The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-13
Escape from shipwreck.-The Government
Apparatus

Lone BEACH Houss. Deeenabes =. 1852.
WALTER r. Jonx.. President of the Life Saving
Benevolent Association.
DEAR SIR had an opportunity OF testing the
Governments apparatus for saving lille from ship
wrecked vessels, on Saturday last. The ship
Georgia, Captain Brodie, with 27l passengers on
board. came on shore on Friday evening last, the
wind blowing nearly gale, and the weather 30
foggy that the breakers not seen till che was
hard aground, with the wind on shore.
So thick was it that she wab not seen from the
shore till eleven O'Clock in the day, although she
lay within quarter of mile of the house in open
sight.
happened at the time to have good set of men
| in my employment, carpenters and others, and
Immediately the discovery OF the accident
went with my men and team to the Government
boat house, took the necessary apparatus and
reached the beach with 1t all in half an hour The
was so high that che could not be boarded, and
used the mortar for sending the line on board and
succeeded at the fret shot, attaching the larger
line to the bow of the ship. This line was then
fastened to the forward part OF the life car, and
| another to the stern;l sent her in that manner
through the surf to the ship and back till all the
passengers and crew we're landed, without the
least bruse or scratch to any one.
am exceedingly gratiiied with the result. The
arrangement of boats on the beach ia n most hui
name provision, and will snvc vast amount Of
life every year. ..- y ....
regret to say that the email lines were cut to
pieces, and will need to be replaced by new.
My time is fully occupied in providing for the
large number of passengers, and have no leisure
to write any more
have not been over to the ship since the crow
landed. but it s reported that the boat is somewhat
injured, and ! apply to you to assst mo to have
every thing in order again soon as possible.
enclose you the names of those engaged in ree-
cuing the people; and remain yours,
THOMAS BOND,
Long Beach, Little Egg Harbor.
Amos b. Brown. Henry Stevens, John Crammcr,
Eben Stevens, Benjamin Clifford, William 9.
Crane, Peter -, Captain John Crawford, Will
liam Kelly, and crew, of schooner Mary Kelly.
[Netc York ESening Post.
PoarKR's SeLF-LoApIsG GuN-We were IA
vored this morning by David Looney, eeq., of
Tennessee, with sight of this celebrated gun,
patented in 1861, by Colonel Parry w. Porter, of
Memphis, Ten lessee, and which is destined TO
pass all other weapons in the deadly certainty and
rapid repetition ofts discharges. II is light and
beautiful gun, and may be discharged an reyol-
yer twenty -seven times in minute, while it is
susceptible OF being loaded and fired forty times
in a minute. In conformity wtha resolution Of
the General Assembly of Tennessee, the Governor
of that State has ordered a thousand. of these
guns. We learn that ten thousand are now being
manufactured by George p. Foster Il Co., Of
Taunton, in this Safe. They will undoubtedly be
introduced into the army Of the United Statee, as
forty men armed with this gun would be
match for four hundred with the old. fashioned
m, sket This remarkable invention cannot fail
to excite public admiration and curiosity.
Boston Irdnscrfpt 10h.