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laiDAY, AUGUST 13, 1875.
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tentional fraud tf
From all quarter* of Misaisiiippi the crop
reports continue good. In many neigh
borhoods the corn crop is now entirely
safe. On ail Hides the cotton i* reported
as healthy, but backward.
The publication of the Southern war re
cools, ordered by tbo last Congress, will
prove to be ve ry costly. Five octavo vol
umes have already boon prepared for pub
lication, each volume consisting of about,
eight hundred pages. The entiro work,
it is estimated, will require ouo buudred
volumes.
A well known Virginia mineralogist
gives it ns his opinion that if the Htute
were worked with the same skill Califor
nia l the of her gold fields, which
extend her entire length, and arc in soino
places forty miles wide, would he us groat
in proportion as those of the gold hearing
region of the latter Htute,
The granger organization is spreading
in Massachusetts. At the last meeting it
was reported that there were in the State
15ff Councils of Sovereigns of Industry,
with a total membership of 16,000. It
was further stuted that the average saving
on expenditures was 17 1-2 per cent, on
the goods purchased.
The Hartford Times bos finally come to
the conclusion that, despite stale and
fraudulent sea-serpent stories, thero are
reasons for accepting the existence of
soma such croaturo ns a reality, probable
survivors, like the crooodilo and the elo
phaut, of those monstrous forms of ani
mal life that were numerous in tho earlier
ages of the world."
At Tarboro, N. C., on Friday, A McCabe
on ex-Pederal official, member of tho Htute
Beaate in 1872-’7S, and ut present radical
candidate for Convention from Edgeoomb
county, took offence at some strieturea in
tho 'Southerner, and attacked Walter P.
Vfilliamso'i, editor, when tho latter tired
upon him, tho ball taking effect in tho
hood below tho right eye.
The largest Democratic ooiivontion
since 1801 aswouiblod in Jackson, Missis
sippi, on the 4th inst., end after the ap
pointment of oxoculivo committee, the
convention adjourned. Tho platform is
mainly confined to State affairs. It recog
nizes to tho fullest extent tho civil and
political equality of all men, and asks
the aid and assistance of votes of all parties
and both moos in tho establishment of
good government.
The grain crops of the West have boon
seriously damaged by the unprecedented
spoil of wot weather. Tho Mississippi
and Ohio rivers nro reported aa carrying
q volume of high water, and tho rich corn
region lying on both aides of the Ohio, be
tween Louisville and Cairo, has been for
weeks, aays the Courier-Journal, sub
merged as to drown the life of the growing
Stalk and to flatten large fields of tho pro
duct with tho ground.
Among 'Andy Johnson's relics is the
hiblc he was sworn upon by Chief Justice
Chase, with tho verso marked where his
lips touched when ho kissed tho book.
Also, a long letter from Chase, in which
ho begs Johnson to come out at onco for
negro suffrage ns a cure for tho outrages
claimed lobe rife at tho South. He also,
at tho request of some “old man,” diroots
Jobusou’a attention to Ist Kings, chap.
20: Sl—43, whoro Aliah is denounced for
sparing the lifo of Bon-hadad—plainly al
luding to the fate of Davis, then a prisoner.
• CmcAOo’a Account with Duncan, Sirer.
Man & Cos. —Comptroller 8. S. Hayes sent
to the City Couucil of Chicago, on tlio 4th,
a communication ami order in relation to
tho outstanding bonds and coupons of tho
city, for which deposits had been made
with Dtmean, Sherman & Cos. Ho shows
that he deposited with that firm, on June
20, lo tho coupon account, $367,000 for
tho payment of coupons and bonds due
July I, At tho time of their suspension
the balance unpaid was 42,0<X). He adds
that tho amount of outstanding coupons
and bonds is within these figures. There
is a question about the legal liability of the
city to pay these coupons and bonds, but
the Common Couucil bus ordered the oou-'
pons to be paid.
There is already a great deal of specula
tion ne to who will bo the successor of ex-
President Johnson in tho United States
Senate. lis said that great pressure Ims
already becu brought to bear upon the
Governor, who has the appointing power.
Among the prominato candidates are ox-
Governor Btown and General Bate, both
■ of whom are ex-Co ufederatoe, and Mr.
