Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 39, Vevay, Switzerland County, 12 June 1832 — Page 4
THE SEA VOYAGE. :;v sii-if- Sua. brother sailor, Sin-r irt ''"'A rs oi' th-. sea." (roNTKCUEP.) The melancholy and reserve of Campbell
increased from the hour the stranger wai icscue.d from the wreck. He appeared to dirink from the gate of the meftnest on h;ard, and his visits on board became less frequent,
seldom making his appearance there till after nightfall, when there was no one to disturb hi? meditations, or dive into the secret workings of his heart. Even the presence of hi wife, who had turbulent feel ings, now served to increase his agony. Hi? child was carefully kept from his sight; the presence of the li'ile innocent was insupportable. Everv practicable attentio:i was bestowed on tin sivpw recked man. who gradually recovered tieng'h, and in a few days was pro
nounced out of danger, by. the physician, though hi emaciated and woe worn appearance rather indicated a tenant of the grave than a being of this world. The captain
vas attentive in hi visits to the hammock of
the iick man, a.-d constantly adminiftc re it with he medicinal- of the physician, a page from his favorite Bn'theus or Seneca. The
fact was, the captain, though he boasted of being i- vulnerable to the sharpest shaft of
fortune, had noi philosophy sufficient to pro tecl hi i from feeling acutely for the suffer ing- or others. Though ever ready to beat himself all the evil that fate could heap upon him, he felt concerned if but a slight breeze passed over other?, whose minds he
imagined were not as 6trongly fortified as hi own. He learnt from the sick sailor, that he was captain of a merchantman, which had
sailed from Now York about a month before;
when ten day out, m a rough sea, the ves
eel was met by a heavy squall and capsized.
Several of the paer.gr8 were washed ovr board and peiished, and when the ship right
ed, thre was so much wat r in the hold and
Cabin, that the provi ions could not be reach
ed without without much difficulty, and the
bread and water rendered unfit for use. StarvvioTi threatened them; the survivors
-.' accordingly placed on allowance from
th Uit. A thoy had lost their rudder in the gile., and the spars and rigging had been
carrr a ver-hoard, they were tossed about
at !': ut-Tcy of the winds and waves. H" had beheld is crew and passengers die, aCiid the horror of ttarvation, one by one, and the l ist w no survived, had been driven in the a i aj ol hunger, to appease the cries of injtiiv. wiili the dead bodies of their fel-tow- ; ir s. All this he beheld, red still clung to his wretched life with as much eagerness as if surrounded by all its pleasure and allurement?. At length he wag the Sole survivor, and his lamp of life was but
faintly fl kering in the socket; the deck of
the vessel was constantly washed bv the
waves, and as a protection against being 8vcpt overboard, he secured himself to the windlass, there patiently to await the dispensation of Him win givelh and taketh away. He lud been in this situation i wo days when
we providentially rescued him fiom impend
ing destruction. Mrs. Campbell was now seldom seen. The rav of animation 1 h it occasionalh dispelled
the gloom from her lovely countenance, had
vanished, and the moments of cheerfulness
that she at tinv s formerly enjoyed, had now
e itirelv deserted her. She was confined al
most entirely to her cabin, and sickness was
assigd as the cause.
