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DISCONTENT.
Two bouts rocked on the river,
In the shadow of leaf and tree ;
One was in love with the harbor,
Onejwas in lov„e with the sea.
The one that loved the harbor
The winds of fate outbore;
B'H held the other, longing,
Forever against the shore,
The one that rests on the river,
In the shadow of leaf and tree,
Wilh wistful eyes looks ever
To the one far out to sea.
The one that rides the billow.
Though sailing far and fleet,
Looks back to the peacefuljpvgr,
To the harbor safe and sweet- v
One frets against the quiet
Of the moss-grown shaded shore;
0"e sighs that it may enter
m*
That harbor never more.
One wearies of the dangers
' Of the tempest's rage and wail;
■ amid the lilies,
One dreams,
Of a far-off snowy soil.
Of all that life "an teach us,
There’? naught so true as this—
The winds of fate blow ever,
But ever blow amiss.
THE RUNAWAY SHIP.
I had command of the old Evershot,
a good ship, and one which put much
money into Ihe hands of her owners
She was built for the India trade, and
with the exception had stuck of one the voyage to
Smyrna, she to purpose
for which she was put together. bougd On
the present occasion I was for
India, and my cargo was made up of a
curious vaiiet.y. I had lor
an old gentleman, whose head was
white, and form bent with years, and
his three sons, the youngest of whom
was about 35, and the eldest not far
from 50 years. Th u n theie were
several women, and some half dozen
children. /
We had doubled the southern cap s
ol Africa, and Indian were just poking when ou.
nose into the Ocean, a
circumstance happened which was des¬
tined to try our nerves somewhat. One
afternoon, one of the men in the foietop
reported a sail very near ahead, in the
line of our course.
"Some homeward bound Indiamsn,
probably,” remarked Mr. Lee, my
mate,
I nodded assent, and then went to
the cabin and told my passengers that
if they had any letters to send home,
they had better have them ready, tor
perhaps we were about to meet a ship
bound to old England. They went to
work upon my suggestiomat au^kour once, and
in the course of half we hud
a letter bag nearly seared up and di¬
rected.
The wind was a little south of east,
so that we stood upon our course uorth
east with freedom, and the coming ship
was though heading very nearly upon she kept us,
as we came nearer
away a little — the westward.
“Is it an English ship?” asked my
white haired old passenger,
“I think it is was my reply; and
just as I spoke my mate came down
from the foretop, where he had been
with the glass. I noticed that his face
looked troubled, and also that he kept
back some remark which he was on the
point regarding of dropping, cld at the same with time
the pa*B^nger a
look that seemed to indicate that he
was in the way. I took the hint and
carelessly walked forward. Mr. Beck
• et, the mate in question, followed me.
At the gangway I stopped.
“What is it ?” I asked.
"Why, sir, that ship is the old Dor
est,’ said he.
“The Dorset I replied. ‘‘Impcs-
“But I am another sure,’ persisted ship in England Becket
"There’s not
with such a figurehead. Those two
girls are not to be mistaken ”
“But are you sure she has that figure
head ?”
"Certainly. You’ll be able to see it
from here in a few moments.’
"But,*’ said I, ‘the Dorset has not
yet had time to reach the Sidney, let
alone getting back as far as this.”
“Of course,” answered Becket, with
a keen glance about him, ‘but don't
you think a ship could run away with¬
out doing the errand she had in hand?
“Eh ?” That’s all I uttered at the
moment, for a strange thought was be¬
ginning to work its way to my mind.
"You remefnber what sort of a cargo
the Dorset had, don’t you ?’ my mate
remarked.
Of course I remembered, for I met
the captain of the Dorset the day be
fore she sailed, and had a quiet dinner
witn him at Cowley’s. named He was Bumstead an old
friend of mine, and
—Harry Bumstead—and as good a
sailor as ever trod a deck at sea. Now
the facts, as they came crowding rather
unpleasantly upon my mind, were
these : The Dorset sailed just two
weeks before I did,and took out twenty
three convicts who had been sentenced
to transportation. These of course, he
was to drop he at had Sidney, or of Port Jack- for
son, and as part a cargo
that place, he was to go there first. So
I knew that Dorset had no business to
be lunning away frcm the Indian
Ocean now.
