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apologized for having spoken as he did. A gen-tleman and his wife who had escaped from the“Palatine,” were together at the “AmericanHouse,” happy in being spared to each other,peaceful, loving and grateful; but they were es-pecially delighted to receive a letter from then-pastor in the distant East, and read, to those whocalled, sentences from it so glowing with thatpastor’s affection and sympathy.

The ministration of women was one of thedelightful things connected with the event. Abetrothed had no sooner heard of the wreck andof the survival of her lover, than she hastenedto his side and spent the days in caring for himand comforting him by her presence.

When the clergymen visited those differentpersons at their hotels, they were most respect-ful in their cordial response to praver andwords of counsel. Even those to whom thesubject bad not altogether been agreeable before,listened and seemed stirred to the heaH withgrateful emotions. The time and place for prayerwas given, and such nearness to the AlmightyGod was never known before. It seemed as if