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Those notexceedingtenlines ivill,be charged seventy-five cents, and those making six lines or less, three insertions for 50 cents. tar A liberal deduction will be made to those wh'o,Advertise.by the year. Mi"ollice in Hamilton St.,one door East of the German . Reformed. Church, nearly opposite the. , Friedensbote Office.". Good Mews to all I Mila OM 42 MI Itl Mtn) FASOIONABLE Tailoring and Clothing Store, • No. 51, East Hamilton street, directly opposite the illegister. Printing .Office," Ilentqww. .ThWte.Ontleman have just 3tuito:: fiorn Philadelphia rt rith "t • Peryitirke'and fash amble,stock of-Spring and Sumgker. Goods, WhiCh.theY . will make up to order, nenording tolhe 'latest New York and Philadelphia fashions fh,dy,:also keep on Itand.a,largoilitOok',of Ready it6act 4.llothing;. . - oreieWdeic - riptions; all - of •• which they Will sell so - low as to " I . _ Excite the Astonishment ! ' and secure the _patronage of all those who t~ ill faxorliein'witlia call and examination of their stock. •• - — They cOridtinse to do all, kinds . of CUS- Tom ..worgc .in 'the best manner, and at shot hope: titt:eption to busiheisi• an 'by Ming all th'eiftipds cheap the thea "" they.4l,dite:tii.'keciare a-liberal share of ratidiftige. -• ' • •ThOiteit 'Fashion plates always tot'sliia riq7; P ohl t m 7-9 p,e! , 4 • li r a an AllePtott!, It e , wa l las • k v i d - N6 11 .0) 118 a I stvlend id lot o , f . pam P -:,- ari , ade up. wi th go l d 11 f whi ch they will tit kvance.. - ° ;1 Winding the Odd .44 9 anticipate ,?04611‘vrs.tic,n N in g next, will do well to piepnrod ; ihtqnsel . ves with . F 6s gaiiaS• "Re in 1)1 the place : : No. 31 4 . East 11e:fieectlY aPP°5OLbe ..Re g ....„ A - - AlleateivA4P9 ;" 1! ..*l‘ iv -.. ~ .D a tti 30 . 6 tto - 4 . V14)211 1 10 '7. - ' ' 'of co6nzon Pleas ~ :.,/ the Cour t • , \' '\ •`:',' =ll..:eit Lehigh cottrity. .....' ' : ''' Italie nitteiol the account of .. --- ,r."11 ,- - , tt 6 opkinger, and JO - h N')cii A elit ug lirhi s iilieig 11 lee of D. &, - J. -0 P' , .. 9 . -,it '''"evolviritarYlaso'grinieht. FattilfgYtli.,..o49,thkiii 1 ,i 2, log , on .motion of 4 4 1 r 4 :.1-. 4rn a w 'n '- ne l 4 7 !P' r 9 :,t... he Court refered the n M iler',tti resettle• if, ne tcesaary, an icc i.", 4.t?v make .tif i etriguitee among Long fr the 0 crellitors , gccel4ll3g' to la w".. I,• , - ' . : r....:Afartz' the C •• • - I 1' • • , • : ", ; , .1 1 iiim--.P. E. s'a aft rfoth Y. t' ,, v: ',-- . 11 1 6 - aboie:riiim d`rmilLmge for e'ti;:cli-44.,4 I, l , hielintioint 'ent.fat the rub - thEP.dr,f4tf s/ or ". k' '''....0 0( anger, In A JO ' lie htiq z -';/ a q.#19 4 he • At e q - mitritext at li .. towh;` o 9 l l, L . ' r:44.innii ,lien AO Where tqu'4ll39.lVt.' R TII P e t hNf (Wed' tb:Atien!l if 1111-01r0),r101qteMI-1,. ,-1, '.:',fi;-;i.t...,,' IheY IIS!-Orfit1131:7.:` '' IA ' i l -:',Z.g91100.r: ... — . 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Then clasped them . to his chilling breast, .And hushed theta in eternal Peace. With silent lips, we laid them down . In one,deeP'gi : ave;iivith tearless eves, Believini.each.wonlatv'ear a crowd.. • And sirikqa harp id paradise .— ::" 464 4eaier,n - qiv eyish pleasant room, Siniii Sorrow sits with Memory here, Where flowers, In spring-time's early bloom, -11covy with fragrance, strewed their bier.; And where the silent echoes sleep Of voices like a silver-lute; Arid'arhere we sorntotimes wildly weep, To think they arc for ever mute: • And:where we s waited lOngin vain, , knowledge, when' the door, SioWiipening;gave 4's ne'er again ',.