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A PORYLAND VESSEL CUT IN TWO BY THE 34. S. ‘“ SARDINIAN. — THE CAP-| TAINS WIFE AND ONE OF THE CREW DROW NED.

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The Captain’s wife, Georgia Shepherd, aged 24, a native of Portland, and a sailor known as ‘Harry, about 50 years of age, a native ot Germany, were drowned. The rest of the crew were roscued by the “ Sardinian” and landed at this port. On Saturday, Messrs. Thompson & Graham, acting for the captain and owners ot the “ Sarah E. Frazer,”’ libelled the “ Sar- dinian” in the sum of £7,000 stg. for the loss of the vessel and cargo. The agents of the steamer gave bonds, and she pro eeded to Liverpeol yesterday. The barque was struck on the port quarter and cut in two, There are two sides to this,as to every other story, which we give belew. THE “ SARDINIAN’S” REPORT.

Capt. Dutton reports that on the mor- ning of Friday last, about four o’clock, his vessel collided with a barque, about 80 miles off Georgie’s Shoals. The barque was struck en the port quarter andcut intwo. His lookout did not see the vessel nor any light until they struck, and the accident was entirely unavoidable. The steamer was stopped as soon as possible, boats lowered, and all the crew saved, except the captain's wife and one sailor, and brought to this port.

CAPT.IN SHEPARD’S REPORT.

The “ Sarah E. Frazer’ was a barque of 520 tons, built at Yarmouth, Maine, in 1870, and registered in Portland. She was loaded with a cargo of shooks by Messrs Phinney & Jackson, and lett on Mon jay the 19th instant, for Ma- tanzas. Lhada erew of 13 hands,—- including myself, and wife. We were towed out of Portland Harbor by a tug, leaving about noon. Shortly after-the tug left us, head winds sprung up and it was after one o'clock Tuesday morn- ning before we got out of sight of Cape Light. At 10 o’clock the wind veered to the eust and we hove to under close cfnvass until two o'clock Wednesday morning, when the wind backed round to the northeast, with heavy sea runn ing. I judge the vessel was close un- der Old Orchard Beach. At two o'clock wore ship to southward and eastward. Fair winds continued till Thursday ai- ternoon. During Thursday night we hove to, 80 miles south of George’s Shoals, with wind southeast, sails still reefed and heavy sea running. All hands weré on deck. Towards morn- ing there was heavy lightning from the northwest. About four o’clock in the morning it commenced to clear up and we furied maiatopsail. After seeing sails furled, the weather became calm- er, and everything apparently all right and having had no sleep for three nights, I went to my cabin and lay down beside my wife. ‘Georgia,’ con-~ tinued Capt. Shepherd, with an effo-t to suppress his emotion, was awake, and said, ‘I'm glad you are come to bed Jo; you must be so tired.’ She placed her arm across my breast, and L immedi- ately fe!l asleep.

TEN MINUTES AFTER FALLING ASLEEP HIS SHIP IS CUT IN TWO.

The next th'ng tnat I Loew was when I felt myself sinking. I dido’t hear the crash; ot a sound. I woke up and found myself inthe water. My ship had been cut ia two by a steamer, which was going rightoa her way. My first thought was for my wife, but I could not see her. I[ never saw her afier fall- ing aslecp. I must have been stunned by the shock. My wife was probably struck aod sivaned, and sank as soon as she foll in the water. I could have saved her if l had seen her. (Captain Shep- ard being a stout man floated easily.) It was pitch dark, when the steamer passed I caught hold ef some floaciag wreck, and kept myself? up. After being in tho water haifan hour—it seemed hous —I saw a biue light on the water acd a boat contiag. I shouted. and they came and picked meup. Iwas very much exhausted, and my legs and arms were benumbed. The Captain was depressed in spirit over the loss of his wife. to whom he was fondly atiached. “She was & good wife,” he said, and ceniisu- ed, ‘Ol! that fatal tea minntes! If I had only remained on deck ten minutes longer, | shou'd have seen the steamer and saved my wife, if I could not have prevented the loss of my ship.’

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An Old Poem.

