The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-08-05
HiO JaneirO.

Rio JANKlRo June n, 1873
Interesting Narrative of the Los, Of The Schooner ONO
of Nwpo,t, r.. 1.
JANIS G.. BENNETT, Eso.:-
write you by the first opportunity that offers con-
corning the loss of the schooner Ohio, of Newport
r. / VIM Smiley master. Our officers and crew
at the time of the loss were twenty five IN number
We were standing from White Bay for Patagonia in
the river Negs at ten minutes past midnight, when
the vessel struck shoal the being very rough at
| the time and the night very dark, which made our
| situation most dreary The moment the vessel
struck the sea boarded her, and stove the laboard
boat atoms; the second stove in the halcnes, and
the vessel filled and fell on her beam ends Capt .
in trying to get the sarboard boat clear cut h's loot
very badly at that moment one OF the men was
| washed overheard, and Captain 3. cut as he was,
rushed after him, aud saved him two or three tunes
| from drowning; the third sea took the starooard
boat over, and Captain ). with her, where ne re-
NAMED trying to save her I'LL she was stove TO pieces
| beneath him. He then called all hands ana t1id
| them the only chance Ia save thr spars 10 make
| a raft Mr. Dawson, the chief mate aud Captain
Cough, set about it as soon as II was daylight GA
the l7h March, at SUNRISE the Captain seeing an IN
readiness, bade us take TO The raft, which proved IN
sufficient for more than eight persons however, we
all got on, bu Captain S who volunteered to stay
| behind, and was followed by Captain Cough AT
| ed to the wreck again. Captain ) requested some
| 10 take the raft, telling them il was the main DEEPEN
| dence, but they chose to stay IN preference lie
then proposed to draw lots, or tor volunteers TO go
| on the RAFT with him, and was followed by SIX per-
sons, Captain Cough aud MIR. Dawson, and tour
seamen. The raft was nearly upset two or three
times.
Before they got off from US we all cast wishtuI
eve towards the IN, and wished them success as our
lives we considered, depended on their safety, Az
l0P NJ that night the vessel broke to pieces. FOUR
| Mr.. Walker. ,
We were driven at the mercy of the waves all
that night and part OF the next day, when we landed
on an island We eagerly looked for our shipmates
| but could nothing of them. On the following
morning we met Mr.. W. and two men. We were al,
most famished with hunger and thirst, but found
| nothing to relieve Us Tor tive days, when we got
water, and casI of bread from the wreck. Then
we commenced picking up what stuff we could to
make raft OF to to the main land but lost NV
men by their own folly, IN trying to swim over on
Two panks In two or three days more we saw a
boat to great surprise, which proved to be Capt
4 Cough and four OF our men, who came and TOOK US
4 off The cook died crazy for The want OF water -
Capt Cough informed us that Capt. 5 had got the
commandant send the boat over the land 4S miles
$ in cart, and had sent every thing in his power
tor US, which proved so. We were very weak,
bat all were in good spirits, and nearly naked -
We were taken to the town by the cart, where
we received every kindness. We were met by
Capt S. on horseback, and sore was his loot at the
time. He prepared fruit and wine tor our reception
We were treated with every kindness by the p.o-
pie Capt :. is great tlvorlle with all in the place,
| which m 4de our situation better than perhaps II
| might be otherwise if with any one else. return
the captain my thanks Tor the manner he behaved
to and my shipmates, and also Tor the cooness
and Judgment he showed US, and also Tor the good
advice he gave us before he left the wreck.
| / write for myself and crew OF the vessel TO re-
turn him my and their thanks.
A. Brown.
This letter is the PLAIN narrative of a sailor, who
has passed through great suflerlngs and privalons
but written 1t was without the taudry ornament
of fiction, or even the advantage of learning or the
facilities OF composition which are obtained IN other
pursuits il possesses deeper lnterest than can be
found in the unsubsantial and unreal narratives of
| the professional novelist.
NAvAL.-The U. S. ship Yorktown, John S Nj
cholas, Esq. Commander, arrived this morning
from the Pacific. The Yorktown sailed from Val
paraso the second of May, where she left the
U. 5. irigate United States bearing the broad pen
nant of Commodore Thos Ap Caesby Jones, last
from Mezatlan, Mexico. The U. S. ships Cyane,
Commander Striblng, and Dale, Commander Dor
min, were on the Coast of Mexico and California;
the schooner Shark, Lieut.. Comd'g Eagle, was at
Caao store ship Relief, Lieut.. Comdg Sene,
on the Crast of California. The Yorktown lett Rio
de Janelro (where she touched on her passage from
Valparaiso) the 9Th June. Lett at Rio the U. s.
frsgate Columbia, Commander E. r. Shubrick, and
the U. s. ship Boston, Commander Long, last fro:i
Tahiti. The latter TO sail in day or two Tor Bos
ton.
The Yorktown brings large amount in silver
dollars also about two weight of gold and sill
yer in bars, chiefly for the merchants of New
York.
The following is list of the officers on board of
the Yorktown
John S. Nicholas, Esq Commander; P. Drayton, lst
! Lieutenant; c. w. Pickering, % do; e. f. Mcintosh
| 81 do; Thomas Male, PuTser; WIN L. Vsnhorn, Sur
geon; Miles X. Warrington, Acting Maser Paul Sher
| ley, id-hipman, H. Stevens, do; A +. Marley, dol
R,bert Savage, do; Richmond Aulick, do; Basse,t
do II l.. q Brown, do; Joseph Page, Captains Clerk,
| Edward Cavendy, Boatswsin; John Martin, Gunner;
| William Ward, SAIL maker; mes cDpnad, Carpenter;
julius Vsntteenbury Masters Mate; William Reed Fur.
sers Clerk.