-The sound-of tool atelis on the ilociee And where we aft lieslde• the glow , • Ot etienina'fite,aubduedandstill, And hea'r thedrifting of the - snow That shrouds their grave upon the hill. ¶-3m But when age, all cold and dreary, Boweth IoW his manly. form, And his tottering steps are weary, And no voices kind and cheery Greet him now as In life's morn Then, alasl his spirit heareth • The great life.elockbeating fast; - • And the;hands the'dial neareth,.. iVitire his soul; now fainting, feareth I:hititieh•stroke will be its last. Iti.ettohyreast a clock is beating Throngh`:the morning,ticton irulnight, And a rieord•there is keeping. • Of ihettotnents swiftly • Ilasteniug ever,from our sight. iiii.lBsg,-;v• ~ ,Ff,pf., - ..T: .1,...., ..,A•z , :-.' , ..r r •,, '4,repare4 4 „.eit.:, bit :Minifikeliii ' 1 :014.iii., , foNisiET€4.i' , ..,‘ ' • . Oa anr. , r, (.,'. ' I 1 F ) (4t ) W 5.4 3, f 1 k i 7 ( iiitiiij - e! .' i:tir |iZsg*% , :-,..;.: ; 1 4 X ., ti l %'.lAtto!Y; ri. ~*,.. i .0,3c1101:: r0 . )3..:0*0- f aled;', -, . ' 1 1 4,igV-, - .: - ' , 014 . 1 . . Ti''' , .' FlOB , }7 .:l '1:,•4 1 .43 i':•-. ; c. - z' • . Stiettitittife Itcllttle Outcast. - -, , "Mayn't ' tffileignt l'll cloiiiyilifna loif ig iv c i:ni . 4l*47llo;g q afte ; water, sad: di al lyktii•Wll: '' , C, 4- 4i.,: , :''' - ::' ',.". - ' , i 'llieKOlilo#l,l , + '•1: he iiiiiegii`er iiiiiefil- , 10„14itii!ipiris r . :i :V 'OW ii.i•igktift't!t ti lmortiti rtK2ute.td?isNPAidi a 1154100 IfillY4l4- VVvorni.h4.tielltitj4Eiti):§fiß, lisbjiieYe 11 1 9 ItaiitY. 6 6plAuodlOploii,k;''?':' , ,! . ;.s i tliectilligkiii ',6l)tehirpAleklsek'34l4l , 4 s t 4 o.i 6 sm. criqpifilVanAniii t t kik %;": I, The).o4itt* ii?","!ieipilitiliCtAdiadair i ,- 11*,,90 4:rfisc:4 - 41(0. - t ugite, b °444!" IS 6 149 tO l i lib*liii e l rkotvlip4ll '.* . ii` abli,i4tht ' i tinCintO ••,1 , , „or 4•- - e, ••.•0 , - • ••t ,, , , ..c. .4- ea, •:3-4; ". , t.~'f:`. ...rt .-:fifip_olgtitalPspctx_tinlepki (Fram the Knickerbocker.) Mk --Home. DEAR home of mine, my tranquil nest, (Yershadowed by the wing of love, Where youthful hearts found quiet rest, And peace came like a brooding dove. Dear were your pleasant rooms tome, With ceilings - high 'and full of light, When first in days of careless glee, I entered herein bridal white. - Dear were your windows, opening wide; With glorious view of stream and hill; Denr the bright hearth at eventide,• With one beside me dearer still. For then a boy, with eyes„so blue, Crept.to his father's willing knee; And one with eyes of darker hoe, Weary with playing, slept with me. It seemed that grief bad passed us by, So smoothly floated we along; Scarce had• we cause to heave a sigh, And home was full of joy and song. (FronitAc Knickerboker.) Life's Horologe. ;: . : Tea little time -piece all'the day.. Ticked', ticketh constantly ;, At wear.) , wpyk or pleasant play,, Unnoticed, still it tickS away, Ticking,'ricking . Put when. the midnight, dark and cold, Comes - Mid. shutteth out the day, . Thenit tick tit'icind and bold As statth.thomerit'i swiftly fold, s . • To the spirit seems 'ta say; 141 m echoing fortli.ifie..number Of Lhesikbeectedltepi,of,Tinte; • - He whoie.eye-lids'ieVer , And whose form ne'`Yeers encumber. But is ever in his prithe...., • Like my voice, man heedeth-never, In the morn or noon of life, That the shades of eve.will gather, And this life's light shroud for ever, With ka vain ambition rife. ILENT(t-W-N,44EITIGH-COU-NTIY,PA., MAY-4,1853. , the _ . . narrow. 'shifir.:_way.,as if._ seeking for - warmth-at- the. blazing -fire within. Now and then a.snow-flake touched with its soft chill the cheek of the Jistener, or whitened the angry redness of the poor boy's benambeiF hands. . • The woman - Was evidently loth to grant the boy's request and• the peculiar look stamped upon his, features would have sug gested to any mind an idea of depravity far beyond his years._ ._ ._. But her woman's heart could not resist the sorrow in those large, but by no means handsome, grey eyes. • , "Come in, at any rate, till the good man comes home; there, sit down by the fire; you look perished with cold." And she dre'w a rude chair up to the war mest corner,- then auspiciously glaAcing at the child from the corners of her eyes, she continued preparing the supper., Presently, dame the tramp of heavy shoes; the door was swung open with a jerk, and the "good man" presented himself wearied with his dailylahor. A. look of intelligence passed