Janvaky 28th, 1880. the Editor of the Hxaminer. S.r,-—An early and valued in England, a gent’eman whose taients ane nosition alike entitle him to be termed a lead : j rea : ng public character, has recently taken o¢

oS - . . sasion to declare his opinion that many eiergymen who are admirably fitted to dis charee ordinary parochial duties, are by ne means qualified to Compose even one sermon,

much less two sermons, per week, likely te

advance or promote the great cause in which they are engaged, [ agree w-th my friend in opinion. The practica! renedy for the déficiency which he

notices would be, either that the Church, as a body, should establish an Order of men to eoimpose sermons for good readers to deliver, or. that the existing homilies of the church should receive a large numerical add tien, and that au homily, instead of a sermon, should form the coneluding part of the church ser- vice. Anopinion, upon any important sub ‘ect, frequently involves collateral or corollary opinions upon things im general. Novelty. to be beneficial, must be good in itself. Old truths are preferable to new errors. in the present day of sensational novels and startling novelties in polemics, politics and political economy, it might be well that the publie attention be drawn to seme ol those choice bits of wisdom left by our ancestors; which, although they may not flare and sparkle lie modern gas jets, have the more permanent brilliaacy of tixed stars. With this, I beg to enclose an extract from a very beautifal translasien of a very old peem, sup-

posed, on good crounds, to be older than Hesiod. If yeu approve of this spect men sufficiently to print it, I purpose afterwards to submit to you a few

remarks upou one especial part of it, the song of O-pheus in the Cave of Chiron the Centaur, descripvive of the ereation ofthe world, and to point out what appears te me to be the wonderful haimony of the key notes of ancieat Traditien, with the Bible in the first place, and with modern scientific discovery in the second place. The fall of mam poisoned human happiness at its very source ; and,a like diabol- ical agency, poisoned human knowledge by infusing opipions and absurd traditions into its 'eadirg facts, not only four thousand years ago, but at 2.much more recent period of the world’s history. Modern science, 1in- stead of brewing new political and social ven. om, would do well to extract and annihilate tre poisonous ingredients which Satan (the aucients named him Saturn) threw into the cup of knowledge, and thereby made the tree which produced the fruit from which it was made—one of evil and not of good. Iam greatly afraid that the present are indeed the ‘perilous times’ which were predicted t« comean ‘‘the last days.” I remain, Sir, Your obed’t servant, Vic DHOMNUIL NAN Orb.

Extracis from ‘*Specimens of the Classi Poeis.”-—Translated by Elton. VISIT GF ‘THE ARGONAUTS TO THER CAVE Ol CHIRON THE CENTAUR,

Then with a whistling breeze did Juno fill the sail,

And Argo, se'f-impelled, shot swift before the gale.

The Kings with nerve and heart the oar un- wearied plied ;

Ploughed by the keel, foamed white th’ im-. measurable tide ;

But when from ocean’s streams the sacred dawn appeared,

Aud morning’s pieasant light both gods and morta's cheered,

Then, from the shore, the rocks and windy summits high

Of wood-topped Pelion reared their beacon ’midst the sky.

The helm with both his hands the pilot, Tiphys held ;

The vessel cut the waves, with quiet course impelled ;

Then swift they neared the shore ; the wooden ladder cast,

And forth the neroes leaped, relieved from labors past.

Then to the circling throng the horseman, Peleus cried,

‘** Mark, friends, yon shadowing crag,midway the mountain side!

‘*There Cuiron dwells, most just of all the Centaur race

‘*That haunt high Pelien’s top; a save his dwelling place.

“He there awards the right, or heals the body’s pains ;

‘‘ And chaunts, to neighboring tribes, oracu- lar, his strains;

**To Phebus’ chorded harp the laws in wis-

é dom sings,

‘*Or Hermes’ hollow lute, of shell sonorous, strings ;

‘*And, therefore, Thetis came, with silver feet, to trace -

‘High Pelion’s waving woods, my babe in her embrace; ;

‘And here to Chiron’s hands the new-born infant brought.

