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[D. A. IIIIE111.1:R. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
VOL. XVII.-301
PUBLIC SALE.
BY virtue of an order of the Orphans'
Court oil Adams county, the subscri
ber, Administrator of CATIIARINE PLUNK
ART, Eq. of Mountpleasant township, Ad
ams county, deceased, will expose-to Pub
.iitc Sale, on Saturday the 17th day of Oc
to6cr iztai, at 10 o'clock, A. is., on the pre
mises, in said township,
NO. 1. A TRACT OF LAND,
of said deceased, adjoining lan& of Joseph
Kuhn, Peter Weikert, and others, contain
ing 8 ACRES more or less, on which are
• erected a one and one-half story Log
DWELLING HOUSE,
11
7`, 1 I ,a Log. Stable, &e. There is
Ft:Ftitr± a good VRCIIARD on the
premises, and a well OT ti , ater near the door.
A L S o—At the same time and place
be exposed to sale,
No. 2. A TRACT OF WOODLAND
situate in the same township, and adjoin
ing lands of Jacob Miller, John Rider, and
others, containing 1 1-2 A.O RES, more
or less. lia'Attendance^will be given and
terms made known by
JACOB PARR, /Mar.
Oct. 2, 18.16. is
TOWN LOTS FOR SALE.
THE subscriber, Administrator de honis
non with the will annexed, of ADAM
KNOTIFF, late of Germany township, Ad
ams county, deceased wall expose to Pub
lic Sale on Saturday the 21/h day of Oc
tober next, on the premises in Littlestown,
in said township,
TWO LOTS,
now in the occupancy of John Elinc, late
the estate of said deceased, the Lots being
No. 82 and 83 on the plot of said town.—
On one of the Lots there arc erected a
“.00,1 two-story weatherboarded
0
• •••
1 4k 1 A,,
II V, -Z070:1;
a Stable, &c. There is also a
well of good water convenient to the door,
Intl a number of excellent Fridt Trees
Sale to continence at 1 'o'clock, P. M.,
when attendance will be given and the
terms made known by •
HENRY COLEHOUSE,
.tidMinistrator.
()Mobil. 2,1 S 16.—ts
EXECUTOR'S SALE.
THE Subscriber, Executor of the Es
state of ISAAC VAN ORSOEL, deceas
ed, late of Straban township, Adams min
ty, will expose to Public Sale on
Friday the lath day of October next,
on the premises in Mountpleasant tp., the
VALUABLE FARM
of said deceased, adjoining lands of Abra
ham Taney; Smith, Wisler, and others,
containing
100 ACRES,
more 'or less, on which are erected a good
one and a half-story Weather-hoarded •
SOUSE,
ND .171.4 ME . : 8.41LV,
with other outbuildinv. 'lliere
is a never-failing spring of Water conve.
D i e m t o the h o use. Them , is 111)1)11 the
Farm an excellent Orchard of various kinds
of Fruit Trees. About 10 Acres of the
laud are in good Timber, and the balance
under cultivation, with a sullicieney of first
rate Meadow-land.
=MUM
It the 617711 C !ilia anfl place,
killlie X pOSed to sale, a Tract of
Timber-Lam id,
the property of said deceased, situate in
Mountjoy township, adjoining lands of
Robert Brnith, Reever, and others, con
taining
more or les
viewing the do so by calling
on JOHN BE._ ig on the Farm.
Sale to commence at 1 o'clock, r.
when attendance will be given and terms
Made known by the subscriber.
WM. VAN ORSDEL. Ew'r.
Sept. 18, 1846: 4t
PUB= SALL
1111-IE subscriber, Agent for the Heirs of
JOSEI'II Minn, deed, late of Mount
pleasttnt township, Adams county, will ex
pose to Public Sale, on
Wednesday,the 14th day of October,
on the premises, in said towndiip, the
FA Et NI)
of said deceased, adjoining lands of Levi
Schwartz, Peter ‘Veikert, and others; con
tair.ing 60 ACRES, more or less.
