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KUtrelKineoui.
POOR JAMES.
I am hungry 1"
Silence. I tell you !*'Ohl
yes, 1 em hungry, I em hen*
gry?'
'Will you hold your tongue, you naughty
Imp f Can I And bread in this sand and j
gravel !*
The poor child trembled in every limb, j
and answered not a word; for hisYatherj
hail spoken in a rough and ill-boding j
vnixo r -* ' - 1 "
v, ?uu ?i win ins eyes ciarieu terrine 1
fire. 1
Thev walker1 on some time in silence. |
The child l?nn?r d.iwn his head to conceal
the tears which run down his emaciated
cheeks. The father seemed tube revolv*
iug in his mind some fatal thought. He
endeavored l?v c <nvu1sive movements to
reinin his equilibrium, but could not succccd.
lie was, according to his custom,
in a stale of intoxication, and reeled at
ev< ry step.
Suddenly the child let escape his sobs
and cries. He could not contain himself
any longer, and the check which he put
upon his feelings served only to augment
his complaints.
' Some bread, father, a bit of biead !*
The wretched father, in a hi of rage
and despair, took his child
Of ?U itri?.!*? .? ? - : J
... 6..- ?! I T IHII9I |nrrring UIIU ier- I
rihle is not to have a little bread to give
one's children when they come and say,
with tears in their eyes, and their bands
extended, d am hungry!' But how much
more cruel still is this pain, and how much
more horrible its torture, when conscience
accuses a father of having satisfied his
shameful passions at the expense of the
very existence, of his family ! Crime gives
a threefold weight to misfortune, and in
such moments man allows himself to he
hurried into the most monstrous excesses,
because despair, changed to madness,
seems to find in them a kind of execrable
voluptuousness.
The father then took his child and threw
him into the 6ea with nil the strength he
"
vuuiu vimiinanii, mid lied away.
By one of thosp extraordinary occurences
which the world calls cliancc?as
if a word which means nothing could explain
any thing?hut which the christian
denominates providential dispensation, the
wretched child found a board which was
floating by his side, and clung to it. The
wind and the waves had soon carried him
far from the shore. '
A vessel of war was riding near the
coast, from which the child was discover-11
cd, sustained by his frail support, strug- I
gling with the impetuosity of the waves,'
and pushed towards the vessel against I
which it might he lashed to pieces. This |
spectacle excited an electric sympathy.
Shall the poor child he left to perish ? Is !
it not possible to save him ? These reflections
scarcely lutd time to cross the
minds of the crew, when a sailer had pre- '
cipilated himself into the midst of the j '
sea, at the risk of his life, and was swimming
with difficulty with the arms of the ]
child entwined around him. They questioned
the little unknown, who did not
appear to be more than three or fouryears s
old. He replied that his name was James,
but could not give information sufficient v
to make known his family. They called a,
him, therefore, Poor Jambs, and he was 11
kept on board the vessel. '
Poor James had a very sweet disposi-1 ?
lion, was kind to every body, possessed (
great aptitude for learning and soon gain-1 f
cd the affection of the now. Each re-1 r
garded him as an adopted child, and spar-la
cd no pains to supply his wants. It was n
concluded that the condition of a sailor c
would not be suitable for him. Some of,
the officers opened a subscription to give ^
him a cultivated education ; and after long ^
years of study, Poor James entered on
board a vessel of war in the capacity of j
surgeon of the royal navy. He acquitted t
himself in this office with much honor
during the long struggle which divided
? s
jMigland and France. f
This vessel having captured a schooner, f
took on hoard several of the wounded*,
which wore confided to the care of surgeon
James. Among them was an aged (
man, whose wounds appeared to be mor- ^
tal; the young surgeon gave him, howcv- ^
er, a vigilant and assiduous attention,
but ail his efforts anil all his art were pow- ^
erlcss. i
The stranger, seeing himself at the j
point of death, wished to leave him a to. |
ken of his gratitude, and having requited ,
him to stop a moment near his roucli of |
pain, he addressed to him the following ,
words: " You have shown nie so much ,
affection, that I am anxious to give you 1
the only treasure that 1 possess in the
world and presenting hint a bible, added-?*'
This hook was given me by a pious
lady. It has opened my eyes upon
my great miseries, and, by the aid of the1
God of mprcv
,, vu.i?b?cii my criminal
passions. In this bibic I have found the ,
way of salvation, the pardon of rny sins '
in Jesus Christ, a sweet peace for my con-1
science, for a long while troubled by bit- |
ter remorse, and the most precious con- j (
eolations in my days of misfortune. Take i,
now this bible. Read it, and may it guide
you in the way in which I delight to tra-j
vel, but which, alas ! I entered but too
late."
