New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-29

trumpet in his hand, and raising above the
war of the storm bis voice OF command 10 eh9-
neers, sailors, &c, TO 20 on or stop, orgoto tne
other side of the wreck, trying 10 keep near II,
and avoid dashing againstit, TO the certain rum
Of ALL
All this lasted for an hour or more while we
passengers on the upper deck, holding on 10
ropes to keep from being dashed overheard, ana
watching the poor fellows, when the mists, and
clouds, aud spray, gave us opportunity 10 see
them climbing the waves in their shattered
bark. al looking anxiously toward US, ana
waving hats and hands The rolling OF the sea-
some movements on the deck, and something
heard the Captain say, made me fear IL was a
homeless case, and we should have 70 90 ana
leave them, when all at once CLEAN OF hght
broke from above, and splendid rainbow APP
reared On dark background of clouds behind
us. II seemed indeed heaven-sent sign OF
hope and promise, and | eagerly scanned the
uptur1 ed faces Of the wretched crew 70 see II
they did not hail il as such, but | since learn
they interpreted it according to the sailors
adage
"A rainbow IN the morning
Il the sailors warning;
rainbow atuIght
Is tie sellers delight"
While I supposed the bow Of promise was
filing their hearts, as it was mine, wlthJoy and
gratitude. the captain seized the moment OF
lull in the storm 10 say to Tompkins, his third
officer, blessed be the nOble-hearted fellow y
Are you willing TO risk going in the lite-boat
TO their rescue" Ready and willing" was
theprompt reply and soon the beautiful boat,
with Tomphins and three sailors, was bounding
over the foamiDg waves. They had rope soon
drawn from ship TO bark, passing through the
liie-boat The brave little company were soon
under the stern of the wreck, receiving with
open arms, as they were dropped or thrown
down Qor some were so stupeicd with
wet and cold they had TO be thrown
into the boat, the dripping sailors Ofthe Jesse
Stevens" The waves ran so high it was unsafe
TO lie near the wreck. so the boat was hauled up
BY rope. at intervals, near enough for them to
drop in one or two men-then they would slack
en- the rope and let the boat recede before the
returning wave should come and dash them to-
gether, then they would return, in like MAUI
ner. for one or two more; and, finally,
all were safe in the boat, and We only
hoped they would get it back 10 the ship with
its freight Of saved lives. Proudly again it
bounded over the pillows with its heavy load if
il had been a swan or a sea-bird, and though sew
eral times, when it went out of sight in the
trough of the sea, We trembled lest we had seen
il for the last time, it still mounted the top of
the next wave and dashed down the watery hill
side towards us, again to rise and descend till
they reached our ships sde when hundred
men, with bOisterous shouts aud ropes let down,
with nooses at the ends, soon hauled up every
nan of them. And so sixteen NICE respectable
Scotchmen, from Augustine, on their way home
from Canada, with load of lumber, are fellow
passengers with us, with thankful hearts only
and no lumber, and will reach home before they
are looked for, to tell of their marvellous es-
cape.
Since this incident, certainly the most heart
thrilling and sublime it has been my lot to wit
ness, and well worth, we all say, all the suffer-
ings of the voyage, we have all been in better
spirits, and have slept, / imagine, with more
grateful and happy dreams. We had a meeting
Of passengers and raised five hundred dollars as
purse for Tompkins and the three men who
aided him. Tompkins looks very happy as he
walks the deck, and is a great fayorte with
M oil