Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-10
Foupde,ing az Sea Of the Steamship
Landau

LONDON
Plymouth, Jan. lGlh.-Erenng. =
IMsssrs. Money, Wieram u Sons
steamship London. Captain Martin, from
London Tor Melbourne, has luurdered al
sea with about 270 souls on board. The
survivors, 6 of the crew and three pas
senyers, were landed q, Fsl.Ioulh 10 day
by The Italian bark Marian"ple.
There Is something ennobIng as well
as sad IN the incidents which accUmpa'
MED the loundrIng 81 the s'eamshIp Ion
don. The heart may grieve over the loss
OF more than Two hundred Precious Ives
The whole nation may shudd'r al the
terrible rrcital-yel there arises feeling
Of something like triumph when We con.
Template the uslm htlUisn 0i The multi.
Jude which went down wIih the stricken
/ SHIN inro that dark gulf Of whitlng wa.
il.r.. II Was not only That Tue captain
WIS cool aud collected; that HE officers
kept To their post; that strong men were
rrsoIulely determined Ia brave The worst
bul when delicate women and tendeHy
nurtured pirl. received ;he udings that Ill
earthly th"pe was gone, they neiIheI
shrtked nor tainted, but gathered to-
prther 10 die with comrUsuIe which
despair might possibly have initiated, but
which resrsnaIi"n alone could truly III
spiue. There Was moral granGueE IT.
such dea,h, however oyerwh h, Inning
nigh, be The PITY steal catastrophe. j"
ba suspended Tor hours over The brink OF
he grave i. a fearful ordeal l"r the hu-
man spirii, but il was borne he:uicaIly on
lhis OCCASION; and HE unsrmed hosls
Itch went down into the abyss OF wa
ters AMID that raging tempest has earned
Tor Itself name and tame like that
which soldiers gain upon the battlefield.
They died bfavtll, knowing their peiil
and looking death calmly IN the face.
Much may be due 10 me earnest mlnIslra-
tons OF Tie lev. Mr.. Draper. whose spur
iiluaI Xhortstluns seem 10 have been -"
highly valued IN that Tying huIr. A
few may have been ready 10 wax desper.
ale. mui,erlng threats f suicide ia they
clulh.d ther loaded IevolvtrS. But
there il no proof iha! any such intentions
were carrled into execution. They
wal,ct-lhal imprisoned mulnlud'-um.
nj death came. The csp;aln uod ih,
deck. though he i,ls that "hls duty was
done, and just now aud then STEPPED HI
to the saloon 10 Participate III lie Ia-I
prayers of that sorrowlul assembly
Even IN the ease OF those who lell III,
vessel We are glad 10 find that Ihesc Is
good ground lar crednlng them with the
courage OF Engll.hmen and the discipline
ui sa,ors; and we NY lie d"nbly thank
lul iha. ,nry wrIe spared, not only i'r
their own sakes but for the sake OF those
hose dying hours they serve r. record
Bul Inl il,usr (rw-Wlio escaped Ihe sca
.ul,ly by h species OF snII"rls-Ihls mar
v,lnns tale would hs al unt"ld, and Nc
world bs left To- wonder that had brcoinf
al lIc splendid ,hlp whct saIl'd at -
piasely into the Atlantic 10 meet The JAN
u.ry gales. From dis lllle band Il
tA,us Erookc, whn. having lull'd h''
harGr.l towald saving Me ship. was seer
~ inglng the hsll door OF The companion
20 aud ira, as with grave cumpnsuTe Ii
LEANED upon 1t. cal"ly and resIgnedl>
surveying Tho last scene oi all IN this
'lr.erdy OF real life. hhre terrible lhsn
thu W.. the agony Of he poor gIh. vii"
fired "a III, u.and guIneas' Tor chance
81 escape in he GROVE ed boat. Not
even miIllnrs W, uld have served for .
ransom. for there was cline no Longer.
aud hope was now utterly gone. And
The shlp went down, carrying beneath
the waves the noble hearted captain
| who refused To leave his charge: and a.
she sank INTO the deep one Of The 's'
sights wAich flashed un he gaze Of Ihr
survivors was that of HE officer in charg,
Of the umps. who stood al big post. hI'
engine s,I working and his hand on The
lever, as he glIded into eternity. N"
story of The vars could rival III heroic
grandeur this chronicle Of The seas.-L
don Standard. ....r
{6g. The Female Seminary Buildings
al llseersiown, Nd. was sold few days
ago, to Mr.srs. Charles W. llumrIrk-
house and J. S. Bridges, OF Bsllimoro. for
$4,000. The purchasers intend TO re
pair the building aud establish first class
Seminary there at very early day.
| o. On die l4lh Of the present month
it being Ash "Wednesday. The season OF
Lent commences.
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