He stopped. \ fatal secret evidently
weighed upon his heart; but he seemed to'j
be struggling between the need of reveal-'
ing it and the shame of avowing a crime.
This inward struggle lasted but a few moments.
He turned to heaven a calm and
resigned look, in which one could see
v m: * * *
that ha Wat unM#*; io ilia Lord the feat
sacrifice of which the (|oi|iel
e?t upon him. .Then he related, In a'alow
and grave voire*- all the diaordere aud
wickedness of hit past life?iBMDf others,
j how he had tMwo Into the sea a poor
ehild of four yogas of ago, his son, who
| asked him for hgad.
* My god. Mi possible V exclaimed the
young ?urgao?lirwhose trouble and anxiety
increased as the old man continued hli
recital.. WW Do we see 'each other
again in thin World, Tell me/ continued
he, taking the hand of the stranger, * on
what pan.of.the English coast did thia
event lake place V
'Between Norwich and Yarmouth,'re_
it _ a ZZ t - ?
ptiva ine asioniKhed old man ; for he did
not understand whv this young man was
so moved while addressing him this question.
' And how long ago did this happen !'
/ About *wenty-three years.'
4 And v as not that child's name James?1
interrupted the surgeon, no longer able to
command himself.
* James, yes, that was his name/ exclaimed
the old man, still more astonished.
4 My father?bless your son,* said the
young surgeon, falling on his knees before
the bed of the dying man. 4 Bless
your son. ft is God who has brought us
together. It is he who has willed to show
me the example of your conversion and
of your pious hope.'
It is easier to imagine than describe the
feelings of the old man, For a long time
he remained silent, not daring to believe
the evidence of his own eyes, fearing he
was indulging in a dream from which he
must awake with disappointment. By degrees
he collected his thoughts, and in his
turn questioned the young navy officer as
to the details ivhirh he m i r? h rumoinli.ir
lie became finally convinced that it was
indeed his son that lie saw before him,
an?l lears of joy ran down his cheek already
covered with the shades of death;
and lie exclaimed with Simeon, " Lord,
now Idlest thou thy servant depart in
peace." The same day he died in the
arms of his son, blessing God.
This meeting, so unexpected, so miraculous,
produced such an impression upon
the young man. that he abandoned, shortly
after, the service of the navy, to consecrate
himself to the preaching or the
word of God.
Now it happened that a minister of the
gispel, having related in substance, before
a religious assembly, the story that
has just been read, turned to the president
ind said, 14 / am the poor James."
ANECDOTES OF BIKDS.
BY CAPT. MaRRYAT.
There is much more intellect in birds
han people suppose. An instance of that
teeurred the other day, at slate quarry belonging
to a friend (rum whom I have the
larrative. A thrush, not aware of the ex*
[tansivc properties of gunpowder, thought
[>roper to build her nest on a ridge of the
pinrry in the very centre of which they
were constantly blasting the rock. At
irst, she was very much discomposed by
he fragments flying in all directions, but
till she would not quit her chosen locality
; she soon observed that a bell rang
whenever a tram was about to be fire.I, 1
nd that, at the notice, the workmen reired
to safe positions. In a few days, i
/hen she beard the bell, she quitted her (
xposed situation, and flew down to where '
be workmen sheltered themselves, dropiing
rlose to their feet. Jtttcre she would
emain until the explosioWiad taken place :
nd then return to her nest. The workten
observed this, narrated it to their
mployers, and it was also told to visitors
rho came to view the quarry. i
The visitors i?ninp?ll? ? ??? - ?1 *
>'>ij KApicoM'li U WISH
0 witness so curious a specimen of intelect;
but, as the rock could not always be |
eifWy to be blasted uhen visitors came,!
1 e bell was rung instead, and, for a few i
imes, answered the same purpose. The
brush (lew down close to where they j
food, but she perceived that she was tri- I
led with, and it interfered with her pro-1
'ess of incubation; the consequence was
hat afterwards, when the hell was rung.
