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“This is true Liberty, when Frec dorn Men, havi

ng to advise the Public, may speak free.’’---Euripides.

- CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD

ISLAND. MONDAY, FEBRUARY. 18, i867.

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"LIVERPOOL HOUSE oo 1866. Fall Importations Completed.

WILLIAM FULL AS received, per Undine from LIVER- | Pel. Letas, from LONUVON, and! Steaniers from BOSTON, a large and well

ar OCK OF Britishé: ForeigaMerch indize,

suitabld ‘for the present coming Seasen, whieh jae been purchased in the best Markets, aud ie new offered to the public at the LOWEST | retcrs for CASH

Dee aesortment includes the uaual variety of

STAPLE DRY GOODS, iw White, Grey and Striped Shirting, White and | (irez Sheetings, Ticking, Osnabucg, White, Scarlet and Biue Fiannels, Woe! Blankets, Paiciies, Cotton Warp in all colors, de, A

DRESS MATERIALS, on Plain and Fancy “Wineeys, Kuickerbockers, «wburgs, Freneh Merinos; Cauilets, Baratheas, Alexandras, e., ke, ©LOTHS- AND CLOAKINGS, ie Black God Colored Astracan, Wh tney, Seul | Cletp, Lagb Cloth, Doeskins, Plais sud Ribbed Beavers, Pilot Cloth, &e., &e

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SHAWLS AND SACQUES, © it great variety, iccluding in Shawls, Cloth. Wool, Dagmar, Vietoma, Chenille, Plain asd | Paacy Byrdec, Paisley, &e., &c.

“FANCY DRY GOODS,

fal descriptions and quantities; Mantie, Dress, aad Banuet Truomings, in all tae newest styles; Ladies’ Velvet dnd Beaver Hats, Hat and Bonnet | Shapes, Bordera, Hair. Nets, Gloves Scarts, | Heods, Sontags, Clouds, Belt@, Belt Buckles and Ribpuns, Fur Boas, Cuff aud Muffe, &., &e.

Gent's. .Furuishiog Department, | READY-MADE CLOTHING—tie beat Town! duake—in Over-Coate, Under-Cvats, Vests and Pants) ef a! qualities of Cloth and Style; Faney Fiagsagl,Sairte and Stirtiogs, Fur Caps and Hats, Astrscan and Lawbskin Caps, Linen and Papse Colles, Neckties, Svarts, Gloves, d&c., de. Sanscigs Dp

ALSO, “By Wholesale and Retail.

Hogtheads of Bright SUGAR. Puteheous Fran PAE ¢ Superior TEA, ce York & Canada SOLE LEATHER, Layer and Bunch RAISINS, CURRANTS, &c.; &¢.

’ WILLIAM FULL.

Vor. 5, 1866. Molasses, Sugar, Raisins, &c. pak Subserther* tas jast cowpleted his

FALL STOCK OF GOODS, which beotfers | for sale at hia Sale Koom— Puieheons aid tierces of Bright MC LASSES, Hoeyshends and barrels Bright SUGAR. Maif and quarter boxes Layer KAID\ NS, Malf.aad quarter drums of FIGS, Neo. i. Labrador HEKRINGS, ia ball barrels, Also # quuutity of Newfoundlaud HERKRINGS ja barrels, Chests und half chests TEA, Aud« quantity of Extra FLOUR. * W. W. LORD. Charlottetown, December 10, 1866 tomo hw ne ce a oe

“~~ LONDON TRADER To Charlottetown direct!

THe firet-ciaaa fast-satling Barque

ABEONA. a 1, an Eng!#h Lloyd's,

. 7 years, ALLAN CAMPHELL, Com-

mander, of the burthen of 450

tories, will eail from LON DON, G B,

on or about the let APRIL, 1567, will be des- Stened panctual. [utending Shippers will please thet Goode alungside at anwarly date. Can abet tiedaté a few passengers, Por further par- ticulace apply to Messrs. GEO. DUNCAN & CO, Bae todia Avenue, Leadentall at , Lendon, G-B..

ot to me 6 ‘3. D- MASON, Ch'town, P. E.L Fanvery 7, 1247

FUE LONDON TRADER.

