Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-09-27
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ROMANTIC COtRTSIIlp.

ManH interesting, us well rs painful Incl
| "cn'S connected wiki The awful destruction
"i ne Iu!ashi. are related To us by inos,.
| WHO have seen an,! cunvcrscd with ucrSons
saved 'snn !'lat wreck AmOmgsi oilers
thc following is lolI OF Il Mr.. Ridge, lro;n
New Orleans, and u Miss Onslov;. from one
oi The Southern STATES. Two of tho un!;nr,u
mates who were picked up on tho filth ,av
about litly miles from land
It's stated OF the gentleman. ,ha, he had
been sitting Oh 'hc deck atone for half an
| hosir previous 10 the accident. Another
gentleman who WIS walking near him N
the tIinc q! HE explosion was thrown over
Board, aud himself w;IS prucipaiciv. as he
--sGipo ed, when he heard some one remark.
"Stf on fhc 6oatS-SKe rs SiuIiut.r fir'
was no. acquainted wilha solitary imiividu
al on IN" boat m!cr such circuuI.,;,r-
Cos, II IS as natural to suppose he Would .,.I
| quite as inGch concern !lr himself rs for auy
one else. He wis cous.uucn,Iv ,m,n, 49,.
foremost a! those who sought Tic snnl! boat
tor safety: and was about TO step into j,
when he diSrOvcrrt! Il yUun. Ia,iv, whom he
recognised rs one whose appearance had
sH"dry times dmrim:: the passage arrested
/ Ills attention. Her protector WAS the zen
'irinin p" 10 Ma> walking Oh deck and blown
"Nefh"hr'. lie sprung towards her. 10
''Ar her into lie small boar, hul in ,l,..
! crowd aud rnn!u"inn he lost sinli, of her. and
u" supposed she w;!s with some other friend.
| turing ms ir"!Ilcss search the small bon,
showed on The wreck was fast siuLiur.
!hc ni2h' ran" with The prayers an,. ,irrirI,.
OF The irlrics, and drowning. lie turned
away IN despair, and r:l,tcd over a coil of
smal rope. Hope, like the cx piring SPARK,
frightened ac',ln. lie caught up the rome
'ashcd together Il couple Of s.r,ccs. threw.
'hrm upon Il r:"cc Gi IN Oil sail ana Il ..laIl
empty cask, and HAS equipped, lannrhcd
upon the c!cmcm' lie believed ,iraI;, i:,,
vlab!r. and TIA; cilo,t was the las, grasp nj
iIic Ills vcr-c! bore him up much better
| than hr cNpcric;', and he was cnnsoliu.,
himself with his escape. suciI II, il WIS.
while others were pcri>Iim:, all around him.
when he d:scnvc:c;! Il tcmaic struggling. t,r
life almost within h1> grasp. He lett hi..
;rh-->wauI hat twice hiS !rnc;;--,.i,rl
iiIs object, and returned safely To his Graf,
again. which proved su;:ricni To susIniu
! them both, hUi with t.icir heads aud shout
dcr> "n'v above water The female was
! The young lady for whom he had losr a pas-
sage IN lhc small boat. She lancicd their
iioat would be unable TO suppor, ho,h. AMI
sad {" h!m, You will have ru lc1 me 90
to save Yourself" He replied, We i've
"r we die together = ;Suun after. ,hcv
drlltcI up"n piece of the wreck prnhubIy
Il part oi the same floor and partition torn
aShndr' hy Tie explosion. This, with The
h'd %! tie scitccs, fastened beneath il was
sni;!r!eni 10 Keep them out o! Ike watcr.-
| ABOUT TINS time one of the small hon,S came
towards Item. 1ui already heavily loaded
ne lhlrl"rrd them Ia take in the vo;in:c a,!v.
Eut Size SaId. no, she could hu, ,;ir-hr had
saved her HE. AMI she coul:I nnr leave him.
| lhcy were fairly al sea. without Ih.. least
m"rsel TO cni or drink. ia q scorcliin. climate
the NonnS lady in her night clothes, and
hmscl: with nothing upon buI hi, >il:ll and
Il tam par Of paniaionms, airca.v mach
Torn. q! the boat wIiici, bore licni all in
, quiet and safety bnl il halt hour before.
noliIn;y WAS 10 he seen but scattering pieces
of the wreck. The small boats we're ON
| their way towards the shorc-ihcr own
craft beng light. and tightly loaded, .!ri.icd
last away from Il scene imdcScrIbahlv h. art :
rcndin.. and which he still shudIcrs to
| think of.
! AT daylight n"lhimg was visible To them
hui the heavens and Il waste OF warcrs. In
The course of The day thcv cane in ,;nht of
laml, and ior time were confident olrrnrh
inS it--hut during the succccU;uc ui.h, the
wind changed, aud soon after da, l;cIt ucx,
morning II vanished again, and with il all
| 'iic'r livcly hopes Of escaping from ,l,cir
drcadin! :!ilemma. On The third ,Iay - soiI
hove III siSht--bul she was entirely brvonI