The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-10-14


sure - ~ IL mercy preserved from Watery
grave The boaf. afterwards learned. belonged
70 20 Lne nnrou. and WAS manned BY Mr.. Dorian, the
s.e oiine Aresc Captain Grann. one Of the
csegnt hold Of me by the collar, and dragged me
INTO tne how Of the boaf where Hay In the last
sage OF exhaustion TIL wss transferred ON board
Ine auron. from which vessel was plsced on the
Lebanon. and finally on the pilot boat Christian
Berg, or board OF which arrived atthis port.
FRANCIS DORIAN.
Francis Dorian. the third mate of the Arctic, was
among those who escaped from the wreck BY the
last boat He arrived at New York in the ship LIE.
Damon The Herald has the following, gathered
from cenversation with Mr. Dorian:
Captain Luce comported himself, under the tern
Die circumstances, with calmness and intrepidity
which deserved . better fate. No thought Of self
for moment sintervened to weau away his cares
from his passenger Alas, how fruitless were all
those cares and exertions. Three or four hours
were spent In constructing raft and yet It was the
means OF preserving but single life. Had his OH
GERS and men stood by him to the last, the result
might not have been 20 deplorable. But they did
not Yieding to the natural impulse of self preser
vation, hey ignored their duty their commander
and thinking only of their own safety they took
the b0ats, abandoning the vessel and the hundreds
OF helpless beings who thronged her deck. Il is
hard to fnd fault with men for yielding to that
strongest impulse of humanity; and yet when their
ity of soul which characterized the wreck of
q British troop ship on the coast of Africa-when
every woman and child board was passed into
boats and saved, the men remaining to meet their
death with unquaiing irmness-we say when that
heroic incident 10 remembered and contrasted wirh
the spirit of seifshness which prevailed among the
crew of the Arctic, men will be apt to denounce
the latter as unworthy and dishonorable. Oiicers
engineers, sailors, nrenen, and walters, had a mo-
nopoly of safety; while the gallant captain alone
refused to desert his post, and remained TO share
the fate of his vessel and of the hundred of noble
hearts whose last throb beat upon her submerged
deck. Mr. Dorian was the only one of the officers
and sailing hands OF the ship that remained with the
captain up to the last fearful moment The others
hsd left the ship long before. He was engaged up
to that time In constructing the raft, actively assist
ed by many OF the passengers. Mr.. Dorian himself
had no idea of selfprese. vation when he stepped
into the boat and had the painter cut loose was
necessary act In the discharge of his duty and to
save the lives OF others But his own life was saved
byh While he was still within some twenty yards
OF the vessel she disappeared from his sight, sink
ing by the stern, at an angle of about twenty 1--WE
degrees. Not single soul of the hundreds then on
board, was seen alive by him after the vessel sunk
Still it is not impossible, he says, thai some one or
more may have saved themselves, by clineing to
water barrels, spars, and other floating substances
that were ashed together in expectancy of that ter
rible moment
The further incidents connected with the rescue
of this last boat by the bark Huron and the trans
fer of eighteen of its thirty one occupants to the
ship Lebanon, have been already fully detailed in
the statement of Mr.. Burns At least Mr.. Dorian
had nothing to add to that narrative. He is as mod
est as he is proved to be intrepid, and rather avoid
ed than volunteered the narrative OF snythin2
which reflected credit upon himself
He spoke highly as to the calmness, courage and
selfpossession evinced by the passengers. Even
the ladies evinced the most admirable coolness
and stared death in the face with herosm which
should have put to the blush the men who deserted
ardl loff fhap n fhAir fafa IA LlrL- tl1-~
not have been more than from thirty to forty pas
sengers saved.
Mr. Dorian contradicts the statement of the Sc.
copd mate, Baahlam. Ia respect to the fate of Mrs
they were in a boat. one of the tackles of which
gave way In the act of lowering causing their pre-
ciptation into the sea. Mr. Dorian did not know
the personal appearance Of Mr.. Collins family but
he was aware that at the time he left The ship,
three minutes before she sunk, they were on
board. He had just q moment before inquired
from Mr.. Burns whether Mrs C. was furnished with
lite preserver, and Mr.. Burns informed him that
he had placed one on her. Therefore the ladies
whom Mr.. Baahlam saw precipiated out of the
boat were not Mrs and Miss Collins
Mr. Francis Dorian 10 about thirty-four wears Of
age; he is an Irishman by birth, and was born OF
respectable parents, at little place called Ratala,
on the ron.bound coast OF the county of Down, and
within short distance of the spot where the Grea
Britain steamship was stranded some years stree.
The ocean may claim him a. its child for he has
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ooe" ooA no w ''o ~ ''oo 'o ni' An'anoy.
STATEMENT OF CAPT GRAM.
Captain Paul F. Cram, of New York, was one
,f ,hose n;cked mn bv tbe barone upror ona .c,or.
'. 1o ...ssssI - 49, 1T, - n. 80.
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ment 10 interesting, ou' We nave only room ior
small portion. 1t will be perceived that all accounts
conaemn the conduct of those who seized the ho.,.
,o.,,n. -. he-,,... ,von,., u, In
anu escspo1' 'e'e NAo .eA a"u 'ni'-
dren to be swallowed up in the engulphing waves.
The Arctic has six boats The first boat was low
cred with the chief mate boasswain, and three men;
this boat was lowered to Ascertain the condition OF
the other steamer and was left behind when we
found we were sinking; she IL probably SAFE Two
of the quarter boats were taken by the second and
fourth officers and crew; another boat was taken
bv the engineers, and was supplied with provisions
water &c there were only eight or nine in this
boat, and they would not permit any one else Ia
come on board, although the boat was not full
heard that revolvers were threatened TO be used on
This occasion
IT.. fo,,rtb ouarter.bo.t was hauIed alongs;de bv
Inc ,he third mate and mvss,f 0as Of ~
lap. ester. wss Isced in chsrse ,o,o
sn.Ps I.,aa .,s.ad .o,,,a ,aa;as s.,, so
n.s ouss .Sere wars or who thew were do NOT snow
1n.ssi of tbe aentemen rss.enoer. then mads
s,s "a ;n,nned into the boat and % II v.s tu