between his wife and hiinself—be, too, scanned the boy's face with akezpreasion 'not evincing satisfaction;' but, nevertheless, made him come te the'fable; and they enjoyed the zest with Whidb hedispatched his supper, • Day after day passed, end . yet the boy begged to be . kept only till to-morrow; so the good conple, afterdue consideration con cluded that as'long as he,was` docile, and worked so heardly, they wOuld,keep him. One day, in the middle of winter;e: ped lar,e long accustomed to trade at the cottage, made his appearance, and disposed of his goods, readily; as he had been wa4ed,for. 2 r , "You have a boy out ,t '4,ll:o7aeltiplitind• ' 'd h —l ' ci - iritiili — t' wood,"Sill .. g„. pcap ~L,,,„1 Jr t es tort where liCiPaval.wo le.Ri' - 74.1 ,4 - 4 : ,- -- -. iV:ed;aiio,citfiniocithigtitf-:"•, i • •:,.., ',' • - f , E hie see & hidi , before,"repliedihe FOP lar_evasively.;:••:•i?-•,.., s— , t - -. - • "Where--W ho is . 'he ?what is he ?" ' - A jail bird ? ana the pedlar swung his pack over his shoulder ; "that boy, 'young as he looks, say', in coUrtnlyself, heard his sentence-10; 'montha:—e's . a heard ono— you'd, do well carefully to look after him." Oh 1 there was something , so horrible in the word jail the peor Noman,trernbled as she laid away her purchaiea, nor could she be . easy till, she called the boy in and assured him thiti:§fie knew that dark part of his his toey.: ' . • 'Aehainetl, distressed, the_child hung down his head ; his cheeks seemed - ,bursting with his hot blood :- his lips quivered, and anguish was painted. as vividly upon - hie forehead as if the word was branded, in* his flesh. he - inuttered,l'his whole frame re laxing as if a bbrden of guilt or joy had sud denly' rolled off I rhay , as ,well go to ruin at, once—.,therea Urr' t tiett my trying to do batter, e verybody hates - ttrid, despisea_me— nobedY,cares about roe—l triaVas well go to ruin at once." ' ' ' "Tell :ne," said the woman, who stood far enough of! foiflight if that should be , ne cessary, "how came ybil , logo so young to that dreadful . plime Where was your mother l"„ "Oh , • exclaimed the boy, with a burst of grief that was terrible to behold, ~O h ! I haint no mother—oh I haint had no mother since I was a babYl If I'd only had a mother ~h e continued, his anguish' growing vehe ment, and the tears gushing out, from his strange looking-gray eyes; wouldn't a been bound out, and - kicked and Cuffed,-And laid on to with Whips. I wOuldn't been saucy, and got knocked *down, findthen run away, and stole because I was hungry. .0A! I bailie got no Atotheil hayin't had no Mother elope INrtta a' babir," The strength was all gone from the poor b oy;and he sank on. his knees 'sobbi ng, great Choking sobs; rind' rubbing the .hot' tears away': with= his, proor, knutkles. And did That woman stand there unmoved 1 , . Did she boldly bid him pack up and , babfl=the jail bird ? No, no :"Alie had' been a mother, and Al thoughall her-children slept und‘r-the cold sod, in the church yard, she wiea:motheistill. ' • She went - up to that poor boir; not to has ten him away, bill to lay her fingers kindly softly on, his bead—to tell.him to Ook. and from henceforth find in "hera mother. Yes, she evitn - Putler arm about Abe neck of that forsaken,Aespr . ted child ;itlie poured froni mothei's bearesireft..winnatily words of cciunsokindlOtideitiesa:,'-":.: , - Otifhow-sweet , wae,ber'eleep that night; how:iinft She trod litilted,i-POO suftering.beait to here by thb ' p at eilireri, the'istrongeist bands 'of love 3 'iihe'liad plucked aortic thornif4Miii sinning but attiv.iriimiiitat,i , :. - Noniatit atigelseould Wittilittlell,rlhitt,vicr4and Plot:eiktlct Did the bey: leave tier 1 1 _ • be„to ,Wltklier ; still-a vigorous, IJY:Firovaiqg.n.i.uft.i. The - low chatac letnf:hil; fr "4op!OntinCe has given VIA-09.19. • r 9.Wpr.esilyn. with ''depth ,en • h is lottthrtiVtoeit.:4 l 4;'.'his ,11 0 4 1/ /cith e r- -1 4SPktil!!.4 1 • 0 0.Y4 1 101 1 -t'ITInTet:,110 liite: t( (oltiolvqrPltcut is hei*Oidv , •filiabain.4,3o.naobly,d9l;3fili y00' 4 1.1,10 tnlttt: aotliktil,dtth • ..,•• . • cq ugq , Niist (From the NeW_York Tribune.). Burning of The Independence Statement of -Capt - Sampson I am under the painful necessity of repor ting the loss of the steamer Independence, lately under my.command, on her passage from San Juan del Sud to this port, and about one hundred and twenty-five lives, consisting of the passengers and fifteen of the crew. She was lost on the Island of Margarita, off the coast of Lower California. After leaving Acapulco, we experienced strong breezes from N. W. to N. passed Cape St. Lucas on the morning of 15th Feb. At 12 o'clock M. of the 16th, we were in 'lat. 23 04 N., lon. 110 42 W.; steered N. W. 'by W. W. per compass, intending to go to the westward of Margarita Island. On the morning of tho 16th, at 1 o'clock A. M., made the main land to the eastward of the Island, having been set in-shore by the cur rent. Altered the course to S. W. At 2A. M. made the Island of Margarita, the south point bearing. VV. by. S. per compass : then altered the course to W. S. W. I intended to give, the point a berth of three miles, but owing, to a haze over the land, I was de ceived in the distance. At 5.15, just as day Was begining to break, she struck on a sunk en reef, extending off from the south point lof the Iskind about ainile front the bhore.— The sea was very smooth at the time, not breaking on the reef at all. Backed the engine, and she came off; examined the hold and found that she was filling rapidly ; knew that I should have to beach her to keep her from sinking ; got a sail over the bow (under httl)'tn try to atop the leak, and set a liang rrien , ,at work at each hatcheay. bailing, and'lan'aleng the West side of the Island, 'close ' to - find a good place to ...put her ashore. - Tdld the Engineer to let nie kne* five minuets before the water, would„ be up' high, enough to put out the fires. When we had run about four miles the Engineer come up and reported the. ater nearly up • to the fires, and that they - would be extin guished in a few minutes. Put the helm hard a-port, and ran her ashore iri,a small cove on the S. W. aide of the Wand, bead on. Lowered a boat, and sent the mate and two men in her to run a line ashore to the beach, which was about one hundred yards distant, but the boat broached to and was swamped in the surf. Lowered anoth or boat, and sent three men in her with another line, which they succeeded in get ting ashore. Told the Engineer to take his men and put out the fire if possible.— Ordered the other two boats to be lowered and to come forward, and the women and children to come to the'forward gangway; loaded both boats with women and children and sent them ashore. The ship had now swung round broadside on. The mate and two men came off with the boat that took 'the• line ashore, and she was immediately loaded with women and children and went ashore with them. The fire originated from the furnaces. It was necessary, filter the steamer struck on the reef, to use wood and boards for' fuel, in order to keep up steam until she .struck on the beach, when the water was so high as to stop the draft from the lower flues, which forced Open the fur nace doors,end flames rushed Out and caught the wood work' in the fire.room, and also around the smoke,stack , thence spreading very rapidly... — EverY effort was made to get the fire under, but 'of:no - evail. The flames were now carnming up 'from the hatchivays fire-room, engine room, ventilators and around the smoke-stack ; every thing was consternation and dismay ; the people seem ed.cempletely bewildered, and were jump ing overboard by dozens. The scene was perfeCtlY ~horrible and indescribable— men women and 'children screeching, crying and drowning, I Ordered the spars, hatches, tables and every thing that would float to be thrown overboard, which was done, and they were immediately covered with people. About an hour after Ole ship struck the bead', and.was hi Peifect sheet of flame, and 'there was