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The following is an extract from
the journal of Voyages ami ’I ravels
by Messrs. Tyerman and Rennet.
deputed by the London Missionary
S>riety lo visit llu*ir vaiious stations
in the south sen Islands China, India,
&e. the interesting incident hero re
corded took place on the 16th July,
1834} in or Hear Wangaroa bay, New
Zealand.
This morning our little vessal was
surrounded with canoes,containing sev
eral hundreds u! the natives, of both
sexes, who presently climbed up, and
Crowded it so much that we were
obliged to put up a bar across the
quarto-deck, and tabu it from intru
sion The commerce in various ar
ticles, on both sides, went on pretty
well lor some time, till one provoking
circumstances alter another oeeui-
red, which bad nearly led to the seiz
ure of the ship and the loss of our
lives. In the coufusim, occasioned
by the great throng within so narrow
a space, the natives began to exercise
their pilfering tricks, opportunities
for which are seldom permitted to
slip away uninimprovcd Suddenly
the cook cried our, ‘‘They have stol
en this thing,” but scarcely bad he
named (lit; things (some kitchen ar
ticle) when he called out again,
“They have stolen the beef out of the
po-!” ami then a third time, “They
have stolen my cooking pots!” Pres-
ojitly another voice btjwled out fron.
the foreaslle. “Captain! they have
broken ope your trunk, and carried
away vour clothes.” Up to this lime
we hod neon in fiiendly intercourse
wait toe ciiiefs, rttbing noses, and pur-
c tasing their personal ornaments and
other curosiiics, suspecting no mis
chief. But now, in the course of a
few mutuums, without our perceiv
ing the iniutl'diale reason, the whole
s 'Tie 'ns changed. Wetounl af-
t !wards, that the captain (Dibits,)
o.i hearing of the audacious thefts u-
bove mentioned, had became aiigty,
and while he was endeavouring, rath
er bois erously, to clear the deck of
some of the intruders, one of them, a
chief, on bring jostled by him fell
over the ship’s side into the sea bo-
h'Vecp his ory", canoe ‘.!'.o vessel,
i'll s was s iz- J d iosl ii taiv*b«siy as
I tic, pretext for commencing hostili
ties. The women and childien, in
the course of a lew seconds, bad all
disappeared, leaping overboard into
their canoes, and taking with them
the kaknous, or mantli-s of the war
riors. The latter, thus shipped for
action; remained on deck, of which,
before we were a wmc, they had ta
ker, comph to possession, and forth
with n.-aJe us their prisoners Tre
mendous were the howliiign and
s leeeliings of the barbarians--while
they stamped, and brandished their
weapons, coniislin^ principally of
clubs and spears, one chief with his
Cookies,(his slnvus) had surrounded
stepped behind Mr. Bonnet, and pin-1 .—father!—whpn—when tbev have [ groaning under the burden of a gMilty,
toned both his arms e.loso to Ins sides, killed us,—will n—will it Inn t us conscience, and his family-they we re
No elfort was made to resist o<- elude; when they cat us ? The carpenter
lie gigantic grasp, Mr- B. knowing had som; apprehension of the’same
that such would only accelerate the kind as the poor child's, and, nppa*
threatened destruction. Still, there- rently, felt greater horror nf being
me, lie maintained his calmness, j devoured than of dying; for present-
ami asked the chiof the price of a j ly Nr. Bonnet,—who kept his eye,
neck ornament which the latter wore. • as much as possible, turned from the
Immediately another slave raised a impending axe, lest the sight of ’t
large tree-felling axe (which with o- j should affect his countenance.—hap-
thers had been brought to he sharp-! pnning to glanue aloft, spied the om
ened by the ship’s carpenter) ever | penter athwart the larboard yard-
the bead oftlie prisoner. This ruf- |arm. waiting the issue, with a siern
still lovely, although reduced lo beg
nry bv bis infernal appetite,—gather
ed w coping around bis bed, 1 came
into the room. “Doctor,” said lie,
“ile you believe there is a bell? a
hell?'’ laying a strong emphasis upon
the last word as lie repeated it. “I
certainly do,” I replied. “I know
there is,” rejoined be. “I know there
! is for I feel it /tere-laying bis band
j upon bis breast- feel it /icre; the
worm that can never die, the fire that
! it, lie sprang to the Bear aru^
(bead resting over it for some
he was so fatigued himself wii| t
that as soon as he lies 4
mg,
fells asleep but awakes again]
first noise lliat is made, and sJ
