The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-10-25
From the New York Express.
THE SIGNAL GUN.


Amidst all the terrible incidents attendant
upon the destruction Of the Arctic, which we
have been receiving these two days past
there Is one that impresses us with feeling OF
awe ana admiration, and shows all the world
that the age OF heros is not yet altogether gone
oy. we refer TO the Young man, whose post OF
duty throughout, all that trying scene was the
hring OH signal CUR, at intervals, in the hope
OF attracting the attention of vessels from
distance t. the scene Of disaster While alt
around him were dea h and despair, there h,
stood, Qike Hope herself with the calm de ter
minaton ct true hero, dscharoing gun after
gun, until the gallant ship went down beneath
the waves Here a Courage and inanli
ness--a defiance % death d an adh. sion to
duty-we might walk over the most iamnus
b,rle fields in histIy 10 hook for and MT t"
find. The s.lGirr who braves tn" King Of Ter
r"rs al the cannon's mouth, is animated by q
species ii courage lmpr"vsed for the occasion,
by the "pomp and circumstance around him.
There can be properly no towards when men
are drawn up in battle array, with drums beat.
ng, colors flying, and thoughts Of reward and
p emotion fl ting through the brain it Wet Try
IS won. DaSta ds dare anything then under
such stinulan,s Blu, The b.avery of the bat
tie field is mol the bravery which was shown
by "ur young hero OF The wreck. The f. rmer
is a species Of unnatural c"urage-it is of an
animal nature but the latter was moral cour-
age of the highest and nohlrsl kind. With his
lighted match he seemed TO stlnd, on the quar-.
ter deck of that devoted ship, hurting defiance
| as it were, in the very jaws of death itself
| Others we've desperately struggling for lie; he
alone seemed to have resolv, d to demonstrate
how a man could die at the post of duty, without
dread or fear, in the midst of horrors that woulc
make most men towards. Awtuly impressive
| indeed.-terribly melo-dramatc-was the las
scene of all, in which our young he shon'
| forth, wringing EXPLANATIONS OF adrnlratior
even from lips that were buffe,ing the hunger
ing waters, then murmuTing for their prey
| STEWART HOLLAND (for that was his name
sc could not be induced to leave the ship; hi
pos, was at the gun, from first to last firm!
signals; he kept firing that gun at intervals I'll
the ship went down. We saw him inMe ger
act Of firing as the rssseL disappeared beto'
| tie acaterS -
In Greek or Roman days such man, if h
| had not awarded him the honors Of deficatlon
| would have had Senates decreeing him statue
and monuments everywhere, TO commemorat
his deeds, that his example nigh, not be los
upon posierly His conduct is given ne'
Ius,er, CONTESTED with that of The cravens who
only anxious to save their own lives. shut the
e".s to the shrieks of the helpless women an
children that were graphing with horrors
around And about them. Honor, then, etern'
hoh"r, TO h''>>wEo went down TO death cor
queror OF death f~Yhat noble ship had man
noble spirits on board, 6p.,.ene nobIer than n,
IL "The brave man is not he who fee. nv.--x
| For that were stupid and irrational:
! But he whose noble soul its fear subdues
And bravely braves the danger nature shrinks from
*Mr. Holland belonged to Washington, ar
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