•
The improvetnents arc a
WO-BTOR
BRIOIC
AND ONE - STORY BACK BUIL:DIM:,
a Log Barn and Stable, with other out-lion
se.
There is a well of good water con ;
vcnient to the door, and also an excellent
spring. A fair proportion of the Land is
in good 'Timber•, and the balance cleared,
with about 8 Acres of MEADOW.
-altle to-commence at 12 o'clock, M.,
when attendance- will be given and terms
made known by,
JOHN RIDER. •
• ihe
Sept. 25, 1816. 3t
_ .
111L4 __AMIL.
,IT s
THE BRI,ISH TARIFF OF 7 46,
AN - Mil THE ENGOURACEENT OP
Anierican ovor British Mechanics !
Free-trade, British Tariff Ticket, for
encouraging Foreign Labor!
Canal Commissioner—Mn. R. Foster.
Congress—Col. John Rankin.
Assembly—lsaac E. 117erntan.
Commissioner—Jonathan
Direetor,dbraham Spangler.
Auditor—Jos. Ilittinger, Berwick)
Jas. M. Power, Win, B. Foster,
A N-1) TII 41 AND T II E
Tar of ' l2 M'it ish Tariff '.lf;
I 'co ple of Pennsylvania, here is the is
sue-fairly stated. The election of JAMES
M. POWER will be regarded all over the
Union as evidence not to be misunderstood,
that PENNSYLVANIA is not to be
PROSTRATED IN THE DUST, or
her }limiest voters CHEATED and_ll UM
BUGGED with impunity—while every
vote polled_ for WILLIAM B. FOSTER
will be deemed an expression in favor of
FREE TRADE and the BRITISH TAR
IFF of 1846.
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Lon.
don Time. says--"HENCEFORTH THE PRIN
CIPLE OF DUTIES FOR PROTECTION
MUST BE CONSIDERED AS ABANDON
ED IN THE UNITED STATES'."
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the same
paper says—"THE ALTERATION OF THE
AMERICAN TARIFF CANNOT BUT BE
REGARDED AS A GREAT Tli I U M P
GAINED BY THE PRINCIPLE OF FREE
'PRA DE."
LET IT BE 111;;MEMBEIZED, that the Liv
erpool Smiularit says--."l'liat the NEW TARIFF
in the UNITED STATES is a measure which
will be received with INFINITE SATISFAC
TION BY THE 13RITISH .MERCHAN"E
AND MANUFACTURER."
LET I'l' BE R.EIIE)IIIERED, that the:sone
paper, in speaking, of this matter, rays : -The gen
eral effect must he to increase the value of the . A
merican market TO THE BIZITISII .MANU
FACTURV, whilst it may ARREST THE
PROGRESS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
EASTERN STATES 4N MANUFACTU
RING SKILL."
LET IT BE REMEMBER ED that the Mon
treat Courier, Ca - ffada, referring to the passage of
M'Kay's Bill, says--
44,1 s Englishmen we are of course pleased that
the Tariff is abolished, as taken in conjunction
with the abolition of our Corn Laws, it will open
an Immense market fur us ; but if we Were Ameri
cans we should certainly he Tarillmen."
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that this Bill,
so LAUDED BY BRITISH EDITORS, was
adopted 1 , 1 ,, y a LOCOFOCO CONGRESS—that
it is apprOyed of by the Locovoco T.V.A HERS IN
An %.315 0/I'N't li—and that Mr. Arei.E.l.N was
thrown a:;ide by thcse leaders because he had the
manliness and icitrioti•ln c, resist the passage of
this British Bill ! Voters of Adams county, when
ynu iro to the Polk It ENIEMBER ALL THESE
TIIINGt•S, and ei,t your vote , ; in arcordance with
the simmstiomiollicason and patriotism.
rson desirous of
4'ung in Cabinet l!emarit with :yea oppidase.
