davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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"WANT THEIR Ri
i SI1eck of War IN 4
Town of Grecnfhorp j
Mob OF Ore =. ..-, 5'-'
Want to sEsGuls.ten =
nE Rnn 1t

Town OF Greenfhorp j
Mob Of Ore
Want to <sE..ul'.te'' =
or Burn 1t.
(stomthe Glsenas 90 Vic
On Thursday >yer.oc l.:t.
received at this pIat = ffua
sources. that pt hnar ,tsopstI
the surroundIilts coLrtrv h.
on the town. en,1 th,t aa=
certainly appca1. 70; that r.
next twelve hours. Mess
ately taken to ntfe1 4 I'm :
resistance. AL: ths doable
guns, pistols, e., lit conf
collected, and ANY Of the {:
and the young, ohe':ins the!:.
armed themselt cs FIR theiE.
Having organized them
they took pos ses: ion u ::
and, under pro; ec;ion Of IT..
to defend Themselves, theiE5.
property to tie last r
we're posted at ::oI seDien. I:
eral roads leh:IE: into ta7.
t1ons to give tie :.!arm ass:aa
the enemy: Ahort ds!li::;=
etB saw and hE..a 1t j sq-l
No damage VAS drne. FL.
town, and soon II. E.erwanls1
were fired on nnar The $!ss:
1t was now ho.f daE, II:
posed to be aho,lt me hE-sS
deserted In one ct the hM7
town, Several cf the c.
them, and inquin.l whasss5
want our righti:,' repG,ds
her. What II .f;i.ts::'' salt-
Want to regu1at.s this tor,
or burn ont the id hol..'
that they woulil,::a re:tta::
Of the mob thC: lroposii
the proposition ,ias au.;x
tatioa 1as.ed. we al;
hours. .A1any },roro:!Ar r
many were rcjet..ed. IL
citizens TO ente, into sr3
This was re5uset'. The! !
to burn .seyera: busints L
, 1866-08-26

Dne Of tho main po{nts at Issue between I
tbc Conner,ohnaon,.ea and INA Rennhl,can, i,
~ ~ ~ s...' 80 80 49,. Gslu.,..s.,a1
tue ~ eosouu eestlon y. wv eoas.1eoaeae.
A A1acnnaeos walcn se1et.e1a tSrreecntauon m
" >en.saneti1soo popa.auun',' Aue oou.1
usus Auns wi s'oeo VIZ Stta!ene, @uu t't.5' '"
ailoW them. 10 votos hold oUce, .elI on
jdsics, or testify, In tho courts wherc not com-
pelled by Federal powcr. But the rebels OF
the South insist on holding thlrty-two extra
seats in Congress and thi.ty-two votes in the
Electoral College by virtlc Of tho presence
Of this dlsftanchised negro population among
them. Tho RcpublicanEo of ths ''North" reject
this demand Us wholly inadmlssible, extrav!
agant and supercilious. The Republicans"
say that the late slnve States mny BIS repre-.
scented In Congress on tho basis Of enftan- I
ch{scd population; the rebels and Copper
heads demand that they be represented on
the basis of the disftanchlsed negroes as well
as enftanchlsed whites. They deny that ne.
groes are citizens or voters ;.ncverthelcss they
insist on offsettins them against four millions
OF Northern white voting citizens. Reduce
the Issue to figures and sec how It comes out,
The whole number Of REPRESENTATIVES In a
full House Is al. On tho basis of cnftan-
chised population the House would stand
thus: s.. 1.
Old Free states......... .....................16
o'd slave st.ses. ..:-',..''.. 70
on INC Joanson'feoel plaa OIL counting Lac
ols1faacnssea negroes, tne "osec1lons woalo
" fsplesen.eo % io'io"e' - ,o
9d sioss s,es q;
Loss to the North. Sc rofes..
Tho Reuuhl,eans of1er to 1ct fhe sonth
, 1866-08-26

