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W. . -- .. (Confirmed in... first pogo.) Ill strain of [littering silver—drove tinged .wlt: the W N there panic into a lovey no; 1. sheet not“ ship :lter ship. with every of will spread to a perfect crowd oI canvass. tetbe beastly of the scene. A; Who I lay sheltered by a large over-hanging y stream slowly trickled out of the cavern "It was beaatiiolly fringed with many “of Ion. while other growths. nurtured by b endlreskenssof the manuals; water. added

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file veelvot‘:I beauty to the favored spot. . gnaw ow stem-t! I stood in an opening in h when the village was built. and the great

fit! ran down into the sea. The wind torn by me lglbnt I sent-l hardly stand by its fury. while down by the fist and the rocks. the waves came tumbling ln leg!” twelve feet high. curling over and over. as lilo out the chore; and whenever the; en. Mull rock or pier there seemed a momentery belt. as gathering strength. when with a mighty leap up dew tons of water in a fountain of foam. which was again swo tagalnst the face of the long line of rocks behind I e sand. or dashed over them and carried in a storm of spray inland.

The noise was deafening. for the shingles and huge stones were being churned over and over. and. as it were. pounded by the waves. while whee. ert-r l‘bere was a cavern the water rushed in with a bellowing roar that was at times dct‘pcued into thou. 5". while the concession and force of the biasing waves seemed enough to rend the rocks assunder and plough up the earth beyond. till the current forced its way through. to tear on as a devastating liver. and drown all that came in its path.

‘ What? I shouted to a fisherman whose lips I bill tern more, while his words were swept away.

‘ Three ships sshoro.‘ he shouted back. in the slug song tone peculiar to the men of Cornwall. who draw their harvest from the sea.-—-Ihe sturdy. sober. honest follows. who seem gentlemen compared to

be general run of fishermen at out ports and fish-

Ilgntnlions. man whom 1 bad set upon the rocks V" h In listen night after night. when a knot would get together and slug; in capital tune and time—and with ov'sry rt in the 'tnrmony carefully preserved --some he odious air. which. flouting out to son, sounded sweet beyond conception. and made me think what little need there Was for persons to go abroad to find scenery and national peculiarity. But it always was a failing among us to be so far sighted that fie‘beamivs of home were overlooked.

‘f roe ships ashore." he shouted. pointing in three iflsreut directions: but I had already made that» out. and now we went down to the pier as close as the waves would permit. for but some filly yards from the end lay a small schoonor with the waves washing over ken—one by one the men who had clung to her rigging and her sails being beaten of: wished towards the shore, and then drawn back by the under-tow again.

Every minute the pier would be loft ltlear out of the water. which poured of its sides. and in one of of those intertals a sailor was seen swimming strongly alongside, riding up and down the huge billom. but fighting hard for life.

iAll at once I saw a man noise a life-buoy. one of thoeb largo yellow cork rings; and as the last were left the stone peir free from the water to where the light house rose. he linked along it. running swift. ly towards where the swimmer was striving to reach tkeehore.

' In a few moments he was beside him, and throw

the so that the poor fellow reached it. when~

the men behind me began to shout to the gallant follow to return. But every shout seemed beaten back instantly; and amidst a violent commotion- men running and seizing ropes. women shrieking and clutching one another—I saw a large wave come tearing in. rise like a huge heart at sleep. and curl right over the pier. sweeping it from end to end, and delugiug it with many feet of water.— Tbia wan succeeded by another and another. and then once more tho water was streaming off the send. and one could see the fisherman who ran to his brother man's rescue struggling for his own life on the other side of the pier, against which he was at length violently dashed. But there were kins- men and friends in plenty. anti one with a rope round him run down the pier. plunged in. svrsm to tho poor fellow. clutched him. and then they were drawn ashore together inscnsible, but locked in a tight embrace.

All this time the sailor who clung to the buoy loomed wild and confused. and ignorant of its pur-

. for all at once a groan arose from the crowd nose-bled, when losing his hold. the drowning man threw up his arms and disappeared in the boiling surge.

In rushed the waves again and again. while more than once the yellow lilo buoy could be seen ; but as the waves receded they dragged it back. and now every eye was directed to the little schooner. which seemed to lift upon the waves. and then tremble in every beam as it was dashed down again. till the nests went over the side.

