New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-16

IN mlnd-nh0 hae
~.Tde,'s Wi-we nav believe that we should ho' uo.e
o. blu.h for the cowcriiee and recreancy OF 1e
nor . cot Tor the untimey dead B1t app ~ -
subor,nate ofi ,er o-t al presence OF tnna; his
400 and 30 honor In Wild scramp", 'u"' sLS
80 of ,ircnlen engineers, waters aad ere" rusueu
sor the boat aud abandoned the helpless -,
children and men 10 tho mercy OF the aseP ,;.;aa
bours there were from the cNistOphe 81 lhe oo,s'S
20 the catastrophe Of sinking. In tnN tWe ncHH.
,xo brndred able. bodied men, wei dlrecteu' p,su'
has bult an ample raft, stored It foo prosen. rs
cessity. 6ei the boats with discretion ana Pas 80
tom lie sinking ship with houia, tha, ~ Inroy
bnTs would have been hailed by some OF the Inauy
s~oF, tina, mass and repass that Inflated spot. H"as
no, so Ia be- All command wss Osi. lho m,u
bee6ed but OF impulse, and that the Gs,perAe s.i1s
ness of an aroused aEd concenriei fotf ~ ~.
Tbey abandoned their posts. They deserted rneI
dnty they BETRAYED their COmminler. lhey
viedeI mn in death more than two hundred helpless
souls committed 10 their trust. Ani yer, even 'ot
these let there be though, OF cHaIity' LIZ a.
rot E,rnet The weakness OF The hesii tae 40 once
OF the hrst mate whom they were wont 20 ooeyi ne
terrible force Of panic, even upon brave men, tue
sense of the hopees.t OF effort to save so suI
tho instructive desire OF selIpTes GVauos' Az thS
ia but A little. But 50 much eS'sundton rs 'uete
nav he let them have is benefit who certainly nset
every cover Of charity 20 save them from the luIs
nation Of a grievei and outraged co mummy Los
Il be remembered also, that ladftda rs anon 'neui
acted most nohly. ard bee use the mrlii,ude were
base let not the exceptional cases be iorgoten'
81 that single officer Who OH cling % the last man
fully 20 hi duiy-the third mate, Dorsn-oe remeu-
b,rcd. and h.t man 10 IRE the signal gun OF MS
tress vonrg Holland who stood by biz post t the snip
sunk atd vas in be very net nrns as last plunge
was made: ana that engineer, who had ooy undtrns
care hut refuses leave in the first boat whore ''e
vns offered him because ne could not nnh MS NH1
ard would not go without him. Let rs chartaoiy
hone that many more such Individual acts occurTv"
urno,iced or unrepoftcd - redeem the crew anu en-
gineers from such Disgrace as weighs heaVuy upon
Them. Many poor fellow lies oenea'h nc wave,
III ha ma l.n -
became he ,~as faithful - the llst; and MS hcrplsm
msy be without awi,n-ss, his name without i7nder'
How uoby in the midst of weakness ald terror,
-too, that worthy m1n, Luce in this terrible scene
calm self.sacriGclng aud hrm 10 the end. W all tn9
Witucsse- but 0Re has disparagcd NJ eNef,chs' nc
SAYS that this noble COMMANDER - sotied te.c nun
'Ehosc judgment rus p1ra'y-eL 1tt 'his h.iu
saws that whrn h. was rushing desperately Tor the
~ A. Cap LICE wi,hstood him and tore the vcry mi
meut from his back, cNclamng, " hi RE passengers
60 o. the 6oot aud with disgracetal naiSete he SAYS
No more attention g0s> p0ld to ne Cap'a'H man o
ann other nan board. LV. rds d' STRAIT u rs az
"ko GtAeys Patrick Tobu.l Without dJub, such
man would think his judgment ptrGlySed VINO
would not run; whose life was not 30 sweet az M
duty. who ecu lie, but could not abandon trnrt
"a sacred a. was ever committed to human hanis.
Nor do remember, in all ny reiding, any Roman
heroi- u that en- Cumpar1 with one inctClt recorded
bv ooe witness. When Capr. Lpco was urged 20
enter ono Of tho boats he declined utterly. Tie Wa
,,-r.d =, let hs son - iuhit son whom, Siter0ard
all k'ns. be carried in his arms-that son that,
risinr rom tho wave. va4 slsin in his bosom
NV the stroke Of a piece OF the wreck.