Stephens, of Memphis, brother-in-law of ex-
Senator Cooper and Edmund Cooj o r The
chances at present seem to be in favor of
General Bate, who Wiis Mr. Johnsons most
formidable competitor in tho late contest,
ami who once came within one vote of
election. It is stilt too early, however, to
predict the result of Governor Porter's de
liberations.
[For fUu.AßKii'a Isnjtpßsnssr.]
Is Baptism Essential to Salvation 1
Mb. Emtob : I indicted my last in the
full hope that if my position was errone
ous, that it would be met by “Querist”
scripturally and logically, fully exposing
tho errors. Hut he meets me not with ar
gument, but opens bis batteries by saying
tho freqneney of my admission -that lam
not a theologian, would indicate that
I apprehended somebody might think
me ouo, and tbep attempts to allay my fears
by assuring mo that any one who reads
my articles will be suved from falling into
such a mistako. I deny having repeuted
any such thing that I was no theologian.
I stotod in my last what my first inquiry
was and my rousons for making tho in
quiry. 1 stuted in my last that I had in
my first admitted that I was not a theolo
gian, and asked for Information from men
of biblical learning. That is not reposting
tho admission that 1 am not a theologian
now. I was ignorant then, like “Querist”
is now. I was frank to confess my ignor
uoe then ; be is bigoted enough to assert
his wisdom now. I sought for truth and
knowledge in the sacred word, and found
the gem glowing with celestial brightness;
he sought for truth and wisdom in human
creeds, whose erroneous theories and con
structions of divine revelation have never
been illumined by a single ray of supernal
11, l,t. Buored truths, uttered by tho hal
lowed lips of our soverign Lord and re
produced and re-established by his com
missioned apostles, are too plain, too sim
ple, too easily understood. Theology
would not. be a science if Christ’s language
and that of his apostles is to be taken lit
erally. Ho, sentences, beautiful in simplic
ity arid glowing witli divine truth, must
do disected, analyzed and transposed, and
warped, and reconstructed, and complica
ted, and mystified, or creeds must perton,
sects must die, denominations must break
up ; tbo whole baseless fabric of human
planing and construction must wither as
tho barren fig tree under tho sentence of
Omnipotanco. Faith, repentance and bap
tism is Christ’s thoory. That's too simple,
tho unlearned can understand it. We
must construct a thoory that tho most
learned cannot understand. These plain
sentences must bo mystified, or tho whole
world will nnito upon them as tho teach
ings of Christ and tho apostles, nr.d our
creeds will disappear like the baseless fa
bric of a vision. Then wo must say bap
tism is Dot esaentiul to salvation. Thoro
'are a groat many Naainaus in tho world
that has no faiya in simple conditions. If
wo urge that ns tho trim scriptural doctrine
they will join some other sect. Ho, our
creed is faith uiono, and as soon us n man
believes we can assure him that his sins
aro pardoned and ho hath eternal life;
can’t be lost; 1m bos believed on the Lord
Jesus Christ and ho shall bo saved, for that
and for that alono ; am! that that belief
was forced upon him ; God compelled him
to believe in order that ho might save him.
Now, the thoory is, that every man that
believes that Jeans Christ is the Sou of
God is anveil, and that belief is a gift that
ho can’t refuse ; and by receiving it lie is
saved beyond all peri.dve.ntme. Repent
ance is nou-esseutial ; that would make tho
creed unpopular. Tim lords of earth de
spise and abhor humility. Baptism is
non-essential ; thero is no pomp, no grand
uro in that; wo must not embody that in
tho creed. The Nabobs and modern Naa
ranns would turn away with disgust. Wo
must erect our theory upon faith alone,
and in our theological disquisitions try
and eonvinco tho world that repentance
and baptism, though non-oseoutial to sal
vation us acts of obedience, aro very be
coming in a Christian, This is what “Quer
ist” soys : “Obediouco is not essential be
cause it avails us nothing in tho salvation
of our souls, nevertheless it is very be
coming in a Christian.” Now you have
“Querist's" theory of salvation, based up
on faith alone. The bible theory, ns I
understand it, is grace, faith, repentance
baptism, tho purposes of the Father,
tho blood of tho Son, and the sanotiflea
tion of tlm Holy Spirit. I insist, that- to
oaoh of these, severally, its proper place
and importance in redemption and salva
tion should be given, and to all of them a
concurrent efficacy. Then I agree with
Raul, that wo are to bo “saved by grace,”
“justified by faith,” “redeemed by the
blood of the Lord Jesus,” sanctified by
the spirit of God,” and I can heartily
agreo with Jemes, that “a man is justified
by works, and not by faith alone,” and
1 can fully endorse Rotor that dear old
apostle: Ist Peter 111-21, “Baptism doth
also now save us.” Givo mo tho concur
rent efficacy of all of those, and let “Quer
ist” foster his pet thoory of faith alone and
believe and tremble os devils do. I did
state in my Inst article that Paul told tlm
infidel jailor to believe, because that was
the first thing necessary ; I do not deny
that Paul and Silas told him to believe
and lie should be saved aud his house, but
I do deny that their instructions ended
with that, for “they spake unto him tho
word of tho Lord, and to all that was in
his house.” Isn’t it reasonable to con
clude that, tho word of the Lord embraced
liabtism from what immediately oecured,
the baptism of the jailor and all bis in the
same hour of the night. If belief was suffi
cient, why speak more ? Why do more ?
