Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-12-30

we'd In the firing OF the Creole va. esr,,enlo,, i,, IN
go into the boat lad by the name of Nusr iumneJ an,
OF the boat and offered his place TO Mr. uyn.n and man
by tho name OF Powers did the ssno thing NJ u,,son
refusing both otlers tho-o then declared ba, b,.
me-. nav, ns places aud that they would abide ON tho
vice. WIN Mr hynson' Capt Semmes who was in i'm
paired health was alec enreaed to CO. but refused Len,
"ket answered similar solicitation by saving he would
crown win the brig Lieut. Claiborne and Acting Master
clemson held tho language, Ia In ,cm,,Lshl, ,,.
eums'anee that three Of the officers aud all The men VIZ
acted thus molly saved. When The bo.t sboycd ar
mo gale was blowing with violence and heavy s,a
iunnng 50 that for some was matter of oub,
whether The boa, would live Purser Steele one time pro-
posed TO leave the boatfor .h-davt he saw floating nv
Inc boat however, reached the island in about twenty min
utes. '' "''"-
AZ soon as the landed, Mr. Clarke di.,os.,J
ing inc most strenuous enrcatcs. resolutey showed OF
again with volunteer the imn,inen, oCh
ses Less than three minutes after the boat , the br,
N'p' Scmos hnding the vessel settling under thcm ynva
ah ofuer iot every man 10 himself All .mut,nrnn.
plunged into the water. aud gtasped the po,s y,,,,
sPa.' eoops aud other floating objects hand. Many
must nave gone down from the want of any sunno. L
ever Others struggled fra Aoas 10 n. inaIIy ,ic
on inc reels aud dashed in pieces. Some were driven =,
sea 10 De heard ct moro. and others encountered H.
worst tate which could be apprehcndcd in helm, Jay
y shatAs VI near sixty who plunged from the wreek on
Iy seventeen escaped. ~ "'' "'
Through all Of this appalling se,ne IA. ,,..,.., 49,
sure was observed by and officers. Their. was mo- a,
PcarSnce ct panic, no exhibition OF srlfshne.s III.
who could not swim particularly .n,in,d =, o., 49, IL
BOAT n large man by the name OF Seymour The sbin..
cook had got into the boat Lieut. Parker -
10 come out IN order 10 make for two smaller me.
aFnI
IN the boat when 1t found ne could moi swim c.,
oernmes and Lieut. Parker were picked up by MIR Clarke
60, s'"'hs' anu Jacob Hazard. yeoman, was rescued
swimming near them. Those who survived h,y. t,,j 81
many instances OF heroic sedevotion The nc,nc ra,
i; enV "a, clemson was struggling a small steering
s1h boom with tive others, whom could no, ,,,
iounu mat all could not be supported and he left and
struck out alone and unsupported lie was seen n, ,h
@ ue upon asky-hght and probably pehod in the surf
Inc hNe men he left saved tho two who could ,
SWIM being supported by their comrades Anns Coli, 81
John Williamson This completes the history Of am, ,,,
,"otu' OUT WIN grateful hearts have yet 10 menn Tho
nng ana devoted eNertions OF the foreign men of war
There were lying At SACRIFICES about tro u,ilc 30 I
OF the wreck. ii h VI ships Endymion and Aio, ~
he org Daring commanded respectively by Cap,. Lam-
BERT franklin and Matson; the French brgs Pyl,do 80
Mefcuro, Cspts. Debut and La voyare; and the Sn,L
corvette Louisa Fernando, Capt. Puente As soon no Tho
accident was discovered the boats all these wee i'll
nneousy called away This of the Endymi,,
to the number Of two hundred came aft md y,,r,.
eeFed Ihere was the most noble emulation az IN ,,b;,
should use the greatest Apedon and pers.yee in tho M,
strenuous eNertiOns. The violence of The ola ,,. 49,,
at that time that OF the boats could null agnins -
quo was with the deepest regret that Capt Lambert ad
o'hors IN authority felt IL their duty make signals er
ing their boats. An hour two Afterwards ,vhcn L,
was slight abatement of the gale they agnin nut ,,,h -
'he pen OF their lives, and succeeded saving fourteen
persons and bringing from Green Island those who had
landed there. The first Lieutenant Of the Endvmio, NJ
ae'oh rescued the hst Lieutenant Of tho Somer from,
fsaros reef, which he succeeded by n miracle in rc,
saey out wheie his situation critical The most
gallant aud wei directed efforts made by the oiirers
and crew IN the boat OF the Mercurc She rescued len
men at sea TO eeward. spar. One hardly know Which
70 admire most, the fore thought tho daring of th. mo-
bic adventure. The risk ncalculabc Five b,,t,,c
presenting each OF the foreign vessels reached the island
ana TOOK on - persons TO their respective scIs "a,
hey were received with a degree OF kindness and ,clic,
consideration which cannot adequately describe bpt
when none OF us VIII ever forget They gave refresh
mens and supplied us with clothes repr, tb, / N, ,n,
Know the names Of all the generous aud brave o,c, VII
were IN charge of the boats of the different yes..Is
"g' h"we'Gr' iotoear mentioning such have learned
VIZ LII GOD and the gunner OF the Endyrnon and Mid
shPman Jaiz. OF the Pyladc.