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From the London Magazine.
J\'arrative of the Loss of the Kent.
(Concluded from our last.)
When it is remembered that the
•leeks were crowded with between
six and seven hundred persons just
snatched from the fear of death, it
might have been easily supposed
that the extremity of the danger
would have instantly dissolved all
ties of affection, duty, and discipline,
and that nothing would have occur
red to the mind but ideas of self
preservation. Had this been the
ease, the weak would have been sa
crificed to the strong, women to
men, children to both; anti the scene
exhibited would have been a horrible
and ferocious scramble for life, v\ inch
in most instances, would have been
defeated in its purpose ; or it might
have been supposed that the supe
rior officers, taking advantage of
■ heir command, would have used it
in order to secure their own safety.
Again, in the case of the way being
given to the weak, and security being
offered first to those who were least
able to arrive at it by their own ex
ertions, the opportunity might have
been seized with indecent haste or
with ill-feigned hypocrisy. Let uv
turn to the narrative and be instruct
ed.
While Capt Cobb, Col. Fearon,
and Maj. Macgrcgor of the 31st Re
giment, were consulting together, as
Ihe brig \ue approaching us, on the
nee- sary preparations for getting
out the boats, kc. one of the officers
asketl Major M. in what ord< r it was
• lit* need the < ffic'TS should move
off ? to which the other replied, “■ CM
course the funeral order which in
juction was instantly confirmed by
Col. Fearon, who said, “ Most un
doubtedly the juniors first—but see
that any man is cut down who pre
sume- to enter the boats before the
means of escape are presented to
the women and children.’
To prevent the rush to the boats,
as they were being lowered, which,
from certain symptoms of impatience
ma ifested both, by soldiers and sail
efts, there was reason, to fear, some
of the military officers were stationed
over them with drawn swords. But
from tiie firm determination which
these exhibited, and the great sub
ordination observed, with few excep
tions, by the troops, this proper pre
caution was afterwards rendered un
necessary.
Arrangements having been consid
erately made by Capt. Cobb for
placing in the first boat, previous to
letting it down, ail (he ladies, and as
many ot the soldier’s wives as it
could safely contain, they hurriedly
wrampt themselves up in whatever
article of clothing could be most con
venicntly found; and I think about
two, or half past two o’clock, a most
mounful procession advarced from
the after-cabins to the star-board
cuddy port, outside of which the
cutter was suspended. Scarelv a
word was heard—not a scream was
uttered—even the infants ceased to
cry, as if conscious of the unspoken
ind unspeakable anguish that was at
that instant rending the hearts ol
ihoir parting parents—nor was the
silence of voices in any way broken
except in one or two case?, where
the holies plaintively entreated to be
left behind with their husbands. But
on being assured thut every moment’s
delay might occasion the sacrifice of
a human life, they successively suf
fered themselves to be torn from the
tender embrace, and with the forti
tude which never fails to character
ise and adorn their sex on occasions
oi overwhelming trial, were {’lave,-,
without a murmur, in the boat, which
was immediately lowered into a sea
so tempestuous, as to leave us only
" to hope against hope” that it should
live in it tor a single moment. Twice
tue cry was heard from those on the
chains that tlie boat was swamping
But He who enabled the Apostle
Tc tor to walk on the lace of the deep
and was graciously attending to the
«i!ent but earnest aspirations oftho.-c
on board, had decreed its safety.
Although Capt Cobb had‘used
every precaution to diminish the dan
ger of the bo.it s descent, and for
(his purpose stationed a man with an
axe tocut away the tackle from cither
extremity, should the slightest diffi
culty occur in unhooking it; yet the
peril attending the whole operation,
which can only he adequately esti
mated by nautical men, had very
nearly proved fatal to its numerous
inmates.