“THE well known Clipper Banrgus “ LOTUS,” A Lat Linyd’+. coppered, fons cegiter, will aail frow LONDON, for this.Post, on or about the Firat day of APRIL next.. For FREIGHT or PASSAGE, apply in lwadun, to JOUN SAPCANEY & SONS; at Chaciotetowa w the uadersigued. on DANIEL DAVIES. . Charlottetown, Jan. 7, 1567. 2m

Lands to Let. be let for a term of 4 years from Ist MAY wert, that valuable property situated iu the. Rovalty, about ove mile distant from the City of Charlottetown, fronting m the St. Peter's Road side and on the lower Koyaliy Koad and on the Hijishoro’ River ou the other s-le, and cou- tauing nearly 200 acres, known as the “ Belvidere Farah, partof the Estate of Capt. Geonce Iseaze- cer, Eaqr., R N. The property bviug so well ettuted us to road und water frontaze that it can we fet iw two, three or four separate Ue cementa, and will be let together or separately as muy be de- siced. No wood, trees or bras ment of any kind to be ent aplese for use on the farms. Sealed teuders | fat the whele or any part or parts thereof will be received by the Subscribers until the |6th MAKCH siezt.* D. BRENNAN

D HODGSON. CWwtown Dec. 17:

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YOR SALE, 09 the Farm of G EORGE *., COLES, HAY of the best quality. , Charlottetown, 2nd Octwber, 1366

“ORANGES & LEMONS, _ dale iy

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*® Wa. R WATSON.

Jan. 7, 1867. a ; _ FRESH GROUND RICE, R Sale by Wa. R. WATSON. Jas. 7, 1867 eel alia

Two BALES of BUPFALO ROBES, fur sale low. eS BROS.

Jan. 7, 1867. t

TO THE TRADE. |

CORN BROOMS! CORN BROOMS! |

T ing Public that he has commenced the

Manufacturing of Corn Brooms, aad that as thisis the first of the kiud ur |

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the Basivess. KOOMS can be had from Mr. DODD, Anc-; tlouser, Queen Square, (who will get for the Sale | of them.) as Cheap aud better quality than im- | ported. JOUN McLEAN, Mavafactory, Byeuey Street P Ch'town, Oct. 29, 1866

XMAS, REQUISITES. | UNCH and Layer KALSINS, CUR-)

RANTS, Jordan Almonds, Filberte, Walnuts, | Groand Spices. Mixed Spice, Easeuces, Baking | Powder. Creed Rice,

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Coro Starch, Farina, Can- | dee Citroa, Lemon and Uranye Pee «, Marmalade, Muecuroai, Vermecilli, Pickles, Suace*. Olives, Ce | pere, Carrie Powder, Anehovies. Sariines, Confec- | touary, Rose Water Crackers, Trencle, Gelatine, | Isingiase, Nuynegs. Muce, Dried Herbs, Prepared Cockinenl, Burket Salt, Ke. &e. Ke.

Wa. Kk. WATSON, Pownal Street, Dee. 24, 1866. : se Harte’s iiaponifior, | Ot CONCENTRATED LYE, Warranted to make Soap without Lime, and with litle or no trouble.

su of the above valaabl- bas been just received from the.

ae Montreal, and is now on Sale SUTHERLAND, Corner of Kent sed Great

‘Street. Housekeepers wi) fiud it a most : | Oat: 3, 2006, tf.

| The Property of Captain E. MARSEALL, |

: I Storehouse, erected this present winter, boarded

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Fishing Establishment |The Centre of Attraction! Offered for Sale, action

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FOUNDED ON FACT.

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The Centre Attraction, in town, for

IL LLINERY z

this season, is certainly at

ROBERT YOUNG'S.

