The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 7, 1843 Page: 2 of 4
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! Isiterdiied Aug 4, ai Perot , and written by Col. W. 8.
Mr, fajrf— ' ,"1 '
"W« are ttroh|ly gnatded and cloiely watohed day and night,
the amhoritleaappear to thirfk, fines theeicape of Gen. Green
irj; tbst we can makft' our way through every impedí-
I could bave availed myaeir of the aame mod of libera- (
i ^fith Green, liut preferred to wait and witneat the retult of
itlvity oT my companiona."
A very de atractiva storm visited the contt of Florida, at and
In the vicinity of Tallahaaaee, on the nigh( of the 16tb ult.—
Several house were blown down In T(tll«jbafiee; and nearly the
• whole of the buildings both in Fori ^aoPj and, St.. Marka wore
awept away, tbe loaa in the former beinft estimated at 93GO.OOO.
• Fourteen Uvea were loat in the light bouae, a few milea from the
aaúe place, and *ii at Shell Point.
Inthe account of the lóqséf the Sarph Barnea, published on
VedMatfay.a miatake occurred materially changing the aenae.
The printed sccbuut aaya the patience and equanimity of Mr.
Potts* "daaerfed him," inttead of "never desejrtod him," aait
wKa Written.
.
The remarks in the British Parliament, on the sub-
j 5,ct of Slavery in Texas, which are copied in our pa-
Pfr^ f itotday, are well calculated to ai-ouso the jeal-
ousy and opposition of our Citizens towards thein<
tervention of England In the settlement of our affairs
%Hth Mexico.
r oqrselvos, yre have confidence in theasseriiojL
Aberdeen^ j^t ny qiniatgKor under—
a resorted to on'this subject
by the ÓflVernrÜent of Great Briton and that it
would proceed by fair and ope? means in any steps it
joigh^see proper to take; but .the objections of Texas
c«r#not to any particular mode of-interference, but to
"interference in any and every shape. The institution
of alftvery ij engr^d upon our Constitution, and
Interwoven with the very existence of the Govern-
ment, And its abolition would involve the overthrow
•of bóth¿ as well as bear along with it á train of evils,
resulting not only in the destruction of the civil insti-
tutions óf the country, but of all order and aecurity
both to. person anJ property. .
We have long been well áwareof the extreme so-
licitude of Great Britain on the subject of slavery,
nly /¡rom, tho .atepa taken upon it in her own
ilonifa, apd, by negociauons, • with France, Spain,
Brazil, &c,, bat, from the Contse of the English Min-
istry d tiring the past negociations with Texas. When
Gen. Henderson, as the representative.of Texas, firat
presented to the Government lof;Great Britain our
elaiiM' for recognition as an: independent nation, be
Wáa* assured that; it was not the policy of that Gov-
ernmen to recognize any new state in'which the in-
atUul^nof^laverywas tolerated, and, suchwasthe
decided manner in which the subject was pressed
upon him, that he came home, displeased With the
treatment had he received, and unsolicitous for further
relations with a nation assuming such right to inter-
ioré with the domestic policy of another.
. He w * succeeded, however, by 'Gen. Hamilton,
who by explaining the guards arid , restrictions which
had beeri iWroWn around thia institution by thefuoda:
mental laW of the cóüiftry, and, by the agreement to
•nter into.a treaty for the suppression of the African
¿lava trade,' ao far .satisfied the objectióhs^bf the
English Government, as to obtain from it not only a
treaty of recognition; but also one for commercial
purposes, by which. Texas was -placed iipon the foot
ing of the most (Wired nations towards Great Britain;
Here the subject of slavery ceased to .be named
inthe negociations between tbo two countries, and
hare wt| bójieve it would'have' been allowed to re-
tnain,,ha^ it not been for alew restless and reckless
persona in this country, headed by Mr. Audrowp.—
Although expatriated for his movement in ,th« matter
here, be had lhq assurance to go to England, and,
aided by abolitionists from thé United States, bring
the subject not only beforo tho anti-slavery society of
that coubtry but before the leading membereof Par-
liament and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. From
e repeated and glaring misrepresentations he made
bilk, here of the sentiments of influential men in.
