The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-16

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There's never man that dared to hope,
Hath OF his choice repepted;,, 4 -i,-t'
The happiest souls on earth are those y :,
Who smile and be contented. s.. !,
When grief doth come to rack the heart,
and fortune bids US sorrow,$ .,e.i.Gt
From hope we may q blessing read,
And consolation borrow; rs7s, 49,.
II thorns may rise and roses bloom,
It cannot be prevented; l;if iFtii
SO make the best Of life you can, lss
And smile and be oontented. csa -.b =
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Incidents OF the Ohio Steamboat Dis
III. aster. YI13s
One OF the gentlemen on board had
the presence of mind to unhinge q
door, which he threw into the river,
and after his wife and he had jumped
in, he placed her in position to reach
tho shore. "Now, stay here, DEAR"
was his request, ''until I can fix my
self some way, and we can both be
saved. Imagine the husbands
agony, Just as he had procured some
thing that would float, to see q man
swim toward the frail support Of his
wife and knock her away from it.
She was drowned. g+ilse.- IS.
One gentleman and wife escaped in
rather o romantic manner. Fasten-
ing life-preservers to both of their
persons, he tied her right arm to his
left, then took a shutter, over which
they placed both arms. "Now!- one
: -two-three-jumpi' he cried, when
both Jumped; and after little me-
n@uveripg they arrived safely on
shore, minus, however, several arti-
cles of apparel needed to make them
presentable.i h.l tse. 81. ta.5
A lady on board the States relates
that as she and her husband were
moving towards the shore, in the
water, she saw one of the life-boats
filed with people who had escaped.
But all ut once the America begins
backing towards the shore, and mer-
cilessly the rude rudder strikes the
boat, crushing and upsetting it.
None of those passengers were saved.
After escaping one danger, only to
meet death in; another form.
From the shore could be seen
women, with nothing but their robes
de NUT to protect them, rushing
abOutin the flames screaming for help,
mothers with their children in their
arms (most of them babies) rushing
about franticalIy. One mother, hold
ing her baby in her arms, ran to the
guards, but the water seemed to her
only chilly grave; then she jumped
in the cabin again, then to the
guards. The last that was seen of
her, she was standing up with her
baby hugged closer to her in her
awful death, burning up.
The bridal parties on board lost
everything but their sleeping ap-
parel. Calicoes took the place of
elegant vestments. Red worsted
hoods or bonnets. or anything that
would cover their feet and naked
.ness. Clothing was gone-elegant
trousseau, which had cost 30 much
time and trouble in getting together,
were Tapped up in the hungry flames.
Money was gone, and penniless,
nearly naked, three of the newly
married couples changed their warm
beds for the icy water in the river;
and half dead with fright. and two
thirds frozen, they only reached the
friendly shore to be greeted by q
piercing cold wind. But at last they
were saved, and they fell into the
uhHOb VI tut SOOu SatnarlC8nS. On6
couple Just married have fulfilled
their holy VOW to love each other
until death should them part; but
death took them both-both together
frozen, drowned, dead-in their
beautiful youth. with the kiss of pure
love frozen on their lips.
A gentleman with his sister, q
lovely and accomplished young lady,
were passengers on the United
States. At the first shock the gen.
Meman was thrown from his bed
clear on the floor. Hastily pulling
on his pantaloons. he rushed to the
state-room of his sister, burst open
the door, and seizing her in his arms,
carried her down on the main deck,
where, procuring q door-sbutter, he
threw it overheard and leaped after
it with his sister in his arms. He
placed her securely on the shutter,
and was swimming behind, pushing
it, with its precious load, toward the
shore, when, to his horror, a big,
burly aud able-bodied man swan up,
pushing his sister off the board, and
climbed upon it himself The
The young girl sank with a scream;
and if she came to the surface. it was
80 dark and the confusion 30 great
that he conld not find her. Madden
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