Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-03-31
From The Neic Engilnd Puritan.
WRECK OF THE MAMLOUK.
Forty Lives Lost.
AN INTERESTING NARRATIVE
BY A LADY PASSENGER.

ry character Of some Of the incidents con.
nected with the wreck Of this vessel have
been communicated to US by one of the la
dy passengers, in a style which will at once
convey to readers the lively aud indelible
impression which the gifted writer must
have brought from amidst the perils Of the
scene
Our fifth day out was Sunday, and il
blew a gale-the wind raging all day and
with increasing violence. The captain re-
NAMED on deck all the morning, and busted
himself taking in sail. lie made a few
hasty visits TO the cabin, always consulting
the barometer. II continued to fall, aud
the storm to grow more dark and lowering.
The careening Of the ship and its plunging
motion rendered it almost impossible 10 re-
tain ones self in a berth at the leeward.-
The captains wife, being too sick to rise,
was carried from her state room over to the
windward and placed in a berth contiguous
to the state room of another passenger, who
was sick likewise. The cabin was occupied
alone by a lady passenger, who, reclining
upon the sofa in the fearful foreboding Of
evil to come, watched the mournfnl prepar-
atoms which were making for possible Sc.
curity against impending desolation. The
carpenter, having made "all snug on deck,
entered the cabin and proceeded with his
work. The extension table was rolled up
and made additionally fast by ropes drawn
through staples driven into the floor. The
same precautions we're taken with regard
TO the other pieces of furniture, although
they were fixtures aud very strong.
The day was waning towards its close
when the captain entered the cabin-sur-
veyed j, with great seeming satisfaction, and
rubbing his hands, exclaimed-"Now, we're
as snug as a biscuit, and she'll ride like a
duck tonight" lie accompanied these
words by a turn 10 the barometer, and
saying between his closed teeth, twenty
nine," thrust his hands into his pocket and
went on deck. / remembered bearing the
mate say, the day before, tweniy.eight was
hurricane point. thought of my mother,
| and of the green earth | had willingly for
saken. and pressing her last gift close to my
heart, | turned away my eyes from behold
ing His path in the waters, whose footsteps
are not known, and sought to understand
His dealings with me. The captain re-en-
tering the cabin, said, "The maintop gal.
LIANT mast had blown over the side" but
added. "there is no danger and advised
that the passengers should go to their berlhs,
= for he would stay on the lookout. One Of
the two remaining passengers signiied hi;
intention of doing the same. The Other
manifested much reluctance 10 leave the
cabin, and would not be persuaded to go tC
the state room on the lee side. Already
was the lamp lighted, but remonstrance wa'
vain. An indefinite apprehension Of evi
strengthened the spirit of resistance, and
bed was made up in a spare berth. on tn,
opposite side. In a little more than on,
hour that forsaken berth was grading III,
> waves, and but for the circumstance Of it
fellow occupant being sick and carried owe
in the morning, both must inevitably hav
, persisted. This is one Of a series Of mos
We signal proyidences in the case of those VIII
were saved.
About ten minutes before midnight
roar was heard-suddenly the ship lurchec
! seized my cork jacket, aud tied it or
calling at the same time 10 the passenger
2! in the adjoining state room TO get up. Br
the reply was, $50 to sleep" Then aC
- dressing myself to my immediate fellow pa
: senger, | said, ''She doesn't right herself
Scarcely were the words spoken when
RIGHTEOUSNESS was felt like the throes of
mighty earthquake. We sprang from OF
~ berihs and found ourselves standing upo
the base, with the bulls eve over our head
The ship was lying over, aud full Of waite
The pent air extinguished the lights, an
produced a sense Of suffocaiion. We hel
on TO the doors, and lifted our heads vain
, above the pillows. A sense Of drowsine
" came over US, and a ringing in our ears
The waters rose over our heads and aga
ID subsidized. The soughing Of the wind ad'
ed terror TO desolation. We bowed OF
heads, and the voice of prayer went seren
Iy up from those lone depths. What W
there in all this mighty disorder that the h
.y man soul could apprehend? II was Go
' mot the Thunder-not the Rider upt
the storm, but the God of mercy-the Gt
4. Of my mercy. The veil seemed rent
twain, and communication Immediately !
tween the 'great white throne" and q
ly7 spirits that bowed between il. Death d
= not seem near, but life within us-we &
our Immortality.
Long and weary did the time seem I
!. break Of day, and we knew not that bra
hearts and strong arms were laboring migl
ny Tor our uellVerhnce. line waters u
Il" somewhat abated, but we knew not 0hy.
We were still alive, in That dark abyss,
we knew not hOw. Three hours we rcta
ed our clinging posture, when arapping "
nee heard on the outside Of the bulls eye.
- was quickly responded to from within.
After some difficulty the bolt unscrew'
when hand met hand, in hearty grasp, a
D.. words OF comfort and cheering were spC
en-. The captain, for il was he, told
Pa how lie had succeeded in cutting away
rigging, broke offthe main and mizen mas
,, so that the ship righted. But he told
10 not then, how, while thus employed, a WI
swept him from the deck, and returniI
\, brought him ~back--again receding, sw'
him yet farther when, throwing away
Ratchet. he swan, and by the glimmer
Sl the last lamp, saw and seized the bras sri
ing leading on the poop deck. He told
not OF the five hardy sailors, some Of VIII
had crept over the rail Of the weather ST
will aud were clinging to the keel, all Of VIII
arQe | narishQ1 nor that tha cnotta lopf pnaal Al