LIZZY GLENN'S NARRATIVE TO MRS.

GASTON.
WITHOUT venturing the remotest allusion to her parting with her lover, Miss Ballantine commenced her narrative by saying-- "When I left New York with my father, for New Orleans, no voyage could have promised fairer.

Mild, sunny weather, with good breezes and a noble ship, that scarcely seemed to feel the deep swell of the ocean, bore us pleasantly on toward the desired port.

But, when only five days out, an awful calamity befel us.

One night I was awakened from sleep by a terrific crash; and in a little while the startling cry of 'The ship's on fire!' thrilled upon my ear, and sent an icy shudder to my heart.