the object of bis cure. ' 1
This seems to us asloundii
deed, and will no doubt ntt ra l
notice of naturalists.—CViristicnJ
Ran looked with demon-like eagerness determination, which indicated that j ran never be quenched, eternal pun-
and impatience towards bis master
for (lie signal to sti ike. And here it'
may he observed, that our good coun
trymen can have no idea of the al
most preternatural fury which savages
can throw into their distorted coun
tenances, and infuse into their deafen
ing and appalling voices, when they
are posessed by the legion fiend of
iage, cupidity, and revenge. |,,,,^aut>u «o * ouw ,nnn , ,,, >
Mr. Bonnet persevered in keeping j down with the axe. I would have my wife, on my dreadful abuse of my
up conversation with the chiof, say- down into th sea. anil only have been ! children, on inv I iss of respect, lion-
drowndid, for I bail weights about j or, and every noble feeling, and still
me which would have sunk me at
come what might, he had chosen his
lot. Oi being asked by Mr. Ben-
net, afterwards, why lie had been so
foolish as jo go alolt, as though there
were a better chance there of escap
ing the expected massacre Ilian be
low, he frankly answered. “1 knew
that I must die; Ini! I was resolved
isbment, endless tormbels. I feel
them, they have begun to be my por
tion even in this world.” I suggested
to bint lliat the mercy of God was in
finite, and would lie extendi d even to
the vilest sinner upon repentance.—
“Repentance” said he, catching my
words. “Repentance, l cannot repent;
that the savagos sltould not eat me, 1 the lime of repentance is gone fuicv-
mg, “We want to buy buna, kutnnra,
( ika, &c. (bogs, potatoes, lisb,) of
! you.” Just then be perceived a
youth, stepping on deck, with a large
liisli in his band. “What shall I give
for that fish?” “Wlij.sp many fish
hooks.” “Well, then, put your baud
into my pocket their.” The fellow
1 did so. “Now put the fish down
there, on the binnacle, and bring some
more, if you have any,” said Mr.
: Beimel At once the fish which* he
! bad just bought. w;i9 brought round
from behind, ami presented to him a-
aiiu for sale, fie took notice of the
: knavery, but demanded,
; shall I give you for lliat fish?” “So
; many hooks.” “Take them: have
once.
The whole of thii si range occur
rence (during which the cannihals
never ceased to rage, and threaten a
destruction which in invisablo and
almighty hand staved them from exe
unt l.e moved,-not bo penitent. The
dav of repentance is past-lliere is no
hope; ( am lost—I am lost!” Hor
ror-struck with bis expressions of des
pair, and with the agony depicted in
the eo mlenance of his w ite, and the
bursts of grief from his children, l
cutmg) lasted neatly twon hours.— j knew not what to say. He lay silent
At length delivorenee arose as sudden
ly os the peril itself line; come upon
us. Several voices from different
parts of the deck, cried out. “A
boat! a boat!’’-li soinid ul like “Life!
life!” in our ourear. Happily it was
“What j onr hunt, returning from the Wesiey-
“ an settlement, in Wargatea Bay,
with the owner of our little rrssell.
von no other fish to sell'?” A third j w lm had gone (hither in it the night
time the same fiish was offered, and before. He brought with him Mr.
the same price, in honks, required nml I , v liite, the Methodisi missionary, and
given, or rather taken by the vendor,
out of his jacket-pockets, which hap
pened to ho well stored with this
currency for trffi'V A fourth lime
Mr. B. asked, “Have you never n-
uolhor fish?” At this the rogues boat. When
could contain their scorn no longer, [ |, IS authority
but liurst into laughier, and cried, nur enemies,
George ihe principal chief in this
island. 'Die natives immediately
released us from restraints, and for
bore from violence, as soon as they
perceived "bo had come with the
for a few minutes, ai d again hurst
forth into the most blasphemous ex
pressions of horror and despair; and
these were followed by a cry, as if
coming up from the world of woe, for
rum. “Give me some rum! give me
some rum!” Fearing that in his par
oxysm of rage he might spring from
his bed, and do injury to tbese around,
as he had on similar occasions exhib
ited more tli m human strength, I or
dered it Jobe given him. 11 is wife
Drought it to liis h -d side. Raising
himself upon his pillow , and seizing
the tumbler with a convulsive grasp,
in both Ins hands, he mode an ineflbet-
ii a I attempt to carry it to bis mou^,.
