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IZulUtßy
ON ’HIE DEA’IH OF A LIACKSMI’III
With the nerve of a Sampson this sou of the sledge,
By the anvil hie livelihood got;
’With the skill of old Vulcan could temper tn edge’
And struck while his iron was hot.
By soroikg he liv’d, yet never was tried,
Or condemned "by the laws of the land;
But still it is certain and can't be denied,
fko often was burnt in thk hand
With the •6hfc df St Crisp n no kind red lie claim’d,
With the i *sr lie hnd nothing to d<>;
fclo handled no bWI. and yet in his tmni
Made many an excellent
blew tdp no doats of sedition, but sti'.i
tlis bellows was always in blast;
And I will acknowledge, (deny it who will)
That one Viva, and but one lie possess’d.
No actol Was he. of concerned with the ktag«|
No audience to awe him sppeat’Ji
Yet oft in his shop, (like r crowd in a rage)
of • hISSino was heard.
Thoup,lt STKEtINO of axes Was part of hi« Varet,
In thieving he never was found;
And though ho was constantly beating on barf,
No vessel he e’er run aground.
Alasand alack! and what more can I say
Os Vulcan’s unfortunate son’
The priest and the sexton have berne him away, i
And the sound of the hammer is dout’.
raise K L I. A .11 .
SCENES IN THE EAST,
From an Office r’i Log Book.
THE DESERTER.
The discipline of oar ship was harsh and
severe, without that only quality which can
ewer render it tolerable—fair and equal justice,
t hit commander was a fiery, passionate little
hero; a great stickler for discipline, yet more
petuleat and unreasonable, than linn or judi.
cious. His crew were discontented, and de
serted at every opportunity; and though, when
retaken were punished with extreme severity,
it did not cure the civil; nnd during our win
ter al Smyrna, we lost some of our t»est men.
Our vicinity to the town, the smoothness of
tho water, darkened by the high hills that sur.
round the bay, rendered it an easy feat for
tlw* darmg tar to swim ashore, in spite ot the
redoubled vigilance of the sentries and the of
ticers of tlte watch. Tims many succeeded
m eec*;Httg to the city, where they found ready
sympathy, and concealment, among the reck
-1«M honk of adventurers that infest thg pur
lieus of Fraaktowu.
Irritated at* the Loss of his men, Captain
, far ftorn seeking to remove the cause of
such delection, by ameliorating the condition
of those on board, only became more unjust
and tyranical. The men were regarded with
suspicion, and degraded and spuit-broken with
; the lash; and the officers, treated without con
fidence, were harrassed and disheartened,
i The latter, too, were frequently punished for
I the escape of the men, which it was out of
; their power to prevent; for in spite of all their
■caution, their vigilance would occasionally be
baffled, in a night-watch, by the adroitness of
the sailors.
j This had been the fate of young Meadows.
I One of our best men had escaped during iiis
watch, and after a very stormy interview with
our stormy commander, who seemed in truth
'one of those proud men, who “dressed in a
little brief authority,”
"like an angry ape,
Play each fantastic tricks before heaven,,
, As make the angels weep,”
I was ordered to take me with him, and pro
ceed to the city; the captain shouted after us,
as we left the ship’s side, “Don’t come on
board my ship again, until you bring that man
—dead or alive!” An order that Meadows in
tended to obey quite literally, being not a lit.
tie mortified and indignant himself, that tho
i man had baffled all his vigilance; and escaped
! during his watch.
This deserter was a Maltese by birth, ard
it was supposed had deserted from an English
frigate at Gibraltar, where we picked him up.
His square-built, powerful frame, gave indica
tions of great strength, and the dark, sinister
expression of his countenance, spoke of vin
dictive passions, nod a cunning yet desperate
nature. The sailor’s gossip gave him the cred
it of having been a pirate in his time, and by
the crew he Was generally feared and hated.
Yet he was an excellent seaman, and a valua
ble man in any emergency that required dar
ing, energy, or skill.
