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VOLUME IV. AST THOMASTON. MAINE. THURSOAY MORNING. AEG, 23. 1819. NUMBER AAAI.

A SEA TALE. fail in that, lie could jump, overboard, nf.d W e w ill return to Amos, le ft in an lie Ji‘ hel l the fla g s o f many 'a t i.ln s , ami w it- I may In? tight; lint I feel sure dial we shall Amos had found llm hatchet, and was cniu- t-oiich the shore by swim m ing. Hut the hope open boat, w ithout sails nr oars, tossing about ttesseil w ith astonishment, the singular ap- luive enough heforc sun-rise to-nnirrriw . I iug nil deck, w hen the vessel seemed to ex- From the Boston Daily Journal. was not realized. I lie wind continued to in the open sea, nt thn o f the winds ponralict o f their vessels. Besides the F.ng- wish w ith all my heart that we were •safe at perienee a terrible shock— he heard the sound AMOS jONfcS. hlow as hard as ever, with no prospect of a anil waves, liis condition was an unpleasant lisli. French, Spanish, and Portuguese, which anchor in St. 1 liotmis.’ of spars falling on the deck, and while thn The Boy who went’ to sea in spite of Himself! lull, and it wns growing dark rapidly. Amos one; for if a sudden storm should agitate the differed not very materially from the craft ‘W hy so?’ Inquired Mr. Dennis, the mate, w ater was pouring down the crcviecs nnd was now convinced that exertion on his part sea, his little lim it would soon be filled, and a which he had been accustomed to see. he lie- ‘Do you think that any ik in g is going to bap- "pen sqtiu'cs by the eompaninii-w ay, skylight, I1Y UAWSEtt MXItTlKOAI.E. would nvnil nothing; nnd, nftor im ploring the W atery grave wool I bn his lot. Am i even if lu l l the ’ :■ h mf.li,a a id .- - o f vessels dis- pen tn .” ! t- the hull seemed to quiver in every pnrt. I protection til Providence, lie calmly resi'.med the wind continued med. rate, m il the tinge shed f .r their neatness mid clumsiness: A M ’Mnr.n o f yours ngn there lived in Mnine, atucss and ‘Nothing exira 'i'dimrv, perhaps,’ replied j !Ie knew that something dreadfid hail hap- until named bylvestec Joni's, lie dwelt in himself to his fate. And for hours the storm m innth, uiltoss within a lew days lie should the ireek p.daere, ti ' Maltese I lueca, the A l i d r e w ; 1 an il I think I bat a hurl 'wane is emu- P' llt'd -—lie believed that Ins last lunir had come, eoiuim ied— and w lull w ith the rain an ! the non-dcseript from the ing o n ’ ’ j and in his distress called upon the A lm ighty n litllu cottage, ot: tin: banks o f one o f those, receive BUcc.or, ho Would |*ei'. i. t'.r want o f ni " i • attatiei spray w hich dashed over tile sides o f the boat a variety of iilltt'i's.— liottnliftil i ivers w liieli are found in such ulinti- i'n"d. .o f Perl tv ‘A huriieaiic *’ exe’.ainied dm astonished , ower fur aid in that sad ciucrgl'iiey. ihincts in our sister Suite. lie nutted n litt'e — In: found it necessary to work pretty hard lint Amos, nlthiiiigh lie felt bv no montls i'* 4 |k m— f"v pirn-.: whi"'i (il’l '• more n e i'" ‘ W hat has pu: dial droll idea 'iitoM iiir \ e ' A n in s wa.< not alarmed without i " ’.son pi.'00 of httitl situ..toil at oiilv a low miles di to save i,is frail skill'from foundering. He i gay and laughing humor, as was his want, an I led:,: yu,]'. adventurer, nttrai*- head. Nonsense!’ \ heavy i ill'll" wave of mieniim ioil size and tauee from the sea and maintained him self 111,11 ',0 l>ud uh'eady passed the liar at was nut altogether discouraged, lie knew live objects than fiilirillter. ‘ I have 1...... in dm W est Indies liefine tn- with a foaming crest, rescilihling ihe mighty and fam ily l.y tin: labor o f his bauds. I Io die mouth of die river, and expected eve ... that vessels belonging to various ports in New ('apt. M iller .’mill discharged hi- cargo, and d a i .' r e p lie d A n d r e w , w it Ii a p e c u lia r e m p lia - wales which roll upon ihe exposed sen-beach was a poor uud holiest, hard w orking man. - inon.cut In lie throw n ashore n.ioii m i" o f i England hound to ami from different purls of got a freight for St. Tie.mas, in the West In iluring i fearful storm, had broken over thn llis family consisted of his wife, a son,named islands, w hi. h 1 have already spoken of, die world,traversed the liav in ever' din "lion dies. There was mi vessel bound directly to 1 lie male laughed, and w ; 'd aft to tlm decks anil swept every thing away! Vcs, A'tnos, w lm was sunn: twelve nr foui'K en years dasliud upon ashnal nr reel'. _ a„ j he Imped that he would lie s fortunate >h|! 1 niteil Sates, at the lim e, and Amos cnii- qunrler-ileek and told dm eaptu in nl the n lI when Anins had in some degree recovered 'nl age, and a little daughter, named Louisa, «ns id .... . midnight when the wind some- as to meet with one, mid be resent from dm elude,I to remain in the ship, un til she reach­ sailor's prediction, whn med n.ue'rt nm ’.ls- frem his fears by seeing no prospect o f im m e­ only six years old. . "hat abated, and the rain ceased. Soon uf- perilous situaiion. And he stood for hours ed her port ill the We.-t Indies. He w lute a I. diate death, and opened the eompanion-wny Amos dunes was a stunt liny for his years, lerw nr.ls ihe clouds broke away,and the stars upon one u f die boat’s thw arts, and gazed le lli r to his parents, which was placed in the The wind seemed to breeze tip from the scuttle, and loiikrd upon the deck, hardly lie had never know n ill health, hut was fa­ appeared in the sky. Amos eagerly looked around tin: horizon, lie sawn miml.cr of hands o f dm Consul, w ith a request that il southeast, as evening advanced, and I'm* a lew knowing w hat to expect,lie beheld at a elanco miliar with the rough-and-tumble of life. lie arom iil to ascerlain what land was in sight, vcs. els at the dislai.ee of s-vcral miles, but -it "J.l he forwarded the lust opportunity.— hours the schooner proceeded at a good rate: ihe terrible efleets of that destructive wave.__ was inured to a life of labor and hardship, but mine greeted his vision. I hero was a none o f diem seemed approaching him. Tins letter however was never received. but nt about midnight it suddenly died away. The mainmast was liriiken nfl' near the deck, sameness mound the hnrriz.on which lie had but scorned always cheerful and happy, lie was about three o’clock in the nliernoon, ( ’ ll the passage In Si. I'honias, there was and tlm liaz ’ are m il the horizon s e e m e d to the Inug-hoat, ealionse-huuse,spare spars, liul- never seen I., lore, mid his heart almost sank increas'?. But few stars could lie seen, and walks, rails, indeed every thing above the could w histle, or sing, or laugh w ith any of when he descried, far n il' in dm W ist, a white also much Io attract dm alteutioii mid '.'licit the within him, as the conviction entered his mind kis companions, in the hiituhlo village near speck ju st appearing on the edge n f the hor­ aduiiratinti nf A lu m s. those were directly in llu- zenith. The moon deck, had been carried away hy llm wonderful rose soun afierwards, and in a couple o f hours strength o f that wave. lie looked for the his lather’s house,and seemed to cxeell in any that lie had been driven out to sea. izon. It rapidly increased in size, and lie At length one pleasant afm i'linnii, a sailor I’m llu re was mi help for it now. lie felt was seen struggling, as it were, through llm , captain, for the male, for the men,I,nt noton’i kind of work suitable for a farmer’s hoy of soun knew that il was a square-rigged vi s- was sent aloft to look out for laud. Ho had fatigued and weary, a; well as low-spirited m ist,and o f a pale greenish Imejand as she in- „ f that whole crew could he seen. T/iey And ■his tige, nr even in play. lie was a little hit sel, that is either a brig nrsliip. lie saw, no sooner reached die I’orc-top-uiast cross- and fo rlo rn ; and altlm ugh die lim it was vert creased her .1 i,tauee Iron, :1m horizon, appear- „ / / 1.,-,,, O f thafship’scoin­ o f a rogue, '.co. hut not a mi.