The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-19 00:00:00

MOIL& SURVIVORS FROM THE CENTRAL
ANERICA.

Three more persons have been added to the list of
survivors from the wreck of the Central America. They '
were found drifting in one of the steamer's life-boats, some
476 miles north-east of the spot when the Central America
west down. and nine days their that led Bair the brig Mary
them up, on her voyage_ from Cardenes (Cabs) to
Cork Ireland. The Mary carried them eastward seven days,
when she met the Brim= barque Laura, going ham
Bremen to New York, and traorderred then to her. When
landed there, they looted almost like skeleton—gaunt,
rick, etheuatect, and covered with both. Their names are,
J. Tire, second engineer of the Central America; Alex-
' ander Grant, fireman; and G. W. Dawson (coloured), pee-
••amen
A New York paper says :—" Tin stayed by the steamer till
the moment she sank, when, with a plank that he had before
provided, be plunged into the sea. He was drawn down in
the whirl, but, in coming to the surface again, brought his
plank with him To this alone he clung for three days,
maim no mil, nor any of his late shipmates. On the
fourth morning he drifted past an empty boat, for which,
denting his plank, he swam, and, after a tedious pull,
got into it. On the fifth day he drifted close past the
steamer's hurricane deck—elroply an inch-board platform,
covered with oiled canvas. Mr. Grant one of the steamers
thane, who was on this hurricane deck, jumped off, swam
to Tice's boat, and the two rowed her up (for, happily, the
oars had not been lost out) to the hurricane deck., ind took
off Dawson, the only living tenant it then had. The three
drifted four nights and three days longer, north and east-
ward, up to the very astern edge of the Gulf Stream, and
on of the usual track ot all vessel& Tice had nothing to
eel nor to drink ben the both the semmer nth isra
the fifth day! when he struck a dog-fish with the
blade of his on, and killed it. This wretched pro-
vender they ate ravenously of, raw, of course, aid
then till the ninth day, they had no more to eat.
On the eighth sight there was a heavy rain. Of the water
that fell they drank freely, and would have killed themselves
with it, Giant said, but that they had been able to save only
a little of It, and tha supply soon failed. Whether it is tree
that the two who wen saved on the hurrimme deck had
nothing to eat is not brawn. They my they had not; if they
nod. it must have been that they fed on humeri Seth. But
this Grant stoutly tholes, while MOWS stubbornly refused
to my Yes" or "No," when his friend, as delicately es •
bluff old sailor could, asked him the question. The two
who were saved on the hurricane deck suffered is dur-
ing the first four days than the engineer. Great save
that when he found himself overboard, still eine* to the
piece of wreck that he held by when it patted teem the
steamer, there were nine others on it, six of them the
steamer's passengers. They saw no mil, nor could tell that
any survived but themselves, On the second day Dawson,
the coloured man, drifted to them on ataynk4mtatleisn ed zt
to get on the hurricane-deck, but t
the weight of thom already on it sank it so low that the ma
washed clean over it at every wave. He would not pert
company with them, however, but clang fin to a aide,
waiting until, as one after another of them dying, fell off, it
' lifted to the surface, sad Great was esti to have his cam-
. pan? . As we have already said, Mr. Tice picked them up
on the fifth day. Though the three men are in the city,
and we have conversed with them all, It is little that as be
got out of either of them, or that they have yet told any-
body „
' Dawson stated that he clung to a plank when the vessel
foundered. "He continued en this plank for two days,
when he drifted near the hurricane deck, on which there
were twelve other persons. Their weight kept it sunk
needy two feet under water, and it was not until after
a portion of then bad died and dropped off that he ventured
on to it. During this interval be supported himself by
holding on to the edge of the raft, se it was evident that he
could not place his whale weight upon it without endanger-
ing the others. One by one, however, they became ex-
hausted and died, when theirbodies were either washed off
or thrown over by the survivors; this so far lightened the
deck that be climbed upon it with the rest ; some became
delirious, and, yielding to the cravings of thin, drank the
salt water, which only aggravated their sufferings, and they
soon died. Anne and dogfish cruised about in right of
them, and sometime. came very near, as if impatient of
their prey. On the fifth day only four of the men remained
alive on the hurricane deck, when they discovered Mr.
Tice, the assistant-engineer, In a boat, at a short
distance. Grant swam to the boat, and the other two
followed him, bat the last two were drowned. On
the fourth night, a coloured man, named Gilbert, began
to grow despondent, and the feeling soon Increased to such
an extent that he became deranged. Mr. Buddingtoa, also,
was similarly affected. They would talk wildly about going
down into the mess-room or the pantry to get some water
or food. Gilbert insisted that the steward had told him he
should have some water if he came down. Some of them,
Mr. Damien thinks, drank salt water in their desperate
thirst. Some he stopped while they were in the an.
During Wednesday several died—some by lying down in the
water and drowning, and others by falling off hate the sea.
On Wednesday evening, Boddington's and Gilbert'a mental
derangement became uncontrollable, and though Grant and
Dawson did all they could to soothe them, their efforts were
ineffectual, and soon after dark they swam from the raft,
fancying in their frenzy' that they were soon to obtain
relief. It was the relief of death."

