Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-12-03

| by an almost supcrhumau effort he succee,l.,l
IA drawing that Vh. lie then found that the
Other pair ct Preservers. which he had on,
Were en,angied with tho~e d. had thrown or
10 extncste himself from this dilIicolty. he
land down. aud drew all oll over his lcci. aud
threw them swsy.
During this time the srs was breaking up
the steamer, anl tlashi'S the p,cres OF wreck
about, at Que time against Mr.. Marsh aud al
anolhrr Crushing either poor passenger VI an
unfortunate sailor la death.
After MIR. Marsh bad thrown away his life
preserves. he Jaw CLEAN oi light IRON the
upper side OF the vessel. The Atlantic was
then lying on her beam ends aud her decks
covered with ice. By some means. wholly
unaccoun,sble at this time to Mr. NJ. he
made his escape through the side OF the vessel
through which this CLEAN OF light came. Be
lore ne reached that point, however, he saw
human bcinS standing near the aperture
Aiter reaching To within SIX feeto OF the out
side, he called TO the person whom I've saw .
aud who proved Ia be the little buy. Ia pass
hlm piece oi board or something else. To EN-.
able him tn getuvcr the ice. The boy thought
That Nj. Nj. told him Ia leave the place. This
Induced the boy Ia leave. and Mr.. MsrShcrept
out Over what hc supposed to b. a dead k.slV
II was too dark In tell with Certainty Then
be took holt OF part OF the wreck on the side
oi the ladies SALOON. and walked onlbe edge
ol the vessel. On looking up. be saw the
mast. with several pieces ot timber Or spars
attached swinging to aud iro.
! Al tins moment tremendous sea came
aud washed MIR. Mirsh back into the sea-
Then he found IL necessary To swim as rapld-
| " as has bruised limbs would pcrmi, him
through the swell oi the sea. ice aud broken
par" OF the vessel. to avoid the falling mast
and escsped by few feet only. He then
made iDr - ahnra
which hs finally reached in safety. after be-
ing driven back several times.
Alter MIR. Msrsh turned towards the shore
he hoard some one cry oh what shal ,l,,7
J shan't get ashore" MIR Marsh encouraged
him to strike out through the surf, and had
the pleasure. in the midst Of hts pain, 10 see !
the liiile fellow land on the beach.
As Mr.. NJ. was thrown no for the last
time he caught hold Ola sharp rock and held |
on tlll The sea lett him. Then he crepi on his |
hands and knees irom the beach over rocks
till he reached large rock which sheltered |
hun from the wind IL was very dark aud in
,enseiy cold At this Tins.
Shortly after this, Mr.. VI. heard man speak
and enquire "Who Is thcre7" Mr. NJ. made
an erertion TO speak. and. probably made !
some sort OF nois,; for the man told him "to
hold on Ia his dress" TO b. led 10 his house.
Finding himsclfvery weak and cold, he could
not walk without falling Just then, two
Other men came up, and convened Mr.. NJ. TO
the house. This was about O'Clock in the
moroing. and from that time To about O'clock
MIR. Nj. was insensible.
Several o,hcns were picked up in the same
way aud were inscnsi5le for great length OF
time.
Weclip the following iron, another account
furnished 10 the editors OF the y. Y. Herald
by Mr, James Ste,son. Second Captain of the
Atlantic:
Capt. Dusian wos-l4st seen By our inform.
'ni when Tie latter received orders from him
10 60 forward, aud at the proper nom ent LET
so the chains. AT that time the Can't. stood
upon the alter promcnale deck. giving his or
iefs as calmly and with a. little apparsnt emo.
lion a, Il upon shore. All his efforts seemed
To- he tor the preservation OF his pas aver, =
iis own iaic wa joined with that of Ma. We, !
vi he commanded. II
hr. StcIson went forward with Mr. Kings. =
ION, INST mate, Boyle the clerk. AMI Charles
CHRISTIAN, deck hand; the latter was dashed to
\ long rope AMI lowered 10 that a ronlmun;
cation could b. had with the shores. bu, tl,,,
violence oi The waves tore him from ll,e line
snd he hImscIl was Sfvcd with great difiicul.
" ihe others mentioned were when she
struck washed overheard aud oil reached the
land in safety
II - impossible 10 arrive al a full list a. VIC, a
ot the passengers saved aud lost There were {
In all on board about seventy persons. of
whom thtriy we've passengers iron Boston. 49, q
we give below iit names 80 iar as heard
from. 1
offers and Passengers of The Boat Lost
captain Dustau. OF the Atlantic,
Df. Haslin, OF the Navy.
licui. Norton, ol The Army.
AClergyman numed Armstrong.
Mrs Hilton, slcwardess.
Satah Johnson, chsmbrTmaid
Sarah Ruby. OF Providence do
Passengers Saued
captain Gen. w Cullum l.. s. Enrinccy
Corps.
Seabury Brcnslcr New York.
Capt. Peter Hama, Portland.
I. Z. Orr. louisville. Nv.
Joel X. Andrew, New London.
Lieut.. r. Maynard. a. ). y.
Lieut.. L. =. Stewart, L.. s Engineer
lharics Csdnedy. New York.
hifain fafbox. Lisbon, c.
frdncis hrrrick Boston.
Geo. w Rogers, New LONDON.
&C. Comstutk. do.
Thomas Tu1cS,ie.l New York.
Thomas Goodiug. Boston.
Nahum Reisc. Newark, y. J.
y. V. Booth. Boston.
Edward Msdlcn. do.
CAadcs Mitchell, Norwnich.
1. Peterson. Boston.
Henry Van War,, Birmingham, 8ng.
Namlam Marsh, New York.
James Wilson. Boston.
Nathaniel Atwooi Massachusetts.
Bohad Atw,ot do
Eliza Whcob, sfy5nt of Mrs Lewis.
John Walton. Mr-. Jane Walton. sod their
ciHIiTcn. John, James. and Eleanor Jane. ali
one is'uily, from West Ncwburgh for Penn.
slitan's. Robrtt Vine aud Jacob Walton
oil the same family, saved.
TIE ioliowing nfc tbe names of such of tho .