;he wotdd peep over the ledge to ascerain
if the workmen did retreat, and if
hey did not, she would remain where she
vas, probably saying to herself, " No, no,
rentlenien ; I'm not to he roused off my
^ggs merely for your amusement.*'
Some birds have a great deal of humor
n them, particularly the raven. One that
In longed to mc was the most mischievous
ind amusing creature I ever met with.
He would get into the flower-garden, go
to the beds where the gardener hud sowed
a great variety of seeds, with sticks put
in the ground with labels and then he
would amuse himself with pulling up every
stick, and laying them in heaps of ten
or twelve on the pnth. This used to irritate
the old gardener very much, who
would drive him away. The raven knew
that he ought not to do it, or he would
not have done it. He would soon return
to his mischief, and when the gardener
again chased him (the old man could not
walk very fast) the raven would keep just
clear of the rake or hoe in his hand dan
ring buck before him, and singing as
plain as a man could, '* Tol de rol dc rol,
lol de rnl de rol;'* with all kinds of mimicking
gestures. The bird is alive now,
and continues the same meritorious practice
whenever he can find an opportunity.
If he lives long enough, 1 fully expect that
he will begin to pun.?New Monthly Magazine.
Fatal Duel.?It is a mournful task to
recotd the untimely death of. young men
cut,down in the vigor and eprlngtime ?#l
Jife, and we never ender:ook lie discharger;
with more pain than, in the instance of i
Richard F. Hannqn, Esq. of this city. )
who fell in a duel on Menta Rosa Island* j
opposite Pensacola, on Saturday evening at .
6 o'clock, from the shot, of Lieut. Muon, .
of the U. M. Navy. Efforts were 'made <
to produee e. reconciliation, but time and
othevr circumstances prevented their mu*
i tual frieds'effecting their laudable purpose.
1 Mr. Haunon was interred in this city,
I amid the deep regrets of hie nutherottsi;
circle of friends and acquaintances. He
i was a native of Petersburg. Vs. had stndied
law, and located in this city.-?.
- Chronicle. -j
| Stage Accident.?A most distressing
' stage accident occurred a few days since :
at the ten mile house, to the east of Lexington,
on the Maysviile Turnpike. The .
stage contained nine passengers besides
the driver. Every person in and upon |
j the stage, was more or Jess injured.?.
Judge Johnson, of Louisiana,, had his
head severely cut, and was otherwise
much bruised. Judge Underwood, of
Kentucky, and his daughter were both
seriously wounded in the head, though
not dangerously. Mr. Love of Tonnessee,
going to West Point, had his collar
t>one badly broken, and a gentleman by.
the name of Martin, from New York or
Philadelphia, was very seriously injured '
in the right side. The driver had'' his
nncle dislocated and the extra driver was
very badly hurt internally, the blood
streaming profusely from his mouth.
The rest were less, though considerably
injured.
a u ? - -
n uikuuiiH m tiuciu occurred in South*
arr.pton on Friday. Mr. Lyman B. Scarl,
a worthy young man of about thirty, was
drawn by the arm into a bark mill, and so
horribly lacerated that he expired the
subsequent morning As we have heard
the painful details Mr. Searl's brother,
when approaching the mill, heard groans,
and hastening in, found Lyman drawn in
up to his body between the cylinders o
the mill. Lyman had presence of mind
enough to tell his brother to go below
and shut the gate, although the mill had
stopped from the obstacle the body presented.
He shut down the gate and attempted
to roll back the wheel, which
would have made the cylinders revolve
backwards and thus have liberated him.?
lie was urable to do this, but ran for aid,
and finding his father, was successful in
"releasing I.yman. It was ft und the arm 1
was broken in a number ol places, by the !
cogs or spikes tip n the cylinders, the 1
body shockingly lacerated, the ribs broken '
in, nnd the arm mangled and crushed tip .
to the shoulder blade. Surgeons were in
attendance, but he survived only till j
Saturday morning. He is represented as
an cxtmplnry and excellent young man, *
who was doing much to sustain his father's
familv. How he should have been caught'
.t? " ? i- 1 -
fc..un, ?jiu un iv ue expiaim (1 upon I lie
samp principles that people are so often
I'rawn in between the cogs of cider '
mills.? Boston Cornier. y
t
We find ilie following statement in a r
newspaper. a??d of course suppose it is ]
perfectly true, tliongli ijpun our word it is
impossible to say in what newspaper we
found it; nor do we know which one of
the Maine Senators is meant by the paragraph.