$3.50" ~t7Nf nv E@~AAaASN IA4S O n oAA4
testimony Of General Custer as to the total
want Of fitness on the pa1t Of the people Of
Texas to be admitted to political rights. He
swore in that testimony that the people were
not loyal, that to remove the military would
be to expose the lives ofthe Union men and
freedmen to the ontrnges Of the rebels !; that
the people Of Texas only sought political
rights that they might the more successfully
carry out their own purposes, and generally
he gave them credit for loyalty and political
aaess's. ~ y. sn0 Hoss nes eae'er"'eolo ena.oeses'
s."-,,.nr ns ,.e-,a @ p..0oA"' rsat ~
ees'a alA9n una AnGNieuge' 4nAt
"as y. tt.u laa.. en's .asu osue,a1 Nustel
- ~
proclamation for Convention to meet at
Phi1adelphta, this same General c.nster at.
tended gathering in M1chsp,n. and IN ~
sponse to a call for a spcech said that he was
a soldier. and corsenneDtIv he a1wovs oh.rod ed
his Commander.tn. .Ghfcr: THE orders ~ he
Commander.In. Chief were torcnoIr 10 Pb;Ia.
de]phIa, and. ppoa honor. dec]ara that thh
people of Texas we're loyal citizens 1or,nr
the Union for the Cpion,s sokr md miami.
ing to be SO intensely faithful hereafter that
they were infinitely mora ]oyal than were
the constituents Of the present Congress-.
This command Of tho Commander.fn.
Chief required, Of course, that Major General
Custer should no to PHILADELPHIA
and upon honor declare that the statements
he had made on oath In March last were not
true In fact, but were merely that Kind of
fabulous history upon which Congress de-.
cciyed itself and sought to deceive the pco-
pie. True to his exposition of his duty,
General Custer obcyed orders. He went to
Philadelphia; he resolved and declared that
the people Of Texas were good and loyal peo.
pic, so good and loyal that they had never
lost their right to have Senators md Renrc.
sentatircs In Congress; and that 1t ought not
to be expected that u people 60 loyal could
remain long tn enduring the oppressive exc1n.
sion from Congress, to which by every sacred
obligation they were entitled, He burrahcd
he threw up his hat, he called for nDix,c,'
md for great variety Of music. and rene-
rally made himself as tubtlant over tbc r..
solves of tho Conrention as thourh thew di1
not contradict the Language and fho sn,r,t n
his former statements made on oath Gars,o1
Custer, not content with this czhfhftfon of
himself went down 70 N,ashinoto, and ,-,th
the aid of sorno other copai1s snhso,,sa.. 49,.
subordlnntes WIN o1waxs ahay ~ .e. ~ 'a'as T..
ofF1ce. 5nou m oa1l ~, 1..,a 49, I'M ~ ~
other m}titarv men 1ho<a 49, .se..a ".
oa,h NJ he ali euS ot,.osa :. WV W.. s.s.su ~ W
land on' +hsn aas .ssas ne' ~ mes. " eieSe"
+rccr ~ -oha1s ans 49, .t sne.S a.e1ase lnat, as oc-
ro,o,. 49, se.a.,,s ua W. tsos'aefn people, tae
rossnto.,as :. nsN W @1ie preference IN rep
Tho Co., ~ Hoseee. - :,
..s ' uo"essf' nas got INTO nos
oo,,,,..,,, - 10 .n'els Ae aus pFoeapiy en-
, 1866-08-26

