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AMIDoT TEE BREAKERS.
I never was in better spirits than on
that morning when I left Shanghse. I
I was then captain of the good ship,
Morning Glory, bound from that point
to London, with a cargo of tea. Tne
vessel was a fine clipper, well found, and
in good trim ; so I’ never felt more con
fident of making a rapid passage than
on the day we cast off the tug at Woo
sung and ran past Saddle Island, with
a fresh eight-knot breeze, down the Chi
na Sea. I had only two passengers with
me -Mrs. Clifford, the wife of an Eng
lish merchant at Ningpo, and her daugh
ter, a little sunny haired child, who soon
became a great favorite with all on
board. All went well until we were off
Turnabout, when the wind fell light,
and for several days we made but little
progress.
When I came on deck one morning, I
was surprised to find the royals and top
gallant sails stowed, though it was a
dead calm, and the crew busily em
ployed reefing preventer braces and
making doubly secure everything mov
able.
“What’s the matter, Jackson ?” I in
qnired, as the chief officer came towards
me.
“I think it’s going to blow hard, cap
tain ; the mercury’s all a quiver in the
barometer'—the birds fly high and are
making for land. I’ve seen those signs
before in these seas, and know a ty
phoon’s coming on pretty shortly,” he
replied.
I commended his forethought, and,
urging him to get everything snug as
quickly as possible, went below to ascer
tain, as accurately as I could, the ves
sel’s position.
Clouds gradually gathered overhead,
and at eight bells in the afternoon the
first installment of wind came, in short,
fitful gusts, from nearly opposite points
of the compass. Presently the clouds
opened, and a torrent of rain poured
down while the wind increased in vio
lence until it blew a heavy gale.
The hatches were tightly battened
down, all sails furled except the three
close-reef topsails and fore course ; and
I put her right before the wind, to en
deavor to run out of the circle of the
storm. Night came on, and then the
full fury of the tempest burst upon us.
To see was impossible, for the rain
drove horizontally along, cutting to our
very skins—to hear, still more so for the
howing of the warring of the elements
deafened us completely.
Groaning and quivering, the good
ship bore bravely on, now lising high
on the crest of a mountainous billow,
anon plunging deep into an abjss of
darkness, from winch she again emerg
ed foaming and snorting like a mettle
some steed. The crew drenched to the
skin, were crouching under the lee of
the weather bulwarks ; and I was firmly
lashed to the mizzen-rigging, under shel
ter of a tarpaulin.
Still the hurrricane raged with in
creasing violence. I could uot close haul
the vessel for want of sea-room on the
starboard hand ; and I knew we should
get into the inner circle of the typhoon
—the point most to be dreaded—if we
lay to on the off-shore tack. The top
blew out of the bolt-ropes with a roar
like thunder; the forebrace parted,
and the yard came crashing down on
deck. One huge wave broke over the
stern, while another struck the vessel
full on the broadside, flinging her on
her beam-ends in the trough of the sea,
where she lay moaning like a vanquished
giant.
“Cut away the mizzen mast,” I roared
through my trumpet.
Jackson, than whom a better sailor
never trod a plank, obeyed nay order
promptly; one stroke of his axe severed
a shroud landyard of the mizzen-rigging
and the lower mast, snapping short off
below the top, fell into the boiling ocean
to leward. Still the vessel lay over on
her side, and the sea making a complete
breach over her.
“Mainmast, now!” I shouted, and
soon that mast went close by the deck
carrying with it the foretopmast—
and, alas! Jackson and ten brave
fellows who had become emeshed in
the tangled cordage that swept the
deck.
The vessel righted on her keel; and
the remainder of the crew and myself
made every effort to save our hapless
companions, but without avail, and tney
sank to rise no more.
I was now in momentary expectation
of the vessel foundering, for the helm
was useless; huge waves, mountain
iiigh, were breaking over her, and the
spars to leeward were dashing like bat
tering-rams against her sides, threaten
ing to stave her in. But all was not yet
lost. There came a lull, followed by an
other whistling blast, then a lull agaiD,
and the rain ceased. This betokened
that the fury of the storm was spent,
that the centre had passed, and that ere
long all would be over.
