The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-04-27

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there he m,1aye3 to1tell his story. 81 1Shorts
~ alter I got him in the hold ne crawled
forward, and when be becsme, nssd To the
dim glitter that came through The dead lights
be looked shout for a snug place 10 which to
lies Tor his limbs we're very sore. He went
70 s.esp. and when he woke, = faint sound
J ks water streaming through q email hole
lie went 70 the open place in the cargo aud
looked down, and was sure that be saw a
sualf jst Of water speineing up through the
ships bStten. lie 'fesped down, and IN q
Few moments foupd that the timbsrs had
glvep- wholly away, anu that the stream was
increasing in sss. lie pacsd his hans upon
the plank aud found it broken, aud Discover
cd that -ttrc prcssurg o ths water withou.
was !orcing ii inward He had sense TO zee
that iiit gained an inch more it must all 20,
and the ship be lost and perhaps all. hands
perishs And Ne say, TOO, tina. II he could
keep the. broksn plank IN its place Ia might
stop the incoming food .Sohe,stg himself
upon i; snd braced his eet against the cask
al, tEeR called for be'p But he was too
lar away; SO low down. with such q, mass oil
cargo about him. that his voice scarcely
Ieschod otbsr.e lrs than his own. Some. ef
The men heard him, but thought he was talk
70 timset, And there be sat, with his fesl
braced, for, }iour and twenty dreary hours.
With the water squirting all over him. and
drenching him to The very skin. lie had
several times thought of going to the hatch.
way ard calling Tor help; but he knew the
broken plank would be forced Ia il he LEFT it,
iorhe could feel il heave beneath him His
liu.bs were rackcd with pain, but he would
not 3 We up. fssked him il he should no,
have gave up III had not come to him as !
did. lie snswered that he could MT have
done it while he had LIE in him. He said
he thought not Of himself; he Was ready tc
dis-bat he had saved US, surely aE.dsus al
from a watery grave.
The boy lay sick almost unto death, hui
| nuIsed him with my own hands--nursed
him through all his delirium, and when hi.
reason returned, and he could set up and
talk, ! bowed myself before him and hunbly
asked his pardon for all the wrong ! had
ever done him. He threw his arms around
my neck. and told me i'll would be, good to
him., be would never give me cause. Of offense
and added, as he sat up again. Il am not 0
coward, l could not be a dog
l never forgot those words; and from that
hour | have never struck q blow on board
my ship, ! make my men feel that they
are men, that | so regard them, and try to
make them as comfortable and happy a1pos-
sible; aud l have not iailed to gain their re.
spect and confidence. / give na undue IL
ceLse; bnt make my crews feel that they
have a friend and superior in,the same per.
son. For min, years | have sailed in three
different ships, with the same crew. A mar
could rot BE- hired to leavs me save for an
officers ber.h. AMI J lack .Withers, remain
ed with me thirteen years. 3 He was my
cabin boy; one OF my formoSt hands; iny
second mate; and the last time he sailed
with me, he refused the command Of a new
barqu. becau'e he would not be separated
from me. Bat be is a captain now. and Que
oil the best the country ever afforded. Such
gentlemen, is ms experience 10 government
and dicipfne on shipboard.' ''',St 8 b''