“Querist” says: “If Annanias had said to
rul ‘Be baptised and then shalt be sav
ed,’ "I for ono would.not for a moment
question it. ” “If Peter had said ‘Repent
aDd bo baptised and thou shalt be saved,’
I would not deny it,”
Now, Mr. “Querist,” when Paul ex
claimed, “Lord} wluvt wilt thou have me
todol” didn't lio bolievo on the Lord
Jesus Christ ? Was ho not penetout oil
account of his sins ? Was his conversion
complete ? Hid Christ fell him thou art
saved by faith alone ? Was Paul satisfied
with faith and repentance ? If so, why
does Paul cry out in his agony, “what
must I do"—not what I must see or feel or
hear; but what must I myself, (not another)
do. Paid was not satisfied with faith und
repentance. Something else was lacking
iu his case ; therefore ho made the in
quiry, “What willt thou have mo to do.”
“Querist" is satisfied with faith alone, and
cries “enough Lord, lam saved 1” What
did Christ send him to Annnuias for if lie
was saved by faith alono ? Why did An
uanias require him to do something else,
if that was sufficient 1 Was Paul's sins
pardoned when ho went to Annanias ? If
so, why did Annanias command, aud why
did ho obey, by being baptized to wash
bis sins away ? Hou’t you understand
“and wash your sins away,” to mean for
the remission of sins ? If his sins had
been pardoned, lie would not hnv% been
sent to Annanias for directions, whereby
ho might obtuin remission of sins. “Quer
ist" Says if Annanias had told Paul to be
baptized anil thou shalt be saved, ho
would have believed it, and if Peter had
suid bo baptized and thou shalt bo saved,
ho never would have doubted it. Now,
as yon are so ready to believe Peter, I re
fer you to First Poter III: 21, “The like
figure where unto even baptism, doth also
now save ns.” Ifbaptism saved then, will
it not save now ? If not, why not? givo me
reasons, not assertions ? You say if “Peter
had ■said be baptized and thou shalt be
saved, you would have believed him.”
Isn’t, it just ns easy to believe him when
he says, "baptism doth save us,”
When Christ commissioned his apostles,
Mark VI : 16, “And ho said unto them,
go ye into all tho world, and preach tho
gospel to evory nation. He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved ; but ho
that believeth not shall ho damned." To
support the theory of those who regard
baptisim ns nonessential, and teach that
man is justified by faith alone, tho com
mission should read, "Ho that believeth
and is saved, may be baptized, if conven
ient.” Their theory confronts the Lord,
wherein ho savs, “Ho that beiieveth and
is baptized Shall bo saved •" and says,
“not so Lord: lie that believes is saved,
whether baptized or not.” I liavo not
eliminated, nor have I in any of my arti
cles, interpolated a single condition in the
grand scheme of salvation ; but claim that
they are all bimling and essential. They
were proclaimed by Christ and taught by
the apostles ns essentials. Not excessive,
not meagre, but altogether sufficient.
Nevertheless, accepting the tortns just ns
they are offered by divine authority and
believing them, I am charged with em
bracing a dangerous heresy.
I dosiro to inform “Querist” that in tho
latter part of tho New Testament, there
is a littlo book called the Epistle of James.
