The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-03
james Toggls,
Altar OF THE OLD SCHOOL.

your latitude you are indeed take the Ius' vi
North road"
Thanh you. thank you SIR" heard him reply
A psssci on.
man to ask the way to Liverpool who is scarce,y
three miles fr, N London. H. appears lrne' sf,,y
he cannot think Of walking such distance" IL
satisfy my curiosity mr-ed
There was no mistaking the character; ne 'ootou
the thoroughbred old saor;-,hs nes'y-'omtra
grey hair; the d~p-seaIns'l, weather -oeaien 10y
the bare meek, with the block silk hipcker,rn"
round IT, fastened b. the breast Of his shirt by
silver brooch; the duck trouHcrs All the hlLe Nh.
ct, every seam OF which was covered with SIR ,p,"
canvass, confirmed the telioi. rtcre WAS re
too In his eye, IA inicpendcnrc his uianpet,
and, IA he walked along, - vi or rolling Of nis
person. that added { the picture, ana contrme1
u sull more. Gu closer .nspcctou, one Of bis
checks appeared swollen, occasiorcd by The Gun
OF tobacco be hal slowed away" thcrc, tie Juos
Of which he every now AMI then squu,.d on The
ground, drawing the cuff ~ his sleeve across bis
mouth with evident satisfaction. With stick ~
one hand and . small bundle the other, he hot-
bed along, and came towsrds me very slowly,
stopping evory ~, cr three minutes to est iook
on TIC way back. and then, II determined -
overcome every difficulty, be started Forward asss
with fresh vlRor.
Being devoely fond Of the s's. and somewhat
connected with Il from having lost two broihess n
The service, my heart always warns towards
sailor and nothing Gves me Ercr"r pleasure than
TO listen to their stories the sinsularity and humo'
OF which are so perfectly g.nal that nev er los
an oppotunity Of Getting hem into conversation.
thercioro addressed the character now abreast ="
| mo" This is = tine evening voa seem warm
Yves, SIR. am" wpng the pcrsp ration irorN
his nee 1T u time to ppe 10 surIcr mus
knock Of, and uni some berth 10 turn an Tor TIE
night, aud then III start IN the morning as iresh ~
| u riyger."
You asked the way b. Liverpool you csnnoA
think Of walking there 7"
why yes ST. ] dc hut am afraid ! shan
make long Trip for my I'D hun - - c-'ty' thS
| le' ne cIsok an NIL Will can't knock more than
two knots ont Of her"
rlc technical plirsseolcpv Il his answers DO
| lighted ms; AMI NJ knew he rcadiost way - ~
| his tongue running Wa 10 pig his stomach, LED
\ him 10 a seat Close hy The door Il the "Load ot
Hay and orlercd . pint of porter for him. He
| laid down his bundle and stick, gave bis trousers
hitch W. and putting his finger into his mouth.
with peculiar turn brought oft the huge quid.
then wIlug ne edge ofthe pot with his sleeve. and
| with the exclamation of Here's LUCK J! he simoss
| einptci a 1t u FIST draugh..
| wi It are on cong to Liverpool forf"
| "Why You see, sir, / was born IN the town NJ
| plndak, county IDuth, wh.ch ran away from
| when vas your-stcr, TO 90 T. sca, whore have
bcen, come The 2lsi OF next Jsnuary, man and boy,
thesr forty years hut this knee nj mine Is 50 Rad
| that can't gc' any captain To ship me now. am
not 40 smart ~ | used to Ne and a. am no long.
| er of any Use At seq, wish once more TO see my
native town, aud rest my I'D bones there. ri
| could reach Liverpool think could find some
skip er th"' N"nld give me - passage acrcss bus
| 1t ~ lung trip, SIR"
"whai DO you Intend 70 90 when you get there
| have You any f. cndsi"
| II lets my father and my mother there. I sup,
| pose they by this SINE; but heard when
was up the Straits twenty years ago, tha, Second
| cousin II nine had married shoemaker. and was
| well 90 do there"
| ~ am AFRAID yours rs rather wild goosS
| chase"
'Ncycr mind, sr; never cay die while there's .
