The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-22

oy God to perform the work am now
engaged in He then, in language 30
chaste and appropriate that it would
not have disgraced the lips or
the pen OF divine, took q hastv
view of the moral and religious duties
incumbent on the commander of a
ship OF war. He reviewed the vices
prevalent on ship-board, pointed out
the relative duties of officers and men,
and concluded by urging the necessity
OF reformation and repentance. He
did not, as was feared by our brave
commander, attempt to prove the sim
fulness of fighting and wars; but, on
the contrary, warmly recommended to
the men the performance of their duty
to their country with courage and tidel-
ity. His speeches occupied about
three-quarters of an hour, and if the
whole could have been taken down at
the time, they would have made con-
siderable pamphlet, which would no
doubt have been in great demand.
Or. birchmore, now at Boston, heard
all the addresses, only the last.
''When he finished with the CON-
modore, his head dropped upon his
breast, his eyes closed, and he appear
Ell to have passed through a second
death. No pulsation nor the least de-
gree OF warmth could be perceived dur
ing the time that he was speaking.
| ordered MIN to be laid aside and left
him.
II retired to bed, deeply rejecting
upon the past, unable to sleep, when
about o'clock P. NJ, many hours af-
ter kemble had been laid by,I was
called out of bed to visit a man taken
suddenly i'll in his hammock, hanging
near kemble apartment. II was an
hour when all but the watch on deck
had turned in; general silence reigned,
and all the lights below were ont, with
the exception of a single lamp in the
sick apartment, where lay the remains
of Kemble. had bled the sick man
he was relieved. l entered the sick.
room before l retired to replace
something, and was turning round to
leave it, being alone, when suddenly
| was almost petritied upon beholdine
kemble sitting up in his berth with his
eyes (Which had regained their former
brilliancy and intelligence) fixed in.
tently upon mine. l became for q
moment, speeches. and motionless.
Thinks to myself, what have l done,
or left undone, IN this man case tina,
would cause him thus to stare at me a,
this late hour, and alone? | waited q
long time in painful suspense, dread.
ing some horrid disclosure, when l was
relieved by his commanding me te
fetch him some water. With whar
alacrity I obeyed can easily bt
imagined. l gave him tin mug con
tang, water, which he pnt to hi
mouth, drank off the contents, and re.
turned to me; then laid himself quietl,
down for the last time. His situation
was precisely the same in every respec
as before described. The time wa
now expired which, he had said, wa
given him to remain in the body. Tn
next day by noon, all hands ATTENDED
as usual to hear the funeral service
read, and see his remains consigned t,
a watcry grave. 1t Was an unusually sol
cmn period. Sealnen arc naturall,
superstitious, and on this occasion thei
minds had been wrought upon in sin
gular manner. Decorum is Away
observed by sailors at such times
but now they were all affected t.
tears; and when the body was slid from
the plank into the sea, every on
rushed instinctively to the ships sid
to take last look. The usua
weights had been attached to the feet
yet, as if in compliment to their anx
iety to see more of him, the body ros
perpcndicularly from the water breast
high two or three times. This inciden
added greatly to the astonishmcnt al
ready created in the minds of the men
[ beg leave to remark that it was no
; proper to keep the body longer in tn
warm latitude we were in.
Il have now given a short and YER
imperfect sketch of the importan
events attending the last illness an
death of William Kemble. 1t is sub
mit:ed to the ladies in this state, bee
ging they will excuse haste and mac
curacy. The change produced upo
the crew was for time remarkable
1t appeared as if they would nevc
smile or swear again. The effect wor
offby degrees, except when the subjec
was renewed.
Nv. TURK