Judging from his articles, I am satisfied
that ho has no kuowlodgo of any such
book. James II : 14, “What doth it
profit, my brethren, though a man say he
hath faith and linve not works ?” Can
faith save him ?
“Querist,” anil nil faith, alone Salvation
ists, Bays yes. James, II : 17th verse
says, "Even so faith, if it hath not works,
is dead, being alonol9th verse, “Thou
believe,at that thero is ono God ; thou iloest
well ; the devils also believe and tremble ;"
20th verse, “But wilt thou know, Oh,
vain mau, that faith without works is
dead ;” 21st verse, “Was not Abraham,
our father, justified by works, when he
had offered Isaac, his eon, upon tho si
tear?” 22d verso, ‘ Soost thou how faith
wrought with hie works, nnd by works
wns faith made perfect24th verse, “Yit
see then that by works a man is justified,
und not by faith only ;” 20th verse, “For
as tho body without tho sp’rit is dead, so
faith without works is dead also.” Now
to tho "alone,” Salvationist, I make
this inquiry: Aro you relying for your sal
vation upon a dead faith alone ? Without
works vonr faith is dead ; and you repu
diate works os noneascntinl. Now, take
choice of throe positions: Dispute tho au
thenticity of this scripture, or admit that
faith is dead without works, or assert that
your faith is vitalized and kept nlfvo by
works. I presume yon will not bo so reck
less as to disputo the authenticity of tho
scriptures, from which I have quoted.
Then will you rely upon “faith alono with
out works ?” If so, my dear, unfortunate
“Querist,” your faith is dead, and you
aro traveling down tho broad road. But
if you take tho latter position, to wit: that
your faith is vitalized aud kept alivo by
good works, then you are guilty of the
same heresy you charge mo with, that of
believing tho scriptures.
John the 111 :5, “Except n man be
born of water and of the spirit, he cannot
outer into the kingdom of God. Is there
any safety out of it. ? I know of none. In
it is a state of safety. Ho who enters tho
kingdom is saved, pardoned, justified; ft
thero is salvation out of it, why did Christ
givo his life to establish it ? If tho world
could have beeu saved out of it as well as
in it, certainly the divine enterprise wns a
failure, and Nioodemns might have re
plied to tho Saviour with propriety, it
matters not whether I enter the kingdom
or not, as I can be saved as well out of it
as in it. Now, Mr. “Querist,” did the
Lord allude to baptism, when he used tho
language “born of water ?” Is thero any
other counectiou with water, to which ho
could have referred ? Dr. Wall, the great
Pcdobaptist historian, says, speaking of
the primitive iuthers:“they understood that
rule of our Saviour, ‘except ye bo bora
agaiu,' to refer to water baptism, and con
cluded from it that without such baptism,
no person oould oome to heaven ; and so
did all tho writers of these four hundred
years, not ono man excepted.” Again,
Dr, Wall ssys, “there is not any one Chris
tian writer of antiquity iu ouv language,
but what understands it of baptism.”
“By baptism wo who were J>y nature
children of wn\th, are mado tho children
of God.’ ‘doctrinal tracts published by
order of tho Methodist General Confer
ence. Yet I who believe what they pub
lish astrue, am charged with heresy.
Bloomfield, says; “For that as the na
tural or animal life depends 6n flesh and
blood, so does the spiritual life depeud on
tho baptism by water and the spirit. ”
Whitby: “That our Lord here speaks of
baptismal regenerations ; tho whole chris
tian church from the beginning hath al
ways taught.”
Barnes: “Born of water ; by water here
is evidently signified baptism.”
Timothy Dwight, President of Yale Col
lege. says: "To be born again is precisely
the same thing as to bo born of water and
of tho spirit, and to be born of ftatnr is to
be baptized, and ho who understands the
nature and antiquity of this institution,
and refuses to bo baptized, will never en
ter the visible or invisible kingdom of
God.”
Episcopalian church catocliism. Question:
"What is the inward and spiritual graco
of baptism ?”
Answer: “A death unto sin, and anew
birth nnto righteousness for being by na
ture born in sin, and the children of wrath
wo are hereby made tho children of graco.”
Question: “How are we made members
of the church or mystical body of Christ ?”
Answer: “By baptism ;we are all bap
tized into one body."
Question: “Forwhat end did our Lord
institute the right of baptism ?”
