Washington telegraph., 1854-02-22

vessel would sink. Sometime during the
evening Capt. Watkins came into the cabir
and requested that the officers would all ge
out to bailing. and assist in keeping the shir
afoat. Two officers went out at time, and
set the men to bailiDg out the engine-room
as soon as one gang of men became exhaust
ed. we set new relays to work and thus kep1
up the work all night. But notwithstand
ing our most strenuous endeavors, the water
kept gaining on us. the pumps having be.
come choked. The bailing was kept up fol
several days and nights during which time
the violence of the sea gradually subsided
We then got the pumps to work, and sue.
ceeded in keeping the ship nearly free from
water. The captain and officers. by extra.
ordinary exertions stopped some of the
worst leaks around the guards, and at the
end of the beam. The decks were then
temporarily repaired, by planking and nail
ing sail and oil cloth over them. We KEEP.
reliefs of three or four men with mattresses,
at each end of the shaft, to prevent the
water from coming in there. About this
time,-for have no recollection of dates,
as deemed our case hopeless, and kept no
record of events-we were cheered by the
prospect of getting the machinery in work
ing order. \ temporary steering apparatus
was erected and an attempt made to get the
ship under way. Up to this time she had
been rolling about mastless and rudderless,
a huge log upon the ocean. After one or
two revolutions of the wheels, the machine
~ gave out. and all further attempts were
pronounced hopeless; thus were our hopes
blasted. AS nothing further could be done
than to keep the pumps in operation. we
followed this up with the most scrapulous
assiduity for several days, when two vessels
hove in sight, and again lighted up our
gloomy prospects. One of the ships, the
Napoleon, came alongside. We were then
tightening our ship as much as possible, by
throwing over provisions and heavy articles.
The Napoleon promised TO stay by us, but
after picking up as many provisions as she
wanted left us during the night
We fouud that the ship bid fair TO keep
afoat. and began to take such measures for
our personal comfort as circumstances would
admit of. in the way of obtaining dry cloth
ing and proper food. Hope again began to
udNu upUi PiOSpCCt-,
the extreme roughncss of the weather.
The next visitor to cheer US was the bark
Kilby, of Boston. Captain Watkins went
Oh board and made a contract for the con-
veyance of all the passengers to the nearest
port he then called for volunteers to save
his ship In ten minutes he had twenty
men, the number he required. who volun-
tcered to stay by him and aid in the attempt.
We sen. an officer and some twenty men on
board the Kilby. to throw over her cargo
and tighten her for the reception of the tenn
pest tossed passengers About = o'clock P.
NJ we commenced transhipping the ladies
and children in small boats, and by night
had about one hundred men, women and
children transferred to her, intending to
complete the transhipment in the morn
ing About I Or P. NJ, We were alarm
ed by the new danger of fire; we found the
ship to be on fire near the cooks galley /;
after considerable cxertion it was extinguish-
ed During the night heavy gale sprung
up. accompanied by the worst cross sea we
had been subjected to during the whole voy-
age. Our vessel commenced leaking badly
and the gangs of bailers were set TO wora, AS
before our labor was much increased by
the giving out of the pumps we continued
to bail with increased vigar until the after
noon of the next day. when the engines
were again got to work, and our exhausted
men were favored with n short respite from
their toll The men had become so much
exhausted that we had great difficulty in
keeping them to their work.
In the morning we could discover no sign
of the bark Kilby. and supposed she made
for the nearest port, as she could not safely
have remained looking for us in the heavy
weather which prevailed.
On the bark Kilby there are about So
men, of Company j. Mr.. George Aspinwall
Lorimer Graham of N. Y. Captain Gard
ner, of the Dragons Col. Yates and fani
lv. Maj Merchant and family, Col. Burke
DR.. Satterlee. Dr. Writ. Capt. Judd and
lady, Lieut. Loser and lady. and their sister
Lieut.. Fremont and family. Lieut.. Van
Voost. When the Kilby left she had bu
small quantity Of provisions and @ater
great doubts are expressed Of her safety
Provisions were being conveyed on boart
the Kilby, and boat that was sent to hel
for that purpose was unable to returp, ow.
ing to the roughness of the weather
may as we'll relate melancholy incident IL
this connection. On board this boat wa
Commissary Sergeant Mcintyre; he wa
carried off by the Kilby, while his wife ant
two children remained on board the Sa'
Francisco The mother and one of he
children died on board the Three Bells. tht
second child. fair-haired little boy of three
years. has been adopted by the soldiers VIII
tend him with almost maternal solicitude.-
To return.-Toward daylight. on this morn
ing, the aspect of our affairs was the darkest
and most dsheartenng that we had. Du
ring that day the pumps were declared use
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