Recentton cr the Noxg. or ,na 1z,vtro
: OF The Cab1e-An English Candidate
for ;Coroncr-A Practical Jokc-Popu-
1arIndlsnstien against England and
Tho new % IIne > to s;bina ~ and Iansn--
p Tne r,onr.h % ~ = r,s1 % - maw.e .sH
49, - - ~ =. e-s.,., 1:-...a,, =.
/" lffom our epeeial correspondent
sAs fnANo1sco' 'n{1 esth. 1884,
Ten minutes since. the news of the sue
bJe flashed across the Cont,nent and Tas ~.
so,sod IN a. F-nrcs.so - r thtat - ~.
s.an+ ' aonaot .s,,1 ~ 3rox. - LIN % " sno
ese1t e01noS 'AA ~ o't'" . paea'i"i g.
~t"cen sow 49,, ,n,,,
To-day, and tho day when tho uews Of the
laying Of the first cable reached San Fran
cisco Then Enp1ana WAS onr fr;and nur
Mother Conntrv y and wa vsn+ n,sa ,,.,t1,
o1o;to1n.rt a;ras ~ ..sn1t Tsa rsaa rse "as
At1an.in cona o ~ G.,ans.t,o, % ,, ine ".tn1 .t,.
d. grand feature in the history
Of San Frnncssco md INV 1,co1 ,rr3tars ~
s1oa zsi,r nrtho ,ast 1911 ~ a., aeG1s:a -
si"s aA, e, " sns Ias' y. oa..n ot vu'y ce1eDta
the nest and d toes a1er !. son
Francisco, " the great Atlantic cable process.
sion alone e1cented.n On that - sim n % san !
Fro1e,sco sn~,,ss ssod x.rs.1r s.,s - as...a1 -.
tns.ss ~ ~. ~ ps. ness, auu lef sit11ens
she9 ahs n9a on e. dt.s 20 eeeSaa1e Inc union o.
up the celebration all day and all night, and n
number of The most enthusiastic pot 80 1rnnk
on that OCCASION that they have
never been sober since, Now ali
"a changed A 6aw marobonto ,rtor-
as.os Aau: -! A., 1,.,, sM "escaans . m'eI, +,
ss.e1 ss ~ luz Eps'sn tfaae ana NJ :
tns ,a N M sen flaneaseo are re,oleed
to them alone. The great mass Of our pop
u1at,on erect +ba annar,co-.a1t .,,tS ,asif
,c,sa- $50 AZ s1oen. sNes",,.s.,sa W.. .uun
" " vsnt sne lee'.as IN suen nasa
in 1--we minutes, and the next: vessel that at
tempts to lay It would sink with all on
board t,s Thnse WIN view thu natter In this
,,nht -,o,,.h1r ,n,,1e- ,,y1a'tentbs Of oyr
nens paooaoty namoei .a.s,.saa ~ ~, ~
popnlatfon, natise or na1urauzeq, ~ snls
the matter Of the English pirates sent ont to
nrcv m onr commerce, and the hatred which |
~ ,so,1e and esr,ec,al1v her rn1er. mani. |
fcstcd Inward liz and our fustitntfons 1nrinr
tt1 tSat infamoas aa ~ rebeiliop. which Enrl1sbme9
ri n cristence f71r years. (}nr 1,ennia .snrs
Tn last victims of Enri,sh nofSco ana haJ
f.tth The Shenendoaf,e lat -~nn+on 80 s-v ~
cowardiy piracy being directed: 1T our W com.
Frsnc,arn ~ ~ .r,a1.. nSvu ~ rnlcn ?an
.a, IT, 9.,s ~ ; tksy tatelestea. MOI gun
t w H. :" 81 81 LEU okeI sAe syent, Ana no GEL
eota'Hou ~ Auy k1uo VIII Do gotten up
over &ue success OF an enterprise |
Mnle9 few years since would |
nave oeen nailed as the crowning glory OF !
elyin1ation. ...
= speaking Of this feeling am reminded Of
Pr o.: qnaet satire forulng the pol0s Of d
JOKE oScr Which san Fsanciseo Is "laughing !
eonsameoly" Today. An old English miser,- |
Who Is one Of tho characters Of San Francis |
GO, has been imPortnned BY lot Of mad
wage TO run ior the office OF coroner, an; Of
leo Tor which be Is unit and which In 'cnuld \
, 1866-08-26

calls will icol themselves rofuted thosoby.
Go It Custcr. Don't swcar Custer, bnt II
yon do awear, swear as you. .aro ordered by
vour C1mmau1cr.in-Ch Chief,
, 1866-08-26

lavc navcr, Voluntarily, contributed tArthlaE,
nor eyc- spoke orc encouraging word tn favos Of
either Of OUT two late abolition rehtlllons, 0ne
1tbcnln.Nf
, 1866-08-26

Tho following are the returns.of the recent
election for delegate to Congress from Colo
rado. The returns embrace all but ConeJos
and Costello counties, which gave q Copper
head majority Of about ITO last year:
, 1866-08-26
L0OKour mnuNTAIN.