After one or two unsuccessful at
tempts to place (he little frail bark
fairly upon the surface of the water,
the command was at length given to
unhook; the tackle at the stern was,
in consequence, immediately cleared;
but the ropes at the bow having got
foul, the sailor there found it impos
sible to obey the order. In vain was
the axe applied to (lie entangled
tackle. The moment was incon
ceivably critical; as the boat, which
necessarily followed the motion of
the ship, was gradually rising out of
the water, and must, in another in
stant, have been hanging perpendic
ularly by (he bow, and its helpless
pas engers launched into the deep,
had not a most providential wave
suddenly struck and lifted up th
stern, so as to enable the seamen to
disengage the tackle ; and the boat
being dexterously cleared from the
ship, was seen, after a little while,
from the poop, battling with the bil
lows ; now raised, in its progress to
the brig, like a speck on their sum
mit, and then disappearing for several
seconds, as if engulphed “ in the hor
rid vale” between them.
The Cambria having prudently
lain to at some distance from the
Kent, lest she should be involved in
her explosion, or exposed to the lire
from our guns, which being all shot
ted, afterwards went off as the flames
successively reached them, the men
had a considerable way to row ; and
the success of this first experiment
seeming to be the measure of our
hiture hopes, the movement of this
precious boat—incalculably precious
without doubt, to the agonised Uus
bands and fathers immediately con
nected with it —were watched with
intense anxiety by all on board. The
better to balance the boat in the ra
ging sea through which it had to pa--
and to enable the seamen to ply their
oars, the women and children were
stowed promiscuously under the
seats ; and consequently exposed to
the ri-k of being drowned by the
continual dashing of the sera}’ over
their beads, ■»% itiefi so tilled the boat
during the passage, that before their
arrival at the brig, the poor !' males
wore sitting up to the breast in wa
ter, and their children kept with the
greatest difficulty above it.
The boat arrived safe and returned.
’1 he ieelings of oppressive delight,
gratitude, and praise, experienced
by Use married officers and soldiers,
on being assured of the comparative
safety of their wives and chihlr ..
(says the author,) was such as to
render them, for a little while, totally
insensible either to the stoim that
beat upon them, or to the active and
gathering volcano that threatened
every instant to explode under their
feel.
The removal of the women and
children was continued. It not being
possible for the boats, after the fir-'
trip, to come alongside, a plan wi
adopted for lowering them down by
ropes from the stern, or tying them
two and two together. From the
heaving ot the ship, and from th
extreme difficulty in dropping then
at the instant the boat was under
neath, many of the poor creatures
were unavoidably plunged repeated
ly under water. No woman w r as lost
by this process ; but the sacrifice of
children w as deplorable, who expired
under the violent means which only'
reduced their parents to exhaustion
or insensibility. Orders were at
1 ngth given that a certain portion
of the soldiers should be admitted
into each of (ho boats alung with
the females; several of whom, in
their eagerness to take advantage of
this permission (and not before ) (brew
themselves overboard am a ere
drowned. One poor fellc -f this
number, a very respectabl mu,, bad
actually reached the bo. and was
raising his band to lay hold on tin
gunwale, when the bow cf the boat,
by a sudden pitch, struck him on the
head, and lie instantly went down
Amid the conflicting feelings and
dispositions manifested by the nu
merous actors in this melancholy
drama, many affecting proofs were
elicited of parental and filial afl’ec
lion, or of disinterested friendship,
that seemed to shed a momentary
halo around the gloomy scene.
Two or three soldiers, to relieve
the wives of a part cf their families,
sprang into the water with their chil
dren, and perished in their endeavors
to save them. One young lady, win
iiad resolutely refused to quit her
father, whose sense of duty kept him
.t his post, was near falling a sacri
fice to her filial devotion, not having
’•een picked up by those in the boats
until she had sunk five or six times.
Hap tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere moreni, parccre subject!? ct debcliare superbos.—Virgil.
MILLEDGEVJLLE, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, iffiJC.
Another individual, who was reduced
to the frightful alternative of losing
his wife or his children, hastily de
cided in favor of his duty to the for
mer. His wife was accordingly sav and,
but his four children, alas ! were left
to perish. A tine fellow, a soldier,
who had neither wife nor child of
his own, but who evinced the great
est solicitude for the safety of those
in others, insisted on having three
children lashed to him, w ith whom
he plunged into the water; not being
able to reach the boat, he was again
drawn into the ship with his charge,
but not before two of the children
had expired One man fell down the
hatchway into the flames, and anoth
er had his back so completely broken
as to have been observed quite dou
bled tailing overboard. The numer
ous spectacles ot individual loss and
suffering w ere not confined to the
entrance upon the perilous voyage
between the two ships. One man,
who fell bctw'ecn the boat and brig,
had iiis head literally crushed to
pieces ; and some others were lost
in their attempts to ascend the sides
of the Cambria.
