, 1875-02-18

Fran h.e .FotkiHn {HtoH,
ST, p1EnNE. y. L., Jan. 23.-DHrinC tho TERRI
tho new year Eet Ill great damage has been done
tn shlpring in the adjacent laybors, AM! hayolnI
WhAryeB and haoDrinGa l1ave beonr badly wrecked
an tn csllHo tho owt,ors iI,sufcrato expense But
Of all tho aceldcl,ss none wnrthy If !tica in
view ct Tie appalling cntattrole whlcl was re-.
vealed herD at Llie dawn OF tina n0rpIug, Mr.,
dulsannlo perot, keeper Of tile St. Ilerte Light
honee, Hah aroused w Ls wife At half-paa.
heard tho crashing Of timber below where their
quarters i'll tho lighthouse 2re. As the saA or
tue Wind was not running very high 4. The titno
l'erot himself could distinctly hear at intervals
tho heavy humping OF what ho kuew to be veg
Bei upon the rockB. lilo droaued hir,eolf tur-
f!odly aud tan 10 tho house OF French Usher
iAan named Fol4uet who, With his thrco sons
and tho lEhtholse.keeper, vent to tho moorj,,gB
OF their boats Oil tho bcanh. There they founda
schooner Oil her tcatn ends, aud she was being
badly shattered hy SUCCESSIVE calalonb with tho
heavy boulders that prop cut from the hcasIland.
THO tiehermen launched bout, but bcfore Lhey
we're ready to put ont for tLe wreck Bhe
ycercd about and was inst drifting OH tho beach.
In less thah fifteen minutes tho rItdor-
lcrs craft "Aa stranded an,l they could board
her Tth tho aid ut plankH laid upon tho lopsideI
hull, Which WAS ltorally cased With ice, aA wore
tue decks. tts rigging. aud the stumps Of lor
tlsmantled spass. Out Of tho galley two human
legs rrotrtlde.l and. upon Investigation, the tinA-
etnaen found that they belonged 10 tho oorpse of
coiorcd niau, whose faco WA frozen to tho
siack aud wbuAe body "as stir aud hard ~ tito
leo that surrounded it. The stcorug goar had
oil bren swept away with tho suddcr aud tAo
ycasel must have been fur weeks at Liza moruy Of
tho olenlcnts. In tho forccastIe thfeo bodies
vera found which had becn cithor frozen or
starved to death, for no provisions could to
found OIL board, X corl,se waz found on 1ts face
beside / coil Of lope ucar tbs galloy.
mud, like the rest it was ~ hard A. stone Id.
bedtlot! In sutfaee OF Ice. The cabin windows
had been broken In by heavy soas, and tue Cap
caaed NTH ice. The.e vab box Of matches and
soma kiud!mg- wood frozen in tAe ice near whoro
tho stove or "boEy" Ind Htood beioro tho "a
we're lurching of the vessel or tht foEco OF tie
seas threw IL down. coTCHc Wns found ut tho
downward end Of the cabjn with tho stnya phad-
ing the face, 1t wors htayy roofing Jacket
muller, seA-boots, and "son'wrA.er" Lat. Tho
fisher,nen think thst this waa the Captain. Tbs
two mates, thcy aay, in.,st hayo boon drowned,
clothing could be found. The rigid.
terror isto Tue very soula Of tho hardy Ashcrs
Who had witnessed many horrible seeno Of
death On that at0rmy coast. Ihoy had to use
A1ea to literally cut tho bodies out OF tho ice, aud
~ direction Of tho ptefect Of Police here they
were lsid in = hestod apsrsmant in the jail to b1
lhswed out. The varied blush aud snow-wAlte
epots on the limbs, ears, noses. snl fingers of
been badly froetbitten bosoro death, and III that
way, perhaps, di4abled from DOUG slip duty.
The sc!ooners name IL tho LouiA ratinesu, OF
GaEpe HAy Qnebec. Her papers hhYa been la.,ded
ossr to the British Consular Agept here. Lii. Met
calf, who will make all due inquiries Tho cargo,
consisting u lumber, hxa buen clsimoa Ivy the
hshormeu.