Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-07-02
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
WRECK OF THE PULASKI.

the period whom tho two boats reached the coast, and
resolved TO attempt to land, The Chronicle adds 1
Beiofo making tho attempt, IL was thought ncces-
snry, tn prevent the infant oI Mrs. NIsnrfseALr.
which was only seven months old, from being lost,
to lash II 10 her person, which was done. Just as
the sun was setting, the bow tho boat was turned
10 HE shorr, and, Mr. toupce seunp and two. ucu,
At the oars, she was pulled into the brcakers-she
1850 without difficulty npoD tho first breaker, bur tho
second, coming out with great violence. s,rnrk
The oar ifom the hand of Of the rowers Tho
boat was thus thrown into The trough Of the sea and
ne succeeding .akrf strutk her b-palsIc and urn
ed her bottom upwards. Upon re gnniug The surface
MI '"upei ael hold Of tho boat, and soon discover
e. mat the rest oi the party, with the exception Of
WIZ NIGHTINGALE, were making for the shore -
OF hr', Tor aicw moments, he nothing but pre-
scn'ly, iool'ng something like the dress Of female
touching MS loot, lac again Owed down and " as for
''h'lo enough To grasp her by ihc hair. The surf
continued To break over them. with great violence,
on'' hle' struggle, IN which their strength spent it's
last eiiotts, they reached the shore utter, worn on,
with iahgnr watching. hunger, tlli,st and the mosf
intense and overwhelming excitement. Besdcs this
the ladies' aud children suffering severely Cou
The cold. The party proceeded a short distance
from the shore, where the ladies' laid down unon III
sd, 81 a sand hI'l and ihcir protectors c9rtfed them
and Her ettftfoa nth sand, To prevent them from
pols'ins. Meantime some OF the party went in
quest oi aid, aud about locIock, the whole Of ,hcu,
'"n"h kind aud h"sriiablc reception. shelter food
W." ''''''''k' fool o If, StpIec RcII, Of
onslow county.
Mrs Nionr,No.lr is the daughter of John A.
hhe' Esq Of New York, and grand da,gh,cf Of
the late distinguished Rufus King. During the whole
ct the penis through which they passed she and Mrs
fn~'" d'Spl', ed tho highest qualities Of fonitudo
aud hcioism.
l'nta short time previous To The explosion !, wosre
marked by one OF the passengers to Major Heath that
the euage shaved thny inches OF steam. On the
aornoon ct the Engineer being called TO this fact, he
,.Pn'' mat II would bear with safety forty inches
MAYOR Heath had Just retired 10 the atnt cabin. A
number OF passengers were living on the sctces and
"hen he boiler burst the steam rushed into the cab
H. ami II Is Thought instantly killed them as tI,cy
'lih' over, fell on the floor, aud WAS seen by
the Mayor 10 move afterwards. lilo bad, ON hearing
inc NOISE oi the explosion, got out OF his birth and
ran TO lie steps the steam meeting him in The cab
IN. lie got under the steps, as did also Mr. Love
Joy oi Geo. and they were thus shielded from it's
effects.
IN lew moments he went deck and found alt
"a'h' lie called iot The Captain, and, receiving no
"S"ct MAKE lot the mast, MS he fell hnt tho boat
was S'hN'ne before he could secure hu,sclfthe sea
o"'s' over INN, aud carried him away, onuna,eiy.
however, rope had caught found his leg, and with
ih's lac pulled himself back. The mast, rs soon nv
he had been washed from II, fell, aud crushed one Of
the passengers, Mr.. Auzc, II French gentleman, Of
Augusta. The boat WAS broke in two, and the deck
forward OF the mast, was carried away from tho rest
Of the vessel, seemingly very swiftly. Nothing moro
was seen after tins, by Major Heath. OF the yawl OF
the after part OF the boat but in about half an
hour he heard wild slmill scream aud then all was
quiet This must have been been when the pro-
mcnadc deck turned over, with at least one hundred
human beings uponit!
When daylight broke, he found that there were
twenty-five on the wreck with hln,--among them
Captain PEAnsoN, who had been blown out into.
the sea, but who had caught plank, and succeeded
IN reaching them during the night.
The danger 81 their situation NJ once fully re-
al'zed The heavy mast lay across the deck on
which they rested and kept il about twelve inches
under water. and the panks evidently fast part
ing! Captain Pearson. with the rest. SET himself To-
work TO lash tho wreck together by aid of the ropes
on the mast--Irttng the ropes sink side Of
tho rafi, which, passing under, up the other
side, and by repeating this operation they formed
hind of net work it. They also succeeded in
ashing two large boxes to their raft, which formed
seats.
Friday passed without any vessel coming in sight.
Their thirst now became intense. The heat Of the
sun very oppressive, its rays pouring down on
their bare heads and blislering their faces and backs
some not having even shrt on and none more than
u shirt and panaloons.
The suffering OF the younger portion of their COM
pany, at this time, became very grca.-Major
Tw,ggs, of the u. $. A. had saved his child, boy
about twelve years Of age. He kept him in his arms
nearly all the iIinc-and when he would call on bis
mother, who safe NJ home and beg for water. his
father would seek in vain to comfort him BY words
oil Kindness, aud claspng him closer TO his heart.
On Saturday they fell in with another portion Of
the wreck, on which were Chicken and three others,
whom they took on their raft. Towards the close Of
evening they had approached within a mile Of shore,
as they thought, and many were very anxious to
make effort 10 land. This objected to by
MAJOR Heath, as the breakers ran very high, and
would have dashed the raft to pieces the shore.
MIR. Greenwood, from Georgia, told the Major that
he was one OF the hest swimmers IN the country, and
that he wonld tic aropc around him and swim to the
shore No! No" replied the Major, "you shalt
risk your life for me- under these circ umstances.
and in such an attempt you would lose your life. Mo-
am the Oldest man in danger, aud viii not increase
the risk OF olhers'-Al hope OF landing then was
shortly afterwards given up, rs slight breeze from
the shore was now carrying them out into the sea-,
Despair seemed TO some OF them, and
one suggested thai If relief did not reach them,
Il would be necessary to cast lots The frinness
and decision OF Major Heath put this horrid
idea TO flight. :" We are Christians" he told them,
% and cannot innoccnlly mbrue our hands in the
blood OF "A fellow creature. A horrid catastrophe
has deprived hundreds of their lives, brought sorrow
TO many Il hearth, and thrown upon the mercy OF
the winds and waves We have still fife eft,' Lei us
give up all manlincss and sink to the brute. We
have all Thoughts about us, and shonld face
death, which must, sooner or latter, operake u.s.
with the spirit that becomesus Christian men.
When that hour arrives will lay down my life with
out murmur, and will risk il now Tor the safety
of any one of you. but will stand BY and see
another's sacrificed that may drink his blood
aud eat his hesh!' With such words rs these did ho
quiet them, and reconcile them to await the issue.
phe day wore away again, without the sight Of ves-
sci to chee, their dropping spirits.
On Sunday morning il commenced raining, with 4
sti breeze from the Northeast, which soon iucreas-
cd to severe gale Every effort was made to catch
zntp ntf he fsttt ,n. III, r. L.