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NORTH RUSTICO HARBOR. INVENTORY

t Fish House & Shed, 100x 30 feet, 14 feet post, all newly shingled, with Wharf attached 30 x20 feet, suitable for vessels to load aflout at ull tides. |

Gather spearsmen now, and lancers! Rally legions in your might ! And a ready army anawers Eager tor victorious fight. Chargers rush and armours rattle, Ringing steel in sunlight gleams, W bere above the sound of battle Wide the Danish standard streains, And Duke Christian’s war-cry ruyal Echoes cheerly o'er the plains— He the bravest knight and Joyal Of the brave and loyal Danes. Loyalest in duty’s daring, Bravest most where valour shines, Noblest crest and ‘scutcheou bearing Of all Deuwark’s noble lines. To his sovereign next and nearest, Foremost for bis country’s good, And to all the people deareat— So the fame of Christian stood: And his king would fain requite him With the most be ight demaud ; Bat no riches could delight him, And he asked no lady's hand, Turning from all power and splendour, Honvur for his only prize, Courteous still, but sever tender To the light of beauty’s eyes, And a truer knight and braver Never honoured any reain, With no mark of lady’s favour, Aud no love-kuot on bis hekn, But the warvel wearied shortly, Beauty gave the contest o'er, Some less brave were far mere eourtly, So they looked to bim uo more. Loudly, oh Duke Christian, loudly Let your war-sbout ring awain, And your faleon-plume wave proudly W here the legions threng the plain, Little deem they that in duress Holds thy heart a constant love, Or that ‘neath thy studded cuirass Lies enshrined a dainty glove! They who see thee great and glorious With a might they may not share, Lithe wet they how victorious Love stil) battles with despair— Yet go forth where none can match thee, Bear thy valour to the fray,

i The largest variety and Cheapest BONNETS & WATS ure always to be found at

ROBERT YOUNG'S.

and shingled, 6520 feet.

1 New Store, 3024 feet, finished

600 Bastels Salt, pat ap in Mackerel Barrels,

200 new Mackerel! Burrels.

129 Second-haud Barrels

80 Hoysheads, in good order

3 Vats, capable of holding 1000 gallons each.

2 New Buit Mills.

3 Second-hand Bait Mills, in good order.

500 Bushels Salt, im bulk

1000 New Hoyshead aud Barrel Hoops.

3000 feet Pine Bourds 1000 do Sprace do. |

I r, nearly uew, well fitted for fishing, I) — tons

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~ Uf you want to buy —

Velvets or ‘Terrys, |

the bestand cheapest are to be found at

i ROBERT YOUNG'S.

| “The Largest abd moat Beautiful Assortment of Flowers & Feathers,

ia sure to be found at ROBERT YOUNG'S. ~~Allthe newest things in" —

Ribbons and Luces,

to be had at

14 feet post, well |

4 years old, order in case of sale 3 mana 18 feet keel, together with gear all com- |

Pp ete. . * 7A , 3 Bouts, 28 feet keel. in first rate order, each having ROBERT YOUNG'S. new suils last season

; ~ ‘The cheapest atid best place to buy i 1 * 30 * Dearly new. new sails and every thing |

. ° complete. toget@er with Mooring Rocks and | Gloves and Hosiery : Chains attached Thege are ou the Premises al! the gear and fittings

calculated for carrying on the BOAT MACKEREL

FISHERY in all its branches, at the shortest notice. te Thy above Property is situated iu Rustico,

the best lurbor in the [sland for the Mackerel

Fishing business, where, for the last five yeurs, the

average cutch of Mackerel has been 3000 barrels,

besides .Codfish, Hake and Herring For farthen particulars apply to Mr. JOHN NELSON, Gjou-

cester, Mass, or to DAVID MUTCH, Rustico, P. E. Island. Janaarv 21at, 1867. 4w

FALL GOODS.

Y various Ships from KNGLAND, Steamers from BOSTON and HALIFAX, I

have received my . FALL §& WINTER STOCK,

consisting in part of

26 Casks & Cases General Ironmongery.

| Cask Catlery,

10 ** will be put in kood |

Is at : ROBERT YOUNG'S. Au immense variety of Stays, at all Prices, from 3s. 9d. upwards, at ROBERT YOUNG'S. The favourite place, because tle cheapest. to buy

Cottons of all kinds,

is acknowledged on all sides to. be ROBERT YOUNG'S. If you intend buying Coburgs or Winceys, you will do well to call at ROBERT YOUNG'S.

