Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-09-23

save mode uniniportant particular rela
ting the loss Of one of the boats. The
appearance of the Galveston certainly ap
pears toSbave been providential. Had
she left atsher usual hour in the afternoon
!; she;woud have passed the scene of the
wreck ihs the night, and the chances are
/. that she would not have discovered it,
Happily she left Galveston in the forenoon,
and having herself felt something Of the
violence OF the gale and then noticed por-
lions of a sWreck floating at intervals, eve
ry body on board was on the look out, aud
the survivors of the New York deserted
upon lheirsy arious RATS formed of portions
of the wreck. spars, &c.
AS fastaas possible all wero rescued,
Capt. Wright: :humauely exerting himself
first 10 save those whose support appeared
most frail. 1t. requiers but moment to
write of this, but il was the work Of hdurs.
The passengers speak warmly Of the
kindness and prudence Of Capt: Wright,
as we'll asof Capt. Smyp,oi, Galveston
pilor, who was on board.
The Ne% York resisted the unexam-
pied violence Of the gale much longer
than could have been expected. and sauk
very gradually. A little before she wen,
down. the motion Of the boat as she fell
over her side caused her bell 10 strike
single stfphe--,he kneIl, as it were, Of
the nnbe ship. Capt. Phillips was calm
and determined throughout The dreadful
scene, The passengers were apprised OF
their dangeHbelimes. and the men amongst
them joined the crew Of the vessel and
labored long and wcarily ia the execution
Of the ordersofs the captain, vino availed
himself ofeyery resource TO keep his stip
aAoat, and save the lives of those on board
when The crisis came. The scenes in the
ladies' cabin; were Of he most agonizing
descripliou,sbut it is idle 10 dwell upon
them.
i, iss supposed that from 80 10 100000
dollars in gold, silver and bauk notes were
lost in the vessel, belonging in par, to pas
sengers, but principally consigne1 here.
There werefno goods in the hold of the
vessel. The ecaptain lost from two 10 three
thousand wtich,he had in cash on board.
Some drafisson the Post Office Depart
meur. for about the same amount. were
lost. but noS0,her inconvenience than de-
lay willresnli from this.
i.sr5s1a,f aEhe
Washington letters announce the death by
suicide of Mr.. Mcdonnell, member ot
Congress from Alabama. The CORES,
pondent Of the Baltimore Sun has the
following account Of il:
Washington. September 9, 1916.
The telegraph will have apprised you
of The melancholy suicide Of The Hon. F
Nice Conuell. Tie news senl thrill Of hor'
ror through The community, and crowd:
eagerly hurried to the body which but
short lime ago was bounding with the
pulses Of life. Oh, incompetence !! how
/ numerous are thy victims.
! 1t appears that the deceased terminated
his existence by deliberately cutting TIT
iugular veins OIL each side Of his throat
aud by inacting deep wounds in his side
with knife. Two Of the slabs were per
pendicular. The Others glanced of from
the bones, and made frigh,ful gashcs.-
His friends say that for about week pas
he had relinquished drinking, owing 10 in
disposition. and that the absence Of nj
usua al Stimulus caused great dependency
n e was in fact suffering the horrors OF de
lirium tremens. lie could not, as ha
been stated. been 10 great want Of money
for am told that he had not drawn hi
mileage. la addition to this he had hi
watch and valuable jewelry on his person
bssides sum Of money. A short tim
before he committed the deed, he calle
for pen and ink, for lhe purpose it is sup
; posed of writing to his wife. A coroner
iuauest was held on the body, at bis roor
O., the ST. Charles Hotel, and verde
) was rendered 10 accordance with the fact!
,U. S. Ship Columbus--Rarages cf II
!, Cholera.-A letter from ON board hi
3 vessel, dated Hong Kong, China; Apr
IL, says: :,
81 suppose that you have heard lon
3 before this, that the cholera has been o
:, hoard of US aud has swept of many
our Young crew. Just imagine me or
monen, talking with my merry sbipmate
!, md. 10 two or three hours more, called
witness them in the arms Of that fell ty
9 rant, Death. But as you ofiimes told n
Z ,ha, God is every where, so noa' I ha'
r reason to think co., have witnessed
e scene tina, never shall forget as long as
: live. We sailed from Marilla, one of Il
o o Philippine Islands: We arrived there
one day; the next day we had twelve me-
Q dead by cholera. The doctor seeing Il
n danger, ordered'the ship to leave again f
n this place and from The time we met
o sail until four days at sea, the boatsms
i nt every hour calling that melancho
y summons, .all hands 10 bury the dead
e Some,im es. 10 the rnumber OF five corps
a, a time were brough, up and launch'
n Into their deep and watery grave. G'