It was in the fore part of the day, when we
set out in pursuit of Cudgel, which was the
deserter’s name, and though we had partaken
of no refreshment since our usual early break- i
fust, tin? continued novelty and excitement of
the scenes we passed through, ntid the spirit
and earnestness of our chase, left us no time
to think of our mere physical wants; so din.
uvr time passed unregarded, nHd night Stole
on, and saw us still absorbed in OUr fruitless
search. Slighted nature, however, began to
remonstrate. Hungry and exhausted, ami
scarcely able to drag my leaden feet along the
dirty streets and alleys, I at lust ventured to
hint to my indefatigable* companion the pro
. priety of seeking the “Old Europe,” fora
j time, to recruit.
Meadows bad a frame of too much eridu-
I rance, and wn’a too deeply absorbed in the
' chaste, to have yet felt the same inconvenience;
but at my proposition, he said, after a mo
ments pause: “You aro right, my poor boy,
I I did not recollect you were unused to such
, duty as this. Well, let us go and get supper,
: and then, if you still feel tired, you may turn ■
j in, while 1 look for that cursed Maltese alone; |
i for have him 1 will, and that before morrting.” •
'l'lte generous fellow did not mean it, but he
a little touched my pride; and I answered with
a tone of pique: “Never mind, let us keep
on. I don't want any supper now, and I can
keep awake as long as yourself.”
“Pooh? youngster,” said he, ‘‘you are too
quick; don’t be offended; you know 1 did not
mean to hint anything like that. To say the
truth, 1 am devilish hungry myself, though it
did not occur to tnc before yob mentioned it. I
Bo let’s get supper, and then, if you choose,
we will sally out again. As it is all Hi our
way, wq will explore this villa nous “cut-throat
nitty” again. Perhpas we may meet our gen
tletnan on the road.
So, kindly locking my arm in his own, he
turned down the narrow street into-a dark
dismal lane that zigzagged through a nest of
low, wretched looking hovels, having barely
width for two to walk abreast.
Meadows was well acquainted with all the i
intricacies of Franktown, fur he had often
been on-such expeditions, through its misera
ble by places. He now walked cohfidently
on, saying: “This is called cut throat alley, it
tolerably well deserves its name. Have your
dirk ready, youngster, for I know not how soon
you may have to use it.”
j We had been through this alley with the
agreeable name, before, during the day, but
then we had hght to direct our steals; now it
was in pitchy darkness, only relieved here and
there by the glimmerings that proceeded from
the crevices of the door or window, in some
low mud hovel, from w hence caine frequent
noises that betrayed the living wickedness
which was fasting within. Up to our ankles
in filth, wo stumbled on, as we best could,
paying, no atteniion to the frequent shriek of
distress, or the wild laughter of drunken
mirth, that rose from those haunts of vice,
where the earths offscourings held their un.
hallowed orgies. At last, passing the half,
opened door of one of these huts, Meadows,
! whose vigilance bad never for a moment slum
bered, suddenly dropped my arm, and saying,
VF isdo in, justice, and Moderation.
ROME, FLOYD COUNTY GEORGIA, OCTOBER, 30 1838.
’in a low, startling tone, “Follow me!” sprang
into the house.
I It Was a long, lew, harrow room, whose
( bare, unplastered walls, and floor of hard-trod
' den clay, gave it a most desolate and comfort.
: less appearance. In the centre, a rude ladder
i communicated, through a trap door; with the
! apartment above. At the farther end, a group
jof rough looking men were seated around a
I table; so deeply engaged in some game they
’ Were playing, as not to notice our entrance.
■At the end nearest the door was a kind of
“bar,” garnished with dirty decanters and
i bottles, and lighted up with three or four grea-
I sy candles.—Behind it stood a tali, attenuated,
' dark-looking man, with sunken fiery eyes, and
a profusion of coarse black hair, covering the
] greater part of his swollow face. His attire
•consisted of a blue woolen shirt, and dirty
canvas trowsers, around which a large red
shawl was girded, and a small Greek skull
cap stuck on the top of his shaggy head. He
looked up with a glance, half of inquiry, half
of anger, as we entered. Meadows went di
rectly toward him, and, : n a bold tone, said
that we were American officers, in pursuit of
a deserter, who was now in the house, as he
had observed him running up the ladder, and
we wished to go up and take him.
