M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-06-05

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quickly.
A few moments elapsed; we had come
nearer 10 the rock. The black object now
lacked like the stern of a vessel whose hull
lay there.
Suddenly, Rimmer struck me again, and
pointed upward. Following the direction
his hand, looked up, and saw the upper
surface Of the water all foaRy and inmotion.,
There wes a momentaTy thrill through my
heart, but il passed over. We were in a
dangerous condition. A storm was coming
on
But we should turn back now, when we
were so near the object of our searh Alteady
It lay beiare us. We were close beside it
No, | would not. / signalized to Rimmer
to go forward, and we kept our course.
Now the rock rose. before us, black rugged,
dismal. Its roug gh sides were worn by
the action of the owater, and, in some pla-.
Ces, were coverd by marine elans, and name.
less ocean vegetation. We passed onward,
we clambered over spur, which jutted from
the cliff, and there lay the steamer.
The Marmion--there she layuprght, with
everything standing. She had gone right
down, and had settled in such position
among the rockT, that she stood upright here
just as though she lay at her wharf. We
rushed eagerly along and cambeed up the
side. There was low moan in the water
which, souded warningly in Our ears, and
told us Of swift approaching danger What
was to be done, must be done speedily. We
hurried forward. Rimmer rushed to the
cabin, went forward, to descend into
the hold. descended the ladder. | walked
into the engineers room. All was empty
here, all was water. The waves OF the
ocean had entered, and were sporting with
the works of man. went into the freight
roum. Suddenly, was startled by an ap-
pelling noise upon deck. The heavy foot.
stvP1 Of some one, running, as though in
mortal fear,or most deTaunuI S.-ta. snnonaed
in my ears. Then my heart throbbed wild
er; for it was fearful thing to hear, far
down in the silent depths Of the. ocean.
Pshaw! it's only Rimmer
Ihurriedly assembled the deck by the out
let that appeared. When speak Of hury,I
speakolthe quickest movement possible, when
numbered with so much armor, But this
movement of mine was quick; rushed up
wards; spmg out on deck.
1t was Rimmer.
He stepped forward and cluChed my arm
He pressed it with convulsive grasp, and
pointed ia the cabin.
lattempted to go there.
He stamped his foot, and tried to hold me
back. He pointed to the boat, and implor-
ed me With iantiC gestures, TO 60 up.
1t is appalling 10 w:tuess the horror STUCK
soul trying to express itself by signs II i:
awful to see these signs when no face i;
plainly visible, and no voice is heard,
= could not see his face plainly, but his eyes
through his heavy mask, glOwed like Goals o.
fire.
"Iwill gol" Iexclaimed. l sprang from
him. He elapsed his eands together, bu
dared not follow.
: Good heavens! thought, what fearful
thing is here? What scene can be so dread
l lul as TO paralyze the soul off paactiCed di
: yer, | will see for myself.
=, walked forward. came to the cabi
q door, Ientered the forward saloon, bu
saw nothing. A feeling of contempt cam
S to me Rimmer shall not come with m
again, | thought. Yet | was awe struck
d Down in the debth Of the sea there is only S
lence-oh, how solemn! / paced the Ion
e saloon, which echoed with the shrieks
the drowning passengers. All there al
l. thoughts which sometimes fill the sou
IS which are only felt by those to whom scene
of sublimity are familiar. Thus thinking,
n walked to the after cabin and entered
Oh, God of heaven9 .'
3 Had not my hand clenehed the door wit
grasp which mortal terror had name cor
7 vIsive, should have fallen to the floor
| stood nailed to the spot, For ther befol
D me stood crowd Of people-men and VIC
!, men-caught in the last death struggle b
d the overwhelming waters, and fastened t
6 the spot, each in the position in whic
:, death had found him. Each one ha
a sprung from his chair at the shock Of tt
sinking ship, and, with one common emC
d ton, all started for the door. But the WI
ters of the sea had been too swift for ther
: Lo then-some wildly grasping the tabl
n Others the sides Of the cabln--there they a
stood. Near the door was crowd Of pc
e pie, heaped upon one another-all seekia
o madly, to gain the autlee. There was o.
IL who sought to Chamber over the table, al
r; still was there holding on to an iron pos
y, So strong was each convulsive grasp,
s. fierce the struggle Of each with death, th
lie their hold had not yet been relaxed; but ca
10 one stoud and looked frahticly to t
N door.
le To the door-good God To me, to
lr they were looking! They were glanci
IN at me, all those dreadful. those territ
rs eyes Eyes in which the fire of life h
ID been displaced by the chilling gIeam
I'd death. Eeyes which still glared, like
eyes Of The maniac, with no expression
es They froze me with their cold and icy sta
10 They had no meaning,ior the soul had gor
m And this made it still more horrible Than
er could have been in life; for the appalli
n contortion of their faces, expressing fe
oil horror, despair, and whatever else the hum
IL may feel, contrasting with the cold a
ng CLASSY eyes, made their vacancy yet me
n fearful. He upon the table seemed MI
re fendish than the others; for his long, bla
It. hair was dishevelled, and foated horrit
or down-and his beard and mustache,
is, loosened by the water, gave him the gti
'lr ness of demon. Oh, what woe and :
We turel what unutteable agonies appear
in the despairing glance of those faces
ces twist'd into spasmodic contortions, VIII
d, the souls that lighted them were writhing a
rs struggling for life. :.
ee needed not the dangerous sea whit
he even when we touched the steamer, b
re slightly ruled. Down in these awful dept
ID the swell would not be very strong, unless
* should increase with ten-fold fury above
r. But Il had been increasing, though | had n