-chit vons one',— also, to his great jo y, that this vessel was tree, than lie eiied “ Land Ho!” nml sure uneasy, and l.nblied about on die water like a ed surrounded by a auigiiificenl hallo. flaiiy, consisting of nine iudiviib.inls, he was fur In: was ii . ur known Io he guilty of De­ steering directly towards him. il was not enough, land w as in sight in a soutlnveslly ili- French danciug-uiaster in the midst nl a rig- Captain Radius was observed, as he uni. d t|,e only one who rcmi.ined. In one moment rails or ill-ntitnreil actions,or io implant shame lung lielbrn he ascertained that tlm vessel wa r e e iio n . It was the island n f Barbuda— a low ■or sorrow in the bosom of any of his friends. adnnn, Anins threw himself down in the bot­ a large ship, under all sail, with a fair wind >--s|:uiJ, not very product'll e, and inhabili'd these nppearmiCl.'s, to shake his head, and they had all been summoned to render an nc- Amos was fond o f s p o i l i n g and would o ft­ tom nf the lim it, and soon fell asleep. He bound oil the coast, and proceeding rapidly pi incipally by fisheimcn. miitter something to himself, lie was evi- count of t’lmir conduct at the throne of God. en persuade his father Io let him go into the dreamed nt' l.is . lie dreamed that he towards him. Fearing that llm ship might The ship passed several miles to the north- dentil a little startled at these unusual indi- Amos did not go on deck. As soon us lie bad gone w ith his little sister Louisa into the woods w ith his gnu, in smirch o f partridges, pass w illiin a short disiailce, and not perceive ward uf Barbuda—night ciimcj on, hut in a cations o f a change o f w eather. Old Andrew became aw are o f the existing state o f things, meadow tn seek some w ild flow ers. T he y or squirrils, or rabbits; and the crows recog­ dm limit—a small object inthe water -he fast- hours tlm die inounlauous island of Si. l.is eye an.m id the horizon, and rem ark- |,e dosed die scuttle, and returned to llm cab­ f.uuid in iil.umlanec of all hues m ill des­ l'd that it would b" along, bmi-c.id fen...... |10 rc lll;iillC(l until the hurricane was nized him whenever they saw him, for lie had died his jacket on a piece of broken oar, and I i’ai deilmcw appeared before them. They criptions; they gathered a large quantity and often hy well directed shots, reduced the num­ raised it til the air; flourishing il in order to passed this to tlm southward, and were then I,ef,.re many minutes. Tlier'n w as little said over, only occasionally ascending the steps, brought them heme, for the purpose of mil­ hy the crew, hut all seem, d prepaid to ex- a,d looking out tn note tlm condition of the ber of that noisy and mischievous community attract attention. in the Garibian sea. 1'lie wiud was lig h t ami king n flowery wreath for their mother. The poet some extraordinary occurrence. T lm t(,ll||)(;st> .r |lul.c ig re.|go|1 (0 ,)(.