[SPAM] Ere it has climbed the precipitous si

Not allow sufficient rest

from his labors, and

he deferred the publication to those riper years of experience and acquirement

from which he could survey his whole past career.

It may be comforting for all rogues to know that he left behind him no note of that vast amount of statistical knowledge which

he possessed, whether appertaining to crimes or criminals in general or in particular, or more especially to the band of robbers,--and that with him perished all knowledge of this organization as such, and the names of all the parties therewith connected. They also have the

consolation, if there be any, of knowing that he was sent prematurely to his grave by a subtle poison, administered by unknown hands and in an unknown manner

and moment, and that he died in the firm faith of immortality. THE CUMBERLAND. At anchor in Hampton Roads we lay, On board of the Cumberland

sloop-of-war; And

at times from the fortress across the bay The alarum of drums swept past, Or a bugle-blast From the camp on the shore. Then far away to the South

uprose A little feather of snow-white smoke, And we knew that the

iron ship of our foes Was steadily steering its course To try the force Of our ribs of oak. Down upon us heavily runs, Silent and sullen, the floating fort; Then comes a puff of smoke from

her guns, And leaps the terrible

death, With fiery breath, From

each open port. We are not idle, but send her straight Defiance back in a full

broadside! As hail rebounds

from a roof of slate, Rebounds our heavier hail From each iron scale

Of the monster's hide. "Strike your flag!" the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. "Never!" our gallant Morris replies; "It is better to sink than to yield!" And the whole air pealed With

the cheers of our men. Then, like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp! Down went the Cumberland all a wrack, With a sudden shudder of death, And the cannon's

breath

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