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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«<de|tadlng‘«ha^t^ ; '*ofj
dropped'wHh tltem- , “.sM'jrv
1
mile, tm*
T I •'• I
■K*;i
fc Uwlr i
llil jtod)Di£
■v_ turt ihoold feint Iwopertids li> ;
«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><e T
thought,'in un^» } w»dv wfeanero the pure In.'
heart and ■»'''!^Ht, a orrter3r name, shall
gather to -in '
epm o - 1
: THE AKCTiCTJ&TASTBOEHE.;
ikiNstti of M.Dupdttekt.,
twilit i'»e «hr ) / *.•.;) rji ; t
.Ort'^^fa^aaj/lhe^Tjth : (^September,
’ lfc;W l 'A , ?fcnfe ; j«y ; tioufd bedscer-
Tfliiteff, friSnii -Capeßoce..
wad citm, IhW seatifanljuil/but i
'cbVetedWilVlighi 1 dhbkof' fdam. ( The:*hip
'^ag^fti^airil l at Tall Speed;; eight bells
Ypbonjiwefe abobl to be struck,' aAd the pas
lsen|erB;ih'thfdabiAlwpr&prepariogto place
themseltes at table' for lunch; some ofihem
drawirtg ; lhe numbersof the
milea’ttiat hhd beert run'-bythesteamerdu
rin£: hours—a kind of
lottery’ which 'took place daily on board the
Steamer." -■ ■ '’ ■ - •■ 1 ’ • _ ' *
Pi
l i*! 1
All at once, a shock was- felt in the fore
pairlif ihe'Vessel oil" the lafboard side, thert
s' dron'd,' Ihfen a third. These blows were
hot sti’Mcientiy violent ' |o causei any serious
apprehensions'/and some persohp attributed
them dimply to a ;wave having struck us.
Nevertheless they ascended-to the deck when
they perceived; over the ldrboard bulwark,
oh iron vessel withoiu national colors, whose
bow was completely broken off, and which,
half submerged, seemed to be about to be en
golphed.
1 Copt; Luce caused a boat to be launched,
with ' which the second in comroandi Mr,
Gourlay, and five sailors threw themselves
in order to go’to the assistance of the stran
ger ; at the same lime the Arctic wheeled
round to co-operate more actively id the re«t_
cue. But scarcely had this maneuver been
executed ere the critical situation of our own
steamer Was perceived, and the imperative
necessity of looking, alter ’our. own safety
was forced upon us. 1 The- unknown vessel
had struck with its bofr upon the Arctic, a
little alter the cutwater on'the starboard side,
causing an'opening of eight'feel wide by five
High', to Which a part of her own bow still
remained.- Two other lesser openings were
seen at intervals, approaching toward the
paddle-box, to the second and
the third Shocks (felt during the collision.
Through these three openings the sea rush
ed into the interior of the vessel, which ren
dered all obstacle# opposed to it powerless,
and‘all efforts fruitless; While they were
-making these useless efforts to arresfthe in
road of the'Water, and the passengers were
working the pumps, they made for the land,
with the hope of being'able to keep the stea
mer''afloat sufficiently' long to bench her by
pulling On all steam.
in order not to lose a single minute, they
Were obliged to renounce any idea of assist
ing Ihcptratigijpwbiicli meantime had disap
peared,' end- every one imagined had sunk ;
were-also obliged.to leave the -boat, and six
then in her, behind. 'At the moment that
they turned a second lime, in order to take
this neW direction, a boat was seen a little in
advance of the paddle-wheel containing eight
or ten men, who implored assistance in a for
eigri tongue. Unhappily it was too late to
stop our headway. Less than'a minute af
terward (he boat and all in her disappeared.
It was reasonably supposed that it belonged
to the unknown vessel: But - the time had
come when'all were engaged in looking after
lheir qjvn safety. 1 Scarcely hod any one
been at; I he' pains of questioning one of the
strangers who had< managed-1o leap on board
at the moment of the destruction of the boat.
All thafwe learned from him.waa that the
Vessel Was French. l ■- :
11. THE BOATS. |
We experienced . now the sad certainty, in
spite of nil our activity at the pumps, that
the'water was gaining on us with terrible ra
pidity, and would soon reach (he furnaces.
The thought*'of all: turned toward those
means'of: saving themselves which might af
ford a rtty of ■■hope. . . .
'The'Arclifa hadsixbofits suspended from
the davits', hwo 011“ the larboard and two on
the starboard-, a fifthplaced lengthwise along
the middlro'f {bedeck, the sixth' also an the
deck, acrdssithffdbrWaTa part of .the deck,-
It is, above' all, heceisary. to the precise
about the- use made and- the fate of these
boats. ■ For.’greater clearness, we shall des
ignate thenwhy- numbers,■ in<the following or
der; Those oniihe.larboard'i'iyjhe Nos. 1
and 3, those on the starboard-Nop. 3 and 4 ;
No. hbeinfe that in the middle of the deck,
No.-oahe.one most forward. „ :
The boat N<>. 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<me boat of Mr, Boat * fife* jj.
tho sea. tfian seventeen sailors' att^ibiPW^tb^drt^^tbesaber qosjiy.
Jiet jadth l
Jet Wolenca that it was necessary at once • fwW> 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<Ft frqm GjfisgoWr bound to
’Capt. Fdftn gqtininan
ded' t}jel)Brk r ‘JesSß 'Sievenvaqd wktrescued
by Capt. Nye of the Patjffibl, ;
i Q^Cap i,' Rtiwjlf it’wduld’scarcely be pos
sible losay though' in hii "praise for I he'kind