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RELIGION SUMMIRf.
COKcai:aThV Sub-TfetioYy bill is
lost, in the House of Representatives, br a
. r Girr or God." In the majority of 14 rotes.
thirteen volume .Qf Mtto Sherwood! Congress will "probably adjourn at the
Work. .publuhed I by the "J eipiration ot 10 month, aes.ion, includ-
This Is aa error which other writeri and between . the two e$$ion. Thevaca-
mi.-'-.rt hive sometimes fallen into, la tion, although it tared no expense of money
EpheI ms U 8, It il stated that grat I to the nation, in the case of those members
i.fc nh rf G.L biit th Hible nowhernl wKft i;
. yllhattfiMjfc -Z': ; Washioon, was time I eler spent, no doubt,
AVcaicAM AMD Foreign ButB So- than much of the time in session.for then
citTv Vfoha6 fecetrrdthe KrtAn- they", were "not in their official capacitr,
!tt.l Import ohh!jimportanlind ?oP doing mischief.
t If annual mitntr Will 0
helJ Thursday; April 2(?f in the meeting. AVhl man of common sense and com-
hou o(tha Olirer-atreet Baptist Church, mon intelligence,, does not believe that all
ItetvYork. This Report waithen read, the business which has been done for the
and business of n ery interesting nature peopUdurins these 10 months, misfit hare
was then transacted. A resolution was been done and better done in on half of
adoniea, ny wmca u.qW j w- th ,ime? The other half of the time, ai
Bed to engage in the work of distributing : , .
!trn:uA-l 1J, rJrnur.-Including l" has been squandered in speech -mak-
distribution in ourown land- Thus the wg electioneering, carousing, debauchery
world has become its field of labor. We gambling, horse-racing, fisty -cuffing, mur
hope that its exf rttons may b; commenau-1 dering, &e. Ac. &c. Verily, if there be
rate with ita sphere of action strfol ose propriety in calling the derotees of Roman
lulnesj. uoanuDarcuBnuiunjw.uuc, im "piiest ridden" Motfe, iter czn be
e rites were present, (from U States,) about . r '
Klf of whom were rfrom the State of New 'oopropnety. jn calling hose a fsrera,
( York. The very large sum of 833,7 1 4 GG mentrtdden people who allow their rulers
were received by the treasurer, $ 1 0,500 of to fit on their own amount of salary and
which . were appropriate! to toe Map- their own length of time to draw it,
list Board of Foreign Mi-stoat.. Since .
' the annnal meeting, 83,000. more hare For the Vermont Telegraph. .
teen aided, making the whole amount Dear Brother Murray: la the month
, contributed in aid of the Baptist General of April last, as I was about to remove
Omrcr-lion, through the instrumentality from a neighboring State. I requested of the
ct the American ana r orcign uiuic puci- BaDl;$t CDurcb 0r whicn i wa, , memKe,
a letter oi dismission and commendation to
Baptisms - in CiitLsi.--One of the Lome otQer cburch of the same faith and
;rrort solemn and iinpreive hpiJ5mal wder whew God in his providence might
act -nc j took place on last Sabbath at ChI- t . , .......
l t- t j -'a cast my lot, not knowing but lhat it was
sej. Eiht tnaiviaoalsi upon a proless- - ' ' .
1 irn of faith in the Lord'Jesus Christ, were proper for me to make ihe request, and for
led down into Jordan's stream by the the church to grant it. But the church
Iter. Mr. Fish, pastor of the Baptist viewed it otherwise, as may be seen as
church in that place. ,, well as the subsequent proceeding by the
The .whole scene was one well calcu- certificate of the clk which was iven me
lated to produce a deep i npresston upon . f
the thoughtless end gay youth a. well as 10 "7V my ;equest ,for co" of t
those ia more adranced life, who crowded much of the records as related to the sub-
the sacred spot Among" the interesting ject, which (except names of persons and
and, afftfcting remarks made by the pastor places suppressed,) is as follows:
wss, that we read that in primitive limes, - On the 22d of April. 1833, brother applied
-frequently whole households were .ba p- t0 the B.put church of of which he wan
. . , l j l metnnel,, for a letter of eommendation. Some ob-
tlXOd tOgOther. On leiding the SIXIU Can- Ucn ar. The application u deferred uuul
d idol into the water, he ObSerred, th&t it Lord'a day, April 29th, when the a abject wti again
, wj, th, M of foo.fromah.m. family ZtSffiSSt
i, Which Were tO b immersed at this time. aaked for a certificate of hia atandiuf in the
On hearing this, a deep feeling Seemed to f hurch, which waa aluo refused on the ground that
. .i it mi it waa improper to fire a letter of that deacnpUon
perrade the whole assembly. May the u anr meiuber whatever.
