Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-03-02


Bishop Mo1lvsihe carried OF BY Ice on the
Ohio River MitaoulousS Escape
The 6llo@ipg letter, HtitleR5py Rev. O. NJ.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. otl eiuhited States Senate,
IsiYts thrilling account Of lbeIssent narrow es.
! edhe tom,pn aStaldealh ot!jlle Right Reverend
Bishop Mellyulps and al large Rariyof fellow ttav'
elets, atLouisyllIe, We dad tin d recent nun.
LEI Of Tie western Episcopaap,' published in
Ohio:
ClSCISN4Ti, Feb. 8, 1885,
0nrhutslty morning, Japualy 81, Bishop Mo-
lyaine started f0t Cincinnati, on lis feiuTn IRON
visit to Louisville. lie took The sleqD teIly boat
at Louisville, foF The pplpQssot crossing tls tlyst
anu taking Ills seat III The Jacksonville Waln,-..
Tie day was bitterly cold, anil tlIe Ohio was lu'I
Of running ice, going down III latge fields 10 liz
falls wLiGliIie Just b9low Louisville. Tile boat
became fixed, III Tho middle Of Tie liver, in large
mass VI solid ICE, aud could neither advance nor
reeds. Instantly size woS at The mercy Of lie eur
rent, and began 10 move towards the lnlIS. Tho
Iimninenct 0t the danger became ut pIIco apPa'
rent. rhete werc 200 passengers on bohtd--nleIl,
IwUpieA aul Cliltlten--CeSEles omnbuSes, horses,
and their attendants II seomtt almost cslIall
lint all must be lUsl.
Under bishop Ncllynine's cate was daughter
Of Bishop Smith, Tie Rev, Nj. Sehon, q AelN-
OdSl minister OF Louisville, and his wife wele also
0u board. listened impossible tliata soul could
survive il llIe boat should be wrecked on itsAlIs'
'lhu current, the cold, tho bleakerS, llle tdllts'
the ice breaking oyet Tho falls, would have , Lell.
/ rrted escape even for The strongest and hardest
SKINNED impossible Help ltonl ellhtE SlI0te
cunlll not be extended. Nothing could teach The
LDal in time 10 rescue single person. Inevitable
death was oil The MrS! fearless and confident could
see before them. Thu bOAt and paSSengeIs were
given IN on tLe Shule, Whete was help 10 come
itoln3 Some OH board knew wilerc to look and
dl look there, wheIeall ltue help isiouRd IN titt
LOT need.
The bishop lien said 10 atr Sehon thai 10 would
20 into The room wlttr Tho women were, anu
draw tlrit minds 10 prayer They vent tVgsiIleEi
hut though tic utmost CuNIiO was llsell 10 prevent
alarm, III word prayer was no soOlltr uttered Than
lamentations aIlh cries nude II impossible t0tpEay'
OF TO ". heard, Aet enleoyotlng IN VAN Ii calm
these poor people, some Of tho calm ones, with Nj
and Mis-. SelI0n and Miss Smith, gathered close
uGonn, tic Bishop, us liz offered Lfief and ap.
n,opfihte ptayrt. 4 iel This liete was more com.
ntsule.f And now the hand or lie Lord appeared.
Man could do nothing. Tho bU0l was dtling on
10 Its appntt nj inevitable wnH Bui-wos II not
Gods guiding ia answer 10 ptHyeri struck lhe
hidden reyi NJ the commencement o. The rapids.
That waS llle salvation, though II WIS Ul then le'
cUGnlzed 0S such.
How long Tia boat could hold that place agnrSI
the pressure " the C0EteI, and The ptOdisiouS mo
/ meNuu NJ thu aCleS Of ice which constantly
struck AMI ground against II; i1w soon she would
he pressed over, OF lifted up aud turned LytE, ~
crushed under liz, acCnHlulatIne moss Of Ice,
whete no help could Ecaull lttr, no one col say.
Each new onset oil The ice was watched with IN.
lGuse Anxiety Hut tlIat which waS tgTTef 10 those
on board proved ~ hv one Of Guds instruments Or
tclt safety. AS the lee struck against lie boat,
II lvt LeG such nas4 that II rested vi the rOck
beneath nni fUMttl q bTeakwatet; aNl Tie nIuTe
violent waS the onset OF the Ice tic more SltoHg
aud massive did it become. The boat lay, as Il
were, under Tho lee O this hill VI ice, though SOnie
Of her length was sill unprotected.
