New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-04
MARINE AFFA!RS.
ROUGH PASSAGE OF TIE THREE BELLS

PASSAGE OF TIE THREE BELLS.
We give below extracts from 2rvee letter iion
Of the passengers by the Three Beds Capt Cigheo
her home yard passage;
GLASGOW, Friday March II, 1854.
Ny DEAR BROTHER: With feelings Of uofcgnsi grr'
tude to God have safely crossed me Atanhc'
having arrived here last Saturday morning, after Pas
sage Of seventeen days from Sandy Hook Our ps"g''
was most perlous one, the weather being most unset
tied and gale after gale rOu h)ut We passed the hoyA
about midnight Tuesday next day was ne, with far
broeze and saw several ships wind n,feasei on inan
day 6nd blew fearful gale at night tie oldes se=nsn
had scarcely such about or o cl)cs on
Friday morning tremendous seas met at me hows,
which completely covered the ship filing her decks over
the bulwarks, and rushing into the cabin When go'uP
and the carpenter trying TO cak me GIeio hs.p
held the candle 10 him but the water increasing ne save
up. and said she filing fast ahou5h we iolnl eio
ward that such was rot the case SsYerai ouer sss'
aboard which into the cabin win suca Vio
ence to break up the doors and side panneng knock
ing the legs from the table and seats stove and eIno
every thing having got adrft-ieaving the cabin almost
complete wreck. The chest was knocked q pieces
never saw single biz Of il after that night The mos! OF
the clothes were picked up and thrown into the boat on
tie poop which got ailerward All OF US who Nere IN
the cabin loot something. The captain o'; some cblhes
and charts with few of his presents twas iortunGe DO
sent the most of them by the Pacific although have
heard The Customs would not allow them 10 pas bn csn
cay IL this be correct The mates also lost s9no tha5
with the log book None a us bad dry satch 70 P ON
for several days IT, men in the fOrecd-s arel oeer
none of the having got in there lhero beng sucn
WEIGHT Of water on deck and in the cabin the ship g0id
not enswer the helm for some time when orders We'e
given to knock in the heads OF the turpentae caks when
Law along the hul.arks This an order when te cap
tain SCARCELY expected 10 be obeyed, all hope OF beng
saved had well nigh been given up however vas 9oas
when the water got much quicker OF the DECK aai we
men were set bale out the cabin and the gaze sOs "s
before daylight began 10 think we had escsfea .
tresent dang r sorry 10 say We lost one man dans
Inc gale he about the fore rigging when s,t s"eI
him OH When the casks were knocked N tue fi1esp.
the tuspentiue supplied nearly all o! us athouga
worse Than The rest standing nsit the ca2n 1.,
when sea came and carried me OF my ieet sni i.ur
say Lnew nothing till walked up ness osJnis;;
wien saw two OF the boys bathing my Dfess' "' ~,
haLre!s vas told al.erward that the csPiain csn'
the cabin 20 look if any Of us there, hut ssW hn
Us and went again when something struck h'n '9
was not right about the cabin when he went ps' a..
found nc floating, and got two men 10 carry ils 49,
forecaste. when the were used Tor ny reyuI,y
which have mentioned few nj gifts ater this IL
another terrific gale when the were on the g's ;,
for about four hours trying TO fur the oressu eh h.
come down without being able TO do IT, lew IT, s,y
fore we made the land the compssse. were io1ni
SO that IL was wonder made the land 20 wen r,-y
stormy and thick when thought we were nes' "a
l-lsnd and not being Of our position we ,sis
~ for day When cleared We again stood TO- "a
the land near Innstrahul passing which about :.
got to anchor az GreeLOck at 4. H. next """"