Lord continue to send showers of grace (aned) , Church CUrk."
until that beautiful village shall become a Now, I wish to know what is my duty in
garden of the Lord. CA. Watckna. thiscase whether psssirely to remain under
ftsrirAL IM Bloiiiill. We learn the watch and caie of a chuich some 150
by letter from Bro. James Oil patric that milesj off, as they decide 1 shall? I wish
r.ef lT?J Jrih5 work of Voa "Ia.e you, or som correspondent, would bestow
a few thoughts upon my case, and point out
the medium of the Tele
graph.
Yours, in the bonds of the Gospel. 11.
Vermont, July 1, 1833.
The foregoing cam? to hand at so late an
hour, that I have not time to "bestow"
many " thoughts ujKn" it before the paper
goes to pre.
The facts being as you state them, my
Brother which I have ao reason to dispute
it may not be so easy to point out your
duy as that of the church. I know not
what you can do more than to call the ai ten
tion of, the church to the subject, as often as
the nature of the case shall seem to render
it proper,
The duty of the church is perfectly plain.
If you are not in good standing, you ought
to be labored ' wilh. If you are in good
standing, I cannot divine why you should
not hare a certificate to that effect.
Correspondents-men, brethren and fath
ers gire your opinions, if you will, in the
ease.
AN INSANE MAN
la now, and has boea for about two weeks past,
la the vicinity of EattBethe Windsor County, Ver.
moot, lit ia 5 feet 8 inches high of dark Complex
ion, with Hack eyes and hair, and black whisker,
and U judge J to be about 30 years of age. He reads
welL and write a (air hand. Sometimes he writes
his name M Timothf D. Sra at other times,
u LmrlU Mtuom." Lxohard Fijk.
June 26th, 1833.
. "Lark is Masox" is the name of the man who
was recent! advertised by hia frienda a copy of
which Advertisement waa in the Telegraph three
weeks ego. The two descriptions compare well.
Doubtleee this is the man. Ilia fatally and friends
lire in IIIUm, N. II., to whom 1 will forward a copy
of this notice, hoping that they may speedily find
the lost hatband and father.
Jackson," of thil village, which measured
upwards of three inches, in circumfereace! 1
The American Protestant Vindicator ,
hitherto a weekly folio, is hereafter to be a
semi-monthly quarto.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
inr.U wer malfinflr for the shore : of her I swim to the shore, " No! No !
" . o - . ' . I . . I .11 1 i
for a few seconds he saw nothing: but the Major, " you snan not tisk our iiio
hill is still hsonilr nroffTessinir.' On the
Tuesday previous to the date of oar broth I f 1
crs letter, be had the happy privilege of mr dlT lhrou5
ourying ore wiiungana ooeuient aiscipirs
in' the likeneis of ; the Savior's death.
The, together whh those preriously bap
Cued daring tho revival, make eighty pre
s'otis souls who hare been Immersed and
- , swlded to the Baptist church since the good
work commenced. Uro.' Uilpatnck also
informs us that about twenty candidates,
soon eifject 10 follow the Savior in the or-
cinance, oi immersion. iuasiern ap-
tut.
Canton. Conm.-Uv an intereslincrlet-
ter published Jn ther Hartford, Christian
Secretary, we learn that the . Lord has
greatly rerired his work in the town, of
Canton. .Within eight or wn .weeks past,
fifty-one hare been baptized and added , to
the Baptist church in that place.JETa
f Baptist.
VERMONT TELEGKAPH.