"What do you think about it ?”
asked Becket, who had been watching
me
“ Let me take the glass,” said I,
without seeming to notice this question.
He handed me the glass and I at
once leaped upon the horse-block and
set the focus. The coming ship was now
so near that the hull was nearly all
up, and my first look was upon the
figure-head. There could be no mis¬
take now. I could distinctly see the
two female forms, clasping each other
by the hands, I knew Dorset’s to be the adorn¬
ing figure of the said, cut water.
“Mr. Becket,” I after I had
satisfied myself upon this point, “that
is the Dorset, and no mistake."
“Yes, but what do you make of it?”
“What do you make of it?" I asked.
then He said pondered *‘I think a the few convicts moments have and
;
taken the ship.”
“So do I,” was my rejoinder
As I thus spoke, I walk aft to where
my first mate stood by the wheel, and
drawing him one side, I told him my
fears. gazed He leaped neighbor, upon the and rail and
off upon our when
he reached the deck again, he was of
my opinion.
"It must be so," he said, What
shall we do?"
That was the question. What shall
we do? The ship had now come to
within half a mile, and all doubts re¬
specting her identity were at an end. I
now knew that she was the Dorset, and
of course felt confident, that the convicts
must by some means have gained pos¬
session.
“She didn’t have the best crew that
ever was,” remarked Lee, nervously.
“I Knew some of her men, and they
breathed.” were as precious a set of scamps as ever
This made the matter worse still. Of
my whole crew I could muster but
thirty men, counting the three able
passengers, having set five men on
shore at St Helena, sick with fever, and
being unable at the time to make their
places good. Ou board the Dorset
there would be the three and-thirty
convicts, and, in all probability, forty a good
part of the crew—perhaps men in
all. What shall we do? To let the
ship pass on under the thing Buch circumstances
seemed and hardly with for such an English¬
man, to engage a rene¬
gade crew was sheer madness. I asked
my officers what they thought; and
they thought just as I did. I explained
the matter to my three i assengers, and
they would help me if they could be
assured they would be of any use.
But during all been this time the ship in
question having steered had nearing us, we
so as to speak with her,
and now she was not more than two
cables’ lengths distant upon our lee
bow. j
“Ship ahoy !” I shouted through my ;
trumpet. “Iiallo!” from the other ship. j
came |
"What ship is that?"
"The Ben Franklin,” answered the
same voice, the owner of which wore a
Scotch cap and red shirt.
" Where are you bound ?"
“To New York.”
“Belong there?"
“^ ee -
At this moment she , had i j ranged ,
ahead far enough so that I could see
she had the American flag hidden at her by peak,
which had been before her
canvass, There were rail, certainly and knew forty
men leaning over the I
at once that we could not easily over- j
come them. At that moment, had my
ship been near enough* au4 I could have i
ou bc**i eugti^txl wiui
SAVANNAH, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1879.
those men single handed. What had
become of poor Harry Bumstead,
thought I, and the few men who might
haye remained fathful to him?
While these thoughts and a thousand
others mind, were wildly rushing through my
the Dorset passed on. I knew
it was my old friend, for all the lies
they had told in answer to my ques¬
tions. I had no thought of conjecture
on the subject; but that the ship was
the Dorset I knew just as well as I
should have known my own brother.
As the ship passed on, I saw a face i t
■ me of the quarter windows. I seized
the glass and leveled it. It was the
lace of Harry Bumstead, as sure as
fate! And he waved a handkerchief to¬
ward me with the most frantic gesticu¬
lations.
The sense of pain was just, idea sinking flash¬
into my whole soul, when an
ed across my mind that caused me to
tairly leap from my feet. All was now
hope and bustle in ray brain, and as
soon as possible I got my wits into woik
ing order.
ordered. "Put the ship upon her course again,”
I
‘‘We can do nothing?” said Becket,
interrogatively.
"Wait,” said I in return. "It isn’t
too late yet.”