the country on thé subject, it ¡aprobable that he has
iaduCóld many persons ia England to believe that there
ifjalarge pa^y here who would bo willing to favor
the measure on condition that an acknowledgement
of our independence is afeou red' from Mexico. Such
■tt impression is wholly upvvari anted by facts; and,,if
the idea of abolition could be entertained in any shape,
as a means of giving quiet and stability to the coun-
try, and u ahottld become necessary to adopt the step
to satisfy the prejudices or meat thovietos of any
oihbr people, nineteen twentieth of our population would nev-
er think of looking beyond tho United Slates for a party with
which to treat on the auhject
Whatever course the English Ministers take in tho matter,
eonneoted Witt the'negotiations between thi*country and Mex-
ico, wa hive tho beet authority1 {fat, np to the'time of the last
advices from Washington, the subject bod not been named to
our Government, 'jibe Constitution placea the matter entirely
beyond tbe cbntrol both of the Eiccutivo and Cotigreef, and wa
ara aatiafie^ thát. evea ¡f tbey bat) the powar, neither of thoae
artmanta of the Governraet.t would give to any projeothav'
fór ¿ta object the abolition off la very, the alighteat encourage
meat: ■
^ without the danger of a glut In the market in
_ or, without slavery, there would be tiHIe Oj na
produced in thaoountry, WJiiie men neiihe* bave been or
found lo labor in iueultivaiioii on I below, rich landa of
Their oonatitutiona are not capable of eridaring tho halt, and
the ¿(halations of the aoll vftit Ibem With aicknesf and <|oath,
while the negro; beiag differently constituted and apparently
adapted by natura to live In auch aituatlonn, enjoy himself ae
well pa where else at In the ardent auntbine, labors without in*
convenience, and nkaintaina a robuft health, where white men,
fimllarlvvoipoted, would meet with cot tain death. If, aa some
fuppoxe, England wiahes to provide in the lands now colti4
vafd bv tbe nagroea of Tex at, a.receptacle and employment lor
Her oWnRedundant population^ the need not aak that all Texa
be opined for the purpoae. Let her obtain a position near the
coast, sufficient for one year'a emmigration, and put the colw-
niatf to the cultivation of cotton in the rich, bottom lands, and
the will find the aame lands vacant for the emigrants of ihefuc
ceeding year, perhapa one half of the fir«t comers will have
died, ano tba remainder will oe non at.
Legislative bodies give themselves much trouble iu
devising schemed to foster and protect commerce and
manufactures, but seldom spend much time^n provi-
ding for the encouragement and support of agricul-
ture, although this last branch of industry is the sup-
port and foupda|ipn of both tbe others, and, without
it, they could not exist. The statements in relation,
to the comparative importance of these different class
es of national employment and. wealth, contained in
Mr. Everett's speech at; the Annual Dinner of the
Royal Agi ¡cultural Society, at Derby,, seem lo have
surprised the newspapers on both sides of the Atlan-
tic. ' Great Britain is generally supposed to derive
nearly all her wealth and importance from rnariu&K
turep and commerce, and people; on frferlt? side of the'
Atlantic, are in the babitof-thinking that her foreign
trade sjM^asées iñ amount and importance all other
aíBrces of her weaUh. To protect this trade. Eng-
land emplovfeeven at the present peaceful time 230'
armed vesjflp; carrying 3,471 guns. Yet it appears
that the amual value Of ihe grass crop of Great Bri-
tain exceeds that of all her foreign trade, aUhough
the latter i#carried to almost every part of the known
world. From the last returns of the census of the
United States it appears that the number of persons
employed in that country in agriculture, compared
to tho,se employed i a manufactures and. trades: are as
five to one, and compared to those employed in com-
merce, as thirty to one. The annual value of the
wheat crop of the U. States is about equal to tt>e
whojle of either the exports or imports of that cpun-
try; the value of tbe corn crop is about the same; that
of hay about one half, and that of oats and potatoes
each about one fourth.
The value of the manufactured articles, indepen-
dent of agricultural products,annually produced™ the
Ü. Stater greatly exceeds the united values of both
the imports and exports of that country. We have
no means at hand of calculating the entire value of
tba domestic products of that country; but it is easy
for any one who has lived there by taking the amounts
of domestic and foreign, commodities consumed in
any given locality, or even family, to become satisfied
of the immense preponderance of the latter.
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"t DRrriSH PARLIAMENT.
tha Hotiaa of Lords, on Friday the 18th August,
Lord -Brougham introduced tilo subject of Texas and Texiun
Slavery in the following mnnner, an reported in the London
Morning Chrooiclo of the morning of the l9lh'.
