Mobile register and journal., 1845-12-09

Orleans of tie steamer Telegraph, Capt. Pannoycr
 and also her passengers who had been transferred 10 another vessel. Vr,s serious and well grounded apprchrn-iors were le here Tor Ihe fate of all on board. We doubt moi, therefore that The following
 letter, written by one of he passengers, whch gives Il thrilling ana graphic account of he perils of lha voyage from charletton to New Orleans. will be read with lively interest
 l NEw ORLEANS, Dec 9th. IS45
 l The morning papers will tell you thaI wa are here last. We reached hore yesterday in the bark 1 Daniel Webster of Boston. The Telegraph, m winch stsred, reached here also yestcrday.-- l How hrcame separated after starting, iS a story | of excitement and perilous adventure. l will give yon a outline of our disasters and escapes. Iwrote tn .nu from Charleston announcing arrival ihere and the state of health, Nc. which induced me to change my purpose of dcbarking there, to proceed by h,nd to Mobile. The Telegraph had worked SD well and comfortably. that felt assured of easy | and quick rip. There WIS indeed good deal ol
 in her hold, but Ihe Captain assured me- that | il proceeded from q single bolt hole which run through the keson under the hearth place of the | zine, and could mol be reached, but under the perfect control of the pump, and II proved so. h | other respects she perfectly tight and in our ai | ter trials showed amazing sohdity and strength We had fine weather leaving Charleston (Sundas I6th) and finely and me,ry until Wednes day, on which day we passed Cape Florida light
 house, took pilot, and entering within the recess, | thought ourselves all safe, expecting to reach Key | West the next morning. About Il o'clock in lhe morning, with smooth sea, gentle breeze, and in Il bright sun shine, our pilot pomped reef of | coral, bGng patch easily detected by the naked | eye but for the angle ot reflection which brought il
 right into ike range of the suns rays We lay there for two tides, the boat merely working on the reef with the swell of the tides, nnd succeeded on Thurs day evening in getting her of by of an anchor purchase. The Captain fearing iha; his fuel would not hold out, returned few miles to small landing place north of Cape Florida, and succeeded in ob iaining supply of wood, with which we reached Key West on Monday morning, having been detain- ed al the wooding place and lying by al night. Al | Key West Il was found, very sngalrly, that the | hole which had existed before leaving Charleston, had been closed, probably by the working of the cor al on the reef, and the boat perfectly tight and dry. Taking in coal, started on Wednesday morning (26ih) with fine prospect and good head way, until about dusk of the evening tIhursda, Just at sun down a sqnall hroke upon from ihe northwest, right teeth, which incl eased 10 a very violent gale in few hours, and about mdnight we began fear for lives, liom the tremendous swell o the and the increasing force of the gale | These appresensions became painfully acute, when just alter midnight lle engine gave way, m consc- quenCe of the immense pressure of the voluh'e ol water, in which lhe wheels were alternately sub | merged, as she rolled before the tempest. IL was impossible 10 raise our Iiltle lag of canvass. The mast would hardly have supported Il, and the small power Il would have given Us in running bel"re the wind woakl as il was feared, expose her To be swamped immediately by the pursuing waves, and l the only thing clt ;o us, was 10 abandon exerlon and leave the boat 10 waiow helpleesy in the trough ol The waves. The interval between lhe breaking of | .he engine and ia dawning of the urd day vas the longest periti o five to six hours that ever eApe' rienced. IL aeemed 10 all ol ns that every moment was age-tbal every plunge and roll oi the ship, 1 striking her guards with sound like cannon shot, mast break up her decks or else make breach her and 1end her down immediately. We could do nothing but lie lIne cabin foor-slanding up was l
 wind began to fall and the swell became gradually less during the whole of lhe day. Towards night on Friday, the engineers could get with lIIeh work :, and by the next morning they had completed . derful job, considering their means and position. The crank pin had been broken of and they had Ia
 ken II out, and in some way cannot describe, made
 substitute m which they had shaped p,ece of iron four five inches thick, fitted il and drilled holes timoug, il to connect it properly, and by 10 o'clock on Saturday morning had the engine again in ope- ration, using one wheel. All this time, up 10 the morning, the boat was drifting broadside the wind and rolling from guard to guard, striking with thun. dering force. The strainng and rolling proved the strength of the frame of the boat. The orig inal 1 leak opened, but no serious breach was made in her, did il that she had slraIned yet very dangerously althous she made more water than at l first. The pumps worked by the engise still kept her toleably lear and with sails and vince and wind that had changed m our favor, we thought, our troubles We made fair headway all Sat- urday and Sunday. the swell and wind both snbsid-
 ing until Sunday evening" when we computed our selves ,o be within asent 75 miles of the Baze. l Abou, town the prospects changed. Another | gale of terrible susngth broke upon us, dead from lbe northwest, tour couse,) and that night all lhe terrors Of Thursday night repeated About midnight il reached 10 height ol fury which made Us believe that the boat wrencled she must have been by the other gale could moi possibly stand the storm, rolling shs did to the guards with every wave and striking with such tremendous force, that I il is miracle how wood and iron stood il. The mate announced us that in his opinion inc boat would go io pleces before morning. The maimed engine was only hope, and the hrasling of that paddle. watched for last sigma lof safety Go- .. ing before the wnd steam kept in advance of the waves, and we shipped but few from behind. l Happily for the engineers had done their woik well the eng,ne held out, and at daylight Mon- day morning, found ourselves somewhat relieved by the ceasing of lhe gale, bu in boat beliey- ed to be seriously damaged going before the wind in il course nearly opposite from port.
 new fear now spr.ng up that the fuel might give out too soon. and depended chiefly on the steam for working her pumps. the prospect was still gloomy The Captain, on consultation with hIs passengers, determined to relieve the boat as as possible, by putting hem and such others, might demand il. upon the first vessel which mishI pass.- | The crew quite much alarmed as the pas sengers, and all that day the horizon was anxious. Iy watched for passing sal, but in yain The swell of the sea continued to be very great all day. When night fell wo went despondingy to our beds,