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The fishermnn is n pnvilcgecl man. In the colonization of Massa- 

 chusetts, when every arm and every purse were needed for the public 

 defence, he was reheved from the perf()rmance of military duty and the 

 payment; of taxes. In the time of William of Orange, when the avenue 

 to the royal palace of Holland was supported by a toll of every passen- 

 ger, he was excused and exempted In war, and in the midst of hos- 

 tile fleets, he has been allowed to pursue his avocation unharmed. 



He is a grateful man. In the war of the Revolution he was the 

 prisoner of Nelson, on the coast of Massachusetts. Released by the 

 young hero, whose crew were sick and dying of the scurv}^, he con- 

 veyed refreshments on board of the royal ship at the peril of his own 

 life. 



He is a patriotic man. His services, as a countryman of ours, and 

 in the navies of England and France, have been related. In the recent 

 struggle for liberty in Greece, he fled from the continent to the isles, 

 where he was foremost in resisting the op|>ressors of his countiy. True 

 to the end of lire contest, he c;ave his boats and vessels freelv, and 

 without recompense, to oe converted into war and fire ships. 



He relieves distress. Mungo Park, during his travels in Africa, 

 passed tVirough many fishing villages, and was kindly treated. At one 

 the chief magistrate was rude and surly. Park was worn and weary. 

 A fisherman kindly relieved him from the difficulties which surrounded 

 him, by transporting liim to a distance from the inhospitable ruler, in a 

 canoe. 



He is moved at the sorrows of others. Within the recollection* of 

 many persons now living. Major Campbell, of the British army, slew a 

 brother officer in a duel. The story is a long and a sad one. Suffice 

 it to say here, that the extraordinary circumstances of the case seemed 

 to place the Major on a level with common murderers; that he was 

 tried and condemned to die ; and that great exertions were made on 

 the part of his friends to save him. The agony of his wife was for a 

 time intense. By wonderful exertions she recovered sufficient fortitude 

 to enable her to leave Ireland and to set out for London, to throw herself 

 at the feel of majesty and implore her husband's life. No steamers 

 then ciTJSsed the channel; and a gale of unusual violence interrupted 

 her progress, for all the packet-vessels were on the opposite side. 

 *" The days of the being whom she loved best on earth were num- 

 bered. Tlie storm was at its height; a mountainous sea broke into 

 the harbor while a crowd anxiously watched the progress of a fishing- 

 boat, which, under close-reefed canvass, was struggling to beat up to 



iFis father was a fishennan, Jind, f(>lli>\v"ni>,' the h.iiuo Imismk'kr, ha nfisistcd in t)ic sale of fish in 

 thr madift p1a<'e. Wiiilf- thus emjtloyed, he attra<"te<l the attentinn of Henry CoiliuH, a 

 wealtliy jumI i)Jiilaulhro]iie citizen of New port, wlio, pleased uiili liis activity, linndsouK" person, 

 H.U1I sj»rij,'litlin«'s«, took }iiin from tJie lish sr-and and jirovided for his edneatioti, and linally e«- 

 tahlislifd him in eoininercial biiHineMS. But as it merchant Mr. Sontlnviek was niifortiinafe, 

 •rtiid hecame ahaiikrn])t. He retrieved his fortune, hnwevt-r, hy marrying a danizhter of Col. 

 John (iardiner, who had been j^ovcrnor of liliodc Island. In the K'cv<dntion he was a whifif. and 

 performed gimd service to his country. A snU'ercr hy c(piiiiiicntal money, his fortune was im- 

 paired a second time, and hie latter days were enihiiiered with poverty and many iiiliruiiticH. 

 He was a man nfdecldrd ehara-ter and talents. His k:iin. Solomon .SoutJiwick, ol Now York, 

 h.ts borne u. distingui.shed part in the politics of that State, 

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