The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-07-10

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When the corpse was laid on thu
plank the gamblers again demanded
the money of the mate, stating that al
! The captain had undoubtedly died bet
ting the first quarter, justice required
that it should be returned to the bank.
ers The mate, in tone of defiance
replied that the orphan children Of the
captain needed the money. and they
should have it. Force was then threat
ened if he refused to give it up. See.
ing that their threats we're unheeded,
they rushed upon him with violence,
seized the hat and bore it off, suppo-
sing that they had thus secured the
money but to their surprise the hat
was empty. A large number who
were present took the part of the mate,
and great excitement prevailed trough
out the house. An ass ault was made
upon the mate. Some cried one thing
and some another. "Down with him !"
"Get the money !" I, ct him alone u
"You have no right to rob him |"
mingled with oaths, and imprecations,
and curses. At this moment twenty
or thirty of the ships crew rushed in
and one word from the mate brought
them to the rescue, and the gamblers
were soon mace to stand at a distance.
Something was said about the money,
which led the sailors to suppose that
the mate had been robbed and were
about rushing upon " Monsieur Gram
pin " as the proper person to indemni-
fy him for any loss he might have sus-
tained but were diverted by the en-
trance of some twenty Of the city
watch, armed with short swords.
The sailors knew the character of
this posse, made up of what were cal
led by them "wharf rat Frenchmen, ,
and were no more daunted by their ar
ray Of force than they would have
been by the display of tin swords in
the hands Of so many trained monkeys.
A fracas was. ! oweyer prevented be-
tween the sailors and the watch by
the assurance Of the mate that the
money was safe, and a request from
him that they would quietly return to
the vessel He proposed to take the
corpse on board, bnt was informed by
the captain Of the watch that the cor
oner's inquest must be held over it be-
fore it could be removed. He then
seated himself hy the corpse Of the
captain, to watch over it during the
res of the night; and the gamblers
returned to the common work of dark
ness, playing cards and dris King H.
qnor meanwhile, now and then, utter
ing curses upon the dead body of the
captain.
StGNIFICATIoN OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.
Benjamin, son of the right hand j. e.
of good fortune; Clement, mild tenn
pered Robert, famous in council !;
Sebastian, to be Ieverenced William,
golden helmet James, supplanter +;
David, well beloved Stephen, gar
land Alfred, all peace Jesse, firm !;
John gracious gift of Jehovah ; Judah
renowned Charles, noble spirited !;
Albert, all bright Daniel, a judge
from God Thomas, twin; George,
a husbandman Joseph, addition +;
Simon, hearkening Andrew, cor
rageous; Jacob, supplanter; Sol
ONION, peaceable Lot, veil Rufus,
read, h eaded !; Josiah, whom Jehovah
heals; Felix, happy Ezra is a help
er; Susan is lilly Ida. happiness
Mary, means rebellion Matilda. he
rome Deborah, will sing, for she is
said to be bee; Dina, is a pink
Anna and Hannah are gracious Je'
NINA is a dove Laura, bay tree
Margaret is a pearl; Rhoda is rose:
Abigail is her fathers joy but Almi.
ra, like Henry is uncertain ; Elizabeth
means good Hephsibiah, my deligl'
is in her.
HIGH STEPPING Carriage horses ar
now scarce though greatly priced, an(
the world wonders why they are MOI
more to be met with. Thi
is simply an affair of training. II
the North Of Germany, whence thes'
horses are chiefly imported, you ma!
frequently see the animals exercising
on the high roads, caparisoned like TIL
knights charger of old, with heavy
clothing, wearing no blinkers, bu
large speetacles. These spectacle
are strong magni6ers, and each pebble
to the eye of the deluded quadrnped
appears as granite boulder, so in hi
youth and ignorance, he lifts MP hi