Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-07-07

irrr--yy,, NayRArIvE.-Tnc following pucn-
ing statement il from an account give" " ".'
Merritt vi Mobile, ono o! the SURVIVORS /"o." "e
week OF tho Pulaski, 10 the ed:i"'s y Fac Ame''-
car. -,
Tho sinking of the hull and '!YPar''ng Of the
ur,,ncnsdc deck. have bcc1T heretofore re'"-
tel. throw those who were n it into the sea, aud
am,nr them Mr. Merritt ds wife and ch''o. Dc
ine an excellent swimr9e. he was enabled TO s''s-
tain both although u ed'!iic"i,y OF SO dong was
greatly Increased tho close '''"s'"s u "'
While thus yRgagcd. a boy Of twelve or four
teen wears c.f,ch: hold ofhim for help. aud he TO-"
was snstah 1cd, until Mr.. NJ. proposed TO HIM I"
mount fragment OF the wreck iEm''ng near:
Tho boy accordingly mounted On It, and seemed
10 be SD vel. able to maintain himself mat MI. M.
asked hA,o take hts child on the fragment, " hen
,hc lad rc,d;,v accedcd to- Mr.. Nj. was now able
TO bcstow his whole strength in sustaining ms
wife. when, to his harror. he felt h'mscn ciaspcd
from behind. around ,he>3Qwcr part o! his body, by
the IRON grasp of stout, athletic man. evidently
struggling for Il, fc. An instant was sufficient 70
satisfy Mr. NJ. that the grasp ON the man would
drown them all, and telling hisN "he t"at h's
wc,,,d H.. the case without he could extricatc
himself. he asked her rally her slreogth tor al
# r, TO reach piece Of the Yses's-r1ose by, TO
which she cousenaaA-e1tSing her push To-
wards il with rs much power as his peculiar STU
alton would allow him TO do, he saw her gam IL.
In the mean time his own case called lar 'mned.-
ate relief, but he found himself, on making the Ell
fort, utterly unable to ain a release from the
powerful hold which was fastened around his body
with an iron iirmncss. There was but one hope
left and there was not n moment allowed nm to
deli bern,c on it, MIR. NJ. had been an expert
swimmer and diver when a boy. and to sink I'M
der the waves with Il man cl,nging 10 HIM was
the last-,he only resort remaining. lhey went
down together, aud the man relaxed hts hold be-
fore Mr. MS breath became exhausted. On IT.
sing arain towards the surface, hc struck against
pieces Of the wreck which were nov floating over
him. and after some difficulty cleared them SO as
., hrc,,be ,y,;n bat on looking around be could
discover neither his wife nor his child. nor the,
Aov! What had occurred during the bret space
hat he was beneath the wave s. he knew not, 112
cnci,her heard or saw them any more. -
CpYSR CANADA.-Thc account of the sk'rmish
at Short Hills. between the @ ,ccns Lancers and
the insurgents is further confirmed. From twelve
10 twenty Of the Lanccrs, according TO Rochester
papers, were killed. Chandler. the leader oil The
insurgents. and five others, have been taken and
brough, To Niagara, where Chandler, II IS said,
wa. to be executed forthwith. Abous l27 mill
tia had arrived at Queenstown from Toronto.
A great deal oi curiosity and speculation has
been excited Buffalo BY several parties Of Scne-
ca indians Who have passed through that place.
each with his rifle and blanket. and who said they
were going 10 Grand Island to hunt deer. Mnst
Of them were persuaded to return. Some suppo-
sed shcm to have been engaged IA auxi''aries by
the PATRIOTS and Others nv the Canadian authori-
ties.-Balfimore Com. Transcript
NEw BELL has been cast BY \. r. Ame., OF
Springfield, Mass Cor n. Y. City Hall. which IS
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