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in the belief that Ossoi and their child had ALREADY
started for the shore. when iusI ahD ura-


started for the shore, when, Just che was stepping
down, great wave broke over the vessel and swept
her into the deep. She never again. The ship
! broke up soon after. (about 10 a. m. Mrs Hasty
says, instead of the later hour previously re,
ported,) but both mates and most of the crew got
| ashore on one fragment or another
All of the bodies have been found but those of the
! Ossois and Henry Sumner.
| From n letter of Mr. Taylor, in the Tribune we
| gather the following particulars
The young Italian girl, Celesta Padena, who was
bound for New York, where she had already lived
in the family of Henry Peters Gray, the artist was
at first greatly alarmed and uttered the most
piercing screams. By the exertions of the Ossos
shc was quieted, and apparently resigned to her
fate. The passengers reconciled themselves to the
idea of death. At the proposal of the Marquis
Ossoli some time was spent in prayer, after which
all sat down calmly TO the parting Of the vessel
The Marchioness Osso was entreated by the sail
to leave the vessel at least trust her child
TO them, but she steadily refused.
Early in the morning some men had been sent
to the lighthouse for the life boat which s kept
| there. Although this is but two miles distant the
boat did not arrive till about O'clock by which
time the gale had SO increased and the swes were
30 high and terrific that il impossible To raak,
any use OF it. mortar was also brought for the
purpose of firing line the vessel, to stretch a
| hawser between it and the shore. The mortar was
stationed on the lee OF hllock, about hundred
| and fifty yards from the wreck, that the powder
| might be kept dry. Ii was fired five times bur
Iniled to carry line more than half the necessary
distance Just before the foremast sank the re-
The steward, to whom the child had alwavs been
great iavorle, took it, almost by main force and
plunged with it into the sea; neither reached the
shore alive. The Marquis Ossoli was soon after.
wards washed away, but his wife remained in ig-
norance of his fate The cook, who was the last
person that reached the shore alive said that the
last words he heard her speak were: 81 zee nothing
but death before me- shall reach the shore }"
IL was between two and three o'clock in the after
noon, and after lingering for about ten hours ex-
posed 10 the mountainous surf that swept over the
vessel, with the contemplation of death constantly
forced upon her mind, she finally over he lined
as the toremast fell 1t is supposed that her body
and that of her husband still buried under the
ruins of the vessel Mr.. Henry Sumner who
jumped overheard early in the morning was never
seen afterwards.
The dead bodies that were washed on shore were
terribly bruised and mangled That of the young
Italian girl was enclosed in a rough box and buried
in the sand together with those of the sailors Mrs
Hasty had by this time found shelter at Mrs
Oakess house. and, at her request, the body of the
boy, Eugene Angelo ID Ossoli, was carried thither
and kept for day previous to interment. The
sailors who bad all formed a strong attachment TO
him during the voyage, wept like children when
they saw him. There some difficulty in find
ing cofhn when the time of burial came where
upon they took one of their chests knock ont
the tis, laid the body carefully inside loc ked and
nailed down the lid. He was buried in little nook
between two of the sand hills, some distance from
the
The same afternoon trunk belonging to the
Marchioness Ossoli came ashore and was fortu-
nately secured before the pirates had an opportu.
nifty Of purloning it. Mrs. Oakes informs me that
II contained several large pac of manuscripts
which she dried carefully by the fire. | have,
therefore, strong hope that the work on Italy will
be entirely recovered. In pile of soa ked papers
the door, found files of the Hsmocratie Paci
tque and IL Nasionaie OF Florence as well as seye-
raj of Mazzini's pamphlets, which / have pre-
served. should think the recovery, not only of
the bodies, II they arc still remaining there but
also OF Powers's statue and the blocks of rough
Carrara, quite practicable. if there should be suf
hciency OF still weather There are about one hun
dred and fifty tons Of marble under the ruins The
paintings, belonging to Mr.. Aspin wall, which
were washed ashore in boxes and might have been
saved had any one been on the spot TO care for
them, are for the most part utterly destroyed
Those which were least injured by the sea water
were cut from the frames and carried off by the pi-
rates; the frames were broken in pieces and scat
tered along the beach. This morning found sew
eTal shreds OF canvas, evidently more than a cen
tury old, half buried in the sand. All the silk
legnorn braid, hate, wool, oil, almonds, and other
articles contained in her, were carried off as soon
"a they came TO land On Sunday there were
nearly thousand persons here, from all parts of
the coast between Rockaway and Montauk and
more than half OF them were engaged in sccretinp
and carrying off every thing that seemed to be Of
value