Lord Broughhám said that a^einihis nobie friend at the head
of the foreign department in hr* place, he wished to obtain aoine
information from him relative to a stute of great interest at the
present time, namely, Tvx.aa. That country Was in; a state of
independence rfefact ,^btat ita independence had never been ac-
knowledged by Mexico,' the state from wnic.h it waa torn by the
events of the revolution. He was aware that its independence
had been ao far acknowledged by this conntry, that we had a
treaty with it. The importance of Texaa coulr not bo underia-
ted; it was a country ofthe greatest capabilities, and was in
extonl folly as large aa France. It possessed u soil oC the lineat
Ünd most lertilecharnotor, and it was capable of producing near-
ly all tropical produce, and its climate was of a most hoc(tliy
character. It had access to the Gulf of Mexico, through the riv-
er Hod ttiver. The population^thu country was said to ex-
ceed ¡MO,000, but ho hnd been asaHred by a gentleman who came
trom that conntry; and who was a member of the same profen-
moii as himself, that the whole population, free and slaves,
white and colored, did not exceed. 1UO,(!00, but lie waa grieved to
learn that Yiot less thari one fourth of the population, or 25.0Ü0
persona, were In a stmo of.sla-ery. This, point led him to the
Inundation ofthe question which he wished to put to hia noble
friend. There Was very little or'ná slave trade carried, on. with
Texas from Africa direetly; but a large number pf slaves were
constantly .being sent over lurid to that country. AUhough the
major-part of the land in Texas was welladuptod for white la-
bor, and therefore fo, free cultivation, still the people of that
country ty soma strange infatuation, or by some inordinate love
of immediate
access
market
tained a
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surplus slave po^nlatiún, which would otherwise be a bur-
den to them, to tho Texjnn Market. .No doubt it was true, ns
lias been stated that they treated their slaves tolerably well, be*
came they knew that it was for their interest to rear* them, us
they had such a profitable market Tor them in Toxai. This
made him irresistiolytanxiotiajjpr the abolition of slavery in Tex-
as, for if it weri abolished theTe not only would that country be
cultivaiedby free and white labor, but it would put a stop to the
habitof breeding slaves lor the Texan market. The conssqtioncb
would he thatthoy would solvo this gr'giil question in the history
ofthe United States, for it mnst ultimately end in the abolition
offlsVery in America. He therefore, looked forward,most anx-
iously for the abolition ofslavery in Texas, as he was convinced
that it would ultimately and in thé abolition ofslavery, tlirongh-
out the whole of América. He knhw that the Texans would da
ninth if Mexioo would be induced to recognise their indepen-
dence. If, therefore by our ¿ood offices, we could get Hie Mexi-
can government to acknowledge the independence of Texas he
would sngg-st a hope, that it would terminate In the abolition of
slavery in Texas, and ultimately the whole of the Southern
States of America. The abolition of slavery in Texas must put
an end to one of the most execrsbje crimes—for he would not
designate it ¡>y the honorable name of traffic—that could disgrace
a peoplo namely, the rearing and breeding of slaves, or tbe be-
ing engaged in tbe sale of our fellow creature*. -He, therefore
hoped that his noble (Viend would have no difficulty in lettins
him know Whether hncoald givs any ir.formatioiuis to the stats
ofthe negotiations on this sbhject, ores to the listare ofthe in-
structiona that had been given to our miui*ter in that country,
li the production of such documents in the furni'hing such infor-
mation was not suitable at the present moment, be nil Id not
prtff his noble friend ouuld confirm his statement, and he trns.
tod that the govornmeñt would not loose, any opportunity of pros,
sing the -ubject, whenever they could ¿oso with s hope of sao-
•ess. 7 -
said, that be could state thai
owlsdged the independence of
a Ue&ly of commerce, and a treaty
ofthe slsve trsde with that power Ho did not
jas any impostatlou of slsves into Texas by see,
¡si .
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for tbe s
believo than ,. H. PWWBWWWWWBWWI
but it was uue that tbeté ws'f a large impf nation of slaves' fmin
the United^ta(p41nl0 rtiat country. .Immediately ' on tbe ne
goiialions being entered on with Texas, tbe utmost endeavors of
this evuntnr were used to put sn end to the war which pre-
vented the full and entire recognition of the independence of
...
neuiate gain, preferredislne labor to/ree labor, As -ajl
i to tne African Slave market was Rhut out to them, their
it for slaves was the United States, trom whence thev oh-
Their endeavors had met with very great
e wasuuabla to say that Ihore was an ioiaiedi-
ognition of tho independence of
i. end they cu|
the state of x,'
3'exas by Mexico'.
