Independent American and General Advertiser (Newspaper) - April 16, 1847, Platteville, Wisconsin INDEPENDENT AND iff t THE WORLD'S MY WITH CRACKERS I J L MARSH ELLE APRIL 1847 rr AT LAW AND j of the Office on in the building as Tavern vv i K AM ow J ANO TNS AT LAW I'll Pi- ict i n tup of I and v i T county I T I POETRY SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW BY MRS B I beside a rippling atream One A day And the FI capricious beam Upon the waters play Like some glad spirit of delight It spurted here there Making each tiny wavelet bright that wear OF THE A-i 1 residence on IMA I j H I r roa j II irtf ml e j lid on M IMA r ruv B or 31 r -t o PI I D VASE'S i Sub- lion ami i Agency if of M v uvl jr i c Sr I M -i -I r i nl a f i1 Hi li Kir in trin inn M r n n -in- cr MI rn I H out St 1 s- 2 i e a1 1 WT i o ri I1 o of v rl PM 1 i t 1 J PL I t i- In i 11 it in tk nil i i M I -t -i nt i 1 1 i LV h to in TL -i i h fur u il i r o T i mns w ir- Hut never the glittering Could any spot illume For still some envious come To shroud that One moment Summer's gentle smile d o'er the The next cold Winter's gloomy frown lowering in its place Yet whether darkened by the shade Or brightened by the ray Those waters still Went on their w ly They not when sunlight came They not in with unvarying 1 omv ird journey made tlinn on those wai es in tin in I -en A t mi typo of in voices to me To stream The rushing uf Tune Vi bears stM in or gloom On o s clime SKI I and w the Of Life's dcp Our f ire cloud Our brightening and in our hi me The 8 une wilhin mir heart Kuril and o'er tlie world hues I took ia the trim 4 ever floated on the blue wat r get a to the breeze though 1 waa as aour an old hunk at ever tood on He was a Spani rich but how he got his n one could He lived with his wife and c ily daughter in Jamaica and he owned the brig which he kept always trading betwee v Kingston and New York was one of those era sticks that you could make nothing of nor know about from though folks would tulk and they m my hard things him Some eaid that he had been a- in old soin lie was a renegade and had t amongst the French against his own ci but most people believed that he had been a pi- per look like a water shal Mister I and if man an man eatt 61 without fearing the burn of shame hie cheek or the worm that never dies in hie heart it ia as good done already I anj not the man he giving my hand a hearty squeeze ask you tc do any thing you would be ashamed But tell me am I likely to be in this disguise even a person seen me frequently 1 Your own mother wouldn't know I answered and your father would take oath against your being own aon for you see messmates he hac cut off his iong curling hair and he no more like the Harry Helm I had seen ir shore togs thao does a clean little N H nn 1 1 i it li in any tT ill I il i I n i 10 s iWriS i JV u i r NNT co T u AIM I 1 i- s- ill pn To H AM tl T nn lowly rot u i iu in -in non i nd t iu fill rem t need not four P it i nle alw ny pri d i c the stay ope iui will n o t i n to nil to i ii n uri in M i ir u iAL AGENCY will f II l mint for tbe piy taxi's of and I Knit In in on side of Sc n r T VONI every wivo of life will have Ils portion of And that winch gloom be bright And wave In sun or shade they roll They Mill with never-resting pace Flow onward tr their goal rate There was no kno vine however which report was true for t le old man was as close mouthed as ho was fisted and nobody dared ask him am questions be- cause he was not one of th likely to let other folks meddle in his aff irs particularly if they were not n them His name was D Manuel ir he called himse f but most ple called him plain i There were few who liked the old either at sea or on even his looked on him more with than love poor thing it waa not her faul neither for a prettier little ne -er before called ki sour an old fu her She was the craft in a 1 Kingston and the only wonder was how she came to be hia daughter but nobody t vor doubted tho for it was that e had the sh in her veins J pretty touch of ho in her find the large full soft black eye with it long silky lash told plainly from w mt country she cl her p It was in the begining vte aboat from Jamaica besides ore passenger the d tne was to be on It is I learned i that while the olc man had been at I sea there was n fins liki lad from the States had gnt tinted with Miss Inez and usual in such the lady is pretty he fell in love with ler and she was quite us wit him as he had any reason to expect but e old man when he got to hear of the as mad as need be for though tlie family waa K C 1 B to PI with J g t if ii im f j res to lua t mi u- mill Hit on Mineral Strci-t opposite I iw of Ac 97 T I O A S F F K 3 From Saturday Gazette THE A Forecastle Slory BV A sang out the man at tlie wheel cried the male to the watch below and it a moment afterwards the watch was clunked We were in a fine barque bound from the of New York to U or dun urc by on Stores Merchandize and hol at the current rates of Partie iHr attention will be given to in- u Houses and buildings in the try The a jove Insurance Company have ed n second to none in ly pavin j all losses which they will always within GO days after the loss and an is The Directors of the company are JOSEPH W JOHN WM S JOHN JOHN I1 KIK JOHN MAIM SPUING WM W CAMPBELL W S Prest Ww JAS All wiio wish to effect Insurance can tic