The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-01-02

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ticuiars from the narrative a survives, pub
Iishsd IN he Cleveland Herald:
soon sAer grounding The propeller keslsd
ovss, bresdsids 10 Ne $50. and with her deck
exposed 10 the action Of the waves. Her deck
losd was 1t once washed "a, and the repeated
blows Of the huge waves stove In her decks and
dashed her sides into piscea The hurricane
deck, with lis load Of halffossn suffsrerA Goat
ed towards the shore. where Il grounded In
shallow water, only short distance from the
shore. about two o'clock in the afternoon.--
Capt Monroe dirsctsd his comrades whore TO
lerpssss 10 striks ID tl,sshsllowsst wstsr One
BY one the leap WAS made in safety, until but
one was left on board, and that one was Mr.. A.
H. Derby, he clerk q tbs propeller He was
seen sitting on the wreck with his head bent
down - IL in despair. Capt Monroe called him
BY name. but he did not answer. Capt M,nroe
and Engineers Manchester and Cummings went
10 the wreck, and after considerable difficulty got
Off the hslplsss man. capt n took Derby on
his back, whilst the engineers stsadied his legs
SO Is 10 prevent the waves from washing him of.
In this way the party wadcd through the water,
ice mailing on them 1t every step, tho surf DASH
ing around Thorn, the bitter winds freezing their
hands and aces, and the binding snow obscu-
ring their view. On reaching the shore Capt
N. attempted to lower Derby to his feet, but
found L Impossible 10 LET him 20. The living
bearer had frozen fast to his dead burden The
Captains arms were frozen stiff and ciaspcd
around the arms Of the dead man. Thetwo en-
gincers were also 90 frozen shout the hands that
they. could render no assistance. Finding Il
TO rid himself Of his terrible burden
in any other way, Capt N. flung himself on the
ground, head foremost and thus SPILLED" the
dead man from his shoulders But he had es-
capped one horrible dilemma only to find himself
in another. His trowsers were frozen SO stiff
up TO his hips that he was as unable to rise as IL
his legs had been encased 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
to roll himself to the body, and by it
THE little party of survivors now set out on
their painful march towards the lighthouse,
waich was at no great distance. They had got |
e y along until within about three hundred
yards Of tho house, when small creek impeded
their progress Engineer Manchester attempted
10 cross the creek, but abandoned II and return
ID TO the shore, where he sat down exhausted
md despairing. Engineer Cummings came up,
md endcayOred 10 encourage him toa farther |
fort, but in vain. Capt Monroe begged Man
hester TO rise and make an attempt TO get around
he creek, telling him The lighthouse was close
y. It's Of nouse Captain said the anfortu-
ate man, 4 can't 60 any farther Cummings
laced bis arms around the body Of his comrade
a order to lift him to his feet, but at that mo-
acnt the 10y hand Of death was laid on both,
nd clasped in each others arms, face almost
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90 in the utterancc, these two brave men,
[anchester and Cummings --perished within .
W minutes walk Of safety. In this position
,eylwere sRervsrds found BY the party sent in
arch. ~ ,li-.
captain Monroe succeeded In reaching the
shthouse in safety. although badly ftozen.--
ut Of the twenty-five who had formed The pass
,gers and crew Of the iIifAted Jersey Uity, but
% survived being Capt n, two fremen, the
and one passenger The others ei-
sr persisted in the waves, or were frozen to
'sth in thatswfhl death march, s.ss -
he Slave stn1es-Area and Popula-
= tIOn. b, i
TINS area Of the ten States in which cotton is
ised Is Tss, $50 square miles and that Of the
10 border slave States Is 1ss, o7s-naking A
tal Of sls, lss square miles The arer Of the
ton States alone exceeds about four times
It Of Great Britain or Prussia II Is nearly
nee times thstof France. 6ve times larger than Il
Germany, about three 10 four times larger .
IN Spain, and nearly double that Of the Rus
n empire in Europe. And, taking the entire
. Of IN the sIsse States, they give surface
rpassing Ia extent al the territory held In Eu-
y BY the boosted Eve powers, with Spain and