The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-12-20

touched upon the sofas. One Of he pas.
sengerS, who afterwards escaped, flung
about the cabin 500 900 aud hade who
would satisfy his thirst for gold. but it was
passed 10y. Terrible as the prus,pct was.
the courage exhibited was marvellous, aud
not even the women shed a tear. On the
afternoon of saturday they hailed the brig
Marine, nf Buston. which had suffered
cruelty ia the storm. but promised tu do her
hes: tO relieve them. Until her hopeful
appearance" wrote n woman passenger,
mo; a tear had been shed that am aware
Of on board the steamer. Till the moment
we first espied the sail which We believed
brought us relief, we had remained pas
sively awaiting the result. There seemed
tn he perfect calmuesS, which cpuld not
have believed it possible for 80 great
number nf persons 10 exhibit under such
fearful circumstances. Blu when the brig
hove in Sghtthere were tears Of juy, and
the men worked with renewed energy aud
hope. The women besoug Int them II work
with all their might, and said they would
themselves assist in the labor If the men
did no do their best. In fact some of them
were so eager To help hat they even tried
To put ON mems clothing in oider to Geo and
work at the pnmps." Ii was $50 when
| the brig came under the Cent raj America 5
/ stern. aud, without any unneceSsar' delav.
1 began removing the women and c en-.
/ The task was not easy, for the smaiier YES
/ sci drilled slowly away. aud the boats took
/ longer aud longer at each trip besides, SO
| heavy was the sea, they could carry but a
few at a time. The men made no at
tempt to save themselves uu.il all the wo-
inen and children we're saved. Again aud
again the boat returned again and again
she made for the brig with her precious
] freight yet not a muImur was heard /; no
! exclamation of selfish despair arose AT
, length every woman had been securely
| transported To the brig then came the
! turn of the crew and the male passengers
! About forty of these reached the Marine
befme the ship went down" Most of the
crew and many Of the passengers were still
toiIing at the Intellectual pumps, and the
captain stood by the wheel. giving orders
J firmly and te-ing cbeerfIi eXhor'atinuS
| lie had declared he would not quit the ship.
| Thank God lie said Ia fieEd, 1.-The
women and children are safe do yun take
The next boat" lie attempted To charge
his friend with farewell message for hs
! wife, but his emotion overcome him after
| a few moments he recovered himself, ard
continued to direct affairs as the boat re-
turned from the brig. II was O'Clock
when a great wave smnte the Central
! America aud sent her down with some five
/ hundred men. When Mr.. George, n sur
| viv0r. came up fIOm what he thought an
| uufathumable depth, there was in tie
| water "a Gro ~d of heads But the weaker
soon went down, and the waves began tu
separate tine deSpdir.ng Company. MANY
| were deSirouS tn isolate themselves as much
| as possible, lest they should be draggt d
down in some desperate Struggle for life.
! Others, afraid of the loneliness, CT led tU
their neighbors to keep together" One 10y
one they went down aud only tour of their
number were saved some hours laieI, as II
| by a miracle. Il was forced 10y he wiuG.
wrote the captain of the bark Ellen, ''tC
| sail a little ont of my course. Just as
| had altered i; small bird flew across the
ship once or twice and then 6arted against
my face. | however. took no notice of this
circumstance till precisely the same thing
occur ed the cnnd time, which cansed ms
To think il somewhat remarkable. While
| [ was thus ref citing about the incident
the same mysierinuS bird. for the third time
made it's appear ance aud went through the
very same extraordinary manpuvreS. UpnU
this | was induced To Te-alieI my course
into the original one in which had AT irs
been steering. | had not gone far when
heard strange noises, and on endeavuIinl
to discover from whence they proceeded.
found was in the midst of people who baG
been shipwI ecked.'