The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-07-26

WRECK OF THE SCHOONER WnLIAM.--In one Of
the Boston papers OF recent date, we lind the an
arxed card, to which we referred yesterday
| Ma sLsrysR The undersigned we're the passengers
in the lillian, OF Msrbehead, who were
cued from shpwrsck by Captain Porier OF the French
brig Jeunne Ludovic" and brought TO New York an
account OF which has already been generally published In
the newspapers. II with surprise that we last
evening Tor the frs, tlme an article in the Mercantile
Journal Of the 18th instant, copied from New York pa
per- charging with ingrstitude to Captain Poirier
The Giro you rightly conjecture are ncor
recty stated indeed they false in several essential
particular, and venture to assert could never have
been aed by Capt Porier but the offspring
of feeling of maev olsnce quarter tor which
cannot account We received by Capt Poirier in
tbs ,ndes, manner and treated by him by his officers
passenQers and crew with the most hospable attention
On our arrival the Quarantine Roads New York haI
Dor we acknowledged the kindness and hospitality OF
uuaned with any Of the inhabitants destitute of money
or credit and uncertain what course should adopt to
And Capt Porier with generosity which reflects honor
his character. dsclaimed, promptly and decidedly amy
intention wish Of receiving from us any compensation
for his kind conduct On leaving his vessel we psde sie
well 10 every person board individually and thanked
them all for their favors We shook hands with the cap
Expressed in the strongest language which occur
red 10 u.s. our of the Obligations which we owed
him. and nterchanged with him wishes for future pros
perty and happiness Our feelings were expressed IN
communication, which we gave to the reporter OF the
Nv York Herald for publication, but which, for some
reason unknown to us, was suppressed-and libel or
then i'll health and other circumstances beyond our con-
troll have prevented from preparing article Tor the
public papers our feelings towards ne no
that those editors who have copied the article
referred will also find room for the above explanation
GEORGE w. REED
CHARLES GELSTON.
Boston, July 20, 1874.
II is to be seen that we are here charged with sup
pressing letter of thanks and publishing libel on
the character of the writers in its stead. Lei Ut
see how much OF this charge is correct On the
9Th instant we learned that the French brig Jeune
Ludovic had put into this port for provisions and
to land several persons who had been picked up al
sea. We collected the facts in the case and pub
lished them in the following form:-
From New York Herald, July 81
ARRIyEp-French brig Jeupe Ludovic, Porier 26 days
from Port Prinsebound to Havre, put in for supply
OF water and provisions and to land the Of schr
| observation-disclosures AT SEA-The French brig
Jeune Ludovic from Port au Prince bound to Havre put
this port this morning to land the passengers and
crew Of the schr William Bridges The Jeune Ludovic
when In lat 10, go lon. 76 fell in with boat full Of
liam Bridges, Of Marblehead, from Mragoane (st D."
mngo for Boston, and stated that the nth Of June of
sqaall, and filled Immediately. Capt Bridges and
| man named Grosvenor Williams were drowned. The
mate, four men, and Messrs G. Gelston and g w Reed
hoated boards and spars until IL O'Clock
night when they found the boat had drel about the
ocean in her until picked up by the above brig They
very much exhausted and lost every thing they had
Messrs elston and Reed partners, merchants at Mi
ragoane and were obliged to leave on account OF Il
troubles in the island
In five or SIX hours after the above was in type
we received a statement of the wreck from oui
news collector, signed by some Of the sufferers.
Finding that the report which was already in the
| hands Of the printer contained the material facts
| Of the case, we laid this statement one side
| As, however, aggrieved parties, Messrs
Geston & Reed, refer to it, we will now give j,
| word for word as it was received:-
| sHIrsEck OF THE SCHOONER WILLIAM--The schoone,
william Of Marbehead "Msss" Capt Philip Bridges, Load
win c6ss q yo
George w Reed Of Danvers Mass boath Of the firm Of
| w Reed & Co Boston and boy sailed from MragoaDe
| on the 18th June for Boston.
The second day out at O'Clock P. NJ she capsised in
squa Cape St Nicholas Mole barring Northe East dis
lance ten miles and sunk In five minutes The Cap
in the cabin when the accident took place he sue
ceeded in getting out and upon board the first wash
ed him of and he sunk Immediately no more was seen
him afterwards The rest got what bcsrds could be
saved into raft very fortunately enough to keep
heads above water All might have hen saved in the boat
| AZ but half full when the vessel when down bur
three four trying to get in at the time upset It
then all fed for the boards The wind blowing very hard
| seas evry few minutes breackng over the raft All
knew should be lost If could not get the boat
this time had drifted out Of sight Of It, And who
should GO on no one could :w% but Mr. Rec
half mile and returned with the boat All endevour
made to get the water out but to no effect the SCI
washing over It all the thine we thought we should b.
obliged to remain in the situation until morning
hnckng then the wind and would subsde all to
endeav keep the boards together and
during the night unfortunately they got seperaec
and of the by the name Of Grower Williams DRIFT
ed away and not afterwards after we had been
the water ght hours the sea smoother ltt
and succeeded in getting the water out of the boa
We got in and If any persons were ever thanckful TO-
there deliverence il MS although we had lost ever,
thing but what we had on We took few boards 10
paddles and commenced padding for the nearest land il
The morning tried to get to the land we suppose
the Mole could not gain it as the wind and
strong from the North East we had nothing to as
certain we're were but though we might get to $
the boat before the wind and set boards for sale
and sailed that way until night then wished to alte
but could not the would break and FL
the boat IL not before them
The next morning saw brig near the land we mad
our for her When they saw us they thought W
we're pirates from Cuba and tried to get away durinI
the day had been nearly calm for that gaii
ed upon her. Az came her they by our zig
nas that we be in distress then they down 70
Us, we came alongside about O'Clock in the Afternoon
| proved to be French Brig the JENNIE Ludovic Cap
Porier from Port au Prince bound to Havre. From III
time the William capsized until board III
brig had nothing to eat drink had close
to the body the being powerful in this elm
that many very badly blstered When we came o.
hoard we were nearly the Capt and all receive
us very kindly caves food and close and done
thing in his for our comfort thoes that were sick
gave medicines and scanned his greatest pleasure was
assist although belong to adferent country frof
him yet he could not have done for us il we ha
been one Of his countrymen, shall always fee
grateful to him also to the passengers board for the
kindness and he is obliged to 60 out Of his
to bring to country and friends hope he may
amply rewarded for his trouble and loss of time And ma
thoes who to settle the aares Of this disaster bear
mind II is with one who has saved our lives
We beleave the American Government will do justic
on thoes officers who settle such business, will
our arrival
"Signed" ONE OF THE SUFFERERS.
Several days after we had thrown by these detail
OF the wreck, furnished by :" one Of the sui
Iferers" card was sent to US by Frenc
gentleman, which reflected somewhat severely o
the conduct of Messrs. Gelston ~ Reed. We in
serted this card injustice to Captain Porier, an en-
tire stranger in this country and it is this car