At last the welcome dav/n arrived, so,
bidding the second mate set at once
about clearing the debris, I descended
to the cabin for the purpose of visiting
Mrs. Clifford, who I knew must need
consolation. I found the courageous
woman seated in a corner where she had
wedged herself, calmly reading the form
of prayer “to be used at sea," while her
child lay peacefully slumbering in her
lap.
As I entered she rose and took both
my hands.
“Captain Downes, you goo I, brave
man, tell me truly, is there any hope ’
I can bear to hear the worst, though
ELBERTON* GEORGIA* JAY’Y 19. 187^
the thought of my poor little Edith un
nerves me,’’ she said, gently.
“The weather is moderating, madam ;
we are in the hands of Providence, but
His mercy may be extended to us ; the
greatest danger is now past, so bear up
and have every hope,” I replied.
I was peering over a chart in iny cab
in, when the second mate called hurried
ly to me to come on deck.
“Breakers to leward, sir I ’ he cried
excitedly, as I emerged from the hatch
way.
i looked in the direction he indicated,
and saw a long line of foam stretching
out on our lee, while the roar of beating
surges fell distinctly on my ear. The
sea was still running high, though the
wind had died entirely away 5 and I
soon perceived that the current 'was
bearing us swiftly towards land. Near
er still we drifted; and then I recognis
ed our position. The most dangerous
rocks in the China Sea, a group known
as the Pratas, were to leeward ; and we
were utterly unable to navigate our dis
abled vessel, or to ward off the fate that
seemed pending over us. The crew ex
hibited indomitable courage, showing
the greatest alacrity, and striving hard,
by promptly obeying orders, to work the
vessel off shore; but we sagged stead
ily to leeward, and I saw that all chance
of rescuing the vessel was gone for
ever.
“Get the life boat ready, my lads ;
quick, for your lives! Don’t forget pro
visions, Mr. Cooper," I said, as I hurried
below.
Mrs. Clifford met me at the foot of
the stairs, and read the new trouble iu
my face.
“You must come in the boat. ''Give
me Edith. Keep calm, I beg,” I exclaim
ed, plucking a quilt from a bed, and
wrapping it round her, while I took the
child in my arms.
“I will, I will! But, oh, preserve my
child!” she cried ; then she mounted
with firm step to the deck.
We were very near the rocks now—
terribly near—and I saw Mrs. Clifford’s
cheek blanch as her quick eye took in
the danger at a glance ; but I placed
her safely in the boat with Edith. The
crew took their places orderly; Cooper
and I lowered them to the water, the
tackles were unhooked, and the boat
floated clear of the vessel's side. Then
I leaped overboard, the second mate fol
lowed, the crew picked us up, and we
were soon using our every endeavor to
weather the shoal whereon the Mim
ing Glory shortly struck and went utter
ly to pieces.
The life boat had been terribly strain
ed by the waves which broke over,
when on the vessel’s deck, and the water
gurgled in at many a yawning seam, so
that half the crew were constantly era
ployed bailing her out. The sea still
running high, shook her much, and I
began to fear that she would not float
long, as we had rather more than her
complement in her; therefore I consult
ed Cooper as to whether it would not
be better to pull to leeward of the Pra
tas, and endeavor to land upon the is
land in the rear. He agreed with me;
so we put that plan into execution, aud
before nightfall ran the boat between
two rocks into still water, and, though
not without much difficulty, succeeded
in effecting a landing.
We fashioned a tent out of the boat
sail for Mrs. Clifford’s accommodation,
and kept a regular lookout for vc ssels
in the hope of being rescued. Tbe:e
was plenty of fresh water in the deep
pools and Assures of the rocks, but our
scant stock of provisions soon disap
peared ; and then we had to use biche
demer—an edible zeophite—6he!l fish,
and gull’s eggs, which abounded on the
little island, for food.