VNuk4Ea AAA VI WtCA%Iu4bVf
we must also gain the heights which com-
n!apd them and al The genius and energy of
Grant, aided by Sherman, md Th.mas and
Hooker, md supported by great and true
army, were put to the test to break tue bond.
-. a; .Asssa,1,ssa' go. - 80 ~ :: ~
MIN pls..pl.ous nona auu olues ss1..a1,, ~
nslsus cnaA.ss ~ 1tA. euaea wv, ,,1a n,xh'ni
., sou.n =. .H,Ners Iaas .nu n"a.sA5 - .1ah.sns -
eou.u" eotel4s - oeo4s ~. w. ~
~ tne so"" ID tln "a'"'A~ ~s"u y. WV
business energy winch must unoe1 'ue Anao'
ehces OF tceedou, line Inc mounta1n streams
with manufactures and cover the Hills With
herds and tho valleys with crops, and pour
Ml the products OF their industry into the
great rivers Of business which must meet
there as they HOW between Chicago and ST.
Eannah and between New York and New
o1leans-so the mountain is most favorable
point for centre Of moral influences, such
as have spread from tho mountains Of New
England over au thu North.
; 1t has already been centre of 1oyn1ty. To
the north lies East Tennessee, whose truth
was well tried and known In the war. The
mountain itself stretches far away into the
Gulf States. Its people were poor aud few,
but they were loyal. As the traveller Wan-
dc1s among the gigantic rocks md Businesses
Of the .:angc, he L. told Of men who hid
themselves there, furnishing with hunger,
hunted With hlood-hounds, dragged forth to
the army anE the ,gallows, and Il the rocks
could speak, hcw many more tales could they
tell Of plain, igIorant men, who suffered or
died for their simple loyalty, whose fate was
not recordedl
Tho conditions Of success in our present
moral war ore substantially the same as in
Inc eail.asy s.susge' we "as1 secufe .ne
centres u "ealla aha tne avenues o. tsaae;
eut especially We must hola ana tort1fy tne
hclsnts o. 1nteneetnal ana moral power. we
may seno aankee enterprise ana "eattn INTO
1ne cues oi LUG eoath' out We are taugn.
wen enoogn oy the past .hat wc cannot
trust H. unless IL Ii strengthened 1y soMe-
, 1866-08-26

sacrc run nller him aud hut1ah for him. Let
MI others favof him With silence and ylcld
, 1866-08-26

:: The pertiraclty with which the Liberals of
Mexico arc keeping up the unequal struggle
hgninst despotlc Invasion. Is worthy Of ali
pfaise. They are at work here moro energet-
icaily than ever, md within the past month
have succeeded In getting OF arms, and nm-
1uunilon and, what is even morn essential to
their cause, 4oeN drilled, kpeTienced Am<rieon
soldesrs by .wholeaala from this point.f. The
business has been managed, most adroitlY@
have left here within fcw days to taxa ser;
vice under Jusrex> are quite number who
hare distinguished themselves in tho Onion
, 1866-08-26

tho same room.'' = About thirty .slI pcople
lived in three houses. Mr.. Smith, = solicitor,
oEned the property, and the parish poor rent
collector collected tho rents. From 10: 5,
Ynnvifle' street, a woman named HAineS
and her son Albert wero removed to the
work house with cholera on Saturday night !;
tho boy died in the cab In Bethnal Green j;
the mother died In five hours after. In this
nefghborhood It has beon asccrtaincd that
night. Tic landlord Ii member Of tho res
try. These tre the barbariaus-generntcd by 4
badly organized socinl system In sny great
city Of Europe, from which the t'decllre mud
fall' Of modern nations Is to be apprehendcd.
IN dnuipg this picture shoufd be unjust
~ did not append TO It the statement that
the charitable contributions Of The wealthy.
especially In London, are enormous. But Ii
there be some fundamental Injustice ut thn
root Of onr European society, the contElbu-
tiont Of tho charitable may assuage but viii
not euro the evil. The bandage of charity
wnl never stannch tho wound Of ]nstlee.- 4
great var Or mighty revolution may issue
Prom this demand OF France, nud what I
havo written Is to show what iplaumalla
materials extst. We arc cropping Like miners
tn tho dark; there Il lire damp existing
a., Al round !;n and the least spark may produce
We look, too, with anxiety to the West.
IsarAo said long ago that liberty wns travel
Ing westTarda that the time would come
when 1t would be crushed under the soldiers
foot u EufscaPe, e and would take refuge in
amidst the tribnistEons Of Europe nor their syes
turned towards you. II you break up It. IS
all over with tho hopas >of Europe. This
continent will be parcelled ont Into halfa
viii b. PROSTATE in the dust beneath the
ttbrusal sword" The Prussfan mitltafy sys-
tenn carried out In a. Prussianlzed Gct1uapv
Eonld bring under arms some ], 800, 600 men.
, 1866-08-26

Ten minutes since, the news of the sue
cessful Laying Of the Atlantic Telegraph ca
BILE flashed across the Continent and WIS re-
eeivcd In San Francisco ,:As ! think Of the
event cannot fall. to draw parallel b..
tWceu
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-17
Resolutions on the Death of Col. W.
R. Hill. ...'.ft.- |H

