Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-22

OF men, women and children also preceipila.
TED themselves into the water in the vain hone
OF self preservation; but the water closed over
them forever. No pen can describe his aw.
ful scene.
There was a stiff breeze blowing. and had
the yacht veniu red alongside il would have
caused the total destruction Of all on board.
A boat was Immediately lowered and
proceeded TO the ship for the purpose Of res
culng some of the unfortunate passengers.
The names continued to rage with increa 3.
ed Jury, and in a few minutes the mlzzen.
mast went overheard, and in a few minutes
more the main-mast shared the same fate.
There yet remained the fofe.mast. As
Inc lire was making its way to the fore part
OF the vessel, the passengers and crew, of
course crowded still further forward TO the
Jlb'boom. They chung in clusters. as thick
as they codld pack, even one living over
The other. At length the foremost went
overheard, smashing the fastenings of the iib
boom, which, with its load Of human beings,
dropped into The water midst the most heart
rendIng screams both Of those on board and
nose who were falling into the water. Some
Of the poor creatures were enabled again to
feach the vessel, others loated away on spaGs
but many found a waterv grave.
In about an hour and a half after the Yacht
reached the vessel, the Brazilian steam frig-
ATE Alfonso came up. She anchored i'm.
medlaiely to the wind ward, and close to the
burning vessel. She got a rope made fast
10 the Ocean Monarch, and BY the use Of the
same rope her boats were enabled to 20 back
wards and forwards to the burning vessel with
great facility, and by this means a large
number Of persons were saved.
The Prince of Wales steamer, which was
on her passage to Bangor, came up shortly
afterwards, and with the New World pack.
ct ship, bound for New York, sent boats 10
the rescue Of the passengers, and were the
means OF saving a large number.
The Brazilian Frigate Alfonso was oyt
on a pleasure excursion. she was com-
manded by the Marques de Lesboa. There
was also on board the Prince de JoinviIIe.
his lady and suite, the Duke and Duchess
Danube. the Brazilian Minister, the Cheva-
lier de Lesboa, Admiral Grenfelt and dauph.
tiers, and other distinguished individuals.
When the Alfonso discovered the Ocean
Monarch, no time was lost in bearing down
to her, and it was intended 10 anchor riobt
under their bow, but The wind changed n
little, and prevented This being accomplish
ed.
-Four boats were, however, immediately
lowered, and were soon followed by the large
paddle box boat. The Marques de Lesboa
jumped into one, and Admiral Grenfelt into
the Other, and both were untiring in their
efforts to save the poor people.
The Prince de- Joinville was particularly
a%ss'dious in assisting the passengers on board
the frigate.
or those on board the Ocean Monarch, 80
were saved by the Queen of Ocean, 100 bv
the Alfonso, l6 by a fishing smack, and II
by the Prince of Whales, being a total of
225, and leaving 1853 TO be still accounted
for %ho are all believed 10 have persisted.
! ande New World was in the neiphborhood
of the scene of the disaster, and sent her
boats, and was the means of saving a great
number. A noble fellow. a seaman belong.
ing 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 had left her. 1t is said that this
p~raiseworthy individual, by his own hand.
lowered 100 persons TO the boats below, of
whom a great portion were women and chill
dren.
The stewardess of the Ocean Monarch lost
her llie While conrageously attempting to
get the powder ont Of the cabin. There were
about twenty-five pounds on board, and when
she went below to get it, it is supposed she
was suffocated.
The London Times. of the Goth saws, in
relation to the loss, it is questionable, how.
ever, if the possibility of salvation must not
have added to the bitterness of the panrs en-
dured by the sufferers on board the Ocean
Monarch, during the short space Of time al
lowed them for feeling or thought. The cot
tages on the Welsh coast were so near that
they could see men gazing upon their ca
lami,y from their own doors the sea was
studded, as 1t always is at the mouth of the
Mersey. with boats and shipping above all,
they could perceive the smoke issuing from
the tunnels of the steamers Orion and Cam
hria, which were coming up the channel for
Liverpool. The accounts given by the mas.
tiers of these vessels on their arrival at that
port, are so circumstantial as TO leave no doubt
of their proximity 10 the awful tragedy that
was in course Of action on board the Ocean
Monarch.
The masters reported they saw the fumes
issuing from the after part, and smoke from
the fore part Of the vessel. They saw that
she was rendered unmanageable, and sun
posed that her steering apparatus was de-
stroyed. They saw also the foretopmast 90
by the board. The masters of these vessels.
however, when they perceived a Brazilian
steam frigate lying near, quietly concluding
they could be of no assistance, as they had
a considerable number Of passengers on
hoard, decided on continuing their COURSE
1t is to be hoped they saved their time at
Liverpool, and met with the appreciation of
their employers.
We cannot but think that had the crew of
the Cambria done their duty, we should not
now have to lament over the untimely and
terrible destruction Of $50 of the unfortunate
passengers of the Ocean Monarch. We
grieve that the circumstances of the case
compel us TO place the conduct of our own
countrymen in unfavorable iuxtaposition
with the humanity and courage of The crew
Of the Alfonso.
OF Rev. Sidney Smith, in speaking Of
the prosy nature of most sermons said -