If you want to ace a stock of

Fancy Dress Goods,

that is entirely new, call at

i do Traces, DPT WON, Thoug! tearful eye yatch the ; JUNG'S. ough no tearful eyes may watch thee, 1 do Shovels, ROBERT YOUNG'S Though ne tender lips way pray— ; = — Every one knows that the largest, cheapest, aud Bear alone thine own beatt’s burden, ry) iat,

Live alone thine own lite’s ban— Time ean only give the guerdon

For thy love of Lady Anne. » * 7. .

best assorted stock of

HOOP SKIRTS

is always to be found at . ROBERT YOUNG'S. A Mammoth stock of

Paper Collars and Cuffs,

26 Boxes Tin,

236 pieces Plough Metals, 16 Tons Naile & Spikes, 23 bundles spring Steel, 15 do Shveing do 3 do Cust do 7 do Blister do 184 Tous Iron,

One by one through silent hours Silent minutes came and went, While above ber ‘broidered flowers

Lovingly the lady bent.

1 Cask Cart Boxes All day lon i ne, y the sunlight drifted 1 do Bolts & Nuts, for both Ladies and Gentlemen, on hand at Through the Mediaeval gloom, 1 de Screws, ROBERT YOUNG'S, All day long ite broad beains shifted 1 do ;Files, - - : Restlessly acress the room. ] Box Axles, Ladies never fail to have the most complete saus- All dav en the floor collected 5 Pairs se faction from the Strangely grouped in colovred stains, 1 Basket Vices 7 F B O O 7 S Lengthened figures fell reflected 158 ege Painta, From the vriel Window-panes, 12 Di uias \ ‘arnish, bought at , ae Aud the courtyard rang unquiet, 6 dv Turpenzine, ROBERT YOUNG'S. Loud with song and snatch and glee, ; Vantina: — Benhutut Aud her maidens’ tongues rau riot, es Laughing o'er their tapeatrie. 1 dv Venetian Red, Shaw Is & Mant les, Lady, why those lids dissewbling 1 yee cais Gehre, | all quite new, at Tears that mar thy ‘broidered leaves? ou, SATINICIS Why thy dainty fingers trembling : 3 ' X¢ > S. ’ ) ) g & Prussian Jue, I BERT YOUNG'S ‘Mid the waze thy needle weaves? er Pe ‘ } Great Varieties in Lady Anne, what grief engroases vernon \ ] Pallid lips that will not speak? : De Sienna, Mantle C loths, Let not now thy mimic roses 7 aa io very cheap, at Shawe the roses.on thy cheek ! 0 Olive de “PT woOITNCIR Leave the web aid go and meet bin 2 Bole Seal do ROBERT YOUNG'S. Coming scathless from the strife, l do Lubneating Oil, Gents’ Crimean As is fitting thou should’st greet bim 10 dv Kerusens Vil, Noble prince's noble wile !

111 Boxes Glass, 2 Crates Scutties, 1 Case Shoemaker's Thread 1 Bale Curled Hair, 1 Cask Glue, 3 do Dyewoods, 250 Iba. extract Logwood, 5 Bales Rope.

These goods have been well! bought, and with Stock on Sheives and in Warehouse, fourm a very large assortinent, avd are offered at my usual low pricee—cilber wholesale or retail—fo. Cash.

W. E. DAWSON.

Great George Street, Dec. 3, 1366

CANADA FLOUR.

OUKLY EXPECTED, per Schooner | Eris, from QUEBEC—

520 BARRELS Canada Sup. No. I FLOUR.

For Cash onty.

Shirts and Shirtings, cheaper than ever, at ROBERT YOUNG'S, A great profusion of Ladies’ aud Gents’ Woollen | Scarfs and Clouds, from %d, upwards, at ROBERT YOUNG'S, Latdies cannot fall tu pet suited with tioods and Sontags at ROBERT YOUNG'S.

Bowl whe Wall « Rvot-rale TEA, we would say buy ivuat ROBERT YOUNG'S. tf

And the weary task is over— Weary work since day began-— And to meet her lord and lover Blithely goes the Lady Anne. 7 * * *

So they brought hitn, slow, in sorrow, Homeward on bis broken shield, And they told ler on the worrow How Duke Christian wen the field,— And how vumbers clased around him, How lie dealt them blow tor blow, Till his faithful spearsmen found bim Dying by the vanquished foe. But « halo pute and saintly Lingered o'er his face the while As he whispered, slowly, faintly, With the death-look ia his smile— “Give her now, for 1 have treasured All unkuown, this sacred glove— Tell her, God alone has weasured All my life's unbounded love.’ And they showed thereon the places Aa the lite-tide ebbed away, Where le wrote in eriason traces Words lis lips refused to say-— Words (tat crowned a brave life's glory, Words that wept a long life’s ban, Peace—tor Death has sealed his story Aud his love ior Lady Anne. —WN. Y. Albin.