application to me by letter or other at the office of Eastman and Moss H L Agent March 4 THE subscribers wish to contract fo Two Hundred Cords of Good OAK WOOD to be delivered at or will be pi id A in I H n Boston for Havana and at night we would good enough yet he clerk and ho to him elf was only a own way in the world before he could b any more His mime was Harry Helm nd ho had come out to the West Indias aa a kind of second mate and supercargo an commenced his fortune at the fool of 1 dder old 1 is daughter was nrt such as him and h told him never to come near hia ag in but in order to make matters tu d separate them effectually he determined t a take hia ter to sea with him She cried and ed but it all of no use for he had made up his mind and it she shed an ocean of tears they would all have in vain We were lying at Pori Royal and were loaded whet one day who should send for me to a tavern h ird by but Inez's irt Harry I Idm He knew pacs away the time when the weather mated in chatting about matters of passing or interest or in telling of onr adventures in former cruises j Among the crew and in our particular watch wis an old tar who had ceen more of j i Helm did I see waa tne the sea thin almost he whols of us put f gether for we were all of ua scarcely more me and I knew sailed with him when I got there I thought I on a fur ni well for I had as second mite j been sent there than lads while the beet hall of a century had whitened his ont e coal black hair His name was Ben and a clever talkative good-natured old or he was with a kind word always ready for the messmates and a joke or a story whenever we were in want of one Jack Lanyard had spun ns a yarn the pre- vious night and when he had finished we all called upon old Hen for his story but just aa he was about to commence the wind to blow a gals and we were sent up aloft to furl end reef topsails and ter that we were too busy to think of any yarna but ropo yarns On cver as soon as it waa our watch below we called again upon who on the end of a cault prepared to comply with the coll You must know my he the signs of aa the landlord the before i there waa That will do favor I have to aak of you is to get me a berth on board of the an ahe is manned now or if you are full ed to find some excuse to May behind anil let me go in your place It wasn't much this fur him to ael from a tar who felt for him as if he had been hi i brother especially too as we happened want a hand for you must know that on J of our lads had been taken the day before t the hospital with the yellow fever and be- fore the same night poor fellow he waa col 1 and it Tho captain had told me to loo c otit fur another hand and this offer of ter besides doing him a service saved me all farther trouble There was no difficulty in getting hiri accepted fur the captain whose eyesight waa none of the best had not the idea who he was As luck would it when the vessel was loaded and we wers ready to weigh our anchor I had charge of the crew sent to bring off Mies Ines and Mister Harry WJB among them The old mnn stayed on board and did not himself trouble to go after hia daughter I thought it- urae -all ne a Kin t though I kept my tongue still anl not a word about it When we touched the sent ter Harry up to the house to bring the youn j lady down There were many of her friends present and there waa a good detl of crying before they let her go At las however they parted j and she sobbing aa if her heart would break stepped towards the boat Harry waa close beside her and I could see him lean his face towards whisper it was I don't know but she started and looked at him and seemed as if sho was going to faint but she didn't faint for he supported and she recovered herself in a moment doubt he had cautioned her how sho shou d conduct herself for when they stepped in o the boat she was Donna Inez ngain and he was simply Tom he called self now Well my lada we sailed at last with Douna Inez as a passenger and Harry Hel n before the mast You may depend upon it the young lady whenever ahe could be wus on deck Well did I think when we bent our sails and our trim craft sat on tlie water like a bird ready to unfold its wings that WK should never reach little did I think as we stoud awny from the land with studding sails and royals all set that our gallant brig wae on her Inst voyage Little iden indeed had any ow i of us of was going to happen before we of The captain tip toon he heard a Mil cried from and ha On our tat quarter won ft M mete w went II wan do you make her liked the captain Can't tell sir She hull she looks like a told Mr the j much time mate to take the glaw up aloft if eoold five Mr he could make anything of the shot whistling MI She is a schooner air fore aft We onto tlie mite when lie had nrf ed at her for about five She haa gave the her sec and ahe to be who been Ifcn now out from the reefs yonder Making out from the reefs the deuce is she doing among them 1 The question was natural enough j but it waa easier than answered and I suppose the mate thought for he didn't put himself to the trouble of answering it t and the captain asked him what her hull looked like She ii just rising mate replied and she Like a clipper How does she head t salted the cap- tain and he to be getting little uneasy about the craft She is bearing right down upon ua the mate he began to come down