"But—”
“Stop. plan, Wait and then until 1 have know shaped
out a you shall it.”
It was now quite late, for just as poor
Harry Bumstead waved his handker¬
chief the last time, the sun was sink¬
ing into the western waters. I watched
the porset until distance and gloom
combined to hide her from me, and I
knew that she was bound for the At¬
lantic. I saw her take in her lofty
sails in preparation for the night, and I
felt she my hope increase. The last I could
see was steering southwest.
As soon as it was dark I had the
helm up, and ordered the ship to be
worn around on the other tack, and as
soon as this was done I set the course
due south, and crowded ..on all sail.
The officers and meu gathered round
me, and wished to know what all this
moant.
“It means,” answered I, “that I will
have those villains in irons again, il I
can."
JHint how?” came from half a dozen.
^Tll tell you Our ship is by all
odds the best sailer, with even sail set
but now that the Dorset has only top-;
gallant sails over double reeled top
sails v we can shoot ahead fast. By
midnight I calculate to be further south
than she will be, so I’ll keep on this
course until I’m sure, and then I’ll run
to the west’rd and lie in waiting for
her. I can tell you better when the
time comes. But I’m not afraid, for I
won’t run into danger.”
The breeze held fair, and we carried
our royals and studding-s*ils below
and aloft. At midnight I knew we
must be considerably further south
than the Dorset, but, instead of run
ning directly west, I changed the course
to west sou’-west, knowing that thus
we should come upon the other’s track
soon enough. At 3 o’clock I made a
careful reckoning of the point the Dor¬
set must strike, if she kept her course
southwest, and I felt sure that we were
just where we should be.
My first move was to heave to and
take in sail ; and then I sent the top¬
gallant masts on deck and housed the
topmasts. Next, I had all our arms
brought upon deck, and I found we
had more than enough for a brace of
pistols I had and the a cutlass to each man. and Al ter
this had this been pumps rigged, hardly
reported accomplished belore hastened the
lookout a sail. I
forward, and could plainly see the out¬
lines of the top-hamper of a heavy ship
looming the up darkly against the sky 1
had lanterns hoisted, and then set
the men at work on the pumps. Ere
She long the down ship came her near enough to hail.
put helm and laid her
course to run under our stern.
“Ship ahoy !” came from the Dor¬
set—tor I could make out the drapery
of the figure-head.
I made my mate answer at my sug¬
gestion, for fear the villains should
recognize my voice.
“Hallo, send a boat on board !’’
yelled Lee, just as the Dorset' passed
under our stern. “We’ve sprung a leak
and our ship is sinking M
"What have you got on board ?”
“Furniture and provisions, and $40,
in money."
The Dorset hove to, and lowered a
boat, which was soon alongside full of
men. The villains quickly began
come over the side.
“Haven’t settled much yet one of
them remarked, as he noticed how we
stood
I T said. >' eTeke P t pumps going well,'
"Where’s your gold? Let’s have that
first."
“This way,” said I, moving to the
poop. W! half
the en way there, I motioned for
meu to stop pumping.
"Down !” I uttered, and as I sroke I
gave the in.au nearest me a blow with
uy u*e ueoc
him down. Only fifteen of the men had
come from the other ship, and as my
crew down were and prepared, gagged these fifteen were
almost before they
could realize that anything was out of
the way. They were unprepared, and
nearly all of them were unarmed.
"Ship ahoy !” I cried through my
trumpet, ble, speaking as grumly as possi¬
to imitate the voice of the fellow I
had knocked down.
“Hallo !” came in reply.
"Send another boat. We can’t bring
half. Send quickly for the old thing
is sinking.”
The Dorset soon lowered one of her
quarter boats, and came alongside with
<en men the side, in it. and They came hurrying
over all in the as soon as they were
gangway, we fell upon them
—not and wildly, but with regular system,
in a short time th >y were secure
My course was now simple. I first
saw could every man so firmly bound that he
not move, and then I called
twenty-four men into the two boats,
still alongside, leaving only six men on
board of my ship. We pulled or the
Dorset as smartly as possible, When
we came to her gangway, I saw several
heads peering over the rail, but we had
taken the precaution to put on the
Scotch caps of the convicts, and they
had no suspicions. Becket was the first
on her deck, and I followed next.
