, 1865-10-24
5 q. 6 * a VI s.

carried down by one of the eddies and diSap-
peared. No one seems to have seen Captain
B~eresford after the boat went over, but he was
said to have struck out for the shore. Another
account says that he did not escape l,om the
boat, but was swamped under the tcnt. 1t
matters not now which is tie correct version.
We can only feel that one whom every body
loved and respected, one against whom the evil
tongue was powerless, one who had endeared
himself to all the community by DIS gentleneSs,
courtesy and wisdom, was gonc-g0ne sudden
ly in the midst of life and joy, and the SAD feel
ing was in every body's heart, that he would al
most rather have been lost himself than that
Capt. Beresford should. No one seems to have
seen Mr.. Parks, who is said to have IytJ two
sisters dependent on him, or Mr.. RoWlpy. who
was married and leaves a wife and three child
rem. Three boats were on the spot for more
than three hours, in the hope OF rendering some
assistance, but when this seemed hopeless. the
whole party returned saddened and sogrcWtul
to the Penal Settlement. Nandar Eydcn was
summoned to say when he Thoughts the bodies
might be recovered, and he answered at once,
the day after to-morrow'at the same hour, il
they are discovered at all here. On !ho same
evening, on the sad intelligence bal0G lnoWn at
the Penal Settlement, it was reSo,yel 10 80 and
search for the bodies at once, AMI Immediately
Captain Todd of the Bcr6icc and MIR. Bury went
off in their boats. They started a , o'clock
on Wednesday morning, a&d arrived at the falls
at 6.1O am. From that time till 80 pm,
they tried every means, without the least sue
cess not even a hat was found only the rud-
der Of the Lady Woodlousc. At last they
We're obliged to return. Captain Todd had
kept the steamer waiting till the asst moment,
in order to have the melancholy sal action Of.
bringing the lifeless body of Capt, HorasforJ or
Mr. Einmart hack tn GnnrUntoWn e. l-t IT. was lin
vain, and the steamer left the Settlement at
$50, but could only proceed a little way down
the river, where she was obliged to come to
anchor for the night. The next morning at
day-break she proceeded on her way and arriY-
ed in Georgetown at 12.45.'
It appears, from what we have learned in
other quarters that the boat with which the ac-
cident occurred was oyerburdened. She was
capable of containing with safety only about
fourteen people, bat there were no fewer than
twentv-one persons in her at the time nine
boatmen, and eleven of the party. Mr.. Bagot,
who has 0 experience in such matters, it is
said, advised that not more that fourteen should
embark in her but his advice was not regarded.
1t is further said that oars were used in shoot
inc the rapid, instead of the ordinary paddles,
which are considered the only safe implement
even in the hands of experienced SteerSmen
but we have not been able to ascertain how far
this latter statement is correct. The most in
experienced amongst us, however, cannot but
express surprise that in a boat employed on so
dangerous an enterprise that the tent or avn
ING, which must have had the effect of making
her top-heavy even in smooth water, should
have been left standing to serve as a net for the
submerged passengers.
The search for the bodies, which had been
unsuccessful up to the close of Mr.. Webb's mar
ratiye, was continued, and during Thursday all
the bodies were recovered. They were all we
understand, in a dreadfully mangled condition
Five of them were buried in Essequebo, near
the scene of the accident. Those of Capt,
Beresford and Mr.. Stewart were brought to
town last night, and are to be inferred this af-
ternoon at 4 o'clock. The funeral will be a
public one, and the members of the two Mason
ic Lodges will take part in the procession, in
honor of Captain Beresford, who belonged to
the Union Lodge.
The feeling that ~peryades the community is
one of intense sorrow at the event and sympa-
thy with the relatives of the dead-especially
with His ExceIlency the Governor and his
family, 20 whom the death of Captain Beres-
ford, His Excellency's son-in-law, is a very
heavy a%fliction, and the more so as following
within a few months upon the almost simuita-
noore locg If two othar favorita members of the