“We are. cheating the foreigner,”
(tangata he ) supp sin r tint their cus
tomer wo:s not aware how often they
it id caught him with the same bait,
oust I lien ore of t e cookies behind,
plucked off Mr. Beimel’s seal skin
travelling cap. This did not g'r e him
partieuler alarm; on the contrary, ex
pecting every instant to feci the
stroke of the nxe, it slightly occurred
lo him that the blow, falling upon Ids
naked head, would more likely prove
effective, and need no repetition; at
the sumo time, in earnest inward
prayer, commending his spirits to the
mercy of God, in whose presence he
doubted not (bat lie should veiy soon
George got on
at once domed it of
who yielded implicit
obedience, liiougp rein tantly on ac
count of the w rong which they imn-
gincd"Iiad been wilfully done to their
cliicl, who fell overboard at {lip
commencement °I the fiffny. To
Mr. White also, we were groat ly
indebted, for bis friendly assistance
deck, Enraged at bis repeated laib-.jcs, oc
casioned by the high excrement of
his nervous syr* he uttered n
dreadful oa.it*, mid called upon
his wife f:i( asistance. She turned
Irotr* ^nothing the distres oi’ their
voting! 6t child, a beautiful little girl
of sonic four or five years old, w hose
excessiie grief had drawn the atten-
iou of the mother even from the dv
Singular occurrence.—A persotl
made a considerable fortune in[
del phi a as a butcher, wontonL
one of the last ships Vorn Anisic]
which had a number of QermJ
demptioners, for the purposed]
chasing one to assist him in hit]
ness. Alter examining ihc phe]
noiny of several, of the passed
without being able lo please lii|»
bis attention was arrested by (|| C 1
quil and composed countenance!
man very much advanced in J
but with much appearance ofsiJ
and activity. Not less pleased]
the tenor of the conversationof|
German than with bis exterior!
described the purpose for vvliicj
wanted a servant, and obtained!
old man’s consent to purchase
dentures, provided he wouldi
purchase those of his wife, wliol
accompanied him. The parties!
went ashore to complete the busiJ
attended by the captain, and upool
names of the* persons being mentis
to insert them in the writings,|
were the same with those of tliei
chasers’ father and mother; midil
further inquiries, he ascertained]
lo be in fact liis father and mol]
Hie latter declared if he wcruii
son, he had a reitiwkablo mole of
his left arm, which proved to be I
east;. It is added that nothing cc]
surpass the joy of all parties,
providence ol God Had suatchedl
venerable pair (Votn poverty audi
vitude, an<’ conducted them to jiltl
& ‘"'-Cpeiitliince, under the prut re]
or an affectionate son. lie, i!
1)ntl ran away from his parents m
quite a boy, and from lho woiilii
wars in Europe, neither b; ii It;:]
the other.
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and sCnstmaabln irterfernea
occasion. At his .le.qtiesi.
this I ing husband-—bo afford him her aid;
George
oonsented to remain on board, as oui
protector till we should quit the sta
lion. It is remarkable that this
dreadful chief, formerly the terror
of Eurodeans, was made the Lord’s
instrument for preserving onr lives,
though hut fifteen years ago, at the
head of his cookies and clansmen, he
appear; the thought of deliverance ; j, ,j captured the ship Bovd, Captain
having no conscious place in his mind Thompson, slaughtered and devoured
kies (his
Hu: captain, holding their spears at
bis breast and his sides, on I lie lar
board quarter of tho vessel. Mr,
Tyermnn, under guard of another
band, stood on the starboard; and Mr.
