New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-09-28

i0yed. With each, the love OF their State was y pas
,son. No blot upon her escutcheon you'd either of
them allow. The one, young aud fall of promise
the other old and full Of wisdom hsye been cut down
by the inevitable messenger. II, in any future time
South Carolina should number The equal Of either
among her sons, lot her cherish him as becomes one
Of the proudest and most gallant States Of the Con
federacy n ,ssrr
Loss of the Central Alnsrica.
From III Norfolk Herald Of the 2lst inst. we ex
tract the allowing ,sjl,
There ssens 70 be difference Of opinion in regard
10 the engineer and his conduct II mot free from
oepsre dnrng the gale, was not obnoxious TO it on
tcount y bis leaving the ship. which was with the
facit consent Of Capt Herndon, on his suggestion
that be could be more serviceabe in attending TO the
transportation of passengers from the ship to the
brig and his conduct when on board the latter
clearly showed the interest be felt in performing his
dnts, Judge Munson, Mr.. Easton and Mr.. Page,
each bore the most honorable testimony to the con-
duct Of Capt Herndon throughout the storm and
until the vessel went down. He was calm and col
lected manifesting unnecessary excitement, and
by his example inspired the passengers with q de-
gree Of fortitude seldom witnessed on any like occa
sion. As the danger eliminated, all seemed prepared
for the worst. When the boats were about to leave
for the Marine, Mr.. Payne asked him il he was not
going. His reply was No, will not leave the ship
while there is plank remaining. Here-take my
watch and give it to my wife" His utterance be-
came choked and he could add no more. When the
Marine bore down, Capt. Herndon caused it to be
known through the male passengers and crew Of the
ship that should get into the boats until all the
women and children were passed into them. The
5chivarous order was as chivarously responded to-
and thus the helpless were saved first
In spanking Of Capt Burt they were most eloquent
in his praise and expressed their sense Of his gene
rosity and humanity, and his assiduous attention to
the comforts of those who had been placed under bis
| in ft,or rnpcfa aNroI tor ryr1c
The Marine was from Cardenas bound to New
York with full load Of molasses had lost spars,
etc.. in the same gale and her Accommodations were
Of the most limited kind nevertheless az that the
fort va done by this nobehearted and phanthropic
seaman
Few examples are on record SO worthy Of perpe-
tnity as those Of Capt Burt Of the brig Marine and
Capt. johnson Of the Norwegian bark Ellen.
Shall We mention another example in contrast with
these9 1t must be done for we have promised it.
The Marine was within seven miles of Cape Henry
her passengers saw q steamer approaching from the
bay and eager to bring their sufferngs to end re-
solved to engage her 70 tow the brig into Hampton
Roads, and the service was performed-for the con
sideration " Of three hundred dollars. 1t was the
steamer City Of Norfolk, bound to Savannah.
Among the accounts of the catastrophe furnished
by the survivors, the following from Mr. Oliver P.
Manlove, Of Wisconsin, is not the least interesting:
The Marine was lying nearlya mile of, and by the
tile ship must go down before they could get back
All hands then seized pieces of spars chairs and life
preservers while others rushed below to secure their
treasure The confusion at this time became very
great though 6ll acted with calmness, each endeav-
oring to make the best effort for his safety. The
vessel gave three lurches, some Of the passengers
jumping off at each lurch. Those who went down
with the first and second lurch swan off some dis
ance but the great of the passengers remained
On the deck until she went down, which was only
minute or two afterwards. had provided myself
with lifepreservers and piece of spar and determined
to 60 down with the vessel, with the great Of
the passengers, all of whom stood about bracing
themselves up and securing what was most available
to buoy them up. ~
She finally went down stern foremost. 1 was stand
ing near the smokestack at the time, and we were
The general supposton among those that were saved
is that they were drawn at least twenty feet under
water, and when we finally rose to the surface we
were stiied with salt water. The rapidity with
which was drawn down tore the spar from my
hands and the liepreserver from my body, and when
reached the surface my clothing was almost strip
ped off me- ], however, met a friend who had two
lepreservers, who gave me one, and we also seized
on pieces Of thewreck, which helped to sustain us.
On reaching the surface of the water there were at
least four hundred passengers struggling about in the
water, some sinking, unable to swim, having lost
their Hfe-preseryers and others seizing on to the
pieces of the wreck which came up with u.s.. The
captain had cut away the upper works Of the vessel
so that when the hull sunk they would float off, but
they were dragged down and came up in Fragments
and doubtless many were stunned and drowned by
being struck with the pieces of the wreck whilst to
others they were the ultimate means of safety An
occasional flash Of lightning showed to each other
sea Of struggling forms, and all cheered and encour
aged each other. at first we were all in mass
together, appearing at glance like crowd of cattle
swimming, but soon the waves separated u.s. and at
each succeeding flash Of lightning we discovered that
we were being separated and scattered over wider
area, until we soon each found ourselves apparently
alone on the ocean.
1t was dreary and desoate night, the waves dash
ing and the running with great fury the
sharp wind, chilling the blood in our veins After
being an hour in the water saw none Of my fellow
sufferers. Three-fourths had doubtless sunk from ex
haustion, and the remainder were drifting over the
ocean hopeing against hope for relief
AT about O'Clock in the morning saw sail, and
at o'clock Sunday morning. after being six hours
dashing about, had the qualification of finding myself
on the deck OF the Norwegian bark Ellen, Capt. A.
johnson, from BaliZe Honduras, bound to Falmouth,
England Here found about twenty of my fellow.
passengers, and our joy at again meeting with thank
fulness to Providence for our miraculous delivery
soon caused the chilled blood to through our
veins.
The bark continued to cruise about, and every hour
we had the qualification of hauling on board others
Of our suffering friends. The night was dark and
the sea running too high to send out boat, and all
around in the direction Of the voices that would occa
sonaly reach US crying for help. Thus myself and
several others were saved.
The calmness and resolution displayed by the pas
sengers throughout the last day on board the steamer
was truly remarkable. After the excitement of
| getting the women and children off to the brig Ma.
rne the fact that the vessel was gradually sinking
was regarded as fixed fact, and all went to work
calmly and cooy to secure the best possible means of
safety. There was noise, each making suggestions
to his neighbor, and all cheering and encouraging
hopes for succor, even in the last extremity 1t was
fearful hour and one that all Of us will never forget
up on the Norfolk boat this morning, was of great
assistance to Captain Herndon throughout the Storm
He assisted in organizing the gangs for baing and
cheered us all up with hope of ultimate safety until
all hope was gone, and then gave US the aid of his
nautical experience in securing the best means of
safety.
Capt. Herndon behaved nobly throughout, and was
standing n ear me on the hurricane deck when she
went down. He sank, however, to rise no more,
leaving name to De honored among the heroes of
the sea.
SWAMI LANDS, AND LANDS OVER WHICH sHAL-
Low LAKES HAVE REcEDED.--There is no principle
better settled than that propretors of contamnous
their creation riparian proprietors. Intespersed
however. overthe public domain are multitndes of
shallow lakes or ponds, many of which in the early
surveys were supposed to be permanent bodies Of
water and meandered accordingly. But from the
changes of climate and other natural causes many
OF these lakes are disappearing in whole or in part
and have become dry and arabic land. This being
fully established, the Commissioner of the General
Land Office has decided that no lands of this class
fall under the swamp grant, nor does any right at
tach thereto under the riparian law, but in all cases