As the day was rapidly drawing to
a close, and the flames were spread
ing, it became necessary to facilitate
(lie means ot passing from the ships
into the boats. With this view a
rope was suspended from the ex
tremity of the spanker-boom, along
which the men were recommended
to creep, and thence slide down by
the rope. By this place the greatest
number seem to have removed,
thoughwith much inconvenience and
very serious risk : from (he great
swell ol the sea, and the constant
1 leaving ot the ship, it was impossi
ble for the boats to preserve their
"tation for a moment, so that the
person upon the rope was dashed
about, and much bruised, before he
could find the boat, and frequently
w l l flungeJ into tlio wpter throe or
tour, or even five times. This pro
cess presented appalling difficulties
only the landsmen ; the sailors ap
pear to have effected their escape
without much trouble or danger.
Their desertion of the ship and sub
■'<‘l,lll ait unwillingness to return to
the rescue of the landsmen, is the
only blot upon (his fine story. Many
el tim soldiers, alarmed at the danger
throw themselves out of the stern
windows, j refering the more preca
rious chance of reaching the boats
by swimming.
W hen the greater part of the men
had been disposed of,
The gradual removal of the offi
cers was commenced, and was mark
ed by a discipline the most rigid, and
an intrepidity the most exemplary :
none appe ring to be influenced by a
vain and ostentatious bravery, which
in cases of extreme peril, affords
rather a preventive proof of secret
i.midity, than ot fortitude ; nor’any
betraying an unmanly or unsoldier
lik<‘ impatience to quit the ship ; but
wiih the becoming deportment of
men neither paralysed hv, nor pro
fanely insensib! ■ to tbc accumulating
‘•ang rs that encompassed them,
t ~ progr- ssively departed in the
different boats with their soldiers ;
they who happened to proceed first,
h-nving behind them an example of
coolness, that could not be unprofi
table to those who followed.
But the finest illustration of their
conduct was displayed in that eftheir
chief, whose ability and invincible
presence oi mind, under tlic compli
cated responsibility and anxiety of a
commander, husband, and father,
were eminently calculated, through
out this disti and day, to inspire all
others with composure and fortitude.
Never for a moment did Col. Fearon
seem to forget the authority with
which his Soveri ign had invested
him ; nor did any of his officers, as
far as my observation went, cease to
remember the relative situations in
which they were severally placed. 1
Even in the gloomiest moments of
Fiat dark season, when the dissolu
tion of every cart lily di; Unction seem
ed near at hand, the decision atilf 1
confidence with which orders were
sued on the one hand, and the
promtitude and respect with which
they were obeyed on the other, af
ford the bust proofs of (be stability
ot the weil-connccted system of dis
cipline established in the 31st Regi
ment, and the most unquestionable
ground for the high and flattering
commendation which His Royal
Highness the Commander in Chief
has been pleased to bestow upon it.
The writer speaks most favorably
ul the stale of feeling among the
soldiers. Under the circumstances,
i he two following anecdotes are high
ly creditable.
Every individual was desired to
tie a rope round his waist :
\Vhile the people were busily oc
cupied in adopt, ig this recommen
dation, 1 was surprised, I iiau al
most said amused, by the singular
delicacy of one of the Irish recruits,
who, in searching for a rope in one
of the cabins, called out to me that
he could find none except the cor
dage belonginojsio an officer’s cot,
and wished to knowjw bother there
would be any harm in his appropriat
ing it to kis own use.
Again * —
As an agreeable proof too, of the
subordination and good feeling that
govc.xed the poor soldiers in the
midst ot their sufferings, I ought to
state that towards evening, when the
melancholy groups who were pas
sively seated on tiie poop, exhausted
by previous fatigue, anxiety, and
tasting, were loginning to experience
the pain of intolerable thirst, a box
of oranges was accidentally discov
ered by some of the men, who, with
a degree of mingled consideration
respect, and affection, • that could
hardly have been expected at such
a moment, refused to partake of the
grateful beverage, until they had of
fered a share of it to their officers.