Answer; “To be the way and means of
admitting man again into the favor of
God; ‘except a man be born of water and
the spirit ho csuuot enter into tho king
dom of God.’ ”
Question: “What favors or privileges
docs God grant to persons baptized in this
new covenant ?”
Answer: “The forgiveness of all his sins.”
Qestion: “Does baptism cleanse ns from
all tho actual sins we have committed ?”
Answer: “Yes; ss well as from original
sin ; ‘Ariso und bo baptized and wash away
your sins.”
Now if believing tbeso biblo truths, we
embrace a heresy, then all tho Christian
writers of antiquity embraced it first, and
profnndly learned raen of all ages down to
the present have believed and taught it.
Concurring in opinion with such men and
minils, tho charge of heresy from auintenr
theologians, falls at my feet like spent
missil ns,
I would kindly suggest to “Querist,”
not to dam up his argument any longer;
let it come like an av.,luuche ; the readers
of Tub ImiEl'KNljknt can bear it ; they
have waited for it so long and have been
disappointed so often. Don’t disappoint
them again.
lin mercy, sparo you, “Querist,” from
the severe, criticisms to which the gram
matical soli ciscos in your last article ren
dered you so obnoxious and vulnerable.
1 will expect argument iu your next, and
if I find it not, I will certainly give it no
attention, but bid you adieu, assuring you
that, whilo I deprecate your feeble efforts,
t appreciate (beyond my übility to express)
tbo generous and pious motives that act
uated you to the hazardous undertaking
of imparting information you did not pos
sess, and never can obtain, until God's
laws and plan of salvation shall have
changed.
Ekqiiiskh.
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Georgia.
Preparations are being made to lmvo a
grand tournament at tho approaching
Thmnasville Fair. A prize of 8500 .will be
awarded the successful kuight.
, The health of Hon. A. 11. Stephens is
reported as being unusually good.
At the next Tnoinaaville Fair there will bo
a premium of one hundred dollars award
ed tho grange making the best exhibit of
agricultural products. Tho Baiubridge
Democrat prauoos to the front with a smile
of libernltty on its face, and offers an ad
ditional premium of ten dollars in gold,
provided the successful contestant boa
Decatur grange.
Miss Sallie Dinkins, a young lady of
Sandersvillo, was thrown from a buggy on
tho Ist inst., and very seriously, but not
fatally injured.
Tho Fall Session of tho Sandersville
High school will open on the 16th inst.
The Thomasvilliaus ore trying to bum
np another spi ling bee.
Mr. John Martin, an old resident of
Thomasville, is dead. He was 54 years of
age.
Mrs. Rachel Meßeo, a most estimable
and highly esteemed lady of Lowndes
county, died very suddenly on tho 80th
ult., of heart disease.
A young mau by the name of Charlie
Lang, was brutally murdered by a party
of negroes on Saturday night of last week,
in Camden county.
Itev. Thomas Coleman, of Houston
county is dead.
Two men were killed by lightning at
at Elam church, iu Jones county, on Mon
day, the 2d instant.
Tho H dyne Triumph is the successor
of tho Jestip Georgian, and Tobc Good
broad, runs tbe machine.
Blakely is to have anew jail.
Tho Early County Board of School
Commissioners, have decided not to es
tablish free schools in that county until
uoxt fall.
The Coming Victory in Maine.
We have great hopes .of a Democratic
victory in Maino. It seems to us almost im
possible that a majority iu that State enu
be so blinded by passion and folly as to
"progress” any further towards their own
utter perdition, and therefore, for tho
sake of their children, and their children’s
ohildren after them, will turn square about
and say, "though it is pleasant to rnin
the ‘slaveholding South,’ it is time to hold
up when it involves our own utter des
truction.” Maine mechanics should bo
the sbip-bnilders of the world, and even
with tho great war, if they had choked off
the lunatic Abolitionists and restored tho
Union they professed to fight for, that
Stato would now, at this moment, be at
tho head of tho ship-building world. With
tho destruction of the negro labor at the
South, there is nn end of America l
commerce, and th it, of necessity, carries
with it the ship-buihling interest of Maine,
which can no more be res >red under the
rule of tho madmen in power thou life can
bo resumed after a man has been six months
in the grave. But we repeat, we have grer t
hopes of a returning sanity even among
the Mainiacs, and if honest and sensible
Democrats will Only come to the front and
confront tbe Abolition lunatics on sound
principles, they will no doubt carry the
the State in tho coming election.— New
York Daybook.
