The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-04-09

into The bay. TIE night proved dark.
and they came 10 anchor aith din.
Guilty near the hsrbor Of Plymouth.
The strong gale that bgfrsiled them
became q storm. and The sIorm hur-
ricsne.,
Snow fell. and The cold was terri
bly, severe. The vessel was driven
IRON her mornings. and struck ON
reef Of refks. She began 20 fill with
water. end they were obliged 10 cut
away her masis. The sea rose above
The main deck. sweeping over IL a.
every surge. They made every ex-
eriioH that courage could prompt ur
hardih0nd endure. But 50 fearful
were The wind and cold. that The stout.
est man VAS mot able 10 strike more
than two or three blows in cutting
away the mast. Without being reliev-
ed by sna:her. The ~retchrd people
ihronged Together upon the quarter
deck. which Was cron ded almost 10
suifocaiian. They were exhausted
~iih toll aud suffering. but could oh
tain neither provisions nor fresh wa
ter. They were al covered niIh the
deep sea. when the vessel became q
wreck. But unfortunately the crew
got access 60 ardent spirits, and many
Of them drank 10 intoxicaiion. In
subnrdination. muiiny and madness
ensued. The officers remained clear.
minded. but lost all authority over The
crew, who raved aruund them. A
more frightful scene con scarcely be
imagined. The dark sky. The raging
storm. the waves breaking wildly o.
yer the rocks, and threatening every
moment 10 swallow OPP the broken
vessel. and the half frozen beings " no
maintained their icy hold on life, lost
TO reason and 10 duty, or fghiing
fierceIy with each other. Some lay
IN disgusting stupidity. others, with
fiery faces. blasphemed God. Some
in Temporary delirium. fancied them
selves in palaces surrounded by lux
ury. aud brutality abused the servants,
VIM they supposed refused 90 do their
biddings. Others there were, who.
amid The beating Of that piitiless tenn
pest. believed themselves in the homo
that they never more must see, and
With hollow. reproachf1l voices, be.
sought bread, and v wondered Why wa
ter was withheld from them by the
IA----a--4x-~--~-w-~--s~ n trws \
whose worst passions we're quickened
by alcohol 10 q Gend-like fury, as
sauited or wounded those Win came
in their wsy, making shrieks Of def
sncc and their curses heard above the
roar az the storm. IntemperaEce me-
yer display cd itself in more distress
ing attitudes. Al length Death be-
gan 90 do his work. Tie miserable
! creatures Tell dead every hour upon
the deck. being frozen stiff and hard.
Each corpse, as II became breatbless
was laid upon the heap Of dead, thai
more space nigh, be left FOR the sur
yivors. Those Who drank most free
~ were the first 10 perish. On th,
third day OF these horrors, the inha
bitants Of Plymouth. after making
many Intellectual attempts, reaches
the reck, not Without danger. Whal
a melancholy spectacle! Lifelcss BIO
dies siiflencd in every form that sui
fering could devise. Many lay in |
vast pile. Others sat with their head
reclining on their knees; others grasp
, ing the ice covered ropes; some in
pasture Of defence like The dying gls
diator; others, with hands held up q
heaven, as il deprecaiing their Fate
Orders were givrn TO search earnest
~ for every mark or sign Of life. On
boy was distinguished from the mas
of dead, only by The trembling OF on
or his eyelids. The poor survivor
were kindly received into the hnuse
Of the people Of Plymouth. and ever.
rffart used Tor their restoration. III
Captain and Lieutenant, and lev
others. Who had sbstaincd from Oh
use Of ardcnt spirits, survived. LII
: remainder were buried, some IN Sc
parate graves, and others 10 q larg
! pit, whose Inflow is still 10 be see
IN the south. vest side Of the butis
ground in Plymouth. The funera
y obsrquies we're most SOLEMN. Whr
the Clergyman Who was TO perforl
the last service first entered and sa'
:, mnre ltan seventy dead bodies, som
fixing upnn him their stony eyes, an
others with faces sllffenesi iato q
horrible expression Of Aheir last mo-
:, tai agony, be vas SO affected as
faint.
= Some we're brought on shore aliS
a and received every attention. but su
r. vlvcd only a short time. Others we
!. restored after long sirknrss. but vi
!, their limbs 50 injured by The trust