh he was gone. | trust the AL
mighty has received his soul laid his head gent
ly down on the grass anc left him.
sit seemed so strange when looked at him for
the last time. somehow thought of everything
learned about the Turks and Russians and the rest
OF them, but all of that seemed far off and the
dead maj near"
From the National Iateligencerl
THE CoMET.-BoTTLE PAPERS, Observatory,
Washington June %, lS60.-SR: Yesterday re
ceived telegram from Mr.. Geo. p. Bond, director
OF the Observatory at Harvard College, informing
me that he had seen comet in the northwest. 1t
was observed here last night by Mr.. Ferguson with
the equatorial at Oh. Ism. 81 6s. NJ. 7. Washing
ton H. A Oh. 3Sm. 80. 92s. N, Dec. 42o ~ l5.3".
90 ~ mas wel-defned nucleus, and a tail of about
o. IN length, with daily motion of about 81 in X.
A., and Az in decnation southwark.
Respectfully, &C.,
NJ F. MAURY, Superintendent.
AAoh' AoAA0 aouCfJ pecrelary OF Jne navy.
Bottle Papers and Ocean Currents
The following have been received at the Obser.
vatory:
U. S. STEAM FRIGATE ROANOKE, from Pensacola
(FtG.) to Aspin1oaH, Neu Granada, March 18th, go.
"Flag Officer VIM. J. McCluney, Commander-in-
Chief Home Squadron. Captain, William Ii.
Gar dner.
"Position in which thrown overheard: Latitude
l50 l8| N; longitude 800 TO- w.
"EDwD. P. LULL, Master, U. s. n"
Picked up off Key S. Pedro, in the Bay of Hon
duras. on the 9th of May 1860, by fisherman,
VINO VINO brought it to John Jex, ESQ.,, who put it in
the hands of C. Hemstead, late u. S. Consul, and
sent by him to Lieut.. NJ F. Maurv, Washington
Drift W. by N. AGO miles in twenty-one days,
at rate of 2lM miles per day.
clark Armenia of Boston, from Constantine
pie for Boston, February Sunday 5, 1850, lati-
tude $50 30' N, longitude 15o 20' W. Should
this come to the hand of any Christian, please to
report the same, if possible, in some of the com
mercial papers at Boston. j. E. HAMILTON,
"Master of bark Armenia
Picked up the Western coast of the Island of
Palma, Canary Islands,) on the 18th April, 1860,
and forwarded to the Department of State by b.
ForstaIl, Esq, U. S. Vice Consul. Drift, S. 15o
W 49O miles, in seventy-three days, at the rate of
6A miles per day.
FOURTEEN SHIPS to THE MLE.-Last September
we announced as fact worthy of remark, that fif-
teen Of the longest ships ahoat would reach mile
if placed after each other in line. The construc-
uon since of few steamers of great dimensions,
and little investigation into the accuracy of our
former table, enable to furnish now the names
OF fourteen ships, which, without bowsprit. would
reach mile, Annexed the fipures.