The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-02-14

seamen cried, ~ There may still bepQofn; fetch |
laIlady'n' Mr. w lson then )spfang over q por-
stioplof tue deck in search ola lady he knew,
but not seeing her, and knowing that.epery
IinstantIWas precious, he said to- young girl,
1" Will you goa" She did not refuse, there
fore Mr.. Wilson seized her and took her to
the bulwarks, but when shejlooked oyer the
rails and saw the distance (which sheimust
spring, she said in despair,os Oh, Il cannot,do
that There was no time for persuasion or
parley, and Mr.. Wilson was obliged to drop
the girl and jump from the steamer to the
boat, which be fell into safely. The ship was
being washed over to the boat, towards
which it hinged heavily. The captain, who
WAS walking 1ahnly up and down the poop,
had refused to,leaye his ship, but just before
the boat putoff he had the consideration and
presence of mind to give those in the boat
their conrse." He told them that it lay E.
n. p. to Brest, which was correct. Before
the boat could be got off it was in great
danger of being sucked down with the ship,
which was rapidly settling beneath the wa
ter The swirl of water round the stern
that preceded the laundering had already be-
gun to be excessive; and the boat was there
fore hastily cut away. At that moment those
in the boat were piteously called upon by a
lady about twenty three years OF age, who,
with a face which was, it is stated, livid with
horror, shrieked out an offer of "a thousand
guineas if you'll take me in" But in that
solemn hour millions of money would have
been accounted valuless, and to return must
have resulted in destruction to- all. One of
! the seamen has stated that when the boat
was pushed off, and the captain had wished
those in her 'God-speed," the men resolved
that no danger must be allowed to accrue to
them from further crowding, and that some
of them drew their knives with determin:,-
ton of cutting off the hands of those who
might leap from the ship and endeayor to
cling to the boats gunwales 1t is also stated
that long before this, when it was first made
known that the vessel must go down, a pas
senger brought on deck a carpet-bag, and
that on his doing so the captain gave siort
melancholy laugh, and then smiled. as one of
the passengers expressed it, at the prepost-
erous idea of the mans thinking at such
time of his property" aasiyli
Down into the waves with 269 Others has
sunk GustaYus V. Brooks, the famed TRACE
dian, who was bound for the country which
had been the scene of a reverse of fortune to
him, but previously of many brilliant sue
cesses He will be well remembered as 4 fall
man, of powerful build, and he is stated by
the rescued passengers to have exerted his
strength to the utmost in helping to keep the
ship atioat. The Dutch portion of the crew,
81 in number, refused to work, and accord
ing to the English sailors who were saved
these men went to their berths and remained
there, SO that the passengers had to work at
the pumps for many hours with the English
seamen. Mr.. G. V. Brooke exerted himself
incessantly. Attired only in red Crimean
shirt and trousers with no hat on, and bare
footed, he went backwards and forwards to
the pumps until working at them was found
to be useless, and when last seen, about four
hours before the steamer went down, he was
leaning with grave composure upon one of
the half doors of the companion. His chin
was resting upon both of his hands, anal his
arms were on the top of the door, which he
gently swayed to and fro, while he calmly
watched the scene. One of the passengers
who saw him has said, "He had worked
wonderfully. and in fact, more brayely than
any man on board of that ship" To the
steward, who made himself known, Mr..
Brooke said, 1T you succeed in saving your
self, give my farewell to the people of Mel
bourne The rescued mon ron,en,ber with
gratitude and respect the efforts put forth by
ministers on board. The Rev. DR.. Woolley
encouraged the passengers TO work at the
pumps, in which he was seconded by the
stewardess, who had son on board, and
cheered the passengers by her collected de-
meanor and constant attentions. Next must
be mentioned circumstance the publication
of which may prove to be of great import
ance Mr. Munro states that a passenger
named Eastwood, with whom he had been
acquainted prior to the voyage, said to him.
"Well, Jack, think we are going to CO.
The answer was, 81 think we are, Eastwood"
The reply was, "We cannot help it. There's
only one thing l regret about it; of a draft
for $500 on the Bank of Victoria, Ballarat, L
only received eco, which gave to the cap
tain in the office of Money Wigram & Co.
should have liked my poor father to have
got the balance" The speaker was among
those who persisted, but fortunately and
singularly enough, his communication was
made to one of the three surviving passengers,
and as the deceased Mr. Eastwood's father Is
known to live near Liverpool, the probability
is that his sons wish will be fulfilled-a wish
that was so fervent that Mr. Eastwood shed
tears as he expressed it.
We have endeavored to obtain informa-
| ton from the survivors as to any one they can
recollect among the passengers, and to any
word or act that may tend to satisfy their
friends of their state of mind.
Mention was made ON Wednesday of the
Rev. Mr.. Diapers exhortations to the unhap
ply people in the chief saloon The women
sat around him reading Bibles with the chill
| dren, and occasionally some man or woman
would step up to Mr.. Draper and say" Pray
with me, Mr.. Draper'-a request that was al
ways complied with. Up to the time the
ship went down the reverend gentleman min
| istered to those among whom he moved con-
stantly. He was heard to say repeatedly
ooh, God may those that are not converted
| be converted now-hundreds of them pr
| About an hour before the vessel sunk Mr..
| Wilson met Captain Martin under the main
| deck aft, and asked him if he would be of
use to help in carrying out the water to the
second deck. He replied, I" / will see" and
walked to the engine-room into which he
| looked down, when he turned about, came
| back and said, I" You may do ii, but 1 think
! it is of no use" He then walked on to the
poop, and having declared that he would
| stay and sink with the passengers, he walked
about and silently looked down upon what
was going ON. When the boat put off with
| the three passengers, IA men, and two boys,
| one being the youngest mid-shipman on his
| first voyage many of the passengers who, al
| though expecting death, little knew how
very, very soon it was to come upon them,
| waved their handkerchief and chesred when
the boat got about dozen yards from the
ship, being apparently anxious that some
should live to tell their hapless tale. By the
time the men hadSTowed the gig about so
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