iffieuhjes, and he
ato prospectofobtaininál
Texas on ths part of Mexico; but it was with great pleásuie that
be was able to say that probably the first step to this had.been
obtained, namely, that an armistice md been established between
tho'i iv o powers, and he hoped this woald lead to the absolute ac>
knowledgemeut of the independence of Texas by Mexico. Tho
armistice was an important step to obtain, and ha
say that every effort on the part of bar majesty's
would lead to that result which was contemplated '
friend; He was sure that no one was more anxio
self to see the abolition of slsvery in Texas; and
consent to produce papers or to givo further
did not arise from jndilfereuce, but quite a ~~
In the present state of the negocia'tiona
countries in qnestion, it wonld not Contribute
had in view it he then expressed any opinion s
those negotiation*; but he could assure hi* noble friend that, by
means of urging the negotiations, as well..^s by eveiy other
means in their powefi her Majesty's tniiiisters would press this
matter. * ¿ •' r '' ■.
Lord Broughsm observed that nothing could be more
satisfactory than the statement ofhis noble friend, which would
be received with joy by) all who were favorable to the object of
tho antishiverv societies.
* mtmrnrnrnmim
Vera Cruz.—We have £1 Conciliador to the 2d ¡net. The
Board of Electors (cqroproniijíarioe) heretofore chosen by popular
suffrage, were to assemble for Secondary Elections cn the 3d
•net. Of the citizens chosen to compose the board for the
Uupartmeiit of Vera Cruz, the Conciliador saj s their probity,
discretion and patriotism promise the best resulta; but gives na on
idea of the party or psraonal preferences of those whom they
were' likely to choose.
From the New Orleans Revüllicait.
TEXAS.
The enquiries made by us touching the negocia-
tions which are believed to be on foot beiWéen Mexi-,
co afjid Texas, ahd Texas and th.e United Stqtee, ac-
companied, as regards the two first by the mediation
of Great Biitain^—have resulted in little that ié de-
finite or satisfuctoiy. President Houston hlád béén
absent from the Beat of government ofTexap, delate
as tlv 1st irist. little or nothing had transpired thfere,
oh the subject of the proffered mediatiou' óf Ehg-
land.
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beer, the course pf our government, unaerone
meat popular administrations, tbat of Jamas M
and in \he face of Mr. Clay,^ that it was inax
to cede' Texas to any foreign power—for
cai
•Orleans, and that prepondera,nee up thfi «b°
_s Gulf of Mexico.'without which the immense
jmerce incidental to the increase óf ^OptilatiohIn
Great Valley of the Mississippi,' couK] 'hot be
" J on, during any length ef time, vtith either
r advantage. . ¡ ■.iw.t----, ;h, ■
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GAlvebtoN, Sept. 3Ólb 1843.
During a period Of imminent petil, a few d^ys con-
tact .with an entire strapger ia frequentiy sufiioieoMo
enlist oflr warmeatsympaihiaB, and discover, traita
of character which yeats of ordinary interco^we,
would scarce bring to light;—ond when the peril
proves fatal to the person whose cOnUubt his elicited
admiration, it affords us a melancholy ipUasur^ ío
bear testimony to tbe virtues of the. deceased
Weare led to infer, however, that public opinion
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in Texas is strongly Opposed to the schemes of Eng
11 ¡áll ftKhlí! if in i itf a n n rl Píinlnln TÜIIinlf will inr\t «>*oai
John Bull is is riot disinterested, ohd he surely will
fit k'nlnK Mlk #% M mm ■ A a ' JkM^
iledges and lands. ■ -
As respects the tu^n which the policy of the Uni-
ted States'may take towards Texasi we think the
complaints of the Mexican government, that the U.
A nlYioor* MAlt.lnlM .So UlLil Mnllltnlllll
potion f Amelia Island previous to the ¿essioi
Florida to the United States. We would advise
biné in COnstitüting such another causé for interfer-r
ence as induced President Motiroe to order the occu-
éssion of
,,... . ... ... ... _ ., ( the
President to answer the complaints of Mexico and
Texas by ordering General Gaines to occupy the
couorr^1 between the Sabine and Nueces rivers.
That country once formedpart of Lotiéjana, and it
cannot be controverted, that the treaty by whip.h
Franée ceded LOusiana io the U. States, put it be-
yond the power of the general Government to de-
prive any inhabitant of Lousiana ofhis right of citi-
zenship.