Grant states that twelve person. got on to the Booting
burriame deck, which was two feet under water. "On the
third night all were nearly wild from hunger and thirst.
Some gazed with vacant stare out upon the broad water, in
search of • friendly sail, and discerning none, hope forsook
them, and they died. Others raised their enfeebled hands
imploring God to save them from impending death, and
while Ham they prayed, the remorseless waves choked up
their utterance, and buried them for ever. The fourth day
came, and all but four had perished. The suffering, of those
who remained were even now beyond description. Death ap-
peared a cheap price for relief, and yet they clang to the
wreck, and looked out for a sail until their eyes were
deadened by the glare of the waters. But long and ansiotudy
Monet they looked, no skil appeared. Another terrible night
was pared, and es the morning of the fillh day dawned the
four men were still clinging to the floating deck—two of
them however, so feebly, that it wee evident they must soon
die, if not very soon relieved. It was not long now before
Grant discovered Tioe, an assistant-engineer, in a small boat,
a short distance from the floating deck. Ho dropped into the
water, swam towards the boat, reached it, and was token in.
Tim and Grant then made for the deck to take the others off,
but when they arrived Dawson alone remained. The other
two bad died end been washed away."

A IIO3IAN CATHOLIC PEER AND T77E RELIEF
Pren.—A Roman Catholic Peer (Lord Bellew). in reply to
• circular invitation to attend a meeting in Dundalk for the
=of raising funds for the sufferere by the mutiny in
makes these temperate remarks :—" I think there is
but one opinion en the subject, that sesistance should be
alluded to those forlorn and wretched sufferers, but such
assistance should be prompt to make it effective. Fully
concurring with those who call for a fair and impartial dis-
tribution of the funds that may be contributed, I cannot
think it judicious or politic to raise any question that may
tied to step the Bow of charity which would enthrall,
arsenate from every human heart. If funds on • former
omega have been misapplied or perverted, let every caution
bet aken and exertion made to prevent • similar occurrence ;
but let as, in the first instance, go forward cheerfully and
heartily to the assistance of cur ouffering fellow-octustry-
nen of whatever class or creed that may be."
NON-CIVILITY REBUgED.—The Boston Post re-
medy beard of and gave full credit to a young lady who,
nun being given • seat in a railway car, thanked the gentle-
man who had vacated It. The next day the same paper was
informed of the following incident, communicated by one of
the partite .—" A lady—l suppose she was a lady, for she
wore beautiful clothes—got into • car which was completely
occupied, and all were ladies mare a Cambridge student and
multi. She looked anxiously about for • seat. The student
politely relinquished his, whereupon the lady threw herself
into it, her hoops clattering heavily, without expressing the
slightest thanks whatever. The student looked anxiously at
the occupied spot as if be had lost or left acmetbing, and
asked her to rise a moment that he might search the cushion.
She acquiesced ; student immediately glided into the place,
and, having installed himself, allowed the lady to stand up
the remainder of the journey, u • reward for her want of

---Nor MONET BUT CONFIDENCE. The present
financial difilcultita are well illustrated by the quaint old
of • Frenchuunorho deposited his casings with a thrifty
tradesman. A time of trouble cease, the Frenchman wee
alarmed and called for his money, which was promptly ten-
dered to him. On second thought, however, he begged the
tradesman to keep it, explaining himself after this fashion
"Yon no ay go money, sea I want It quick; but if you av
mosey, I no want it at all."—Niso Tech Suer.
Ale AnirrlALiss CONTlCT.—Melville, the con-
vict, who, sometime beck, piped notoriety by leading a
band of other convicts I. as attack on the guard whilst
embarking for the hulk at Melbourne, in which some lives
some lost, and who was coodemmed for that offenos to solitary
confinement, having committed a violent attack upon Mr.
Wintle, the governor of the Central Gaol, at MeTbonsa%
and been detained in a cell upon • doubt ss to his rate
mind, committed suicide, by banging himself. His insanity
was proved to be a sham ; and it is su that he had
expected he would be placed on histrial- for the attack on
the governor, and that he had, therefore, determined to anti-
cipate justice. He wrote. with • lead pencil, upon the walla
of his cell an intimation of hie Intention to die by his owe
hand. A verdict of filo its at was returned.
THE SEPOT JOUINALE.—The Waterford New,
a liberal Journal, stater that the Nahoe newspaper has ben
"kicked rat" of the Commercial News-room of New Ross,
the borough which formerly retuned Mr. Gem Duty to
the Saxon parliament. The voting was as follows :—Peg
=a the Nation, 15 ; against, 34. Its tats Sepoy emys
rts expulsion, which was mood by Dr. Howlett, •
ropectslils Reim catholic potions&