The gaunt, dark looking personage, shrug
ged his shoulders, and shook his head, growl
ing some reply in his unintelligible lingua
frunca. “Pooh!” said Meadows, turning im
patiently to me, “we are loosing time in talk,
j ing to this ghost of misery; follow me.” Just
las we were about to mount the ladder, the
“ghost of misery” sprang actively over the
! counter, and running fiercely toward US, warn
ed us not to ascend. His barbaious language
we could not understand, but his excited ges
tures were expressive enough. He pointed at
our dirks with contempt, and at me, Meadows’
only support, with a sneer that raised my boy
ish indignation. lie then counted twenty up
on his fingers, to show us the number of per
sons above, and drew his hand significantly
. across his throat, to show the manner they
would serve us, if we intruded Ouselves among
them. Beside, he lifted the frail ladder a mo
ment from its place, to let us see that it was
quite in his power, by removing it, to cut off
our retreat, and leave us to the'tcndet mercies
of his friends above.
While he was thus threatening and gesticu
lating, MeadoWs Regarded him With a patient
coolness that amusingly contrasted with the
excited ruffiian’s grotesque vivacity. The
stern and scornful expression, however, which
I saw stealing over his manly countenance,
prepared me for the result that followed. As.
ter surveying for a moment the room below,
the slight 1 idder which led io that above, and
from head to foot the dark-visaged bahdit be
side him, lie turned round and said in a quick
sharp tone, “Youngster, will you follow?”
“To the death?” I replied with enthusiasm.
“That’s right, my brave boy! 1 see I may
depend upon you. Cudgel is here, and you
know it is our duty to take him, dead or alive.
Perhaps we may have to fight for it; but,” ad
ded the gallant fellow, as if to encorage me,
“we are both young and active, nnd, at the
worst, this place is not so high but we may
spring down without danger to our necks,
even if this black rascal should Unship the lad
def. So come on!”
He mounted the ladder rapidly, without re
garding the exclamations and gestures of the
whiskered ruffian, who still sought to detain
us, and I followed close at his hecis.
Emerging from the trap door, We foulid our
sclVefe in a Fong, And low dismal-looking apart- ]
munt, under the roof, dim with the smoke •
from chiboques and cigars. Its only walls !
were the rough, over-tiled rafters, nnd a few
straggling boards composed the floor. In the
roof werb bne dr two narrow apurtures that
answered the purpose of windows. Huddled
round a circle, in the centre, were half a do
zen fierce-looking men, who, by their coun
tenances, anil the red cap, we judged to be I
Greeks. They were playing at cards. They ,
all looked up, and two or three sprang to their .
feet, and clutched the long knives which they ’
all wore at their girdles, as we entered. Cud.
gel was seated at the farther end of the room,'
with his arms folded, and quietly smoking a
cigar, looked in no manner disconcerted at the
sudden appearance of his officers.
Meadows fixed his keen eye Upon him, and J
pointing him out to me, as I did not at first ob- I
serve him, through the smoke, said, “AH, ]
there is the rascal we are looking for.”
“Yes, here he is,” said Cudgel, in a calm
tone; “now come and take him.”
Meadows paused a moment to look around.
1 “Do you speak English?” he naked, address
ing the threatening group of desperadoes be
fore him. There was no reply, but they talk
ed loudly and rapidly together. I drew his
attention to one who had not risen, and who
appeared to be deeply engaged in studying
the dirty pack of cards on the floor. I recog
nized him as one who often came off the ship
in a fruit boat, and who was known on board
by the soubriquet of “Jack Straw.” Mead
ows at once called to him, but he seemed by
no means pleased with the recognition, and
' somewhat doubtful whether it would not be’
prudent to give us the decided cut. In truth,
i we were rather unpresentable acquaintances
j for Jack to his Very remarkable looking
! friends.
But Meadows was not easily dashed on such
I occasions; so, Walking boldly toward him he
said, in his cool, off-hand manner, “Jack, my
good fellow, don’t let us interrupt your friends;
j we are merely after that rascal in the corner,
and when we have secured him We will leave
you to yourselves.”
“You will never leave this place alive, if
you attempt it!” shouted Cudgel, with a scorn,
ful laugh.
Meadows paid him no attention, but went
on talking with Jack Straw.
“Tell yoUr friends I am in the execution of
my duty, and shall take that man at all haz
ards. lam sufficient!)' armed to fight my way
through, if there is any opposition; so Jack,
keep them from interfering, or there will be
blood spilt.”
