The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-01-04

plainly and hear their cries for help. Many
of the weather-beaten heroes on the shore,
who have been wrecking vessels and saving |
lives since they were boys, were moved to
tears BY the piteous opportunities Of the |
wretched men off shore, but when the last |
charge was shot of, and nothing
else, possible to human effort or bravery,
remained to be done,
THEY BECAME UNNAMED,
and many Of them wep,, the nervous ex-
citsment and sudden inactivity utterly in
capaeitating them for any duty. They
could not leave the spot, and it only re-
NAMED for them to remain inactive, and
zee their fellows perish before their eyes.
To leave the beach would only add to the
death that stared its victims in the face,
and to remain inactive would probably
give cause for unjust reproach from the
helpless walters on the wreck. Superin-
tendant Hunting and his men remained
and tried to answer calls from the wreck,
but nothing that was said on the shore was
heard on the ship on account of the direc-
ton of the wind.
IN TERROR AND SUPPRESSION
the morning wore on, the wind having veer-
ed around, in the meantime, to west-south-
west. During the early part OF the night,
before the men went into the rigging, the
cables were Stacked, but the ship moved
only a short distance, and continued
through the night, to strike the bottom.
Every time she struck, the men thought
she would loose her masts, to which they
had dashed themselves, while, conscious Of
the great danger and the utter impossible
~ of saving themselves, if the mast should
so by the board, it being of iron, they
were unable to slacken the lsshing. Some
OF them, with more selt-posse~ion than 9TH
ers, had taken this contingency into their
calculations, and had not securely dashed
themselves, and among those were the only
four saved from the wreck.
AT HALF-PAsr FOUR
in the morning the long dreaded crisis
came, and the mizzen mast went by the
board with crash, carrying the mainmast
with il. A tremendous swell had struck
the "Circassian" aft, and raised her very
high. When it receded, she thumped
heavily, and the terrific jar threw the mast
over the side. The masts, being iron, went
to the bottom Immediately, carrying %
souls.
THE DETAILS.
The custom house officer detailed to SUI
perintend the landing of the cargo, in his
description of the terrible scene, says the
ship was lying about 600 feet of the shore.
Amid the bowling of the tempest and the
roar of the waves, there was borne to our
ears the voices of the poor fellows in the
rigging singing hymns and praying to God.
There was hardly dry eye on shore among
us as we heard these thrilling and supreme
appeals made to God. Among those On
the wreck were ten Shinnecock In
dians, who, as a rule, are very
good men. During this agonizing
scene. which lasted for hours, we heard
these men praying The beach was lined
with hundreds of people, many Of them
women, sobbing piteously. Some of them
were wives of
THE DOOMED MEN.
FTbo -.,,l H. 81 it'll Ia
olence, driving people hi,her and thither.
the life saving crewso Southampton, dis
tsnt 5! miles, and Easthamptpn, about the
same distance, arrived, bringing their NOR
tais with them, but did not attempt to use
their life line when firing, az nothing could
be done. They. however, fired number OF
blank shots to try and reanimate the cour-
age of those on board
OVERTURNED.
BUFFALO, December 31.-The sleeping
car on the New York express, due here at
1915 .. m, was thrown from the track
about twenty miles from this city, overturn-
ing the car. The occupants, a lady, gem
tleman and porter, escaped injury. The
cause was a hot journal. The CIR took fire,
but was extinguished by the people on the
line of the road by snow.
sUBsIDED.
New ORLEANS, December 3i.-There is
little excitement here, tonight, in regard to
tomorrow. A heavy rain storm keep the
people within doors. The United States
troops are all ordered to remain in the
barracks tomorrow, and the officers to be
at their posts, but no one apprehends that
any occasion will arise to call them out.
NOT CONCLUDED.
There is good reason to relieve that the
House committee will not conclude its
labors before the Senate committee has
finished its work, and the members Of the
latter committee gave no idea Of when
that will be, owing to the accumulation
of evidence IN regard to terrorizing and