III this passive ttSSidncet O tle assaults Of The
current ulldlGA, The boat lay about Two bOuts, be.
lofe help came. MeNnw lille The passengers could
IOt sec that nay movements fOE rescue were being
Male IN shore. They wclu loo lot oil 10 see what
From ile Louisville shore tLey weiG distant
half mile, aud IN the indiana shore there were
no Inhabitants Outing this TIME high rewards
were offered OH tho Louisville side IL any one
who would attempt u fCscue. The clerk Of the
jacob StEalrE had SOll III lie stranded ual ond
Ulleled O large rtlce for lNs ttllvetnnce. The
iIu boa, Ut lie SiTudet was launched, uul lllT.e
men calns out in her, and took out the youth aud
Two y0unS women connected with The Officers 0I
The STa:r II l0Ok lie boat oil hour 10 get back,
IN The course Of another hour, some four or five
bUIls, capable Ol containing each from fOutto FIVE
ptfSuliS, came ODl from either shore. Meanwhile
llIU women had become quite composet. Many Of
item behaved In very c%ampluTy way thtOIeh'
out Tic whole period. as sion as these skllIs
came ll>Nt 10 the bout, the determination seemed
unanimous thul The women should I'LL 20 fish AMI
This determination was carried Oul. Tde cUlOteI
women we're rs kindly cared fOt MS tho WHITE
Whoever came fist entered the boats first. The
J last woman tint cantG was white woman. Such
!. las had husbands were allowed 10 have them wltil
; them. Tie Rev. Mr., Scion went, rs was proper,
with his vile, IN lie second b0ul, aH'I Bishop Nc.
lSHIIe consigned to linn tie Gile,OE Miss SmlllI,
aud lmde ilIun farewell.
Or sOUl hShUp was strongly urged by Hose In
The skill md oil the boat, ~ with the Indy ~ his
charge; but he SOlntey refused to avail himself
u lie privilege whicll alI seemed anxious to az.
cold IL lis ugc Nm cNract'f. Que OF two cOIOEcl
! men we've allowed 10 so in the skill with theft
wives. Not VOID Of interference or EemOISltnnce
III FeeIcncV " this arrangement was utlefed.-
'RtmfHJtF the iTciic,' ives lieHtd rs the women
were put ~, Al llu while lIe 'cG was crushing
} against tho boat, aud none knew how sOOH she
would GU driven where uO boats could reach let,
Al length The lust woman, as " was supposed had
! llecn put OIL, aud the boat Yves moi iull, ~ lle
urgency NJ those wlD were most active, Bishop
Mcllvain consented 10 gel INTO The skill llul be-
fore il llnI pushed VI |lVtEGr woman was found,
nunI lle u OnCv called 10 htt IL tOe aud tukU his
place.
The nest relief was nal bonl. given by MuSsts.
Gill, Smith " Co., Of Louisville, 10 WHOEVER
would take II. II Was manned BY gulaut crew,
who knew that such craft must take lhu GallS,-
Two falls pilots canle IN hrt, Que st.eFed aml
The other commanded, Capt, llumlOn, q cUOl
dn[I intrepid man, iJ0k the command. On her
flush deck, which was even with ker sides, mud
coveted with straw, about flty men, VI whom
Bishop Mcllvnino was one, were placed. As
hETe were nOt room 10 Sanl, because Of The oars,
nor rorm tn sit, thay were compelled 10 kneel. BY
this time lie boats which had put on hatl been
4 Cafrtd down, aud were Just abl0 In reach lilo Is.
land al The lleud Ol lie falls, where there wNS much
SmIlrlng from cold, md Whence The women with
officially got to tho Kentucky shore.
as Tie crew OF the natbUat stated fOt ltir fear.
ful lfa Of the fLlIs Captain. Hamilton UleTed Il.
leice, let no one speak but me, said he. lie
otj, red The dEaght Of tue bOnl 10 be nthsnEed.-
The answer was; 1T 10 fifteen inohes.' liz an.
EweEed; II Is poor thnnce;' sid evidently tho
the case very desperate. lie lat mol expected
the boat would b. loaded so heavily His elliott
wRs 10 leNClI particular chute OF itu falls, as That
which IIons afforded any hope Of passage. All
this had occupied bul minute or two. The pow
e'lu eHrtsnI had brought the llat almost 10 the