ac i; ’*v s? V'wY^r-J^ 'l c : it/ :■'{' - m JkwrtaWeW^^mfe : WhW£twV&Tfoy W tBB4 - :: -i MCtH:bWe> Slraifef*yf: Shi^'bur 1 ’loiaW^'Nr"ihe. w©»#^ nkmf'reidß iB^pSVM*!: -I '6ibtfe6iw» wmkmW^^ rtfiiii.' fed Ihrotiilb 'll Waa »»/fcw^6f;ii9d;^«i'’tl» rilettfe ’ of tiiflr already "Wef traveled' thtre (Srifcwb rtiilfes, atukheh 'gAdoally aicai-. fled the iifbfe Hiod herder dridbettef i&ij i l S v «S)l the-he*!bf SWiWoed heir ! ]oaw iVcj!lrrpoOT r iflM' ; Aern«i bbuntryuntil mid* ni:g.t\t, we halted andr'rtfircshed otir arii nidb' W'ithVWati?!' frota “oar rcaertoird. I’•' 1 ’•' - 3 ‘ ;: ' ’ After a 'reai' of three halite 'we 1 fettimed bur journey, and bjrlO'ro’cldck hi , 'M; we tad crcssedihis dreaded desert, without any accident io our wa'gons Or animals; VVe- dnd Harrow'bfreain of deliciolisly cool water, .about twelve td eighteen inches wide, which distributes'itself above half - a mile'lower down io a meadow • covered with lotiiriaht grasse*. -TKIs camp-ground ia (Sai led 1 hj the Spaniards “ Los- Vegas." Once more w£ had plenty of grass Tor our fatigUed animal*,'and wd determined fo rest here for tho ‘day. During our journey we passed a number of deserted wagons, tables, &c. Ah ax-lfain from little Salt Lake had preceded us about ten days; and it Was not difficult to follow tjteif ttail, for space bf onq hour! counted the putrid carcasses of nineteen oxen and horses—w hat a lesson to those who'Venture on sudh it journey unad visedly' and unprepared !' The strong north wind which blew all day raised a 1 cloud of dust vibioh almost blinded me although I had goggles and a green Veil to protect my eyes j however, the delightful afad refreshing water of this bosissbon purified hi*; and I ftel now, having crossed the desert, breakfasted and bathed, much more comfortable, both mental ly, and physically. The acacia is the only free on this stream. May 3D.—We remained at camp all day yesterday, and at 10 this morning we were on the road to. Cottonwood Springs, some twenty miles distant, where we will find water and grass; and then will commence a journey over another desert of fifty-five miles. We followed up this little stream for about three miles, when the road turned a little - to the right; but I was anxious to see the bead of the stream—fot 1 , from the appearance of the surrounding country, f judged it to be very near. Parley rralf, Severs) other gentlemen and myself continued up the stream, and, af ter a ride of half a mile we came to a large spring, thirty -five feel wide and forty long, surrounded by acacias in full bloom. We approached through an opening, and found it to contain ihe clearest and most delicious wa ter I ever tasted; the bottom appeared to be not mote than two feat from ,the surface, and to consist of white sand. Parley Pratt pre pared himself for a bath, and soon bis body divided the crystal water; While I waa con sidering whether I should go in, I heard Mr. Pratt calling to me that'll was impossible to sink, the water waa so buoyant. I hardly believed it, and,'to be able to speak certainly, I also undressed and jumped in. What were my delight and astonishment to find that all my efforts to sink were futile. I raised my body out of the water, and sud denly lowered myself, ,but I bounded upward as if I had struck a springing board; f wal ked about the water up" to my armpits, just the same as if 1 had been walking on 1 dry land; The water, instead of being about two feei-deep, was oyer fifteen—-tb6 length Of the longest tent-polO we hod aldnjj. it is impos sible for a man tij sink over his ’ head in it; the sshd on the batik is very fine and while; thetemperature ir 78 s Fahrenheit. I can form no idea as to Ihe cause of this singular phenomenon. Great Salt Lake also possess es this quality, but this water is perfectly sweet. In the absence of any other name 1 have called it Buoyant Spring. I have nOv er hanrd of it as possessing this quality, and should like some one of the savansto explain ihe cause of buoyancy. Wo lingered in the spring for fifteen ‘minutes, When we dressed and'resumed our ride, highly delighted and gratified by our exploration. I made draw ing* of this spot and surrounding mountains. N. Y. Tribune. Disgraceful TaEATMBitT.