Bennet on the same side, but aft, to
wards the stern. Mr. Thcrlkeld,
and bis little boy, not seven years old,
were near Mr. Bonnet, not under di
rect manual grasp of the savages.—
The chief, who, wi'h his gang, had
been trafficking with Mr Bonnet, now
brought his huge tatooed visage near
to Mr. B’s, screaming, in tones the
most odious and horrifying, “Tanga/a
New-Siataud. tan gat a kaknioi Tanga-
ta Ncio-Zealandi, tangnto kalcinoV’
This he repeated as rapidly as lips,
tongue, and throat could under the
words, which mean, “Man of Neiv-
Zoaland, is he had man? '•an of
New-Zealand, a bad man?’ Happily
Mr. Bonnet understood the question,
(the New-Z aland dial ct much re
sembling the Tahitian;) wherefore,
though convinced that inevitable death
was at hand, ho a swered, with ns
much composure as could he assumed,
“Kioto kaote tangnta New-Zealaedi,
tangata kapai:”-“Not bad, the Now-
Ke ilander is a good man.” And so
often ns the other, with indiscribable
ferocity of aspec , and sharpness ol
accent, asked tho same question,
( hicli might be a hundred times'!
the same answer was returned —
*‘But,” inquired Mr. Bennet, “why
is all this uproar? Why cannot we
•till rub noses, and buy and sell and
barter as before?” At this moment
a stout slave, belonging to this chief,
during this extremity. While Mr
Bennet stood thus pointed, and in jeo
pardy, the axe glean ing over Ins
head, and catching his eyes whenever
he looked a little askance, he marked,
a few y a i cl a before him, his friend
and comp: nion, Mr. Tyerman. under
custody of another chief ami his cook
ies. These wretches were, from
time to time, handling Ins arms, his
sides, and his thighs, while from the
paleness of his Countenance—though
he remained perfectly tranquil—il
was evident that lie was not unaware
of the meaning of such familiarit ies;
naintly, that they were judging, with
canibal instinct, hew well he would
cut up, at the least which they an
ticipated, while each, like Milton’s
Death,—
“grinn’d horribly, a ghastly smile,
And bless’d his man, destined to that good
hour.”
The captain, hemmed with spears,
continued a close,nbut evidently a
very indignant captive, near the lar
board board, while Mr. Therlkcld
and his son moved backward and for
ward, a few steps, on Mr. Bennet’s
left hand. In the course of the scene,
the carpenter, who had been in these
parts before and knew the people,
came aft, till ha got quite close lo
Mr. Thcrkled, when, looking earnest,
towards Mr. Bennet. he said, “Sir,
we shall all be murdered and eat up,
in a few minutes.” Mr Bennet, re
plied, Carpenter, I believe that
we shall certianly all be in eternity
by that time, but we are in the hands
of God.” The carpenter then crept
out of his view; but Mr. Therokeld’s
ittle boy having heard, with fright,
what he had s« emnh itieallv predic
ed, grasped his tat tier’s hand, mid
cried out sobbing bitt-rly, “Father!-
her whole company, except a young
lady mid a cabin-boy. This act of
exterminating vengeance, for inhuman
treatment which he had himself ex
perienced on board, while a passen
ger in the same vessel from Sydney
to Few Zepland, took hold i t dur
ance, and menaced with the like fate,
a dart ion of the wreck of the Boyd
was visible from otu deck, at inter
vals, as the wa”cs between rose and
subsided in pcrpcsual fluctuation.
From lit * Jouvna' of Humanity.
A DRUNKARD’S DEATH.
Did you eve. sec a dm- kard die?
Never? Then you never saw the most
heart-rending, awful setne lliat ever
transpired upon earth.
1 once saw a drunk rd die. It was
many years since, hut the dreadful
night is still as distinctly before me,
as though it were but yesterday; and
so vived un impression did it make
upon my inmd, that 1 fear it will nev
er he effaced.
He had once been a sober and a
happy man. 11 is business prospered,
bis prospects uero flattering, his
family—as lovely a family as ever
existed this side of heaven—were all
that he could wish. The sun never
shone on more love, peace, and
happiness than were found around that
fireside.
