A mournful procession was formed, and he was thus carried, in a bleeding and dying condition, to his relatives, a mother and sisters, from whom he had parted a few hours before, in all the strength and vigor of early manhood.
As I gazed upon this wounded man, the absurdity of the custom of duelling, as practised among civilized nations, struck me in all its force.

One scene like this, taken in connection with the attendant circumstances, is more convincing than volumes of logic, or a thousand homilies.

For a few hasty words, exchanged in a moment of anger, two men, instructed in the precepts of the Christian religion, professing to be guided by true principles of honesty and honor, who had ever borne high characters for worth, and perhaps, IN CONSEQUENCE of the elevated position they hold among respectable men, meet by appointment in a secluded spot, and proceed in the most deliberate manner to take each other's lives to commit MURDER a crime of the most fearful magnitude known among nations, and denounced as such by the laws of man and the laws of God.
In due time the fate of the schooner John was decided.

The vessel was condemned, and the crew received notice to bring in their bills for the amount of wages due.

Captain Turner kindly offered to make out my account, and shortly afterwards handed me my bill against the United States government for services on board, the amount of which overwhelmed me with astonishment.
"There is surely a mistake in this bill, sir," said I; "the amount is far more than I am entitled to.