The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-05-21
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= workmen; and they labored on until tt
S bad air put out the lights again, When III
; work was suspended forfour hours, unit
they sent TO Gainesville for. some. hose
! bellows and some pipe by,which they sen
fresh air ip; and the lights were relulneG
/ and the WORK went on until Friday nigh
II when it was said they were within twent
minutes of thee rescue. Is Arrangement
were all made to receive them, and exoee
tatlon was again banked by another cav
ing IN of the earth andra rock.rs Frida
might the work continued. 1aSome six hun
) tdred people remained til one io'clock yes
/ terday morning, when the rescued wer
! brought out to the crowd with their face
etcoyered and their bodies eaiaciafed ant
i,exhausted. Their families were not per
.mitted Immediately toomeet them; Physi
fcians were present to look after their vel
being, aud everything done to rake sure
Of the results of the long labor, viz, th,
preservation of their lives ePiERsoN, til.
older man, had autteriag at the heart
The others seemed to bes...as well as could
be expected" Their.faces were covered
Eto. protect their eyes. THE boy, SAVAGE
i Is said, made enquiry after a .'chew O.
tobaceo;" The rest after their friends and
families. They had taken some. sleep on
some dry dirt which they had piled up
for that parpose; but had no idea ofathe
time that had elapsed fz.ant
| Notwithstanding these men were tins
imoedded in! the EARTH perhaps their pre-.
seryation from death by hunger was pre-
vented by that very fact. In the Englisl,
mines, men have lived eyen- sixteen DAYS
| without food The very want OF light
and freecircifiatiol Of an, tie moisture OF
their tomb. togethesasithahe lack Of OK
,ygeh to carry of the. plrsi.sies eliminated
from the body may have had sesne4 effect
| in preventing that exhaustion which has
accompanied hunger,in tAerropen q air, in
arid plains or on the salt ocean. But !
am going out OF my sphere.
| 7 have not given you anything like a1
adequate sketch of the scenes Of this avs
sful accident. You should have seen the
ardent curiosity of the crowds as miner
after, miner brought the enews-7as. car af-
ter car of rock and DIT were drawn from
tho easeasftfe as2iisst y Which neither. the
draw ropes nor the police force could re-
strain--thel asidits fwith1ewilich they re-
ceived othe good .news-7theg depression
with which they heard the, SAD, tidings7-
the blankness Of despair when they heard
that the mine had fallen, and the rebound
of joy irrepressible, when the cry came
" they ARE rescued !'AaAnda the scene with-
in-fes the first week, during WHICH Pier.
son and Getwood were; delirious, and the
second week, during which the conscious
ness Of their terrible fate overawed them
who can picture? AUDI the fearful anxie-
ty of the bra e,4fellowsi who toiled SO pas
tientlyr and seemingly 50 lhopeiessly feE
their dsliyerapees though cheered in, the
last moments by the consciousness Of duty
successfully ydone-aho osh;sli measure their
reward Wherever the news of this great
deliyerance shalt be narrated. let their
praises be heard, IN rihdication of the
better part of our human natare. .sFila1st
-slo9 ~21foMe5 iilH ta9aizS! IS. 20 -
: .ziasmnaoh aal .s.LaIea LIZ ala9ia,
8, How jim, willis Raised a Plleo7a D
6 Many Of, our readers no doubt recolIect
the. facetious comedian jim Willis, who
played in St Louis some years ago He
was a pure compound of haman nature;
a man, who could with ease make others
laugh but seIdom laughed himself; a mel
ancholy mania through life caused him to
'sshpaie off his coil'' ere half his race was
run. -. 80 -. -
> About the time the the Texaas5 Ta Z excitement me
ran so high through the United States,
Jim; Willis was, in Pittsbnrg, in that Sit
nation so common TO. play actors, ffat
broke, Standing on the wharf With his solI:44
eInn visage expanded, planning how he
could get down the river without money,
when he heard q drum and fife. He saw
a half uniform. soldier about .enbarking
for New Orleans, bearing Texas banner.
A thought struck him. Next day he sent
his trunk on board the first boat to start
and just as the captain tapped the bell the 4
Inst time Willis stepped on board, drag
ged his trunk into an unoccupied state- |
room, and took from his theatrical ward
robe a soldiers coat, with buff vest and
three rows Of buttons, a chapeau with an
immense plume, q red sash and pair Of
false whiskers.. BY tie time the boat got /
fairly under way, Jim was fully equipped
with his stage sword hanging Nv his side.