At meeting of the Madison Bar. held
in Canton, on the 18th inst. Hon. A. H.
Handy was called to the chair and Geo
R. Fearn was appointed Secretary.
The Chairman having first explained
that the object Of the meeting was to
take such steps as would express the deep
sense of the Bar. at the loss it sustained
in the death Of its most shining ornament,
VIM. R. HILL, on motion committee was
appointed, consisting of Franklin Smith
T. G. Upper, and w. S. Bailey. Esqr's.,
to draft resolutions suitable to the occa-
sion. #|# T##. -F'
The following preamble and resolutions
were submitted by the committee, and
were unanimously adopted:
PREAMBLE, The announcement of the
death ofour esteemed associate and broth
err, VIM. R. HILL, has been received with
feelings Of heartfelt sorrow.
Those of US who knew Col. Hill while
at the Madison Bar. many years ago, and
enjoyed the pleasure of professional inter
course with him then. were gratifed to
learn some months since, that be had de-
termlhed to resume bis practice at the
bar, and to become again intimately asso-
cIated with w in the walks Of our fayo>
rite profession, while those of us who
have come to the bar since his retirement,
gladly welcomed him back to our ranks,
and anticipated much profit and advan-
ta2e from his ripe experience and true
exempliGcation ofthe just aims and duties
of lawyer. His death has destroyed
these expectations, therefore
RESOLVED. That in the death of Will
liam R. Hill, the Mississippi bar has lost
a shining ornament, our society a worthy
useful and influential citizen.
RESOLVED, That in testimony of our re-
gard for the memory Of the deceased, we
will! attend his funeral this evening, at A
O'Clock. wearing the usual badge of
mourning.
RESOLVED, That the Secretary be in
structed to send copy Of these resou,
tons to the family Of the deceased.
On motion a committee was appointed |
of John Handy, ]. W. Downs and E. ]
Bowers, Eqr's., to present the foregoing
preamble and resolutions 10 The next term
of the Circuit Court, and ask that they be
spread upon the minutes
A committee composed of Geo. R
Fesrn. John Handy, j. S. Robinson, K.
!. Bowers. WIN. F. George and J. @.
Moore, Esqr's., were appointed TO act as
Pail bearer at the funeral of deceased.
Upon motion the Secretary was inslruc
ed to request of the city papers the pub
ica'ion Of the proceedings Of this meeting.
Meeting adjourned.
A. H. HANDY. C.irman.
GEO R. FEARN, Secretary.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-17
For the Citizen.
THE OLD MANS THOUGHTS.

I'm wandering back dear Alice, back to a happy day
When youth beat in our pulses and we were GLAD and
gay
Back, to sunny evening, when from the little cot
We strayed away and gathered the sweet forgetme
not"
Adown the slope wandered-down to the rivers side
And listened to the murmur of the gently flowing tide;
"heoer the distant noun ains, the sunlight died away
And lit with crimson bushes. the softly dying day.
know not what, sweet Alice, ohat made me grow SO
bold,
But almost ere knew 1t, my burning love was told
Ana to my trembling bosom pressed lovely form,
And with my own heart beating felt her bea soft and
warm
And you remember, Alice, the bridal eve serene
When in the little paror the waiting guests were seen
Two hands were joined together two hearts dissolve in
one,
And we began lifes journey, in joyous unison.
IT'S many year. dear Alice it's many year ago,
And the head then black and glossy while with ages
snow,
But the hand of time my Alice the true heart cannot
chill
And the love of youthful manhood is burning brightly
still
For when the stormcoud owerd and darken'd DER the
way,
Twas your dear hand that pointed to a better brighter
day;
And when the sprngihg flowers were op'ning round
my feet,
Twas you who shared their fragrance and made them
doubly sweet
Twill not be long, dear Alice twill not be many dav
Before with age o'erweared we go the human way;
But though one cross the river before the Others time
We above shall be united in brighter happier cline
SIGMA.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-17

For fear our friend of the "Mail" might
not have subject, upon which to base his
wit, in his next wedkly issue; we have con-
cluded to give him little foundation for his
n.1, building. We instinctively shrink from
repeating all that we have heard said, and
the many compliments received from the
press since the 9th inst, but the following
vii serve to show that some of the wise
enes differ with our mel Lbor in his opinion
%! our rPperance:
cASros c SEMITIC Citizen CONES to us
In On enlarged for n with IA beautiful new
hssd.-(Jackson News.
The Citizen rarely reached US before, but
now that it is dressed up we can hardly hope
to see it at all. We congratulate our friend
Bosworth, however, on the prosperity thus
indicated. No NEW head" was needed to
make it first CLASSY. Herald.
B@- Our friend Bosworth, of the Canton
Citizen, is spreading himself. His last issue
10 a large, handsome semi. weekly. The Cit
iEen is now published semi-weekly and week.
y.-Miss. Standard.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-17