ve na.i xpeneuteo ior several days in suci ?sion :u ai y a dead calm. Campbell had heit t foie admired and eijoied this state cf lean-Ms, ior what is beter calculated
to ro-; ta contemplative mind from earthly cnat.' i- k.,m to b Inld in an autumn even ing i -.t..udle$s sky reflected on the glassy sun u e o! the slumbering ocean? but now the d-ti ai ws torture to his "restless
?p.r... lie pray t a ior motion, and his im
c(?pt those ipoj, itch, had relived to rest, shapes,
if
vs.,
1 1 Lf
w iit't-S Slid bi f.r rn
r.-fi ;cdV:i.S C ;
No pcrs'iaFioa could induce him to go below, imagination to frenzy. I arose early and enough to fcrr;:c'ic ; Cmr. vhoo. busi::-"-
and to the entreati; of his wife and the cap- hastened on deck, happy to escape to a scene it w as to deal out life and death at pkasui tain, he replied, '-It is the only joyfu hour I of life and batle, from the solitary horrors id his opinion was taken as we usually taUe have experienced since I came on board; I the night. The storm etill continued, and j.rmic. without examination, and constcjuciilI beseech you not to interrupt it." 'appearances indicated that it would do so ! jly received full as mur h cre.iit as it destivc
Thev left him and he seated himself in the d.:yi
most retired part of the ship to brood upon ii feelings. I had retired to m birth, but
I found it impossible to close mv eyes, for the raging waters made such an awTul coil as they dashed against the sides of the ship, and
gave n-e to reflections that would have kept me awake, even had my mind been fortified with the philosophy of the little captain. After toi.g in my bed for about two hours, until the fever of my mind was communicated to my bodv, 1 imagined t heard a pier
cing shriek procreding from the deck. It was
immediately followed by a groan. I leaped
fiom mv bed and ruTed to the gangway. I
mei tle captain at the foot of the stairs, who had been awakened by th- same noise. On seeing me he exclaim d, "Mou D'eu! le mel-
ncholique gentlehomme!" and ascended ns ?. ...
rapidly as las diminutive legs couiu carr hira. I followed, u -4 we hurried towards 'he place where we left Campbell the preceeduig -ver ing.
L'ght wert speedily brought, and lying on
th di ck h held Campbell weltering in his blood I ii!red him the wound wa i to ho'oiri, ai d Vleedi )efu?e!y. 'G d Get!!'" I ex iaimcd. -wh has dope this?''
Tlie Ti mpest Fi' tid!" he aaswertd.
"We had a lor:g aad fearful stiucul' ; eut
ihank G d, it is over. I pr. ved ur.eqnal ti. the conitatf and he has mafked me f-r i--
caverns of the deep." Helughed hs'eiially, aiid big drops of peispiiation burs
fnm his pale forehead. I called for assistance to carry him below. 'No, no." he cried, "let me die here. I shall be called for before the morrow's sun rises, for the -piths of the water are preparing my abode in their coral caves. Let me rest here ootil they rime forme." The capiain demanded of the sailors who were on watch, an explanation of this mysterious and mcl oi holy occurrence. Tn y sta ted that during the intervals of stoihi, they had heard voices, but conceit rd t1 em to be nothing more than the raiii gs ol Campbell. 0 f- man, however, prou sted thai immedi ately .il ec the shriek, a vivid dash of lightning afoided him a momentary and indis
tinct view of a figure gliding down 'he gang
Airs. Campbell watched by the bed side ol
her husband during the night, in a st ile cf
agony that can be more readily conceived
than described; for the surgeon, on examio ing the wound, hnd pronounced a speedy
death inevitable. When the earthly tie-
which bind the pure to the innocent, are vio
lently severed, the pang sustained by the sur-i
vivor, is too frequently almost insupportable,! although the bright promise, of meeting here after may ca6t a ray of comfort around the heart of the mourner; what then tnu?t the
guilty feel, who are bound by ties that can
not exist in heaven, and which, when broker.
here, leave the torn heart withcut a hope remaining! The mournful visage ol Mi. Campbell, as she clasped the hard of the dying man, was painful to behold, for even Iht
most careless observer could discover utter hopelessness writt n there.
t he surgeon, on iaterrogating Campbell respecting the manner in which the wound was inflicted, was led to believe that the unhappy and mysterious man had lallen the irtim of hit, own hand, and the deep rooted
melancholy that had obtained possession of
hit. mind and actions, rendered it highly proba; ie that this supposition was correct.--
When Srst carried below, after his wound
been staunched he turned to his wife "U said in a tone scarcely audible, "behold in) prediction veriled; you treated lightly -o) -upeistitious feelings; but I had a presci tme thai I should never tread on earth a-gam."
The violence of the storm every hour in
creased, and towards noon all hands were aloft, busily engaged among the rigging, prepari g to encounter a tempest that threaten ed our desUuctian In the midst of the bustle the captain was summoned below, as it wns said Campbell was dead, and his wife was dying. On entering the cabin, Mrs.
