Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-10-15
LrrCHFIELD COMM THURSDAY, OCTOBER Is,

continued the same unuI mIuHIght, al
VIII ich time ii luiled for half hour.
The log conveys To the reader some l.
dea of the state of the ship and effects OF
the storm on Sunday, al nom. Its effects
ON those below can best be given In the
wordsof a gentleman who remained the
greater pari of the time in the cabin.
To convey an idea Of the appearance
of al arouaG, is out of my power In
the words of Sheridan, "the tempest
roamrd in all the terror OF lis glory. -
The atmos2h re was surchlrgr" with
thick spray, rendering u look FIR out to
seaward, impossible. The wind howed,
roarpd and heIIow"d. like the constant
mutlerings OF the thunder cloud. Huge
waves of tremendous hight ami Vo uIh''
rose in mad display around the SNIP
threatening every moment to break over
us am,dShipS and crush the vessel. Sea
after SEA striking us with terr'hc noise,
caused the gallant ship to stop for an IN
slant, lremh!c and shake IN every umoer
from her stm 10 her stern post; reeling
and lurching, tossed TO aud fr"' AGAIN
would she gather fresh Strength ana
with her wheels half hid in the VIVA wa
,ers, again and again receive the thnhu-
eriny blows of an element that seemed
armed for our Destruction.
The sails on the yards, strongly secu-
red Hy ropes and gaskets, were blown
from herr :urls and sircamed out to lee.
ward in ribbons But all this was moth.
ing. Abou, lP. NJ, whilst most of us
were seated ~ agonizlng suspense IN the
lower cabin, holding fast to the ao,'s
aid Se,ees il sea struck the vessel, ana IL
trem ndnus crash was heard on oecK
Instantly the cabin was !aikened, and
torrents Of water came pouring down up
on us through the sky lights.
Scarcely had the waters reached me
floor, when all in the cabins and state
rooms sprang TO their feet, ana Slmui'n-
nrou,ly. as it hv toncert, the ladies' Ut
irred-a scream of agony, SO PAINFUL so
fearful, and so deSpniring, the snunh Oh
il will never be forgotten; and heaven
Grant hat such wall of anguish may
never again be heard by me. several
f,in,cd-o,hers claSpcd their hanoS IN
mute despair, whilst many" called aloud
upon their CREATOR
The crash 20 which the writer aIiudes
was caused by the tearing up "f the
hench.s and other wood work on the
o,,rter deck. These were hur'ed with
violence against the sky-lIgh's' by thr
same sra which broke the windows "f
the saloon, drench.ng the berthS on me
larboard side, driving out ;heir "nrlgh'to
occupnu,s, whilst IT smashed by IT'S
weight the glass over the main CABIN
and thus forced its way below.
This WAS a period Of intense emotion.
7 wos sitting IN the upper saloon, STRIVING
t,-nrorcc, some ladies from injury. SO
violen, were the shocks OF the vessel, al
though firmly brNcrd, it was with great
difficulty we could prevent ourselves oe-
ing hurled from our seats, ana daShed
with such violence ag INST part or IN"
vessel. as to cndanger life or limb. Ma
nv received severe cuhtuslons aud bru's-
s, wnhstandng all their "ltoft.
,Tnasananx,ous hour. My eye wan
d4rrd over the different groups in the sn-
ron. Resting one while on father
passing from one to another OF ms 'a"'''y'
and cheering with ii KIND word an inter-
rs,ins group of daughters. Ihcn on
Young wife, folded 10 the bosom or hrr
hush md without syllable being uttered,
but The action spoke volumes. AM: again
np,.n mother whose children h I'd been
l.fi in America, as she claSpcd her hands
IA if in secret prayer, whilst her husband
and her father gathered around, and all
seemed bowed down TO earth in one com
mon feeling of tender sollcl,ude for those
who NIGH, SO soon become he'p'ess Or
phans. ~,
II was an awful hour. The most
though,Iess amongst us covered IN tneir
secret heart before danger which none
but n fool or brute would have Knocked,
and all therefore acc' pied the invitation
to NEE, in thu. cabin for prayer
Rev. Mr. Marsh read the lO7h fsa!m.
Rev DIR. Schumacher prayed. ". DR..
B,..chcr made few solemn rem 'rkS.-
Rev Dr.. Bnlch repeated the words Oh
our Savior, "Lrt not your heart be trou-
hled, We believe in God, believe also !"
r."-cnmnrnting briefly on their con.
soling import, and then invited all pres
ent To- i,in with him in the Lords Prayer;
after winch he pronounced the Apos'le's
brnedirlion.
Night approached. And again lquote
from the grnlIen IN who has kindly CIV
en- an accoant OF what took place below.
"Anh this accnnuiatio OF horrors,
and st,ll more to aid TO our alarm, nIght
gathered in around Us. Tn" wind, far
from ii batting, WAS on the increase. The
luIs IN the storm being less frequent, and
tn" SOU Ills, if anything m"re trrr'llc.-
The whole ocean was one sea OF FOAM.
ltshrd up into teri bic waves. wild ami
angry. whilst the spray and wind seem
ed dr,ven through the rigging and over
the ship, rs if with drrnnnlcal p"wer.-
As darkness came, clustered together ~
the cabin, we all thought and reflected
on our fate. Most, it not all OF U.s. mad
given ourselves up Tor lost. For what
with the heavy laborIng of the ship, tn.
terrible noise aud how'ing OF the WIND,
the con'Eu"d frequent thunplngs OF tn'
sea, the quiverIng and shaking OF me
groan,ng tinbers, the carrying away OF
so many portions of the vessels upper
works, and the knowledge that we were
perhaps for another night TO be exposed
10 III" full power of raging hurricane,
eft US little to hope for
In the evening, about O'Clock, thc
Rev. Mr.. Baich, az the rrqu"s; OF several
passengers, administered the Holy Con
nun,nn in the Cabin to UPWARDS OF sixty