“Take care your own is not spilt, boy!”
threateningly cried the deserter, who heard
what Meadowshad been saying. Jack Straw
shook his head doubtfully, and advised us to
retire, as he despaired of being able to restrain
his excited associates, who, he told us, were
very desperate characters; but evidently wish
ing to keep on good terms with us, and find
ing that we were determined to seize the de
setter, he talked very earnestly with them for
a few moments, and, by his gestures, seemed
both imploring and threatning, to induce them
not to molest us.
While We pahsed to observe what impres
sion his arguments made, Cudgel rose up, and
coming a few steps towards us, again spoke:
“Mr. .MeadoWs,” said he, in a voice of deep
excitement, whose hoarse tones seemed to
come from the very bottom of his huge chest
—“Mr. Meadows, I respect you more than
any officer of that bloody slave ship; and there’s
not a man on board who would not go through
h—ll for you.—But you see this”—taking
from his breast a large Spanish clasp-knife-,
and springing open its long pointed blade—
“l’d sooner put it into my own heart than go
on board that ship again. Not the Whole
ship’s company, marines and all, should take
me. lam a desperate man: you had better
not meddle with tnc. for I give you a warning
that if you come toward me, I’ll give you this
to the hilt, as good an Officer as you are. Ha,!
ha!” he frantically yelled, as he brandished
his murderous weapon—“midshipmen you!
shall get more than you come for!”
“I’ll see that, you Maltese rascal!” said
the undaunted Mepdows, whose indignation ■
at being thus braved, made him forget fot* a
moment that the others were still loud in
fierce dispute; and advancing toward him with
an air of fearless resolution, he put his hand on ]
his collar, nnd in a brief stern voice, said ‘come '
with me sir 1 ’ ,
The moral superiority and commanding
bearing of the young officer, awed the despe
rate deserter. He was what might be called ,
“taken aback.” Habits of obedience seemed'
yet to retain their influence, even over his I
fierce nature. He cowed beneath the stern'
glance of Meadows, and stood irresolute, mut. 1
tering sullenly td himself.
“Give me your handkerchief to tie this fel-;
low,” said Meadows turning tome.
“Never!” bhouted Cudgel, dashing his huge
fist in his face aud springing toward one of the
aparture? in the roof. Meadows staggered
with the heavy blow, and appeared a moment
blinded. I ran town rd him, thinking he had
been struck with the knife. “Are you htirt!”i
! asked. a N<r, no—never mind me—stop him .
stop him!” answered the resolute officer. I i
turned immediately to grapple with Cudgel', j
who was endeavoring to force hid Herculean!
body through the window.
“Don’t come hero yourtgster!” cried he, ’
despei-nttely, “I Won’t, b'e So tender of you.” 1
My bluod Was fully up, and, fired with his I
threat, I rushed upon him. He made a fran- 1
tic blow at me with his knife, which was well>
aimed at my face; but throwing up my Ic-fl i
arttt, almost involuntarily I received the point
just below the elbow, deep to the bone—l
planting my dirk at the same time nearly to
the hilt in his side. The impetus of my blow
Or the convulsive twinge that followed my
blade sent him out of the window, ahd he fell
heavily to the earth.
“All right?” said Meadows who was now,
by my side, “now boy, Ibr a retreat. Hillo! :
said he, as We turned id depart, here’s more*
ado? We Were !H a scrape. Keep cool/
youngster, and follow my inotiorid.”
Our Greek friends seeme-.l resolved not to]
part with us so easily, and stirrounded us, with I
scowling brows, flashing eyes, and brandished,
weapons. Their numbers had been increased
by fresh arrivals from below, and about a do- j
zen as picturesque looking bandits ns Salva- ■
tor Rosa could have desired for the foreground
of one of his mountain passes, were osw l
hemming us in, from the hatch by which wcl
entered, as if to cut otf all retreat. The.
faithless Jack Straw, too, had disappeared and •
apparently left us to our fate.
Perfectly self possessed, Meadows fuedhis!
stern, unquailing eye upon them, and I kept
close to him, and regarded him anxiously.
The villains seemed yet to have some respect
for the Hons in their toils, and no small fear of
his fangs; but it was evident they waited only
for some bolder one to give the signal, to com
mence the onslaught.