A fortnight had passed away, and still
no friendly sail had greeted our sight-
The unnsual diet and exposure to the
weather—which was extremely hot
told upon us; and in our wan faces and
attenuated forms the once happy crew
of the Morning Glory coaid scarcely
have been recognized. Then four of our
number volunteered to take the boat,
which we had been unable to repair for
want of materials, and endeavor to
reacu Hang Kong, from whence assist
ance could be sent us. Full of hope,
they started on their mission, one beau
tiful morning, bearing with them our
heartfelt prayers for their success ; but
alas! they never reached land, the boat
was found bottom up by a steamer, aud
that was how the report of our total less
got circulated.
We remained on the Pratas eix weeks,
at the end of which time a trading-junk,
noticing our signals, sent a sarnpau off,
took us on board, and carried us to Tae
wan, on the island of Formosa, where
we received much kind attention from
the British consul, who forwarded us to
Hong Kong.
The negroes are dying out. The re
port of the Board of Health of New
Orleans for the year 1874, which has
just been printed, gives these figures,
which show the annual death rate
among the negroes in that city to be
nearly that of the whites: The popula
tion of the city is 210,000—white,
155,000 ; colored, 55,000. The percent
age of mortality per 1,000 population,
according to lace, is in the case of
children under two years of age, 456 93
of the white race, and 299.48 of the col
ored race. In the total mortality from
all causes the death rate is 28.06 among
the white people, and 45.53 among the
black people.
THE AUTHOR.
DELIVERED BEFORE THE SOCIAL LITEBABY
CLUB IN ELBERTON, BY T. 0. CARLTON.
Reviewing the past, we find there was
a time when the bloody Bword was a
cruel tyrant; when in shameful carnage
the father by the son was slain and
brothers fell by fratricidal hands; when
the valiant thirsted for the hero's blood,
and “man's inhumanity to man made
countless thousands mourn.”
Nature, disgusted with the scene, sub
dued the tyrant, and let the crosier
reign. Time rolled on, and with the
tide came a people too strong to be rul
ed by the churchman’s sacred wand.
The gathering clouds of anarchy threat
ened to envelop in one common ruin th?
political, social and religious world. The
crosier, alarmed, raised its imperial
voice in vain. The angry sword flashed
like a meteor in the air. Necessity, the
hallowed mother of invention, cried, stay
relentless sword, your race is run! and
you, crosier, have been weighed in the
balance and found wanting. Behold, a
royal prince is born, the pen 1 and time's
noblest offspring is the last.
Nurtured by his fostering mother, the
yeung child has grown in stature, and
in favor with God and man. The clouds
are vanishing. The crosier bows in sub
ordination, while the sworld lies passive
in its scabbard awaiting its sovereign
cull. And, now the young prince wears
upon his majestic brow, if not the stamp
of fate, yet the impress of a God.
This brings us to our theue, “The
Author,” the motive force of this iuighty
power—the hand that sways the magic
wand, which is at once the terror and
the delight of nations. In this ulihta
rian age you will inquire what are the
offices, and what the reward of the au
thor ? Is it to drag out a miserable ex
istence in some little, retired garret —to
live in solitnde by some sequestered
stream —to put font his eyes by the
flickering light of the midnight taper—
and then be no more than the jest of
petty critics, and a prey to the sarcasm
of unappreciative wits f These it may
be the lot of some to suffer ; but they
are but trifles in comparison with that
internal joy, that soul-stir.i:.g bliss,
which thrills the heart of all authors
worthy the name; to say nothing of the
sweet consciousness that he is laboring
to instruct the anxious inquirer after
truth—to alleviate the cares of the
troubled soul by his songs of gladness
—the life-giving verse. ’Tis not so hard
a lot after all, for though Petrarch be
crouched in the secluded valley of Yau
cluse, yet Laura comes to dispel the
gloom, and brings a sweet respite to his
toil, to make pleasant his troubled
dream and joyous his waking hours.
