the ship were clewed down to reef, and her way, of course, consider ably lessened. In an instant he found the end of a rope, which was cidentally towing overboard, within his grasp, and to this he clung. By a desperate effort, he caught e of the rudder chains, which was very low, and drew himself by upon the step or jog of the rud, where he had sufficient prece of mind to remain without alling out, until the light had ted to shine through the cabin indows, when he concluded that search for him was over. He en made the signal to me. No being in the ship besides mywas apprized of his safety; for gale had increased and cometely drowned the sounds of the ocking, opening the window, &c.,

e they could reach the quardeck, and there was no one in cabin but ourselves, the steward wing retired to his berth in the erage. It was at once resolved at the second mate only should informed of his existence. He mediately betook himself to a ge vacant state-room, and for the mainder of the passage, all his ts were attended to by me; the steward was allowed to er the cabin as rarely as possible. Nothing of note occurred during remainder of the voyage, which prosperous. It seemed that foreigners had only been acted by revenge in the violence had committed; for nothing urther was attempted by them. In season we took a pilot in the Channel, and, in a day or two, ened the port of Liverpool. As as the proper arrangements e made, we commenced warpthe ship into dock, and while gaged in this operation, the Mate eared on deck, went forward, and attended to his duties as usual! A gene now occurred which is beroad description: every feature of

it is as vivid in my recollection as though it occurred but yesterday. The warp dropped from the paralyzed hands of the horror-stricken sailors, and had it not been taken up by some boatmen on board, I should have been compelled to anchor again and procure assistance from the shore. Not a word was uttered; but the two guilty wretches staggered to the mainmast, where they remained petrified with horror, until the officer, who had been sent for, approached to take them into custody. They then seemed in a measure to be recalled to a sense of their appalling predicament, and uttered the most piercing expressions of lamentation and despair.

They were soon tried, capitally convicted, and executed.

NIAGARA.

ON one of the mightiest of those mighty streams which flow across America, and with which our largest rivers are in comparison but little brooks, is the noblest fall of water known in the world. The width of the river, and the enormous volume of water which comes roaring and splashing down an unbroken height of 100 feet, make it impossible for any boat to shoot the fall without being torn to atoms in the "hell of waters" below, nor is ever any vestige found of the vessel which has once plunged into the unfathomed and unfathomable gulf.

Above this frightful scene, two or three miles up the stream, an Indian canoe was one day observed floating quietly along, with its paddle upon its side. At first, it was supposed to be empty: no one could imagine that a man would expose himself to such well-known and imminent danger. But a turn in the current soon gave the travellers a sight of an Indian, lying idly

the chief mate, who was a prompt energetic seaman, requiring at all times, ready and implicit obedience to his orders.

a faithful mulatto man, who had sailed with me several voyages. To him I communicated my suspicions, and directed him to be constantly on the alert: and should any further difficulty with the crew occur, to repair immediately to my state-room and arm himself. His usual berth was in the steerage, but I directed that he should, on the following morning, clear out and occupy one in the cabin near my own. The second mate occupied a small state-room opening into the passage which led from the steerage to the cabin. I called him from the deck, gave him a pair of loaded pistols, with orders to keep them in his berth; and, during his nightwatches on deck, never to go forward of the main-mast, but to continue as constantly as possible near the cabin companion-way, and call me upon the slightest occasion. After this, I laid down upon my bed, ordering that I should be called at four o'clock, for the morning watch.

