, 1877-11-06

y, lief q SO ;~ iii a;;sa..
.l.,', GAf;' r. r., 'rt I, n ft!H-: ~
- ! ny t. ti"i1'l ytH further 3,art'uln-s y!
ttr nt Ian holy catastrophe y, tie ttru,,,ra,
w Itas*cl Eape Ft,,s,errc a'Smt ' p. in. IN
Saturday. With lf3ht sn1ftltriY wl'd. Al
went veil I'LL sunday morning. whrn their
were unInistakai'l: F1Ers of MI a;praa, hirE
s'''r1a. ht a. IN. A lnri,r's s'A1a!I raHlr uI'
tr"n s.s.W., ar' mn au.e'l hs hail md r.. II.
w:nt steadily increasing. mil 4: MON WIS blow
ing heavy gale. rle barometer ,uilt,ncI to
fail, awl In the afternoon thrr'' wm more wis',
aud a tremendous 'e,. 70 long n. the r"-.el
WAS tc.nse the w,n | ha f,o c..,its for anxiety,
ashn: :'gh the wln,ie ot tie after rart Of tic
tesse! wns frequently tmfnerSt.t. tlM sra "s.
.a<lonaliy rn!Inx oyrr the cabin. The wind,
is't VII ind f@ felt VI sure rse' IT - roa ID w, work
r.,unh to fur!ous gale, from The NV, \.
he Ata became morn quarterly II broke heavily
aSa!nsi tho dcrk.lt'use. and had scF'ou. !ea1h
af 1t being swept AWAY. I.nale up my i,li's!l tn
l4eay..to nni signal tic Dlrn a. follows: 'rrc-
p1re to l.rave 10, Head to wtnti.' Capt. Rossth
Acknowledged my signal, and replied, 'tirras"r
tf-k n tow line II hoye-to. Evcty mntittht the
Aea ~ae tHrtInIln. morc danrcrnus, ana q. IN.
swept nuay. The Wind was now a!'uut 1air
points OIL ahc quarter. anl INV anxiety vas great
10 get h,:etu tefuIc darkness caine 0n Just
hctusc .nnset ntaslc signal 'licave.tn.' Cnlt.
i}onsl pr,nretIc,' 10 do 70, an1 will, cnn*utnmatr
skill "ud Judgment brought fh* ship well rnnti
10 The wind. f}ut Gle Clcupatrn 4 l!roai.iilr ras
struck bra ttetneNdtis sen, which completely
overwhelmed her. Rstl hurled her ovcr M ltrr
stnrtsasA beam rM1s. The timber work used
to secure the Iron rails employed ns Aalltst
gave wnr. tl,e rails shifted. anil th vessel lay
'.rrr At IN nhGlc nf miro than q ,lcg. from the
igrtctntitar. sootl oteIetl thr hlan|lole llef'r
III III calm. Ah,! gut my cEcw !ntp te ho1a ~
| right the ballast. ! fount tue vctsrl was mnk-
ing d little water At the Upper o1t holes: the
salc vas at u. lrtsM, anil The s'as we're break
ing completely ossr rs: tlierelo!c rn.tir sig
| ing at the ballast. IN few hours great t,t'r.
lion ii the hallas, hail tcen rcparc, ar1l ,Ilr
vessel became little iIh,rc .unr'ght, when
! hrayict sea than usual again threw If nver, AMI
the ballast vent btrk to its former position. 4.
this time the wtnt ind htlncwhat aaietl. aud
foat frntn the Diga with SIX brave fetnws tal),c
- our assistance. rhoe vas thsown To them.
hut they iallrli to hold on. Tie boat drifttl tn
never seen afterwards Previous 10 THIS hal
gt tly 1fttlc lfEc-l4,a. down, with the hote III
letting her hang to lrcward by IL ifnc, nut SIR:
WIS M the weather sf,!c. a,rs III passing soil'rl
was smashed. / uo's cut nway tho mast and
| .,nce ,nNrc pFtHtr.lal To right the ballast.
and hull II n position by la,l1l,gt. T.Ic
vessel WINS rf'ling head tp wind. anil by
tly, sle acan fell oil with the wind OH the star
Ih,a,l side, and was Instantly thrown Violently
| to poyt. In :nile of all We lsad dime the ballast
aguin t.rake loose a,Ht shifted with the vessel,
! u j
! now perceived that TIE Olga hal cast II. oil,
| which was n most prudent thing, tyr the sea
constantly broke over us aud washed away unr
lights, 81 that !lIc steamer, nut knoa Ing our
position. might have drtftcl down upon u., nn,i
iu,l vcstels would have lounderc,l. We ton
tInue,! our efforts to right tic ballast, but as
nften az VIZ made little progress 80 nfttn did
| the mesciseHs tcas tl'rnT 1t tuck again. At
length ,!ny lawned. ami, though The yale latl
no,icra,e.l, a fearful sca was running. aud The
vessel tccmc,1 gradually settling dawn innsc
M l,cr tiIc. Eapt. booth very ekiilf't|Iy;
ami at great risk. brought his sl,lp t!vsc
enough t. th,o" Ms ,,a ll1e' r "h.rh nc 'na,le
which VIC llanlcti alongside tk. Cleopatra,
anil wrrc by tie sa',Iu mcans hauled hack
10 the OLGA antl safely taken IN board. Capt.
lhb'h'a ErrRt anxiety wat tlcn for the s",at'.
them, hut, lnhappiiy. without .ucsets. After 4
few ji0tlrs' fcarrlI he stfcTcl tack to the pus
tion where the Cleopatra hal been left, but ~
no trace nt her roull te found unto o'elock'
wc thought thr must hive toMncrrl, anu tht
shin was put or her course fnr Falnouth."
The T2mx cdltorialls says Of tho famous
~s STSe history Of our Needle ls somewhat
sng,.lnr Of all. !. may be s,'Uo years, or, q.
Proi. Erasmus Wilsua thinks, J,1n yc+lrr
eucc the NerdIc first TOOK It's present lusE,
We know more certainly that Il is jug
hrother ohelIsk, At Alexandria. Whatever /
Ina guna thr"ugh In It's earlier days. The Lr!f1
Ing sarr}.sturtns TINT have beaten upon It nm.
worn down its surface, the catastrophe whl,I
overturned It and left It half-lrlriel and raf
pva,uet further injury, arc not nov the strung
rat pa.t nf its long experience. The wonder Il
liz adventures by lanai Is ns nothing cutnIArc
with its adventures by ~atcr. To have bee
lung at,ont lttllcr anu tlther on the hsoad sca
with no human cyc to look after It, aud no hl
rnan hand tn rrarnc II, and to have passed ~
cusely through all, ii more, indeed, tlian Nh
ether tnelnl,cr ot Its famous tan,ily Gun lind +
vaunt about"