Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-09-14


came in It broke up, and only one of the
women was saved, Mrs Rivers, Of Milwau-
kee. Mrs. Rivers was rescued, brought
up the bank, here 30 feet high, placed on
bed and supplied with dry clothing, She
was bruised and cut and lame and sore,
but had a strong constitution and bore up
admirably Her companion aon- the raft
was lady friend whom Mrs r. helped
by allowing her to cling to herself but
Mrs. R. says her friend said at length, she
could hold on no longer. and feared too,
she should carry Mrs. r. down with her.
This she would not do. She let 90 her
hold when pretty near the shore, and was
instantly engulphed and seen no more, We
ny near to this small raft and arriving at
the same time and place with it, was a
large raft with more than twenty persons
on it, among whom was Captain Wilson, of
the lost steamer. About twelve or thir-
teen of these were saved and the rest lost
in the surf, when within a few rods of the
beach Capt. Wilson on this raft had be-
haved admirably in cheering and directing
the little company how to hoist and hold
doors and loose planks so as to make sails
and rudders of them to direct their course
and hasten them to shore; but sadt say,
after all his skill, GOODNESS and manliness
in directing and cheering others, when this
raft broke up in the surf near the beach,
the gallant captain was lost. Though four
teen, [ believe, of the little company were
brought IN, and restored, the gallant cap
tain sunk and was seen no more. The
persons rescued from these RATS came into
the houses of myself and Mr.. Sloat, and all
were in condition to 90 to Their homes the
same day. No sooner had the thrill of ex-
cltement occasioncd by the landing ofthese
passed, than anxiety was alive again with
reference to several other fragments of the
wreck with people clinging to them. The
wind was strong from the north, and ire
mendous sea was setting southwark The
little RATS with their respective cargoes of
humanity were dancing about upon the
waves. but drifting towards the south and
towards the Shore The company on the
land was rapidly increasing in number, all
ready to do what they could, but nothing
could be done except 30 watch for and fol-
low the little RATS, and when any came to
the beach, rush out and grab the persons
from them and bring themup the bank in
to the houses where they could be wash
ed, rubbed. dry clothed, fed, warmed and
put to rest in beds The persons saved
were not dangerously bruised, nor far gone
in exhaustion, chilliness, or drowning, Mrs
Evison, Of Milwaukee, being the only
marked exception. She was very weak
and nearly drowned. It was with the
most assiduous and skillful rubbing and APP
pliance, by the county physician and sever
al women, that this lady's life was saved.
No one who did not witness the coming in
and landing of this couple can conceive of
the excitement on shore in view of it
They had been watched by many eyes for
half an hour AT first we thought this man
was carrying in his arms a little child we
saw as he came nearer, that 1T was not a
very small person then from the helpless
ness of the lady we though be was holding
in his grasp the lifeless body of a friend =
Near the shore she slipped from his hold
and fell off theraft. Heplunged after;her,
got her, and mounted to his post on his
raft again! As they neared the shore a
brave and generous fellow rushed out into
the water and reached out his hand, which
Eviston erasped and when those two hands
joined, there was such a thrill on shore as
no one can describe. Both were brought
in and both are doing well, though she is,
and will some days be in critical situa-
ton. Mrs. Joseph Sherlock, with her babe
in her arms, rushed into the water three
times, and actually pulled out and saved
three drowning men. Absolutely nothing
could be done but in the way it was done;
when they came to the shore seize them,
and bear them to houses and take care of
them The whole people Of this neighbor-
hood deserve unspeakable praise for the
energy, courage, mercy and generosity
with which they have met the appalling
emergency. ".. s s:
Tunes To BE REMEMBERED. 1t should
be kept before Tie people, that Mr.. Doug
las gave, in the United Senate, as an illus
tration of the benefits Of s'non-interyention''
to the South, that it has secured for Sla-
very, Territory large enough to make five
states the size of New York! ...-
1t should also be kept before the people,
as another illustration of the same doctrine,
bis refusal to vote to admit Kansas into
the Union, when the people had formed a
State Constitution, with sufficient popula-
ton to entitle them to admission, Accord
ING to a law which he had aided to pass
It should be kept before the people, that
he advocated in Congress, the passage of a
law to punish the people by imprisonment
for opposing the extension of Slavery! "
1t should be kept before the people, that
he approves decision of the Supreme
Court, which declares that the Constitution
carries Slavery into the Territories and pro-
tects it there.
"CAp1TAL SHOULD Own LABOR Her
schel v johnson, the candidate for Vice
President on the Douglas ticket, maintain
ed in a speech in Philadelphia in 1856,
that ''capital should own labor" The
following advertisement from a Savannah
paper shows how this doctrine works in
Mr. Jobnson's own State 80 ..' 10.
"NIEcHANIcs FOR SALE The subscriber
!