Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-08-12

50 wcll how to interpret pnrtended the
approach of dirty weather" Black mas
scs Of clouds hung about the horizon
heavy and threatening while the warn
ing mercury in the barometer fell, and
continued falling with alarming rapidity
A heavy swell came rolling in upon the
ship, which caused her to rock like era
die and yet, ut the same time, not a
breath of air stirred the mirror like
smoothness Of the great rollers. This
looked bad. aud denoted that there was
strong breeze blowing somewhere not a
hundred miles off ..-...... ..,...
1 At half past eight o'clock, the first of
. the gale came upon Us. With a mighty
Whit, it bore down upon the ship but
it found her fully prepared, for the top
sails were double.reefed, and the courses
hauled up in order to obviate the posi-
bility of our oeiug taken aback--a great
bug bear to soamen---from whatever quar-
ter the wind might come 1t blew very
hard that night and all recolec,ions of
the warning we had received from The
strange vessel the previous day passed
away from the minds of every person,
even Including the "tail comet, who,
to provide against the no leas otiec
tiorable death by drowning, had encased
himself III capocious swimming belt,
aud was seen to i c standing on the poop,
ia immediate readiness to "strike out,
directly he felt himself launched into the
raging sea. All the succeeding day, the
gale raged, Increasing towards noon in
intensity. until it seemed as if the ship
was dii,ting INTO the vortex of d cyclone,
However, towards sundown it moderated
little, and continued to lessen as even.
ing advanced The ship had strained
herself good deal, owing to the heavy
cargo Of railway iron she had slowed in
her hold, and it was found necessary tc
have recourse to Continual pursuing
At about three bells in the seconj
dog. that is, half past seven
the gale had moderated somewhat; and Q
reef was shaken ont" Of the fore aud
main topsails, while the mizzen tOpsal'
was set, also with one reef in it. The
; short twilight was fast giving place tc
what promised to be very dark night
the wind, still blowing half g'le
brought up heavy clouds; and soon tbt
/, rain commenced to pour in thick bliud.
lug shower. 1t seemed, like Scotch
mist. to hide from view all objects litt't
be-ond the end Of the bcwsprit; Vever
We wcr1 far out on the ocean, and thelt
was little fear of such c0ntre temps as 1
collision with another ship.
The wrctched wet weather lrove mos
). of the passengers from the deck. Wal
standing conversiDg with the captain on
!, some nautical point, when jnst as | wal
about TO follow the others below, on ;
sudden, oD the weather bow, there stol'
:. out of the thick gloom Ikea spectre thC
form Of a large barque. The attention O
the captain and myself had been directed
to this point. so we now sighted the
strange ship simultaneously. An excls
: nation escaped my lips; while the cap
tain, seeing the urgency of the danger
shouted out to the helmsman to let tn,
snip fall off The wind point or two
The Nal,uttG was on the starboard tacl
and close hauled so, according to tbt
, "rulc of the road" at sea, it was cearI,
, the duty of the tarque, which was com
! ing down across ouf bows with the vino
quarterly. 10 swerve from her course, auC
: allow us to stand on; however. to ayoiC
I the collision which might occur if hei
lookout had not tgpied us, the Captain o
, the Mohrata took the initiative, and pu
! his helm a starboard But no our neigh
! Dor did not alter his course aud wher
| ne saw we were falling Of the wind, boz,
away couple of points also ard steeret
!, for u.s. The Captain and | stood aghast
, BY this time the noise on deck hat
: drawn up the male passengers, who Gam
crowdng up to SEQ what was in the wind
The Question was, What ought to b
, done 2" lr.-a !
, There, not more than o hundred yard
: distant, loomed vast and morutain lik
! the black hull and cleaning white sail
of the stranger All the passengers 70
/ moment or SO stood silent and still, in
tcntly watching her approach, The la
dies came up the companion ladders. and
with pale faces and in trembling accents
: asked what was the matter. But no on
knew only an inde6nsbie sort Of ankle
) iy--I cannot justly call it fear, for me
in the military profession. are not sup
: posed to be sensible Of such passion
seemed to pervade the assembled grouT