About one hundred yards lower down I could see a crowd assembled facing a large brig which had struck against the rocks. and whose crew seemed doomed to meet with a watery grave.

ut preparations were being made to afford suc- conr bsre. for as I reached the crowd I found them busy with the rocket apparatus. There was a rock- et and‘tbe long line laid carcfully in and out. round ' altar peg. in its care. so that it might run forth mjvan‘easily. andjnst then the stand was di-

t ri;ht. the rocket aimed. and the fire applied. cndaflilr a loud rushing sound. off darted the fiery Manger on its errand of mercy. forming an arch fwtkedr. and falling upon the other side of the doomed ship. which lay abo‘ttt sixty yards from the t

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Acesnltantlchorus followed this successful at- tenpt to connect the vessel with the shore by means of a cord. for the rocket line ran easily and perfect- I Mend tbeoeble at hand being new attached. I sellers on board began to haul, when. like a snake. lbs great ro ran slowly down the beach. plane! into the surf. end still kept on no- settle. and running down till those on tho elifl lip and down that the end was hauled on board and roses fast to the mast.

And now so far successful. the cable and a line beta unheard. the cable hauled tight by those on

' V i is. and secured to a capstan used for hauling up beats, the rest of the arrangements being

and these on board drew the tar-pantie

“I sent. which run by: ring aloug‘tmbgp.

‘ wkklt‘k person coat a; ashore si o my nfl than strong beneath the tightened rope as t apparel-embattled by these on obore.and

one redo over the bottle waves.

perhaps. only ones immersed re the 9 _ I in the middle.

.tbe men by me began to heel. that a worsen was swinging by ‘ and fell with the weight upon as poor creature disap- tessis; waves. lot the nest ntsoto. with a teed

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‘lnto sorrow. lot it was seen that in. the hurry of t passing the poor woman over the ship's side the rope thad become entangled round her neck. and she had

been strangled In those brief minutes when there was life and safety before burl

But there were other lives to save. and as the body of the fair. delicate woman was borne with tender. loving hands up tho sands through the opening. and then to the large ion. the sling was drawn back by the crew of the ship, and another tried the perilous passage.

How the angry waves leaped up and darted again and again. as if to tear the men being rescued from the rope of safety, and how those ashore cheered again and again as each poor drenched and dripping wrelcb. hall choked with the brine. was hauled ashore. and then stood trembling and tottering. sometimes not even able to stand from being on ex- hausted. Some shoutbd for joy. some burst into Its of crying. others stood stolidly goals: at their saviours while one or two went down on their knees devoutedly to oerr thanks for the life saved.

To flvcand-twenty souls did that thin line. shot over the wreck by means of a rocket. carry life and hope. and heartily their lellow~meu worked to save them from the son that fought hard to take them for its prey. and when. at last. nearly every man had come ashore upon the frail bridge of hemp. the ‘ waves scented to tear at the wreck with redoublsd fury. pilingmountainn of foaming water upon it. leaping upon the deck. or lifting the bull to dash it again upon the cruel rocks that were gnawing their way through the bottom.

“ Only the captain loft now." said the last poor fellow who came ashore. and then be staggered and fell—quite insensiblc from the revulsion of feeling. And nu bearing these words the men not the clings free. but they were dragged back only slowly. as if the poor captain was about exhausted. Every now and then we could make him out clinging to the rigging. where the end ofthe cable had been secured, . but all at once a regular mountain of a wave came ‘ coursing in faster. leaped up. seemed hanging inv mid air for a few moments. and limit poured dowu with resistlcss fury upon the doomed vessel. There < was a wild confused cry from those on shore. which was heard above the bowling of the storm; men and women clasped their hands and ran hither and thither. as if agoniscd at their helplessness to render aid. and then. as I looked out eastward. [could only see the clean swept deck at intervals. fortlte rigging was gone. while the cable. that bridge of safety to so many. now bung slack in the water.

‘- llaul l" shouted the man who managed the rocket apparatus~oue of the old Coast Guardsmen -—auda score of willing bands crowded down to get a clutch at the cable. when eta given signal they started inshore to run it up. but checked directly. for they found there was a longtec'nle of wreck attach- ed. which came up slowly. with the huge waves tearing at it as though to draw it back. but as more of the drippliug cable appeared from the water more willing hands sinzsd upon it. so that at last it came faster. and part of a mast with a confusion of blocks. ropes. shrouds. appeared at the edge of the

TH}? HERALD,

from the yards. or from cspesure; and at. but. when the vessel reached port. out of the crew there were but three seamen able to do duty. Probabl . short of ab- solute loss, the Columbia experience the severest passage we ever remember to have recorded. The ship Neptune. Captain l’eahodv. also of the same line. arrived the same day. although she left Liverpool just a month before the Lblumbia. She also received rough handling. having met tltren violent eturnlr. during one of which IIIO was knocked down and half filled with water. but fortunately escaped with no more serious loss tltau that uI lit-r yards and some sails. Captain Peabody notes that for thirty years such heavy westerly gales had been unknown on the Atlantic.