no •one on board of her ex 'Cep' one of the coal-passengers, named Beau mont, and myself. < The smoke stack had fallen, and thet,promenade deck forward had tumbled in :;the flames were coming out of the sidelights, and it was impossible to stay on board any longer. A boat came off from the shore with two of the deok,bands in her. Beaumont, who was near the fore.rigging, jumped into her, and [jumped overboard, swam to her, and commencing' picked up these•who were afloat: %After, picking up three boat-loads, Thomas Herren, the'stow. ard., succeeded in launching another boat 1 1 0.saYing'sOloe of the; people. When all that were alive had been picked upend some Of the baggage. I landed ; and had the. spars which ,ltad driftediuihdre, hauled Op . into a lii ins, and With one '' Old, s ail that had wash ed whore; - Made• itidt en'ough' to 84(- 0. worsen and Children. The ship web still'itatirriii.ici•tliit it was impossible fot shy oneletoard' hei;4:.'•,l gave the Mate, and:Engineer- orders to have' the dead taken', • up above. high.Tater.::tind,: berried, -end board ; thet wreck as sookas pimaible'endiave all Ito ipraylaiall aniVaral.itt,4l4o4liay•could. , it then took a hoatitnd. fnur.men and Started' • to pull !"*O t k i bi'Atl4oo g1.1144''-ilianri FOR FARMER AND MECHANIC. Magdalena Bay.imsearch-of assistance, ex , - Tinting to find some ships there. We - pulled until 10 o'clock that night, when; not being able to see any vessels, and not knowing in what direction to pull, I landed on the north shore of the entrance to Magdalena Bay, hauled up the boat, and Waited until day light, when I started again to pull across the bay, ; after pulling an hour and a half, I discovered a vessel close info the main land, pulled for and reached her at 11 o'clock, A. M. ; found her to be the schooner A. Emery, Captain Gordon. The Captain and most of the crew were ashore looking for water ; set a signal, and they came on board. Capt. Gordon said that he had been in the Bay five days, and thin there were no other voisels in the Bey. After stating the circumstances of the wreck to him, he consented to get under way, (although he had but sixty gallons of water on board at the time,) and take •the survivors to San Jose or. Cape St. Lucas, where they could get the necessaries of life until other assistance could be rendered them ; and he immediately got under way and commenced beating_out. At daylight of the 18th, it being calm, and the schooner being along distance from the wrecic, I took twenty gallons of water and a sack of bread in the boat, and started for the camp, expecting to find the people suf faring for water was there was none on the Island fit to drink, Arrived abreast trt the wreck at 2 P. M., having been goekOmni there 51 hours. The surf was Vatilliiik very heavily, making it danderousi_tii - Riid. The, mato came down on the.: ! fiefiCh. rind said the passengers had gorie itcrels the Isl and to the other side, and ihatAi had better pull round the south end of thliOiciland to I the: other side, which I did, and fi * Mnd the boats and Crews frcip the whale-shipe.(s,Cciegal James. Maury, c Meteorf,and bark Cle'rnerft, beiily at work taking ; ,the passengers on board the ships, which lay about twelve miles distant from the point e_einbarkation in the,,lower Bay. While ,I was away in the boat, the mate and engineer had gone across the Island, seen the ships and boats and signalized to them, and so obtained re lief. I then took a boat aiiii,crew and start ed ono meet the schooner and take her back Into the Bay, where we arrived on the morning of the 20th. I then went on board the ship's and mustered a party of men, and went across the Island to the wreck to save and bring over all the porvisions we could find. While at work getting provisions from the wreck, wo saw a steamer bound down the coast about six miles'distant. We made signals for her, but she did not notice them. _ - Launched a boat and took two men in, and attempted to get off to speak her, but the surf, which was breaking