"Fig finish6d ! hurrah boys ! we've strangled Pro-
Meteor'.
Great 13ritain rejoiees—nnel \Veil, Lives, she may—,
While Peel with a smile of fraternal afli.etion,
In bumpers of port pledges nee and
NVltat thotiOt Lowcil and Pittsburg, and Linea,
Wr perish,
VVe've Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield and
]'heir labor and skill I've promised to cherish;
lhough at every pore each home interest bleeds.
What's ;Ito Country to tile !—to a rAnTr CONVEY-
.Ind not to tile rEorLt, my pledges wort) made ;
Ind I tiwcur by my Gods, nanwly, litaTioN aNn
PENsrom ;
'I he of my phve ciiall be:honestly paid.
Let. 'ern hoist the black flag on their 11.teCrieb-1
f.t.t corn in a ;
I
have a t,li,,ri•itani It I dire net
Te ma lice N.Ji cl tir L'At.
THE STAR & BANNER.
FOR PROTECTION TO
•
kERICA II [NOB S TRY?
FOR THE REPEAL OF
CANAL. COMMISSIONER,
JAMES M. POWER
CONGRESS,
Henry Nes.
ASSEMBLY,
James Cooper.
COMMISSIONER,
Andress
AUDITOR,
John C. Ellis.
DIRECTOR OF THE POOR,
John 111Otsck.
THE
%SUE.
Which is the British Party ?
Po3k's last New Song.;.-
MISEM
~W~~~c~r~t~r~~~~or~~~i~~~or►~~►~n~r~lw~rr~~~c~
From the Kennebec Journal
Let the People Remember,
:I:liat the appropriationsuuulc at the recent
session of Congress amount to FIFTY
' ONE MILLIONS FIVE HUNDRED
TII OU SAND 1)(1 L LARS, of which
TWENTY-THREE MILLIONS were
ryprr.ys/y for the slaveholder's WA It with
Mexico; and that some TEN MILLIONS
MORE will be necessary lbr that purpose,
when the bills are settled, even if the icar
slop's now!
EM REMEMBER, That in
the'face or this enormously im.yettNed
re
lirndiiure, a Locolbco Congress has passed
a bill "to reduce the duties on imports,"
and thereby diminish the revenue of the
country; and that the expenses of the pres
ent year will exceed the revenue at kast
FORTY MILLI° NS'OF DOLLARS—
and all this for a war which will not benefit
the North one cent. l
1. E'l"l' 11 E AI REMEMBER, That
this war was ENTIRELY UNNECES
SARY, for any purpose except .to secure
Texas proper to the slaveholders, and to
romper the'other Mexican territory tins
side of the Rio Grande.
LET TIIEM REAIEMI3ER, That the
war grew exclusively out of the annexa
tion of Texas ; and that until SLA VE
HOLDING DEMOCRACY demanded
that Annexation should be made a part of
the democratic creed, the leaders of the
North were directly opposed to it. But
when party demanded thatfrcatont should
give \Fly to Ntavery in Texas, these same
leaders turn to the right-about immediate
ly.
LET THEM REMEMBER, That the
democratic party stands pledged (by the
terms of annexation,) to admit F () U R
MORE SLAVE STATES, from this Tex
as territory, whenever such , admission is
demanded, and that it WILL BE DONE,
if that party has power.
LE'l"f HEM REMEMBER THESE
THINGS, And then vote for Locofoco
Members of Conaress, IF THEY WISH.
SLAVER V TO RE STILL FURTHER
EXTENDED.
TUE WONDERS OF FREE TRADE
The British Bill is to go into operation
on the Ist of December. Demoracy scoffs
larthe idea of injurious results, in advance,
I lint says the National Intelligeneer, the
"Union" enumerates anion... the effects of
I this tariff, and as 'the begivning of the
operation of our new - demoeratic policy,"
I certain shipments of rye to Holland, which
Were made in January, Zobruary, March,
Idpril, May, June and July, ALL BEFORE
THE ALTERATIoN IN TIIE TARIFF TOOK
PLACE, and before the "new democratic
commercial policy" had an existence !