**To cherish with a Father’s eye, and rear with prudent thought.

‘*Indulge my longing, friends! With me the cavern tread, P

**'To mark how fares my boy, how gifted and how bred !

He trod the beaten path; we followed where he led.

We entered straight a grot, of gloomy twi- light shade ;

There, on a lowly couch, the Centaur bugh was laid ;

At length unmeasured -stretched, his rapid legs were thrown,

And shod with horny hoofs, reclined upon the stone.

The boy Achilles stood,

sire,

erect, beside the

And smote with pliant hand the spirit-sooth- }

ing lyre;

But when the Centaur saw the noble Kings appear,

He rose with courteous act, and kissed, and

brought them dainty cheer.

The wine in beaxers served; the branchy couches spread,

With scattered leaves, and placed each guest upon his bed.

In dishes rude, the flesh of boars and stags

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While draughts of Inuscious wine in equa. measures flowed.

But now, when food and drink had satisfied

__ the heart,

With loud applauding hands they urged my minstrel art ; Ee

That I, in contest matched against the centau sire,

Shouid to some wide-famed strain attune the vocal lyre. i

friend of mine }

But I, averse, forbore in contest to engage, And blushed that youth should vie with more l age,

the wish, himself prepared

experienced (ill Chiron joined to sing, And forced me to contend, reluctant, on the string. Achilles stretched his hand, and gave the beauteous shell, Which Chiron took, and sang the Centaur

combat fell:

How them the Lapithe for daring outrage slew ;: OP How, mad with strength of wine, gaiust

Hercules they flew, ,

Aud him, on Pholoe’s Mount, to stubborn conflict drew.

I next the lute received, of echo sweet and shrill,

And bade my breathing lips their honored BolY distil.

In dark and mystic hymn I sang of Chaos old,

How the disparted elements in round alter- nate rojled,.

Heaven flowed through bouadless space, and earth her teem'ng train

ed from her ample breast, and deep in whirl- pools heaved the main, oe

[ sang of elder love, who, self sufficing, wrought

Creations differing forms, with many coun- selled thought.

Of baneful Saturn next; and how the Heaven above

Fell with its regal sway to thunder-launching Jove.

i sang the younger Gods, whence rose their various birth,

Hlow spread their separate powers threugh sea, and air, and earth, ;

Of Brimusand of Bacchus last, and giants’ mystic fame,

And whence man’s weaker race arose, of many- nationed name.

The rising generation would laugh at the ab- surd fable which Orpheus proceeds to relate, of all the animals and trees trooping round the Cave of Chiron, to hear the preceding song; so we will let thet pass and merely mention, to the credit of Chiron, that he was so far from envying the applause due to Orpheus, that he himself joined in it; looking at the animals and trees. Who can say whether this fable be not a perversion of the fact that the great Creator of ‘‘ every beast of the field and every fowl of the air, brought them unto Adam?’ See Genesis, chapter 2nd, verse 19.)

‘‘ Amazed the Centaur saw; his clapping hands he beat,”

‘*And stamped in ecstacy the ground, with hoofed and horny feet.’

“Thea Tiphys treads the cave, and bids the Minyan train”

‘*Ts hurry swift on board; and thus I ceased my strain.”

‘‘The argenauts leaped up in haste, and snatched their arms again ;”

‘Then Peleus to his breast his boy embrac ing rears,”

‘‘Kissing his head and beauteous eyes, and smiling thro’ his tears,”

* Achil'es so was soothed; and as [ left the cave,”

‘*A leopard’s spotted skin, in pledge, the Centaur gave.”

‘* Forth from tie den we sprang, down from the mountain high,”

‘The aged Centaur spread his raised hands towards the sky,”

‘‘ And ealled on all the Gods a safe return to

give,”

‘*That, famed in ages yet unborn, the youth- ful Kings might live.”

‘* Descending to the shore, we climbed the barque again,”

‘Each pressed his “ermer bench, and lashed with oar the main,”

‘‘ Huge Pelion’s mountain swift receded from our view,”

‘‘And o’er vast ocean’s green expanse the foam white-chafing fiew.”

‘Si quid novisti rectius istis,”

**Candidus imperti; sinon,his utere mecum!”

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