As far back as 1742, we find the King of France
exercising authority "ovor the lands, coasts, and is-
lands, which are situated in the Gulf of Mexico be-
tween Carolina on the East, and'Old and Neiy Mexi-
co On the West," and basing the authority théjre ex-
ercised on the discoveries of Lá Salle and Iberville
¿-the former having built a fort on St. Berhard in
1688, and the latter having discovered the mOutli of
the Mississippi in 1698.
So much for the original title of France to Texas
«-—a title which was.transferred ÍÓ the United State s
in 1803—Let us next inquire Whéthei the President
and Senate of the United State's,-cap, without viola-
ting the constitution, cede away by treaty a consider
able portion of the United States. Among other
statesmen and jurisconsults who have treated this
question, what says Mr. Henry Clayi
"The constitution of the United Siátés lias not
defined the precise limits of the treaty making pow-
er, because from the nature of it they could not be
prescribed. It appears to me, however,' that no safe
American statesmen will assign to it -a boundless
Scope."
* • * • # *
"But it carinot under the color of a fixing boun-
dary previously existing, though ill fact marked,—
undertake to cedé aWáy, without the coticiirrertce of
Congress, whole provinces." ;
I.) * # v-\i
"In !the Florida treaty it was not pretended tbát
the object was simply a declaration of where the;
Weatern limit of Louisiana was—it was; on the
contrary, the cásé of an avowed cession of territory
from the United Statná'to Spain." .
"Thii argument against the cession of Texas as
being tincohstitiitiotial, is csrtainly strong enough
for'all who are not latiWdinatiahs. But proceed and
enquire whether such transfer was not also aviation
of the treaties. What is ibe meaning ofthe following,
being lito 3d article^ of tho treaty, cóncluaed -at
Paris, April 30,1803:—''The inhabitants ofthe ceded
territory, sháll be jftcb'rporuted into the union (^f the
United States, and admitted as soon'as possible,
accordirlg to the principles Of the federal constitution,
to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and
immunities, of the citizens Oye United States-, and in
the meantime they shall be maintained and protected
in the free enjoyment of iheir liberty, pioperty, and
wheh'be took passage o'rt thé Sarah Barnes fbr NeW
Orleans—rendering him 'illy capable of enduring tbe
hardships in atore'fox him. tn - ' :!.t<- - \
. The father of Mr. Daggett was a sea Captain,¡and4
the son had folhwed the sea for three years when a
youth, besides making frequent voyages in afler'life.
. The experience thus acquiessed was first brought
rlv~ under my observation in the following manner.
When it became evident that the Sarah Barnes wa«
rapidly settling in a .watery grave and would never
reach the land, tbe ship> yawl (<>fabout 14 foot, Ifeel)
was lowered into the raging sea at tbe. vessel's side,
whfein £he was in imminent péVil; óf swámptng. ih the
absence of 'dny one' to keep the prgrty c^aft froin
dashing against the shipir-Mr. Daggett pwc^ived
the religion which they piofess"
XÍnited States, dutitig nearly
The fulera of the
twenty vears, insisted ihut Louisiana extended to
the Bay of St. Bernard. It is .certain that sev-
eral citizens or subjects of Fiance inhabited the
country beyofnd the Sabiiie previous to the treaty of
cession. Could the United States denationizei take
away from those people tjieir rights of citjzc,)8h>Pi
and make them subjects of Spain, Mexico or ,Texas,
without violating the faith of treaties, and the consti-
tution of tho land? Wfl, believe no (Stales Rights
man, no enlightened legist, will protend such a pow-
er could be jQitly ami fairly exeroiscd. Yet such
stituted an inheritance which should be heUrfS'
for posterity." "I wish* it was-Mf it is «.ot
Mr. Clay) an inviolable law of-the land, that
people aliould té inalienable to any Airetjjh
We have thus endeavored to demónstrate tbét
tber the. treaty of Paris—nor the ponstilulio^-oUhe
United States—authorized or sanctioned tbe .'bargain
between Spain and the:United Slates, by which the
country between the Sabine 'and the Rio del No|'te
was placed ou^ of the Union, and the i^abitants
thereof deprived of their legitimate right. It pre-
vious numbers we have endeavored to prove '<hat tbe
re-annexatioh of Texas was epsenlial to the balance
twee? the slave e*id non-slaveholdiiig
loteover to the peaqeable maintainsuce
of the Soutbu On tome
, it shall bq our task/to preve that the oc-
i of Texas is highly necssary to the safety.of
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such feejiiigs 1 undertake, the .mournful duly of com-
memorating the general bearing of Henry S. Daggett;
and the particular services retidere'd 'by him to thd sur-
vivors, who escaped iui the'yawl fbom ;tbe wrieck;of
Sarah Barnes: , i.,.A. - , !