-r-An editor out VV«st indulges in a Tew brief fliogs at the, whole female sex. He thinks that girls were sent into the world solely to torment mankind and the world.in general, and expresses the opinion that they carry out their purpose to the. letter. Since he emigrated to the west, been engaged to be married three limes. One of his loves died—-ha took sick, and. theJtait all came out of his head, when the second .wouldn't have him, and the third ran away, with a scavenger named Wiggins. He doesn’t, object so" tpnch to the loss of his intended as ao the preference.she has shown. He admits, freely, that his personal appear, ance is not so good ss it might be, haying, white young, bad the small pox, and! after war,di.oaaeya knocked out by the' prema ture discharge of p cannon, yet he thlbks the preferring of .& street scavenger th an,, editor, no (natter.ljpjiJugiy, is altogether He has opr jwa^flgt-aympaihies. , ~ SviciDfc nr a' ihm ■ suicide occurred-near the Sweei Springs'in Septemherltst., A la’d be. cam* displeased with hitfaihepfordenyiog him sorHoretjurStj lihd d«uj«red iMsthe srdald pat no end 16 his own eifstenoei' i ThbseWho heard iho threat paid bot imie'attentionMtfrf, ■apposing that it wps merely an idle butbdnft of bby rosofnie inhis pUfpoke ji .‘Mid jffer. jpihcuriog ; a 'hob and apada'Md digging himsetr a grave/hfegot t; ropt, tr«, «nd-actually hung’ f 1 jslf-dwtrirtiiod (is a-taw m b« wmtWm sew to ourltßowlodgOr THE AG^afepg. 'nv - m , ■.:■■■=: h g "- g■s^^ssscgsqassaaagsas; atb. ■'] : ' wißlfe Wtfi^cansltlmßewßooßayppori^iwai. tx» . S i»sei and "wflppaunder dro^^tsB&'- ; ;‘Wej WiU’repbrt^^ww’hisit'wfeeS—iniWri^ll^f^ B -! tionV'wa ba&i- ~'~! '’''•'-| . ”' 'f'Jl^fu i ,.'' ! '\' UtodUfo .Russian • od end made MjOOO, rt£ WVif? 1 10,000 of weretaken/Fort Cdhsfehlino blownVup,ahif ’Men-.j tp qurrepder. Foil peat; week.. ;' ", , ’,, ;>,. '.' ‘ • * ~. • ETPrlortotbo election? some,very pood friends, of Prohibition united nsjjimmng otber»tth»V,M,r. Bigtsr just as&vorabietp tbo-caW? of tdmperanoe as tSt. Poilopfc.r.Tery few behaved it to be bop, then, and-etHl fewer will,.bqliava.it now. By, refe^noe r to tfm official,, it, wif| ,bo ,ecen that irTthoee district* where, Bigjer bad amajority, heavy,votes Were pplUd.againsl, Prohibition. Par. haps some.of our ' temperance men ; will begia to thiqk that „“ npwbqreishncas” pt Bigler. on .the liquor queatiou, secured him, generally, speaking, the Rum influence.at tho.baliot-box. ; , iy * UT Wo would ‘ like toreoeivo several cord* "of seasoned wood at'this office On-snbscriptionjimmedi dteiy. We'are ablaally iitffering for wood toke«p the office comfortahle. We d i dot wish to purchase by lbs load, but by the cord, A cird or two of green maple will be thankfully received. In our pres, enl strait, one old-fashioned cold.sup, would freeze job 1 solid. Friends,'coonlrymen. and ftrroers, .we don’t ask yon to lead ns. any thing, but only, do as ye would bp done by-—*» we would .do by-.y oa were you in s similar piekle—what is never denied id sp insensible locomotivveven,—ff tyOOD US I" 'l3r,We gl«d!y give place to the following piece of infbrihitidoi'kittdiy ftfniehed ns by a friend:' “Thompeon’s Bank Note- Reporter of the 14th imt-j Onder the bead of ‘►Fraudulent Bank Notes,” says— l a.few dfys fgoiwe.aaw s tip note,splendid