"Th is," says the Intelligencer, ''is antici
pation with a vengeance ! We notice this
anachronism of the official organ; because,
if attention were not called to it, it might
seem to conflict with our statement in re
lation to the price of breadstuffs. This in
crease welave already ascribed to its true
cause—at apprehended deficiency in the
crops of 'reat'Britain, and the reported (lia
r)
ure of tl e potatoe crop ; and the Union
knows (to use the language of the Rich
mond Whig. on the same subject,) 'that
there would have been the same increase
in price had the tariff been untouched. •It
knows that last year, just about this time,
there was a similar spur in the flour trade,
growing out of the same cause. The rise
in the price then might with as melt pro
prict• have been ascribed to the tariff of
as the rise now is to be the t:lriff of
181(1."
Now is not this a wondrous Tariff ' A
'l':n•itl that intlueneesfavorabN, before the
bill Was drafted, but which its framers de
ny has'any injurious effects, after its pas
sage, and witliin 'ninety days of its . direct
operations.
BRITISH VIE ws.—We find the journals
which sustain the British Tariff crowded
with extracts from the English Free Trade
papers. The entire movement is British;
it originated in British ingenuity, was urg
ed to secure British advantages, was pas
sed by British influence, and is now vin
heated by British logic. Our people .
should be constantly reminded that Mr.
Walker made his Free Trade report to the
British government before he (lid to our
own : and that the British Parliament or
dered it to be printed. Nor should it be tbr
gotten that t ',Union referred to the'pas
sage of the Elfish bill by our Congress as cal
culated to appease the Britith government
on the Oregon question. No wonder that
the British journals reioice Ever their_ tri
umph. Pennsylvania, like Joseph of old,
11(; been bound by her brethren, and sold to a
strange land. Her forge fires may go out,
but those of England will burn the brighter
for it ; her mines may be deserted, but those
of England and Nova Scotia will prosper
the more. The free trade men are right
in seeking in British prints, an excuse for this
British outrage. It remains to be seen
whether Pennsylvania is willing to wel
come desolation, in order to make a British
holiday:-IV.
"PARTY . Dium.."—Perhaps the most
startling development made in ex-Senator
Haywood's address is the ountipotcnce, so
to speak, of party drill al Washington!—'
Ile says: "1 KNEW WELL that>the Senate
were about passing the bill, contrary to
. judgement of a »udority, under the dares
of a party drill!" And anotlittr Senator,
it we mistake not, said in op, , a debatv,
that "Two-Tntens of the Senate were op:
posed to the bill." Aml yet it P . A:•I7LD
kl a II14io':11V i,t ode !
u . "
Canal Commissioner.
The importance of the coming - election
eatutot be tirged too strongly upon the
Whigs of Pennsylvaniti: She has been
literally wounded in the house of her pro
fessed friends. lictraved by her Buchan
an and Dallas, most bitter is the poisoned
cup that she must dritd. Now is her On
ly chance for escape from the evils that a
corrupt administration is,sndoavoringto
fasten upon her. Trim 13.7bster approves
of the (% nti-American, Anti-Pensylvania
acts of Polk and Walker. His election
would lie trumpeted front ono end of the
Union to the other as a Free-Trade tri
umph. All men would point to it as con
vincing proof that Senator Sevier was cor
rect in his assertion about Pennsylvania,
it would be undeniable evidence of their
submission...tot-4e car of Adminis
tration, for evil or fn. good. The system
()I' Slate mismanagement that has so long
disgraced and impoverished us will he con
tinued, and the prospects of State ruin and
bankruptcy rendered sure.
If on the 'other hand we elect Antes 31.