PnRsoxAL.--We had the pleasure OF
meeting in this city, yesterday, our friend
Mr.. AKIN, who is associated with Mr.. Kim
ball, in the publication of the "Watchman," a
UNCONVENTIONAL paper recently started in our
sister city, Jackson. Mr.. A. is new canvass.
Ing tho country round about soliciting sab
scribers and Advertisements for his paper,
and We are gratiied to know that he is
meeting with great encouragement. Under
the management and control of these two
clever gentlemen, both of whom are practical
printers, and have had long experience in the
business, the Waterman cannot fail to make
Its mark wherever it may be seen. We con-
grstalate our friends, Akin and Kimball, and
hope that their greatest anticipations may be
realized in their resent laudabIs undertakings
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-17

p4r Since the close of the war, Gen.
Grant has been presented with property, in.
GLIDING houses, horses, swords, cash, DC,
amounting to oue hundred aud seventy
thousand dollars.
The cash and property alluded to in the
above paragraph, would have been erpend-
ed to . better purpose had it been appropri.
stsd to the feeding, clothing and educating
the children Of deceased soldiers, or to bene.
ht the disabled soldiers who are left.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-03-17
FOUNDERED AT Sci.
GEO R. FEARN, Secretary.

The British iron steamship London, fro m
London to Melbourne, foundered at sea on
the 18th January, taking with her 27O per-
sons to that great deep
"Where are thousand fearful wrecks,
thousand men, that fishes gnaw upon"
Sixteen of the crew and three of the pas
sengers were saved in the pinnace, which
was picked up next day and carried to Fal.
mouth. The following account of the last
fatal scene is full of touching interest:
From the Western News
1t was 10 O'Clock, on the morning of that
fatal Thursday, that Capt. Martin had the
terrible task of making known to the 200
passengers that the ship was sinking, and
that they must prepare for the worst. She
was then as low in the water as the main
chains. The whole Of her passeng ers and
crew gathered, as with one consent, in the
main saloon, and, having been calmly told
by Capt Martin that there was no hope left,
a remarkable and unanimous spirit of resig.
nation came over them at once. There was
no screaming or shrieking by women or men
no rushing on deck, or frantic cries. All
calmly resOrted to the saloon, where the Rev.
Mr.. Draper, one of the passengers, PRAYED
aloud, aud exhorted the unhappy creatures
by whom he was Surrounded.
Dismay was present to every heart, but
disorder to none. Mothers were weeping
sadly over the little ones about with them to
be engulphed, and the children, ignorant of
their coming death, were pitifully inquiring
the cause of SO much woe. Friends were
taking leave of friends, as if preparing for a
long journey; others were crouched down.
with Bibles in their hands, endeavoring to
snatch consolation from passages long known
or long neglected. Incredible, we are told.
was the composure which, under such cir.
cumstances, reigned around. Capt. Martin
stationed himself in the poop, going occasion
ally forward or into the saloon but to none |
could be offer word of comfort by telling |
hem that their safety was even probable. He |
oined, now and then, for a few moments, in |
he public devotions, but his place to the
asst was on the deck.
About two o'clock in the afternoon. the
water gaining fast on the ship, and no
ign Of the storm subsiding being apparent,
! small band of men determined to trust
themselves to The mercy of the waves in a
'oat, rather than go down without struggle.
leaving the saloon, therefore, they got out
nd lowered away the port cutter, iuto which
iXteen Of the crew and three of the passen-
ers succeeded in getting and in launching
er clear Of the ship. These nineteen men
houted for the captain to come with them,
ut with that heroic courage which was bis
hief characteristic, be declined to go with
hem, saying: NO, will go down with the
Assengers; but wish you God-speed and
Afe to land" The boat then pulled away,
Ossing about helplessly on the crssts Of the
igantic waves. Scarcely had they gone
ighty yards, or been Eve minutes off the
eek, when the fne ship went down stern
'remost with her crowd of human beings.
ON whom one confused cry Of terror arose,
n I ell was silent forever.