THE RETURN OF MR. MAX COHEN
TO MONTAZUMA.
A Detailed Account of the Schiller L>i*-
aitcr.
[From the Montaznma Weekly.]
Mr. Max Cohen, of the firm of Eich
baum & Cohen, tho only passenger from
this State that survived the wreck of tho
ill-fated Schiller, reached his home in this
town on last Wednesday, Mr. Cohen is
in excellent health, end but for tho wide
spread information concerning his connec
tion and narrow escape of the disastrous
wreck of the Scilly isles, we might rea
sonably conclndo that his voyage across
the waters had been attended with the
most agreeable results.
Wo called on Mr, Cohen and stated that
a history of his sad affair would doubtless
bo of much interest to his many acquain
tances, and when requested to give us, as
far as possible, his recollections of the
awful affair, he stated as follows :
"There are many scenes connected with
this unfortunate voyage I would gladly
forgot, and which appears to me now more
like a fearful dream than a dread reality.
I will, sir, as far as I am able, give yon a
correct detail of what came under my im
mediate observation.
On the 27th of April the Bchilier left
New York under as favorable circumstan
ces as the roost hopeful could wish. Wo
had a most agreeable voyago, with no kind
of interruption until the night of the 7th
of May. A thick fog covered the waste of
waters, though little of this ever was
known to the passengers, as they were con
fined to tho cabin and saloon of the vessel.
I presume tho steamer had made poor
progress during tbo night of the 7th, ns
Captain Thomas, about 4 o’clock next day,
remarked that all passengers who were
destined to land at the port of Plymouth
should be ready to land immediately, as
he was a littlo behind time, and he would
not have long to stop. This precantion
ary measure was complied with, yet, alas !
how few ever reached the port alive.
The fog continued through tbe day on
the Bth, and thickened at night, though
this was littlo cause of complaint to tbo
numerous passengers aboard, for while
many retired to their last sleep of earth,
others gathered in groops and indulged in
various gang's, while the vessel was Umry
ingon to its inevitable doom.
I, with three other intimate friends, in
dulged in a most fascinating game till a
late hour in the night, and the amusement
was only interfered with by one of the
party leaving to go upon deck under the
excuse of a few moments. This individ
ual I well remember to be Mr. H. Spritz,
of Macon, Ga. Ho returned shortly after
wards, and reported tho fog intensely
thick, and the night exceedingly dark.
This remark called others to review, and
our heretofore interesting game was aban
doned by all. We never looked upon each
other’s faces again, i followed Spritz
upon deck, and found that ho had report
ed true, as I could not see my hand before
me, aud that tho vessel was silently riding
the waves amid tho blackest gloom. Hpritz
complained of cold and left mo with the
remark that his overcoat was needed, and
left, as I supposed, for his coat, and was
scarcely off of the deck before a crash fol
lowed, which shook the vessel from centre
to circumference, The shock threw me
from my feet, and I arose to hear the awful
cry : “Oh, my God 1 we aro ruined 1 wc
are lost 1
The confusion of the moment was be
yond comparison. Every one that could
scramble to the deck were actively and
earnestly making for tho Advantages it
offered. Where Ia few minutes before
stood alono, hundreds had reached tbe
same place of advantage within an incredi
ble short time.
The scene was one tlmt beggars descrip
tion. It was a personal struggle for life
amid the wailings of passengers, threats of
officers and curses of st amen. Tho dim
glnro of the deck lights revealed tho most
reckless activity on tho part of the men
for self-preservation, while their features
were distorted and marked with the pallor
of despair.
A boat was loosed to be lowered, when
some thirty crowded into it, when the Cap
tain refused to launch the same, stating
tlmt it was his purpose to see that the wo
men nnd children were first provided for
in the first life boats that were sent out
from tho sinking vessel. This had the
effect of securing the passage of half
privilege to women and children, which,
however, was but tho burying to death, as
it was capsized when but a short distance
from tho wrecked vessel, and tho entire
number lost.
Tho Captain had lost all control over the
crew, us was evident from tho fact that ho
was unable to command the second life
boat that was lowered from the use of the
sailors. This second boat was appropria
ted entirely by the orow, and must have
beeu lost, for I never afterwards heard of
its recovery.