As the sun was setting, and dark
ness appro: c!ied, a singular change
took place in the feelings of those
men who remained. The natural
impatience t<>depart, which, howev r
subdued, had in the course of the
day agitated their hearts, gradually,
changed into an extreme reluctance
to leave the ship. Towards evening
it was with the utmost difficulty that
the men could be prevailed upon to
brave tlie dangers of the descent and
the passage to the brig ; so that the
officers and leaders, who had felt it
at first their duty to exhibit a back
wardness in departing, and who had
expressed publicly their determina
tion to remain till the last, found it
necessary to show an example of a
w illingness to go. The author dc
serbes bis own decent in detail ; the
description will give a very lively
notion of the difficulty and danger—
difficulty and danger, which we re
peat. would have been comparatively
light to a German gymnast.
From thi Savannah Georgian.
The Altamaha and Savannah Canal
TO THE CITIZEN’S OF SAVANNAH.
Several rc-p ctable individuals
having intimated to me, that it is the
general wish of the citizens to par
ticipate ~i tlie constructions of the
v .mui, ii irvai me .ziiuunnna arid
Savannah Rivers ; and being tearful
that 1 shall not Lie able w ith my own
resources to aocomplmh it as expe
ditiously a-; a company, 1 have
thought proper to exhibit to your
views, the report of Col. Clinton,
and the 1- grants betwi ■ n the
Ogecchee and Savannah, and the
Ogeechee : and Altainaha Rivers
it I am not deceived in the en
lightened views of the citizens on
this subject, which is so intimately
connected, w ith their further pros
perity, i cannot doubt but that they
will embrace the project, and pre
vent Northern Capitalists from mo
nopolising it; and if they do not, 1
flatter myself that they will cordially
support me m so laudable an under
taking.
J2BEN. JENCKES.
February 1 ttli, 1626.
REPORT OF COI.. CLINTON.
To Erenezer JEkckes, Esq.
fcin :—The examinations made
between the Ogeechce and Savan
nah Rivers, for the purpose of as
certaining the practicability of ef
fecting an inland water communica
tion, lias resulted favorably to the
project; and from my reconnoisanco
I am convinced that it is practicable
to extend the Canal to the Altainaha
River, at a moderate cost in com
parison to the benefits which will re
sult from its consummation. —I was
early in the preliminary investiga
tions impressed with the importance
of locating the Canal on lands s.tu,,-
led above the highest freshets. This
impression has been confirmed from
witnessing the effort i.r..riuc<><i ;>y
heavy , and reiterated rains on the
streams, and urface of the < luunlry:
—To accomplish this location, 1 en
countered difficulties of the most
perplexing character, from the con
tradictory statements of the inhabi
tants, and from tHe deceptions aris
ing from the sameness oi' the lands.
To obviate them, I had several
straight lines run from the bend iu
the Louijville Turnpike, near the
eight mile stone to the Ogccchee
River, an angle of 8. 46 deg. YV.
intersects with Jones Luke in the
distance of seven miles and forty
eight chains, S. 61 \\ r . with Kicb
hghters Lake in eight miles and fifty
live chains. And it is eight miles
and ten chains to Blue Lake
The distance from the same point
to Pipemakers Bridge on the Augus
ta road is four miles and sixty chains.
An elevated location for the Canal is
obtained by ecu prising either of the
three points named on Ogeechee,
and on the Savannah, at the place
already mentioned; or ending at ih"
upper part of the City of Savannah
The Canal will he amply supplied
with water, from the united streams
ol the little Ogecchee, and Pipe
makers creek, except in dry seasons.
Phis deficiency can he remedied by
introducing an auxiliary feeder from
the great Ogeechee River; a Canal
(>• feet on flic bottom) will have to
he constructed on its margin, for a
short distance above the confluence
ot Small creel:; a jutty w ill have to
be constructed at the head of the
feeder, anjJ a dam 20 feet long at
•be mouth oft he creek. The feeder
will be continued from Leper’s old
mill, and after passing by Mr. John
Powers, it will enter the valley of
the Little Ogeechee, in the distance
of throe and a half miles.
