CAPTAIN DUSTAN.
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A few yeals since-and the ciecum- siance is still fFUsh in the recollection ot our recherche commanded the ilI-tatsd Lexington. On her passage to thus city. from Providence, with some two hun. dred messengers, a terrible storm over took her, such, perhaps, as was wit messed in the loss Of the Atlantic. Atier beating about and struggling with tho contending ed ments for long tune, and when the gale was at it's height, she U"- sbjpredh her rudder! A fearful cry went up from all on board, and all was gwen up for lost. The tOai beat about and the wind was fast diving her 10 me shore, where in short time she would have been dashed in'o pieces, anu every soul on board haveperished. CaF. DuS- tan called on hls men, and asked wnicn of thel.l "would dare 10 jump mo me sea. and lash a rope t0 the rudder that Il might be reshipped ," No one had inc courage 10 do it. Flv9 hundred dollars were then offered as an inducement, but it was not accepted. Fifteen minutes more and the boa, would be dashed into pieces-the breakers were almost within reach. A thousand dollars were then offered-lhe passengers clung round the Captain in fearful suspense, and waiting with dreadful anxiety to hear some one accept the offer; but the risk was too great, the fate too terrible to attempt No one, either among the passengers or crew, dared accept it-a thousand dol lars was no consideration for such @ fearful risk. Captain Dustan withdrew and the passengers gave themselves ul to hopeless despair. A few minutes o awful, horrible reflection ensued, wher cry was hoard-"G man Orcrboard !-' man orer6oard!!' !' It ran like an electric shock through the chilled and tr'ghten cd multitude as an omen of the tatt which momentarily awaited them. Bu still greater was that shock when th' cry was heard," IT IS CAPTAIN DusrA' -1r IS CAPTAIN DUsTAN"

 1t was Capt. Duslan-he had tieo roP

 round his body-stationed two or three ot nl nl

 men at the stern pest, and leapee into the SC:

 Manfully he buffeted the waves, now seen II

 ding at the top of the highest wave' ana nov swallowed up nthe tr' ugh of the sea- tossing Inn struggling and working his way to the ioos rudder. At length he gained it-he lasne' n' the rope to it, and in ten minutes he was o'aS ged on hoard the boat-the rudder was hune and two hundred lives saved by hls daring ID trcpidity. Y Sat. EmpOriuDs.