Year: 1860




this morning to the sorrowful details Of
the wreck of Lady Elgin, copied from the
Chicago Press. The statements of the
survivors possess peculiar interest, and
most vividly depict the scenes of peril and
death.


THE SHORE AT wINETKA.


When our reporters reached the Winet-
ka, al 10 A. NJ, the surf was rolling in
heavily, and breaking in thunder along the
beach, the gale having risen to fearful
fury, from the northeast, and thus nearly
on shore. The shore is an uneven bluff,
ranging from thirty to sixty feet in height,
with a narrow strip of beach at the base.
At some points the heavy surf made d.
rectly against the bold bluff. At some
points, however, a narrow tract interviewed
unwashed By the waves, and so affording a
place and foothold for the operations for
rescue.


The whole beach for three miles we found
strewed with fragments of the light upper
portions of the ill-fated steamer, and out
sea, where the waves were rolling more
heavily than is usual seen even in our Sep
tember gales, the surface of the angry wa
tiers for miles in extent, as far as the eye
could reach sea-ward, was dotted with frag-
ments of the wreck, and RATS and spars,
with what were clearly made out to be hu-
man beings clinging to them. At this
time 10 A. Ny, various authorities make
out that from eighty to one hundred per-
sons could have been counted driving at the
mercy of the maddeued elements, towards
the high, rolling breakers and surf washed
beach and bluff, whence thousands with
straining eyes watched their progress, and
with pale cheeks noted. as alas, too many,
met their fate in the waves.


The work of rescue began about five A.
NJ, a little north of Winetka, near the
country seat of Mr.. Gage, where the enrli-
est intelligence was received by the survi-
vors who came ashore in the steamers
yawl, among whom was the Steward, Mr..
Rice, to whose appended narrative We re-
fer This boat was followed by another,
the last reaching the shore little later
The wind not being directly on shore, car
ried each arrival little further south, and
now RATS bearing human beings were seen
nearing Winetka, where the country resi-
dence of Ex- Alderman Garter of this city
occupies the high bluff.


Parties of men were on the alert and
and ready for the work of rescue. Word
was sent 10 Evanston, and citizens and its
entire student community CAME up in force.
Attention was first directed TO large raft
coming in steadily but bravely over the
waves, upon which were standing large
group of human beings, since known 10
have been some fifty in number. Around
and beyond it on all sides were single sur
vivors and groups of two or three, or more,
but painful interest centered about the fate
of the larger raft. 1t neared the seething
line of surf. With glass, those on shore
could see that the company on board seem
to obey the orders of one. That ladies
and children were there-hearts on shore
forgot to beat for an instant, and then saw
the raft break and disappear in the SEAS
Of the entire number on board only tif
teen names appear in our list of the saved.


The work of rescue, however, did not
pause in the agony that wrung the hearts
on shore. Men, residents of Winetka, and
Evanston, stripped off all superfuous cloth
ing, and with ropes tied about them, held
on shore, dashed nobly into the surf and
only by such peril wrested the saved ofthe
wreck. Where many wrought so well we
cannot here particularize, but we accord the
universal sentiment of the day to the as
sertion that the theological teachings of
the Garret Biblical Institute must include
a liberal amount of Muscular Christian
ty," for Messrs. Spencer and Coombs of
that institution were foremost among the
heroes of the day.


OCCASION OF THE EXCURSION.


The Union Guards of Milwaukee, not
long since were disarmed and disbanded
by the Governor of the State for some ac-
tion held to be in derogation of the sover-
eighty Of Wisconsin. We do not remem-
Der the precise clause; but believe it to
have been partially POLITICAL series of
resolutions in relation TO the conflict be-
tween Wisconsin and the United States,
ia the Booth case, in which the right of
the Governor to order them out for enforce
ment of the decision Of Wisconsin Courts,
was denied.


After the disarming, they continued
their organization and bought arms on their
private account. In doing this, they had
incurred a considerable debt, and to pay
this off by an excursion, the profits of which
were to go to the company, was the main
object in view. The Captain of the
Guards was a candidate for Treasurer in
and to get his friends together
on the trip and make strength for himself
was prominent though not leading idea.
Hence most of the excursionists were of
the Democratic party hence, as the Guards
were an Irish Company, it happens that
large majority of those who set out, were
of that nationality.


THE SCENE IN MILWAUKEE,.


An eyewitness informs us that scene at
Milwaukee On Saturday morning when the
news of the catastrophe was first received,
can never be effaced from his memory
Stores in the principal streets were imme-
diately deserted many of them being left
open and unattended, and all rushed TO the
telegraph Office to learn the extent of the
loss. In walking along the streets, it SEEM
ed as IL eyery second person met was ell