The feeder must bo protected with
guard gates, at the jutty and at the
oid mill.
Many intelligent persons have ex
pressed to me their fears of the Ca
red passing through beds of quick
sands ; 1 have, however, satisfied
myself from repeated horcings, that
there is nothing to bo be apprehend
ed from that source, where it has
been detected, it can be secured at
a small increase of cxpence, as the
excavations in those places is shal
low. I recommend the following di
mensions to he adopted in the con
structions of your Canal.
The bottom to be 33 feet—The
interior slopes in compact soils, to
lie an angle of 33 deg. 10 min. with
the horizon
In loose or collapsing soils, to be
an angle of 25 deg. 01 min. with the
horizon.
The exterior slopes to be an angle
of 33 and g. 40 min. w ith the horizon.
The berrnc, or spoil bank to be 7
feet wide.
The tow bank to bo 12 feet wide.
The banks to be 7 feet high.
The Locks to be Iff feet w ide, and
90 feet long.
The feeders on bottom to be C
:cct,and to slope similar to the Ca
nal
I also recommend.
That the Lifts and Guard Locks
to l>»" constructed of Black Cypress,
or Pine timbers.
That th piles to be of Live Oak
or Pine.
That*the culverts to be built of
' *■» A 4 Lo a.*- Jvwttvil r*t v» Ire
always immersed in water.
The bridges to be built of heart
June, and the carriage way to be
supported with triangular trusses,
and with vertical and lateral braces.
The Canal to have a declination
on the bottom, of one inch per mile,
and the banks to be sodded with
Bermuda grass.
I have made my estimate of (be
probable cost of the Canal from the
above dimensions and plan.
The more fully to elucidate the re
port, l have considered it under the
following heads.
1 A description of. the line be
tween the Ogeechee and Savannah
Rivers.
11. The reconnoisance between i
the Ogecchee and Altamaha Rivers.
111. Estimate of the Ogecchee
and Savannah River Canal, and (lie
probable cost of the whole lino.
IV. The utility of the Canal be
tween the Savannah and Altamaha
Rivers.
The country was scientifically ex
amined, between Jones Lake and
Pipemakers bridge, on the Augusta
road.
The elevation of (lie ground was
ascertained, and the soil tested, at
the distance of every 12 rods.
Phe spring tide rises 5 feet, and
the neap tides 33 inches in Jones’
Lake.
The tide at the Augusta road only
rises and falls six inches when the
River is low.
’file tides rise opposite to the City
of Savannah 6 feet.
The distance from Jones’ Lake to
Pipemakers Bridge, is 12 1-4 miles,
and the whole length from River to
River, is 14 miles.
The distance from Jones’ Lake to
the upper end of the City of Savan
nah, is 16 miles.
Mrs. Fryars swamp is twenty-four
inches below the level, and is sixty
rods long. The Little Ogccchee is
96 rods—Habersham’s is forty-four
rods—Gum or M’Leans, is thirty-six
rods—Raspberry thirty-six rods—
Curvoises backwater is two feet be
low, anil eighty-four rods long. It
the Canal should end at the City of
Savannah, it will have to cross Pipe
makers and several minor swamps.
The line also passes through sev
ral bay flats, and ditches will have
to be opened from them to conduct
their waters to the nearest culvert.
The general character of the soil
is a tenacious clay, impervious to the
agitations of the water; but there is
places where the banks will have to
bo secured with brick walls.
The elevation of the Little Ogce
choe swamp at the crossing place is
eight feet and eight inches.
[OR «4 IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS.
[NO. XII.—VOL. I.
The plan 1 recommend, is that 3
dams, in connexion with a mound of
earth, be placed in (he valley of the
Little Ogecchee. The dams to be
raised at an average height of seven
feet. and the mound twelve feet.
There is to be also, sluices placed
iu the side dams to regulate to the
height of water in the pond.
The ends of the Canal to be pro
tected w ith guard locks, and bridges
to be built across the dams for the
tow’ horses to travel on.
By adopting this plan, the lockage
towards the Ogeechee to obtain live
feet water during low tides, will be
fifteen feet and eight inches; and at
Pipcmaker’s Creek thirteen feet";
and at the City of Savannah, in low
t ides, 17 feet 2 inches.