ly. engraved,,cto the Hopkinfon Bank, Michigan; and on Saturday, a well-dfesaed man walked into a •boe store, selected a poir of boots, and proffered a ‘ len','l on the. Merchant's 4. Farmers Bank, Fort Laareawortb,'Kapaai Territory. He had- a eonsid erable amount in s’e and lO'i in bit possession, and reported himself as the President of the Company.” It ie scarcely necessary to add that both the above note* ate fratidulenl'aqd should be refused.We are informed that such ndtes have been seen here, with, in a few days. Look'sharp for them. ’■ '• Ta» RaaoiT. —Pullook’s majority will he upward of 30,000, probably. Prohibition will, we think, be carried by a small,majority. 000 thing ip certain : Tioga Copnty baa eclipeed all others in regard to the anti-Nebraska issue. The nsual. Democratic majority here, baa been from 800 to 1000. The re cent election shows a change of .nearly 2000 voles, in favor of Me eotl and itep men. Susquehanna hat gencraUy'fgone} f Bod majority. Now, abe rolls, up nearly as mnch for Freeifom. Is it not a' glorious ,result 1 V Bfadfprq, Susquehanna, and "tiogn, give Pollock and Prohibition nearly Jour thou land majority 1 Little Potter has.dune well for Pollock and Prohibition, but'we regret that the Re publicans did not triumph fully in Urn election of county -officers. Right Triumphant. There is a love of victory for victory's sake, end there is another love of victory fer the sake of the dominion it confers and the opportunity for per sonal aggrandizement it affords. The first is felt by tnen whose leading trait is Obstinacy i the latter by, those who are slaves of a venal nimbi, lion. There ie another love of victory which depends open lie triumph of Principle—and this wSrma the hearts of true men only. The glorious result of the late election has awakened Ibis Joy in the bosoms of thousands—it wta a triumph of Principle.' The freemen of Pennsylvania have achieved few such victories in the past, but the way la -open, for a brilliant, series In the future. The eyes of the whole country are npon Pennsylvania, attracted by the brilliance of her late achievement. Her action on the great question of the day is in a good degree final, Aad she proved subservient to Douglas and the Administration, the partial defeat of a great principle could not havebeen stayed. Thanh Ood, she did not prove subservient, The tgiand central prop (as this Slate was considered by the Administration) of st corrupt democracy' is taken sway, sqd the bate men who insisted, upon' making the (reason of Dangles a test of democratic ortho, dozy, can how slink away arid be forgotten. Sec ond only to thaw which'Religion has been mide to father, have boen ’lhe monstrosities promulgated un der the name of Democracy. Ithie closked'maoy a sin, and if (be ratSseC,could'have been kept in ig norance of whatoiistod behind the curtain, it might have covered more. The Reign of Terror,'in which many of the noblest and best men and; women in Prance were indiscriminately slaughtered, was the offspring of democracy' with French poison in its veins. The Nebraska bill, which aims to sxtend, and thereby perpe(uaft human slavery, was' the ofiT spring of Administration with .South ern blood in iu veihs. 'Franklin Pietjoe represent*, a democracy which claims'Slavery, os a.beneficent inslUntioni but he dotsnol ,repeMnt’N9rthern de mocracy. ijlia* been for,- gotten the ezwgPlf, o£itf but if (hie results' of tin roeanl elections, in ihosey- at the.Ncrtb <£naideratfon, tbeacjmisalion is false. wb wo it staled in terne pipers, IhiV" Fanitsy)- vania hss gone Whig bjaUrg?