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18. Trafford Chambers, South John Street. liverpool. January 1st, 1867. | T. THOMAS beve to inform iis friends

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@F © that be bas duis day taken into Partnership | | hia son, JOHN 'T. THOMAS, June. Steamer The business will in future be carried op under | i the style or Firm of

THOMAS & SON,

| R. WV. BRECKEN. | Nov. 26. 1866 3m

Hoop Skirts! UST RECEIVED, by ALHAMBRA— 150 Doz. HOOP SKIRTS.

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M STORY.

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For sale low, if onaDenele aapied oe MERCHANTS, WILLIAM DODD, en | pane: Nov. 26. 1846. Queen Square. LIVERPOOL «= PRIXCE EDWA ne" On a cold frosty Christmas a few years NOTICE é ISLAND, lago, L was & passenger on board the fine ° Jan. 28, 1867. tf | steamer *Queen,’ trom London to ——. ‘Lhe

HE SUBSCRIBER begs to inform the citizens of Charlottetown, and the public gene- rally, that he ius RE-OPENED lis

| voyage Is not & very long one; but we were |severai days ut sea, and during that time | struck up pretty much of an acquaintance

‘PO CONTRACTORS. |

i\TEYENDERS will be received until the

il i Establish t Ist day of MARCH next, for the erection of | with the second engineer of the ship. L have a oring men {poem Bank Building. at the corner of arene, a always had w taste, rather imaginative than e of the

. an ing Streets, Charlottetown, for the on QUEEN STREET, two doors weet of T. Des- Hank of P. &. Teland risuy's; aud solicita—while fully acknow ledgiug past favors—a returag@f that public pa- trevaye which wae formerly 80 generously and extensively couferred apon him,

scientific, for watebing the working ul power- ful machinery; the evenings Were too culd to alluw of my remaining long on deck ; and | wus often glad to exchange lor a time the sa-

Pians aud. specifications jimay be seen on application to WM. CUNDALL,

Cashier.

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he didn't know me;

| whilst we were lying in the harbour,

(we heard, was trying all he could do to get

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{fault which I havé mentioned, and a first-

before sailing, th

Taking a spanner, to screw down the gland,

Angrove awaited the praper moment, and vaulted over the rail ; but at that instant the ship took a heavier roll than ordinary, bis foot slipped on the greasy. sloping surface of | the false cover, and he had the narrowest es- | cape possible from being precipitated bead- | long among the working parts of the machin- | ery. He saved himself just in time by catch- | ing hold of the cylinder cross-head ; bat this) eross-head worked up to within half an inch | of the deck beams; and before he could witb- | draw his hand the two were nearly close to- | gether; the smallest conceivable space of time longer, and his hand would have been crushed between them ; such close work wast, indeed, that he actually felt the. squeeze, and the skin was red wiih the pressure.

1 know I was terribly frightened, and start- ed ap pale and horror-struck ; but Angrove finished his work coully, vaulted out again over the rail, and seated himself by my side, a little pale, but perfectly cali and self-pos sessed, and smoked away his cigar as if no- thing had happened.

* My dear fellow,’ I cried, ‘ what a narrow escape! | thought it was all over with you

‘ Yes, indeed,’ he said, * it was close work ! But, thank God, itisallright. A very ewal! fraction of a second longer,’ looking at his hand, ‘and my power ot using bammer and chisel wouldn't have been of much account.’

We sat for some minutes without speak- ing ; both, no doubt, meditating on what had occurred ; and «then, full of the subject, | said—

‘lt must be very dangerous work, going about the engines in really bad weather?’

*Yes, it 18,’ he said, especially im some engine-rooms; nearly as bad, L think, es it is for the sailors to go aloft. But I have always been very fortunate.’

‘ Did you never meet with an accident?’ | asked.

‘ No,’ he replied ; *but I was very near one once—& worse ove perhaps than even this would have been—and yet it was not exactly av accident either.’