“Got the money?” asked a coarse
fellow.
"Mostdf4H»-in the boats now,” I re
plied, “Big a whip, and we’ll have it
aboard.” v
The villain had not noticed my
weapons. I recognized in him at once
the boatswain of the ship, a man who
had been hired at Liverpool, and whose
character was not among the best. As
he turned to order the wnip rigged, and
i saw that my men were all on hoard,
and drawing my weapon, I sprang^up
on him and cut him down. At the first
onset on board my own ship, I had been
careful not to kill any one, for fear I
might be mistaken ; but I was not
doubtful now, for some of the prisoners
had confessed the crime. There were
seventeen men aft on board the ship
lor me to capture, and we captured
them without losing one of our own
men, and only killing four of them.
As soon as my prisoners were safe, I
made my way to the cabin, and in one
of the quarter galleries I found Cap*
tain Burmstead.
In the hold of the Dorset we found
fifteen of the crew in irons. Bumstead
explained to me, in a few words, what
had the happened. Only five days before,
boatswain, who had shown much
insubordination during the voyage,
headed nineteen of the crew, who had
joined him, and. having set the convicts
tree, they fell upon the rest of the crew
at night, and made an easy victory.
The first and second mates they had
killed, and the boatswain would have
killed all hands, but the rest of the
mutineers refused to have it done. So
it had been arranged that the captain
and his friends should be confined, and
set on shore on the first out-of-the-way
island they could find.
It was soon arranged that Bumstead
should proceed to Sidney with his fif¬
teen faithful men, feeling sure that the
convicts could be so confined as to be
safe. So I saw his prisoners faithfully
ironed, and then took the mutineers on
board my own ship, intending to carry
them to Calcutta. There were fifteen
in number, four only having been kill¬
ed in the conflict.
That night the Dorset tacked and
stood away for Australia, while we
kept on up the ,ocean. We arrived
safely at Calcutta, and before I left
Captain Bumstead arrived, and the
mutineers soon after paid for their
crime with their lives.
The First Wedding.
We like the short courtships, and in
this Adam acted likk a sensible man —
he fell asleep a bachelor and awoke to
find himself a mairied man.
He appears to have popped the ques¬
tion almost immediately after meeting
Miss Eve, and she, without flirtation or
shyness, gave him a kiss and herself.
Of that first kiss in the world we
have bad our thoughts, however, and
sometimes in a poetical mood wished
were the man that did it.
But the deed is done, the chance was
Adam’s, and he improved it We like
the notion of getting married in a gar- j
den. Adam s was private. grumbling j
No envious aunts and j
grandmothers. The birds of the heav-| glad
ens fl'unV were the aTight’on minstrels, Vhe’scene! and the
it j
l )r , a H ina ? «kr>nt the wedding
bring3 “Ijnunfl v e things B to us in spite of its
*} truth 'his
A am and wife were rather
Y 0 ung to marrv ; some two or three
v sold ’ according to the sagest elder
w ;' t hout ° U ' experience without a house
™
^ t orkett!e l nothin 8 hnt but love love and
" The " $200,000 - m bank 0 m- package - which j
mysteriously di 6A PP eAre d lrom the .
pocket oi a New York bank messenger
a tew days ago, kaa returned minus
vwy 3>7,iMA
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The patent office receipts for the
jnst ended were $725,325.
The cable between Madras and Perurig, length,
which is about 1,300 miles in
has been duplexed, to use a word
against which the London Spectator
protests.
The negro is getting too unanimous
in politics to suit some of our northern
friends. It is not his democracy, but
his "purchasableness,that they affect to
denounce.
The Eeonomites, a sort of a Shaker
sect in Beaver county, sold over $75,
000 in silver coin some days ago, th9
accumulated savings of over thirteen
years.
The best authorities among the bank¬
ers of New York hold that over two
hundred millions, but less than two
hundred and fifty millions, of our na¬
tional bonds are still held in Europe.