Though the royal poet be shut up in the
castle at Windsor, yet Lady Jane ram
bles in the flower garden beneath, and
smiles graciously on the sweet face at
the wiLdow ; and his prison home be
comes a paradise. If Milton’s eyes were
blinded to the beauties of life, they were
also shut to those hideous sights at
which the soul revolts. If the mild lus
tre of the silvery moon; and the beauty
of the star-spangled canopy of the skies
are lost to his darkened gaze, neither
can he see the rising cloud shut in the
glory of the noonday sun, and wiap a
world in gloom. But this is not all;
while his bensual eyes are blinded, his
mental and spiritual eyes are only
brightened. While his fe.low men sur
vey the dreary wilderness and the des
ert’s barren waste, scenes of unearthly
grandeur and angelic beauty fills his ad
miring gaze.
The author’s high office is to instruct,
to ennoble, to please mankind. To lay
down the stepping stones of progress
founded upon the accumulated wisdom
aud experience of ages. And while the
sage counsel of Lord Bacon must be re
membered, that some books are to be
tasted, some swallowed, and others to
be chewed and digested ; yet, the press
stamps e.'Ch with its appropriate label,
so that every student knows he must
consult Locke and Sir William Hamilton
for the philosophy of the mind, Black
si one for the principles of law, and Her
sbel and Newton for the grand develop
ments of astroLomy.
If there are little men among authors
thev are merely to be Listed an i laid
forever away; for as the puse, limpid
st.ean , when ful with stains of waslung
torrents and descending rains, works it
self clear, and as it runs refines, so the
press in its onward march tramples un
der foot everything that cannot pu..s
through the crucible of popular criti
cism. Thus the mighty giants of litera
ture and science stand out in bold re
lief, contrasted with these petty pygmies
—would be authors. While the latter
live but a day, the former are among the
“immortal few whj were not born to
diebut to live, to please, to teach
mankind till we shall know as we are
known. Yes, the gentle Mersey still
murmurs the name of tioscoe. Yaucluse
is vocal yet with the echo of Petrarch’s
songs, and solt-flowing Avon warbles
ever the of the truant deer stealer
—the immortal dramatist
And, the author, benevolent and no
ble, unlike most great men, “though
like impartial fate, knocks at the palace
and the garden gate.” Tom Moore is
alike familiar to the love sick swain and
the enamored prince. Macau ley speaks
of merry England in the some happy
style to the peasant and his lord. Tlie
melodies of David are sung with as
much pathos in the layman’s cabin
home, as in the oishop’s splendid man
sion
Yol. IV.-No. 38.
Now, it may be said, with a degree of
truth, that the reader enjoys the genius
of the author but misses the grief of the
man ; but, does not the fountain enjoy
more of the sweets of the life-giving wa
ter than the bird that sips daintily from
the brook below! Besides, is there
nothing in the consciousness that this
treatise will enlighten a people on a sub
ject of profound interest—that this book
will smooth the ruffled brow of misfor
tune's hapless children—that this work
will be a foot print upon the sands of
time, at the sight of which some forlorn
brother’s heart shall leap for joy and throb
with hope ? Then, lament not Tasso’s
sadness, while you enjoy his song.—
Think not of Dante’s exile when enthus
ed by his dream, and forget his blind
ness when thrilled with Milton’s music ;
for while others plod heavily along life’s
rugged road, the pearly gates swing
open to his familiar touch, and the golden
streets ring with his frequent tread.
BHE WAS HIS DARLING.
A Louisville drummer stopped not
long since at one of our Green river ho
tels, and the next morning a chamber
maid came in to arrange his room. He
approached her, and gently putting his
arm around her waist, said:
“You are my darling," and then stole
a kiss from her red pouting lips. What
did she do? Why, she seized the foot
tub where he bad just washed bis feet,
and bathed his head with the contents ;
then she shampooed his hair with the
coal grabs, perfumed him with the wa
ter in the slop bucket; washed his hair
and whiskers with a blacking-brush;
rubbed him down with a brush that had
been used before painting the hearth,
and knocked the dust out of his clothes
with the poker. Then doubling up her
fists and shaking them at him, she said:
“This (the light one) is certain death,
but as I’m not the fool killer, I’ll not use
that on you; this (the left one) is six
months in the hospital ” Then she bit'
him a blow that sent him through the
window. He alighted on the roof of the
shed-room, aud rolled off into a pig sty
in the back yard. This disturbed the
big dog, and the dander “riz,” and he
fastened on to the drummer quick, which
brought him to a halt, and the servants
hastened to his relief. He was taken to
jail as a supposed insane tramp or show
man, and the local paper in its next is
sue gave a long account of the mysteri
ous disappearance of a Louisville drum
mer from the House, who left
without taking his baggage or paying his
hotel bill.—Hartford j_Ky.] Herald.