* What was it then?’ I asked.

‘It was many years ago—when the Cali- fornian gold-diggings were attracting every- body’s attention, that [went out as third engineer of a steamer from Panama to Sao Francisco. I liked the captain very much, and I had known him a sight before, though ur # short time pre- viously he had several times come on board a ship to which 1 then belonged at New York, to see the captain, who.was a frieod of his. Once or twice be hud brought off hie wife and little daughter with him — such a sweet lady-like young woman, and such a dear littie girl'—I recolieet taking them down once and showing them the engines—and the lady appeared so fond of her husband! 1 wondered how he could leave them to comeon this station, in that lawless time of guid-seek- ing,, Our chief engineer, too, was a. good sort of man, and one who knew his work well; the second wasn’t a bad fellow either, though too fund of bis glass! but the rest of the officers and crew were.not pleasant ship- mates. The ship was not a comfortable one to me in any respect, und [| soon determined that my firet voyage in Ler should be my lust, though we had first-rate wages to induce us to stick by the ship at San Francisco, and not run away to the gold-diggings. '

‘We arrived out safely, without any ad- venture; but we had to wait'a long time there before we could sail on our homeward voyage. Notwithstanding all precautions, a great many of our crew ran away, and it was impossible to replace them? indeed, the harbour was fall of ships lying useless there for waut of crews to take them away. But we had also another Joss, and a great one, in our chief engineer. He had been ailing on the voyage out, and he died, poor fellow, Our second was not exactly the person to take chatge of the engines, being, as [ have suid, rather too fond of drink, and the captain,

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some one in our chief's place. Macpherson, the sevond, was of course very indignant at this—hut so it was,

‘} ehould think we must lave been quite two wonths at Sao Francisco before we were ready to sail again—for you must understand that we were not a regular packet on the station, but had been specially chartered for the voyage out—and we thought that we were yoing after all without any new chief engineer. We, in the engine-room, were pleaged at this, for Macpherson wae a good sort of fellow enuvugh, except for that

|rate workman; but on the very last day e captain, of whom we bad lseen but lictle for some time past, eame on | board with a person whom he introduced to the engine room hands us their new chief.

| +e was not the only new arrival on board. There were a tew—very few—pas- sengers; and a lady, who | heard, to my ‘astonishment, was the captain's wife, whom he had married since we hud been at San Francisco. Now, as T have already told you, Phad seen his wife and little daughter | } but a short time before, eo you may think} how much I was surprised at seeing this) other woman brought on board as his wife) jnow. | was very much surprised at our jeaptain, whom { had taken for a different lsortof man; butit was all no business of | | mine, so [ held wy tonge about it. This!

night—a fine night it was, but very dark—it, guages, crossed the was my watoh below, from widnight to four,

a view probably of getting at some ofthe below,’ you know, sir, | do not mean my watch grease and tallow that wan stowed,

in the morning. When I say, *my watel

below, in the engtne-room, bat my turn to be off duty:—Muephereon and | occupied as a) sleeping-eabin one of the deck-houses abalt: the paddle-wheel, in which were two bunks, | ene over the other, one hig and the other

mine. At eight bells—twelve o’clock you

know—I called him, and he turned out as

usual, and went to take charge of the en vine- | room, whilst | tarned intomy bunk and tried | to go tosleep. Now to sleep close behind a paddle-box, with the wheel but a foot or two from your head, is to those unaccustomed to it, and sometimes even for thoso who are used to it, rather a difficult operation, especially when the ship is roliing. There is | a creak and a buzz, as your side rises with the | roll, and a roar, anda bang. and a shock, | and a splutter as your wheel is in its turn) half buried in the sea; with a continual! tremble and shuke, never ceasing for a _mo-

ment—which altogether renders Sleeping in, such a position an art only to be acquired by long practice ; and, as I have said, notalways to be depended upon even then. I can sleep a8 well as most people; and am not ata)! a pérticular man in such matters ; but on the night in question, although there was not) mech sea on, I soon ound that any attempt | to get to sleep in my bunk was hopeless, 1) could not afford to throw away my four hours) in thinking about it; so turning out again,

without any delay, I went below to the | engine-room, and crept into asoug little spot)

