Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-08-18

sails you had on boaid, and nothing
that know of prevents you from as
Stunning command of my Jeanne d Are,
now fully manned and officered, ready
TO proceed of her voyage Take charge
of her, my boy, and I'll give you two
thousand dollars a year, and ten per
cent. of the ret profits"
Jean Beauvais, who had always a
] strong passion for the sea, and felt coz
| ci0us of his fitness to undertake the
duties required, readily assented to the
| proposal of his friend, and expressed
his gratitude for the preferment.
Duly installed in his quarters in the
Jeanne dare, he set about mastering
the details of his new position. While
overhaulIng the consignments for the
| agents of Frank Renard, at Rio DC
JaneTio and BuenoS Ayres, his mer-
! camille experience showed him that
two important articles might be added
with advantage, that would sell easily
during the hot season at the AntipOdes
from November to the end of Janu-
ary-viz.: the light muslins of Mul-
| mouse and refreshing Strasbourg beer.
Having completed his cargo, with
twenty cases of the former andtwenty
casks of the later, and bidding adieu
to his mother and betrOthed, he set
sail from HAVE one fine September
morning, en- route for Rio JaneirO, ac-
cOmpaDied by the best wishes of his
friends and relatives. The rough Nor
man and Briton scamen sailing under
him, soon discovered that much kind
ly interest in their welfare lurked be-
hind the stern discipline he maintain
ed.
The good ship, with every sail un-
furled, sped prosperously on her way,
and in the course of a month reached
her desired haven.
Having discharged freight and dis
posed of consignments in both Rio de
JaneirO and Buenos Ayres, to his en-
tire satisfaction, he then prepared
freighting his ship for the return home,
with wool, skins, hides, horns, tallOw,
rice, coffee, cotton, etc.
On completing his cargo he again
started homeward, and safely reached
the port of Havre, few days before
Christmas. After delivery Of his re-
port regarding his sales and purchases,
Frank Renard enthusiastically COM
plimented him upon his magnificent
run, which he considered one of the
most renumerative ever made. The
grief of his old mother was comforted
by the cheering narrative of his first
trip, ard the evidence it afforded Of
his future prosperity; while the joy
of Elise at his success was unbounded.
A halo of hope gilded their season OF
festivities, which softened down the
asperitiPs of life and invested the flu
ture with visions of delight.
1t was, therefore, with tender inter
est in each others welfare, that they
touched their glasses at parting, ana
pledged each others wealth and hap
piness.
Theseasons waXed and waned, bring
ing increasing prosperity in their train
to Jean Beauvais three years elapsed
since he assumed command OF the gall
liant bark, which he sllillfully glided
from port 10 port.
His good judgement, honestly exer-
cised from the best and purest of mo-
tfves, his accurate knowledge of gem
eral wants. and his well-grounded cal
culat.Ons, insured the success of all his
applications, and rapidly enriched
Frank Renard, who never regretted
the choice he had made of captain.
On sea and shore, in storm and sun
shine, the manly form of Jean Beau
vais trod with Il firm step the path of
duty, and never quailed i'm the presence
of danger. He had striven with all
his might to attain the object in view.
ard the hour of reward for his self-sac-
rifice had sounded.
He placed sufficient funds in his
agents hands to settle the loss of forty
per cent. sustained by creditors, and
consoled himself with the reflections
that his motto of "honor bright, !" was
worth while defending and preser-
wing.
On fine spring morning, the sun
shore brightly Il T ugh the stained
glass windows of Notre Dame de Bon
Secours at Rouen, upon the kneeline
figures of Jean Beauvais and Elise De
sire, in the act of receiving the nuptial
benedictiCn in the pTesSnce of his
mother, Frank Renard and a party Of
friends.
The captains hands me face, bron-
Zed with exposure TO the heat of the
TROPICS, beamed with satisfaction,
while Elise, in her whole bearing, was
expressive of the triumph of woman
ly faith and constancy
From the balcOuY of her elegant
apartment on the sea shore at Havre,
she could see the Jeanne d Are proceed
on her voyage and disappear in tine
distant horizon; or she could watch
anXiOusly for the welcome sinai an
nouncing her return, the sight of
which would gladden. her heart and
dispel her fears.
Everything prospered in the hands
of Jean Beauvais, and the cup of his
earthly bliss was filled to overflowing
At the end of the year following his
marriage with Elise, a succession OF
storms of appalling duration and fury
passed over the North Atlantic, " hich
resulted in the loss of many a gallant
ship and crew. The Jeanne dare,
homeward bound, was for three days
and nights exposed TO the violence of
a tremendous hurricane. Scudding
under bare poles, she was tossed like
nutshell in the seething pillows, and
driven far out of her course 10 the
southwark The first officer and four
| men were washed overheard, and the
rest reduced almost to helpl2ssness
throHgh fatigue and exposure. 1t need
ed all the energy of Captain Beauvais
to keep them to their postand prevent
| them from despairiHg. On the fourth
day, however, the storm abated, when
they found themselve off the north
coast of Spain; the sea here and there
was covered with spars, cordage, and
floating wreck, and showed where
greater misfortunes than theirs had
been endured. .-.7: -i.t-
On sailing through the Bay of. Bis
cay, they perceived a large East India
man making signals of distress, being
apparently in helpless condition, on
exchanging signals it was found that
her rydder was gone and that she bad
sprung leak, her hands being COM
pIetel yTuse1 UP during flie night and
day atthe pumps, she was slowly sink
ing and drifting toward the shore
Captain Beauvais sent twelve men 10
their assistance, fitting up a tempoFa-
ry rudder, and after two days OF in
credible exertions, succeeded in tewing
her TO the port of Brest. The cargo,
which was of great value, having been
saved, the amount of asaIyage-mOEey