Powcr, which, if we do our duty, we can,
our prospects brighten at once. The ene
mies of Pennsylvania interests will be re
buked fur their hollow-hearted deception.
Those interests will he upheld and sus
tained, and a man be placed in-control of
our public works who will cause them to
he honestly administered for the benefit of
the people and not the party. Let every
Whig, then, feel a personal call made upon
him to work earnestly in reference to this
matter. Indeed, in the campaign that ap
proaches, let the Whigs feel that they oc
cupy a most important situation . ; and that
their duty to themselves and their country
requires that they be not idle.
BEAuTtrin, EFFECTS.—A letter from an
English gentleman now in Liverpool, ad
dressed to a friend in this City, felicitates all
' parties On the passage of McKay's hill,
which will enable Great Britain to supply
the American market with manufactures,
and he-adds :
I "Let - the American manufacturers go to raising
potatoes, we shall certainly have a scarcity."
HoW benevolent ! How thoughtful !
The crumbs of public business which fall
from British tables, are kindly dolcd to A
merican manufactures, Who raft/ go to
raisin; potatoes. Ilear - that, Abbot' 'Law
rence ! Hear that, N. Appleton ! hear
that ,Tr,sepli Ripka ! hear that, Dennis
McCredy hear that, all of you You
' may raise potatoes, and store them in your
factories, and if the British need them, they
.4 ill buy them. Oh! the wonderful results
of free-trade Ilgislation. Beautiful com
mentaries upon the doings of the present
administration of our country ! We give
up our commerce to the north of Europe,
and our manufactures to any body, and al
low, by the - grace of the British, and the
afflictive dispensation of Providence in Ire
land, our capitalists to plant and dig pota
toes ; and thus a rotten administration,
that comes in by fraud, and almost pro
vokes revolt by its wretched course, ob
tains from foreigners a permission for our
people to dig. They are to become hew
ers of wood and drawers of water for for
eign capitalists and ,Stat 6
Gazette.
HOW TT WORKS !----We observe in the
U. S. Gazette a statement that a brig had
arrived at Philadelphia laden with 250 tons
of Coal from Pictou, Nova Scotia.. The
British are already taking:advantage of the
new Tariff and warehousing Bill. Time
Coal of their mines is to supersede in our
own markets the Coal of. Pennsylvania,
and this is one OftheVcssing,s hestowedup
on this State by Mr. Pot.t: ! The mere
statement of such a fact as is here given
ought to open the eyes of the people to the
inevitable and disastrous results of legisla
tion FOR BRITISH and . AGAINST
AMERICAN interests. So says the York
Republican.
"ALwAvs THE SAME!"-It is said De
mocracy is always the same. True. Lo
cofocoism, howe'e is never the same.—
This is the difrerenee between Democracy
and Locofocoism. Locofocoism is the one
thing here, another there ; one thing at
the North, another at the South. In 1814
it was violently IN FAVOR of the
of 1812 ; in 1846, it is as violently OP
POSED to it. Formerly in favor of a
United States Bank—then State Banks ;
now, it is opposed to all banks and in fa
vor of hard money. At the same time it
goes for hard whey, government is emit
ting millions of irredeemable 4/by/asters.
Who can tell what will be the principles
of the locofoco party in 1817,f-0 1 / a ge
Record.
FATAL I)uct..-1n a duel fought at New
Orleans on the 17th, between Messrs. Par
tner() and Chartier, the former was shot
(lead. The spectators, his own second.Or
, 'friend" included, left the deceased on the
«round as he fell, and lied, not before his
person was rifled of a watch and breast
pin ; and it was only some time in the af
ternoon that the,_ ustiee of the Peace of
that district, hearing of the circumstance,
visited the spot and had the body removed,
and an inquest held on it.
