Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-11-18

covered ner senses, was aIter Her MOtner,
and brothers, and sister.
The next person extricated from the
ruins, was fine girl, IL years of age, the
daughter of Mr.. Stokes, who had received
only few slight bruises. The first call
of this poor girl was for her mother and
the rest of the family, and she was almost
frantick until her sister Selma was brought
in, and she was assured that the rest were
safe, but could not be disturbed. At the
time she was taken out, 'he cry of lad
was heard, and, in she. time, the men
employed, made way to the spot, where
the boy Frederick was buried beneath the
ruins; but, fortunately, he was preserved
by some timbers falling crossways, so as
to prevent the rubbish from smothering
him. The poor fellow could be distinctly
seen with aid of candle; he was, howev-
er, so hemmed in, that to extricate him
was impossible, without saving assunder
the beams by which he was protected, and,
in doing this, great caution and judgment
were necessary, to prevent the rubbish
from falling in upon and suffocating him.
A conversation was kept up with him, and
every cheering assistance given him that
he would be extricated, and the boy an
swered with perfect cheerfulness, and on
ly begged for water, which was given
him, as was also some tea. The fate of
the boy had excited very intense interest.
and when he was brought from his peril
Gus situation, the most enthusiastick
cheering was heard. He was found to
be free from fracture, but his head was
much bruised. ale inquired very anx-
iously after the family. The workmen, in
despite Of the ruins, which hung danger
ously on either side of them, made their
way, by dint of great exertion, to where
the body of poor Mrs. Stokes was. The
scene here cannot be depicted. The
poor creature, it would appear, had made
her way towards the door, as she was
found with one of her feet crushed to at
oms. Her head presented a dreadful
spectacle and her whole body was cover
ed with dirt, and appeared like hatten-
ed piece of timber. The distress of the
unfortunate Mr.. Stokes, on returning
home, may be easily conceived. The
family were placed in the house out of
pure charity. The real cause of the ca
tastrophe appears to have been the un-
soundness of the story-posts, the bottoms
of which were quite decayed, and the
wretched sort of brickwork used in the
building.
PrrcAIRN's ISLAND. The ship Bios
som, lately arrived in England from the
Pacifick Ocean; during her absence.
she touched at that celebrated little spot,
fltCdfI ms island. l. MS paradise OF latter
days, as some navigators have called it,
has been in danger of suffering from
visitation which threatens, to prove as
fatal to the earthly happiness of its inhah-
itants, as did the entrance of the SERPENT
into Eden. The first settlers at Pitcairn's
Island, without looking forward to the
natural increase of their Colony, selected
for permanent residence, a situation
from which, delightful as it has been es-
teemed, their descendants are fearful of
being expelled by famine. John Adams.
the founder of this once happy society,
and the father of no small portion of it.
still survives, though he is far advanced
in life. He has maintained his patriarchal
sway over the inhabitants of Pitcairn, for
nearly forty years. 1t was in the year
1883, we believe, that part of the crew
OF the British ship Bounty rose up in
mutiny, and having committed their Off
GERS, and several of their own mates, in
an open boat, to the mercy of the waves,
proceeded with the vessel to Otaheite.
One party remained there, and were
afterwards carried to England-tried and
convicted, though subsequently pardoned
by the King the others, under the guild
ance of a romantick youth, sought for an
abode in one of the solitary Islands of the
Pacifick, accompanied by those females,
their passion for whom, it is said, instigat-
ed them to violent proceedings against
their commander, Lieut.. BIigh. They
chose location which was admirably
adapted to the purposes of concealment,
as its rock-bound coasts would prevent
the safe landing of any party that might
be sent in pursuit of them. Here they
remained in safety, though an expedition
was fitted out by the British Admiralty,
with the express design of searching out
their retreat. That expedition was
fruitless one. Twenty years passed on
and no stranger had yet approached them.
A second generation had grown to matu-
rlty upon the Island of Pitcairn, when