The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-10-14

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| trace Of the ship ~ boats.
sem word to Capt. L"iir!i, Of the City of
| Plilldr p!it steamer. acqnainiing i,im with
the catastrophe, and am Informed he sent
oil two vessels which he had engaged about
! :'is own ship.
80 ,rTc, of the Arctic or boats could b.
! ttun,! INT ~ there wrr. i,.,ny vessels IN III"
! nrigiihorIood wher,' the dis sstrr occurred il
/ is not At all nrrohlhh. tEtt many lives may
/ ,layt. hyru saved. No doubt. huwer II. is lett
| in hay iuiad to me total loss of Has Arctic.
List o. rA,>f::;GEHs SAVED FROM on BoArp OF
THE ARCTIC.
The following is list oftllr saved rNArl
! ID to us by Telegraph from Halifax. They
are Only those saved in the boat with the see
"nd niatt, William Brahaini b. c. Ward, W.
! Glhon, d.. W. ?. RAthbone. r. llcmrsry
! +. u. GlSS Dr. Miycrr. --- DupAHnrr. H.
| Moore, j. McM.vIh, j Bognrt, ". A. loGn..
| W ". Gilbert, L. Milhtll, George DoMdt,
! {. Du Lucncl.
LIST OF TIE CREW SAVED.
! John l.. Crib, plrscr William Brazilian.
| second mate; Mark Graham, fourth mate;
j Ohm LaYnrr, first assistant engineer; David
| Reed. Eua;ST:iii-lna'c.
The following Syllt.cn were also saved
.iilcn, Weeks, Lynn, Davis, Humphreys,
Turpcr. Page. JONES, McGre, McRath, Blake
Jaskcns, smith, Thomas, Fleming, and Bal
! ley, carpenter.
The following Grcmcn were also saved
McSsrS. Canon, Egan, larkin. Maxim. Mercer
and lialdwick. Il bedroom servant; and Wad-
dington. Rlal and Baker, walters.
THE srEAMER IN CONTACT.
| The secretary of the Board Of Underwriters
Al New York have received information ti.at
| The steamer in contact with the Arctic WAS
| the Cleopatra. from Quebec for l.ivrrpo, !,
all Of whom are sUpprs ID to have pcrShed
Fmtlcr Puiicniirs-Sgety Of the Lroa Pro-
pejior-f'mthcr RecAeS Of tic -irc''t'S
CitT.
HALIFAX, Oct. I've have dates from
| Newfoundland to the l;h. which announces
| tie arrival of the French screw steamer Yes
Ia, AT st. Johns. on the Sd inst, with her
, lirvmast and bows shattered TO pieces, she
being the vessel that came in collision with
the Arctic. She picked up and brought in;o
! port II Of the Arrtic's crow,
The NcSta lost T. Of her passengers. SUI
posed TO le those who wclc run down by tlc
Arctic in small boat
Three Of the Alrtics beats have not yet
been heard from. but being life boats, they
are supposed to have been picked up The
vessels sent in search returned on the Sd
without success --not having found the slight
est trace.
As regular COMMUNICATIONS between this
aid Newfoundland is but once a fortnight
that period will probably ,laj,Se before we
hear anything further with regard to those
saved on beard the Nesta. 1t is probable,
however, that the steamer Osprey, sent to
carry the passengers Of the City CT phil&d,l-
ph:a, to Philadelphia, may stop here. She
was expected to leave ST. Johns on the StlI
INST.
G. 5. Mi'chpl of Charleston S. c.. is among
those saved, who left here with the others
rescued On the Europa
The LADY PASSENGERS OF THE ARCTIC
New YORK Oct. ll.-Attcr carefully sitting all
the testimony. the Agents Cfthe Arctic enter
tain strong hopes, amounting almost to 4
certainty, that Mrs. Collins and large num-
her Of other ladies were placed on one Of The
bya:s and sally launched amber the immodi
ate SUI erviSon Of Capt. Luce himself. The
third mate denies the statement that they
! were thrown INFO the STA by the breaking If
the dayts, but states that they were placed
il, Il boat with abundance of provisions.
TwENTY-sIx HOURS ON A RATA THRILLING
NARRATIVE.
Peter NcCabc, Of Ireland. who was rescued
from :hr raft and brought to New York pub,
fishes n letter, in which, after stating that hC
r, m,incd on the Arctic until the water reach.
ell the main &c * and the vessel commenced
shaking, SAYS -
Left the door and got upon the raft. which
had been partially constructed from the spars
we took from the vessel. y great many per.
sons were trying to get on the raft. Some
were clin.iIl% to it with one hand. and, al
| - ,l,.l
striving to get fnothold.-Among the mum
e. who were upon it saw four ladies
Their names did not know. Altogether
there were serenity fire pcr@o"s on the raft
The sea, though not strong, was rough, auC
the waves. as they dashed over it, wa>hot
away portion Of its living freight. ] sllal
, never forget the awful scene. There we wer,
in the midst Of the ocean, without the slight
est horc Of assistance while every minute
one or more Of our unfortunate fellow pasScn
GERS were dropping into their watcry grave
from sheer exhaustion. Those who had lif,
prcScrvclS did not sink, but iloatcd with Their
yhastlv faces upwards, reminding those who
still remained alive Of the fate thai awaitct
them.
In the midst Of all this, thank Heaven,
f never lost hope, but retained my courage tc
, the last. One by one saw my unfortunate
companions drop off; some of them lIoattd
, off and were eaten and gnawcd by fishes
, while others were washed under the raft, ant
. remained with me till [ was rescued.
could see their faces in the openings as they
{ were ,waycd to and fro by the waves, which
! threatened every moment to wash me Oft
t The raft at one time was so crowded that ma
= ny had to hold on by one hand. Very few
, words were spoken by any, and the only
| sound that we heard was the splash of th'
waters or the heavy breathing OF the poo
: sufferers as they tried to recover their breath
after wave had passed over them. Ntarl,
: all were submerged to their arm-pits, while
: few could with graat difficulty keep thci
heads above the surface. The women wcr
) the first to go.-lhcy were unable to stan'
the exposure more than three or four hours
They all fell off the raft without Il word, OK
7 cept one poor girl, who cried out in intens
agony, 80. my poor mother and sisters"
When was about eighteen hours on tn
. raft there were not mole than three or tou
' left. One Of thcsegave me what appeared /
= lie small map, but which understood hin
t to say was sort of title deed to his proper
| ty. In few moments after | took it, he to
L unoostd his hold and was added to the mum
$ Der that tloated about the raft.
| cndcayorcd to get the pap into my pock