Litchfield enquirer., 1838-07-05


 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 are Fivestt will lay down my life without mur. I11IirS and will risk 1t now tor the safety 0f any one of you, but will never stand by and see anOther's sacrificed that we may drink his blood and eat his flesh ". With such words as these did he quiet them, and reconcile them to await the issue. The day wore away again, without the sight of Ves- sel to cheer their dropping spirits. rff r
 On Sunday morning it commenced Eain- ing with stiff breeze from the Northeast, which soon increased to severe gale. Eve " effort was made to catch some of the fal- ling rain in the piece of canvass which they had taken from the mast, but the sea ran so high that the little they did catch was near Ny as salt as the water of the ocean. Still the rain c"oled them, and, in their situation. was refreshing and grateful. On Monday morning they saw four vessels. They rais- ed on pole piece of the flag that was at- tached- to the mast, and waved it, but in vain. The vessels were too far off, and hope was nearly lost, as they watched them, one after another, pass from their sight. They had now been without food or water for four days and nights their flesh burnt and blistered by the sun and their brains fevered, and ma my of, them began to exhibit the peculiar madness attendant on starvation. They could a1ot sleep either, as the raft was almost al- ways under water, and it required continual watchfulness to keep themselves from being washed over by the sea. Maj. Heath tells HS that never for one moment did he lose his consciousness, and we hear from others that his cheerful spirit and encouraging conver- sation 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 be much near CT them, than those they had seen the day before. They again waved their flag, and raised their feeble voices. Still the vessel kept on her track, which now appeared to carry her away from them. "She is gone,' ; said one of the crew, poor fellow who had been dreadfally scaldeG, and he laid himself down upon enc Of the boxes, as he said "to die." Captain Pearson, who had been close ly watching the vessel cried out She sees us She is coming towards ," And so it was. All sails set, and faia before the wind, the vessel made for them. Ike schooner proved to be the Henry Camerdon. bound from Philadelphia to Wilmington, N. c. As soon as the captain came within speaking distance, he took his speaking trumpet and cried out Be of good cheer, will save you" It was the first strange voice that had reached their ears for five days, which were to them as an age.
 When the schooner came alongside, they all rushed frantically on deck, and it was with some difficulty that the captain could keep them from the water casks. He imme- A:oen >rHl hcl% ~:s~% af ter, sweetened with molasses, and repeated it at short intervals. His prudence, doubtless, their lives.
 , During the morning Major Heath and his company had seen another portion of the wreck, with several persons on it, and as soon as the capt. of the Henry Camerdon was told of it, he sailed in the direction it had been seen, and shortly afterwards came in sight. On this wreck, which was part of the promenade deck, were Miss Rebecca Lamar, Mrs. Noah Smith of Augusta, Master Charles Lamar and Mr. Robert Hutchinson, of S4r Vannah. The two ladies were much ex- and Master Lamar was almost dead. Every comfort that the schooner was pos sessed of was freely bestowed by the Cap- tain, and Major Heath. on behalf of those who were saved with him, has asked us to return, thus publicly, to him the thanks, the deep and heartfelt thanks of the beings whom he rescued from condition of such misery and peril, that the heart sickens at the con- of it. Mr. Hutchinson had lost in this disaster, his wife and child. His wife was the daughter of MT. Elliott formerly m the United States Senate from Georgia.
 When the promenade deck separated this portion of it. Among them was Mir. G. B. Lamar of Savannah, and two children, the Rev. Mir. Wirt and lady of Florida, and a child of Mir. Hutchinson. and the second mate of the Pulaski. On Saturday morning, finding that there was no other hope of safe- ty, the mate proposed to take the boat which they had secured, being the second deck boat-and with five ofthe most able of these on the raft to endeavor to reach the shore, and to send out some vessels to cruize for them. This being assented to, the mate, with Mir. Lamar and four others, took their departure, and on Wednesday morning they reached New River Inlet in safety. The passengers remained on the rait, with the ex- ception of the four mentioned as taken off by the Henry Camerdon, died from exhaus- tion,-among them was the Rev. Mr. Wirt and lady, whose Christian resignation to their fate excited the admiration of all around them. They expired within q few minutes of each other. Seven persons were report ed to have died on Monday. The body of MT. Parkham of f:Savannah Hoated 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 Ri- yer Inlet, but their names, with two excep- 'tions, are unknown.
 The passengers who escaped were almost without exception in the clothes in which they were sleeping, and suffered very se- verely from the blistering effects of the sun, and the chilly wind of the night. They were entirely destitute of water or food of any kind. These who were last saved were most of them in dreadful state of ulcera- aion and dehility.