Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-11-15

R,lsiSo OF TIRE MtssouRl.-This Inflated yes
sci the rropertv Of the American Government
and cerIs :niy the ldrges war steam lrigate IN the
world, was il Will De recoIlsc;ed, in The Tnonia oil
Angus, lSi3, whilst conveying the Hon. Calet
Gushing 10 AeXdniria, on mission 70 CHINA,
autn, almost 10 .hs walei's edge, of Gibraltar
and sunk in a5on' four ialhoms and hsl 81
wafer. a. III i.asts, upper deck AMI 6uwarK'
were consumed as well as her outside fiansin2
for SINE way down her hall, but fortunately her
>lanchons or nts were not injured 10 any
great extent. The spol where she went down
was abreas, OF the Kings basiun shout three
hundred yards from The walls, and right in the
way oil vessels coming in and going ON, thereby
rendering hei mediate removal necessary ioI
safety OF The shipping. The American Govern
mem 10, having adopted any prompt measures
20 raise the wrec. Messrs Lowell AMI Marshall
confrac,o,s for raising suuhen vessels, and who
are in the habit Of cruising abou, in different
paris OF The world Tor tina, pnrpose, undertook ic
weigh The unfortunate fri2a;e, on CONDITION thai
they should receive hail Inc value o! The property
they recovered.
These terms we're accep.ed, and operations &C.
co.tingiy commenced in the early part OF The
te SPRING i, being known that her machinery
VS. not materially injured, and the value even
If he, conner sheathing and fas;eninss being sui
fcient 10 defray The expenses in raising her anU
her encouraging hope being, III. when she wa.
scui,ed, she hrrled over rather on one side, hu
50 gently th;t no fears were entertained of he,
having higet bot, on The contrary thai she was
perfectly sound. with The exception Of few una
void; tie leaks. On the contractors commencing
rhe;r arduaus task, who had schooner in s,ten
d. nee npo, item named The Nizard il YVES "a
ccr, ined that the Missouri had become firmly
EMBEDDED IN hard $ nd, and from The 2Tea
heig her stancheou@ were ont Of The water, il
". resumed, that i:they could succeed in plank
ing her up u high wafer mark, thus dainmine
in the water, and afterwards pumping il out, sht
would natural ri,e sHd he easily broush; or
shore. A vas, quantity q timber was procured
from Smyrna, a. ,ecie is . scarcity q! il al Glib
ral,ar, and the process Of panking her up was in
due course Of time proceeded with BY some per
sons equipped in diving apparatus.
AS The greater part OF the work had 10 be eff
fec;ed under water, Il necessarily occupied con-
siderable time, and it was moi until the middle o.
August that The plan6ing was completed The
appearance of ;he steamer. al this luncure wa:
Of the NEST interesting and rems rSable charac
| ter |! looked Ike new vcsse! rising out Of Tie
water, and The weeds which had grown up from
her bottom, seemed like trees growing out OF g
lake. Her hull was also iu OF fish OF all kinds
Two very large chain pumps were then fixed on
her bow and twenty others in different parts o
The wreck in addition 10 which The officers of he
Malestvs Ordnance Department, in the fortress
placed FIVE hundred buckets, 10 be used bv hand
a, the service of the contractors. The whole o
the dock ward, and other fire engines, were ast
granted 10 them, and we've arranged in lighter:
alongside the Missouri, and The Governor direct
ed six hundred of the troops, belonging 10 ,ht
garrison, 10 assist in pumping her out At length
on lie morning OF lie 9TH u,l;mo, every thing
being in readiness all the men were assembled OF
the wharf and forthwith conveyed 10 he wreck
when thew commenced operations. They con
sisted OF parties OF Tie Royal Artillery, and SSH
Ash, and 18Th regiments OF that lire.
They began 10 PUMP 81 half past 10. and a
the same time 200 soldiers were ranged all round
tie sides, the men relieving each other alternate
IL. The scene was one OF the mos, lively tina
could be conceived. Every boat and barge in
Gibraltar was on; and there was number OF men
oc-war's boats and small yachts, the Governor be-
ing in one of her Malesty's ship WarsTites boals
After an hours working, the wafer was reduced
10 two feet and The ship righled little, but in do
ing So il is supposed that she must have opened
another leak, which caused fresh flow oil water
and though, BY immense exertions, they reduced
il 10 feel, still the pressure Of The sea from the
outside was 50 great, tha, it was evident II could
no, be esscncd any further, as acclaim and other
had 10 discharge.
The following day, however, the men recon-
,nence,. oper ons, and hy additional assistance,
they succeeded in reducing the water again % its
former level, bul owing 10 her still further right.
ing, they were unable 10 do much more than on
The previous day. During the night, parties Ct
sailors from The Warspile, the Danish frisate
Thcis snd the Neacoi,an frigaie Urania, worked
al The PUMPS, hut with no better success, and on
the morning OF he eth the contractors were com
PEELED 10 give up the idea Of raising her by the
means they were then employing. As however,
il was quite apparcnrihsti, was merely the want
OF sufficient power that preven'ed them succeed
irs, lwo enormous chain pumrs. with cylinders
OF i6 inches diameter, are in the conrse cl con-
s;ruc,ion, and with every other engine they hid
in operation before, they have mol The least doub,
but wha, they will e6ec, their under,s King. ], is
said ina, the contractors have already expended
$4,000 in the work