. :NY I TCHCRAFT RI: VI VED. Among the
cauges'disposed of in the Baltitnore City
Court on SaturdtCy Ins t, we notice ilnit of
Matilda Cortlery, charged with witelicrqi
and conjuration! by Mary • Witmenger.
sla t ; was declared not
lITI - The Kentucky Tine Anie4an s lys that
' •
,tit}cu CA Llllolls4 .2V,Cy
9. ISI6,
Pas f sage of the Great Western,
Terrine Storm and almost a Ship
wreck.
rr) rirel week we announced the arrival of the
Ste pier (;reat \% tern at New York on the :10th
ttit. a:lor :t vt,..:rtgo .of 19 dip:, during :silk!' the
ship i!neoniiter , . l one of the ino.+t terrific bars
ever eNperii'llee , l on flie . Affmtie. We have since
received t minute and thiilhngly interesting state
ment of the gale, furnishol for publication by it
committee the pas4en ger:, a copy of which has
been kindly furnished us by Rev. Dr. :: , 7(.7 lIMUCKEIL
The Great Western brought 12n passengers, among
them, Rey. Dr. Schinurker, Dr. Beecher and lady,
Rev. Mr. Batch and Rev. .1 , 1111 Marsh., of N. York,
Dr. Massey and Rev. Dr. Backus; of Baltivre,
.Dr. Smyth, of Chatteston, and Dr. Scott, of New
trleana. With the officers and crew, there were
211 persons on board. During the violence of the
storm, ortirSunday the 20th, a solemn and affecting
meeting for prayer wag - held in the saloon, which
was conducted by Dr. Beecher, Dr. Schinucker,
Rev. Mr. Rdch, and Rev.-Mr. Marsh, after which
the ship, which hail already lost her windward pad
dle box and two boats, suilircd no further dariinge.
We regret that the 'statement is too long for
insertion in our columns. The fidlowing
ex
t racts, however, will convey sonic fakit idea of the
awful scene, from which a merciful Providence has
delivered them. The gale commenced on Satur
day evening, Sept. 19, after having been cut 7 days,
and continued to increase in violence until Sunday
noon, by which time the tvind•howled most 'fright
fully over the tempest-lashed ocean,'and every suc
cessive wave, as they rolled mountain-high,over the
ship, threatened to engulph the gallant vessel. The
Great Western was at this time moving under bare
poles, and had her immense ice-house weighing
over seven tons, and her large iron life-boat, start
ed from their fhstening's, which, tossing from side
to side, threatened for the time to make a breach in
the sides of the skip.
"On Sunday morning (say the Commit
tee) most of the passengers assembled in
the cabin and saloon. Their haggard fa
ces told too surely of the sleepless and anx
ious night which had passed. .Even those
most ignorant of nautical allairs, could not
fail to discover that we were in the midst of
great peril. Few could dress- with their
accustomed care, owing to the violent pitch
ing and constant rolling of the vessel.—
'.The stewards ahandoncd'auy attempt to pre
pare the bre - aktast table, and both then
and throu g hout the day, were obliged to
content themselves with bringing :such ar
ticles of food as were most convenient,
to those who felt any disposition to cat.
At 111 A. M., the lee quarter boats were
torn from the davits by a heavy lee lureh
of the ship, bending the davits, tearing out
the ringbolts from their stems and sterns.
Word was passed among the passengers
that two of our boats were gone, and the
others were likely to follow, the davits and
bolts beginning-to give. But not a remark
was made; each spoke to the other only
through the eye. And the ominous silence
which pervaded the whole company, told
how sensibly all felt themselves in the
presence of the very King of Terrors, un
certain of their doom.
It was wonderful to see how a few short
hours changed the condition and feelings of
all on board.'- The grades and distinctions
incident to so large a company, varying in
social position, citizens of almost all coun
tries, and professing ditierent creeds, yet,
in the presence of so iminent danger, 'tall
distinctions seemed merged into one• com
mon emotion of awe, as we stood together
in the court of the great leveller,
With this intense feeling which bound us
together as one, came also another of an
opposite character. Every heart was
deeply occupied with its individual griefs
and memories, as if not shared the
peril. Home, with its loved ones, and a
thousand cherished hopes and joys, rose
fresh to the view, and left it like the ocean,
tempest tost and troubled.