BRANDON, WEDNESDAV JULY 4. t83S.
A- -
1 Tns StCAJi-BdAf PoLAssit. It will be
observed that theaccoonts given of the loss
of tlii Wat and with it the, awful destrue
tiooot human life, vary sotoe what,' as to the
catue of the awful; catastrophe The latest
accounts, however, which include those of
- the survivors, agree in the fact that the. boil
er exploded j and It 1s highly'probable that
it was owing to the incompetency or the
- presumption, or botK, of ths i tngineei.'Wben
"or'whert will this, wholesale murder 'io? ,
. Eitended and thrilling r.arratbns o( this
terrible affair are giren, to awaken Attention
to the eril. Steam-boat explosions hare
become so common, that' if they destroy
lives only by the dozen br the score, they
inake but very little im;)tession. f Now that
the work of . destruction is going on by the
. hundred, will not the people awake and call
for a remedy 7 !vv-' -.'"' :-";V- ' u
. . .; .. 1 m .I t. .; . i .
. Ta tur aAo- This eekbrated Frenchman It
dead. The "Liverpool Mail thus' sums up his
" character and hiatory-t , j .. ' ',
i , He was," says that print; ran avow.
eddeLH, a prince, a spy, a diplomatist, a
good whist player, and a consummate
knare anl hypocrite. . He was a French;
. man, a royalist, a jacobin, a republican, a
priest, a prince and a scamp.. Ha. was
Ft the Telegraph.
OabiNATtOK. Brother B. F. Gaitield was
ordained to the Gospet ministry, at Green
wich; Washington Co. N.York, on the22d
ulu Sermon, by D. Tinkham; Consecrating
Prayer, by S. D. Gillett assisted inlaying
on of Hands by D. Tinkham and S. A. Ks-
tee ; Charge, by Cobb ; Right-Hand
of Fellowship by S.'D. Gillett j Address to
the Church, . by S. ,A. Estee ; Concluding
Prayer, by - tankm j Hymn and Bene
t From the Baltimore Chronicle.
WRECK OP THE! PCI.ASK.Ia
The interest taken by the public in the
recital ol the details of this most heart
rending disaster, has induced us to seek, i
from all the sources within our reach, all
particulars that we can rely upon as au
thentic. The annexed narrative is deriv
ed from information which we procured
in person from J. H. Couper, Esq. of
Glynn county. Georgia, and Major James
P. Heath of this city, two of the surviv
ors. The arrival of the latter among us,
at the moment when the whole cilv had
giren him up as lost, excited the most
pleasurable sensation, anj was the occa
sion of universal joy.
The Pulaski sailed from Savannah on
Vednesda3', the 13th of June, having on
board about 90 passengers. She arrived
at Charleston the same afternoon, and sail
ed the next morning with 65 additional
passengers. In the afiernoon the wind
was fresh from the east, and produced a
heavy sea, which retarded her progress,
and required a full pressure of steam. At
half past 10, the wind continued fresh
with a clear etar-light, and there was eve
ry promise of a fine night. At 11 o'clock,
the starboard boiler exploded with tremend
ous violence, blowing off the promenade
deck above, and shattering the starboard
side about midships at the same time the
bulk head between the boilers and for
ward cabin was stove in, the stairway to
it blocked up, and the bar room swept
away. 1 he head 01 the boiler was blown
out, and the top rent fore and aft.
In consequence of the larboard boiler
and works being comparatively uninjur
ed, the boat heeled to t!at side, and the
starboard side was kept out of the water,
except when she rolled, when the sea
rushed in at the breach. The boat con
tinued to settle rapidly, and in about 40 '
minutes the water had reached the prom
enade deck above the ladies' cabin. Pre
vious to this period the ladies, children,
and the gentlemen who were in the after
cart of the boat, were placed on the prom
enade deck. About the time when the
water reached lhat point, the boat parted
in two with a tremendous crash, and the
bow and stern rose somewhat out of the
er; but the Utter again continued to
sink, until the water reached the promen
ade deck, when it separated m three parts,
upset, and precipitated all on it into the
water. Many then regained the detached
portions. The gentlemen who occupied
the forward cabin took refuge on the ex
treme point of the bow when the boat
broke in two, and clung to it and the fore
mast ; others had placed themselves on
settees, and the fragments of the wreck.
