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;;? miscellany
'EilEEMASONS SAVED BY PIRATES.
'?li, ,.' (Glasgow Chronicle, August 30.)
i, ;St.'i Johns Porto Rico, Jui,y 0.—
'This morning came , in the British sloop .
;'Sea Flower, Captain Thomns, master,
'jffom Port au. Plat t(Hayti), and reports
?that ,oii , the 23rd . ultimo, when about
u twenty- five miles west of the end of this
? -v ???''_ island (say-in the: Mona Passage), slie was .
^;, ;-8topped and bverliauled by' a fast sailing
V .',;«ohoofier, of, about 150 tons, armed with
-.£-,,;-! .loiig brass guns (Iti poucders on a pivot,
?-- ?:?* xu\& two -small guns, on each side), and
- ; ''' riinnried by about sixty or seventy white
' ' ^ .lhen^of all nations, at least, speaking all
; ..^languages'; 'showed no colours; had ors
? ???? 'deck; .a- ? blue signal .flag with a red
? '? Bquareion it; no small arms were
. -'v ;' -Been^fbiit ? there was a large chest
? :'1; :'''ori; deck- tjiat may have contained
vj,,/, them. ,The vessel was detained n. day
twcVj.-ari.diti;half, ;ahd when cast adrift, a ship and
— nni--ibrigAi,we'ie:iri: sight, towards which the
'arfl° schooner -made. ; The vessel was robbed
edX^'^\f(?t%4. f1 half, 'coiis.cf cordage,' and
oilj- fit h e jcap^ ai ii f s coat was taken. by one of the
»moDri.e'aswnol),-i.boarded. the sloop. Captain
^nilimThorinas'who-was- taken on ? board the
^ ...f^sclioo'ner the moment sho come nlongaide
?J(I^^yasrk'ep't there the whole time. He believes
.v}aihiT|tijat,hiB sbeing a freenoaBon saved him from
k-O'i-'jibeing.robbed, as 'his trunk was taken on
?v''««:b'6'ard the schooner, and, upon its being
ljj^7jo'pened, his masoriio aprons, sash, &c,
j^t^yprlesented' themselves. He. then saw
oat .'.'.fligiis .! pass from one to the other,
'??-? '?-'? who were on board. They treated
'''.?;':-hiiii '? well at the. time and' sent
1; Vp' ba'ck.his trunk without touching.its con
,,;.;?, tents'. The little money he had was in
?tn:j agold, visible in the trunk, but it was not
| ^.: .touched; 'The supposition is thst the
,^^esselnia either, a pirate or a Russian
ir l-fp'riyiteer,! waiting for the Royal West
...-.Wia India-mail steamers, which come up that
1 a; way 'from1 Jamaica, Cuba, to St. Thomas,
; .' J' &c£ and' are known to have large amounts
^rii/'of silyer7'donar;s, &c., on board almost
;'uW everyf.voyage... . A similar instance. '.of
- -ihe- benefit derived by seamen bieing
:^ '^teemasons occurred gome years ago to
' *Vship's?crew belonging to Ayr. . Mystic
.?'.iiiisignsi being; exchanged between the pira-:
: ^ii&tical't captain and the master of the
??;v'--- Oi boarded -vessel, ? the ?'brethren,' with
. ./.^ '?|heir property, were spared,' while four
'?',[', '[. r ^boy's were taken pri joners— Ayr paper.
' '. !-?! -'U ' .;Widows-— I hate' widows. They .are
.the i very— Jeucu. I've heard the heathen
??.?.^'-?^?;:icaifed'bemg'hfeUVthey'haye''8ensp.enqugh
?'. ? ;t9 burn widows when their husbands die,
; ,ahd that's a step further in civilization
?..;. ,; 'than we have taken.; There's, nothing like
r .r.'em. If they makeup their minds *to
.:i' i':i marry, it's done.' ' Iknow one -that . wbb
' r .terribly afraid of thunder -nd lightnicg,
? I;iand every time a storm came up, she would
..f'runvjintp Mr. Smith's house (he was a
-.-. ,::i.-/Widower), andclasp her;, little hands, -and
«^fiy-aroundjtill the man was half distracted
': 'Jj-^.'for.few she would be killed, and the con
? ^?^sequen'cewfta, she was Mrs; John Smith
,b I b'efo're* three thunder storms had' rattled
: - - ;' over her: head. ' Wasn't . that diplomatic,1?.,
-:!vl ;i!;T3ien1ithereislthatUiltle.;blue-eyed widow
,;;; |;VJ. Wilkina. r Didn't she drop: her prayer
.ria^'1^' b'ook'go^jng out of chureh- for my _. hand
'.-iioi(t(iflpuie;^h'o8dand^..to pick up 'i j And didn't
o»v; Vt\.li; aeejc him,' Eque«e.vher; ;hand wh'eii he*
. . ....... .... ? ? _ r*..-_ . ? i
handed it back to Her 1 ;; 'Arid1 when I I old
him a long rigmarole of a 6tory going hbine
to divert- hi* mind -froniithe^ ilittleririinx,
didn't'he aiicVer ',t;-yenii''.'iio^,'-1;atr.nndoin,
ahd'.'laiisth1, i.a. ll.e.^Sy'roHg^jilacej?... and
didn't -lie*, the. .nex^l inpniing .put 'saltin'his
coffee, and sugar on^his beefste'ak ? And
won't she be Mrs. SamiveJ Jbnes,;,N6.,2?'
An8wer-me that !? I should like '' to ,, cut
her up into inch pieces'- with' a dull jack-;
knife. I; But it's no use' struggling} against
fate. I shall have to put my pride in my
pocket and. tell Samivel. it .is my request
that he should marry . her when. . I
am gone i and that will ' pull wool ...'
over tho- eyes -of1, the people, . and
save his credit, for he'll have her, if
an earthquake should be the consequence
It's astonishing widows will be so indeli
cate as to doff their weeds. It's nothing
more nor less than a walking advertise
inent 'for, another ..husband. Mrs. Lee
was spending a short time at the sea-shore,
in her new regimentals, when one of the
ladies at the tea table, struck with a sud
den thought, saidj very innocently— .'? By
the way, MrB. Lee, ' where is your hus
band ! ' I should have been very sorry.
to have told where hs was, for the way he
ueed to swear when he talked wa3 awfu
to mention ! Now what a glorious ex
ample I'd be to the sex, if Providence
should see '-fit, .'to make: me a widow ! I
wonder if Samivel will, pop off! I should
hate to put ray curls behind my ears;
but I'd do it j and I wouldn't as much as
look at a /nan,' unless it was Tom King.
Wonder if he'd marry me ! Well '—there
now, I've spoke in meeting ! It can't; be
helped now, as Deacon Smith said, .when
his daughter surprised him. in kissing
Widow Moore— ' It's natur, Sally, it's
natur!' — Fanny Fekn.
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