Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-13


room, and from that tried to get upon bun
die Of hay, but failed in our attempt; hus-
band then told his wife to hold fast TO him,
and if they drowned they would die to-
gether; got few boards under the door to
keep it floating, as it was not sufficient to
support them; remained on this raft till day.
light.
81 saw many women and children with
planks in the water, and the cries of the
children for their mothers aid still rings in
our ears; the sea became so rough that we
found that our raft would not sustain us.
about this time saw large portion ofone of
the wheel-houses floating near us; told NV
wife to remain fast on the door, while tried
to get on the wheel-house; after / got on it
| lifted my wife into it, as it was turned up;
saw man in the water who had lost his
plank; caught him by his hair and held his
head above water till he got hold of another
plank; the next sea washed him off and we
did not see him any more; kept encouraging
one another not to despair; about eleven
o'clock we tloated near to shore, when our
wheel-house turned over were both washed
of; swan toward my wife and got her on
the wheel-house again, and then got on my
self, shortly after heavy sea raised our
wheel-house and drove it ashore; caught my
wife in my arms and jumped on the beach;
was then assisted by some persons on shore
and taken to Mr.. Smiths house and from
there to Mr. Carter's."
MISS RIvERs's STATEMENT.
Miss Rivers came to the shore in company
with Mrs. Newcomb, who was drowned near
shore. She, in company with others, were
on a raft, and about half-past five it broke in
pieces--one portion going one way and the
other floating in shore. When near shore
the raft broke again and piece striking the
| captain knocked him into the water and he
never rose again. Just before this the cap
tain spoke to me and told me to hang on, as
| had suffered too much to be drowned now
There was vessel in sight about three
hours while the passengers were on the raft,
but did not approach to their assistance
| The narrator thinks all on the raft could
have been saved, if it had not broken. The
| Captain was very kind, and had it not been
| for him, all would have been drowned when
the boat sunk. He calmed the fears of the
passengers, and ordered them on deck.
When morning came, people could be seen
all around us in every direction. All
seemed to retain their courage, and made
| but little noise.
STATEMENT OF ALDERMAN GRILLY.
'The hurricane deck floated in two parts,
the largest of which was the stern part. 1t
was very thin, and made very poor raft.
There were about forty persons on the stern
half
II saw Mrs. Rice struggling in the water
and caught her by the hair of the head, and
succeeded in getting her on the raft She
had her infant under her arm. l noticed
that it was alive. She clung to the raft till
it reached within twenty rods Of the shore,
and the blood pouring out of her fingers
ends all the time.
"When we reached the breakers, the first
wave that struck us washed every body off
but the Captain and myself D.
1.-THE Captain made every effort to save
/ Mrs. Rice, but it was useless, they both were
drowned. She must have went down about
twenty feet from the shore, holding on to
the baby to the last. ~ -.-
BOY SAVED BY DRUM.
The drummer-boy of the Milwaukee Light
Guard was saved by means of his drum. He
had presence of mind sufficient to whittle a
plug and close the air-vent, then lashing
the drum to his shoulders, he trusted him
self to the waves. The drum supported
him, and also four others who seized hold OF
it; but these, one after another, dropped off,
The drum carried the boy nearly ashore,
when by some means one head was burst in,
and it filed with water. The boy abandoned
it, and seizing fragment of the wreck sue
ceeded in reaching the shore. The drum
afterward came ashore, and was returned to
the boy whose life it had saved.
| o. PERSONS ARRESTED.
4 Hearing that Captain Malott, of the
schooner augusta, the vessel which was the
cause of the disaster, was preparing to leave
port, the Coroner's jury thought proper to
order him to be placed under arrest. 1t was
accordingly done, and he will be held until
the final report of the jury is made. ..
A number of persons have been arrested
in the neighborhood of Evanston for plum
deriBg the trunks that washed ashore.
Among them are three Of the persons with
1 Nuho 81 O1a fl,a ~
Col. Lumsden was found. IT,.
THE SAVED AND THE LOST.
In addition to the names of the saved pub
lished in yesterdays paper, are those OF
George Parks and Edward Nelson. The total
number of persons saved from the wreck is
seventy-five. ..r. .
The Milwaukee papers publish a list oi
names Of over 300 persons known to have
been on board the Lady ELgin. The greater
portion of them belonged in Milwaukee, and
the place of residence for any one who did
not, is not given. --.
Among the lost was Mr.. George X. Lock,
bookkeeper for Long Co., of this city. He
was on his way to Sheboygan upon bushes;
for his employers.
GEN. JAoKsoN's RESIGNATION OF STATE
OFFICE.-The jackson (Tenn.) Journal ex.
humes the following resignation sent in tC
the Tennessee Legislature by Gen. Jack
son, after his nomination for the Presidency
in 1926:
My name having been before the nation
for the Office of Chief Magistrate during thu
time served as your Senator placed me il
a situation truly delicate; but, delicate as i
was, my friends did not, and my enemies
can not, charge me with descending from
the independent ground then occupied, will
degrading the trust reposed in me by in
triguing for the Presidential chair. As by
: resolution of your body you have though
proper again to present my name to tn
American people, l must entreat to be ex
! cused from any further service in the Senate
and to suggest, in conclusion, that it is du,
to myself to practice upon the maxim re
commended to others; and hence feel con
strained to retire from a situation wher
temptation may exist, and suspicious arise
of the exercise Of an influence tending to m!
own ACKNOWLEDGMENT.