Demoine courier., 1856-11-20

anu tnere was nOthiHg III VIoW eACcPsN
Dairy mple Rock. with iis red brassy
face towering in the unknown distance.
Blu, ! hardly got back TO my bost, before
a gale struck " from the northwest, and
q foe, taking upon a tongue Of ice about
. mile TO the north of Us, began to swing
upon il like . pivi., and close slowly IN
upon our n,rrow resting place.
"A, 6.,t our own foe was also driven
before the wind; bu, in q little while IL
encountered the stationary ice a. tho
foot Of the very rock itself. On the in
stant the widest imaginable ruin rose
around us. The men sprang mechanic
ally each one 10 his station bearing back
the boats and storea; but I gave up for
The moment all hope Of our escape. It
wss not . nip, sucn ~ 10 familisf to
Attic ~navigasors; bu, the whole platform
where 70 stood, end for hundreds Of
yards. on every side Of ~, crumblsd and
crushed and piled and tossed itself madly
under the pressure. l do not believe
hat Of our little body Of men, all Of them
disciplined in .rials, able to measure dar-
ger while combating it'll do NOT be-
lieve there 10 one who this day can ex-
plain how or why-hardly when, in
TACT We found ourselves afoat.
"Ws only know that in the midst Of
clamor utterly indescfibable, through
which the brayiog of q thousand srum.
pets could no more have been heard than
the voice Of a man. W wers shaken and
raised and whirled and let down sgain
in q swelling waste Of broker ham
mocks. aad. a. the men grasped their
boat-hooks in the stiffness that followed.
the boat ebbsd sway in . tumultuous
ekreed Of ice and snow and waller.
I'VE where borne along in this man.
ner a. long AZ the unbroksu remnsn Of
tho in shore foe continued revolving, ut.
.erIy powerless. and catching . glimpse
every now and then o: the brazsn head
land that looked down on " through the
snowy ssy. Al last the foe broughtup
against the rocks. the looser fragments
that hung round j. began TO separate, and
We were able by oars and boa,-hooks
10 forcs our battered little foiIla olsss
Of them. To our joyful surprise. We
loon found ourselves in . stretch Of the
land water wide enough to give u row.
ing room, and with the assured promise
of land closs ahead.
'As We neared il, we saw the sans
forbidden wall of belt Toe 40 at Suiher
land and Hakluyt. We pulled along its
margin. seeking in vain either an OPEN
ing or access, or . nook Of shelter. The
gale rose. and me ice began 10 drive
again; but there was nothing to be done
but get q grapnel on, to the belt and
hold on for ,he rising tide. The Hope
stove her bottom. and lost part Of her
weather boarding. and the boats were
badly chafsd. II was an awful Storm;
and it wal not without constant exertion
that ws kept afoal battling ont the seud
that broke over us, and wasding of the
ice with boat hooks.
"At 3 o'clock the tide vas high
enough for u 10 scale the ice Cliff
One by ore we pulled up the boats up-
on a narrow shelf, the whole sixteen Of
10 uniting q, each pull. W. were too
much wosn down to unload; bus . deep
and narrow gorge opened in the cliffs
almost at the spot where We clambesed
up; and. - we puzzled the boat into il on
an even keel. the rocks seemed 10 close
shove our heads, until an abrupt turn in
the course of the ravins placed . pro-
tecnng between 10 and the gale. We
we're completely encaved." 3
rREEDON OF THOUGHT DENnxD--PR0T.
HEDRICX xOBBED.
Our usually quiet town was the
Of . grea. uprosr and diIordery con.
duct on Tuesday night Last. Il became
known that Prof. Hedrick was in town
40 q delegate to the Educational Con.
vention, which was then in session; this
was calculated 10 excite the indignant
feelings of many Of our citizens. who