| shot in the locker. | have often been as hard up
| before now"
Wishing to draw the old man out. said, ''rr YOU
Rave been nj yea for forty ye,gs- you must have
| seen great deal"
| Lord love you, -r that I havc.-hu. things are
90 altered now, that the sarrice amt at all Ike
| what II used to be. Every thing gets and
worse. Everything is iron: thcy have iron topsasi
sheets, ron boh-s'ay- iron cables aud iron ships.
| l only think, sr. # old Admiral Renbow could pus
his head up the hatch aay, how be would stare.
he wouldn't know where the devil bed got to. M
sides, sir, It II every one for m-ei now, and God
for Us ALI MI hands looking ont Tor good ,rrtns
only " sh the Queen would max, Inc FIRST lord Il
| the dd-mi-rHlite tor n duyl"
"whni would You doy'
''why, | would have a good hcrh, I'd make
| my self boaswan Of The Vctory dir,stly."
"Ay;-you are not very ambitious"
'Lord love you, SIR whom you talk NJ sayri-a
n IL not . biz like what IL When first won't
to son, We used 10 have oru quart " Rrop a day
then hcy Hryed out gallon of svpeS, aud now
they sMye tea Il may do al yery wei n
peace, brt II won't DO IN Only let them Van.
KEGS !et holi Of yo'h thcy'h A.rvc yon out. ''whN
Sir" sail he, standing M AMI Jerking his arm ont
with great violence, 'tbey'li bun yor, Fir
..They'l hull yol sir - And then he became -
energetic in his descr pton, that be orYot hrs lame
knee Until 4 tv.r4aA {" use his own expresAon,
''brought him up sll standing" and obliged him ~
.conc 20 an anchor" Another drsught Of porter
set hiri III to RIGHTS. COMMUNICATION nave led
| hArl lie n sea :"
"N,ps, s'r," said hc, riving rle at the same time
a lkiitrous sort @. knowing look, ''you want one
Of my Yarns you shall nave Z. rccollect soma
years ago, when Was Of The Cape Of Good Hope
| in frigate, Il blew very hnri We were lying-to
under closo-raH..d nautorail. man looking
out At the tore top-mast heal, reported a strange
4 sail on tie ec-bow. one Of our officers was sens
| up 70 -oe II he could make her out and what dc
| you think when he came down he had not
| slnlie button on his clothes !"
| "lhas WAS very extraordinary how did ID 90.
kcur :"
'Why, s.r II blew hard that It blew them an
fuT."
"Pooh, nonsense Won cart fancy can believe
fsuch q story" SAID l. niic't W G.srlcaNire.
a axes pardon s'r; didn', - it vas true; bu,
ri might base BEEN for whGt | know. Now, sir,
| IN tell you what occuveI 10 mvself-you may de-
pend upon IL being true, ! was on hoard the very
craft and u happet rd the very drst yoyae as over
! took. was mate Of schooner bound from
| Ngo 10 London. Sle had u cargo u cook. There
was the captain, myself. thr,a lnGs hnd boy on
! board. one night, when wC we're oG the Ed, =
stone, II Wa blowing great guns and iaariine-
sfisea IN N The souihwc,. Tho captain, NY ef
, and the boy happened 20 be iolow, when a 90
struck the vessel aud lad her or her LCam ends.
We struggled hard to lct on deck, hut another sea
followed almost Instantly, and completely capsizei
her. Think, teen, sir what mess were in |,
for the cabin flied rapidly with water up to our
chns. The captain and myself, 80 soon as re-
covered oir,9vos q little, coutrved TO put our
| Leads up the small hatchV1v that was in the cab
! in floor, and found we could breathe. Tie poor
loy was drowned, for hc slept in a standing bed
ylo ,r,dc could M rul h nj xpa