"At noon, storm and see raging in all its
fnry,sea still breaking over the ship, a heavy
sea struck the larboard paddle box and
smashed it to atoms ; sprung the spring I
beam, breaking the under half ; shattered
the parts of the ships attached thereto. A
splinter struck the captain on the head
while standing in the poop, and the force
of the blow together with the sea, carried-.
him over the lee quarter, and he was only
saved' by the 'lettings. . •
"After the sea had passed over, we
found the water had gained on the pumps
the wind appeared to hill a little and the
ship a little easier. but still blowing a
storm. All the hatchei, except those made II
use of for passing into the engine room,
were battened down, and the skylights
partially covered. The weather continu
ed the same until midnight, at which time
it lulled for half an hour."
The log conveys to the reader some idea
of the state of the snip and effects of the
storm on Sunday at noon. Its Oleos on
those below can best he given in the words
of a gentlemen who remained- the greater
part of the, time in the cabin:
"To convey an idea of the appearance
of all around, it is out of my 'power.
the words of Sheridan, "the tempest roam
ed in all the terror of its glory." The at
mosphere Was surcharged. with a thick
spray, rendering a look for out . to seaward
impossible. ,The wind howled, roared
and bellowed, like the constant mutterings
of the thunder cloud. Huge waves of trc
tnendous liei!;lit and volume, rose in mad
disple around the skip, threatening. every
moment to bfeak over :111:1 ;
:otter sea striking
‘virli terrific c e c, e;.:iii.•eal the gall7intJ
TERMS-TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUAL]
N 0.592,
' ship to stop for an instant,. tremble and
I
shake in every timber from her stern to her
stern post, reeling and lurching, tossed to
! and fro ; again would . she gather fresh
i strength, and with her wheels half bid in
1 wild waters, again and again receive the
1 thundering blows of an element that seem
ed armed for our destruction.
"The sails on the, yards strongly se
cured by rope 4 and gaskets, _were blown
from their furls and streamed out to leeward
in ribbons. But all this was as nothing,
About 1 I'. M., whilst most of us were
seated in agonizing suspense in the lower
cabin, holding fast to the tables and settees,
a sea struck the vessel, and a tremendous
crash was heard on deck'; instantly the
cabin was darkened, and torrents of water
came pouring down upon us through the
skylights. •
"Scarcely had the water reached the
floor, when all in the cabins and state
rooms sprang to their feet, and simultane
ously, as if by concert, the ladies uttered a
scream of agony, so painful, so fearful, and
so despairing, the sound of it will never be
forgotten ; and heaven grant that such a
I wail of anguish may never again be heard
by me. Several fainted—ethers clasped
their hands in mute despair, whilst many
called aloud npon'their creator."
The crash to which the writer alludes
was caused by the tearing up of die bench
es and other wood work on the quarter
deck. These were hurled with violence
against the skylights, by thesame sea'which
broke the windows of the saloon, - drench-.
ing the berths on the larboard side, driving
out their affrighted occupants, whilst it
smashed by its weight the glass over the
main cabin, and thus forced its way below.
This *as a period of intense emotion.
I was sitting in the uppersaloon, striving
to protect some ladies from injury. So
violent were'the shocks of 00' vessel, al
though firmly braced, it was with great dif
ficulty we, could prevent ourselves being
hurled from our seats, and dashed with
such violence against a part of the vessel;
as to endanger life or limb. Many receiv
ed severe contusions and bruises, notwith
standing all their efforts.