THE WAY A PATRON WAS LOST.
A German subscriber to the Journal
recently called to advertise a lost cow,
and, according to the long established
custom of this well regulated print shop,
we immediately wrote up a notice and fig
ured up the cost of publication.
“Vat ish dat?” asked our friend, plac
ing the butt end o£ his whip on our
little sum of multiplication.
We informed him that it would cost
him so much for advertising his lc st cow
three weeks.
“You make me bay for dat. ?"
“Certainly; we always take pay for
advertising.”
“You takes pay, eh ? Yell, dat ish von
tam svbindle. I sberibe mit dat Shou
nal baper dese tree years, und now you
sharge me yoost for von leetle advertise
un mine cow.”
“Bat we ”
“You slhop my Shournal bapers.”
“But you ”
“You sthop my Shournal bapars, und
I got some orders, py sbiminy, und you
gome little end dat horn ou<L”
“But, see here, friend "
“I go right away und dond got
heated mit you, py krashus. Tink you,
got some sleep mit a veasal, dond you ?
Sharge me yoost for advertise von gow
It vas better uv you dond got me mad
ven I gome here. I schribe mit dat
Siiouinal more as tree year, but you
makes me mad, und you sthop mine
bapers before I got it next dime. Dat
ish vat man I am kind uv, py sbiminy.”
We tried to explain ; we tried in vain;
we lost him and a three weeks' advertise
ment of a “lost py sbiminy.”
[fab well (Mass.) Journal
They are not waiting for the Keely
motor in Paris. An engineer of Mans,
M. Amedee Rollee, has patented a self
pi opelling carriage which goes simply by
steam He recently drove from Mans
to Faria, a distance of two hundred and
forty miles, in eighteen hours, his car i
age weighing four tons, and carrying
twelve men. He whizzed through Palis
in daylight, attraction the atlenting of
everybody except the horses, who
seemed to regard the carriage with no
suspicion whatever. Indeed, the horses
prjbvb'y wondered in their hearts way
such a machine had not been invented
before. M. Rollee guides his carriage
as he would a horse—sitting in front.
The boiler is placed at the back, and
there are four cylinders placed two by
two between the four wheels. The
Parisians, who go crazy over every new
sensation, expect to see their streets
full of steam carriages soon of all sortß,
and we hope that their expectations will
be realized. The horse has done his
duty long and faithfully, and lie enti
tled to sit down and take a rest for u,
while.—[Chicago Times.
George Elliot's new novel is entitled
“Daniel Deronda."
W. J. Stone is Speaker of the Ken
tucky House.
Jobn Bullock, aged 105, died at Bris
tol, R. 1., recently.
By an accident at the centennial buil
dings two workmen were killed outright
and another died at the hospital from
injuries.
Ex-Govemer Carpenter, of lowa, ha*
been appointed First Comptroller.
A dispatch from San Diego says that
Colonel Mines, with Sonora state troops
attacked the main body of the Yogui
Indians at Piertopallo, 3d December,
killing and wounding 200. Spanish
loss, 20 wounded.
The Government has addressed a cir
cular note to all the European powers,
including Spain, on the subject of Cu
ban affairs, about which there is a con
fusion of statements, both in this coun
try and Errope; and though the Gov
ernment conceals at present what it
communicates to European governments,
it is stated that it does not propose, as
a solution of the Cuban queation, ac
cording to the London correspondence
of the Manchester Guardian, that Cuba
and Puerto Rico form a confederation
with a Governor General appointed by
Spain.
