Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-05-24
EAgeRela Court Mouse, S. c., May "a, ts4s.

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ecsticulating violently Tor help. aud ring
ing in nur cars through The gusts Of tht
rasiog wind, 'secours,' thelp.) On Nearing
her, rs The hulk rose from The trough O
the sea to The crest of the swell. tho nam,
Of st. Bernard de Fecharp' was read or
the stern, aud it was evident she was in {
sinking state.
with proniptness,ski and humanity
above all praise, our ship was hove TO, ou
quarter boats lowered 10 those rolling bill
lows. and in them lcnped The gallant maIt
| (Moore) and some of our crew to pull !oI
The brig, now nearly alongside Of US: bu
nj n moment when one wave threw thi:
little boat some 80 or 100 feet in one di
rection. tremendous licave Of the ocean
brought the brig alongside. and within
twenty feet Of the MonreZuma on her star
hoard quarter. The violence of the sea
hcaving both vessels terrific distance ur
and down made US fear an awful crash
perhaps fatal to both. The next swell
came. and crash came the two together
Our s,arboard stern being raised up in the
air, came with tremendous force down
upon tho larboard quarter Of the brig,
crushing her bulwark and port Of her deck
aud showing her of some 30 or DO feel,
when, by dcx'erous use Of our helm and
sails, we kept clear Of her. Moore. our
mate, in this lrenzied moment Of peril had
boarded her. and was seen at her helm
ThcuceforIi, she was kept clear Of US. mud
our two boats went dancing and rolling
between Us some or ) times each. till
these poor sailors. lG in number and n,os'
.of their valnables. were brought on board
our ship. The captain, the last one to
qui, his sinking vessel. half starved, op.
pressed with grief and care, looked The
s,old image OF mute despair:
"None Of them could understand or
speak a word Of English; bu, luckily
Moore and Dir. Ciprint spoke The French.
through whom we learnt that The brig bad
been disnns,cd and shattered, as we then
saw her seven days previous, anl all by
one single sea, since which they had been
rumblins as we saw them, having been
passed by five vessels. to one only Of which
could they raise the signal Of distress, bat
The violence Of the storm prevented them
having any saccor. a most remarkable
providen,ial circumstance occurred 10
heighien on our minds this scene, aud nol
only had our ship for the "a hours prcvi.
ousIy run exactly in the Direction o! this
brig, the unusual distance Of 2SO knots.
but at the momcn, Of our hearing her the
intense violeucc Of the wind ceased, caus-
lug comparative calm, and during the
taking OF !he wrecked, an entire calm, the
lrs, aud only one durius the passage. after
which the breeze sprung up aud away we
flew again at The rate Of ii or IL knots
next day, after The rescue, up rose the
storm about the same hour, the wind GOV
crins The >ea with white foam. in which
the French commander said his hui
would not have survived 10 minutes, auc
attribu,iug the safety OF their lives to Cap
tain Lowber, vino treated them Throughout
with the most liberal aud general hospi
lality.
Not The least happy of The rescue,
seemed 4 noble dog, who seized aud save.
a boy rs he was being swept exhausted
from the deck, which he offered TO Cap
tain Lowber, who declined taking from
him his favorito animal. Tie proviJcnIia
saving of this crew was more forciGly i'm
pressed upon us by our having just ariscl
from a sermon by the Rev. Mr.. May, ,
passenger, Oh the sublsc, Of The care o
providence of those who so down 10 III,
sca in ships. Our admiration oftlie mag
unanimous and truly admirable conduct 4
Captain Lhwb-r produced an immcdial
meeting Of the passengers, who voted un
auinIously I, present him with piece q
pla.e, rot TOR It's value. but AS restimou
OF cs,een,."-N. Y. Com. -Adr.
Selling Of ftrsile ultn.-Thc disgusiiu