The Weekly register. (Ponola [sic] Panola, Miss.) 1843-1844, 1843-10-07
NUMBER 80.

tern out Of the perpendicular-the.w wa
ter within it Immediately washed ever
the light, end it was extinguished.
know not how the subsequent five
minutes passed. The sensations ofyears
I.ot terror, agony, and the expectations Of
approaching death, were condensed in
that period. My first recollection was,
that observed CLEAN of light where
The windows of the cabin were situated;
but it was Of the Gaintest kind. after
wards asoertained that it was a moon
light night, and the beams had penetra-
ted thus far into the sea-but this was
no guide for me. | was totally uncon-
/ scious by what direction had entered
the cabin; and did not dare to move
unless towards these windows Tea
thought that Weston would tire at his
work-that his strength would not al
low him to keep pumping SO long, what
ever his will might be, and should
miserably perish. Anon, the thought
came that was alone-alone, amidst
crowd Of dead bodies and hideous ma
rine monsters--alone with that gibbers
ing and awful corpse, whose face peer
ed at me through the darkness, in my
imagination, apd pressed his clammy,
soddened cheek against me--alOne, at
The bottom Of the sea
gained one of the windows; it was
open, or rather, the frames had been
carried away by the constant action of
the waves. though. | would climb
through it, and so ascend, for was an
excellent swimmer. But then the air
pipe kept me back; and it wuseven now
becoming tight, asI reached the extent
OF its length. A new idea arose, bring
ing fresh hope with it, and | wondered
had not thought of it before:-I could
follow the pipe as clue, and return by
following its course, left the window
and prepared to make the attempt, when
| felt e violent tug, that nearly pulled
the head piece from the rest of my dress.
Another, and another succeeded, and
then in an instant, ieit the tense air
pipe give way-7it had broken
| But one resource was LEFT: | Chamber
ed through the cabin vialow, and at
tempted to rise, but the pipe had caught
come projection, ard restrained me, and
| already perceived that the supply of
air was stopped. Iseized knife from
my girdle, and cut the tube off close to
my head. The water rushed into the
hood as performed this action, but
was enabled to rise directly, as the sea
reared and dubbed in my ears, with the
noise Of thunder. ] struck upwards,
still keeping my knife in my hand; and
in halfa minute had reached the sur
face. To rip up my hood and cast it
from me was the work Of an Instant
As regained my vision, perceived by
the moonlight, that my toat was gone,
but the buoy wasstill floating at its usu-
al spot. Swimming towards it, was
enabled to recover myself, and take
bre@h as rested, hanging on to its
ring. From the appearance of the dis
tant vessels, near the beach, which were
riding at anchor, saw it was high-wa-
ter, and another fearful truth burst up
: on me. The rope-ladder, which the
grapnels held fast to the wreck, had
drawn the boat under as the tide rose,
and with it, my hapless assistant!
| felt at my .girdle for the bags of gold ;
they were all gone, through the hasty
: manner in which had secured them,
and my struggles in coming to the sur
face. Itore my dress from me in raving
passion, and cast it TO the waves. In
my under clothes, which consisted OF
nothing but common check-shirt and a
pair of coarse Holland trowsers, swan
u to land land, on reaching the stony
, beach, sank on it in swoon, overcome
by my intense exertions.
u was found there the next morning
. and carried to my lodgings. A long ill
I ness succeeded kept my bed for three
10 months, and arose q maniac. / wa.
: told talked about the wreck, and it.
;: fearful contents, during my fever; bu
= | found my attendants looked upon i