|icVP) h()wcv_ — and whenever the rascals saw him lin y , The ship came onward, nnd was passing it was not till the next dav that they saw the w reath was made, and Amos placed it upon ,i,„ , ... ,i, , , , ... ' . watch below had taken the alarm, and every commenced a clamor which could he heard a 1 1 tlm boat at tlm di.stae.ee e ( less than hall a virgin Islands, a famous place (or buccaneers cr, that soon alter llm sea swept over th*? Ins mothers head, upon w Inch Louisa was so ... , ,, . . ,, , , man was on deck. Captain Radius ordered mile. But, above all tilings, Amos loved to , . . mile, but there were no indications on , or pirates, m olded times, whither they re- schooner’s decks,the w ind shifted to the north­ much delighted, that she could not Contain her .... i , i , ,, ,i, , i i I. llm light sails In lie taken in.w liieli was prompt' sail in a boat. His father owned a clumsy, , • , . , . . , "om <1 that the limit wns seen. A chill came turned with their ill-gotten houlv, and divided east and blew two or three hours artel* as fu­ I c e lm g s , hut hurst into a heavy laugh, so loud ... , , i- , ...... i . . . . ly (loi'.e— and it w as halt-past three o ’cloi k iU-eontrivcd thing, which hys courtesy s — | . i i i uiei poor Amos, fur hts hopes scorned likely spoils, and revelled and caroused, or queiTcl- riously ns before, and that it afterwards shift­ in the iiuirniug, when dm haze having iuereas- allcd a limit. This was the delight of Amos. ‘ J." 1|() j,,,,,,. t0 1,0 'l'’!'>l’l'‘>'"tod—and ho waved his signal j ed and fought with each oilier, until, disgusted ed into the northwest, mid it may lie into the I uur .i mu c t l and obscured dm moon, that he ordered lie soon learned to iminage the sail iudifl’er- with increased energy us the ship was passing w ith idleness and dissipation, they again em- westward, lint there was no cessation in tho : er heard his sister’s musical laugh, nr saw llm the iiiainsnil io he lowered, mid die rore-tnp- cntly w ell, and could scull the lim it along, hy rapidly hy. And truly happy did he leel w hen ’ barked tn court danger; mid plunder, perhaps gale until about five o’clock in tlm afternoon, fund smile of his mother. Ho heard the sea­ gallant sail In be taken in. Il cannot lie said his own unassisted ell'orts, at a rapid rate, es­ lie saw a cnmmulinn on the decks, and some murder, the honest navigator. when, very much to the satisfaction of Amos, gulls siTcmniug and chattering around him, that lie actually expected a hurricane; but all ,,|u |llln.*icallc begall t„ sllbsi(|C) ,uu| bcfor(J pecially when favored with the wind and tide! of Ihe sails taken in, anil the course uf the 'l*|,o ‘lim n of Plenty’ then passed along and lm saw llm wide, wide sea; and in the the appearances around l.im , nnd a sort o f suf- d a rk lh e w u .d had almost entirely ceased — In this limit lie often accompanied his lather tn ship changed; anil^soou almrw rrds, a boat t |, e mill side of the iHaqd uf St. Inhn.wliose . nest, pi the distance of many miles, fippcar- (pealing inllucnc yn dm :,t,nosphere, seemed ,!y lliabli(,ht [lfc cl(,uds di ,rscj tin; iiiouiii o f the l iver, w Imro alining the is­ was low cred, niamit.'d, and put n il lro in ti.'e .".ppe^rauee presented n .illiiiig very in viting, ed the land, in the shape o f a low , dark cloud tosay‘ ‘be prepared for something e.xtruordi- s|;lrs s|l()Ilc OIK jn (d| t||(>i(. g|()rVj (|)e wavfcg lands and reefs which are scattered along tlm ship steering directly towards him. j and proceeding west, soon „snw the island o f coast, lim y found, at certain seasons, not only with an uneven outline, The wind still blew nary is about to lake place.’ subs|dod) ||lQ e.-;,.,.,..., 'and destitute In a few minutes,Amos, to his great delight l"’t- Thomas, a barren, sterile-looking island, ubundanco of excellent lisli, lint plenty nl a strong breeze from the Northwest, mid was 1 he mamsad was lowcre., .... deck and se- (.o||d|li|)11 „,* |he VCfige| ,(|i)||u ,)o|.e u i(|i(;ss |() driving him still father to sea, far from hi found himself safe and sound,although rather with hardly any cultivated fluids. St Tlioiu- ducks, brant, teal, curlew, nnd other game.