Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-02-12

that was running that middle bar in Hog-sye
Bend. lf it's Wash Hastings-well, what lie
don't know about the river ain Z worth Know
ing regular gold-leaf. kid glove, diamond
breastpin pilot is Wash Hastings. We won't
| take any tricks of of him, old man..
al wish I'D stopped for him, that's all.
The Auaranth was within three hundred
Yards OF the Boreas and still gaining. The cold
man" spoke through the tube;
"What is she carrying now?
IA hundred and sixty-tve, SIR
"How's your wood?'
"Pine ali out, cypress half gone, eating up
cotton wood like pie"
Break into that rosin on the maia deck
pile il in, the boat eau pay for it,
| Soon the boat was plunglns and qniveIins and
screaming more inady than ever. Bat the ANA
| rath's head was almost abreast the lior-as'
| stern.
allow your steam now, Harry
| 'lIundred and eighty-two, SIR
"Break up the casks of bacon in the iorrard
hold. Pile 1t in Levy on that turpentine in
/ the tIntall-drench every stick OF wood with
| ilw
The boa was a moving earthquake by this
| time.
"How is she now"
"a hundred and ninety six, aid still a swell
. lug. Water below tie middle guage-cocks-
carrying every pound she can stand Niger
roOsting on tue safrty-vave,'
"Good! How's your draft"
"Dnly! Every time ni5 ger heayes a stick
OF wood into the iu nance he goes out OF the
| chimney with H."
The Amaranth drew steadily pti her Jack
| stall breasted the Boreas' vince -hOuse--cllmb
ing along inch by inch till her chimney breas
ted it--crept along further and further ill tie
| boats we're wheel 10 wheel, and then they clos
ed up with heavy ioit and locked together
, tight aud fast in the middle ut the hig river,
under the flooding moonlight. A roar and huI-
rah went up from Inc crowded decks OF both
sl-amers-all hantA flushed TO the guards 10
) look about aud sestic,tlLla-th- weight "a
{, rrenrd The vesst Is over toward each other III
GERS hew hi.hrr and tlIithrr cufsing aud storm
ing, trying TO drive peoll- amdships--bott
captains were leaning over their railings, shak
ing their fists, swearing and thTeatning--Olack
volumes Of smoke rolled up and canoped the
scene, delivering rain of sparks upon +, be yes
sels-two pistol shots rang out and both cap
=, taius lodged unhurl, and the packed masses o.
Z, passengers surged back and tell apart, while
the shrieks of women aud children scared above
! the iptolerable din
v And then there was a booming roar, thn
t dering crash, and the ridded Amaranth drop
ped loose from her hold aud trilrd liz lplesslS
j away.
Instantly the fire doors u the Bureas wer,
t, thown open aud the men began dashng buck
II cts of water into the iurnace-ior i, would have
u been death and destruction To stop the engine
with such u head Of steam on.
As soon rs possible the Borpas diopped dowI
J. TO the floating wreck, and took OIL the dead, ih
II wounded. aul the Iluhurt--IL least, all tina
Ii could b. 20. At, tor the wlIots forward hair o
e the boat was l shaptlrss uuu, it'll tnr grei
n clmu'Ss wing crossed On top ul 1t, and undri
is heath were i dozen victims imprisoned aiiS
aud wailing for help. While Ineu with axe
~ worked with might aud lnail to Tree tLes
poor fellows, the Boreds boats went abOl
ia nick mo mn slIapplpfs from The river,
And now new nonor presented Itself. III
" wreck took lire from the dsinanted furnace:
Never did men work with a heartier " i'll liza
did those stalwart braves with tue axes. Blu
to il was OF no use. The lre ate It's way 9lradil
despisiug the bucket brigade that fought it,
scorched the clothes, ii slnged the hair Of Il
axemen-it drove them back foot by loot, ia,
by inch-they wayered struck hnll blow
the teeth Of the enemy, and surrendered. Al
Is, rs they fell back they Lcarl pr~1ued vuic
en- saying:
Don't leave us Don't desert lis Don't
it, And one poor fellow said:
up # am Henry Morley, sloker Of the Am
ing rauth. My poor mother hy+s in st. Louis.
ing Tell her lie for pool DEVILS SAX, please.
