New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-14
we rad teen subjected to during hs whole voyage Oar
resst rren ICED eak nr badly and he ran-s OF IA ~.

BY the giving oct q the pumps continued ,p-bs'e
wlh ircraod yigor until tho rnoor o. tho e i,y
when the engines were ssain got 70 work and
wers favored with short respite from fhel toll re
men bad become so much exhausted that hsd great
difficulty In keeping them to their work 10 he morniBg
could d sign Of the bark kby and supposed
abe made for the port she could not afy hsve
rename boxing for in the heavy weather which pre-
ynled On the bark khby there about 20 OF Con
rsnyJ. Mr.. George Aspnv ALL Loriuner Csphsn. OF y Y
Capt 6srdner OF the Dragons Col Yaies sad fl:aiy.
Major Merchant and family Col Burke DIS Sit.sriee.
Witz Capt Judd and lady, Lieut. Loser and ady and
their sister 1t Fremont and family and Il, Van vcA
When the Klby Left she had bat small qusntty Of pro
Visions erd Great doubts expressed Of her ssty
Provisions were being conveyed on board Of tho Kbv
and boat hat to her for that purpose was uaa-
be to return, owing to the roughness Of the weather
nav as well relate melancholy incident in this conae
ton On board this boat Commissary Seargean. ec
Intyre he was carried Oh by the Knby while his wife ,ad
two children remained on board the San Francisco -le
mother and orc of her children died board the II rec
Belle the second child, farhared little boy Of ttssl
year. has been adopted by the soldiers, who tend him
with almost maternal solcitude But return-Toward
daylight this morning the aspect of affairs the
darkest and most disheaFening that had During that
day the pumps declared useless kept quiet how
the ladies being out of thew We e somewhat
eved To tighten the ship cut holes through the deck
and commenced throwing the fuel and other heavy sr
cles overheard.
About two days after this time, the Three Bells Capt.
Creighton in sight first saw his lights daring the
night and fred signal guns for assistance lie bore for
us in the morning, but the high that could
only communicate by means Of writing questions and
answers with chalk in large letters upon board In
reply to our request to lay by us he said he
short of provisions and leaking badly He ship
and passed us as he did So himself and gave us
three hearty cheers assurance that no would
not desert us; be assured we replied to these |
demonstration less heartily He drew ahead and laid
his vessel and remained by during the night On the
merit day the still running very high and having
boats and he only two made two RATS for conveying
the passengers board his ship but found that they could
not live in the that then running On tbs third
night came losing him On the fourth day another
sail appeared 10 windward OF us close by the Three Bells
and the latter signaled her Both bore down for US
The second ship proved to be the Antarctic bound foe
Liverpool Both laid by that night it rough !
to do any thing than getting off few Of the
men, On the fifth day being fine we transported
all of the officers passengers and crew, with the exception
of the ships officers, engineers and hreuen, numbering
some % or 30 We also succeeded in getting
provisions and water conveyed board OF the Three Bells
We kept the the pumps during the day and night
and discovered and stopped her leak The next morning
got off all the remainder of those who The Sun
Francisco and made sail for New York and the Antarctic
sailed for Liverpool
Previous to falling in with the Three Belk sort Of
congestiye dishea broke cat among the board tia
Fan Francisco owing to exposure to wet and cold, over
work. and undue indulgence in the posd meats picked
cabbage Sc Those who seized By this disease, died
in few hours after the attack Corporal Smith of Com
rany G. camo to me and said bis child sick the doctor
visited it, and an hour after the himself sent for me-
as he was dying; to him and acersned that su,h
was the case Soon after was informed by his wife that her
husband and Chi dead had her brought into the
cebin and put into state with her child and sister
During the night the mother found dead and she
follow ed after by the other child Th, sister still
wives Many occurred and many robust persons
seized in hour and dead the next Abouthry persons
died upon tho Three Bells
This ship brought home 135 men, follows Companies g.
IA; A. 49, d. IS L. 10; b, Ia !, 70; H. u; X ID and
musicians The Antarctic carried off Lieus c. s. Win
der End G. Chandler together with IFS non commits
stoned ofio ers, women, musicians and privates
cannot accord much praise 10 Captain Creghtonand
hs officers for their bravery and uniform kindness to
unfortunstes They indeed our savOrs and nothing
can possibly repay them for their sefsacrfcing humanity
save tho VAIN glow of satisfaction that necessarily
panies conduct 40 mnenty humane and phanthropic.
When we arrived in port we had just half days allow
ance of water and the continuance yesterdays fog would
have placed US in desperate situation For several days
previous we were put upon short allowance Of water
that you see escaped peril but near suffering
another not much less appalling
would desire to speak in terms Of fitting commenda
ton Of worthy who emnently distinguished himself
on board the San francisco mean Sergeant Brown, who
for Eve nights during the most terrific period of the Storm
abored Increasingly in keeping the ship clear of water and
by his energy and selfsacricng devotion did more to
keep bis fellow their duty than almost any other
man on board
Here our notes close rather abruptly, owing to the
interference of Major Wyse, who commanded Lelt Win
der to desst from giving US further inormatonl
STATEMENT OF AN OFFICER ON BOARD.
The passengers from the Three Bells were landed in
state of great exhaustion many of them had had no sound
sleep for a fortnight.
The San Francisco was had bad list She
could not be propelled eight knots Her engine proved
to be inadequate and finally gave out in the arpump at
most critical point
The conduct of Capt Watkins is everywhere exoled to
the utmost He went to England in the Antarctic with
about POS others Tie Antarctic well provided with
water and provisions.
The most of the women and children, with number Of
soldiers were put on board the Knby This vessel had
scauty supply of water and and ordered TO
TO the nearest port relief She probably went
into Bermuda
Five or six DAYS after the disaster the cholera broke ont
On hoard the Three Rens. All feeding upon hard
bread and water and suffering from cold exposure and
laustion Few or ne medicines at hand, and the
cases Of all that were attacked speedily closed with col
epss and death The physician in charge estimates hat
between 65 and 10 died from this disease. =
The whole number on board the San Francisco 1hen