New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-06-04
Important News

The CREw AND ALL THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD
OF THE BARK WILLIAM AND MARY, REPORTED TO
| HAVE BEEN Lost, SAvED.-We have been favored
with the perusal of a very important letter re-
ceived yesterday by gentleman in this city, from
a friend in Providence, Bahama, of the date of
the 2lst ult., advising him of the preserva-
ton and safety of the one hundred and eighty
souls reported to have been lost on board of the
Inflated bark William and Mary, which struck
and subsequently sunk on the Great lsaacs
reef, about one hundred and fifty miles west of
the Hole in the-Wall
| 1t would seem from this letter, which is adj
dressed to very respectable gentleman in this
city, and signed with responsible name-that
the conduct Of the captain and crew of the ship
was in every respect cowardly and disgraceful
The vessel did not sink Immediately, as was
reported, but lived for twenty -four hours after
| the Captain and eleven of the crew, who took to
the boats, deserted her. The survivors, when
their hopes were extinguished by the departure
of the boats, set to work under the direction of
sailor named Sand, who had not ran away.
and one of his comrades, and made two RATS
They put into them such an amount of provision
and clothing as the circumstances would allow,
and pushed off with all Of the passengers except
two or three women, who had jumped over
board during the excitement and were lost
The waves rolled very high even so late as when
they left, and several times the RATS came near
being swamped and wrenehed apart. Toward
evening of the day of their departure, and when
they judged that they could not be far from
some of the Bahamas, sail was deserted and
the shipwreeked mariners raised the American
ensign on one of the RATS 1t fortunately was
seen and the schooner ran down to them and took
off portion of the individuals she found but did
not feel able to take them all. She then left and
stood for land, but in the morning changed her
mind and stood back, took on board all of those
on both RATS and landed them safely at Provi-
dence, where they were all doing we'll at the
date of our letter.
We are sincerely happy to be enabled to re-
port this salvation of SO many lives which were
reported to have been lost, and trust we shall be
enabled in our next paper to give fuller partc- |
ulars than we have now at hand
TERRITORIAL INCREASE OF THE UNITED STATES |
Mr.. Darby, of Washington City, in a recent |
publication, presents the following view of the |
territorial progress of our country:
l. The original territory of the United States, |
according to the treaty of 1878, gave us, as the
amount OF coded limits, 100000 square miles,
100000 900 of acres
2. The extent of square miles added to the |
territory of the United States, by the treaty |
with France in 1903, was 100000 square
miles
3. BY the cession of Florida to the United
states, In 1872, an acquisition was made of
Is, 900 square miles
4. The addition of Texas, New Mexico, and
California, are estimated at 100000 SQUARE
niles
The recapitulation is thus in square miles
! nited States, original. 900 900
Louislaha' '.................l, 900 600
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