The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-02-17

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nous iplfit NJ resignation came over
them Al once. There was M scream.
Ing N shfIeklng by women of men.
M rushing on deck, or frantic cries
All calmly reaoftcd 10 the saloon,
where the Rev. Mr. Draper, one NJ
The passengers, prayed aloud, aud e..
hortcd tbc unhappy creatures by
whom he was surrounded.
Dismay was present 10 every heart,
but disorder 70 none. Mothers wore
seepinr ssdly over the little ones
about with them 10 &c engulfcd, and
the children, ignorant Of their com-
ing death, were pitimlly inquirias
the muse Of 90 much voc Friends
were taking leave Of friends, as if
preparing for a long journey; others
were crouchcd down, with Bibles in
their hands, cndcavoring to snatch
consolation from passages long known
or long neglected. incredible, we
arc told, was the composite which,
under such circumstances, rcigncd
around. Captain Martin stationed
himself in the poop, going OCCASION
ally forward or into the saloon; but
to none could he offer n word of COM
fort, by telling them that their safety
was even probable. He joined now
and then for a few moments in the
public devotions, but his place to the
last was on the deck.
About two o'clock in the afternoon,
the water gaining fast on the ship,
and no signs of the storm subsiding
beingapparent, a small band of men
determined to trust themselves to the
mercy Of the waves in boat, rather
than 90 down without a struggle.
Leaving the saloon, therefore, they
got out and lowered away the port
cutter, into which sixteen of the
crew and three of the passengers
succeeded in getting and launching
clear of the ship. These nineteen
men shouted for the captain to come
with them, but with that heroic
courage which was his chief charac-
teristic, he declined to with them,
saying, "No, l will go down with
the passengers; but | wish you God
speed and safe to land" The boat
then pulled away, tossing about
helplessly on the crests Of the gigan-
tic waves. Scarcely had they gone
eighty yards, or been five minutes off
the deck, when the fine ship went
down stern foremost with her crowd
Of human beings, from whom one
confused cry of helpless terror arose,
and all was silent forever.
After the pinnace had got away
from the London, and in the brief
interval before she foundered, a rush
was seen to be made to the two re-
naming boats, but the efforts to
launch them were Intellectual, and
the suddenness of the laundering at
last--the London being an iron ship
prevented what might have been a.
successful second attempt %, ssysp
few more lives. x 5ASsoluAA "
Some hairbreadth escapes in con-
nection with this disaster are already
known. A lady who was desirous Of
proceeding from Plymouth with her
family to Melbourne by the London,
had made repeated pressing applica-
tions to the owners agents at Ply
mouth, and the captain had been
consulted, but, fortunately for the
applicant. had declared that his cab
ins were so iull that he could not
possibly accommodate her, a result
that, at that time caused her much
disappointment. A second-class male
passenger was so alarmed at the
rough weather the London encoun-
tered on her way dcwnto Plymeath, /,
that Immediately on her arrival at
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