, 1864-08-07

lad been hired by my employer to &C.
company young. friend OF his, Mrs. Boil
ton with her children, who Ind been visiting
friends on the continent, In an attempt to re-
join the husband and father, who was cap
tain in the confederate service. We reached
NASSAU, Ut course, without trouble from the
tederal cruisers. But now came the tug OF
war We engaged passage to Charleston ia
formed by that Official that his adventure.
and ours, was Que OF considerable risk.
'9ou SEE, sir, one cargo in three pays, and
one cargo In four saves Us from being ont of
pocket-yes, mister. We count on some loss,
We do, but II clipper has the luck to get
TWICE III WIN noltou+, mud twice out WITH
cotton, NbE tht I"nkets are wecome to her
afterwards. hull, spars, aud runnin. gear
And the crrwH rnQuirca,
btt my communicative fr1cod treated this
part oi the husisrsh h."t1s cuouyh The sea
mcn had high rsy, anAtook their share OF the
consideration Of extra wngcs., The CAPTAIN
End mates were allowed !. stowAge t1r 80
many cubic feet OF Europ, IN goods one wav
snd 60 many cotton b,lrs the other, aud often
Aa1 percentage OIL the aTount realized br q
untortrn ,te adventure. Success, therefore,
meant wealth Tor the owners and officers,
and ut le'sf a pockettul Of dollars for the
forem'stner, and in case OF capture there was
10 danger Of anything worse't 'toan tedious
and eot1iortlees detention for some months
III fortress Monroe or elsewhere.
Il remember well, on. the Fery day on
"hleh we were to go on board and await thu
!atd breeze to watt US smoothly out of hsr.
uor, nnd.F cover Of the darkness, that q tan.
. hcsltating. tin4id tap, resouuded against
Vikings hotel,
The intruder was tall, corpu]ent old man.
IN, IN the costume ola Roman Catholic priest,
nus Of 80 antl4anted and grotesque a:fashIon
that found It extremely hard to suppress
shi(e Is It's veatcr approached me-. 10 wing
and smiling with oils defeEcuce- His tsiuk.
ling black eyes were mrekly lowered as they
n'ct u Inc, and from the huge ehorel.hat that
u carried III on5 sun-bnrut hand, the knot.
TED nnSers Of which ere adorned With all
Rer rings, down to the blAck cotton stock
iues aud sqnare-toed shoes that protected his
ftet, The visitor lnfs hi have slt for the mr.
trait OF . Frnch village cure Of the tlue Of
u uls the Fifteenth. And the cure he was,
~ s well ~ co9ld gather from the psrplexing
lareon of mingled French and Spanish, eke3
out By q lew oddly pronounced English
phrases, In which liz addressed me. His
lame he told me-, Was the Paare or Pere
uof nc USED both terms In differently Dacho-
sstois, Ahtetoe Uuch9chols, parish priest Of
wild rtgion Of unhealthy morasses that is
called tue Bayou Techt country. Tnls dis
ls1ct, as L was aware, neither Butler nor
banks had proved able to tubdue to thu fed
eral Sway, and there LILY new acaulantance
hao the spiritual charge OF poor and prini-
aud the culture Of rice among the swampy
tields. Very few Of the radrr's p,rlshIouers.
white, red, or black, could speak auYthinr
hut French or Spanish, tor even the seu.usnr
to Whom the estate belonged By charter was
Genuine Creole co1onist OF the old stamp,
me to excuse his ignorance Of Euei}sh
which 1t VAS rarely nccpssarr fnr h}I, ~
use.
But tue poor padre's tile was pitiful one.
II had heen on tour which hc called q
'quete," aud which iu fact Was u prolonged
begglng excursion uu behalf Of bis needy
HOOK, since the scanty substance of these sim.
ply people had been waaton!v destroyed by
party Of federal foragers. WHO bad burned
all that they could lot carry oil. und the
coastlns Vessel sn which the priest had EN-
oatktd had been ruu down by an English
SIie on i's return voysge from Matamoris to
New Providence. The captain Of the mer-
chantman had done I'LL Tint could b. exrect.
% OF him In setting the padre ashore at
Nassau, and In given lf1t i icT y dollars by
"ay OF compensation for his slender stock OF
Wearing apparel, which had gone to the
bottoiu OF the sea- But pour n. Duchocho1s
Was 1n much perplaEits, anxious to get back
to his Iarteh and his people, sore afraid Of
the lunheee, whom he seemed to seynrd as
deyourlng c1a.ona, and quite I'M snle 10 raise
tue funds neeoful to pay tor passage FOR
hi1nself aho hts Indian servant-bos, Blaise,
t" South Carolina. Once there, the cure had
no donbt that from priest to priest, aud from
convent tn convent, hr could get passed on
to his own rustic dwelling place: but in
Sussau, where all were ubsoroett In the rain.
tnl t1afilc Vi the hour, aud where lew could
even underetaad hls speech, the unfortunate {
eccleslsstic WAS Gnitr Ut n loss.