I was still aboard the sinking vessel at
II o’clock nt night. As I could get no
chance to secure a place in the life boats,
I was still seeking a chance of safety. The
sea waAr getting very rough, aud the ves
sel was gradually sinking, with no offered
safety iu being committed to the turbulent
waves, I fell to tho work of unloosing a
life preserver that wns lashed to one of
the spars of tire vessel, and having no
knife I made but poor progress. I suc
ceeded in getting n knife at last, but only
too late ; for when I returned to my un
finished work it was but to find that an
other individual had secured the treasure,
and*had appropriated the same to his own
safety.
A‘ter considerable effort, however, I
also secured a life preserver and bound it
about me and awaited the launching of an
other boat, which was soon under way
with me aboard. The boat was wel'crowd
ed aud was beset with heavy breakers, in
somuch that it promised but littlo hope of
safety. Iu fact, a rough sea soon had tho
effect of separating me from this little
chance of life.
Before I know how and in what manner,
I was dashed off and found drifting upon
tho waves, with no other aid but the life
preserver, horrified in thought as to what
my sufferings might be before I was res
cued, if, indeed, I should ever be so for
tunate.
I suppose I must have been two hours
or more floating nnd hallowing, while the
dismal darkness around was made woeful
with similar cries of distress, before I was
picked up by a boat, which I afterwards
recognized to bo tho same ono that I had
been separated from. Oh, the horrors of
that awful night ! I can only remember
its fatal consequences with a chilly sensa
tion of the deepest dread. All that cried
for help could not be gathered from tho
surging ki’ ows. Being aboanj the boat
afforded some hope of life ; yet it was far
from giving any solid satisfaction, as it was
expected every moment to capsize nnd
leave us to the* mercy of the turbulent sea.
About two o'clock on the •morning of
the 9th, the sea became a little more calm,
whereby the boat was manned with better
assurance. We were completely lost as to
direction ; not being provided with acorn
pass, we were afloat without a knowledge
as to any particular point. We discover
ed, however, from the cabin lights that we
were still in the neighborhood of the
wrecked steamer, aud the propriety was
suggested of remaining in sight as long os
possible.
Aliout 3 o'clock the lights disappeared
in the cabin, from which wo concluded
tlmt tho water bad filled this part of the
sinking vessel aud extinguished tbe lights.
The most lantern still afforded a ray of
flickering light, and, by tho way, it was the
only thing that could be soen through the
gloom of this awful night. TANARUS! e few of the
mnny that some days before took passage
or. the Bchilier watched the roast light till,
with u sudden crush it went down, and was
enveloped in the waves of old ocean for
ever.
We were at last without a beacon light,
and with no other nssurance of hope than
that of letting the boat float its own way,
with tho only security to follow from the
drifting waves.
About 6 o'clock tho fog had cleared to
the extent of allowing ns to see some dis
tance, which fact dks favorable to two per ‘
sons seen floating on the water a little to
the left of our course. We took them up
—both nncunsoious, though they were re
stored and were favored with the fortune
of tbe life boat passengers. One of these
men, on being restored to consciousness,
made inquiries for his brother, whom he
afterwards informed ns was his only
brother and a twin. He was never recon
ciled to tbe loss of tbe missing brother so
long as the crew of the life boat were to
gether, and seemed to be but. little satis
fied with his own good fortune, since his
brother was not saved.
Tbe day drew heavily on, with now and
then gome momentary excitement occa
sioned by a sound hoard or a sight seen,
which proved really to be of no solid
foundation. At one time tho entire boat
crew imagined they heard the escape of
steam from the boiler of some ocean
vessel, which, if so, their earnest efforts
in trying to bring tbo boat iu sight of such
were unavailing. It was gratifying, how
ever, to find at list that we were in sight
of land, though far in the distance, as
every ono congratulated with each other iu
having a point of view, however difficult to
attain. Tho sea again grew rough, and wo
had but little hopes yet of being saved
from a watery grave.
The point of land that appeared to be
emerging from the dreadful waste of wa
ters aud which had been tho subject of *o
much dispute among the passengers, was
at last decided to be the English coast or
a group of the Scilly Islands. Wo had
every reason to believe that we could Dot
effect a landing in safety, owing to the
rough sea ; so our attention was directed
more particularly to what we conceived to
be a sand bank, a little to the right of the
main land, where we made it a purpose to
ground to await a calm sea.
