The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-18

that was all right SO waited about ten minutes, before
with the assistance OF five six Others showed the gang
plank overheard During this time the flames were making
great headway and in five six minutes after the fire
first seen by me the engines stopped working All the pas
sengers had crowded into the bow and some of them the
and children especially crying and wrnging
their hands and moaning peoisly Six showed
the ngplank over just forward of the paddleboxes
waited until the gang-pank had foaed past and then
jumped was the first man overheard l swan 10 the
gangpank and ten fifteen others followed So many
of on the plank caused it 10 sink and all had hard
work to keep it and ourselves up got along pretty we'll
until rd three h four nd SEEING that that i was holding
off except coored boy, the cooks helper. He put both
arms about my neck, and could not shake him off. then
helped him to get the plank, and caught
hold of my wrist and drew the plank. Johnny
o O., l helped on the plank two or three times
word. got hold of one of the gang-pank ropes and
stuck to it until picked off, could about men
having hold of boxes, chairs tenders, and two
of the men said to me- vast more than ten feet away
You're going pretty fast There very heavy sea-
and after had been in the water Is 20 minutes aswe
lifted the plank and capsized it. All who had hold of it
except washed away and did not any of them
again. / chilled through The almost at
freezing point just able to climb the angpan
after the had gone and knew that stayed in the
water could not live long, So stood up the plank
and steaded myself by the ropes had all clothes and
these frozen stiff. AS stood the gang plank all
alone myself had thought of DEATH the confidence
that had felt in being saved from the first still chung me-
looked about me- and, though the rolling heavily,
could the lakes surface dotted here and there with
pieces of the wreck to many of which men cnging
About half mile away I of the boats tenders,
and clinging to it, AS | was watching her
her disappear under a SWELL | the fender after
ward but she gone The boat dried to the leeward
in Shore much faster than the gangplank About 90
minutes after had left her the crowd of passengers
all gathered the hurricane deck Many of the
stripped to their shirts. Nearly all of them had epre
servers dashed to tables plank boxes and doors.
This about the last saw of the boat did not hear
any screaming cries. the of the drowned all that
The last noticed particularly about the wreck she burn
ing almost to the waters edge, and the waklngbeam was
Just falling in. was chilled through and felt myself freez
ing did not dare let go of the ropes for if did should
be washed away So changed hands, although my fingers
were soon frozen stiff About o'clock saw schooner
bearing SOUTH about two miles away, and under full SAIL
knew they from board and know they must have
the burning wreck but they did not bear down
and kept right 1t freezing just like winter and
could not have held much longer when about o'clock
schooner which had been four five miles to wind
ward tack about and bear down This proved to be
the Cordeia She passed me first and went down to the
wreck to the eeward She out her small boat and took
off Chamberlain from the forward netting and then
back for me. About IL o'clock they took off. /
pretty frozen went into the cabin where took off
my Clothes and dried them. We arrived in Chicago about
d o'clock
The London Spectator says of General Sheridan: ANY
who looks narrowly into the facts will discern in the
foresight decision speed audacy, resolution and wise
caution of Philip Sheridan something Napoleonic Had
he been born in France ninety ago. he would have
become Marshal and Duke had he been born in Eng
land his fine military gifts would have been lost to his
country he entered the army he would have died
most sergeant"
Late from Crete say that the whole non-comhat
waiting be conveyed Greece by the ships of Christian
powers Russian gate landed, the 9th of March, 600
women and children the Preus Prince Charles of Wal
lachia and Modava has responded to the appeal of the
Cretan Committee by donation of 1000 francs The Ma
tona Assembly of the Provisional Government of Crete has
sent to the House of Representatives address, both in
English and in Creek appealing to the United States of
AmericaFrst To recognize the Provisional Government
of Crete Second To pledge the moral and material sup
port of the noble and reedomovng people from whom
they already received tokens sympathy Third
To give their protection IN secure the complete eman-
cpaton and independence of the island Fourth Especially
that the United States Ambassador at Consannople be in
pean powers which are active with the Sublime Porte in
behalf of Crete The Committee Foreign Affairs has the
subject under consideration
We learn from Paris that the effect of the Army bill
and the other extraordinary recently taken by
Government has been create great deal of excitement