It was a serious business. Here we were
at midnight, in one of the vilest dens of Frank,
town, where murders are by no means uncom.
mon; but slightly armed, fatigued by our
hard days duty, and exhausted by want of food
out of reach of assistance, surrounded by a
furious gang of ruffians, who were every mo
ment getting more excited and furious; I con
fess for myself, I felt that I should have been
much more comfortable, snugly mstlingin mv
hammock.
“Watch your chance to dash through, and
spring down the hatch,” said Meadows, in a
low whisper.
“I am ready to follow your motion,” 1 re
plied, in the same tone. ,
At that moment one of the Greeks imme
diately infrontofus slunk behind his next
companion, leaving a small break in the circle.
Quick as thought, Meadows sprang through,
overturning another in his impetuosity, amt
I followed close upon him But what was
our dismay, at finding the trap door closed
down?
We instantly gained the upright wall of tho
building, and placing our backs firmly against
it, awaited the issue. A furious hoyvl of min*
gled surprise and rage succeeded.
“There is no help for it,” said Meadows
still perfectly cool; “let us sell ourselves dear*
ly.” A sudden and simultaneous rush inter
rupted him; and at the same moment \Ve were
both down, and unarmed, my dirk being
I kndbked out of in)- hand, to the middle of the
I apartment-. A powerful Greek held me fust
I and his knee Was Upon my breast, his eves
gleamed into mine with insane fury; a knife
glissened in ode hand, while Vvith the other he
violently tore the stock from.my neck. Glos
ing my eyes With a shudder, and and an invoh
untary prayer, I expected the next moment to
feel its keen edge across my windpipe-, and
the moment after to awaken in another World,
A tumult and rattling of arms below made
the murderer pause. The trap door was siuL
i denly forced off, a yelling shout arose, follow,
: ed by a host of armed men, and cries of fright
[ and astonishment from the ruffians above, and
in an instant swords were clashing, blood Was
I flowing and the Greeks wildly flying in all di
| Sections for escape. Had 1 not been too be
wildered with the scene, and overcome with ntv
1 unlooked-for reprieve from death, I shout'd
have admired its rnelo-dramatic effect, lack
Straw, whose disappearance we had attributed
to treachery, and who We had suppCSed had
abandoned us to destruction, had hurried off
to alarm the town guard, with whrtrrt lit had
h,hd rilost opportunely arrived, and thtt 'clash,
ing of whose arms it was that piit a std|) to the
assault of the assassins, and who by their un.
looked-fdr and speedy arrival, had no doubt
rescued us from our impending fate. They
rushed upon the scene of action, cutting and
thrusting with a most liberal hand, and cither
'‘cut down or secured the whdle gang. Our
emotions upon this “measure of deliverance
and liberty,” we shall not attempt to decribe
we leave our corteous reader to imagin.e it to
be fair more Vivid than We have powers of
language id describe.
Arab Beauty. —Among them was onc'of
the most beautiful g.’rls I ever saw, apparent
ly about twenty Years of age. She was of
dark complexion, eyes black as jet, the inside,
of her eye-lids was blackened with koble, hoi
teeth were White, as ivory, nnd her long bait
fell down her neck end over her shoulders~be
hind,, long enough for her to sit down; upon'.
She had large ear-rings, and a silver ring
through her under lip, gently drawing it down
and displaying her fine teeth; through her hair
was passed a silver arrow, confining her veil
to the top of her head, which was thrown back
negligently over her shoulders: she was hab
ited in a long blue loose shirt, open at the
breast her bare arms were covered with brace
lets and amulets, a string of beads wound round
her neck; her feet were bare, and two large
rings were fastened round her ankiea. She
walked, as all the Arab women do, with a
grace and beauty ofcarriage I never saw sur
passed; nor in simplicity and elegance of ap
pearance have I ever seen a fine lady of Eu
rope, with her jewels and pearls, equal this,
plain aad simple Arab girl.
Addison's Travels.
Exportation of Spzcir Again. —Tilt*
Francois Premier packet which sailed from
New York for Havre on the 24th ult. took
Gutß1 e .\DOO in specie, which is the largest
amount shipped since the suspension.
Evi Ki. (STING Shoes. —A Paris paper
states that a shoemaker of the Faubourg St.
Jacques has made the discovery that the
sole of boo:s and shoes steeped in boiling
bitumen are rendered, water-proof and ever.
lasting.
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