Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-19

Alofio pitAsi2a'
ut = al ibti rl hlo1'S tpn Vee cripple,
aid iglls ilhI. t,,lt when lhs gplltl1o Oe-
enl1d Gl, .lp.loa flsfsltl hhslhs following
int 6 ldoly Ca q riadaE
Ato re ill,faled 80 Va about % 1ink, and
oiO lhb Boats bad pusHt % lal ilonl he vessel
hs oSble, lOpiovenl b,hg oldwnfllot To VORTEX,
which II was known would draw down everything
near, 81. COmvtOok, Of it5 l16ud, wad seen q
Jump from the steamer lnl1 lhe Wotet and swim
towards the bnai which Combined, among ulhet8,
Ne, ~. MllOtell Of Charleston, s, O.. 70 whom
he was well known. Recognizing him IN the boat
ME. C0mSoek called 70 him, "HaV0 you lO0ni TOT
another manw 10 which The reply was "Noi
we aEe almos Oh kng nowf He then thirw nn
ha htnle qnd esgloimsd GOOD God tell ny
wife and I'VE chidtenH ahl g6hel" aud was seen
no more.
III. Pryor an esllmAblo yodus man. engaged In
the pu lbMhe hoaos 81 Il, W. BeiBS q Co., Of
CinCtnnnii, was ppaSiebgbrin The hEolic,
There wele alt0 III the Arctic 4 number Of
FIeuoh residents Of New OtltahS. THEFT names
ate NJ ~, Btnt0l Pefiel, MiYielle llauchg, PleOu-
", Busch 0ud Mule Mpn.oy, There WtIein adj
dillon. other tIea Gu pab9engetc including Madame
leroy and child. MiE Vlclorine Perrin aud NJ.
Onynti anl loul ohildtsn, acme 81 whom u .
thought, ne on bbagd The missing boats
BIZ. OonislOck mentioned above lost bEoihel
By the buinihg 90 the steamer Lexington.
Tile oog0 Of the Atclic 10 eali1lsled 10 have been
worth olIOQO,0O0.
W. w. Gllbetl, New York merchant, who
VAS lsyed, publishes a statement, ID which 10 says
he wootehled pt the iableaithe lime oflhe collision,
66nvetsing With bevyui lniies and gentlemen,
among whom were Mfs. Allen, Mn, Brown. Mts.
Pearson end Others. AheTreIeuins tOlhe launch.
Ing Of the potI.gauSdboab b thus proceeds with
his narrative; 9as
wentto II with the ladies' Of my party, 10 en-
deavOE 10 yer them III In going, however, Mrs
Allen inquired iOT her hpsbandi Bayilg she could
not 10 without him, The mOnenialy delay caused
BY looking iOg him prevented us from being 10
time 20 gel into that boat, When we approached,
Il YES already filed. llhen asked Capt. Luce II
no could not GET q boot TO save my lnends. he
baid, dyes, bfng ihelli this w6y" pointing II Tue
objection OF The port quarter bUn, which was sill
0usnended. then went 10 The party, consulting
OF Mis, bFUWn, Mis- Allen, 0lss brown, MIs,
Stons and Mis- Slous, IT. Allen, NJ, BIowe, and
two childleH, aud said, "Copt. Luce says we eau
gel 10 this bOat--eone this way" They followed
me from the saloon deck 70 tile bulWafks on
the pon side. We loud lbeFe Capt Luos and
sailor waiting for vs., Two fEemep were In the
bOal, whom Capt. Luce ordered out They e..
fused to e out Of the boat saying that ihsir iy6s
were % good o. aHybOdYR else, ho reiterated
his order, aud then threatened 10 take their lives
II they did not leAye the boat, and nt the same
time he raised on iron mallel which he had 10 his
hunO over their head.
upOn .Lis they left the boat, and Captain Luce
said 10 me, "noW gel in" ~ cav that, by reason
Of the angle II which the boat was suspended, a.
would be impossible iUI lady 10 getin without
some one ives ulsGe 10 receive her, aud GpTang over
the bulwOTH saying, ''pass the ladeaoyeg 10 me-"
and let myself down 10 The bow of the boat by the
fell. lIepeDted the words "lIaSS the ladies OseL"
several times Talildly. WOs placed so far below
the bulwoTks that could not see what wus going
on on the ship. ! gather from other soutCss that
The ladies were thrust aside, and found the boat
IN 3 moment filled by otliers, lowered aud the rope
outby sailor. All lhis W6stlone more Ioplly than
| cen willie. AS was earned away from The ship,
I saw Mt. Edward SsndloTd standing on the ga
loon deck. He saw me 10 The boat, end with q
smile on bic face. waved bis hand 10 me as quietly
as II we were about 10 leave him for short ex.
cuTsion. Mt, Brown saw Slanding on tie guard
at OF Tie wheel house. he bowed bis htnd 10
me butt dhlRuthrpT him speak. told HIN in
bdet ietmq, my agony AZ having foiled III my II.
forts 10 assist his party. ! afterwards saw him on
The s0lOOn'deCk I saw noneOf the ladies' alter /
EOt over The sue. MI GihOn, who was neat me
IN The boat, says that he saw Mt George Pearson,
who was cuJVing Mrs. Allen's child.
VIM. P. hathOOne whites That "ME. and Ain.
Benedict, Of New YORK, lelt Ia The inst boat aud
mny be picked up by 50 ne vessel" Il hns been
supposed that they were lost,