These are the experiences of all those that provi- deutislly succeed in battling with the Storm King. but tlta sgouiaiug sufferings of other unfortunatee who. after probably days of’ useless struggles and hope for help. at last Ittrculltb to their fate. tnd now lio buried in the dccp bosom of the angry ocean. can out be guessed at. but never known in this world. l‘wo recent wrecks worn panned by the Columbia. the crew- of which have probably perished. and we fear future arrivals wlll add considerably to the melancholy record. Landsmen think the “"dissgrceabloe of the city in the winter are bad enough when splashing through the nth cit-mth streets to and front their labor; but hovr light do they appear when compared with even one day‘s re- cord of tits etporicnces of one who “ gives down to 1110 son ln ships " to labor for his daily bread!

IIUMORS OF ADVERTISING.

To take a urwsps or for a leisure hour and begin- ning with the first cu uutu read carefully through to the last. we doubt if any part will be found either more en- tertaining. tustt‘ucttvu or stunning than that cspccially not apart to thcsdvortlsiug public. and he who neglects its pcruml lust-s many a choice tit. bit, and ntnyltsp much vttlunblu and practical information. Ideas have been rapidlv uudcrgoing u change of late can. Thu man who formerly refused introducing himself or his worse to public attention, through the medium of tlm press. now eagerly covets its assistance. and tho old logy and the pcuurtuue alone remain ignorant of its ad- vantages. In our age the rule is to ADVERTISE. All classes do it. and they do it in every way. 'I‘burt‘ is no gouoral tut-thud or set term of phrases. for ever ' one is untuistakttblv for himself. As agoncral rule advertise- ments are well written. striking and characteristic. but sometimes thoy are worded with an utter disregard to syntax. and smnctiuiot tho punctuation rcntlurs them a trifle obscure, as witness the following. cut from Vari. our papers in our allies:—

‘ “'unlrtl a steady young man to look after a horse of the Methodist persuasiou.‘

' To LET—A cottage containing night rooms and an acre of ground.‘

' Fott SAIL—A piano by a lady about to cross the Channel in an oak case with carvod logs.‘

' Losr !-~A small lady‘s Watch with a white face. also, two ivory young Indles' work-boxes. A mahogany gentleman's dressing case. and a sm‘tll potty belonging to a young lady with silver mans and tail.‘

' Lost or stratle from the scriher a sheep all over white —one leg was black and lutl-l his body—all person.- shall receive five dollars to bring him. He was a she gout.’

A lady recently advertised in a citv paper that rho wantth a ‘ gentleman for breakfast ltlltl tNt.’ while an- other in the same journal Milli for ‘ a husband having it Roman nose with strong religious Icmlmcies.‘ and a third

sands where the water boiled so furiously, and the next minute was high upon the sands.

Iburricd down to be one of the knot of people who crowded round. when my heart sank. for it I was. as I feared; the captain. a fine. calm. steruly-l browcd mnu. lay there amongst tho cordage. one leg in the slings. as if about to venture. when that cruel wave poured ruin upon the deck of the ship. and tore away his last chance of life.

Twisted. tangled, and confused. tho ropes lay to- gether. and it was only by means of a free use of their clasp-knives that tho henchmen and sailors set the poor fellow free.

Slowly and sadly we stood round. looking down upon the features of the brave man who had clung to his ship till the last of his crcw was ashore ; but there was no weeping and wailing wife to cast herself upon the cold. drenched form. and sweep the hair from his broad forehead; slowly. and with the crowd following in silence. we bore the corpse to the ion. to lay it side by side with that of the wife he had tried to save.

A young. noble-looking pair. with faces calm and pale. seeming but to sleep as they lay there hushed in death—in that great mystery, for tho sea had con- quered.