There were four boats belonging to the
boat; two being swung to the sides, and
two placed on the top of the promenade
deck. The side boats were both lowered
down, within five minutes of the explo
sion. In that on the starboard side, the
first mate. Mr. Hibbert, Mr. Swift, and
one other person, had placed themselves ;
in that on the larboard side were Mr. J.
H. Couper with Mrs. Nightingale and
child, and Mrs. Fraser and her son, who
were under his charge, Capt. R. XV. Pool
er and son, nd Mr. William Robertson,
al! of Georgia, Barney and Solomon be
longing to the crew, and two colored wo
men. By direction of the male, two of
the crew launched one of the deck boats
and got into her: but as, from her long
exposure to the sun, her seams were all
open, she immediately tilled, and Mr. Hib-
a . 1 11. 111
bert removed tne men 10 nis ooai. 1 ne
boats met, when those in the second pro
posed to Mr. Hibbert to strike for the land,
as it had on board as many as it could
with any safety carry ; this he decincd to
do, as he said he was determined to stay
by the wreck until daylight, and had yet
room for more persons. Bjth boats then
continued to row abou' the wreck until
the mate's boat had picked up as many as
she could carry, when Mr. Hibbert yield
ed to the propriety of consulting the safe
ty of those in the boats, by going to the
land, as their farther stay would endanger
them, without affording an v aid to their
suffering friends, and the? left the wreck
at 3 P. M. The boats took a N. W.
course, being favoreoTby a heavy sea and
strong breeze from S. E.
(Here follows an account of the land
ing of the first boat, in which was Mr.
Hibbert, the mate, whose narrative we
have published.
The other boat continued to keen off un
til about sunset, when, finding ihe night
approaching and there being no appear
ance ot am or ceange m tne wind, which
was blowing freshly in to the land, and
the persons in the boat having previously
retu&ea to attempt to row any tarther, Mr
Cooper reluctantly consented to attempt a
lanamjr.
presently feeling something like the dress
oi a female toucntng nis 1001, ne again
dived down; arid was fortunate enough to
grasp her by the hair.
Tne surf coniinued to break over them
with great violence ; but, after a struggle j
in which their strength spent its last ef
forts, they reached the shore, utterly worn
out with fatigue, watching, hunger, thirst,
and the most intense nd overwhelming
excitement. Besides this, the ladies and
children were suffering severely from the
cold. The party proceeded a short dis
tance from the snore, where the ladies lay
down upon the side of a sand hill, and
their protectors covered them and their
children with sand, to prevent them irom
perishing. Meantime some of the partv
went in quest of aid, and about 10 o'clock
the whole of them found a kind and hos
pitable reception, shelter, food and cloth
ing, under the roof of Mr. Siglee Redd,
of Onslow county.
Mrs. Nightingale is the daughter of
John A. King, Esq. of New York, and
a grand daughter ot the late distinguished
Rufus Kiner. During the whole of the
perils through which they passed, she and
Mrs. Fraser displayed the highest quali
ties of fortitude and heroism. They owe
forme: under these circumstances, and
in such an attempt you would lose your
life. No! I am the oldest man in dang
er, and will not increase the risks of oth-
m. a a I. ' .A? - J 1 U . M
ers. Ail nope m lanuiug mm whs
shortly afterward given up, as a slight
breeze from the shore was now carrying
them out into the sea. Despair now seem
ed to seize on some of them, and one sug
gested that if relief did not soon reach
them, it would be necessary to cast lots.
The firmness' and decision of Major
Heath soon put this horrid idea to flight.
"We are Christians," he told them, ''and
we cannot innocently imbrue our hands in
blood of a fellow-creature. A horrible ca
tastrophe has deprived hundreds of their
lives, brought sorrow to many a hearth, &
thrown us upon the mercy of the winds
and waves. We have still life left ; let us
not give up all manliness, and sink to the
brute. We have all our thoughts about
us, and should face death, which must
sooner or later overtake us, with the spirit
that becomes us as Christian men. "When
that hour arrives, I will lay down my life
without a murmur, and I will risk it now
for the safety of anyone of you, but I will
never stand bv and see another's sacrificed
that we may drink his blood and eat his
the preservation of their own and their flesh !" W ith such words as these did he
children's lives, under Providence, to the
coolness, intrepidity and firmness of Mr.