Camphell was discovered lying on the bed
in a swoon, beside the lifeless body of her
husband. The melancholy expression of j
c.mpht ll a countenance Mill remained fixed
in death; but there w?s h serenity about il
which spoke more of hope than despair, tho'
every line plainly indicated deep rooted
(co:-:cLURnn nf.zt week.;
Old Dr. Hunter used to say, when he couM not di-Tovsr the can-e of a man' ti kne-s, ' We'll try this, and we'll try that. We'll thuot into the tree, and if any thing falls, v. eh .w.d ood." " Aye," rej tied a wag. "I fear tins 13
too commonly the case, and in jonr shooting
(he tree, the tirst thinjj that generally talis, b the patient."
A Scotchman in New-Hampshire being -ickr w.-.s called upon by a clergyman, who conversed with him upon his religious eontf r:is. Said the minister, 'Do yo repent of all yoai si.sf Do you repent cf Adam's first sin? 'Adam! Ad an' atd the sick Scotchman, 1 never knew ib
moni
A certain judge, after hearing a florid discourse from a young lawyer, advised him to pluck out some of the feathers from the wir gjof his imagination, and put them into the tail of bis judgment.
A pert young lady was walking one morning on the Steyne ai Brighton, when si e encountered the celebrated Wilke: You see."' ob served the lady, I am come out for a little sun
and arr." -You had better, madam, get a liltlo
nasoana nrsi.
wav of the ton castle. Suspicion i-om.diate- w retchedness. Mrs. Campbell was gently
ly fUonthe shipwrecked str inger, for rtd-'remuv. d from the body around which she
versify is too frequently coi.moVm d hj the;lung in the agony of grief. prosperous, suj eii.ir to no a. u o, h w-ver! It was a scene calculated to awaken the
atrocious. The physician, vouched tor he mpatie of all present, and even the philo
ineocence of hs palie t, declaring it j h.si ph i al Frenchman, 'though all unused to
cail impossible that he could stu fr-u hicltht niehi. g mood,' opened the sluices of his
hammock. H' proini ced im in t.ir hear;, and his time-beaten cheek was bedew, way to recover, but as y-1 ii eaabn mi-'il itn a tear, though for yean it had beei vine- "Aid then, what m !i.e," said he, ,moistei ed alone by the sea or the tempest
"could possibly exiBt in the b.s m of man,jHe caught my eye, and understood what
hiai.-elf apparently on the verge of eternity,
sufficient to excite exhausted nature to the
performance of the act of a fiend."
was passing in my mind; he wiped his tears
away, and in yam endeavored to as60me the
philosopher again. As we turned from the
The late Bishop of Bristol, (Dr. Manse'l.
master of Trinity College) disapproving of the laige Cossack trousers, which he thought sa
voured more of a martial than a clerical air, forbarie them to be worn by the young men of his college, who were ordered to appear ia tight breeches ' The good Bishop.' observed, one, 'does not approve of our present host hab-
lis. f rue, replied another, 'and surely he behaves very inconsistently .' How go?' TThy, you cannot but allow that it is both inconsistent and indecorous in him to contract the loose habits of the University I'
A Greek Bishop is stated by a modern traveller thus to characterize his own church: '-One half the Greek church has no religion at all ; and those who have any aie worse than the otheis." Dean Swift says, " It is with narrow souki people as it is with narrow necked bottles the less they have in (hem, the more noise they make in pouring it out." It wns said of a man who married a rich, but ugly woman, that ' he took her by weight, and paid nothing for the workmanship." 'I thought you told me that 's fever was gone off." said a gentleman I did so, said his companions, but forgot to mention that fm went off along with it "
Campbell was carried below, and after hisjdisconsi.late woman, the captain muttered to
wound was staunched, was left alone with(himsef, "oui, oui, suis philosophe, mais, his wife, the presence of any other person je. suis homme." I replied, "that being a
being paii-ful to him. We then enterted the place where the sick sailov lay, and on beholding his enfeebled condition, really admit ted that we did him ir.j-istice by tke suspicion we had entertained. But as we were about
blood on the covering of the bed. One of
of his hands hung over the side of the hammock; the light fell upon it, and betrayed thai it Was also stained with blood. Convic-
man, tt wa impossible that philosophy shntid
ut aoen the t- Hn.gs to a scene of that dsrnn
An officious informer came to tell cardinal Richelieu of certain free expressions that some persons had used in speaking ofbiin. Whj how now!' said the cardinal; -do you dare to come and call me all thee names to mv face.
j under pretence of their having been said by
to leave him. I imagined I espied a speck of that are tisited on the heads of others." I
uoil i can near, said h. Miitp S. . .-. 'hnnoct n!.AmAn9' : l-m -
t -. i tinn-uitiii ciiiu. ill ins ut'ii. f,iiri
to the page in waiting, 'Kick that fellow down stairs.
