Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-01-13
From tbs London Times, Dec. IA.
The Rescue of the British Soldiers by CAPT
n.y. - AI,a paos6o
Nye, of the Pacific.

An act of great humanity and courage on the part
of an American commander and his seamen was re-
ported in aur advceS from Liverpool published yes
terdaV Itseems that the United States mail steam
ship Pacific Capt Nye, six days before her arrival
in Liverpool, fell in with the James Stephens, oil
Irvine, bound from Quebec to Glasgow. There
was heavy sea running at the ime-lt blew aper-
feet gale. The James stephens was water-logged
and on the point Of sinking. As may be readily
supposed, from the rivalry existing between the
companies which are contendlng for supremacy on
the Atlantic it was light matter for Captain Nye
TO turn aside from his course. OF course we do not
mean 10 say that as man of proper feeling there
was any alternative open TO him but that OF saving
his perishing fellow creatures at all reasonable
hazard, and whatever commercial rlsk. IheIe 49,
however, such thing az cheerful, andsuch thing
as reluctant aid. There is all the difference IN
the W. rid between assistance rendered for form S
sake andtke heroic determination 10 rescue NUM-
Der OF helpless from peril or to perish IN the
attempt. Captain Nye-to his honor be it spoken
did not hesitate for momeat as to the course ne
should pursue. As soon as the ship was descried
and there was suspicion that she might be in dan
ger he gave orders 10 steer right straight TO the spot
that her real position might be ascertained Moth
inf, certainly, could well be more hopeless than
the situation of the James Stephens and her crew
few things less probable considering the state OF
the weather, than that amp effective assistance
could be rendered 10 them.
Captain Nye, however, had lhe-hnat lowered
down, and the brave fellows who manned heTI
strained every nerve to approach the wreck. The
sen was running too high for them and the fury of
the storm must have been great indeed when such
men as these were obliged to return, and confess
themselves fairly beaten by the power OF the ele-
ments, Still Captain Nye would not be turned
from his benevolent puTpose-he refused to leave
the crew of the sinking ship TO fate inevitable it
he deserted them, but waited for hours and hours
until the weather should moderate, or some favor
able chance should turn up which would give him
the opportunity Of taking the crew off the wreck.
Again, after long delay, the life.boat was mann-
ed, and again her crew pulled for the water logged
ship. This time time thier efortsiWere crowned
with success and they had the happiness Of trans
ierring the ships company of the James Stephens
from their sinking vessel to the deck of The Pa
ciic We are told that the passengers by the stea-
mer who witnessed the exertions of the men, and
who were, therefore, in the best situation 70 APpre-
ciater tbe1r Enthusiastically entered into sub
seripti on to reward the crew of the ana
$500 werS collected on the spot. y his Is as 1t
should be, as far as the are concernedi bpttt
would notBe aniiss that gdpt. Nyye should receive
some mark ofiths opinion IN his coun-
e tf3 Of hia humanity and singular eneIgy under
such trying BIS by his RESOLUTION
= that SO many Of our c6nntfJmeh have been Iescu=
-5ed from, q Hatety grave. a pecdmary reward to
such aman, and for such an oct ould OF course
be simply offensive; but Il Is IN wany ways
to oar to sssaIaan for
, the service he has performs ss1aHs 5s5igF
1911 lsss - ioll ssals 5isiss'j
nFDuIing 1852 there we're received at Boston
3s4, 81 ions of hard coal