-majority." , Ivi* false., The Slate his g'sba liy'itp'over whelming thajoriiy—that is Utb tnilihof (hafealle t! Mari df ill (forties' joined 1 id : ’fm pollock.">The old liw'wKljp&foy kt r tlie ’ powerlcsii lb irke'tlie midh^beiimi 1 us. Ag«m,'itts»aid>ihat'th4 badly beaWn. Thisis hot s&nl' UedVbuf thettne-idefflb«»lwUiettent f Kaa'toeya'' I ihd'WhWn signally tioitent i TWseKttsliatb droWshPflfomHbb by(n > pif'thauq)ud^and';th« ; «6S^r di^oetioae,thifrSUte wobld iidelltlle.i£ «OTinftn«Lto tli«trf^|^^.l^iAn ifeSl^l drisdfpte»;‘ 1 Upon'propel reflecfcioii we'tefdk'nb^ti tee obi jcct br both*‘ Whai i 1 Fair tto p?if iicge of dl»* ‘jiealnig tU‘ioO^^%ifi/jtiiirmd^'-ofi^e^iiiU l '•-■.'Tto yeilnul'Cf afrj inGxe] j&nftt : Uie ! lftiMbi' ! id l^oitolliWebrilfaiiilkmyi’g<& J b} ! pfik&tbtl ! p&i llyteair tffprtiW^intui’AmiHi j ; &Vi mlrid; ! toJ> atblirarily' to! retain iU B of aniHour whea dp u’ane man (nd dotnahfi jottice forthdAfrieuJ.' Men may pot r lhta’d«y Gtr aw»yin Uled'niTOtfaturej timid CoqeernUem m»j> hold up it* feeblehanitaand touch 'it'not!—. Itwilllied to ehdlej* <. contention,”-r**tiil, the;ilrife maitcome, and Eight, end Troth, tod Humanity will triumph. l I'j ..■•A Aw,man victories at tbs North, «pd the scourge of the slave-driver .will no longer, remand upon free (oil. Evjry_nflj» notary strengthens the. friend*, and tcrrifies-ihfe foes of human freedom. Every victory over errofTs a. spring of refreshing 'waters to tlie limidthdTaint-heartoil. The'South miut havenbvsntsge'gPoph'd Je the North.far We may Circumscribe its influence and destroy Its tools am), overwhelm its Apologize rs With' shame and con fhaion, though we ‘ may not' immediately- win it away 'ftomjthe worship of its monstrous wrong. {fusion* vs. Health. ' Wb ljaTe beelVwonderjng jf Mrs. Eve wore thin shoes, and afrbcted a fashionable coOgh, or whether aho went barefooted. It is affirmed iltat Woman inherited all of mother Eve’s failings, and Urns we are'left to'conclude that "thin shoes” waa'-oderf them. It’s a great wonder that patching fig-leaves ever became a lost art < We propose that a debitiUg-elab be organized im. mediately, to discuss the qoestiou—“ Which has canted the greater destruction of life, thin shoes,.or (ho sword 7” There will 'be no lack of spoolers on the "shoe” side of the question. i Seriously, thio.sboes are the prolific source of the greater part of the cases of, colds,influenzas, con sumptions, fevers, end a host of other ilia that wo maa'is not rightfully heir to. Yet. thin shoes are all Hie rage, because they are fashionable* It is one of.her rights, (acquired, however,) to follow the fashion, though it shoald lead her. dowp to an early We cannot advocate that branch of Wom an's. Rights, on such a frail platform. , There is..one right that pertains to woiqan, that she ia not at aU slrenooqa in defending; and that is ihe right to enjoy good health, wd .to die . a natural death. Not more than one in every hundrad fetUalea who .die hourly, experience what ia properly termed —a natural death. We see the 1 freshness'of youth and the decrepitude of age forced into unwilling juxtaposition, and the disease of one function infects Another end another with the poison. If women woaidfalfit her iSailhjy mission in Obedience to the plain in'd uiieqai VfeCit teachings,'of Ifitnrt; with* jhsiice‘tolierseif and,'profit to'Otllbre—she mast Isy down' tho gaud and tlhsel'of Bullion; and take up the more substantial things Sense and Reason. ‘She can nerer do her Whole duty while laboring adder physical disability. Health is the great helper—the one thing needful in the success ful prosecution of the business of life; Without !!, Inaction usurpa tho place of Energy, Indifference, the place of Sympathy, weakness and'indecision the place of fixedness of purpose. • Godit. —The November Np., of this early-rising magazine ia already bu oar table, just ae fresh, hale and companionable as ever. The engraving on steel, in, the matter of the arrangement and blend, ing of light and shadow, ia excellent. For the first time, we discover two really pretty faces in'the fash, ion piste. i Tfeorb are 10 other frill page engravings, an if an abundance of valuableadd intorealing read: ihg matter. 