Say l was killed in an instant aud never kn,
10 what hurt me-though God knows la
les neither SC -atch nor brtiSe this moment |
hard TO burn up IN coop like this with I
ent whole wide world 50 near Good bye, boy,
we've all got to come to II Mt last anyway
spy The Boreas stood away out Vi danger, a
1 the ruined steamer went drifting down
ier stream ali island OF wrrahing and climb
tame that vomited clouds OfsInOke from Ii
TO time, AMI glaring more 1ercely and sent
luminous tongues higher aud higher after =,
emission. A shrek at intervals told OF c
eel tive that had met Iii, doom. The wreck lod
upon sindblr, aud when the Jrr.is turl
and the next point on her upward journey il
ilois sin burning with scarcely abated fnly.
the When the boys came down into The IN
oms saloon of the Bofeas, they saw pi,iiul 81
own and heard a world Of pltitl sounds Ele
i so poor creatures lay dead aud forty more
the moaning, or pleading, or screaming Will
score of Good Samaritans moved among tn
doing what they could to relieve their sui
ings-bathing their sknless faces and boo
with linseed oil and lime-water, aud cover
Ike a their places with bungling masses Of raw
j the ton that gave 10 eS .ry face and tDl m Dir,
shed tu and inhnnan aspect.
The A little wee French inidshptnan of fonrl
lay feaIfuly injured, but neYer uttered i So
late til physician Of Memphis was about 10 Il
hshurs, Then he said;
head, "Can | get weiI' foh need moi b" alrat
and tell me-"
n i'll "No-l-l am afraid you canno, "
"lhen do not waste your time On me
was those that can get WELL"
below "Bnt--
"Help those that can get we'll 1t IS lot
me to he girl. | carry tile blood Of Fl
gives generations OF soldiers in my veins
hute The physican-himself l man who had
hit II service III the navy III his tme-louchet
dare hat II this little hero and pass ed on,
Tie head engineer Of the Amtauth, 4
iuto specimen of physical Inauhooj strugg IL
ANA his feet, CHASTITY spectacle, aud strobe TOW
in his brother, the second engineer who
" but unhurl. lie SAID:
dows, "You were on watch. You were boss.
| forth would moi lisien to me when h. ,oed VI
Gamer reduce your steam Take thal,-,ake il
TO AN wife, and tell her il comes from me b,
out III hand Of my murderer Take it--and tax
jeorgc curse with il to blister YOUR heart A Lut
usneh years-aud may you live 50 long"
thelr And lie tore ring from his finger, stti
were flesh and skin with it, threw il down an
IN the dead
But these things must not he dwelt
The Boreas landed her dreadful cargo a
next large town and delivered it over TO
titude Of eager hands and warm So,
hearts-a cargo amounting by This time
wounded persons and ~ dead bodies.
with these she delivered list Of 20 IA
persons that had diowued or othsrw ise Pc
Was AT ne scene Of the disaster.
boat A Jury OF inquest WAS Unparalleled, and
gan 10 due lelIbelatiun aud ihuuiy they return
inevitable American verdict which has u
familiar to our all the DAYS ot oar
Nobody 10 blame"
THE Cosr Of OUR FoTs The forts
wheels Delaware City have COS, tie government
Ting OF sums OF money from the time they were
1t al menced until the present, VIZ; On Font
ware about 81 ,7G2 600 have been exp
This fort is an enclosed peuta5ou, an
nj was commenced in 1888. It mounts n IN
70 huwilzeIs ia ease IN ties and O. guns e
bette On the battery at Firms Point
Did her jersey, opppsite Fort Delaware, s9!,G0