Wo finally effected a landing at this
designated point, which wc afterwards
learned from the inhnbifanls to be the
Trusky Island. We keenly felt tho need
of help, us we found ourselves the most
dependent set of individuals possibly to be
thought of in our wretched condition.
We were kindly received into the houses
of those who lived on the island and onr
necessities administered to, so far as the
circumstances of the inhabitants would
justify. Hera wo did not remain long,
but were taken into hand, and with other
and larger boats we were aided iu reach
ing the island of St. Mary. Wo were re
ceived here by tho Counsel and assigned
to hotels, and where wo were provided
with dry clothes and made comfortable.
I was called upon by tbo counsel und
others to aid in identifying some seven
teen bodies that bad washed ashore. I
rememliered every one as familiar forms,
and the body of a gentleman and bis wife,
in particular, who usually sat nt my right
during the usual meals on the shot voy
age of the Schiller. This sight was suf
ficient. Others were found and I was fre
quently solicited to make tbo rounds of !
identification, but I bad enough and more
than I w ished to remember of this dread
ful wreck.
On the 10th I with others took passage
for Plymouth, aud was kindly received by
the agency, and from there we were as
signed to London, and from London Ho
Hnmbnrg and home. We met with sym
pathetic friends throughout the whole of
tho remaining travel, and our wants were
kindly administered to at every point.
This was a voyage that must ever be re
membered by tho few that escaped the
watery grave, and while we think of the
dreadful const qveuces we have much to be
thankful for when we review our own help
less condition as we think of the terrible
disaster.
Tho cause of the disaster could only bo
attributed to the dense fog of the night,
which was so thick aifliLdark that it was
utterly impossible for the officers of tbe
vessel to kuow anything about the near
ness of their impending ruin. The noble
Captain, whom I eonceive to have been
every inch a gentleman, did all in his pow
er to aid iu the escape of the helpless and
weak, and as he has never since been
heard from, it is supposed that he went
down with the ill-fated vessel.
But enough of this sad history. I have
tried to relate as near as possible and as
correct as the circumstances of occasion
would allow my personal observations of
this terrible night. What I could observe
was certainly bad enough, yet when told
presents but a faint picture of tho disas
trous wreck.”
Death of Gen. G. E. Pickett.
Gsn. George E. Pickett died on the night
of the ofith of July, at Norfolk, Ya., after
a brief Jlness. He was born in Virginia in
1826 and entered tho Military Academy at
West Pointfrom that State in 1842. He
went to the Mexican war with tbe rank of
second lieutenant, and acted with bravery
at the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco.
He also behaved gallantly in storming El
Molino del Rey, an* won the brevet of cup
tain at Chapuitopeo. At the outbreak of
the civil war he joined the Confederate
army as a commander of Virginia Vol
unteers, and Boon gained high rank aud
distinction. He wns present in nearly all
the battles fought in the early years of the
war of the Army of Northern Firginia,
serving both ns brigade a divsslon cornun
der. His most eonspicuoks services during
the war was in the Pennsrlvaniacomp*igu j
of 1863. At tire battle of Gettysburg m,
led w ith h s divisoa of Virginians the me
morable charge upon the Union forces hol
ding Cemetery Hill, His troops fought dis
perately, encouraged by bis gallant words
and bearing, and tho havoc in their nicks
was appalling. Every brigadier general in
the division was either killed or wounded,
the colonels of five Virginia regiments were
among the slain, aud of 24 regimental offi
cers only two have escaped tiahurt. Among
his brigade commanders on this occasion
was Gen. J. L. Kemper, the present Gov
ernor of Virginia. Subsequently Oen.
Pickett served in the defenses of Richmond,
and was actively engaged until tbe dose of
war, when he retired to private life. Gen.
Lee considered him one of his beat officers,
and had great confidence in his skill and
bravery. At the time of his death Gen.
Pickett was general agent of a New York
life insurance company at Richmond, where
he resided. A few weeks ago he went to
Norfolk in search of health, but his con
stitution was (so imparied that his recovery
was not expected by Ids friends.
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OS THE 16TH DAY OF AUGUST NEXT I
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