NOBLE TRAIT.

From Harris Life of Bainbridge.
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From Harris Life of Bainbridge.


"During the captivity of our countrymen, and some
months previously to the conclusion Of the treaty Of
peace, the imprisoned sailors and marines Informed
Captain Bainbrdge by letter, that of their keepers
Neapolitan, had treated them with great humanity and
kndness and that they desirous Of reciprocatng
the favors which he had generously bestowed upon
them. This keepe, being slave, and anxious, like
themselves, to be liberated, they requested their
mander to authorize the purser advance from the pay
then due to them, the sum of seven hundred dollars
the amount demanded for his freedom. So as they
weie informed that peace concluded, their applica
tion renewed, and, in obedience to their Wishes
the money advanced them by the purser; the benevo-
in safety to his native country in one of our national
vessels. When our sailors and their freedman sepa-
rated at Naples, poignancy of feeling exhibited
which would have done homer to those who move in
elevated walks in life and who pretend to
reinementof sentiment"