II ?w he got off, or whether lie s
got off at all from his rendezvous engage- *
nicnt is also more than we can tell; but .
we are not certain but some of the United 1
Slates Senators would do as good service 1
to the country in a campaign against the 1
Seminolcs as in the Senate Chamber.? \
Quite sure we are, tliat some of them !
would be overpaid at the price Uncle Sam
pays for his privates in the army. Instead 4
of eight dollars a day, they arc dear at (.
eight dollars a month as Senators.
Enlistment of a Van Buren Sena- 5.
tor.?A good story is told of one of the
Van Buren members of the Maine Senate. '
A rrivinrr tn A ^? ...?.?* *? * '
... ou^unin, iic went in ine Arsenal,
and claimed his seat, lie was 1
! told lie must sign his name first on tho
' books of the establishment. lie compli- 1
! cd, and found subsequently that he bad !
, enlisted in tlie army for seven vears!? '
i N. Y. Gazrtte. ' I1
Distressing Accident.?A few days!
since, a party consisting of three or four'i
young men, left this city for tho Balize, j
for the'purpose of fishing and fowling.? i
Among them was a Mr. Besnard Gues- i
nard, an inestimable young man, and the 1
sole support of a widowed mother. It i
seems that on returning to the boat from i
one of the small islands, Mr. G., when in <
i the act of placing his gun in the cabin, \
| had the whole contents of it lodged in his i
throat, causing instant death.?iV. O. Adv. i
Famine at Aux Cayes.?By advices at
' Baltimore from thence, to July 18th,
.caused by the severe drought from Octo- ;
ber to May last. The fields looked as if
they had been on fire. In this deplorable 1
condition, a few barrels of flour reached
I them from Port au Prince, and sold Irom
I AOO i ~ Aon - t *
ojovr in Darrei. vjn June 2Uth, there i
was not a barrel of flour in the whole ci-1
ty. Two French vessels now arrived;
brought some succor. Plantains were!
selling at $2 and $3 a bunch, and small
potatoes at six cents each!?Star.
News op the week.?A young lady
passed down Washington street last week,
whose beauty was so attractive as to draw
the nails out of a board fence near which
she passsed, and the boards came lumbering
about her heels.
An Arabian courser, lately imported
from Barbary, was put to his speed yesterday
and ran so swift as to overtake the
Portion Wove it cottU get out of liia way. I
? A foot rice tookfWeefyestf rday between
% light-foOted gentleman and a>running
Account, which he<had for come time had,
it ihe grocer*s atore. He beat the account
all hollow, and came out ao far ahead as]
19 be woolly out of sight. It is thought.
be is Ml running. |
A-tree wtp blown down lately by a
strong newspaper puff. .The roof of the.
printing, office suffered much at the same
time; . J: ^ /
Walhino o> tbs Water.?A gentleman
has brought-his apparatus here for
the purpose pf walking on the water.?
We suppose 'he had not heard that our'
bridge was made free, and thought his'
machinery would bean excellent r.??ntri. i
vance to save toil. Bridges will soon be'
poor speculation if the fashion of walking
upon uie water becomes general.?Boston
Eglantine. ; '
Mowing Machine.?A New York farmer
by the name of Wilson, has invented
a machine which mows by horsepower. |
A recent eiperiment made at Flalbush
before a committee of gentlemen, was
completely successful. 44 Tlie machine,"
says the New York rilar, " with one horse
and a.man can with ease cut five acres'
per day, And cut close and clean."-?Nash.
Repub.
Riot at Sino 6ing.?We are liappy to
state on the authority of a respectable
merchant of this city, who returned yesterday
from the scene of the late disturbances
at the Croton Water Works, that
nearly all the laborers have returned quietly
to their work, a few had left and returned
to New York. It appears that the
laborers receive 70 cents per day, but tha*
having been idle on some wet days lately,
a party formed, who conceived 70 cents
insufficient for their support, and demanded
$1 per ddy; -this being peremptorily
refused by the overseer, was the cause of
the disturbance, some of the men wishing
to continue their work, and^lhe opposition
party opposing their doing so 41 vi et armis."