III TINS strut, bearing tnar1 Was III English
t(lNIl. fGH.ff4ttY Il
t. tay, come hope In my face. poor II. Du-
uhoctUis had come to throw himself on nv
COMPASSION. Would kindly use my ia
huelct with some ship captain to convey
bin and his h"y D1aise over to tie continent.
Ihry would not bt troublesome pnssengtrs
They would rAngcr themselves, they would
creep into some hole Or corner on board the
ship aud rclbain as quite and uuoberusiye as
nice. They would NOT usk for ans thin.
ulorc than pern,ission to occupy little
space IN hoard tue yttsel A little biscuit
SID melon or two they could take Oh board
"itn theIl-baht q bagutelle! they should
cost the hoLurable cuptain nothing for their
SUBSISTENCE And fur .hetr passage the padre
would pay IN nrastrs nud an old mans bsees
Ing, Tor " hich, at any rate, N. lc Capitains
| tctcrccce for him.
&c: Oily promised to use my utmost endea
| yors to obtvfn for him the sm4!l boon ht
! crayed. The priests eyes filled with tears
When tpoke kindly to him. He thrust hit
Maud into the pocket Of hts threadb4re son
to nie. open, with little humble bow and .
French grin o! thanktuluees do not lik.
smut, aud it n'akes NE snseze, but rc,uem
hercd Sterne and the Franciscan monk ut ca
luis, with his little horn ho1, anl / took s
pinch as cordially as could. And inst thcu
d louder tap camr q the duor, aud In toun
ced Captain Harrison.
Harr1son emit bis brows at fret, and keen.
" Inspected disappearance Of this petitioner
tor q Tree passaIe. put before long the Young
sailors ffoWn 1elax-d, and it was xith 4 rood
humcred smile that he said he would talk the
notter over with bis steward, and, ii berth
could be four1 for the priest, he would send
me word before sunset In truth, much
more suspicious person than the skipper
muet have been disasmed BY survey Of
worth! u. Duchochois, US he stool, the pic.
ture of ptteous e1gerness, with his horn.ritu-
med siectacles pushed up TO his forehead, and
with Lie N .rks Ut shuify tears visible on his
shallow chteks, bis Iron gray hair hauyinG
down over The coll II Of ais shabby soui4re.
Indeed, SO childfike aud simple qus Ehc poor
sld CURES anxiety 10 have lis boon granred
lin, thst peither Harrison nnr could resist
h!s "istiu1 Look, and my excl nation of,
'Cpon my word, cupt4in, the ;.oor old gen.
tlen'an must be s'ne Of us, If / have to pay
ttl- tase fHyself.' WAS simultaneously uttered
with Harries.n'e more genial, Cheer no.
Monsieur le Cure, or whatever you call yonr-
sell. You shall he yerJ welcome to q pas-
este aboard Us, >ou and your bllck bov, and
vail answer for 1t ron shan's lla;c lost flesh
BY the time VIC 0r"p anchor iu Charleston.
Al We we're cautiously 70 red out where
the saucy Jane lay, with her brailed.up can
ves sbsktng loostl. on honnl ard ward. every
tlasb Of the oars elected a phosphoresccnt
E!esm from the gentle heaving .water. The
passengers ufd their baggage filed two large
boats und do-y, mud We were among t9.,
occupaats Of 1le tiget boat. Be- ne, mean
Mrs. Bolton and her little girls, myself, aud
the padre and bis indian buy. The last mem
TONED, spare coppet-shinned Md, dressed
iu blue cotton, aid with yellow silk baud
Eerchief tisd tightly around hts 1auk black
Eatr, like the ti1let worn by horse- riders in
eli Gus, sat impaeeiye behind his master, and
looked more like bronze statue than q liy-
WIS full Of simple e1ati',n and good spirits.
LIE chuckltd and talked in his queer jarson,
making everyone stliile, and was evidently
oytr jfSut at his good fortune. Mrs. Bolton
poor little Wo1nun-WAs In more cheer
fui fratee Of nit d than had set seen h1r 10.
Hitherto VIC had been met By bat1lius delays
IN oil h. nds, hut now VIC were fairly of
really "going to Henry at tas'," as she said !;
ard heard her lnurmurtn:s to her little
ones that they should .tsuon sec papa,
DOW"
a more fortunate voyage, to all 1lappe4sanee
TO vessel bad ever maze. Da. after day the
weather Was beautiful, the sea smooth, aud
the wipde, though Light, Still favorable. We
saw no federal cruisers. Twice, indeed, we
I'LL in with armed Vessels, but these our
eEiPWTs experienced eye recognized as
British ships OF war, even before they drcw
near enough for the red, white, and blue Of