Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-07-10

/ cock, and from the shrill whistle which en-
sued, be knew that the water haa got TOO
low, and that there was imminent danger.
Mr.. Cooper. Mr.. Lovejoy and others,
give i as their opinion, that the blow-cock
Rad been negIigently left open THAT the
boilers had been enptied which alarmed
the engineer and caused him n his fright,
70 fiil them suddenly with fresh water.
The boiler being heatened TO redness, TINS
BODY of water was instantly converted
into steam. with an expansive force
which the sides of the boilers were TOO
feeble to resist. It is further positively
stated. that during the whole passage,
within 90 minutes Of the catastrophe, the
steam guage-cock indicated from 81 to 30
inches steam.
The facts which Immediately followed
are gis en- correctly,by Mr.. HILBERT, as
published in our extra of the 18th, until it
reaches the. statement of the sinking.
This was not the case, but she parted into
three pieces.
In the breaking up, the whole boat went
under water, but upon the separation of
the keel from tho upper part of the boat,
the bow and stern emerged again. Very
shortly after the forward portion of the
stern was depressed beneath the water
ana the hinder portion elevated into the
air; upon the highest portion of which
were from so to so persons; more than
two thirds of whom were ladies and chill
dren. This continued within the view of
those passengers upon the bow OF the
boat, (from whom this statement is made,)
about one hour, when it entirely dlsap-
peared. The keel after its separation,
came to the surface bottonf upwards, when
il floated in immediate contact with the
bow for half hour, when it was seen no
more. There was no one upon this frag-
ment.
We will now proceed to speak of the
bow, and the fate of those whom 1t con-
tanned. Upon this portion of the wreck
there were originally Is. All Immediate
ly proceeded to tighten the fragment, by
throwing into the sea every thing not ne
cessarv to secure salvation, which gave il
greater buoyancy. On Friday about IL
o'clock, while floating upon the ocean, two
sails were seen, one in a North Easterly
direction, and the other in South Wes-
terly direction, about FIVE or six miles dis
tant. On Saturday morning, early, a
portion of the wreck was discovered,
about miles distant, with small sail and
a flag flying, this remnant made sue
cessfulattempt to reach those upon the
bow, whom they joined about noon
They were five males, they attached
themselves Immediately to their fellow
sufferers upon the bow, whose number
they swelled to %, and abandoned their
raft.
The % then proceeded to erect a jury
mast, upon which square sail was hoist
ed-the wind continuing to blow from the
S. E. lin which quarter it had been ev-
or since the wreck, they were blown to-
wards land, which became visible about 4
o'clock P. M. At sunset quite strip Of
land was seen, and trees were discovered.
The night was passed without any ma
terial change, and on Sunday morning
upon the occasional lifting offog, land was
quite apparent, about three Or four miles
of, which they continued to approach un-
til they got within half a milc.-The
wind which had been gradually coming
round, settled down to N. E. about IL
O'Clock, which blew the wreck along the
coast, about the same distance from land,
during the day. The wind gradually in,
creased in violence, and the rain poured
down during the whole Sunday, until 5
o'clock, when it became calm and the
rain ceased. On that night the wind came
out from the N. w. On Monday it was
clear and quite calm. At ID that day
the wind blew light breeze from the
southwest.
About four o'clock foar vessels passed
within three miles, steering East.
On Tuesday morning, about sunrise
the schr. Henry Camerdon, Capt. Davis
was seen about five miles of, in an Eas
teTly directions. She continued to nea
until within three miles when the exhaus
ted sufferers were discovered, she thel
Immediately squared sails and bole dow
to the wreck, which she spoke about hal
past 8 O'Clock A. M. She then passed by
5 and anchored within a short distance
4 Capt. Davis lowered his boat immediate
. ly and succeeded in transferring the whol
: Of the sufferers to his vessel, where eve
t ry proper comfort, at his command wa
Y humanely furnished to these unforunat
S beings.
IS Intelligence was given by these tn;
e they had seen another portion the wrec
l. during the whole preceding day, and ea
y the next morning. The Capt. immc
}, diately bore down in the direction desis
mated, (easterly) and in about an hou
came up toit; from this he had the graf
fication of rescuing Mrs. Noah Smit
:, and Miss Rebecca Lamar, Charles Ii
mar, two gentlemen, and two negro w
men, in an exhausted aud worn out cond
ton. This work of humanity being fiji
ished, Capt. Davis bore away immediate
y for Wilmington, where he arrived abol
Z o'clock, on Tuesday, P. M.
h To attempt to describe the feelings I
these 80 persons towards their preserve
Capt. Davis-the sympathy of the crow
assembled at the landing--or the mingle
emotions Of those companions in miser
who had been separated, and here m,
again in safety, though-in sufering--tim
does not allow, nor is human languag
adequate.
P. S. Since writing the above we haV
received the following additional intel
s gence