. r; .
U1 ivikhkiic-, wnarever nur'nen may he cast
on my own shoulders, but not the afflictions
grasped his hand; he understood the pressure and returned it.
The storm continued with unabated fury, and as night approached, it was deemed ex
lion flashed on the minds of all present, andlpedieiit to consign the remains of Camobi II
I hastily exclaimed, "behold the murdererl'to a wa'ery grave. Preparations were ac-
He shrunk not at the ch rge, hut a smile of;
derision illumined his ghtstly countenance. He kept his eye keenly fixed upon us; it was lighted up with a fiendi-h glare, and added an xpression to his lengthened sMid emaciaatect visage, which was painful to beheld, and yet the spectator had scarcely power to
turn from it. He faintly said, with a scorn-
cordingly made, and the bodv was literall
lorn from the agniz'ng embrace of the dis. consolate wife, and wrapped i;: sailcloth to
receive the fast human rites. It was now night when the corpse was placed. The cap-
(am, the passengeis, and such of the crew as
were noi e.- agr d. stood around it. Becam
ing sorrow wis depicted in every countenance. Torches were bron"ht. nnrt I ro ,A
patuiee.; . neirayea in every actton. Hi
eyes were ildand wandering. and hismove-lful laugh "'. a murderer!"
merit abrupt and hurried He inq-iired of! "Impossible!" exclaimed the physician;' brief orvke Kef()re cf.nsirii.g- the body to the eldest seaman from which quarter of the." the poor wretch is incapable of leavn g hisl'h- w..ve. Havinij performed this duty. COtnpa? m ghl be CXpeUed the approach ol hamoruck, much les to contend with a man Mrs. Campbell was gently raised fiom tlie
i'f xi i ; inpesi , ana 10 ui.ti quarter were, in the vigor ol hie." I drew the cover from corpse, over which she hnd knelt durin" the
Retort Two men, in dispute, reflected up
on each other's veracity. One of them replied,
that he was never whipt but once by his father, and that was for telling the truth I believe then (retorted the other) the tiuth was
whipt out of you, for you never have spoken it
since.
service, and two Bailors taking hold cf it bv
i ne iie.iu ano iect, ommiltcri it ti the sea
his eye constantly dire, ted, where everv as- his bed; it was stained in many places. Our .enlin" cl .ud appeared 1 bi;: a fresh hopeis.isii ions lrect honed, and yet the sick mat.
..o n ueo.au in an. t Ir.iyed no signs of guilt or kar, buf si'etit i i he heart-breke-.i widow swooned. The soAt Ieiat!i th I ng looked for rt i :r. nrc.f.c ,y po.ntinc to his led arm. t x .1 uaed the mys-;lomn plunge was disM scliv heard, and innno.
