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The fisherman is a privileged man. In the colonization of Massa- 

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

 dfefence, he was relieved from the performance of military duty and the 

 payment of taxes. In the time of William of Orange.Vhen 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 Heets, 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 scurvy, 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 oppressors of his country. True 

 to the end of the contest, he gave his boats and vessels freely, and 

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



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

 passed through 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 difiiculties which surrounded 

 him, by transporting him 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 ofiicer in a duel. The story is a long and a sad one. SufBce 

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

 to place the M^or on a level with common murderers ; that he was 

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

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

 time intense. By wonderful exertions she recovered suflicient fortitude 

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

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

 then crossed 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. The 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 



His father was a, fishennaa, and, following the Eame business, he assisted in the sale of fish in 

 the market place. While thus emplojred, he attracted the attention of Henry Collins, a 

 weajthf and philanthropic citizen of Newport, who, pleased with his activity, handsome persolil^ 

 «ad sprightliness, took him from the fish stand and provided for his education, and finally es^ 

 tablished him in commercial business. But as a merchant Mr, Southwick was imfortunate, 

 and became a bankrupt. He retrieved his fortune, however, by marrying a daughter of Col. 

 Jolm Gardiner, who had been governor of Bhode Island. In the Hevolution he was a whig, and 

 performed good service to his country. A sufferer by continental money, his fortune was im- 

 paired a second time, and his latter days were embittered with poverty and many infirmities. 

 He was a man of decided character and talents. His son, Solomon Southwick, of New York, 

 bas borne a distinguished part in the politics of that State. 

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