Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-06-28

! II was small vessel A little while after
they concluded it might be fishing boat,
and kept the vessel away for it, and soon
after, seeing the sea break against it, the
captaM. fearing i, might be a rock, exam
med his chart, but finding no reef laid down
any where in that vicinity, and conjectur-
ing it might be wreck, bore down upon
it, and, as they neared, found it was the
wreck of large vessel, burnt TO the wa
ter's edge. When within half a cables
length OF it. they hove the vessel TO, low
cred The boat, snd captain Roldos went to
reconnoitre the wreck. He says it must
have been very large vessel; and the
thing which first attracted his attention
were two large columns Of wood, $50 he
called them) not very far apart, painted
black about nine feet from the bottom; and
then white about three feet to where they
we're cut Oft, and that there were marks
OF fire also on the part left standing.-
These 'columns' projecting above the rest
OF the wreck, had the appearance at dis
lance, of two small sails. He also saw,
on the bottom of the vessel, just under wa
ter, several very large timbers, secured
very strongly together by iron clamps and
braces of very extraordinary size. and
from these concluded that it was the wreck
of large steamer, and that this bed was
made to support the boilers He also says
that the floor timbers of the vessel were
very heavy, some two feet square, as near
as ne can recolect, and very near together
mot more than five inches apart; the
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ceiling; in most places, were very much
charred.
The head and stern were gone, at least
the extreme parts, and he could not tell
how long she was originally, but he paced
the part remaining, by stepping from one
timber to another, and thinks, to The best
of his recollection, it was about 1910 feet
long He examined the wreck carefully
to see if he could find any paper or article
by which TO identify her, but could find
nothing, and he tried TO pry off one Of the
iron braces, but without success.
During the voyage the recurrence pass
cd out Of his mind, and on his arrival in
Spain he did not :hink to mention it to any
one, and probably would not have done SO
now, had not some casual remark in he
course Of conversation induced him to re-
late It. My attention was Immediately
attracted by the unusual size of the vessel,
her materials and the columns which |
presume to have been the stancheons; and
as any incident, however remote, which
may tend TO throw some light on the fate
of the unfortunate steamer President,
communicate the above Information, that
you may make any use Of it you think
proper.
That it was the wreck Of a steamer,
and that of large size, both appear certain
and have thought that perhaps some one
well acquainted with the steamer might
recognize in the size Of the wreck, her
timbers, the formation Of the bed, the unu-
sual size and paint of the columns or
dent. | give you the description Of the
wreck in the captains own words, as near
y as they can be translated.
He further says that the wreck, at the
waters edge, was about thirty to forty feet
wide, as near as he can recollect, and that
the copper on her bottom was still in
good state of preservation.
took pains to 60 on board Of his vessel
to get her exact position at the time Of
falling in. with the wreck.
The Spanish polacco, Jaime Roldos,
master, sailed from Havana, July 4, lS4l
bound to Corunna, and in her log book,
on the 30,h day Of the same month, is no.
ted the falling in with this wreck, her la,i-
,ude that day being AZ N, and her longi
tudc 35 43 w. Of Cadiz.