Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-01-01
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it. eHistepep. lrlplhtr stloh Ignorance
involved a culpnble neglect will probably
BIO 2aaiiet for future investigation
"fbs ship was again hauled off tho land,
and, believing she had sufficient 6tfina, a
cotifse was steered In relation to the a1p.
posed position Of The Old Head, which, On.
der The circumstances. vas supposed to DO
the correct one. They kept on In this +
course until q quarter to 10 o'clock, when
the land was sigualled immediately ahead,
and orders were promptly given to bring
her round but the tremendous surf which
beat upon the rocks issued i sterner conn
mand, and Ii wal evident The ili-fated ship
vas do0tned. A brief moment only ensusd,
and one terrific crash followed, which IN.
stantly consigned Numbers 10 . eternity. This
single encounter Alove IN the entire side Of
The vessel and Ii less than half on hour
there were not two planks together, nor a
single article Of my description that could
afoid the means of escape to either passen.
ger or %sailar.
Unlike the greater number Of ltese disas.
tretts occurrences, where Il respite ofeyah
= few hours affords the unhappy sufferers
some means Of probability of escape, the
victims on Ibis occasion were instantly
hurried into eternity without Il moments
thought Or preparation. III less than ten
minutes, out # one bundled and ten human
beings, full d life and hope, enjoying tbe
glad anticipation Of meeting friends, re1a.
tlses and homes, ninety.two had ceased to
exist.
Through the mercy II Providence, eight.
cen individuals we're rescued from THE dcs.
%tfgction which overwhelmed their associss
AIRS and, IN many instances, their escape
was effected with litis assistance from
their strength or activity. Such WAS
the soddenness Of the calamity such tie
fearful havoc which Il few minutes created
that almost ell on hoard we're supplied
with horror and NINA cement, and rendered
totally inactive BY the appalling eatastro.
phe
The survivors, bruised and naked, with.
out shoe or stocking, jacket or waiscoet,
scrambled up The rock, which overriding
the sea 70 the height o)fnearly sixty feet; and.
after searching about for some time, arriv.
ed 1T two miserable huts, the only human
enepients on The island. Here they learn
ed, for the fret time, that they had struck
on ihe western point Of West Calf Island,
situated IN The channel bet~een the VII.
age Of Skill aud Cape Cear island, and
lying about four miles inside the Cape.
The v families who reside upon the
island were totally ignorant Of the melan.
choly circumstance, until the distressed and
worn.out mariners entered their wretched
cabins for The purpose Of craving shelter
for the night
The same writer adds
at may be proper to mention here HAT
the point On which The H.fted vessel was
driven ashore, il one Of the mott dangerous
on the entire coaAt-the eoek rises pertan
dieularly to tho height Glover fifty feet, and
at all seasons Of the year, the swell IL ter.
rife. o. the day after the wreck occurred
the Government vessel Badger passed
through the ch1nnel Gr the purpose Of as.
certaining whether Il was possible 10 save
any portion ofthe wreck or cargo but tho
slightest portion, by which she could be
recognized, was where % be seen. In
the words Of one Of The officers, It appeared
as if he ship had been ground IN min, Or
as ifa number of carpenters were employ.
ed for months FOR the mrre purpose 81 chip.
ming her into fragments Of eono three or
four feet in length"
Very Explicit.-A Yankee riding
up to Dutcbtnan, exclaimed" Well,
stranger, for acquaintance sake whatmight
he your name n
Ivy, my name ish Hannee Hollanbenen.
hefTengraensteiBerhur Z,
by Cape Cod If that aint 81 long m d
pumpkin vine Well, / haint no time 10
lose-i'm on q speculation Tell me the
wayto H~arrisburgb."
TO Harrisburg ? Veil, you see DAT roas
pom De bill T. pointing h the direction.
"Oh, yes, | see ~
Il #&AE - @.&z - @G
"VelI, den, you must not take dat roat.
You see dis roat By De coaibank ~
aYes.o
well, dat ish not to roat, TOO ; put you
musbt 90 right pr t. parn dere, and ven yoa
see Won roat crooks just 20 blending bis
elbow and describing II IT The same time.
and ven you kit dere keep along ill yougeis
furder. Veil, den, you will turn the potato
patch round te bridge over 10 river up STR ana
and b. bin up, and freely you see mine
prodder Ffifz's parn, ahingfed NIT straw,
OATS de house we're mine prodder lives.
He'll dell you 10 better Is ran, And you
60 . little bit flrder, you see two roats-you
must not dake both of'emi''
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