The Pope has sent a medal, with his
blessing, to the Catholic Indiaus of
Maine, who on his accession to the Pa
pal throne, dispatched to him an offer
ing of beautifully embroidered mocca¬
sins.
Everitt Burns’s (she grand-daughter, Mrs. Eliza
was the daughter of the
poet’s eldest son and namesake), has
just died at Bath. It was an uncom¬
mon treat to hear her sing some of
Burns’s songs.
An attorney having his died in poor oh
circumstances, one of friends
served that he had left but few effects
“There is not much to be wondered
at,” said another, “he had but few
causes."
A new plan of mobilization has been
adopted twenty-four for the German Army. be-left Only
hours are to to the
men of the reserve and the landwebr
for the settlement of their private affairs
when once their they have received the order
to join regiments.
A new bell has been blessed at Mos
cow in memory of tne emancipation of
the Bulgarians, which, though smaller
than tho monster Ivan the Great, still
is larger, other the in, London the world. Times says, It weighs than
any
73,„76 pounds, though the contractor
asseverated that it weighed 79,288.
The Hangman’s Record for 1878.—
Ninety-six murderers were hanged in
t e United States during the past year,
Wi ich is an increase of thirteen com¬
pared with the previous year. All
were men; forty were white, fifty-two
colored, two Indians, and one a China¬
man.
He had broken his promise to marry
the girl, and her father wanted a mon¬
ey consideration to help heal a wound¬
ed heart. The young man said he
would consider a reasonable proposition
“Well, then,” said the irate father, who
was peeking justice for his daughter,
“young man, how does a dollar and a
half strike you ?”
A bold robbery occurred on East
Madison street in Chicago, last week.
Two unknown men drove up to Gold
smith’s pawn broking establishment in
a cutter and one locked the door while
the other broke in the show case and
abstracted two trays of diamonds
valued at seven thousand dollars. They
then re-entered the cutter and drove
rapidly away.
In 1828, New York, with a popula¬
tion of 169,000, had 30 newspapers. It
was estimated at that time that the
United States had I paper paper in in every every
13,800 of population; England, England, 1 I in in 1
46 500; F-ance, 1 in 65,300; Prussia,
in 43,000; Austria, 1 in 400,000; Rus¬
sia, 1 in 672,000; Sweden and Norway,
1 in 47,000; Portugal, 1 in 207,000;
Spain, 1 in 868,000.|
On the evening of the 6th inst., at
Carbon, Wyoming, twenty-five bag¬ or
thirty masked men broke open a
gage car, took out and Charley," hanged to who a
telegraph pole “Dutch
was enroute to Rawlins for trial,
charged with participation in the Wid
dowfield murder last fall. He was a
notorious character and had been iden¬
tified with a number of stage robberies.
The son of King Theodore, of Abys¬
sinia, who was taken to England after
the fall of Magdala, is being educated
for the British Army. He is a slender
an j dusky youth, and haughty and
shrewd as becomes a descendant of the
Queen of Sheba. He likes his English
iif e> admitting that aspring mattress
aQ d an ulster in London are preferable
to a mat and bare legs and a blanket
in Abyssinia.
The Princess Victoria of Baden was
at her recent confirmation required to
™ te a short autobiography and pro
P 09e f . P[* n of h ‘ e - Among other et&te
ments the young Princess advanced the
Allowing Republican theory—that
Winces must not ^ conceive the *
placed ^ Ugh ^ sition be .
cause they have greater rights than
other human beings. but that they may
maintain an elevated standard ef
obligation, and set an example of
fidelity to duty to th e wh ole of
wtyoto we
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500 pairs Cassimere Pants, different colors and
300 Children styles, ranging from 92 00 and upwards.
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gutists, on or aooui Jauuary i aid; tho Fur¬
niture and Lpbolitery boiug ad now- and
the public oan rely upon tho boat the market
affords to eat or driuk.
Torms $1 oo Per Day
Board and Lodging by the day or week, i
Meals at all hour*. upen day aud uightJ
N. B.— A choice assortment of