Couper and his assistants, and to the
steadiness with which they seconded the
wise and humane efforts of that gentleman
in their behalf.
The forvard pnrt of the boat, after her
sepmaiion. continued to float. On it were
Mai. Heath and 21 others. We have had
a long conversation with Mijor Heath, in
which he related with great minuteness
every thing attending the preservation of
the persons who were on the wreck with
him. It is impossible to convey in words
anything more than a faint idea of die suf
fering they underwent, or of the many
harrowing and distressing circumstances
which occurred during the four days the'
were on the wreck.
But a short time previous to the explo-
111 t 1
sion 11 was remarked by one oi tne pas
sengers to Major Heath that the gauge
showed 30 inches of steam. On the at
tention of the engineer being called to
this fact, he replied that it would bear with
safety 40 inches. M.jor Heath had just
retired to the after cabin. A number of
passengers were lying on the settees, and
when the boiler burst, the steam rushed
in'o the cabin, and, it is thought, instantly
killed them, as they turned over, fell on
the floor, and never were seen by the Ma
jor to move afterward. He had, on hear
ing ihe noise of the explosion, got out of
his berth and run to the steps, the steam
meeting him in the cabin. He got under
the steps, as did also Mr. Lovejoy ot Geor
gia, and they were thus shielded from its
effects.
In a few moments he went on deck,
and found all dark. He called for the
captain, and receiving no answer, made
for the mast, as he felt that the boat was
sinking. Before he could secure himself
the sea burst over him, and carried him
away. Fortunately, however, a rope had
caught round his leg, and with this he
pulled himself back. The mnst, as soon
as he had been washed from it, fell and
crushed one of the passengers, Mr. Auze,
a French gentleman, of Augusta. Tne
boat now broke in two, and the deck, for
ward of the mast, was carried away from
the rest of the vessel, seemingly very
swiftly. Nothing more was seen after
this, by Major Heath, of th yawl or the
after part ol the boat ; but in about half
an hour he heard a wild shrill scream,
and then all was quiet. This must have
been when the promenade dck turned
over, with at least one hundred human be
ings upon it.
When day-light broke, he found that
there were 22 on the wreck with him
among them Capt. Pearson, who had been
blown out into the sea, but who had cau t
a plank, ana succeeded in reaching them
during the night.
The danger of their situation was at
once fully realized. The heavy ma?t lav
across the deck on which they rested, and
kept it about 12 inches under water, and
the planks were evidently fast parting.
Capt. Pearson, with the rest, set himself
at work to lash the wreck together by the
aid of the ropes on the mast letting the
ropes sink on one side of the raft, which,
passing under, came up on the o:her side,
River Inlet in safety. The passengers re
maining on the raft, with the ezrjtion of
the four mentioned as taken off by ihe
Henry Camerdon, died from exhausti m
among them was the Rev. Mr. Wirt and
lady, whose christian resignation to their
fate excited the admiration of all aroui.d
them. They expired within a few min
utes of each other. Seven persons were
reported to have died on Monday. The
body of Mr. Parkman of Savr.nna'h floated
to the raft, and was recognized by his
friends.
It was ascertained at Wilmington, on
Wednesday morning, that eight other per
sons from the wreck had reached New
River Inlet but thir names, with uo
exceptions, are unknown.
The passengers who escaped were pi
most without exception in the clothes in
which they were sleeping, and suffered
severely from the blistering etfeets of lha
sun, and the chilly wind of the night. Tin y
were entirely destitute of water or food of
any kind. Those who were last saved
were most of them in a dreadful slate of
ulceration and debility.
