The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-05-24

calm 6rtitera tcs his design to- have
Killed all three some days since, but
something always ifiiervened. to .pre,
vent him ]; says hsis happier iii that
cell than with all his troubles out os
doors. He alludes most aaectionnteIY
to his wife and child s. !.
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Terrible Diss.sscr nc ssstess
Loss Of Nearly 1teo AapasAfssee zssgs !sg
We have to record today ariottrr
fearful calamity, the laundering Of q
vessel at sea, with the probable loss oS'
nearly two hundred lives. 3S 3;.f
Capt. Forbes, Of tho brig Reuben.
Carver, from Sagua ia Grande, brought
INTO port this morning the captain,
mate, and six Of the crcw3of the ship,
William q Mary, of Bath, Maine, who
we're picked up from Q boat at sea, in
lat. ~ 30, and long. 10 90, having
been wrecked near SnFrlp Key.amonS
the bahama lsiands, gR, the Sd of May.
captain Stenson, d w iiIliam ;&s
Mary, has furnished us fa "a. following
particulars of the loss .kiis vessel.
which was on the passage Hsfn LIVER.
pool TO New Orleans, with aearpo Of
rail road iron and two hundred and
eight passengers, chiefl emigrants.-
AZ seven o'clock A. NJ, on the 3d of
May, during cloudy weather and stIonIrt
breezes blowing from the southeast.
they passed the Hole in the Wall,
which is the southern part of the little.
island of Abaco, one of the Bahamas
nearly north Of Nassau. At noon they:
made Stirrup Key, and then bore ofPi'
about ten miles in q sou,herly lirec-
ton. The weather grew thicker ali
the while and the wind stronger, while
the sea began to roll at fearful rate.
AT sun set nothing could be seen Of
the Key, and the captain supposed that
he was well to the north Of it, having.
steered west by north since meridian.
At 8 A, M., when he Judged himself
sufficiently to the nor;h and west Of,
the Great isaaes, he put the ship west;
by south and commenced heaying the
lead, but found no boston in twenty
fathoms.
| About halfpast eight p. NJ, the,
vessel struck upon. sunkcn rock.
where she hung for some time, with
ten fathoms water oil around. After
pounding heavily for fifteen minutes
she got of, but immediately struck.
another rock, within few rods of ther
first,swhere she again pounded for some
time, and again went off,, It was thenn
thought expediont to les go the anchor,
and prepare the boats for launching.-<
The ship was taking in water very fast.
and though the passengers worked for
life at the pumps, they found it imposs,
sible to keep her free. At midnightl
there were feet water in the hold, ard.
A. NJ, with both pumps going, eighti
feet. The weather was.very black andi
s9uslly, and the sea tremendously high.
Shortly after day break, they found ten.
feet water in, and the vessel apparent
ly going down.. The consternation of:
the crowded decks at this period may
be imagined, but cannot be deseriled,.
All the boats, I've in number, were
then made ready and launched, !. .bue
two of, them were stove on touching.
the water, leaving only asmall boat,
and one long and one life-bost. These
were manned by the captain, and tho
crew, together with as many passen.
Gers as oould'be crowded into them
The remainder Of DE passengers assre
LEFT on board, and ipa teD minutes at.
ter s.. e., aboat eiqht. .o'cleck IA NJ, aeens
dozen acith The vessel. How many per.
ished, it is impossible to ascertain, but
from this account ofthe captain, We. in
fer that not less than one hundred and
fifty persons, men,. women and chill,
drcn. AT the time, the Great Isaacs
was bearing east by southeast about
seven miles.
The several boats. wero separated
AFTER leaving the ship, but the captain
saw, from tho boat in whioh he was, q
harque, apparently bound to. Europe,
hove to in tho direction Of the long
and life boats, and lie surmises that the
people in them were picked up. But
there is no certainty Of this, and, sup
posing them also to have been lost, the
total number Of deaths will be over
two hundred. The cook and steward
of William g. Mary together with two
OF the seamen were among those left
behind, when the small boats put Off.
Capt. Stenson has no memorandum OF
the names of the lest, which we are:
consequently unable to give.
This one of the most dreadful wrecka
that we have had occasion to record
for many years, and, coming so apoA
after the great rail road calarnities, t.ils%
US with emotions Of horror and gloom.
N. Y. EVening Posi-, l6tk inst.
From she Baltimore SUM-
Southern Baptist Convention.
This religious body, composed .of
clerical and lay delegates from the va
| rious Rantist Churches of tho tSa,th