The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-11-16

bodies of two ladies, and said to Young man.
You take one, and Ill take another" and she
picked up one of the ladies', and placed her on
her shoulder, and carried her up an almost per
pendicular bluff to spot where they had form
ed camp, and built fires and afterward
together with many other ladies, stripped off all
her under-clothes and gave them to the ex
hausted men.
During the night, n number of bodies washed
ashore, among others, female with child
clasped in her arms, the wife of Mr.. Brennan
who, as an extraordinary instance of devoted
love, went on shore with spade in hand, dug
up his wife and child, kissed them, prayed
over them, and then reburied them
AT daybreak the boats were again set in
motion, when Mr.. Hewitt came on board, and
although much bruised, his heart never for
saking him, recommended the discharge of his
duties with astonishing energy. At A. NJ.
our hearts were made glad by the appearance
of steamer on our larboard quarter which
proved to be the Goliah, Samuel Haley Esq.
commander, who, as if by kind diSpensation
of Providence, appeared sent to our relief; for
had we depended on our own boats, large
number would have been lost, as we could not
have got ashore that day, and that night the
wreck went to peices, so nothing in the morn
ing was seen of her but shell Of the stern,
which had separated and turned bottom up.
To Capt. Haley we feel it particular duty to
extend our thanks for his promptness in send
ing boats to our rescue, and receiving six hun
dred OF our number on board his steamer, in
which we were taken to San Diego whittier she
was bound, where $50 were left until steamer
could be sent to bear them on their homeward
course.
Before leaving the wreck we sent on shore
all the provisions to be found, awning and poles
for tents, bed clothing, etc, for the use of those
that had remained, whom it was found necessa-
ry to leave, as the Goliah was too heavily
freighted to receive them. But it is to be
regretted that the actual sufferers never recei-
we'd the provisions sent them, for party COM
posed fthe ships fremen, insensible to human
ity, and holding the advantage by having in
their possession large quantity of firearms
and ammunition, took for themselves almost
everything that went ashore, and money was
seen in their possession which they could not
have obtained honestly.
The Goliah, after making her trip to San
Diego, returned to a cove about six miles from
the scene of the wreck, when she received the
balance OF the passengers and crew, and started
at u o clock +. NJ, on the 9TH inst, for Monte
rey and San Francisco
In addition to others, we are particularly
indebted to Captains w. II. Burt and Mathews,
and to Purser John H. Fleming of the Goliah,
for their interchangeable exertions to get the pas.
sengers from the wreck and beach into the
Goliah.
1t is supposed that about thirty lives are lost,
whose names, with the exception of few,
could not be ascertained. The following is IA
list of persons known to be drowned
DyOpned.-Four children of Mrs. Lopsdale.
Frances Mitchell, one child of Mr.. J. Moore,
wife and child of Thomas Brennan, Mrs. Sum
mer and child, Mrs Smith and child.
Yours, respectfully, SAMUEL VoUGHT,
Parser ofMe Yankee Blade.