The cause of the disaster was obviously
the neglect of the second engineer, in per
mitting the water to boil off, or to blow olT,
in the starboard boiler, and then letting in
a full supply of water on the heated cop
per. One of the hands saved had, a few
moments before the explosion, examined
the steam guage, and found it fluctuating
j rapidly from 2(3 to 29 inches. Another
! had just left the engine-room when l e
d the shrill whistling sound of hi-h
pressure steam, as the engineer iri d the,
quiet them, and reconcile them to await the
issue. The day wore away again, with
out the sight of a vessel to cheer their
drooping spirits.
OiiSnndiv muninrr it mm mfn red rain- '
. : - .'. V., ... . heal
ing, witn a iUu wind irom tne norm-east, ;
... 1. 1 . j . . 1 .
wmcu eu,)u jncieaseii 10 a seveie yaie. , . Q r.,.., c. A ,t,
r - t , , .HLri.ut n in u n tv o 1 uuuo lilt: r. MU"
Every eff.rt was made to catch tome of the , c K D,jbo,s ,A0S tCtn
falling ratn in the piece of canvas which I, jn je w,JPt1.holls. ttn mnul t.
they had taken from the mast ; but the fore ihe ,osion C t. Pt.arson tU
sea ran so high that the mle they did catch j pt comj c wM l))nwn ou, of hjs l;(,);h
w.-u nearly as salt as the water of the 0- jjto fht 1S uas also Chicken, the fit.t
cean. Still, the ram cooled them and in , ilieer. They both regained the bow
their situation, was refreshing and grate- j 0r ln1 i30af
" On Monday mnrnin-r hevsnw four ves- I Tho following is a recapitulution of iho
' l j . J n- ..:
sels. They raised on a pole a piece of the ; numcer saveu ai u.n.-.eui uiun
fl.icr .o vv.is :1::.rh..,l tn I Km must find In V UV0 OalS,
waved it, but in vain. The vessels were 1
too far off, and hope was nearly lost, as j
they watched them, one af er another, pass j
from their sight. They had now been
without food or water lor four days and
nights; their tongues were dry in their
mouths their flesh buiutund blistered by
the sun, and their brains levered, and ma
ny of them began to exhibit the peculiar
madness attendant on starvation. They
could not sletp, either, as the raft was al
most always under water, and it required
continual watchfulness to keep themselves
from being washed overboard by t lie sea.
Major Heath teils us that never for one
moment did he lose his consciousness, and ,
we hear from others that his cheerful spir
it and encouraging conversation kept alive
the hope of safety in the breast of others,
and banished despair from their minds.
On Tuesday morning, a vessel hove in
sight, and her track seemed to lie much
nearer them than those they had seen be
fore
On the two raft?,
In the boat with Mi. Lamar,
On other fragments,
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To'n 59
In addition to the thrilling recount oiv
en above, the statements of Mr. Fosdii k
and of Capt. Hubl ard, who escaped fi cm
the wieck, & passed ! hrough New-Yrwk,
have been published. The particulms
which they relate are full of most p;.inft:I
interest. When the boiler buist, the indi
viduals who were exposed are represt n'el
as appearing with determined resignation
and with little outcry. Husbands m !
wives embraced each other in the in. is - J -pte
expectation of dissolution. Cap'aia
Hubbard climbed, with his w ife, fu-m ii e
main to the promenade deck, where -J oot
50 persons were assembled. As the Ir a
was rolling over, Capt. Hubbaul followed
the roll of the boat, directing his wre :o
keep by him. She reached him, and w
Thev again waved their flag, and I Ringing to his neck: the sea swept orn
raised their feeble voices. Still the vessel lhem nnJ ail but them weie washed n
solemn. D. Tinkham, A!od?r.
E. D. Cultm; Clerk.
fcrst.a cebaaenre, ne it, ft poptsn 1 pries', diction. bY Ahe ordained. It was ao inter
f luently became a bishop of, UjJingUme. The assembly was large and
afterward alead.ns worshipper ml thJ , - l
I in of the Uodaess of Reason, frequently
diviJ-J l.'.i time. in performing spy and
diploiratist, invariably . betrayed every
I -rson an l government that trusted birn,
aoll his best frier !s as Jews do old clothes,
and st last, rolH in every dress of shame
end i:: consistency vf rerfi ly and diihou
br, he died a wretched driveller, his hair
shirt exchanged for a linen one, re-embracing
the "rouraeries of the clergy he
had plundered, and I tystem of reli
gion which he had derided and despised.
