Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-03-29

paalyEed them. And nog the ship wa
settling by the bows and rapidly sinking
already the water was nearly amidship.
and almost up 70 the fires The enginec
had left his post, with the engine AZ full
speed, and il was pushing Us here ant
there, a. chance directed. I now began
to look around 20 see how | might saw,
myself The time had passed when we
might have passed together. and every one
for himself was the thought Of all.
Having taken of my clothing. | seized a
small scttee; il was almost good for moth
- ing As float, yet more than one attempted
TO take il from me, and It was only BY
threatening them all with my knife that /
could keep possession. ! knew that Il was a
chance, ifit would hold but one. and life
was too dear to part with lightly.
As the water reached the boilers, the
steam poured out in volumes, and many.
thinking we were on fire, added 10 the
scene, by their cries. had made up nv
mind 10 throw my settee overheard, and
was about to put it into execution when my
attention was drawn to the brig, which
was approaching again with the evident in
tention of afiording help. The ship had
now sunk so far that her stern was raised /
some thirty feet above the water, and |
only the mizzen-mast was clear Of IT, |
Every moment, We could feel her settling
lower and lower, preparing for her final
plunge TO the bottom. We were all hud-
died together in the stern, anxiously look
ing Tor boats, or at least boat from the
brig, when the Captain hailed us, asking
what nation the ship was. He spoke in
French, and we cried back: The General
AbbertOci, Italian; we are sinking; can ,
you save us? Then silence ensued, and {
mothers hushed their children, and we all I
waited the words-the words of life or !
death The answer came back clear and {
distinct: We cannot help you, we are b
sinking ourselves. Oh, the agony of that 4
moment. Yet there was no more frantic O
crying, but men grasped each Others hands V
in farewell grip, and dark, settled des |,
pair was on the face Of all. !,
now determined to reach the brig or Is
perish attempting it, for / saw there was q
no hope for us, and | reasoned that the 81
brig, being wooden vessel would hold NJ
out the longest, or at least afford means of In
building raft, at any rate it was death to ac
stay where L was, for knew | should be n
drawn IN by the suction when she sank. eli
90, graSplng my watch, and what money / Q,
mad with me, which had taken from nv ey
vest, l went up the rigging, and as the %
brig sank on the swells, Jumped down Il,
and across. The exact distance | spranr T en-
could not say, but struck her gunwale M
ana ieil IN the passage way, between it and
the alter-cabin. | lay for a moment
stunned, and then springing up 1 came te,
Here everything also was in co
confusion, our steamer having struck her III,
On the starboard side near the bow. cutting ne
hole in her to the water, and CARRYING ve,
lway good part of her rigging. fio
The Captain and sailors, numbering oh,
lbout ten men, were endeavoring to get a N,
mail boat, which lay keel upward on her tbi
leck, Tree from the entangled rigging, and so
aunch 1T. 1t was only after working with co,
VIII that we were enabled to get it over bo,
ne SIDE, and jumping in as best we could, ceo
.e pulled away from the brig toward the 81
Ieamer, but we dare not approach too son
ear for fear of being drawn in, but shout 20 10
Tor them to jump and we would try we we
n was tno Io up o., buy
y OF agony-such as pray NAV never cnI,
ear again-as she plunged to the bottom ond
ne left T ILo'e oaplh passenger, l alone hor
sr as peacefully and calmly as if nothing bor:
al occurred, and nearly sixty souls, men, A .
omen ml and children, were in eternity. diff,
Inc daY had fairly broken now. and bou
lth the new light we seemed to have new soII
'pe' FINDING that the brig, which had nocI
ilted some way of, was still floating, w We, ,
sheered for her, and, clambering up we
rev ourselves upon the deck worn ont :,
"a exhausted. | think, had our vessel "A
an sank that not man could have saved TOR
mselt, so utterly were we used I'D. mas
but help was near at hand. We had VI y,
'covered, while in the boat, the masts 'ion
q spars OF a ship looming up on the s s
rlzon, and now she was in plain sight, ior a
Q holsted our flag as being in distress III u
shouted, and almost cried with low. MS p''fS
saw her return the signal, and then pass
me bearing down toward us. As she roiis
'sed where the steamer sank. she inf Gym
her boats and picked I'D two passen- efai
IS, and then came IN me- g. wv poo9on- incl
me Arg bound from Norway to the s sur |
'st OF Africa. Her Captain, bluff old ron
lor, but kind-hearted man, after a con- 9ar
tatlon with the Captain of our brig. told e q
ne would help him into the nearest ll8uf
T. which was Leghorn, or, as he called ,soge'
Llreano. Our vessel, although severely not
naged, would still float, for being. as nail
ors nave 1T, only in ballast, viz. bay- one v
no car 90 we were enabled by constant up o
nplng to keep the water out until we ines
stuffed the rent full of old cordage neadl
S, &c, and nailed large lot &c nonE, head,
+ the side. The
he Captain of The Kioo bod .,so ;,,. which
up the Captain of the steamer .nd H. respe
v in the boat which tbov HI t.I. n'' used
ely, and, being rather short of pro-
3ns, with so many more thrown on
nands, all that could had to stav on "T
Ve fopnd h., oLu.. a new
If Inn ro;Io, Ta'ioh that we were at v
nrows in +Lot in Lesnorn' ana turned we ha
5ese Gains =" f. put now, one Amer
nd 4 rrns ~ neqeeht IN this sea set Poetic
ts, ;noroas;, ny al'er Ihree days and died
reached tbe a., 49, a. NM Sne pumps that they I
e Kept close by us, and at night our c cell ~
y answered each others welcome 81 ,.,a
Z, Whlle deck-watches of the two The eI me-
~ sem across the water the joyful Though
yuae
unfit 60, L.. voc qui1e used up Yet sine
o III uuIy AFTER the second day. Undenis
ny feet were swollen and n,,rnlo .,1 Would
eft wrist snra;nad e.. P.' Pie, anu What
Is not until cramps set in that rave VI
king my turn at the pumps. for there
many poor fellow worse thanI.
! le moment we arrived the news spread
IRE, ana soon crowd of manv HIM
were about us asking questions and
ins upon our acceptance food and