, 1874-08-22
AL1TTLE BIT. OF HISTORY.

!oF tho 8lMpln rc1Hon that colprc1 toRn iavo boeh
1ouna out, ana:tho puoilo will npt have % thcn1
A1rrLE BIT. OF HISTORY.
Tic Victim, of n prcss.EanE.
- - a" From cds*ps alagalt,te.
Ecllpses, conloss.' and extraordinarily high
tldoB ca1l DO prouiotou with accuracy thero oven
sooma to DO probability That III time tho waasllor
will also atriko tteaK to sciancc, and that moans
will bo found Of dinontangline tue conflicting in
fuoncos which sond an at1croid up and down. But
~ the art Of foroteiiing tho probable c,rrens OF
public eutlnlsiaam there Is no sign Of p1ogsoss.
Tho kcopost Observer OF human nature cap no
moro guaas whather, tho aaraor OF any ~pa.tte-
uInr 'suitor. warrior. explorar, or criminal
nomotc attention. o. will bo gonorAy takcu up
as - ,nhttor Of national Importance, than tho
moreat tyso can. It was mure than million to
one that Robert JoYroys wrongs would rcmaiu
unnoticod, or ratso but Afeoblo aud passing In
terest lie: became a popular idol, hovoveS,-a
representative victim Of the proaB- gang svstcm.
and the ty1anntcal customs which naturally grow
out Of y, aud so . worry curious story has boon
handed dowit'to us. '.
WAS fitted At Polporro In Cornwall, place
famous.for Its hardy race Of smugglors, tho on
tiro population boing brought up to look upon
eoaat1enardamen as natural ,enemies, Who might
t%av Sn "''F ~ hn Sros ~
yatosring we're often greater over, than those Of
smuggling, nnd tho Lord Nelson had no difficulty
in gathering together tiret.rate crew. Amongst
them WAS n1hn who had been brought up. III
auG nroat IN an occaa;nnal am .trin a,,a
intlcod was se rood At tho tiier AZ at at
the FORGE, perhaps . triao better. The name Of
this atnplibIous Cornislman WIS Robert jeffrey,
one: for tho Lord Nelson. At the yory com.
Who're sbe
gang. Il was a perfectly Illegal procooaiug the
pf thn lord Noaon Than you or ii,ayo | to bresk
into a house and talo lilo plato baskot. Hnt
nj tho cnmmoncenent of th1u ccntury nrfvotn
rirl,tH wero ycry jittlo .reppeoted whoro tha puE
liz service vas .eoncernei, un1eap tho porson
mn,,ay or nolitica( Influence. Robert 1effroy Ind
nnithor and In WAS csr1int1 m |boari II M q
Rcnr1,is. and nonyerted into man.nf.war'a.m
quito nrnust lis viii. and In do3anco of hs clonr
A'r T1o u'ls eommsudar eScta Of tha Rcot WA vono
ofTIcnr nt that tina we'll known in Tho nav "a
roclsleeg. eef-willcd naaaonnta man. tho foa1es
Of whose nature wore forced and oxasporatod bY
despot,o powers and drinkinr hsbita. As II his
IL or,ao IN In" nerihtean H. ~ whnre @ m tha baat
Of tbo oun whettcd il to .auoh an cxtont tlat he
was so1dom nr oyeT sohcr fI,n mjidaat nntatinn
shnt hn uacd to o,,ernt Il balne nnrnoo. .hcar ~
Which lie iepk cask always On Ian In his pri.
vato cabin, >''~ " @''
Beforo he had been on board manv da7s.. JEFF
froys proficiency M a smith ,Faa jiaooynTod and
Lo was made ar1norer'a ,nnte. Ia thnt thera waa
n fair chnn1,a If Tia msIing Tia c1,fnrcod .trin
pretty comfortably and, returning after q few
mont},s to lis native % r1Iaoa With e nookotful 81
prizo.monsy ,after ajl. nut an lnnfortnnata
rro,,n of circnn,afancos rot in tbe wsy 1t Tna
daptain was not Tho onIv thiratv man IN ,tho
BAip: his armorors mato for oxamnlo
S;a, osSe;as'onay bud e. drought upon h'n
tho oxlrems hot Weather md tlo
ANAL nllovnnco nj .,yater raryc7 out ;1a,,v far
tho snin vas running abort Of that traasnre
Which we never prize. whilo We lsve It. Outing
tnia afntn of afrafrs 1affrnv .vaa amt In nroclo
sao s,n 'op ', u , .hv " cau, a Goan leis
70 oslo i; 1Ioro was sarinkiae-sap, vhiel, % lad
dec1: % no ons ceui sec lin ho @ was ] rerv ttirsty.
Ho guatcbod up tho Gun. and dosistod from iiis
work 1nou,ent to , tirew 'e OF i1nif = pint nj and
tosn it jowp. Very good Il was, aud yery re-
frssninr ir~stoien wstara nro aw"at Wit 'mnat
puIlained gpruco.beer % bo /? Presently % r snother
drink was taken, with oaual HaocesB. A. third
however was spoilel bv tla thick aud wratnful
voice Of Lila CaI,taiu. WHO lad come below ,,,-
hcarfl unuosica1. In Elmo To vitnoaa fila out
ragoous net OF daring presumption. It would
burn . hole in tho ppper 70 writo down CApt.
JAko'A remarks uppn tho occasion, Seybntv
YEARS ago ali eentlon,en svora little, naval
ofioere aworo very much, increasing il yehe-
monca M tLey rms in rnnk man In l,anor awore.
IA al the nrosent aay. hardest of ali. Yon NAV
imagine, then. what tho language Of drupkon
Bea Ca,ta;n must haye baen wbnn ]o saw lila hn-
loved snr,ee-heer Now;nr< dnwn tl,o ti,rost ~ :.
common hru1oror's matol THAT audacious
wrotcb ,yas cIanncd IN irons Dresantlv whitn bia
inrnrinted co,nmandor. having rnfrashad him
sef. returned to lhe deck. WITCH hs naced with
unsteady atops. revolving ia bis mind what
,mnishmant ,wou1d hc smtg,c;c,,t for a cr;mn g.
heiufos. Il onpbt Ia hn somnttinr unusuN,
sturtliug, appalling 20 tic act which It ayengoi.
smdden!y III nyss eaueit slrht Of a sn,a5i isl.
and now turned into q iowol by tbs raya OF. OF the
sun which vas giukinr IN the yest, and the IN
snrat;nn came,
~. :" Ltautsnant " bn cried.
nsirf
Man tho rio. and eend for that fe1ow bnro
had conansd. So ''.''. 1''Ss' . ''"''
II wns dono md thar IN tI,o I;orton.,,,a
horror. h;s sunsr;or nSissr nrt,sred lin sn tasn
tIlo prisonar. ind him t,n tia harrcn rncs and
leane lin. hIjl hnve m theves m hoard nv
rI;p n lie said. D' ~ @4''
jsho Cnntnin xvns ev;aent,v the ,vorae yo, frin,.