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stoke-hole to the other — passage onder the starboard platform, with .

close by where I had made my couch. t saw that | mustnow te discovered ; but with.

the prospect of a eiruggle with onemaa., singly, my Courage revived, my limbe bee.

came steady, and the coward feeling left my .. breast. Le groped his way slowley uo the

passage, aad then made the reach which J ; have described, as necessary to, evoid the | water from the waste-pipe,. Thie rueh,. brought him close to me beforee be steppd, |»

j}and we stood face to fa

; << were j accustomed to the dim light of the plus : while his were yet dagzled by the brigh glare :

of the fire: so that l could distinguish his

features, while he was yet nncertain whether

there was any one thére but himsetf! ¢

ought to have seized the opportunity, and - tacked him at once, but I foolishly let the ” moment pass, and instead of acting promptly,

I sung out, * Who is there?” ie a weve “ hiseyes litup with a look of fierce smtellie . genee; and with a suppressed exclamatian, . he sprang upon me ‘Tbe suddenness ofthe , attack made me start back; and my footy heing tripped up by the bag of cotton Thad

used fora bed, we fell heavily to the decks together, [ being andermost. His left hand’ was pon my throat; and clutebing my hair ” with S18 right, he, with a quiek liftand jerk, moved my head to one side towards the en gine. 1 did not resist the movement much, for had not thought exactly where l was ‘ lying; but, oh, think of what was any hor-

jacket rolled ap for a pillow, | could gene-

between the starboard cylinder and. the for-|ror at the next dnstant to see dircetly over. ward bulkhead of the eagine-roum, which I} me, the end of the side lever decending, and. had several times before, on our outward| not more than three feet above my or voyage, used for a similar purpose. Tivis | By a violent effort I got out of the way just .. enuggery was approacted by a narrow pas- i in time; but even then the cuttef at the en@* sage on the starboard side of the ship—/of the lever grazed my forehead in ite deeent, ” for the ladders and the deck-pump pre-| The horror of my position seemed to give me ~ vented you from getting in between the eb-/ for the moment preternatural strength, and — ginea, und the dunkey engine was in the way | I sucteeded in rolling my antagonist over on the port side; and you had to make a till | became uppermost; and then { struck. rush to get in, where you did, without a) him with my cleached fist twoor three heary.. ducking from the starboard waste-water pipe | blows on the face with such effeet, that his,, through theship’s side, which was very leaky, | hold of me relaxed, ond [ thought (bad stua-. ay that there was genera!ly a torrent of water) ned him. In a moment | gained my feet and: talling down from it. But once im, with a/ fed; but I had been mistaken in faneying & . bag of cotton wipiags tor & bed, and my/|had quieted my “antagonist; he was as quick as 1 was, and pursued ms <i l rushed through the passage by the side the ship, acrosa the stoke-hole, % gh Ly passage between the engines, and. thence te . the platform aad up the ladder leading to the, ate, The chief was close behind .me,.0@.,._ that I dared not lose time by turni 4d

j head; and I rememoer how 1 obed tus Geaoe’. slip as he crossed the iron floor of the #tokes». hole directly after me. I tried to fling“opem”

the door of the companion, and the). deck —{ thought that my esdéape was certain. | : But oh, sir, { had no sooner touched ” e dvor than I found it was closed, fastened oa

| the outside. [ looked down, The chief. wes, ~ | standing on the platform at the foot. of they. ladder ; he held # revolving pistol in hia and was then in theact of cocking it! :

was no time for hesitation, and I * | self right off the ladder upon him. He fired

aving time to take aio and @, With the force of m "fan, we"