Charles R. Beckwith, a clerk lately in
the employ of Babbitt, the soap raanu
facturer, was arrested in New York on
the charge of forgery and embezzlement
of between two and three hundred thou
sand dollars. He was committed with
out bail. It is expected hi* embezzle
ment and forgeries will reach $500,000.
Johnson, a boat builder, was shot and
mortally wounded by two highwaymen
a short distance from his house in
Brooklyn. They demanded four huu
dred dollars, but on looking in Johnscn's
face said, “He is the wrong man," and
ran away.
Bork, at Clifton, Canada, has commit
ted defalcation for, as far as is known,
$350,000. The banking bouse closed.
During the morning service in a Bos
ton Catbolic church, on the 2J, the lace
curtain covering the statue of the Vir
gin Mary caught fire in the basement,
panicking 500 Sunday school children.
A young man pulled down the curtain
and extinguished tho fire with little in
jury, but the cry of fire reached the up
per floor, where the congregation was
worship.ng, causing a terrible scene.
Many leaped from the galleries and win
dows, and the outlets became blockad
ed. The greater part reached the street
before the panic subsided. Few casu
alties.
Edwin Booth, the famous actor, had
an audience of 3,000 persons in Balti
more.
Maj. Allyn, of the 16th infantry,court
marshaled on a charge of intimidating
voters by loaning a cannon to a club to
fire a salute, has been acquitted and or
dered to resume command of the post
at Jackson.
A woman of bad repute, named But
ton, was found .dead with her skull
crushed near North Vernon, Indiana.
A miner, who outraged a young ladv
while escorting her to the house of rel
atives, near Warsaw, Indiana, three
weeks ago, was sentenced to sixteen
years in the penitentiary.
Four Michigan lake captains were
drowned while attempting to reach Port
au Felce in a small boat.
There is said to be good reason to be
lieve that Tweed is living with friends
in Montreal.
In the Ohio Legislature a bill bas
been introduced imposing a fine of SSO
for taking the name of God in vain.
Although the Louisiana Senate passed
a resolution declaring there was no va
cancy, a portion of that body met with
the House and elected J. R. Eustis, of
New Orleans, U. S. Senator by the re
quisite majority.
The Ohio Legislature unanimously
passed a resolution declaring against
any division of the school funds in the
interest of any religious sect, which
meets T. Term Grant inoro tuan half
way.
Tho proposition for a reduction of the
army from 25,000 to 15,000 men is vig
orously combated by the N. Y. Herald,
which admonishes tho Democrats in
Congress that if they carry out their
purpose in that regard ‘they will per
perpetrate a political blunder for which
the saving in expense will not be a com
pensation."
Gen. Gordon Granger died in New
Mexico on the 10th.
The several Ladies Memorial Associa
tions throughout the South are moving
in t e project for raising means to ena
ble the widow and child of the immor
tal Stonewall Jacksou to purchase a suit
able home.
Fort Valley Mirror: Last Wednesday,
Gadson Davis, colored, went to the resi
dence of Rev. S. E. Bassett, an l finding
none of the family at home but Miss
Ellen Abbott, who was sitting in the
front portico doing some crochet work.
As soon as he discovered that the young
lady was unprotected, he went to her
and tapped her on the head with a stick,
orderiug her, with oaths and threats of
taking her life, to prepare him dinner.
She went to the dining room and placed
some cold victuals on the table. He
then inform i d her in an impudent man
ner that he didn’t eat on a naked table,
and must have a cloth, which she spread
for him, he telling her during all tiiis
lapse of time that he intended to kill
her after finishing his meal. There
were no biscuits on the table, and he
ordered her to go and get him some.
She left the room and ran hurriedly
towards the house of Mr. Smith, scream
ing for help aud protection. The black
soouudrel heard the noise and left the
house in short order. He was iden
i lifted by the young lady, and forthwith
arrested by the officer. He was tried
' Friday before Justice Maddox, and sari
to jail in default of a S2OO bond. We
j wonder if the people in this section will
be forced to teach the*e black devils
I another lesson!
