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A HEROIC SAILoR.-The following account ol the rescne u Mrs Ford and her child from ter perl ous situation onboard ihe Oraou, is copied from inc Portland Argus. II is a correct illustration of the generosity and ,trepidity for which the sailor is ted the world o,tr:

 "A fer the schooner had been knocked down, and the vessels attending her had taken of-as they sup posed--all who alive, the Captain and d sailor by the name of Abraham Heath, consulting how they should manage for ihe night, which was then upon them, hen Heath says, he thought ho hnard faint knocking. He said to tho Caprain,- "There is some alive board lhnt vessel, and here goes 10 save her, or go with her!' Tle boat put back and put him again on board the Q. His only ins ument axe He descended through ha hole previously cut, about sixteen inches square into the cabn and forced himself into the berhs - These he was compelled to clear. The cabin was full of water, except when she rolled, when small

 triangular space abou sixteen inches along the uppel edge would be cleared for moment, and give him time to take breath

 In this situaton he cut through the partition at the head of the berth, and found no He then found his way through to the foot of the berths cut lhroug another partition, and still found no one. Finding himself cranped for want o room, in the second tler of berths and laboring extricae himself, he lost hold of his axe and it immediately sank to the bot tom of the vessel. He diyed for It once found il, and immediately commenced working at the parti- ton at the foot of the berth, which separated it from

 

 half one way, by three feet and half the other, and four and a half high. Into this room Mrs. Ford had gone, aid the cook in keeping his dishes upon the shelves, before he was called 10 assist on deck.- When the vessel capsized, the door was shut upon her by the rushing water, and held fast; and but little water could have entered the room at first, for when ,l,e partition was knocked open the room was not more than two-ihirds filled with water. As soon the first opening made the first sound which sauted the generous sailors ears was the voice of the little boy, saying "MoIher, see daylight"

 The next time the vessel rolled, the whole room filled with water. The generous Heath seized hold of them boh after dragging them through three small openings sometimes under water, and sometimes above it-6nally, at the imminent peril of his own life, succeeded in saving the mother and child. and saw them safe on board the accompanying vessel an act of heroism and generosity worthy to be writ ten m letters of god and handed down for the ad. miration and imitation of mankind.

 The act was more commendable, from the fact that the generous tar not hand but passenger on board one of the other vessels and volunteered 10 do what the others shrunk from attempting.