The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-12-26
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The full force Of the Southern secession move
ment, and the perilous condition of this country
have MOI stlsfdkcs % the Rind ef BE- British
people Like many of our own people In the
Northern States thsyass sksptic and nc d1s-
posed to think that u viii al blow over. We
have accounts nom the London money market
IS hte a.. December l, and the effectof the news
from this side was not very materially fslt there
American seeHities deprecated Il Is true, and
shipments Of specie to this country commenced
1.-The Europa bringing out bali a million in
gold, and the Atlantic, now on her way, bringing
more. But the London journals assure us that
the commercial people of England are aware Of
the groundlessness Of the alarm, and feel GER
tain that as the depreciation in exchange At
New York was only artificial. il cannot be main.
taincd Perhaps when the news Of twoor three
more steamers arrives there they may take a
different view Of the subject-M Y. Herald.
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FrightfuI Suffering ON Lake Erie.
IT will be remembered that the propeller Jer-
scy City was reported lost off Long Point Can,
ada, in the great gale of November "a, while on
her trip from Toledo to-Buffalo The details Of
the dreadful sbipwreek have, however, only just
been published. We extract some Of the par
tcuiars from the narrative Of a survivor, pub
lished in the Clevelcnd Herald
soon AFTER grounding the propeller keeled
over, broadsids to the seas, and with her deck
exposed to the action Of the waves. Her deck
load was at once washed eli, and the repeated
blows of the huge waves stove in her decks and
dashed her sides into pieces. The hurricane
deck, with its load of halffrozen sufferers float
cd towards the shore, where il grounded in
shore, about two clock in the laftcrnoon.--
Capt Monroe directed his comrades where TO
leap SOFAS to strike in the shallowest water One
by one the leap was made in safety, until but
one was left on board, and that one was Mr. A.
Ii. Derby, the clerk of the propeller. He was
seen sitting ON the wreck with his head bent
down as if in despair. Capt. Monroe called him
by name, but he did not answer. Capt M,nroe
and Engineers Manchester and Cummings went
to the wreck, and after considerable difficulty got
off the helpless man. Capt NJ. took Derby on
his back, whilst the engineers steadicd his legs
so as to prevent the waves from washing him of.
In this way the party waded through the water,
ice making on them at every step, the surf dash.
ing around them, the bitter winds freezing their
hands and faces, and the binding snow obscu-
ring their view. On reaching the shore Capt
NJ. attempted to lower Derby to his feet but
found il impossible to let him 60. The living
bearer had frozen fast to his dead burden. The
Captains arms were frozen stiff and clasped
around the arms Of the dead man. The two en-
ginecrs were also so frozen about the hands that
they could render no assistance Finding it
impossible to rid himself Of his terrible burden
in any other way, Capt NJ. flung himself on the
ground, head foremost and thus SPILLED" the
dead man from his shoulders But he had cs-
capped one horrible dilemma only to find himself
in another. His trousers were frozen so stiff
up to his hips that he was as unable to rise as il
his legs had been cncascd in lengths of stove
pipe, and his companions could render him no
assistance. At short distance was the body of
a man frozen in sitting position. Capt. NJ
managed to roll himself to the body and by it
climbed to his feet.
THE little party of survivors now set out on
their painful march towards the lighthouse
" itch was at no great distance. They had got
afely along until within about three hundred
yards of the house, when small creek impedcd
their progresses Engineer Manchester attempted
to cross the creek, but abandoned it and return
cd to the shore, where he sat down exhausted
and despairing Engineer Cummings came up,
and endeavored to encourage him to farther
effort but in vain. Capt Monroe begged Man
chester to rise and make an attempt to get around
the creek, telling him the lighthouse was close
by Its of no use, Captain said the unfortu-
nate man, 4 can't go any farther Cummings
placed his arms around the body Of his comrade
in order to lift him to his feet but at that mo-
mcnt the icy hand Of death was laid on both,
and clasped in each others arms, face almost
touching face, with words OF friendly cheer FRO
zen in the utterance, these two brave men
Manchester and Cunmings-perished within
few minutes walk of safety. In this position
they were afterwards found BY the party sent in
search. sa~rr'g ~. p gsr- s q lts.r 81 ~
Hs"Captain Monroe succeeded in reaching the
lighthouse in safety, although badly frozen.-
Out Of the twenty two who had formed the pass
engers and crew of the ill-fatcd Jersey city, but
fivc survived, being Capt NJ, two iremen, the
wheelsman, and one passenger. The others eli
Their persisted in the waves, or were frozen to
death in that awful death, march. -
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