83 per year single copy. Tne Tsblss Teanzn.—A Brief Review of Rev. O. M; Butler, D.' D; by 8. B.' Briltari,—New York, Partridge* BrUtan, 300, Broadway. Mail, tdi tion 25ota. 'This Review was written at Uie request of sever al Washington geniiomen in reply to a Discourse entitled “Modern Necromancy,’.’ delivered in (bat city by the Key. C, M, Duller, D. 0. Mr/ Britton is widely known as one of ,tho most giAed scientific writers,in America, and at present, as the editor of the Spiritual Telegraphy the leading organ of the Spiritualistic faith. Be is distinguished for (ha can. dor and fairness wit!) which ho treSta opposing be jioft, andds (hd Tory’ reverse' of a dognittist. Those who read the Hichmond iC Brittan Discussion, can bear witness to the troth of this. ' ‘ Alter! eramiriing both the'D'ucodn#dnd Brlltan’a Review' of lire, same,' wd incline strongly' to the opinion that thd Roy. Dr. mast think rather poorly of tils grand atterppt to anniliilateSjuritualiam With scriptural Wts; since his reviewer has completely turned (hetables'opbn him by using his own- Scriip tural qnotatiensagainst the very theory he advocates. Dr. Butler’s Discourse.is very loosely pot together; Mr. Britten’s Review is just the reverse.. In evi dence of the first, we' reler. the- reader (a the sth. page of the Doctor’s Discourse, where fas attempts to prove: by the story of the ticb man and Dozarus, that disembodied epirita .codnol revisit tbo.eartb' Bat he makes an unpirdohable ip -repro. Mating'the ricb roatSMdesiriog ulirflAqm tftgolo hiafivobteihrenland warp ,Uutn* t0,,-Moat Sunday Sebool'scholyrs can bet. the, Dqctor .right on poipu,' :BU> blunders opd badlogjofiad nofavot lb* sight,.andno nwrpy in the pet);dfhii reviewer. Tha lbllowing,extract seems very true To-Day;, ! V AUoMatingiWdigious formulas lend to restrict Ate .jnqntal , freedom and. epi ri ;aal u development of bun. They are. therefore, unsuiled to - ’ Die present In; Ind by 4 ; liwfthielfwill admit bfrtoexce (plods; Urtyiriust gbibeeki'andn) ingle' witfa'the t elanentf of- d IfSolved land fcrgotled thj tiger; i An U that the iij abofai to,cl6lh e ' itself ' wtlhXneWKdy ealtf »lfD6tU(tb tr '‘ThWChnr«iiSofithß jpuuirnnjuatibe! :efidieffWßoßi) iuth shall tbrihe.^mnl preeqAai 'cMj»d»t4rb<^MCreddhoei(e |Gti& , OiQV ijs .fjs rohwteg pOcnUlite opinionso' nsleotcr tbe Utter and' let it be.*' GtuatU'ttboie *aorMßtM»shall;b«fc«rf»of cluxity -giwo.to.Uiapoot*&nM l*oo£ mighty and unceasing effort to do good, audits per ;K»fi^:jMyh>. 1 is that which was sent away' at. the moment -of . the collision, and which- it has)been seen we were.obliged to abandon lb its fate..- It carried,.as.;tve have already said, the second in cfimtnand and five -.men,.of, whom w? as yet, haye had mo intelligence.- , ; - .1,, .•.; W|hao,ii;wes: proved,lhat theateojmer wo’d ibev.ilably r go,:dowb, Ihe cap(aio .ordered the ithe hqat' No-.ijl, (starboardi near thepaddle box) to -be |.DUO,cht!d,,.i received $7, or Sf perse ns, l passengers, provitiqped / and ; some lately hut, wijhotJl {,-«• compis?* or . ; a single man) capable pf : d.t|fpßtijßjg.o-:,.. U i* tjjwe,';, onij, can ijohly-payl.ai.ileast- ibßrew^^Ffench ,ipmat^aWe ( for}ier ojVa .ct^Wiob,! Who fleiggfj iho fbe bpat it?,.lbe i fog. jo/.jlhgl steamer.;, l Of, i tbig. < ,hpat, ; notbing has. [; !P ,-n. d londjl n M»* I.M r-i tßaal Ij am. ,d^e^(Jed A po t >Mr. Batdbun from tbe —l.l u H H1M.1.1 I GIT At !n H» ter ftp Wri\ , Narrations. JetijjO Wping iflty pflfiaving forgotten their df?hoM «, ;ing on Ik their own safety . bo^rt ! n jedj ha f ot . that •the’ w-fo Mr.