The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-12-29

found he could not SWIM Capt Semmes and Lieut.
Parker were picked up BY Mr.. Clarke from grating,
near them, Those who survived have told OF many
instances of heroic self devotion The acting master.
Henry A. Clemson, was struggling on "a small steer,
not swim, He found that all could not be supported,
and he lett and struck out alone and unsupported He
was seen Tor the last time upon sky,ght and probably
the two who could not swim being supported BY their
comrades, Amos Colson and Joh5. williamson This
completes the history OF our own eforis but with CRATE
iu hearts we have yet to mention the daring and dcyo
ted eNetons OF the foreign men-of war There were ly
ing at Sacriheios, about two miles TO leeward OF the
wreck, her Britannia majesty's ships Endymon and
Alarm, and the brig Daring, commanded respectively BY
Captains Lambert, Franklin and Nlatson the French
briggs Rylade and Mercure, Captains Dubut and La Voy
aire and the Spanish corvette Louisa Fernando Captain
Puene. As soon the accident was discovered, the
boats all these vessels simultaneously called away
The crew OF the Endymion to the number of two hun
dred came aft and volunteered. There the most
BILE emulation TO which vessel should the greatest
expedition and perseyere in the most strenuous exerons
The violence OF the gale such that time that
Of the boats could pull against it, and il with the
deepest regret that Capt Lambert and others in aafhory
et to be their duty to make signals recalling their boats
An hour two afterwards when there slight
abatement OF the gale they again put forth at the peril
OF their lives, and succeeding in saving fourteen per.
sons, and bringing from Green island those who had
Tareon, rescued the FIRST lieutenant Of the Somers from
Pajaros reef which he succeeded by miracle in reach
ing safely but where his situation was most erncal
by the officers and In the boat OF the Mercure.
She rescued ten men at sea to leeward, on spar One
hardly knows which TO admire most, the forethought
the daring OF this noble adventure The risk In
calculable Five boats representing each OF the foreign
vessels reached the island and took of % persons 10
their respective vessels, where they received with
degree Of kindness and delicate consideration which
cannot adequately describe, but which none of Us viii
ever forget They gave US refreshments and supplied US
with clothes regret that do not know the names OF
all the generous and brave officers who in charge
of the boats Of the different vessels; | cannot, how.
ever, forbear mentioning such as ! have learned VIZ
Lieut. Wood and the gunner OF the Endymion, and Mid
shpman SaliZ, of the Pylade
The strange vessel proved to be the Abrasia, bound
for the squadron at Anton Lzardo She passed very
the Somes, but the catastrophe sudden that
she failed 10 discover IT, As soon the boat landed at
Green island, DR. Wright took the coors and had them
hosed in the most conspicuous place, in order to attract
the attention OF the Abrasia so that the accident might
be reported to the squadron. We however to-day
the bearers OF our own sad story.
The Mexicans the accident from the mole, and
cheered and exued for long time The brig had been
for long time engaged in the blockade and had done
more to interrupt the of the port than almost
all the other vessels together Within the last fortnight
both town and castle had been kept in state OF constant
alarm by the burning OF the Creole, and other demonstra
tons which Ipresume you will hear OF In due time.
have no doubt the Mexicans were relieved when they
her sink into the append list OF the lost
and saved39 men saved; 81 lost One officer Mr. Rod
gers, passed mdshipman, and one man, John u. Fox,
captured by the Mexicans two days before while
accommodating important point, in company with Dr.
Wrght-the latter escaping to witness the catastrophe OF
the brig. j. II. W.
List of officers and men lost in the Somsrs.
Henry A. Clemson, acting master.
John Rmggold Hmson, passed midshPman. :,
VIM. G. Brazier, Ebenezer Terrell, Charles IL Haven
James RYDER James Thompson Charles Lowe Thomas
Young, William Gillian, Matthias Gravel, Major Cain.
Dennis Kelly, Alexander Anker, Charles Mcfarland,
James Fennel, Charles True John Day, William Pard;
John Hargrave, William W: Cardy, John Christopher
Myers, Clement c. Willen, Thomas McGowen; Joseph
Antonio, Adophe Belmente, Manuel Howard, William
Henr Chairman,
Johnson, Ignatius Leopold Thomas Jefferson, VIM H.
Rose, Peter Hernandez
. Last Of those sdped. -..... s.r.r
R. Semmes, lieutenant commanding. - ~
M. G.. l.. Claiborne, Lieutenant .. .E.h
John l.. Parker, lieutenant r..a- ed" 1880
John I. Steele, purser
John r. Wright, passed assistant surgeon
FraFcis @. Clark, midshpman -.as-,.s n
Edmund I. Stevens, purser's steward asj1
Jacob Hazard, yeoman VI
Amos Coson, William Johnson, Mathew Buck, John
McCargo, John G. Van Norden, Charles Seymour John
Thomas Mulhollen, George Wakefield, William Keys
Francis Hare William Toland, William F. Thompson,
Christopher Lawrence, Joseph Todd, Stephen Maynard,
seph Skpsey, Joseph Jones, Chas Nutten, Washington
Cooper William Dix, Francis A. Waldron, James Cham
beers.
U. S. rRIaArE RARIrAN, Dec. 10, 1896
As the sailing of the Morgan Dix has been delayed by
head wind have an opportunity to add the good news
ed up BY the Mexicans the Anton Lizardo
whittier thew were driven by the gale hen-coop
One of them has since died They held prisoners
in Vera Cruz This makes forty -four, all told who have
been we'd from the wreck The Somers had eighty
souls on board, all told
| have also learned some more OF the names of the
officers OF the foreign vessels who picked up our men on
their boats, viz: .tG~
Lieut. Petit, of the French brig Mercure, COM
manded the whaleboat that went so adventurousy to
seaward and rescued ten men
Mdshipman Fox, OF the English brig Daring
Mr. Anthony, gunner of the Endymion
The others are mentioned in my narrative. have yet
to learn the of the officers of the English frgate
Alarm, and of the Spanish corvette.
..r #~ Yours, &C., j. II. w.
On coming out of Anton Lzardo, the Morgan Dix was
boarded by boat from the English frgate Endymion.
The officer in command of the boat, after placing pack
age of letters for England the hands OF Captain Ham
of the of the Somers had been picked NY by
the Mexicans, after being in the water no less than 80
hours on a hen-coop. Another party, numbering also
eight, is said to have reached the shore in the same
manner one of whom died after landing from exhaus-
ton What number of these two parties-whether both
or only the formerare in the hands OF the Next
cans we cannot distinctly understand II will doubtless
increase the suspense OF friends, yet must mitigate the
gloom which tis most melancholy calamity creates. to
first heard and we shall now look with anxiety for fur
Their particulars in relation to the survivors =
' Naval. ,,.4
The United States sloop-of-war Germantown, Com
mander George f. Blake, from Philadelphia, anchored in
Hampton Roads on Thursday and was towed up to the
anchorage off the Naval Hospital by the United States
steamer Engineer, on Friday evening, when she ex-
changed sautes with the United States ship Pennsyva