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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 94, 19 April 1872, Page 4

A Settler atTe Wete, Wellington Province, whilst threshing, in order to dispose of the straw, set it on fire, the wind being then favorable ; but the wind changed, and the whole crop, about 200 bushels of wheat was destroyed. It was with great difficulty he succeeded in saving his machine. The New York- Tribune publishes tbe following from Chicago : — "Lying in the river near the lighthouse is a vessel, clad from hull to topmast with a thick coating of ice. She left thia port on the 26d of J December, loaded with 26,000 bushels of com, Bailing before a pleasant breeze, and with every prospect of a successful voyage. Towards night snow began to fall, and at dark a fierce storm of sleet broke upon the vessel, covering every rope and sail with ice. With great difficulty the top rigging was secured, and then attempts were made to take, in the frozen canvass. One sailor ran promptly aloft, but in a short time was frozen stiff and, motionless to the cross-tree. In lowering him to the deck the mate and several men were badly frost-bitten. The insensible man was revived a little by vigorous and long-con-tinued rubbingwitb snow, but his legs are so badly frozen that his recovery is scarcely possible.. The storm continued with unabated fury, the ice-clad vessel sinking deeper andv, deeper as the waves washed over it. The course was changed for Chicago, where -the vessel arrived on the evening of tbe\4th. Every member of the crew, officers as well as men, was __orex>r less frost-bitten, as each had taken his turn aloft to watch for landmarks. As each came back he had to be rubbed with snow to bring back circulation to his benumbed limbs. All of the men are suffering" from intense pain, but, with the exception of the one that was frozen, are not f&t'alljr itrjnred. ! The barque, which is named the Board of Trade, is now having the ice stripped off, after which she will be laid up; till spring;" The Lindsey (Canada) Post, reports that a party under Mr. Taiir, engaged in : locating the line of railway in Mars, had a narrow escape from a painful death. In the proseciution of. their labors they had penetrated the Long Swamp, ih the first and second concessiops, about hialf-a-mile,' when suddenly thejatteptionjof ( -,Mr. Tait was attracted by a loud roaring, as of the; approaching' of a hurricane. : On looking; f in -^direction; from. Whence the sound j>r b ceed ed/'to 1 Ma li'orror h _ "-.-serve _ ' ;§ fa j rushing, towards, them at . a .rapid, rate, : -j_oiHflg-^inW^ e W^ 0 '? ':fa'-3£" and -felling '- > large <; iitrees ■•• ml i every < d irection. Tait* ordered^ ;_ tampe'de* at . n'ee^aud ; then began a race. At th^' Bt„r< r J ti»'_' fire was • fid lv "300 v 'tt^^W?^WW^riilihe.d >be ! wliole t c *sHp|len; and Indians; scrambling rjomj^m.'ri'ili^-^? $* Bh l heaps, holei ;

barking shins, spraining ankles, scratching hands and tearing clothes, ! but not a word was spoken, no stopping to look haclc, or asking for companions in the rear, but eachcone struggled to reach the clearing. Owing to the denseness of the swamp, though every muscle was strained, progress was but that of a walk to tbe rapid march of the fire, which every minute leaped at least two yards nearer its intended victims. Each roar and crackle urged them to greater efforts, ns each succeeding sound falling on the ear with greater distinctness but told them huw fast it wa« caiuitig upon them. Blows and hruises were »» nothing could they but reach the clearing, which, fortunately, they did in safety, but not a moment too soon, for the fare was but ten feet behind them when they emerged from the woods. The whole party, about seven in number, were so completely exhausted that they could not have gone 20 yards further. Mr. Tait says he can only account for the rapid march of the fire from the high wind that was then blowing, and the food for fires which the swamp contained, it being thick with cedars aud dead firs, and the herbage very dry. A Luxurious Steamer. — The steamer Plymouth Koi-k, of the old Stoning ton" line, was purchased by Jim Fis-ke, and placed on the route' hetweeii New York and Long Branch; She is 345 ft. long, and baa a bread h over all of 73n. The Aeio Fork Tribune, - speak ii g of- her, says: — " The boat has been -furnished and fitted as no boat has. ever been furnished and fitted before, involving nn expenditure in this department alone of 75,000 dollars. Mr. Fiske is the Napoleon of paint and whitewash, of gorgeous upholstery and cold-leaf. Ou the Pl> mouth Rock, Brussels carpet wanton over polished flooip. White an 1 gold-plate, glass and Corinthian capitals, meet the eye at every turn. Tlie glass globe which covers every gap-burner: in the saloon is embellished by golden failures, and cost of itself eight dollars. As the traveller sits down to a sumptuous repast in the banquet ball, he chooses his wice Irom a list printed in dairiiy-type on tinted paper, and bound iv green and gold morocco. As he ascends the polished stairs, bronze master-pieces of art upholding gas jets stare him stolidly in tbe face; and as he takes a surreptitious peep in the saloon glass be encounters by his side the wooden glaie of the colossal black Whlnul Charles the ninth, and that other armored ancient of the snrae material who once drew crowds to the windows of a Broadway jeweller. If lie be of a musical turn, he may play upon the most amazing piano he ever saw in his life — ebony and gold, with bronze bas-reliefs and embossed legs. Everything is gorgeous — top, bottom, and sides — from the engine- room, which resembles au exhibition of prize, machinery," to the pilot house, which looks like the cabin of a royal yacht."