Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-05-02

weight Of water in the bJat caused the painter
to break, and 80 they were separated. Where.
at one man came away, saying:
" Well, | do Mt sec but he tells n straight
story enough. You zee the weight of the water
IN the boat broke the painter. A boat full of
water ls very heavy, and 30 on, IN a loud and
Impertinenty earnest tone, as if hs had bet
depending omit, but had no humane interest in
the matter
Another, large man, stood near by upon
rock, gazing into the sea, and chewing large
qulds OF tobacco, as il that habit we're 70 rever
confirmed with him.
" Come, s4d another to his companion,
" let's be oU. We've seen the whole Of Il. ls's
no use to stay to tho funeral"
Further we saw one standing upon rock.
who, We were told, was one that was saved.
lie was sober looking man, dressed in Jacket
and gray pautAloons, with his hands in his
pockets asked him few questions, which
be answered but he seemed unwilling to talk
about IL, and soon walked away. By bis side
stood one Of the lfe.bOat men in an oil cloth
jacket, who told Us how they went to the relief
Oi the British brig, thinking that the boat OF
the ST John, which they passed on the way held
all her crew ,-i0r the waves prevented their
seeing those who were on the vessel, tbouab
they might have saved some had they known
there we're any there A little further was the
lag Of the ST. John spread on u rock to dry,
and held down by stones at the corners. This
iral, but essential and significant portion Of the
vessel. which had 50 ong been the sport Of the
winds, was sure to each the shore. There were
Oue or two houses visible from these rocks. in
which were some Of the survivors recovering
from lhe shock which their bodies and minds
had sustained. One was not expected to live.
We kept on down the shore as far as a prom
oa.ory called Whitehead, that we might see
more OF the C0hassot Rocks. In little cove
within hall mile, there we're an old man and
hls on collecting, with their team, tho sea weed
winch that fatal storm had cas, up, az serenely
employed as It there had never been a wreck in
the world though they we're in sight Of the
Grampus Rock, On which the st. John ha3
struck. The old man had heard that there was
wreck, and knew most Of the particulars. but
be sal that he mad not been there siDce it
happened. IL was the wrecked weed that con.
cernsd hun most, rock wood, kelp, and sea weed,
as be named them, which be csrted to his harm
yard and those bodies we're to him but other
weeds which The tide had cast up, but which
we're Of no use to him. We afterwards came
to the lile-boat 10 It's har5or waiting for another
emergency, in the afternoon We saw the
lunera procession az distance, az the head Of
which w4!kel the captain wiki the other sur
yivoFs
On the whole, i. was not 50 impressive scene
as might have expected. II had found one
body cast upon the beach in some lonely place.
10 would have affected me more. sympathiz.d
rather vi the winds and waves, As If 10 toss
AID mauge these poor human bodies was the
order OF the day. IT this WAS the law of Ma.
tute, why waste any time IN awe and pity If
the last dag were come, We should not think 50
much about the separa ion Of friends or the
0hghied prospects OF indIy iduals | saw that
coipses might be multiplied, as on the field oil
battle, tlil they n5 longer affected Us in any de-
gree, as exception 20 the common lot Of human
ny. lake all the graVeyards together, they are
always lhe majority. IL IL the individual and
private tla. demands our sympathy. man
can attend but one funeral "a the course Of bis
lie, can behold but one corpse. Yet saw that
The inhabitants OF the shore would be not 4
little aHoc ed by this event They would watch
many days and nights for the sea 20 give % IT'S
dead, and their imaginations aud sym mpathies
Who as yet kn0w not OF the wreck Many days
Alter thi- something white was seeu floating on
the water by one who was sauntefing on the
beach. IL was approached IN a boat, and found
to be The body Ot woman, which hai risen In
an upright position, whose white cap had blown
back by the wind. saw that the beauty of
the shore itself was wrecked for many a lonely
walker there, until he could perceive, at last,
how lts beauty was enhanced by wrecks like
this nud Il acquired thus rarer aud Iubllmer
beauty still.
Why care for these dead bodies They really
have no friends but the worm, or fIhes. Their
owners were coming TO the New World. as Co.
lumbus and the Pilgrims did,-they were with
in q mll4 OF IT'S shores but, before they could
reach it, they migrated 10 newer world than
ever Columbus dreamed Of, yet OF one whose
e1siencs we believe that there is far more uni
yersa and convincing eyideuce-though it has
not yet been discovered by science than Colum-
bus had OF thb, not merely mariners tales
and some paltry drift wood and sea weed, but
continual driit and instinct to oil our shores.
saw their empty bulks that came to land but
they themselves, meanwhile, were cast upon
ssmo shore yet iurther west toward which We
are all tending, and which We shall reach al
last 1t may be through storm and darkness, as
'hcy did. No doubt, we have reason to thank
Col that they nave not been "shipwrecked into
life again The mariner who makes the saf at
port IN Heaven, perchance, seems to his friends
On eatsh to be shlpwrecked, for they deem Bos
ton haroor the better place though perhaps
Invisible to thom, skilllul pilot comes to NEE,
hlm, anu the iairest and balmiest gales blow OF
that asst, bis good ship makes the land in bal
oyon days, and he kisses the shore in rapture
there while his old hulk tosses 10 the surf here,
1t Ia bard 10 part with ones body, but, no doubt,
It IS easy enough to do without it when once it
is gone. All their plans and hopes burst like a
bubble lulanE by the shore dashed on the
rocks by the enrassd Atlantic O.oan No, no
II The s.. John dld nos make her port here she
has been telegraphei there The strongest
wind eonnot sagge7 Spirit it sa Spirits
breath. just man purpose cannot be split
on any Grampus or materal rock, but itself
will split rocks till it succeeds.
Tug lllLLARns AND ruE BusroSs A story Of
Two Families. BY Henry Kingsley author
Of " Geofry Ilamlyn. ~" Raveushoe. So" Aus.
tin Elliot" eic Boston ricknor \ Fields
The author introduces this volume with the
following preface.
ln This story, an uneducltod girl, who might
laney, after year and half at a boarding.
school, have developed into a very noble lady, !.
arraigncd before the reader, ami awaits his
Judgment
The charge against her is, that by an over
strained idea OF duty, she devoted herself to her
brother, and made her lover but a secondary
person. am instructed to reply on her behalf
that, in thc struggle between inclination aud
what she considered her duty, she, right or
Mrnnr. hold hY dnIY AZ the ri.l ~ hrn.Linr hnr