very heavily at the time swamped the boat and broke one of the oars, and when I reached the•shore again, I was so much exhausted that I could not make another attempt. After getting all the provisions that had been saved—which occupied two days—l chartered the ship Meteor, Capt. Jeffries, to take us all to San Francisco, to sail as soon as the vessel could be made ready. While the ship was being fitted, I took a boat and crew from the ship Omega, and lay off and on the Island on the look out for a steamer. hoping to speak one. on .herpassage up and get some assistance from her, but none came in sight of us. On the 3d of March, everything being ready, and the passengers all oq board, (ex cepet a few w ho had chosen '011,5 to the Sand wich Islands in the other ships,) we sailed for this port. I was on the larboard paddle box when the steamer struck, and had been on deck the whole night. If the steamer had not taken fire, not a soul would have been lost, for they could all have been landed safely if there had been time. ' The reef on which the steamer struck is about two miles long, making off in a south easterly direction, and is not laid down in any of the charts that I have ever seen. Too touch cannot be said in faiour of the humane conduct and kind treatment re. ceived from Capt. J. Fisher and officers of the ship Omega; Capt. Wheldon of the ship. Jae. Maury; Capt: Jeffries, of the ship Meteor.; Capt. Lane, of the bark Clement ; 'and Capt. Gordon ! of the: schooner A. Ent ery;%who promptly • camp to - oar relief-as soon as 'they heard of our situation, and ren dered ul,alt. the .assisiance and made us as comfortable ispossibhs . duririt our stay in the bay., Tours hspeeffully, r Late Mister Rtearn,cr Independence. San Franiisco, lifin:c4 8101850: • s Stat,ment Of. o o . Passengers. 13 ° grc4 ll-9 4 been'•thu -;tni.icluty;\ weighing, upon fate of the• it nfoitunito IndoPindopoe;Out. two U.suourtif 01 itno:' to learn; did, pUrticuiar4 ,of burirtistu - p,'l - oknotte thitibUlind'nbi'gotio•dowßvith &It 1;0 1 11404 but 10( some 'tyeketiavOtu story of 'tbeir , ditutiter.',. We -bitwo., - coniersetf swith4eir f ral ;Ott re Itattiu lea muriuts - details t htioNtrilt PrOvOnteretitint; , theturs.weikla6toinsforstfiti , pßOlic4l.t,heyw.dre - f;iysntritkOt)t comment, but !n444l:l)9lookitaeignisle pgrake•pf kn eye•witness•to the hottaitrais - th pAlesi — tlnedi4.. um of communication. TlitineePhildettaei as all who had to do with heiwill remembei, was never a favorite shipvin 7 . the I present instance, it is ataten that moat ofthe.patawied-- gers went on board at San Juan, With d species of anxiety, resultingfrom this'll*: mer, and apparent incapacity, - in point": of size, to accommodate stiLlnany_ httrattd•- 1 44. ings without prospect of some casuals . < ti informants observed; t hartinderwallt. great chance againsttheir reaChingEledVrancisco.; The ship was crowded--str flinch • eo,• that many were without hearth* and Obligate to sleep on deck, With. thecrav;•andfouttlitin• - who came on board at Acapulco,Wenniter: stand - there ware lour hundred and • 641400 souls on board. . • - •,• '-)•!4f4 The morning of the IGth Mitch : WO lia0; the atmostphere pure and „traders, lei vessel struck at about 5 oslockii,# ! . t.„t#4; - ,,, decks were yet strewn with:ele'dmgpeasetia Mitch: WO most.ofiltv.#l4ettgeta ,came on deck ; the rocks NiiM*4_ (#ooiiiible; reaching about two feet; sibareii 'miter; . and about a quarter -of a ragelrom the beach - :thesurf was high ,andliAidies orbreakers stretched along the ,beach,:ditshing over the rocks' with' violence:" Immediately upon striking, the Captain gave orders to back ; the engines were re= vetted, and the ship glided into the deep , water ; they then ran forstard alma two •trtilea; when the water was found to be rush= ing in' with fearful rapidity. At this time there was not much excitement or confusion on board-;" the steerage , passengers were quiet, and the ladies behaved remarkably well. Men were stationed with bockets.te keep the. water