rally calculate on a comfortable snooze, of* without disturbance from the wheels or any- thing elee. In this favorite spot of mine, thén, you wilt understand that | lay down, and in a very few minutes was fast asicep. ‘Thad not slept very tong, when 1 awoke with a start, and an uneasy consciousness thay there. was something unusual in the working of the engines I leant on my el- bow and listened. They were going mueb wore slowly than usual, and there was a pe- culiar jerking style about their motion which seemed as if they were working expansively with high steam; and the well koown rushing sound in the stearm-pipes, Irke the wind through a doorway when the door is ajar, showed me in @ moment that they were close- ly * throttled,” — that is, that the valves in the pipes leading to the eylinders were par- tiully closed, so as to check the flow of steam | but without b from the boilers to the engines. T[ saw, too, | was not hit. that there was a very bright glow from the }both rolled off the platform into the pa furnaces, and that the fires were more than | between the engines, the piste! being 1 usually intense. I fancied, also, from the | Same time dashed from his hand, How w bol absence of the usual currents ef ‘air, except | escaped being crusbed by the machinery through the wind-sa:l and from tbe forehold, scarcely know; but 80 it was, and we; and the appearance of the lights and sha. | were both on our feet again, and struggling, dows, that the hatches over the crank grat-/ through the passage on to the slippery stolker4 ings, and the companion leading to the deck | bole floor. — ; *. © 2! samy were partially clused—a thing that was very! ‘Here, still grasping each other's thronte;, unusual except in bad weather. | we ptased to take breath; and I eae thea? ‘1 was about to creep wut of my lair to gee { that M vephberson and the stokers, and trim-" r é a

what was the weaning of all this, when [| mers of the wateh were lying either dead heard persons in conversation in the passage |dead drank about the side plath

between the enzines, and almost close to! stuke hole.. I shouted as well as Leeul where | was. By a slight movement I was! without avail; and then a thought

able also to eee them. One was our chief | across me—the steam whistle! There waa. engineer, who was never belure known to be | bandle by which it could besounded from the, in the engine room at this hour of the night; |engme room. Ii t could but reach shes he had his hands on the injection handles, must alarm all the ship, and we might yew and was regulating the supply of water to/all be saved! But at that moment she-com~ the diminished quantity of steam passing) panion was opened, and the youth, chiet ‘se through the engiwes. The other, with his! *ccomplice, descended. [He camé Got ee back turned towards me, was a person whom ladder hastily ; but he had no sodner

I did not know at all. Heappedred a slight, | avd seen what was going oo thap he pa gracefully-furmed yo ‘an, of middle! as if frightened and irresvlate how .to @%.. height, dressed in satlor hes of fine tex-| The chief saw bim as vor a8 Ldid, and epog,,

riate

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5 . | ° ture, and with the yorce OF @ yguéh more than | Out to bhim— +S wr pel gene aman. I should have gone out at once tu| ** The pistol ! the pistol! There betweeq, see what was doing, bat the first. words [ dis | the engines! Te

tinguished arrested my attention in a mo- ment.* It was the youth, who said— ‘How long before we teave the sip!

‘The youth picked up the pistol, and 6om-- ing forward, presented it at me, bat I cvul “ ; ' : ee, ¢ th he bad *+Not long now,” replied the chief, ‘bat ted cane case pale we have nothing mure tu du, except to start of course withoutavail. The chief aaw, aa Lb, when it is time.’ | did, the cause of the failure. + Cock it—ede= ‘+Are you sure the third engineer ie all n you—evek it!’ he eried out; and theteds right?’ | heard the click es the bammer was druwa’ ‘:Yes, He sleeps in one of the wheel- | back and the chamber revoived. lowsenumr houses, and [ have turned the key upon him. | or never forme. | am a Vornishwat, sit; apd” Dick 1s wt the wheel; the rest of the watcl | lke most men from that country, a litte bit’ are on deck, und these sinutty fellows are | of a wrestler. I had regained my étrength &° disposed of — We have lowered the boat all little, and skill took the place of. what. wae vale, and all is ready fur & start.’ wanting. ltwasmy only chance. *+Then why not go.,ow ?’ as iightening, | gave the ebief the *.toe, ‘*No; we might still be discovered in time | we call it m our country, aad. termed ; him to spoil all. Let os wait till the lust moment, | over like a top towards the side onwhieh the and we shall be sure that we have got rid ol youth was standing. le fired at othevaame the infernal ship and all that could ever give instant, but ‘the sudden terp 1 gave ary” us trouble. But, by G—~—1,” he said, with | antagonist changed our itions, and the a glance towards ihe guages, * there isn’t / bullet, after inflicting a fosh wound oa tiy much time to spare, either. Tie steam arm, entered his b dy instead of mite.’ “The® mounts quicker than | th vaght. [t is at) youth gazed fur a woment.with a | or

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