Il t said lhat a Committee ol the New-
Hampshire Legislature, on the subject of
an Ifcsaoe Aiylom, "have made a valuable
and strong report of statistical .acts, show
ing the 'necessity and expediency of "such
ao institution." , t , .
kept on her track, which njw appeared to
carry her away fiorn them. "She is
gone,'' said one of the crew, a poor fellow
who had been dreadfully scalded, uid lie
laid himself down on one of the boxes, ns
he said, " to die." Capt. Pearson, who
had been closely watching the vessel,
cried out, ''She sees us! she is conjinar
towards ns!:' And so it was. All sails
set, and full before ti e wind, the vessel
made for them. The schooner proved to
he the Henry Camerdon, bound from
Philadelphia to Wilmington, N. C. As
soon as the Captain came within speaking
distance, he took his trumpet and cried
out, " Be of good cheer I will save you."
It was the first strange voice that had leach
ed their ears for five days, which were to
them as an ae.
At this moment she released her hold, ;u,i
they bo.h sunk together. He saw her t o
more. Of all who were on lhat part of tK'
boat when it capsized, he thinks none mi,
vived but himself.
Capt. Hubbard is of opinion, whh n-o
of those who remained upon the wreck,
the mate, Hibbert, escaped, might Ltne
been so einp!oyed as to save the iiwa of
nearly all cn board. About ten n 1 i t , -tes
after the explosion, Hibbert put 1 fT, r.nd n
reply to the queries cf a passenger, s'.nv!
that he desired to see the extent of the in
jury that had been sus;aimd, and 1! ;u,y
thing could be done. From thiit tit; i -
did not come near the wreck, and ho',
boat was filled was a mystery to ; !!'!:
board. The bow part which broke
j
the stern, and kept afloat, wassuflie
Lit,
u if. to
When the schooner came alongside, float all the passmgers if thev could I five
they all rushed ifran'.icly on deck, and it j reached it. Without the boat," this wa? in.
was with some difficulty that the Captain I possible. Wi'h the boat, all could )"''
could keep them from the water-cesks.- j been transferred from the promenade dctk
He immediately gave each of them a half! and the fragments without difficulty,
pint of water sweetened whh molasses, j One incident is mentioned in tins ccr.
and repot ted it at short intervals. His -. nection, which. is beyond any thing else ir
nrudence, doubtless, preserved their lives. ; this melanchoiy disaster, painfully afi
Durinirthe morninj? Major Heath v.nd
his company had seen another portion of
the wreck, with several persons on it, and
as soon as the Captain of the Henry Cam
erdon was told of it, he sailed inthe direc
tion it had been seen in, and shonly after
ward came in sight. Oa the wreck,
ing. vv hue the boat was lying on, one r;
the passengers, frantic with alarm, iti
without knowing what he was about, jun.j - t
ed toward herr but fell far short. He min
ed at once, sensible of his situation, t r
probably remembering- whom he had It"-
behind, with the view of regaining tte I
which was a part of the promenade deck, ' wreck. His wife screamed to hun
and by repeating this operation they form- were Miss Rebecca Lamar, Mrs. Noah
ed. a kind oi network over it. They also
succeeded in lashing two large boxes to
their raft, which formed seat.
Friday passed without any vessel corn
ing in sight Their thirst now became
intense. Th hat of the sun was very
oppressive, its rays pouring dov. n on their
bare heads, and blistering their faces and
backs, some not having even n shirt on,
and none more than a shirt and pantaloons.