the Bet your main topmast staysail Mr said tlie captain speaking in ken English aa he always did and give a pull on your forebrace We will see what ahe ia made of before we hare any better acquaintance with her The could go through the wa- ter aa well aa any hrig 1 ever sailed in but she waa no match fur the for the latter gained on us every minute By after- noon we could see her hull from our that she was in chase of us and also that she waa armed Every one from the cap- tain to the cabin boy felt anxious now for we had a suspicious looking craft in our wake and its nearer approach might a to us Miss Inez was on deck part time but the old man gruffly aent aer below About six o'clock the wind began to blow stronger and the schooner had to take in sail We kept everything on and before dark gained almost as on her as she had gained on us since the morning Aa the night closed in we could just see ber masts reflected the horizon and you may depend upon it we thought fortunate in through the day I'm to ymt ing a good looking tar a built straight a i a as clean as a new regular in his set 011 You'd never guesa my lads who i ame tar was Waa it Harry T ask 3d Jack Lanyard It was Harry hime said Ben though I didn't know h m till he spoke to me and told me with hia own mouth who he was Ho took me in a private room and there he gave me the whc e he and Miss Inez eacl other and how the old captain had deter to seperate what lit tin nee there was of their ever meeting agai j if should leave him now And sayi he going to nes and lam in tl and I want you to do me n rf fregh Did you founder Ben 1 asked one of our comrades who began already to fidget for the end of the story You shall hear replied Bin without himself to be interrupted We sailed aa I said Port and for four days had a steady breeze which us finely through the and enabled us to lay our course direct for cur port It was on the morning of the fi 111 day when the ocean lay before HP and we were leaving in our wake a rocky last point of land that we would be likely to see until we neared cur haven in the a Rail astern of us Some one who had been si nt up in the main rigging cried and the sound no sooner reached the than we were all our to get of it for in those days there man in the fne were pirates in the West India Sew tnd we had a sharp look fof out any It waa little sleep that any of ua had that night We crowded every stitch ol canvass on the brig that ahe could bear though after eight o'clock the wind died way again and we could not at the beat make more than from five to fix knota an lour At the first peep of dawn in the morn ing the mate waa at the mast head in of the and the captain was wait ing with the deepest anxiety to hear news of her but ahe was not to be seen and we had begun to think that during tb we had lost ber Wo already easier and were congratulating on our escape when Mr Harry who wa s aloft daw her about five milea dead of us She had kept in onr wake the whole night and since the wind lulled off ahe must hove gained right smartly oil 9 The Captain walked up and deck and ha to be dreadfully agitated He took the wheel but he couldn t steer brig any tlian tin wind would carry her through the The stilt nn na befor long we could m out both her lower an t her upper works Wo could see her 1 and we coald tell very distinctly that ah J was pierced for guns She's a smart Mr said the captain to the mate bet if we coald only have a breew wa could show her pair replied Mr as he gave another look dt the Yon may think think we for a for now that we had in agly with r Uot ood gare the cabin we can have ea on board and fott men There u a risk hia life to keep you air and j the and it one but tbe captain would not He told him to at hia sinew and to keep the might cave u had however wont and then ho took kii the cabin aa he dared to go kept bearing down upon anj ia leia than half an hour we could no thing on her without looking the glass The deck was crowded with and her guna wen pointing at tu to let ua know that we had no but In She bore to opd lowered when aha about two off and her boata no reached shoved off towards our brig It didn't take them many were along of ua and aa they touched the clambered over the and took They were and no about it and they were aa and aa ugly a of men aa j a a plank or graced a gibbet more ceremony with our brig lad been the lawful they were of alt countries and all but like Moat of on red shirts and they wore and m long ibat one tell what their wen made of The principal ona among them i if lit up to the head of the and asked for the captain turned round him but their met our en plain aad ed pale a and ether quickly to laughing a horrid laugh u he weat up to him and slapped him on ike ha do we meet at tut my cap- tain t he shouted Do we meet at laat and on the deep brood above ua but the blue and nt waters all around 1 po we where the pirate flag alone court and my poWo the Old co dog before that produced bat confidence 1 never did you wrong out be from thic old acquaintance while we wen at what pui Ing before thM we M ly thought of fate which the fot Uav did me I tbe tain erf Jw WM CM ha with rely rafe ofj deck thau that wert ow t fog the ia all liMt of mo me l aye ne t but it mr now nj you bare The oU ma haul who knew Uy of mercy It ia twenty he and in thai tim i i Twenty I trim dim blow t t fcr BOW and 9
