Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-05

man is a man of IOlD ertrdctj07S, a lchGrJ
rat and in every acGy a0lft for Repre-
sey1tntiUe in COllQreSs." We have now
before us the written statement of the
party who neard Mr.. Heaton use these
and similar terms in speaking Of this
same Mr.. Poorman that he now eulo-
gizes so highly, and tells It's he ALWAYS
admired" In the same conversation
he spoke of Capt. Danford as a gentle
man of great popularity, and the sltoe-
riOr of Poorman in ejey.y respect. How
Mr.. Heaton after using such language
of Mr.. Poorman, can have the cheek to
write as he now does, is a matter OF
surprise to Cambridge Times.
A terrible shipwreck occurred at
Watch b. III, r. l., on Saturday. The
ship mates with $50 on board, was
struck by a schooner and sank. The
upper deck foated ashore with about
80 passengers saved.
Persons saved from the Metis dis
aster continue to arrive at New York,
and give thrilling accounts of their ex-
periences:
James Mccullough, ore of the Metis
deck hands, who has reached here en-
tireIy destitute, tells this story: About
2 O'Clock in the morning he had been
relieved and gone below. He was
soundly asleep when he was wakened
by tremendous crash and a loud c-y
loverhead. This was followed by DEATH
like silence, and then rose universal
wall succeeded by an infDte variety of
lshrieking and crying, and a continuous
movement of fee5 over head. When
| he heard the rushing of the waters he
sprang from his bunk, felt rornd the
cabin. which was pitch dark, and
seemed uninhabited. His excitement
! was so great that he searched I. Uit'e,--- 7
| ly for his clothes, and the mental strain
becoming more and more Intense he
rushed from the cabin with nothing on
but an undersh;rt. He found the off,
GERS of the boat giving orders quietly,
and he was ordered to lower the boat.
He went a. once to the davits. While
| he was lowering, three of the deck
hands jumped into The boat, and were
lowered with her. The men lowering
swore at them to get out, but they
didn't bridge an inch, except to cover
down in the bottom. At this moment
the rope gave way, and the boat hung
stem dewnwards, and the towards, in
spite of their efforts to cling on, were
thrown into the sea and were drowned.
The boat was righted, and was soon
filled with men, women, and children.
One or two deck hands also got into
her, and she was pushed off from the
vessel. Some of them frantically en-
deavored 20 throw themselves into the
boat as she was making of, but fell
short, and no one could rescue them
Mccullough then ran toward the bow
of the steamer, where crowd had col
lIected. There seemed no means ol
i saving the passengers by the boats. He
told them they had better get hold o.
of something and throw themseive:
/ into the water. He seized large spal
Lying near the bow, rigged rope to it
and lowered it into the sea. He ther
told a woman who was stand
ling near 20 catch hold of the rope and
Hover herself. She offered some resist
saw woman with child in her arms
: which she vas pressing to her bosom
She appeared half dead with fright, anC
did not make movement to save her
self. He caught hold of her, and forced
her toward the rope. When he wanteC
her to lower herself, and endeavored t.
hold the child to help her, she protest
led she would not go without the child
: Mccullough succeeded finally in low
iering her with the child by supportin:
: them. A man and woman jUmpec
: down on the spar, and he pushed oi
from tie ship. He got the two womel
he had lower ed together in the middl
of the spar, and held the baby himself
It was all he could do to keep himsel
on, for the spar would constantly turl
laround as the waves broke against ii
iOnce he let go, still having hold of tn
lchild, and went down; being a ,goO'
iswimmer, ne came to the surface an
lcaught the spar once more. Thus the.
slsucceeded in keeping ahoat., AT on
! iurch of the spar the man and wife
: who were on one end of it, let go AM
!. .twere drowned. As daylight drew apace
he saw the beach not far off, and that b
was gradually nearing it. Hestill he''
: the baby, but whea the spar gave an
= other lurch and he, for the secoDe time
lost his hold, helet go the baby to saw
: himself. Heregaihed the spar vi Thou
= it. The mother saw that he had los
! her child, and it was only by holdip
: Tightly to her that he made hefremair
:. Both women were exhausted as th
: spar neared the shore, and copid nc
have held on much longer. When h
|, jail at once touched ground; he Gays h
! never had such. a feeling of joy in hi
u life. He then told the women to kee
: hold of the spar, and to wade to shore
Sometimes the violence of the wave
! would make them lose their feet, bu
: they. kept good hold, and at las5 WEI
= rescued by people on shore from thel
= peritods position. 81 20,
We are informed that Col. Poorrnar
u and bis friends over in Belmont CouI
o ~, are saying that owing to dissatisfa,
n ton with Danford's nomination in Hal
rison and Jefferson Counties, that, bt
Poorman, will stand a good chance
g carrying the District.
q We Go not presume 70 speak for Je
I ferson County, although we are satisffe
!, that a gGreeleyite will find no favol
i lamoup the Republicans there: but W