Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-10-03

lief of the sufferers. Messrs. Barring
Brothers q Co., the agents for the ship,
have subscribed ESQ; Messrs. Harnden
q Co., ESQ; Messrs. Brown Shipley &
Co.. $50. Other parties have given
from I'll to 90 each. Prince de Joinville
and party have also left handsome sum
in aid ofthe fund. Those of the saved
passengers who choose to proceed out by
the Hope, on the 2Sth inst, or by the
Sunbeam, on the Sd proximo, will be
sent out by Mr.. Harden by either of those
vessels. Great numbers of the saved.
however, have been SO terrified by what
they witnessed and what they suffered,
that they yesterday called at the Office in
Waterloo Road for the passage money
they had paid and il was promptly refund.
ed to them.
The New World was ia the neighbor-
hood, and sent her boats, and was the
means of saving number. A noble
fellow, seaman belonging TO the New
World, went to the wreck when there
was little hope Of saving any more, and
stuck to the hulk of the vessel till every
soul left her. 1t is said this praiseworthv
individual, with his own hand, lowered
100 persons TO the boats below, of whom
a great part were women and children
The stewardess of the Ocean Monarch
lost her life in courageously attempting
| to get the powder out of the cabin. There
were about 25lbs. on hoard, and when
| she went below to get it, it is supposed
she suffocated.
The London Times ofthe Goth says, in
relation TO the loss: ait is questionable,
however, ifthe possibility ofthe salvation
must not have added to the bitterness of
the pangs endured by the sufferers on
board the o. NJ, during the short space
of time allowed ,hemfor feeling or thought
The cottages on the Welsh coast were
so near that they could see men gazing
upon their own doors. The sea was stud.
ded, as it always is at the mouth ofthe
Mersey, with boats and shipping, Above
all they could perceive the smoke issuing
from the tunnels Of the steamers Orion
and Cambria, which were coming up
the channel for Liverpool. The accounts
given by the masters of these vessels On
their arrival at that port, is SO circum.
stantial as 10 leave no doubt of their prox.
unity TO the awful tragedy that was in
course of action on board the Ocean
Monarch.
Tho Masters reported they saw flame
issuing from the after part, and smoke
from the fore part of the vessel. They
saw that she was rendered unmanageable
and supposed that her steering apparatus
mn daS4royod Tba,, .o,r = - a..
topmast go by the board. The masters
ofthese vessel however, when they per.
ceived Brazilian steam frigate lying
near, quietly concluded they could be of
no assistance, and as they had con-
siderable number of passengers on board,
decided on continuing their course. tits
to be hoped they saved thsir time at
Liverpool, and met with the appreciation
oftheir employers.
When we find it recorded that by the
exertions of Mr.. Littledale and the crew
ofhis little yacht no less that 80 passen-
gers were saved-that by fishing boat
Is more were preserved, and that. above
all, l60 human beings were rescued from
an appalling death by the humanity ofthe
Marquis de Lisbon, Capt. Grenfell, and
the Prince de Joinville, we cannot but
think that had the Orion and Cambria
done their duty, we should not now have
to lament over the untimely and terrible
destruction of $50 of the unfortunate pas
sengers on board the o. M. We grieye
that the circumstances of the case compel
US to place the conduct of our country
men In unfavorable juxtaposition with the
humanity and courage of the crew of the
Alphonso.