Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-07-19
From the Sordnn"h Georgian, Jriy3.
THE PULASKI

we SNc tl' ioIiowin9 statement withOu
remark. They need none. The detail,
OF such an occurrence are Of ore intcr.,
'han any thing else we can publish. Tn,
statement OF Fostiick will be perused will
great interest. That OF Mr.. Lawson the =,
mate. we derived from himself.
Mr.. Peter Lawson, 2d mate of the Pulaski
who has family i'll this city, and whose
name has not been before mentioned a.
among those fortunately ed, arrived in
'his city on Saturday, IN a boat from Angus
Ia, having gone tn that place, from Charles
to;i' In Ihe ahseucc of an immediate con
seyance to this port.
Mr' Lawson states that he was aslcep
"hen the explosion occurred, his warci,
having expired o, IL o'clock -. The f;rs,
thing that he knew he was thrown into the
sea- and awoke with confused idea 8,
wat mad occurred. The berth he o. cupicd
was immediately above Capt Pearson's,
III whl'h Capt Pearson. he believes, w,s
ais" asleep. The only person Mr.. l.. saw
IN the sea was Cap, Pearson Mr.. L.. asked
Capt L. Is that you. Capt. Pcarsun! He
answered, Yes! Mr.. l.. then asked. Do
YOU know how we got here! Ills repIy
was, No! don't. Capt. Pearson then sung
out to them Oh board the b,i,t repeatedly, Il,
lower the boat and take them up.
ne ful"shI was about 100 wards ahead
when Mr.. l.. recovered sense nf conscious
ness III the water. Mr.. l.. then swan for
The boat Capt. +. getting ahead of him in
about ~ minutes when Mr. L. lost sight of
INN, aud has not YET seen him. Nr. l..
swan between three and four hours before
he reached lhewreck, and GOT safe upon the
promenade deck, TO which h. wa> he i.ed nm
out OF the water by Mr.. Davis of Ch rles-
ton. Mr. l.. said that before he landed on
tue promenade deck, to which the stern on
the boat was then attached. he was first at.
tracted. ny The wreck of the how, which
w"s hna'InS on It's side, aud Tie mast still IN.
when MIR. l.. reached the promenade
deck, ne saw about or 8 persons. of which
there were Miss K Lamar, and Mrs. Smith
oi An9usth. anu two colorcd woInrn-Alr.
". Is. Lamar, and IwO sons were also there.
Mr.. Hutchinson and little. child between
one ana two years old, WAS also on the
promenade deck Al this Time The body of
our late valued "w-ciIizcn. Mr.. Parkman.
was on The wreck and also that of Young
lady. lie observed the bow Of the boat at
day-h nearly mile off, on which were
many persons. hut can't say how inanv.-
llIe sea all around was strewcl with frag.
'''o"'" VIZ nv "'SCh. some OI fhcin bore /,
some TWO or three. and some as many n,
q ar survivors. On Friday morninn
about 7o' Z o'clock, the stern parted from
the promenade deck. and the latter drifted
oil from 1t, the Stern remain. ng nearly sra-
tionhry. MIR. l.. could not see y human be.
ing on the stern.
In the course of Friday. severaLsurvivors
were PIckeh up from diiltrent portions #
the wreck, until on Friday evening the mum.
ber irreased To 23. There was bur bottle
and hall Of Champagne on the wreck. on
when MIR L.. was, and nothing TO eat Mr.
S'anslield, merchant or this city, who was
one OF those picked up, died on tn" wreck
in the cohrse of FRIDAY afternoon.
Mr. l.. remained on the promenade deck
until Saturday (next) morning. about orS
O'Clock. he then with Mr.. &. B. Lamar,
MIR. Davis, Of Charleston. Mr.. lIibbard. a
passenger, deck hand of the boat, and
another passenger, after bailing out both
the boats which remained with them, and
stopping the leaks hy cutting up some ropes
on board and making oakun, g,h Into one
oithe boats. and loft tie other for those ON
the wreck. They left the wreck with the
hope of discovering n sail, or reaching shore
and sending assistance to those leii on the
wreck. They had no oars, and with n
piece Of'tahle cloth made sail, and also
constructed a paddle from piece of plank,
TO steer by. The wind was blowing towards
shore, and heavy swell setting iu They