Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-05-30

~, above all praise, our ship was hove to,
our quarter boats lowered 10 those rolling
billows, and inthem leape6 tbs gallant
mate Moore and some Of our crew to
pull for the brig now nearly alongside Of
usShnt at a moment when one wave
threw this little bOatsoms 80 to 100 feet,
IN one direction, tremendous heaVe OF
the ocean brought the brig alongside, AMI
withiA twenty feet Of the MOntezumR on
her siarboard quarter. The violence OF
the sea heaVing both Vesssisa terrific
distance up and down msde Us feel
an awful crash, perhaps latal to beih,---
The next swell came, aud crash came
the two together. Our StaIbOard stern
being raised up in the air, came with ire.
mendous force down upon the laFhoard
quarter Of the brig, crushing her bulwark
and parl Of her deck, and showing her
off some 80 or 40 feet when, by dexter
Gus use Of our helm and sails, wo kept
clear other. Moore, our mate, in this
frenzied moment Of peril had bearded
hOT, and was seen at her helm.
Thenceforth she was kept clear Of US,
and our two boats went dancing and roll
ing between Us some four or Eve times
each, It'll these poor sailors, 10 10 num-
Der, andmost Of their Valuables, were
brought on board our ship. The captsin,
the last one to quit bis sinking vessel i,
half starved, oppressed with gnef and
care, looked the stolid image Of mute
despair.
"Noae Of them could understand or
speak word Of English, but luckily
Moore and Mr.. .Cipriant spoke the French,
through whom we learnt that the brig
had been dismasted and shattered, as
we then saw her, seven days previous,
and all by one single sea, since which
they had been tumbling as we saw them,
having been passed by five vessels, to one
| only of which could they raise the signal
of distress, but the violence Of the storm
prevented them having any succor. A
most remarkable prOVidendal chcum.
stance occurred TO heigten on our minds
this scene, and not only had our ship for
the 81 hours previously run exactly in
the direction Of this brig, the usual dis.
lance Of $50 knots, but al the moment Of
neariBgher the intense violence of the
wind ceased, causing comparative calm
and during the taking of Of theawreCked
an entire calm, the first and only one du,,
ring the passage, after which the breeze
sprung up aud away we few at the iato
of IL or IL knots; next day, after the res
cue, UP rose the storm about the same
hour, the wind covering the sea with a
white foam, 10 which the French com.
mander said his hulk would not have sur
Vlved ten minutes, and attributing the
safety Of their lI7es to Captain Lowber,
who treaied them throughout with the
most liberal and generous hospitals
~.
'Not the least happy Of the rescued
seemed noble dog, who seized and
saved boy ashe was being swept eX.
hauSted from the deck, which he offer.
ed to Captain Lowber, who declined ia.
king from him bis favorite animal. The
providehtial saving of this crew was mOle 9
fcrcibly impressed upon us by our having
just arisen from sermon by the Rev. Mr.
May, passenger, on the subject OF the
care Of Providence Of those "pho g o
dopn TO The sea IL Ships" Our admi.
ration Of The magnanimous and truly ad-
mirable conduct Of Captain Lowher pros
duced an Immediate meeting Of the pass
engers, who voted unanimously to pre-
ent him with piece Of plate, not.for It's
value, but as testimony Of esteem"