The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-10-21
MORE OF T:!E ARCTIC.

g! think It is quite roS>hlc.' sad CAPTAIN
ihl"". land not nj all improhah,c. that We
'"H "timfttil heor # the .ofry ofofa.rS. A,
this season most &c he ycSS,1 Is chat PASS nca,
the SPOT are oriirrd LouRd; and 7 see no ,cn
son why others may not have been ric,,t d
M, the same as and my companions were
Ai;cr the gale however, Of the Saturday fol.
lowing. think there was no possible chance
for any who were on The licccS of wreck 10
be saved. Ttru nu,<t hare persistent. Those
who were IN The LOFTS, howrvtr. would ride
ont the gale i'll safety, and might have lrcu
picked up days aitc, wards and provided the
boat was properly managed BY having her
head kept to the sea- do not see why the
occupants need suffer materially frcm the
hca"y seas"
CAPTAIN IrCE-It Is said that Captain
Lace is native Of Alexandria. VIRGINIA and
was regularly bread to the profession of a
seaman. lie at one time commanded slim
from the port Of Pc'c.sburg, Virginia. He
was Afterwards. for some years con man lei.
oil the ship Constellation, of New York. one
OF kcrnitS line Of Liverpool packets, from
which ship he was Transferred t. die Arctic
the i":,st and most costly of the Collins
STEAMERS and lie soon rendered himself Il
popular favoritc among passengers, by his
true seaman like qualities and court, Gus man
ncrs,-Captain Luce is about Al years of age.
HALIFAX, Oct. !1.-Thc screw Steamship
Osprey, from St Johns, n. f.. the | lth inst.
contrary to general expectation, brought no
rthcr iidingS relative to the passtne,rs of
the i'll fattd Arctic. The only remaining
hope, therefore, is that some of the missing
passengers may have been rescued from pic
ccS OF Tic wreck by passing vessels, which
have not yet reached any port. or they have
gone to EuroIc.
LIFE PRESEEvERs IMPROPERLY UsED.-A
writer in the New York Times, who was on
the Arctic. describes the scene after the silk
ing OF the steamer as awful in the extreme
Dead bodies Of men and women were float
ing about, many cr them drowned bv tic
life pr,scrvcrs, which in th,ir ignorance they
Lad allowed TO slip blow their waists, 50
tina! by The rising Of tic life prrscryrrs to the
s 'rlacc Of the water their heads were drawn
uId.r.
GooD.-Itis stated that one of the esrarel
Scamen of the Arctic shipped Oh heard the
Atlantic on Saturday. dust as the steamer
was about to Sli he was discovered ly Cant
ell him ashore, saying he wished no such men
to 90 to SEA with him.
II In commenting with just indignation
upon the cowarlly, mutino,s and murc"ous
conduct Of the crew OF the Arctic, the En-
press gives the following forciblc dies 'rption
Of the heroic conduct of the brave fellows los:
in the Brkcnhcad:-
81 he circumstances cOnncctcl Will, thn H. &
Of Tie British steamer Birknhcad, on the
coast of Africa not many months since, are
still flesh in the memories of all. The steam
CT struck on y hidden rock, stove Flank at
the bows. and went to the bottom, We be-
llcTc in half an hours time. There was n
regiment oftroopS on board. As soon as the
alarm was given and it became apparent that
the ships fate was sealed, the rel Ct the
drum called the soldiers to arms on the upper
deck. The call was promptly obey,d, T. O lgh
every gallant heart there knew that it was
his death summons. There they stood as if
i'll battle aIrav--a mo.iOnlcsI mass of brave
men, --mcn who wrrc men indeed. The ship
every moment was going down and down,
but there were no traitors, no dvStrttrS. no
cravcNS there. The women aal children
were got into the boats, an. were all, or near
" all, sa,cl. there were no boats for the
troors-but there was 10 panic, no banchcl,
pale, Quivcring lips among them. Down
went The Ship. and down went that heroic
band, shoulder to shoulder, firing E'"d
joie as they sank beneath the waves. Men
like these never perish; their DO lies may he
given to the fishes Of the sea, but their mcm-
orles are, as they ought to be, immortal.