* * pE*>njg||l. s *-vi*- Henderson lrfop«,j(imped into Jtfor, from the* ai'f/iblbfr'Wiw 'JeA «„ deck. This nrat tbb rfoihwr’of -persons in ■ ‘hhy s ,tools to u. jwr mnrteeo.~"'’*~~- bops, jnThero, rewatped the fourth boat fcfly:(Nd; ‘4.) CapbXiUce put Mrs, Collmsana several (UntaiiUbr c lt;* vUnfortmmleiy at ;ihf of many pasiwfigcrsiwhodeserTe great praiie !»dryiiof«nt lby'WBre,abbut'lo lel>lier gol all in the; .blocks--workedj-whiteitfho their. Op/fo tneyery la moment I*. =6tbelrrfoaled.>. -Theiboal wSs, Consequently), fore Indsmpednf; ; : ,l. ~ .. ofi- m-perpendicular position, and • all-.-those The Chief -Engineer, .with a part ofbis u. mere ia it, with the exception of three pen- "smalleat deck-boat, tadnsj-r fell.'into the - waves; At suckamo) and befi^'p.-ihef tveM ; ?do»n gulled away rrienlthe misfortune 'Could- hot. be remedied- with aboul.filleen persons., ..Wehcfdsuccee. They soughtito right the boat*’ toll it was not ded in, gelling the fore .and main, yards ted possible to hoist it; li was a general tatme two topgallant 1 yards oyeitboard, -together Mjiiiipdufc’ ! Passengers land.orewi jumped ito «n«Jl,*pafr Apd materialaai idiscriminatety into the -boat, which wai Wo cdultf cbllect, Wteb f.Wed fttTly'bbnvinced iagaiaifilled'-io a. few seeonda, -'Messrs. Du- that the ship-must .go'do.wn in o, very short passeur.O-T. Wt' A. Young, W. time, and that not a moment’ was to be loot ''Gilbert, P,- D.- Mayer, William Gipson, E, in getting the' spars Isjhed tbgetber to forma M. Eoss, J; Bogart, J. Hennessy, J.McHalk raft—ld "do which it bedpine pecessary to get -George -Dobbs, 'aodiDalaquaisv-servants -of iho-life-boat, our only, rnmainibgboat, into M.J)eGrammont,were in it. ....... the-water., -r: . The Duke deGramraont 'himself tried to -jump in, but. fell iplo the sea,..and would im mediately have perished save .through the de votion of bis servant, who drew him on board 'the steamer by. an almost superhuman effort. Dulaquois himself slid down a rope,'inviting his master to follow his example. But. the .boat was-already at.some, distance, and Dti laqtiois came down so fast that.be fell breath lets into the boat. M. da Grammount had nal. courage to imitate him, and so let the precious moment pass which separated safe ty from destruction. He remained on board the sienmer. The young Duke, M. Guynet and the Brown family were the last persons that M. Depassieor perceived on the poop at the moment when the boat passed behind the steamer. There were 25 in the boat, and the least movement threatened her destruc tion. By good luck, on reaching (he lar board side we fell in the boat of Mr. Baal- ham, who lightened us by taking six persons into his boat. He offered to assume the care of our common safety. Some few moments afterwards the Arctic seemed abandoned to the tpercy of the waves, and having already 13 feet of water in her hold, was out of sight. No. 6 had been drawn from its original place in the middle of the deck, as far aft as possible. M. Dupassieur and his compan ions could see them endeavoring to launch it in order to assist in the construction of a rail. This was the boat that somewhat later saved the Sd Lieut. Dorian, Mr. Burns, and 32 of a crew, rescued at sea by the Huron. The narrations of Messrs. Dorian & Burns have told us that boat No, 0 was taken pos- session of by the engineers. It is the third of which we have still to receive intelligence. As for the rafi, we know definitely that, owing to some fatal circumstances, it only saved one roan. LATER CAPT. LUCE SAFE.