One of the overseers, determined
on protecting the well-disposed party, incautiously
fired a pistol, but fortunately
without doing any injury. We doubt not
that by to-day all will be quiet, and thai
the men will have seen the folly of'such
nrnC-#*?>rtir?rre n
, go. aiuiKireus in this city could
be found eager to till their places.
Distressing Accident.?On Monday
morning the foreman 01 our press room
incautiously attempted to remove some
obstruction in the press whilst it was going
at full speed under a pressure of steam
ind by som?# means or the other his hand
was caught in the machinery and shock
ngly mangled. The dreadful shriek he
jave at the time is still ringing in our ears,
lie was taken home, and it was found necessary
to amputate three of his fingers
which were hanging by ligaments. Ilis
humh is also very much lorn, hut it is
loped will be saved. We mention this
iccurrence, being the third of the kind
vhich has occurred in this establishment
vilhin two or three years,.in the hope
hat it may lead ii\dividtials,-tmder similar
:ircumstar.ces, to be more cautious.?N.
Y. Courier.
LETTER FROM JT\T~CROW.
Lond n. June 18, 1837.
Dear ,? Here 1 am, bionght up all
lauding, just returned from rivalling the
iuoeess of old Koan in Dublin, Cork, and
Limerick. Rivalling do I say? Surpassng
I mean, for he at best only turned
he people's heads, while I have set their
vhole bodies to jump about and wheel
ibout like a set of teto-tums. By the by,
f I play a few more engagements here.
r
i must send an envoy extraordinary to
America to procure mc a new Jim Crow
iress; for my kingly suit is like the man
n the house that Jack built, ''all tattered
md'torn," and what is worse, so many
Dukes and Countesses "beg a rag of me
for memory/* that the poor nigger is
scarcely decent, and that's the naked
truth.
1 am to play my farewell engagement
rio.v in London, and shall have the iheurical
heaven all to myself to blaze away
in, for those two luminous planets, Han.Idin
and Forrest, who came nearest to
my meridian glory, have eclipsed?one to
America, the other into the gloomy shores
of matrimony. 1 suppose the former has
initiated you into all the professional mysteries
going on here. I hope he did not,
on account of that bashfulness for w hich
he is so famed, forget to make honorable
mention of himself. He was an enormous
favorite here, especially among the ladies
God bless them! They know when they
see a handsome man, and that is what
makes them come so often to see me.?
Covcnt Guarden drooped after ilamblin,
left; grew sleepier and more sleepy, nnd
at last shut up altogether. Drury Lane
is little better, although it keeps open, but'
looks like a person moving about in a
state of sonanambulation. 1 can have my'
own terms at any theatre in London; and
although there are a great many counter-!
feit Jim Crows, they none of them caw to j
any porpose. May wood is here hunting
engagements as eagerly as a spinster of'
fifty. 1 am to go to him after opening atthe
Bowery, llurrah for the rare old!
Bowery! Never shall I feci at home so
gloriously as there. I hope to make ma-l
o i 1 -
..j a uiuau grin on many a familiar face'
when 1 re-comrnence my operations there.
r|tyie bloods here are to give me a grand
public dinner before I leave?no less than
a acjon of blood royal, Fitzclarence, to
take the chair. I know of two toasts that
they must drink of my proposing?
merica,", and the "Bowery Theatre."?I
William the 4th is gone to the tomb of I
kll the Capulets, ant) aTorely fdmig woman
is Queen of England. ''Who would
not.be her subject? To be presented to
kiss her baud would almost reconcile a republican
to a monarchy.
Excuse this hasty scrawl. Lord Magnifico
Muddlebruin is waiting to take me
out in his britzka, and it would not be
manners you know to keep the aristocracy
wgjiing. So?
Here's a health to Columbia, God bless it!"
nit I anri ?nn> ...I ?<? > >* > IS... ??
