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me for — I hardly remember what ; but she thought I had been kind to her 

 poor boy, as she called him. She assured me that she had prayed for 

 and obtained a feeling of humble resignation to this afflicting dispen- 

 sation ; and that, she could breathe sincerely from the heart the ejacu- 

 lation of " Thy will be done." 



On the following Sabbath a funeral sermon was preached by the 

 Rev. Mr. Schaeffer, which was attended by the crew of the Antarctic, 

 on whose weather-beaten visages glistened many a manly tear. 



This amiable young man was born in the city of New-York, on the 

 15th of November, 1807. He was educated in his native city, under 

 the charge of the late Joseph Nelson, LL.D., and received the first 

 honours of that distinguished school. At the age of sixteen, shortly 

 after the death of his father, he entered upon a mercantile profession ; 

 and in the spring previous to our sailing for Africa, he commenced the 

 dry goods business, and his success was every way equal to his own 

 anticipations, or the wishes of his friends. He suddenly determined 

 to go to sea — so suddenly, that he only made up his mind the day be- 

 fore the Antarctic sailed. He informed his friends that his resolution 

 was irrevocably fixed, without assigning any reasons, except his desire 

 to explore the south polar regions. During our outward passage, and 

 until the period of his death, he wrote home by every opportunity. I 

 am not at liberty to enter into particulars, except to add, that two fond, 

 faithful, virtuous hearts had been sundered by unnatural influence. I 

 am at liberty to add, that I have seldom met with his equal for integ- 

 rity, uprightness, and every manly virtue which adorns the human 

 character ; that he was an affectionate son, and a kind brother ; and 

 that he never caused his family a tear, until he embarked on this (to 

 them) unfortunate voyage. His death has occasioned a chasm in their 

 domestic circle which can never be filled. 



Independent of the melancholy circumstances just detailed, every 

 thing conspired to render my return a happy one. All my relations, 

 friends, and acquaintances were in good health, and expressed great 

 joy on seeing me. One of my sisters had happily married during 

 my absence, to Mr. Sheldrin Tomlinson, of Connecticut, a very wor- 

 thy man. This was my sister Abby, who after her nuptials received 

 a very handsome marriage-portion from the hand of Mrs. Burrows, 

 the wife of Silas E. Burrows, Esq., the generous benefactor of our 

 family, after the awful calamity which deprived us of a mother. 

 The read-er will recollect that he and his amiable wife took my 

 motherless sisters under their protection, and treated them with unex- 

 ampled tenderness and benevolence. I know their retiring, unassuming 

 character, and dare not hazard the expression of all I feel on this 

 subject. 



July 15th. — On Wednesday, the 15th of July, I had the pleasure 

 of seeing my worthy and much esteemed friend Charles L. Livings- 

 ton, Esq., who received me in the most cordial and affectionate man- 

 ner. He is one of the worthiest men of which the state of New- 

 York can boast ; but his character is so well known, and so highly 

 appreciated by the public, that it needs not the feeble eulogium of my 

 pen. This gentleman, with all the others concerned in the schooner 