But should man give precedence 70 enythlhS ma.
belonged 20 him. over he hlnlreI helpl a creatures
that cling 10 him HIS tnric. h7roic reply WAS,
MY son shall share his father fate.
Now all over The deck WAS there Displayed every
frantic form of fear, NJ anguish, OF bttor imp)ri
ton, OF translixsd despair. sono With insane
INDUSTRY s'rOve II the pumps; others rushed head
lorg over the sides Of the ship; the raft was
ov.r.hurl nell the sen was covered VIII men
Fa.I. - ffanfu Eafn
But, let us remember, thst there were other scenes
than these. There were scores there who Ind long
Known ihat by dclh heaven vas 20 be entered There
we're thoso who hal rested the burden ot their sin
upon Hum who came 10 take away the sin Of the
world Not in vain bad they prayed every day, for
yeaIs that they Oh. be ready whenever the Son of
man should come. Thore were mothers there, that,
when the first shock over, settled their face TO
die ar il il we're 10 dream in peaceful sleep. Modens
were there who looked up in that tremendous hour rs
the bride for her Bridegroom. Oh, in the dread crisis,
upon that mOurnldl sea- which mis,s covered, that
the TRAGEDY Of TIE waters might not be seon OF the SUM-
how many were there that c0lld say, G0d Is orr
rcfugc end s.reRgth, o vcJy prc.eHt MP m H0"bie.
Their, frie nds exchanged their last embraces; they
determined to die holding in their arns those best be-
loved and 70 yield up together their lives To the hauds
of God On, noble loves! that 10 such an hour trl-
umDh over MI fear, and crown the life with true
grandeur oh, noble trust that in the shock OF such
a sudden death, could mount up above the
waves, and behold the Redeemer and rest IN
In such an. hour every was tried 10y lntaliOle
tets. Inn the timi became heroic, and the heroic
became tmid Then it was neither woelih, nor
bopOrs nor station pre.ense that could give help
Strength and skill, and foresight were all useless.
Nothing was of worth except q cleareyed Tiey that
could behold the Invi8be-a faith that could rest the
very soul in the hands Of Is Creator AMI hope tn
could behold much IN heaven that it willingly let
90 its hold upon the earth. viii not doubt that in
those state rooms many prayer was uttered which
att. ndng angels waited TO heaven; in that cabin
there we're men and women who waited calmly for
the event AZ one waits for The morning. AT length
the time was en0ed. That great ship, ire scherousy
stabbed and drinking in the ocean at its wounds,
gave Der last plunge. with one Inst outcry the de-
voted con Dany were vhelmed; aud high above all
other sounds there came roaring from tho black up
lifted chimney as if the collected groans Of all were
mingled With the last groan OF tho ship itself.
%, what burial was here Not NJ when one il
borne from his home, among weeping thronSs, and
gently carried the green fields and laid peacefully
beneath the turf and the flowers. No priest stood to
pronounce burial service. Ii was an ocean grave.
Tie ns.s alone shrouded the bur,al-place No spade
earth Down, down they sank, ana the quick return
ing waters smootbcd out every ripple, and lett the
9. "a If il had not been.
This catastrophe suggests reflections on which we
can dwell but briefly:
l. One cannot help shuddering at the remorseless
calm of Nature. How men deyoured how are all
alike devoured In the heart Of Saturo Is no pity,
no discrimination, no sympathy for worth no scorn
Tor cONaTdlce, 10 sOrrOH IOf IcclnS
youth. II is the same unfeeng master TO good or
bud. Il is cold, calm, persistent law Those whose
god "a Mature worship an idol harder than stone In
such an hour how MEMORABLE how cruel, how unen-
durable is il, if Nature Is God that We hayo such
God And, be the education what It may, hos ire
sist by Dust every one turn 10 some great sympa-
thetic Power either for rescue, or for convoy and
guidance beyond the gate OF death And even the
silence Of God in such hour is wonderful. He
stands behind his purposes, vsilng his presence
But, though silent, he breathes into the heart some