The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-12-22

DlDle ana READ from Inc lOtn cnapter oil NJ al
thew, The 29th, Both, and 3lst verses. He
then in prayer made most fervent appeals to
our Heavenly Father TO save us from the i'm
minent peril in which we were placed. When
the captain called us upon the upper deck,
and told us to cling TO whatever we could, af-
ter assisting in rigging several doors. j took
my stand, clinsing hold ola stancheon soon
DIR. Armstrong came up to the same stan
cheon; dragging heavy door. l asked of
him permission 10 attach rope to the other
end Of the door. and have il with him; Ger
tainly, il ii will be OF any service to you,' was
his reply. felt sort Of security in being in
company with such holy man in the hour
Of peril. After few minutes, he said i
think our safest place is below, in the gang
way; we shall not there have so far to fall
told him he was mistaken; that we should
be more liable TO be crushed and pointed him
10 the heavy mahogany tables, and setees,
and marble topped washstands, &c. which
filed the saloon which must inevitably fall
down upon US when the boat broke up. He
stopped few minutes, and then made anoth-
er attempt to go. besought him TO stay,
telling him that the captain had told MS thai
the position we were in afforded us the best
chance for escape; and that we being lands
men, must rely upon the captains knowledge
and experience. Butmy efforts were fruitless,
and my heart sank within ME when he left me,
dragging his door along with him.-The man.
ner of his death learned when in the Nor
wIch cars. from Calvin T. Hous hton, Bird
port, Vt. The DR.. had inspired him with
the same feelings of veneraIion which had
experienced; and he was neai him when he
persisted. The doctor had placed himself
midships on the lowest deck, with his arm
around the stove, near the entrance to the
ladies saloon. Houghton stood very near,
clinging TO stancheon, and his friend VIM.
Il. Solace was clinging TO Hong hton's arm.
Immediately after the boat struck, some
heavy fragments fell upon them, striking DR..
Armstrong on the back pant Of his head, Nil
ling Mr.. SOlace, and crushing them all 20 the
deck, bruising Houshtos's ann and leg most
frightlully. The nextsea lifted the fragments
and gave Hnughton an opportunity TO escape.
Why man of the doctors character and ca
liabilities for usefulness to his fellow men,
should be ihus torn away from life, and my
self, mere cypher in the community, should
be saved, is 10 me one of the inscrutabIe mys-
teries of providence.
Notice has already been taken of the noble
NpuuuNl W pdSSCHSSiS. w WIZ INV a
band Of brothers, each one solicitous for the
others comfort, as ifthe same parents blood
flowed through our veins. One OF our num-
her, dealer in lace goods. said he had all
he was worth on board; hut that the loss of
property. and even of life ITSELF did not weigh
upon his mind at all. His one absorbing tho'I
was, The distress and anguish that his wife:
then in New York city, would suffer.
L. he r..
The Captain Of the number of feet of water in
tho hold; his reply was always cheerful, that
he was glad of it, that the boat would hold
better if she was full of water. AT three O.
clock in the nothing the wind lulled a little 8,
and although within few feet of the reef,
The Captain said in tone Of exulration.
',Eere is an evtn chance that we shall hold
OIL now
1t rejOices me to see that the charge of ROB
berry thrown on the inhabitants of Fishers
Island has been coutradicred. ] think that
all The sufferers who received the assiduous
attention of those kind hearted people. who
took the very clothes from their own persons
10 minister 10 our nee essilies, and breasted
The piercing cold themselves. with but slight
covering, must have felt the strongest con-
victioL Of the falsity of such charge. II
there were robberies committed. as fear
there were, il must have been committed By
others than the Inhabitants of This Island
shall ever cherish the most grateful rccol
eciinns OF New London. Kindness and sym
pathy were lavished upon US there. We
were met on every side with open arms, as
though so many Of their brothers had escaped
from the Jaws Of death. At such time the
voice ard deeds of sympathy penetrate the
heart.
The day after orr escape, visited the
scene Of the wreck in hopes OF finding my
trunk. which contained package Of money
and some valuable papers. On the boat,
bound TO the wreck, found gentleman
making anxious inquiries for brofher-ln-law
one of the passengers in The Atlantic. As
we neared the island we could see the wreck
strewed for miles upon the shore, and piled
up for several feet high. The engine and
wheel houses remained standing nearly up
right. As we climbed over the fragments oil
the wreck and saw the gorgeous furniture oil
the Atlantic scattered about. enrangled with
laces and other rich merchandise. | was for
chilly reminded of those ching stanzas of
Mrs. Hemans:
"The qucenly ship brave hearts had siriyen,
And true ones died with her
We saw her mighty cable riyen,
Like floating gossamer
We saw her proud flag struck that morn,
star once DER the seas
Her anchor gone, her deck uptorn,
And sadder things than these"
After ar unsuccessful search. gentleman
engaged in the same melancholy business, ex-
claimed that he felt boot, and that there was
a foot in it, Instantly all hands were sum-
moned, after the labor Of nearly an hour, the
fragments Of the wreck were removed. and a
body disinterred. which the gentleman i'm
mediately recognized from papers in the peck
ct to be the corpse of his brother. And nm
der the fragments Of that extensive wreck ]
fear that other bodies still lle.'
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