The suffering of the y-.unger portion
of their company at this iime became very
great. -Major Twiggs, of the U. S. Ar
my, had saved hi child, a boy about 12
years of age. H3 kept him in his arms
Before making the attempt, it was tho't nearly all the time and when he would
0CJ A Pbessst. I received a present of
a Stravbcrry last week, raised bv Edward
necessary, to prevent the infant of Mrs
Nightingale, which was only 7 months
old, from being lost, to lash it to her per
son, which was done. Just as the sun
was setting, the bow of the boat was turn
ed to the shore, and, Mr. Couper sculling,
and two men at the oars, she was pulled
into the breakers. She rose without diffi
culty upon the first breaker ; but the sec
ond, comingout with great violence, struck
the oar from the hand of one of the row
ers. The boat was then thrown into the
trough pf the sea; and the succeeding
breaker struck her broadside; and turned
lier bottom upward. Upon regaining the
surface, Mr. Couper laid hold of the boat,
and soon discovered that the rest of the
farty, with the exception of Mrs. Night-
call on his mother, w ho was safe at home.
and beg for water, his father would seek
in vain to comfort him bywords of kind
ness, and clasping him closer to his heart.
On Saturday they fell in with another
portion of the wreck, on which were
Chicken and three other?, whom they
took on their raft. Toward the close of
evening they had approached within half
a mile of shore, a3 they thought, and ma
ny were very aniious to make an effort to
land. This was objected to by Major
Heath, as the breakers ran very high,
and would have dashed the raft to "pieces
on the shore. ' Mr. Greenwood, from
Georgia, told the Major lhat he was one
Of the best swimmers in the country, and
thai he would tie a rope around him and
Smith of Augusta, Master Charles Lamar
of Savannah, and Mr. Robert Hutchinson,
also of Savannah. .The two. ladies yere
tp arh -exhausted, and Master Lamar was
almost dead. Every comfort that the
schooner was nos.-.essed of was freely be
stowed by the Captain, and Major Heath, j Oil m a boat, lor the purpose of pausii;
on behalf of those; who were saved with the shore. After many perils by reasorn
him, has asuea us 10 return, thus publicly, I breakers, they succeeded
bv
name. "Wherp arprfm? wKr are vOUf l-
He replied from the waves, " I'm here, n )
dar, I'm here." I'm coming, rr.y Lus- ;
band," she immediately rejoined, ar.d itr
ing on the railing of the deck, piung'
headlong into the sea.
Captain Hubbard, with five ethers,
to him, the thanks, the deep and heartfelt
thanks of the beings whom he rescued
from a condition of such misery and peril,
that the heart sickens at the contemplation
of it. Mr. Hutchinson had lost in this
disaster his wife and child. His wife was
the daughter of Mr. Elliott, formerly in
the United States Senate from Georgia.
When the promenade deck separated
fro'm the bull, many persons .look refuge
on this portion of it. Among them were
Mr. G. B. Lamar and two children of Sa
vannah, the Rev. Mrfe Wirt and lady of
Florida, and a child of Mr. Huihinson, &
the second mate of the Pulaski. On Sun
day morning, finding that there, was no
other hopeof safety, the mate proposed to
take the boat which they had secured, be
iug the second deck boat, and with five
of the most able of-thoseon the raft, to
endeavor to reach the ho re,-and send out
some vessel to cruise for them. This be
ing assented to, the njate, with Mr. Lamar
and four others, took their departure, and
on Wednesday morn ing they reached New
The point where they effected a lauuii'-
was in Onslow Bay. about a mile and a U
south and west pi the entrance to N,,rt 1
River. At this bay they found a schuoiv'; r
but such was the "state of the weather t- .
it was impossible to get to sea with bcrr
the hope of rendering any assistance
those who were on the wreck. Of the
who had succeeded in reaching the Vx1
enadedeck, one, MrStanfield, had pti'5 ;
ed on the raft befote the boat left her.W--frantic
with the horrors he had encouu
ed, and prostrated by fatigue. S:x esc.
d in ihe manner v have deiCr1 ,
ed, seven were rescued by ihe Henry ta
erdon.andten perished on the raft d 'U
ger and exposure. The names of u'i
have been already published. .
Capt. Hubbard speaks in the warra
admiration of the conduct of Miss Ke,
Lamar, ana 01 ner singular m 1 e: ?
self-possession with her never-failip j
fortto cheer and encourage them--f nd 1
ly their sinking and despairing spirits- ,
ns his own lancruaffe. " She was oui T t
O a