, 1873-12-28

Tg1anting g1s,I & t. come to Cairo, and wo didn't stop,
me ,ne.tIr1aa IN tna1 plot-honse now showing thost
"Thats til T thought it wasn't any alouot
Bond. II it's Wash Hastngs,-well, what ko
don't now about tic rivor air't wortl, knowing,
pin pilot. Wash Hastings d.. Wo won't take niiy
tricks on Of him, old mani" u,
~ wish Id stopped for him. that's al1."
Illo Atnarantlt was Within 100 yards of tho
n5oraas3 and ntill gaining. Tho old man "spoka
"What IL uIlo carrying now?"
"A 1a,sa aunaroa ,;oa and ,lad sdi1ysSy"ilve sir"
eots1~osd Sns II s SsrsyF''' pisy ha sae'"''"s up
Droalt iuto that rosln on tho main tlook-pi1o
ttn, the boat can pay for It r 80. !: -,
my noon saat tue noat was pl'ngng and qnlvoring,
| stern. 0"'' '''o 1''i'"'
"How's your ntenrn, Harry ?"
:, " 1luiltrol and oghty:two, sir IL
break up tho cnAAs Of bacon in ths fnrrer,
hold! Plle It III Levy on tlat turpcutiua |iu iu
4 thS e fantall--drench ovory aticl Of wood WITH
r., :rho boat was a moving earthquake by tnia
"How is she now 2 ~ :, ~.
IA hundred and hinoty.aix and still swell.
ing--wator below tho middle gaugo cocka|car.
r'ylng every y. pound 7he can staud-utgger roost-
|
.'aond! How'B your draft7"
Nullyl Every time a,nfggcr heaves stick
0cg of ~oGa j ihto tho furnace he goes out tho om
sta1 broastol tho Borens' wheel hoi,uc-
climbed along inch by Inch. iii hor
chinnoya bresstod it-cropt alonr. fnr.
ther =, ona furthor, tn tho bouts woro Shool to
jolt md Locked together tieht and fnst in thSS
mladio Of the big river, undor tle flooding moon.
light! q rom and u hurrah went up from tic
crowded decks of both Btoamors-aIl hands
astoa 70 ths guards to lool and shout aud
over 9f toward eaoh othor-oi1lcors How hithor and
tolthor clrang and Btorming, trying to drive the
people amIdslips-both Uaptain5 wore loaninu
a over m tnclr rnnga shaking, thoir fists, swearing
up ana canonied Tho acono, delivering 4 rain Of
sparks upon tho vosaols-two pistol ahots rang
ous, a1d both Captains lodged uuhurt and tho
Eli anart we 4f gsa back md
cllldton scared above tho intoerablo din
And thou thoro was boomfug roar, n thun-
derlng crash, and tho ritdled Amara,,ti1 lroupo;l
looso from their hold and trifled lolplossly
awayl f7''
Instantly tho fro doo:s of tho uorens worn
thrown opon, md tho men began dashing buoi-
ots OF water III tho f1rnaoos-for it would hnva
been death and destruction to stop tho ouginos
will snoh head Of atoaan on. -
to tho floating wreck, and took on tic dead tIo
wounded, nnd tho unlurt-nt least all that could
be got It, for the whole forward half OF Tho boas
1s9 was shapolcss ralin with tho great chin,noys
were dozen vietimu imprisoned alive aud wall
ing Tor holp. While men with axoa worked with
might and matn to free t1leae poor fellows. tho
noleaa' boats went about, picking up atrayglora
And now q new horror presented itself, Tic
wreck took fire from tho dismurtlod furnacoa
Mover did men work with loartipr will thnn
did those Btnlwart brayes With axes. But it waa
; ot 10 m nao: The 1iro nto ita WY steadily dospis
ing the buckot brigade TINT fought 1t. It
scorened tue clothes, it singed tho hair OF tho
aSmen-it drovo thom back foot by foot--iuch
W ny inellIthoy wayored Rtruck n final blow in
tho toota oftho cnomy, and surrendered. And
ns 1aoy aol paok they hoard prisoncd voices Bay
"Don't 1eave us! DON'T desert us Don't,
And ono poor follow said:
ranthl My mother liyos in St. Louis, TeIi her
,l = 10 Tor . poor doyira sake, ploaso. Say ,yaa
killed In m instant and never lrcw what h,,rt
m.e-thOugh God knows Two neither scratch nor
coop lilo this with the wllole wide world IL 90
neer: = a. Good byo boya-woyo nil got to como to
Tho Boreas stood away out of danger, and the
lulnsa !n;u steamer went drifting down the strcam
yomlted clouds OF smoke from Tins to tin,o, and
Glarcd moro harcoly md sant tho lumjnous
tonEuea higher md higher after each omission.
a ahrek OF intervals told Of captive that had
bar, aud when the Boreas turnod tho uoxt point
OIL her upward Journey 1t was still burning wifi,
scarcely ahated fury.
a0,San %hen 1T th1 H. heya % eae down into the main
and heard n world Of pitiful sounds. Eioyon, E5i'H~,
poor creaturcs lny dead, and forty mora Inv
moaning, or p1eading or screaming, whiiea acore
o. o., Gooa samarltans moved among them doing
bathing their akinloss faces aud bodies with in,,
aeoa-oLl @ al'd hme-wator, and covering tho PLACES
Will bulgng masscH Of raw cotton TINT rnva
70 oyofy lace and form a dreadful and inhumnn
aspect.
A little WOO Fronch midshipman OF "A Inv
t1tG,nrully injured, but never uttered u sound
~ ~ physician of Memphis WAS about to dress
-, "oan 6! get woll7 You need not bo afraid to
"Mo-1-1 am afraid you cannot"
those that can get we'll"
Hep those that can got we'll It is not 70,
me to be girl. carry tho blood Of oloyon
senerationa Of soldiers in my veins ~
11o physlcian-himsolf q man who Ind, seer
aoryfce m the navy IN his timo-touchel Ills Int
20 this tlttlo hero and passed. on.
Iho head engineer Of tho Amaranth. n grand
9peclmon Of physical manhood, struggled 20 lis
loot ghastly spectacle, and strobe toward lis
10 said ""' "1'AoA''
",You were on watch. You wero boss, You
You'd not listen to mo when begged you to ro-
luce your steam: Take that take it to nv
slfe, and tell her 1t comes from mo BY the l,aud
y r my murderer! Take it t!-and take my curse
slth 1t to bllstor yonr heart hundred yeara-
md may you live 80 longl"
and no tore ring from his finger, stripping
load '1o AeA
:, Bnt theao thingg must not 10 dwelt upon.
The Boroas landed her droadfu cargo at the
.axt + large town md delivered 1t over to mul-
itude of oager hands and warm Southern hearts
"A cargo amounting by this time to thirty
rounded PERSONS and twenty-five dead bodies.
md with these She delivered a List Of ninoty-six
ilsBtng peraons that Ind drowned or otlorwis,
oI1ahod at tho aceno OF tile disaster.
a Jury OF inquest was iinpanolod, ,nnd after 1uo
oltberatlon and inquiry, they returned tho in
yltablo American verdict, which has been "a
amtilar to our cars nil tho days Of our lives-