down ; it gained rapidly; however; and its preasure forced open the 'furnace doors. Capt. Steene, a passenger; then advised Capt. Sampson to beach her, which was done ; as soon as she struck the engines stopped working; there was a. very high surf between the vessel and the beach; rendering communication with the shore apc parently perilous. The passeagers were orderly enough dnal the fire broke out ; they saw the smoke coma ming up from below, and some , asked•the Captain and crew if the .ship was on fire; they answered no, and that there was no danger. They believed themselves wife; even as to the preservation of their baggage; , and so great this feeling of stealthy that some of the 'Janie, remained id tied.• Whed the flames begaa to burst forth, and the eland of fire was sounded, confusion , and fright began to reign';'•men Beaded deprived. of reason by excess of terker;and leaped-Wide: ly into the sett; whore , tbey: buffetedlhe waves frantically for a time; and :that wait ' down like •lead. -The first '•botti. that • w ee sent to communicate by a line viritti•thislikerti was swamped ; the sailors clung to her and were thrown in 'safety on•thebeadh.'•Anoth: er, boat was started under the ,guidenceid Captain Steene ; this succeeded its. rettohll4,, the shore with a line... . • •••••••!,,.•;•.; • The flames .now began to rage Wilh -t-•,,. ite:* doubled violence,the wind driving theaMoke aft, so that most of the , passengers Centre: . gated about the bows ta scene cd terror, con: . . , • . fusion and suspense which 'baffles - description ;'.. many: Were•sOfrightened i that ' they made seine any etrott , nr;awins, but went down, withoutlt stritiglei.cithens cast back and . forward. bribe ;petverful'.'..tdirf; battered and . .bruised - mgainst.the vtieks, - gttee - up the fight and'saak fronialieerOlnitiatistr: • Most of , the passengers ?had asieMble'd T u pon the bows to °shape- the driking lettfat and suffocating.smoke,;•rt rou of nine. tatutitfa ed upon the peop• - until.deiveri , iti• the water by the , heat ; , oneof:theirgittmbeti'aeised with sksuddeiv•panio;•leeped : overbeard - tee floating spar, aliened- it'lttld 4 tn&tikrillt,:' ''. the others; acting , M6rodiklibisratelMaie sid• • the shore. But few were aaied'hythislattsr. • —but two boats leads, we litici r litillia iirialt , of those who were apved- dOefe4•"0„.11.01$ • • upon spar. beachesnecletheftitt4hditlffrevien overboard. Miny of thQ tedikWeletteXitd by the buoyancy, Of ikeif'•itiffa3 , d.,,,tloolol6 :' which enabled th e m - to flout upon iblf:lteri • ' •.The' following aeofdeVottlYn ortin.ta 1 1.4'! ! fortunate result its sati'to'reitik4;A - .Mr: T ay: for swan to the iliare , WitliliNdhild siOn hie back, and place the inkinkijioity4p#fly,. bank : then, th r o t i fil l thtktnaredgft#TeA• 4 4' -.. • ' tbrisagh floating I,lns-iia:a Aiggliniiktiliiii'• • . ' meta, he made his :iiiii4r.)litibkto -,iinteWife;'. 4.: :, had left his wife:ilinking;litt thiTviitter v .to „ '. the rudder post ; hey borebler:a4o6;ithe. ,•- - beisch;•titikslte had, beat en,440 . bsti. • belOiiiii ) o4lie44 l (ittl , iiiitittst iffsekhip'e - • bottom by the heavy weesik that she'distta • I sulyive', to tole* herj bueband for his AO* . , • tiedkighe `dialed board MeteorpiMi* ei-,-,-•'- Saunders and lour otherefipated•thrielnilet• •• ' ' lititio'bei apron a henicOopfihretiviittpinia: ; - ed , up by Capti.,gittintiinii*Vo weiartoiheit retie in-a:a:boa. •`•4:The...water -woe' *ling.% cOldst'OW they witi)/cOrtipiettsly oithattieed' ' Arid benunitiediilthetingthgbineathiteriallW . Amelia seierathours, le •their hoititife6 l 4,' is • suPPOsied.th i anieqy:floated. out to Batik& ; • ..were lost, aiiktrlide:swas on..the ebb; *hero' .sues .an eddy •ett ho boir.-_-ari* some. WO* • drowned ky,bciki t drawwfindetlyitha al& tierk. of;tinsAil4at had beliti kiklid ‘rii!!tho' • :7-%:-Thetfe ; were foutpbOnta, kp i „pik . which were Of iron; •the3/,wepejipa k 4.4 'f El :y`.~ ..~r UM-BE-11-8
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