The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1860-12-05
Ffcm Blaekirood's diagosins
ICE-WRECKED.

We had hardly crossed the Atlantic and
were trginnimg 10 look eagerly for our first
,;nh, of The New World, when sudden
change occurred in tie temperature, aud
the balmy day. oil April were followed ey
MAY cold and cutting almost ar winIer.-
Al Teituih we entered the broad estuary oil
The 81 Lawrence, and then the mystery was
solved for It's entire surface was checkered
with masses of ice evidently the broken
up GOVERN. or the river above being swept
iy the current out TO rea Nothing could
exceed the heauty oil The ice fields as 'hey
flashed and sparklsd like gigantic gems IN
their setting of azure sea. Many were OF
pfsa, size also like floating islands. aud the
hraprtI u2 blocks upon their surface gieam-
ed from a distance like cities OF dazzling
c.ystal.
Tie wind was in our favor, and our good
chip sped up the gulf, threading her way
through the channels Of the floating ice
fields, while, hour after hour, her pas,en-
gers stood watching with rnwea-ied eyes
the splendid scrne around them. Even
when night came there was the same eager
ihrong Of gazers, for those large frozen
mains gli,lered in The moonlight with
strange spectral beauty none Oi US had ever
seen hefore
Af,.ra time. mass oi ice larger than
common appeared floating down Saose-
ouently we learned Iha il was part oi the
cone the spred forms every winter before
The Falls of The Monlmorency. On il came,
cleaning paleiy against the deep blue sky
like castle Of spo;less marble. rising M
tower and lurrei, aud massive hultress, and
enriched by The most delicacie iracery -,
Every eve was fixed upon it in breaihless
admiration. as il swept malesiically by,
until as il passed between u and The wind
br its Ioiliness il momentarily becalnei US
Suddenly the stationary ship received a Sc
we're shock. which vihrated not only thro.
all her iimbers but through every one OF the
hundred and for:y human teinGs who form
ed her human lreiga,. Never shall lof-
get The shrieks of terror that followed, as
women, well nigh frantic with fear, clasped
their children 10 their bosons, believing
aheir last momeu; had come. cry from
The how that il was bni blow from the ice,
somewhat relieved :heir fears, ard they
stood quietly by while the helm was put
down and the sails drawn round i'll The Ell
fort to free ms from The hinge mass OF ice
which sill lay across the vessels way
pressing and grazing andibIy against her
1Irnber<. minn.e more, and above the
din oil blocks and cordage, and the stamp
irg OF mems feet, there arose wild cry
that echoed far and wide over the surround
ing ice-fields, and through every Granny OF
The neishboring ice castle. "The ship is
sinking !"
II was an appalling announcement and
unfortunately il was true one- The ice
had struck rs heavier than we thought, and
iiB hard, sharp edge, keen and resisiless as
that of knife, pressing agains, The bow o.
our vessel-undefended as she was by the
double timbers needed for ice encouniers-
had cut t.em completely through, so iha
the water rushed in with the foice and IA
pidiiy of cascade
What rearfcl scene OF terror and con
fusion ensued the shrieks and lamenia
tons Of women, The cries OF children and
the silent anguish of men, as they beheid
the fears and danger of those dearest &c
them. On noue did The blow fall heaveI
than on me for had a delicate wife or
board, aud Of nv two lillle ones, the yeuu
Ger was an invalid. Meanwhile, no time