Henry S. Daggett (aged 28 years) of the firm of
Eager, Daggett & Bennett, New Orleans, came to
Galveston'aéhori time since tin a visit té h'is mother
and. sistéi, who reside iu this city,^to virbom he Waa
the daqger, and springing into the yawl averted (he |
threatened calamity.' 1 followed him, but soon diséoy- f
éred thkt he '\i'as entirely competent to perfortti tlie . j
task be had ilirrdertakeil and returned to the
the ship,
the wai
.ho cabin1*f \
•t Tbe dbomed vessel now settled'rapidly;in
r, and the yawl betyg drawn clo^e u^ider. her
stern, Was immediately boarded by all within réacn,
twelve peráons.
Having freéd ourselves of the Wréck; barely In time
to escape the vortex, we proceeded to trim tbe crow-
ded boat to the best ad vantage, and with the utmost
caution; for so heavily was she ladejn ijiat a single
fdlee step would have launched évéry soul into eier-
nity. Mr. Daggett assumed' the ledponsiblo. station
of steersman during this crisis, «pd-top able;¡ manner
in wh,ich he performed bis dnty ,eopn;.in$pr,ees«}il; V.
all with the. conviction that we had tne servicps' of
óné other cotol and ¿xperieiicrid seam'ad,1 in •'aadttlofc
to those on whom W6 firBt placed our dependence.
His stiength soon proved incompetent tor ibe laboré
otis service he had- undertaken, (that, of steering in a
" ' ig sea with a long c - A*- -' '- - w --•* - <
the man who had i
again he deported I
ty and ihe most indefatigable perseverance; for during
the longjand dreary lligh^, which sooncl« sed iu tjn( us,
he watched the compass withsleepless vigilanqe—and
by the fitful light ot the clouded heavens, refiectéd
by the foaming Bea, his voice Was heard "at short in-
tervals indicating the course of the frail bark. ' At
the dawn.of 4ay we were close in ou the breakers and
—We had felt confident that if wo could overcomi
the raging of the open sea without swampiug> ,anc|
with our boat free of water, Jt wouldnot be difficult
to surmount ibe^breakers atiá land upon the beacn—
but when we foúüd'theBeá breaking 'ttia'dly fo^1 mbtó
than a mile frdmshore and in water-deeper than wo
bad means of souiidingi(an 18 foot oat) \t waa plain
th.at.yve.'had bpt escaped Scyllft to qn<;puiiter (Char,-,
indis. We however deter^nihed to tq'ako an .attempt
to reach land, with ah Understanding that the boat
should 1)0 put about if thé first breakers 'Were -found
very formidable. Mr, Daggett heré declared htsi ben: '
lief- tha^it.wanld bq impracticable .for.thc i.boat !to
live a minute in the breake,rsv?Qd warned, us l^ maTf;.
king the attempt, to be prepared for iistant retmn
to the opeft Bea Whenever the béaít • áHoÚld cótíiménb'A'
filling. As was feared, the first breaker half' fiilled'
the boati atnl we with difficulty escape^ from ¡ the
danger. We then resolved to .run down thecoast, ia
the immediate neighborhood of the^urf uptil we could
reach the mouth of-the Sabine (still supposed to be
westward of us) or until the soa should go down suf«
ficiently to reach the shoie iu Safety—this was aboht
6 o'clock in the iriOrning. The coaBt' Was oh thO
North—we were sailing west—when, about 8 o'olob
a dar.k cloud arose in the sóuth west, which Was 80
distinctly reflected by the water beneath th* it WQ8
almost unanimously declared to be land—H<nd sopaK
pabl}|did this appeartobe the case, thp' strange,-«a
it seemed, to find land in that quarts the maw. o
tbeSa ab Barnes, who was ilkewj^ n#vigat^,. de-y
clured it to bé a distinct line of /hast, and /neet
the bpat to be steered in the dfl*cl'' n ^
for some t'upe despite of ¿he répionstré^ea ef
Daggett, who from «he first discovered ((he ill
and explained the nature ofthe phenomjron.
At nine o'clock we discovered houaes/t the ah
which we all supposed to be at tbe moui/of the
bine, and deliberated for some time W'ber to-
hag] ihe breakers and make for land. Thifieasure
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