"rwas an anxious hour.. My eye won
dered over the saloon. Resting one while
on a father passing from one to another Of
his family; and cheering with a kind word
an interesting group of daughters: Then
on a young wife, folded to the bosom of
her husband without a syllable being utter-
Whiirthe - ad - noiraoke Tolumes - , --- and-a- .
gain upon a mother whoie children had
s p .
been left in America as she clasped her
hands as if in' secre prayer, whilst her
husband and her Path r gathered around,
and all seemed bowed down to earth in
one common feeling of tender solicitude
for those who might so soon become help
less orphans." .
It "was an awful hour. The most thoughtless
amongst us coward in their secret hearts before a
danger, which none but a fool or a brute would
have mocked, and all therefore accepted the invita
tion to meet in the cabin for prayer.
Rev. Mr. Marsheread the 107th Psalm. Rev.
Dr. Schmucker prayed. Rev. Dr. Beecher made a
few solemn remarks. Rev. Mr. Balch repeated the
words of our Saviour, "Let not your hearts be trou
bled; ye believe in God, believe alsoin me,"—com
melding briefly on their consoling import, and then
invited all present to join with him in the Lord's
Prayer; after which he pronounced the Apostolic
benediction.
Night approached. And again I quote from the
gentleman who has kindly given an account of
what. took place below,
"Amid this accumulation of horrors, and still
more to add to our alarm, night gathered in around
us. The wind, far from abating, was on the in
increase,.the lulls in the storm being less frequent,
and the squalls, if any thing, More terrific. Tho
whole ocean was one sea of foam, lashed up into ter.
rule waves, wild and angry, whilst. the spray and
wind seemed driven through the rigging, and over
the ship as if with demoniacal power. As darkness
came, clustered together in the cabin, we all thought
and reflected upon our fate. • Most, if not all of us,
had given ourselves up for lost. For what with
the heavy laboring of the *ship, the terrible noise and
howling of the wind, the continued frequent thump
ings of the sea, the quivering and shaking of the
groaning timbers, the carrying away of so many
portions of the vessel's upper works, and the know
-1 ledge that We were perhaps for another night to be
exposed to the full power pf a raging hurricane,
' left us little to hope for."
In the evening, about 9 o'clock, the Rev. Mr.
Balch, at the request of several passengers, admin
istered the Holy Communion in the Cabin, to up.
arils of sixty persona—many of whom received it
there fair the first time in their lives. Several ap
plied to him as to the propriety of embracing that
occasion to fulfil a long cherished purpose of their
hearts, but which, like many other "good thoughts,"
bad been deferred to a more "convenient season."
They all communed together, with others of al
most every creed and nation, thus reminding us of
the promise of Scripture, "they shall come from the
East and the West, the North and the South, and
sit down' with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in
the kingdomV God." .
It was a most solemn scene. Mr. Rabat first read
the wrvjewappointed fora storm at sea, after which,
the whole communion office. Tha terrible conflict
with the elements which raged without, was render.
ed yet more striking by the impressive stillness
which pervaded that company of Christ's disciples
within. . .
Gathered around the table, they .received into
hearts deeply moved, the consecrated - emblems of
the IleAlceiner's body and blood, and feltzoinforted
by the blessed ordinance of grace. Many a bosom, •
betbre tossed with fear, was now tranquil through
faith. Once more, all renewed their vows, and real.
Epeil the peace of God hhed abroad in their hearts,
and felt, with a vividness perhaps never before
known, "Your life is hid with God in . Christ," Oh!
it was a night and a.communion long to be remem
bered.
After the communion, I returned to my stare rem.
The gentleman who shared it with meoluul keno
below to die, as he expected, in ai.nnpany with his
daughter mid son-in-law. I.eft therefore alone, ta.
lint; a last look at Ilse pictures of my little Warmly
au•l commending. thent, and all deer to me, to the
grace and protection of,,God, l !Aid dowel and Wept
pi...irefully. • • ,
At 1'49.1'4,4 5 o.rlotie ors Monday rnorninm•