New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-02
was eo,elusea 70 defer the general landing until

The hours til caybfeak were passeo 80 e
could. some talked, some were silent msny evea
slep, but ali we're cain and collected otd 81 e4p
tsins of whom there weIe several on ooAle, m.ny
of insm in their times having oeeh s'ecSe'
,ns,ted The spectscle ~ uRpreeedsnIed-so many
snd no 60 M possessed The surf beat heavily on INC
vessei and sprung UP as high ~ the mast nes1
ss there was light breeze from seors sns Or ,se
rss,sp.ers, a. ut the request OF the ofncets, al
hands were crowded down 10 port 10 ofoel 80 P,e
vent the ship they Represented being 'ofceo ia'
o,p,os n length da rned and revealed the coast
"A long rine Of yellow sand, beyond that space
covered wnh. chsppaIel and <" trees, Win mere mel,
and there naive hut and IN the distance tne Iou-
ing outline OF the mountains
Tbe work of debarkst was i'm Immediately com
mencec: frat the ladies and children then the gen
tlemen, then the baggage, freight and provisions
Every one was obliged TO exert himself 70 ges vnat
ever be wanted ashore. and 50 efectually was tnis
done, that BY IL o'clock on Sunday there Sas actu'
slly town Of comfortable tents filed with people,
having all the necessaries, and manv OF the Injuries
OF HE, where eighteen hours before was notniog
but desert shore small river of excellent fresh
water pYovidentially flowed within two hundred
yards OF where we were uanded. This, in addi-
ton TO water, furnished US with plenty OF nne nsn.
The sails blankets. &c Of the ship and passengers,
furnished shelter for all who desired IT, myself
preferred the open beach, and never in my life en-.
loved sounder OF more refreshing sleep than the
few nights l lay, wrsps In my cloak on the SANDY
Everything was thus accomplished without the
alghisst accident whatever. Nohe waslost, no one
oue p Sam:sed OF dssroysd di:position indeed
was at one time manifested by some oil tue crew or
passengers to break up and appropriate the freight
but this was pretty efectually checked ana nnaiiy
believe everything of value was got ashore.
The next thing was to get away. Acapulco was
OF course the place TO be reached-but how! A
meeting was called. officers appointed and the Gap
tain appealed TO- The latter declared himself with
out any money whatever, but professed himself viii
ling to use the credit Of the Company 70 procure
mules if the owners of mules would take his drafts.
know about MIN or his drafts The Alcslde Of San
Marco IA town some thirty miles distanr came down
and informed us that an embargo had been laio on
all mules passing there, and plenty would be fof
our use at $40 piece. He was as good as his word
The mules came hocking In Every one who had
had done So and all able to walk were ON tho way,
the balancehe feeble destitute. perhaps one hun
dred in al-were provided with conveyance ana
sent on To such desired it, the Captain gave an
informal order on the Company for the money e.
pended which mag or may not be paid, a. the CON-
psny will see fit. The greater number took nothing
| OF the kind. The American Consul, Nh Rico, rode
down to the wreck on Tuesday, and back again tho
same evening, but az he has done nothing, and pro-
fefses hmseif able to do nothing, say nothing in
regard to him at present. His mastery inactivity
| may be matter OF comment hereafter. In twes, IN
thIees in dozens-in such groups In short. az they
| happened to start inthe passengers OF the North
America, themselves principally on the little native
horses and their baggage on mules, commenced and
completed their unexpected journey through Mexi-
co. from the wreck Of their vessel to Acapulco
Some little baggage and some few horses were lost,
some hunger and fatigue endured but in general all
| have now arrived here, in health, unframed, and
| full Of the courage which il natural TO our people.
Is must be confessed they need all they have
| Here there are nearly one thousand OF them-hve
| hundred at least without any means whatever,
paying exorbitant prices for board, or existing on
| pYscarious charity. The Consul can or will do
nothing the Agent can will do nothing the
Captain can OF WIN do nothing. There is nothing
| bus vsgue hope that SONS enc -whsn the Tennes.
see, which takes up the ne Ne Of our disaster. SHAH
have arrived at San Fsancisoo-wiiI send steamers
to our relief and one hundred others have deter
mined not to wait. The little schooner ssndoousss
lying in the harbor has been procured, on which ws
OF uncertain length in this detestabe place. Others
Will doubtless DO the same on other vessels, and
when ell who can get away shall have gone. tne
remaining destitute few will perhaps be esartsbly
relieved by Vanderbilt. Our whole voyage hasbeen
succession OF impositions, and all tracssbe to that
mercilsss greed which oveTcrowds the ships with
Hsa s0 BEEN r % would
been no necessity TO come near Acapulco, or
near the coaA at all, a. plenty OF provisions and
water may be had at San Francisco and San
Juan for any reasonable number Of passengers DO.
tween them. EveYv opportunity, too, has been
taken to strip tho passengers of their money The
Captain teDied having fsnds at the wreck, when it
notorious that two hundred passengers had been
taken on board at San Juan, every one OF whom paid
one hundred or one hundred and Nifty collars for
Bs:;s "a q -a,se - ss.
proved ct length, ~ hiring the nnence OF the mules
Tor these WHO, II was seen, could not hire for them
for themselves. This and more, perhaps. might
have been endured without murmuT, had the wreck
been evidently wreck In the general eccspsstion Of
complain when they arc the result OF our being
put on skore during beautiful moonlight night, with
neither current FOR breeze to affect the vessels
course And if Captain Blethen would not convict
himself OF gross ignorance, gross negligence, or
wore he mus, speedily fsrnlsh the public with more
information on the subject than he has hitherto
m n IN
The vessel will probably be total loss. Whcn
we left her she was beat UP on the beach 70 low
and water The freight was broue ut on under guard
An instance OF 80 complete wreck VITA 90 little
apparent occasion. believe can carcely DO furnish
din the annals OF the sea. E.P
Wreck OF the Nerth America Further Par
ticulars-Mexicnn Hostility The Navy
Overcrowding or Steamers-vanderbit Line
-Things In Acapulco.
Correspondence of The N. Y. Tribune.
ACAPULCO, Thursday. March II, 1884,
Nv letter of the 9th was abruptly closed
90 rs to be forwarded by the Oregon, which re-
NAMED here but q few hours. The Pacific Of this
line is looked fov momently from San Juan, and the
Korthemer and Independence from San Francisco
II 10 probable that some few Of the North Americas
passergtrs will be taken up by Capt Jarvis, on the
Pacific.
The intelligence from the wreck is up to the 7th.
she was fun Of water up to the cabin floor and the
laISoard state rooms partly filed, consequent upon
lying upon that side. Mono Of she stores below
water had been gotten out but ell the freight mat
utsses, bedding 60 with other light articles have
been packed to this city, and TO be sold a. auction
for the account Of whom II may concern, together
with the hull, engines, &C. From the posiien Of the
vessel inside the breakers, II is impossible to get any
Al. "a
whole viii therefor sell for $500.
The Captain and Purser are in town, having A..
rived nom the wreck Monday night The latter has
been i'll for two weeks, and 10 yet very feeble. In
reference TO the measure of blame attaching to Capt
Blethen, for the wreck Of The N A. I have con