--r "'"bicS"'
In the Macon JNewa Carrier we notice
? cullT*jHatou"? men of that city to
fur in, air a sanction " for the benefit and
comfort of the*lcJt stranger, and all others
that may need the bauds of charity or the
kind attentions of friends " Such a gen*
erous call we sincerely trusVaagt a sympathetic
response from the young men of
Macon. They could join itf* no holier
concert?in none which can afford them .
more pure satisfaction?on which they
can look back with so much true pride*
'* May you die among your kindred," is a
beautiful saying of the Arabs, but only the
[ stranger can'feel its full beauty and force*
It is hard to die among one's kindred,
' where every wont is supplied?where the
pillow is smoothed by the hand of affection?where
loving eyes watch the unquiet
slumbers, and kind voices speak words of
hope or of preparation for the qwful
change. But how much keener muat be
| the anguish of death when itcomes to one
I in a strange land, dependent on attentions
and services bought with money and reluctantly
bestowed.?N. Brunswick Advocate.
This Society has been formed, and consists
of a President, Vice-President, Secretary,
Treasurer, and about one hundred
im mbelfe?many of whom are our
most wealthy citizens. Each member on
admission pays the sum of $2, and a tax
of 12 1-2 cents monthly, to carry out the
ends of the Society. It has met with
" the sympathetic response front the young
men of Macon," and no doubt it will be
the means of relieving many who are distressed,
that would otherwise, probably
be neglected.?Nctos Carrier.
A Roy ad Kick.?We ha?c beard an
anecdote of the King not mentioned in
the Newspapers. <Duiing his service off
the Coast of Canada, the Prince made an
incursion into Upper Canada and crossed
over into the State of Vermont. He went
into a tailor's shop, and saw his Wife, a
remarkably pretty woman; the husband
being in a back room. The Prince sans
ccrimonict ravished a kiss from the lady;
and said, "There ! now tell your country
w *
women that the son of the King of England
has kissed a Yankee tailor's wife."
U.ihapt>ily, the tailor himself made his
appearance at that moment; and being
an athletic fellow, gave the scion of royally
a tremendous kick : "There !" said
he, "now go and tell your country women
that a yankee tailor has kicked the
son of the King of England." According
to the story, which is still current and
firmly credited in Vermont, the young
Prince was glad to get off on these
terms.
Perpetual Motion.?At the falls of
the lit usaionic, in New Atilford, Conn,
there is on the west bank a natural raceway,
cut through and under the rock, and
all the accommodations for a mill prepared
as it made to order. A mill was,
of course, eiccied ; but unfortunately,
near two years ago, it took fire and burnt
down, except the well proportioned water-wheel,
of about lifteen feet diameter,
which was 6&ved by hoisting the gate ;
aad from that time to this, the faithful
wheel has not stopped, but drives its
rounds by day and night as earnestly as if
every man in town whs wailing for his
grist: By the way, these falls are noted
for the great quantities of fine lampry-ecls
which are caught upon the rocks, and
which are in high repute with the connoisseurs
far and near. This point is also
the head of shad navigation. They are
taken plentifully, and of very fine quality,
helcw the fall, hut not at all above. The
llousatonic affords almost innumerable
mill seats, very few of which, have as yet
i - ? ? - _
ucru luuen tip. "J'ite Kail Rood which
is now building, will probably bring %ome
of them inio use.?Jovr. of Com.
Steamboat explosion?Twenty-five lives
lost!!!?The report, noticed in yesterday's
American, of a fatal steamboat disaster
on the Upper Mississippi, is unfortunately
too well confirmed. A slip from
the St. Louis Bulletin, under date of 19lh
instant, furnishes the following particulars.
The disaster is said to have occurred
while the boat was under an ordinary
head of steam.
St. Louis, Aug. 10.
The steamer Dubuque collapsed a flue
on her passage to Galena, on Tuesday
morning last, nt 3 o'cloik, about 40 miles
below Rock Island. Twenty-seven persons
were killed and wounded : fifteen of
them were buried at Bloomington and
one at Alton ; four were brought to the
Hospital in this city?they were all deck
passengers except four hands of the boat;
five or six were blown overboard. This
boat took Hre shortly afterwards, but the
survivors succeeded in putting it out with*
out doing much damage. The Dubuque
was towed to this city by the steamer
Smelter.
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? - nun * V/UI ni/wuin VA
the bursting of the boiler of this boat,
with the consequent loss of lives, is confirmed
by the arrival of the Smelter this
morning, and several passengers that were
on the Dubuque. A lady passenger who
witnessed the suffering attendant on this