in siranuetr. vo.jmes ut ie;is
rcgul-iiiy and giaduaily ascend
dable annus preparing tor haul
u-e a
irar phrase, that wont. I nfn.in'p
I dense loads. tery. Hn physician had t.'.ed bi n the dayjdiateU followed by a fiend like Mig!n I iurn-j through a dead hoard."' "Aye," cried Wcwit ed like fVrmi-: preceding, to allay a raging fever: the hau-lcd to discover vUe:ae this ill-timed mtni .!zer, -I understand what wt cail a fiVai.Vl
A gentleman ordered his servant (a regular Pat) to awake him at six o'clock, that he might get ready to start at seven by an early coach, in which he had taken his place, for the country. The gentleman awohe and calfed hi man -' What o'clock is it!' Jtut seven, ynnr honor.' Seven did not I tell you to awake me at tix?' 'Yes. sir.' 'And why did you not!' Becausa your hu7ior zscs aslupS
Miss Pope was one evening ia the Gieen ronin comuicntir.g i n the excellencies of Garrick, when, ainon other things, she said "lie had
the most wonderful eye imaginable an eye to
villi
Thejuagc had been removed, and the orifice was
tviads hat had been pei.i up, now burst forth, bleeding afresh. 1 shrank aba-bed at the
and the loaning w..ters heaved with a con- preposterous charge 1 had made, and after TuUive motion. The tp II was broke thatjendeavoring to appease his injured feelings, had h mo o.iiz-d creation, and discord now j withdrew, and le ft him to the care of the prevailed. Toe appearance of Campbell! physician. His eyes followed me, and I felt
eecanv vn-io-y ciianged. His countenance relieved when 1 had escaped from their glar
tv i-s t.canf. j; it. eie was a smile of terrible retired to my hirth and emlcavoied to
DU' -;:i ! fioej mean-,i upon his lins:
e-? tilii..:d wildly from the eea I , the- hea-Te.i-,-a.i i In travel sed the dock with a ra pi lit of step thalecitcd the wonder of all w h . In li(ld him Oar vessel was souii pre paied to encounter tlie Worst, but so the wind
Jbh W steadily from one quarter,' we foil n
a; pit hcntioii I r oar satety
ment proceeded, and heboid amo-ic-t tlie'v. crowd, the ghas'ly vi-a:e of the f :li'.j"u r( i k-j - . ' - ed man. The ciothiog fr m his bed was A lady, who made pretensions to the ciost ra wrapped around him, and his features were! fcd feelings, went to her bnUhor to remoclionibly distorted. lie still laughed histei -.jstrale with bun on his cruel practice. -How
ically, and as the light of the to-ohes rested
on the dark siufare of an ascending billow
-aid she, can you he so baiharous as tn i.nt ia-
nocent li:tle lambs to death I" V h not. mad-
and disclo-cd where the unhappy C;.nin!-iliairi," said the hiitclier; ' vou would Lot eat theia.
ileep, hut my mind had become so feverish floated in his winding sheet, the s;iijr point- "live, would you j1'
hy tlie dreadful occuncnces of the night, that 'ed at it and shouted with 1 mjliter. Vr wen i
I tossed about for several hours in a paiufulH'II struck with amazement; but on .(curing!
state of restlessness. At length I fell into a
siiiuilx r, but it was a slumber moie dreadful lti;-i my waking contemplation (Vr the
The sky w.i-'.-ver F ar .ed
hasth tace of the carn;.!i
my ei es. ft
Completely overcast, and the. raiu decei.dMJj.-xpre-.sior.-. and was bleilded in :oriei.l-. .tmpS.-.U s: il .remaintJ upoJiiou with the tigurc of the m fiec &f:3? O. bi pajcnjers ?.r.J crcx, o- bv yred-jcing" 't-cccssion
When Mi Th.-imas S!:rri'!an, son ol the latv
him, we d:scovered that h had b-. one- ajcelel rat-d u hard Ivr ins-ley Sheiidan, vas a maniac. The can-e icn ii: ed a tyst r . -int.it-:- to.- the ic presentation ol a Cornish but the phy siciau ascribed ii to h.- agi:aU.iij,,'onj'ii. he toll bis father, that it" lie siueeedhi? mind mn-t have cnder.v.p. -n ',. v rn ,,. o-!, he stt-nW, j Pu a lab? I cn U forehead with.
ged with' mtji'dvr, and U h -:v: (T. xp;,.. a t.jirs i'be woii';; im,' and sine wuh the naitv tJ-.;.t
t:-e m !:, v.-a!e the best offer. ' Kiflu. Ton. ' - , .: j- ' i:.?idert J lh-r, 'but il-r.l ibrg'l te :h4 : rl f
of scenes and 'he cxplxna'ion both !car:i2J nnd n;iuMl,
was seen w.ieraa'Uined vnii'Mi-
in m iiivigina-jell.tp l.te Mght brenr , w5i:j.s?
muruercd L;imn- fluence oi a t).iriuiig fever. v