— eared; the top gallant sad was dim,I up, and „,* tbu ,,li|.,.i(.ull(J „,* lhu vjoug his home and his u itive laud. Poor Amos! '"‘"n1'.''. 011 Bnard tlm ship “ Horn of Plenty,'’ ns belongs to llm Danish government; and al­ And his father allowed him often to cross llm dim Gibbous, a likely lad of sixteen, wnssent d.iy ii is u I wonder if he felt desolate indeed. jfi'oin Portland, hound to Gibraltar. Tim. though ii produces nothing, it was some years aloft to furl it. Oilier preparations were in rive r in llm boat, tn hunt in a thick piece Amos now felt convinced that the danger And what was the condition o f his parents <-'nptn'm, whose name was M ille r, was a very ngo.a place u f importance in com mercial point progress, when suddenly a noise was heard at of woods along the hank, called Tucker’s was over; ami on his knees he fervently pour­ at this time? Almost as distressing, so far "'"'thy mail, and treated Amos with great of view. Here American produce was bro’l a distance— a strange moaning sort of noise— Woods. And us Amos could sw im like a fish ed out the thanks of a grateful soul to God -an accomplishment which every hoy should ; “s suirerings.as themndition kindness, lie told him that i f lie met w ith , and lauded in large quantities, ,. „„ i and .*,afterwards , it became louder every m oment, and it wa. lor preserving him amidst such imminent per­ 1 * * 1 of tlmir only son. When Ml* Jones returned, “"y 'csscl hound to an American port, lm lsoluto Lnglisli vessels, anil carried under spare no pnins to acquire— and could manage soon evident that it was caused hy a furious at a bile hour in (he evening, in dm midst of "'"uld put him on hoard, sj that he might , English colors to the British islands, liclween ils. 1 le then threw him self on a mattress in' the boat pretty w ell, there seemed to lie no wind rushing over tho waters. reach home without any delay, hut that oilier- ( which and America there was little or no ili- nm: of the cabin berths, and, exhausted with danger or impropriety in allow ing him this tlm slnrni, lie learned from his wimping wife ‘Tlm hurricane is coming !’ shouted Andrew tlla t Amos had crossed tlm riv e r in tlm - " lse. lm should he compeled tn take him w ith !U" ’- trade. T lm harbor is on (he south side, bodily fatigue and mental e.x'eiluiimnt,sooil fell privilege. Fim m oiis; and every m in on board that vessel asleep. noon, and had not vet returned. M r Jones Inm as lm could not return lo r that especial j aud^is ul easy access, spacious and land-lock. - felt his words were llm winds of' truth. One day, in the month of dune, Air. Jones \ \ lien he awoke next morning, it was broad was alarmed, hut sought to comfort his wife purpose. But he fell in with no vessel, and i e|l* l|l! entrance is narrow and on each ‘Lower away the foresail!’ cried Captain hail occasion to visit a town several miles day-light, atitl at first ho could hardly believe hy suggesting that the storm came on while in a few days llm "Horn of Plenty” was in point is siluated a strong fort. 1 he‘Horn id Radius, with startling energy. ‘Glue up that from llis residence, on some business C onnect-I ** *' ...... I . .. , . , * . I Plpmv” soon entered Ihe harbor nrnceeileil that lm had nut been under the influence o f a us worked hard engaged in limiting,and that lie would the wide Atlantic ocean, nnd it became evi-, 1 soon tmi.itu urn ii.iinoi, piotetueii fore-tnpsnil! I laid down llm jib !’ ed w ith tlm Courts; and Amo; strange nml hideous dream. H u hastened on dent that there was nothing left for Amos hut ” 1’ nmong tlm shipping, and came to an lin­ The halliards of the fore-sail were let go, to finish tlm labors, which his father had allot- n,)t> t,f ”’>nree leave the opposite shore to re- , . , u| , deck, and the awful solitude of tlm decks; i i • r i i • . i turn Inline while it was ra