But in an evil hour, ho tasted the
poisonous cup, and all was lost. Ho
became a drunkard Oh that last
hour,—the Inst hour of the destroyer
ofhimself, the hopes of his filends,
and the prospects of his family,—of
him who had deliberately brought a
blighting curse upon all that was
beautiful round him,—it was aw
hiit ere she c< uhl reach tho lied, wit
a fiendish laugh, and a more than hel
lish spite, he dashed from him the
iimbior, and nml to: ing, Damnation',
damnation! fell back and expir
ed.
Jllorc nullification. —We. cony!
following from ilie Chariest.m Mi
ry of the 26 ult. Alter the mimuip
which it printed, published, ]
claimed, and bawled in that ; : p-i,
[for the mercury.]
MARK!
Monday March 18, 1832.1
Tho senate of the United Stall
THE LION AND THE BE \R.
The New-Oileans Emporium of
the 22d ill. lias this articlo.
We were yesuuday informed (hat
on Tuesday last a Bear was taken to
the Menagerie now exhibiting in this
city, and It t down into the cage o'' an
African Lion, twenty four years of
age, with the belief that it would
lie immediately torn to pieces. Ma
ny people assembled under the aw
ing which encompasses the exhi
bition to witness the scene, but all
were disappointed and struck with
astonishment, for although the Bear,
so soon "as he reached the bottom of
the rage, placed himself in a fighting
position and once or twice flew at
the lion, with the apparent intention
to commence tho battle, the Li
on did not attempt to injure it, but
on the contrary, after some time had
elapsed, placed his paw on the Bear’s
head, as if to express his pity for its
helpless situation, and evinced every
disposition to cultivate friendship.
Hnvi ig heard and read much of
the Lion’s nobleness of disposition,
anti understanding that the Bear was
still in the cage, prompted by curios
ity, we visited the Menagerie this
morning and actually saw them to
gether. The Manager of the Lion
tells us that since the bear has been
put in'o the cage, no person has dared
to approach it. & that the lion had not
slept for three hours, but continues
constantly awake to guard his weak-
companion from danger. The Lion,
says the manager,suffers the Bear to
eat whateve is -throwniuto the cage
until he has enough, but will scarce
ly touch food himself.
During the time that we remained,
the Lion once or twice walked to the
end of the cage opposite to that at
which the hoar- was lying, and some
person motidned his hand towards the
1 y a vote of 23 1S.fi e majority I
dopted Mr Clay’s proposition tot
motile and aggravate the tariff.
ARE WE READY.
TOCSIN.
March, 26.
Wlnt nexi? Tho proceedings
the Senate on the 30th March, ivou!
show, that the bill reported in pn
suance of Mr. Clay’s resolution in
possibly pas.' the senate, 27 or
vofes lo 21 20, or by a majority
seven or cig.il votes. When the ai
count of this shall reach Charlestoi
we may expect a firing of tho “Mei
eury’s”
GREATGUN:
at which the “buckskins” of Pen*]
sylvania. (whose women can talij
care ol their fields and protect //tti
firesides.) will leugh. They did’i
care much for JNO. BULL in 111!
—and w ill scorn (ho doings in tin
new Colony that is offered hiin, b]
traitors in the south: “Calculating 1
persons, who speculate on Brilisl
suppott. Let them gat “readi/.”'
JSiles Re({hter.
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Another warning —The Juniatal
Free Prees, says: — “Two bi«tlief}|
named Jacob and Christian Baxter]
weie drowned in the Pennsylvania
canal, a distance below Lewiston*
about 11 o’clock. at .night, both inml'l
intoxicated—and it was presumes
that one was drowned by atteniptin
to save the other who was first pre-J
cipilated into the canal. This uo | »|
he set down as anolhci warning
intemperate.”
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Nation's Gratitude- Noy, “tM
bravi st of (he brave” fought five bun'
died battles for France, qut nrV'fl
one against her. lie was qoiuleninedI
for a single error in the Chambers 0 *!
Peis, by a vote of one bund red’and]
sixty to seventeen, to die the ilenlM
of a traitor. His w idow receives*!
p.ensiog of SOjOOOf.
son.
What a let*