—HIS STATEMENT. Quebec, Oct. 13,1854. E.'K. Counts— Dear Sir ;—lt becomes my'painful duty .to inform you of the total loss of the Arctic, under my command, with your wife, son and daughter. The Arctic sailed from Liverpool, Wed nesday, Sept. 20, at 11 A. M., with 233 pas sengers, and about 150 of a crew. Nothing of special note occurred during the passage until Wedftesday 27th, when, at noon, we were on the Batiks, in lat. 46 deg. 45 min. N., and lon. 52 deg. W. steering west by compass. The weather had been foggy during (he day j generally, a distance of half to three quarlers of a mile could be seen, but at in tervals of a few minutes a very dense fog, followed by being sufficiently clear to see.one or two miles. At noon I left the' deck for the purpose of working Out the position of the ship. In about ; 15 minutes I heard the. cry of“ Hard starboard” from the officers of the deck. 1 rushed on deck and had just got out when I felt e crash forward,.and at the same moment saw a steamer under the starboard bow, and at the same moment she struck against bur guards and passed astern of us, \ The bows,of the’strange vessel seemed to be literally cut or crushed off for full ten Teef, and seeing that she must probably sink'7n a few minutes, and taking a hasty glance at our own ship, and believing we were compa ratively uninjured, my first impulse was to endeavor to save'the lives of those on board the sinking vessel. The boats were cleared, and the First Officer and six men left with one boat, when it was found our own ship was leaking tearfully. The engines were set to work, being in strueted to pul on the steam pumps, and ihe four deck pumps were wot’ked b\ the passen gers and crew, and the ship bended fur the land, which I judged to be about fifty miles distant, I was compelled to leave my boat with the First Officer and crew to take cure of themselves. Several ineffectual attempts were ipado to slop the leak by gelling sails over the bows,'and finding the lepk. gaining oh us very- fast, nolwithslahding our very powerful-efforts of keeping, hey free, I fesol-'' ved to gel - the boats ready and as many children and ladled'placed in them as possi ble. But 'no sooner had the attempt been: made than the firemen- and others rushed in to lhem, in spile of opposition. i 7 Seeing (his staleof {'ordered the .boats astern to be ke'pxf in'readiness Untilorl der could be restored,'When ib my dismay l i s4w ihetn cut' the rope itf IhO'bow.and soon disappear astern in thb' fog. ■ Another.boat , was brokfen'down by persons rushihg'ai the' ;rfsvlis, And many were precipitated into'the ;sea- and- drowned.- ; Xhisoccurred while 1 1 |HM ! bfeed %/tgaged th ‘getting the starboard jgo'ard boat‘ready iandplhced the second offi-' ieerift 'bfiarge, When the' same tearful scene: ‘ ah’;with l the'firet boat was being enacted; men (leaping from the top of the rail, twenty feefy pushing and maiming jhoso who were in the r$C. p ' i! ;■ :" r ; ./V f . . ( I ihtjn gave orders Jp ijjpgedoijd This being accoropljshedi'l Don. an, the chief officer,of the boat, taking care to keep, the oars bn boardtq prevent them from leaving the ship-r-iopibgjto get most of the women and children in the boat at least. They had iriado considerable progress in co|. lecting Ilia spars, when .an alarm was given that the ship was sinking, and the boat was -shoved off without oars or anything to help themselves with;' and when-the ship sank, the boat had got clea'r probably,an eighth of a mite io leeward. fin an instant, about a quarter to 5 P. M„ the ship went down, carrying every soul on board with her. I soon found myself on the surface after.a brief struggling, with my own helpless child in my arms, when again I felt myself impelled downward to a great depth, and before I reached the ’surface a second tipie, had nearly perished, and lost .the hold of roy child. As I again struggled to the surface of the water a'most awful heart-rending scene pre sented itself to my view. Over 20Q men, women and children struggling together-amid pieces of every kind of. wreck, catling on each other for help, and imploring God to assist them. Such an appalling scenf'tnay God preserve me from,ever witnessing again. I was in the act of trying to save my IchtTd when a portion of the paddle-box came rush ing up edge-wise just grazing my head, fall ing with its whole weight upori (he bead of my darling child. Another moment I beheld him lifeless ini the water. 