" Sixty years have I lived down here. man and boy." said a fisherman. in his pleasant song tone. “ and if I were to try and count up the lives of men as that great son has taken. I cuttld hardly believe it. I've seen the sea shore strewn with wreck. and and I’ve known the waves to cost up the dead day after day for weeks after a strom : some calm and pale faced. some beaten. torn. and not to he looked upon without a shudder. Seems sir. as the sea kept them as long as it could. and then cast them up anti busily tricdto ltide 'em. throwing up sand and shells—sand and shells. so that I’ve found ’em sometimes ltali hidden. and the water lapping melancholy around. Now. it's some poor fisherman ——now assilor. or a gentleman been a ynuchting. or a foreigner from some fine vessel. Every year bun- dreds taken. and every dead body with such a tale of sorrow. misery and wretchedness attached. as would make your heart ache could you but read it. All. the sea is a great thing. and as I live by it. know it well. To-day you see it quiet and still—to—morrow it is tearing at the shore with fury, and it is only God who can still its rage."

But still, year after year. in their calm depen- dance upon His great arm. our fishers and sailors put forth to tempt the perils of the vast deep for their livelihood. Right and left of them others are taken. but still the busy toilers thrust forth from the shore and make their voyage easily, or in an agony of fear are overtaken by the storm. and at length “ being exceedingly tossed with the tempest ’ ' ' lighten the ship.” And again. when run ashore. cling terror-stricken to the vessel and its rigging. till beaten oil before succour arrives when they are cast ashore.

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guardians”. 'I‘IIE WINTER ON 1111:: OCEAN.

[From the N. Y. Com. Advertiser.)

The present winter season is productive of more than the usual number of cases of suffering at sea, owing to the continued intense severity of the was- thrr. Nearly every arrival durtn the past few weeks had met with some acoldent to in i or spare, and some. in addition. with the less of one or more valuable lives. TbeJteokot slip (J'olaatbia, Captain Robinson. which arriv on Sale or from lover . with slutty- six paeseo era. was 73 days out. had been re- ported no gelow this several days previous. but the winter storms be Ml every attempt to reach her haven. From the sixth day out. gale alter gale bet~ tered tbs unforteaatn sbip, tearing away her sails. wsokltt aw spare and bulwarks. and drenching bar on d a below. Added to this. the cold weather teed op the ship, her hell masts. rigging. and spare bells me ottb the fresco water. rendering It near an impossibility to work the vessel.

During one of the besvleet ales she was struck

stni by as electric ball fire. which exploded with s report: and. to add to the borrorn. av. see-en one pannelger were less overboard at dif~

party seeks to recover ' it lost wallet belonging to a gen- tleman made of calf skin.’

An advertisement of cheap shoes in a country paper has tho following nuts bolts:

‘ N. B.—Lttdics wishing those cllm‘tp shoes will do well to call soon. as they \von‘t last long.’

A man nncc advertised fill" umnuctcnf pcrsons to un. derfttltc the sale of a new medicine. and adds, we doubt not Willi truth. i it will be profitiblu to the undertaker.” _ The following extract from a medical advertisement, ts perhaps correct:

‘ Consumptit-rs. coule while you can. for after you have taken one bottlo of my mixture you can‘t.‘

A Western paper advertises thus :

‘Iltvrt Await-A bircd man named John ; his nose

of corduroy pants much worn.‘

How that nose must have looked dressed up in cord- uroy pants!

The advcrtiscmcut of it doctor who undertakes the cure of madness begins thus: ‘Worthy the attention of the insane.‘

A wholesalc honsu recently advertised ‘ Wanted. we. men to sell on commisvion.‘

In a shop window in nu obmure art of London is this announcement: ' Gomls remover . mussuges taken. carpets beaten. and poetry composed on any nubjcct.‘

A sign on an Academy out West reads: ‘Frecmaa «(r illu‘ggs: It‘rccmau teaches the boys and 'Iluggn theI gll’ I.

A Brooklyn storokecpcr announces ‘ Umbrellas rc- covcrcd lu-re.‘ A hyphen tailor the ‘ ro' would undoubt- edly render the advertfser‘s meaning mow literally oorrect.’

Another class of advertisements evincmg peculiar characteristics. are to be found under the hwtd ill person- tile in city dailies. Take for instance Ibu following, where the man evidentlv signs his right name:

' FUN AND Mtarn. —If the ladies on Madison Square. next to park. going down. about half-past one I’. 31., on Tuesday. who recognised the gentleman Ill omnibus going up. would oblige‘ by turtlth acquaintance. will please address A. Donkey, Metropolitan Hotel.’

COULDN'T GET THE RIGIIT FLOP.

In the year 1813, (luring the Millcrite excitement In the usually quiet town of Durham. old ‘ Aunt Sallv II-—-.' who would ‘ weigh nigh on to turn hundred pounds.‘ at all ready to ° go up.‘ and one cvcnlu in ntueliug. u the midst of a warm season of exhortat on. she arose anti said: