The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-10-20
A HERO IN HUMBLE LIFE.

feel what's due to the highest sense Of du-
ty and courage:
Case of James MarwelL the Pilot.-ln
the 7lst number Of Chambers. Edinburg
Journal there is narrative, detailing an
instance Of one of the most miraculous
presentations of human life from deslruc-
tion on buartl ship, that has almost ever
occurred; il is under the Gtle.pf,'"A Her"
in Humble Life" andvxhihifs th~ stlf-de.
nial and bravery Of one James Maxwell
(underthe fictitious name of Cochrane,)
a pilot, who in the year nf 1927, was the
Individual means of saving the lives, to the
number of between seventy and eighty. OF
the passengers and crew Of the Clydesdale
steam packet. This vessel was destroyed
by fire, IN her voyage between Glasgow
and Belfast, aud the preservation of thnse
on board Of her, by the pilot. is thus
abridged from the article in Chambers
Journal alluded to: On il being ascer-
tained that the only way to save those on
board was tn run,he vessel ashore. the
piln, Instantly took tho helm, and fixed
himself to the spot. The fire, which the
exerlinns nf all the men could h"t keep
under, soon ragged with ungoveruable fu-
ry, aud keeping the engine in violent ac'
ton, ahe vessel one Of the feeiest that
had ever heen built. flew through the wa
ter with incredible speed. AlIthe pas
sengers were gathered 10 the bow, the
rapid fight of the vessel kpeTng that
part clrar nf the flames, while il carried
the fire flames, and snake backward to the
quarter deck where the pilot stom like
martyr al the stalk. Every thing possible
was done by the master ant!c to keep
the place on which he stood. delused with
water, hut this became every moment
more and more difficult and h"psless, for
in spite of all that could be done the
flames seized the rabin under him and his
feet were literally roasted ON the deck
Sill he never finched, fr, had he done
ST., all nigh, have persisted. Al Intervals
the moti"n "f the wind threw aside the
intervening mass of fame AM smoke for q
mnnen., ani then might behsard -exGla-
nations ef hnprsand gratitude, asthe lnul'
tilude on the bow got a glimpse of the
brave man, standing calm and fixed ON his
dreadful watch. By this dime The vessel
was within strnc.cast Of the Galloway
coast. girded, as it is. with perpendicular
masses of rock, but every c"rner "f which
the pilot was acquainted with, and Ibis
enabled him 10 run into an open space, anu
alongside ledge Of rock, upon which-eve.
ry person got safe on shore. all unscathed
except lhe srlf-devuted one, to whom they
owed their lives
The for-going particulars have been all
ascertained to he true. Pnnr Maxwell,
however, was 81 injured, and his consltu.
ton so shattered, by his exerli"ns and suf:
ferings on that awful occasion, that he has
never been the same man since. r sever.
al years subsequent t" this occurrence, he
was employed as pilot by one of,he most
respectable steam companies OH the Clyde
but for long time, he has not heen able
to do hands turn. He is now complete.
ly bed.ridden. lin fact, in a dying STATE
and laboring under severe rheumatism OF
the breast and legs from the effects of the
fire. He has wife and six children, the
oldest only fourteen years Of age, and all
are completely destitute.
AMERICAN WoMEN.-Buckingham, the
oriental travrller. who lately visited this
country, pays the following tribute to the
American women: r.
t.Tho unnen murenvpr arp much hand.