1 succeeded in get ting on the top oflhe paddle-box in company with eleven others —one however soon left for another piece, finding that it could not support so many. Others remained until (hey were, one by one,, relieved by death. We stood in the water at the temperature of forty-five degrees up let- our knees, and frequently the sea broke directly over us. We soon separated from'our friends on other parts dPlhe wreck, and passed the night, each one of us expect ing every hour would be our last. The wished for morning' came, surrounded by dense fog, not a living soul to be seen but our own parly, seven now being left! In the course of the.morning we saw some water casks and other things belonging to our sbjp, but nothing that we could get or afford us any relief. 1 Our raft was rapidly settling, os it absorbed Jbe water. About noon Mr. S. M. Woodruff of New York mu relieved by death. All the others now begqa to suffer very severely for want of water, ex cept Mr. George F. Allen and myself. In that respect we were very milch farbr ed, although we had not'a drop pn the raft. The day continued foggy, except just at noon, as near as we-could judge. We had clear horizon for about half an hour,- and nothing could be seen but water and sky. Night came on thick and dreary, with our minds made up that neither of us would again see (hie light of another day, for very soon three more of our suffering party Were relieved by depth, leaving Mr. Allen, a yoking man and myself. ; < i Feeling myself getting exhausted, I now sat down for the first time, about 8 o’clock in. the evening, on a' trunk Which providen tially had been found on the Wreck. In this way I slept a little through the night, nnd be came somewhat refreshed. About an bout before daylight—now Friday, the 29th—we saw a vessel’s lights near us. We all three of us exerted ourselves to .the utmost of our-strength m hailing, uiiiifwe be came quite exlj,uisled. In about tPqitaner of an hour the light disappeared to the east of us. S"(m after daylight a bark hove in sight to the north-west. The fog having 'little, steering apparently (or i shdrT time she seeiped to have c-,1 Jrse, aud again we were'doomed nent yet 1 fall hopes that some of our fellow'sufferers may have beoit seen and rescued bv them. Shortly after we had. given qp" ell hdpes of .being rescued bv the'bark. a ship was discov ered to the east of us, steering directly for us. We now watched her with the most intense qnxiejy, as she approached,' The wind chnn fging caused her' to' alter her co»fde several points. About noon they fortunately discov ered a man on a rati near them,'and succee ded in saving hint by the second ‘ mate jum ping, oyer, the side and making ar.opd fast ar ound liiiio, when he was got on board safely. This map saved proved to be a Frenchman wpo. was a passenger on bbard the steamer Which we came in coltisiop witbl ' He informed’ the"Capta|n fhat T o’ther«' were near bn pieces of wr6pk, and gbmg aloft he-saw us ahd'th^eeJjthers;" We'Wepo' the first to which I he boat was .pent and safely ta ken on board about. 3F. M; —The next, t»as Mr. James Smith of Mississippi, sicohdclass passenger. The others saved mere five. of our.firemen, The sttp 'proved* i fe : te'(be .Caipbfia o f t his p