A week perhaps had passed over in this way, when one night, in the mid-watch, all hands were called to shorten sail. Ordinarily upon occasions of this kind, the duty was conducted by the mate, but I now went upon deck myself and gave orders, sending him upon the forecastle. The night was dark and squally, but the sea was not high, and the ship was running off about nine knots, with the wind upon the starboard quarter. The weather being very unpromising, the second reef was taken in the fore and main-topsails, the mizen handed, and the fore and mizen top-gallantyards sent down. This done, one watch was permitted to go below, and I prepared to betake myself to my berth again, directing that the mate, to whom I wished to give some orders, should be sent to me. To my utter astonishment and consternation, word was brought me, after a short time, that he was no where to be found. I hastened upon deck, ordered all hands up again, and questioned every man in the ship upon the subject, but they one and all declared that they had not seen the mate forward. Lanterns were then brought, and every accessible part of the vessel was unavailingly searched. I then, in the hearing of the whole crew, expressed my fear that he had fallen overboard, and repaired to the cabin, in a state of mental agitation impossible to be described. I could not, indeed, but entertain strong suspicions that the unfortunate man had met a violent death. Feeling a deep sense of forlorn-fore he could utter more than one ness and insecurity, I proceeded to load and deposit in my state-room all the fire-arms on board, amounting to several muskets and four pairs of pistols. The steward was

A few minutes only had elapsed before I heard three or four gentle knocks under the counter of the ship, which is that part of the stern immediately under the cabin windows. In a minute or two they were distinctly repeated. I arose opened the cabin window, and called. The mate answered! I gave him the end of a rope to assist him up, and my delighted soul poured forth a flood of gratitude to that Being who had restored him to me uninjured. His story was soon told. He had gone forward upon being ordered by me, after the calling of all hands, and had barely reached the forecastle, when he was seized by the two foreigners, and be

cry, which was drowned in the roaring of the winds and waves, was thrown over the bow. He was a powerful man, and an excellent swimmer. The topsails of

the ship were clewed down to reef, and her way, of course, considerably lessened. In an instant he found the end of a rope, which was accidentally towing overboard, within his grasp, and to this he clung. By a desperate effort, he caught one of the rudder chains, which was very low, and drew himself by it upon the step or jog of the rudder, where he had sufficient presence of mind to remain without calling out, until the light had ceased to shine through the cabin windows, when he concluded that the search for him was over. He then made the signal to me.

They were soon tried, capitally convicted, and executed.

NIAGARA.

it is as vivid in my recollection as though it occurred but yesterday. The warp dropped from the paralyzed hands of the horror-stricken sailors, and had it not been taken up by some boatmen on board, I should have been compelled to anchor again and procure assistance from the shore. Not a word was uttered; but the two guilty wretches staggered to the mainmast, where they remained petrified with horror, until the officer, who had been sent for, approached to take them into custody. They then seemed in a measure to be recalled to a sense of their appalling predicaNo being in the ship besides my-ment, and uttered the most pierc self was apprized of his safety; for ing expressions of lamentation and the gale had increased and com- despair. pletely drowned the sounds of the knocking, opening the window, &c., before they could reach the quarter-deck, and there was no one in the cabin but ourselves, the steward having retired to his berth in the steerage. It was at once resolved that the second mate only should be informed of his existence. He immediately betook himself to a large vacant state-room, and for the remainder of the passage, all his wants were attended to by me; even the steward was allowed to enter the cabin as rarely as possible. Nothing of note occurred during the remainder of the voyage, which was prosperous. It seemed that the foreigners had only been actuated by revenge in the violence they had committed; for nothing farther was attempted by them. In due season we took a pilot in the Channel, and, in a day or two, entered the port of Liverpool. As soon as the proper arrangements were made, we commenced warping the ship into dock, and while engaged in this operation, the Mate appeared on deck, went forward, and attended to his duties as usual! A scene now occurred which is beyond description: every feature of

ON one of the mightiest of those mighty streams which flow across America, and with which our largest rivers are in comparison but little brooks, is the noblest fall of water known in the world. The width of the river, and the enormous volume of water which comes roaring and splashing down an unbroken height of 100 feet, make it impossible for any boat to shoot the fall without being torn to atoms in the "hell of waters" below, nor is ever any vestige found of the vessel which has once plunged into the unfathomed and unfathomable gulf.

Above this frightful scene, two or three miles up the stream, an Indian canoe was one day observed floating quietly along, with its paddle upon its side. At first, it was supposed to be empty: no one could imagine that a man would expose himself to such well-known and imminent danger. But a turn in the current soon gave the travellers a sight of an Indian, lying idly