Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-17

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thl non York Herald properly says
phe fo.one ol thiHy.Ono more sailols-laRen ~
connection With The prolonged tlsapP eoIa9ee o.
lhq' paSrengeis.-impel9 ug os lens.n 70 ets.A
tn.psh Hhe 9seTle We yasleiHlY leuSpk ~ ~
mthihi6 On hs ubiecl of the crew Of the AIollo'
TfSye IA l,lbit i6 The iOTbenlance which clllgily
snaeests, and Ne lave teachedit. Ills lime that
~ oyoTl1 sbodJ know Tint willie tie water Wos
nouring tbronel, die seams In The bow Of the AIc'
Ia and ,leatl advanced with fearful strides, the
men comDosng Tie crew Of that vessel, including
senmen, engineers and lEemell, weIe, win one OF
two exceptions, eneogedin providing ioI theFcwn
safety to tho utter disregard OF that oil the lives
entrusted 10 their charge. They WHO were strong.
ssli who knew best how 10 escape The denger'
who were most familiar with the boats and Their
tackle. anu WLO were The besl fitted 10 combat
with the peIild now threatening men, women and
chidfen alike, were the first to yield 10 selshness
and cowBTdioe,ihe fFStio saye themselves Of The
expense Of those they were bound 10 Tescue al all
costs. They lave sncCeededi lhitiy.0ne more
seamen have been brought sshorr, but mol me
passenger, twas not f'T want OF example they
lArd IN theirhnly rs men and sailors. COplnhi
Luce WRs there, loileaCh them oil how to de-
Young Collins was there, setting gallant exam.
pile Of Seli,denialnnd coWJOge. The brave Dorian
was there, lulloC energy aud devoiion. But lhege
TecreOntsailot were blind alike 10 The example oil
llieif officers, and the Ulea dictates Ol duty.
How does il happen that The Arctic went TO sea
with four bundled souls on board, while her six
bonts could mol contain hall thnt number Me
0eOigs Burns states that The boat in Which he was
snved, and which obtained some twenty-five per-
sons, was so crowded that lie bodies oil those on
bOald were BRUISED by the close contact with enoh
other. Even II we allow that each OF the six
boats could carry thirty persons, that would only
amounIto 1870 while the Arciic contained 40lper.
sons H
We were nsioMislled az the dspUportion be-
tween the number Of passengers aud ships people
saved from lie Arctic. 1heie was only about 20
Of the first, and there was 1902 Of the lalteL III
was obWOus ihpt these strong aud elisn men had
saved themselves by her knowledge OF the dan
ger and resources Of The vessel, whist the passen
gets had no sliNw whatever in such o contest, n
Neady four hours bad elapsed irOln the Collsionio
The oNlostIOphes and long before that period, The
crew aud officers Of the Arctic were safe in ths
b Sts, lying on their oars aud looking on, whilst
The feeble AMI ioIorn passt ngeis were delivered 10
nn ia, yitale and horrible death. TIE ocean
steam service IS as yet hn anomaly. 1t is con.
Quoted hya force Of iTemen unfit for any Smer.
gencH anil bys crew generally, we should think,
without that elicielit discipline which prevails
upon sail vessels. We think in The present case,
That there ought to lie some Investigation. The
destruction 6f uIee bundled hell lcss people, lost
without an organized effort at saving thelh--Nbun
lonsd to death BY those TO whose care they were
demand enquiry. There shOnd be,
also, some legislative suggestion OF mors perfect
system uI organization aud discipline. Thesoiely
Of the public andlhe interests of humanity alike
render it proper Bal. Pat.