2. The country between the Ogec
chee and Altamaha Rivers, is simi
lar to the line surveyed between the
Ogeechee and Savannah, except
that the surface of the country is
apparently more even ; the swamps
and flats fewer, and the soil better
calculated to resist the washings of
water.
The distance in a straight line
from any elligihle point on the Altu
maha River, and varying thirty miles
from the month of the Ohoopic to
Fort Argyle, is from forty-five to
fifty miles.
The country w ill have (obc scien
tifically examined before any decis
ion can be formed of which is the
most advantageous point to leave
the Altamaha River.
The Canal will he supplied with
water to the Great Ogecchee, and
from Beards and Taylor’s creek, and
the Little and Great Canuouchce
Rivers, and if there should lie a de
ficiency of water, a feeder can he
taken in from the Great Ohoopic.
This hist stream can be turned into
Beard’s creek at the Jenckesborough
ford in the distance of 12 miles.
The country intervening bctw’ecn the
Altamaha, and the sand ridges, de
scends gradually towards the Ocean;
and the Ohoopic has been known
frequently in freshets to have flowed
over into the head branches of Wa
termelon and Muskmelon creeks ;
and the Ohoopic at the Cowford,
must be several feet higher than
Beard’." creek at the Jenckesborough
ford; it' the feeder is constructed, it
in- iG feet on the bottom.
It w ill ot’ great usefulness to the
peopk n the < Mioopie, as it will save
more than 30miles of River naviga
tion; and il will pass through a dis
trict well timbered, which undoubt
edly will make it profitable.
3. The more fully to elucidate the
estimate, 1 have divided it into two
sections.—The first 1 term the
Southern, and comprises the line be
tween tlie Peg and Little Ogeechee
Rivers ; the second I designate the
Northern, and consists of the lino
intervening between the Savannah
and Little Ogeechee Rivers.
The length of the Southern sec
lion is three miles and ninety-two
rods.
The length of the Northern section
including the ! attic ()geechec swamp
and Pipemaker’s creek to its conflu
ence wlt 1 1 the Savannah River, is !0
mil esiiiid 36 drains.
Southern Seel ion — Estimate.
Section No. 1.
50,953 cut ie yard;; it 121-2 cts. $030912 1-2
3,270 ciil ic yards ut 10 cents, 327 60
Section No. 2.
21,021 cubic yards at 10 cents, 2-102 40
Section No. 3.
26,431 cubic yards at 12 1-2 cts. 3310 121-2
Section No. 4.
23,233 cubic yards at 10 cents, 2328 30
Section No. 5.
5,950 cubic yards at 10 cents, 595
23,181 cubic yards at 13 cts. 3013 92
0,632 cubic yards at 20 cts. 1126 40
Culvert 350 00
Section No. 6.
22,512 cubic yards at 13 cts. 2926 56
11,467 cubic yards at 10 cts. 1146 70
5632 cubic yards at 20 cts. 1126 40
Removing (i ts and deepening
Jones’s Lake 1000
Three miles grubbing at S9OO 2400
fifteen feet eight inches of lock
age ut $ 100 per foot, C2GG 66
$31,039 19
10 percent, for contingencies, 3468 90
$33,158 09
Little Ogeechee Swamp.
Mound 15 ft. top, interior slope
21 inches to 1 foot perpendieu ]
lor, exterior 18 incite.-, to 1 ft.'
21120 cub yds at 15 cts $3168 00
2360 cub yds at 20 cts 472 00
Sheet piles 294 00
$3934 00
Centre P.-rn
Pi'es S2OO 00
Iron bolts 70 00
Foundation 42 00
Frame of dam, planl.ing Scnpron 238 00
•Sheet piles 60 00
Securing ends of dam to mound 50 00
Levelling bottom for dam 100 00
Carpenters and laborers work &
contingenccs 500 00
$5194 90
Side' Dams.
With waste gates and sluices,
gates equipoised with weights
and moved with an iron wrench
working in an iron ketch secu
red to the gate S6O 00
Gates, chains and weights 80 00
and supportmggntes 12 00
Piles 1"6 00