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BY
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$2,011' not paid until the end of the year. No
paper discontinned,until allarrearagesare paid
except at the option of the proprietor.
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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
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well to piepnrod ; ihtqnsel . ves with . F 6s gaiiaS•
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But eh! our cup of woe was filled,
Filled to the brim in one short day.
The little forms we loved were stilled,
The childish spirits borne away.
Death came, a dark and fearful guest.
And said, 'The FATKXR needeth these!'
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.
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(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 •
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(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
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