The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-15

We give below nd iitional Incidents gathered by
by reporter from Sergeant Brown OF company G. who
OF the mort active part,pators in this sad A.
fair Every circumstance connected with it, however tri
vial In ITSELF acquires additional interest from the con
nection in which it appears
SERGEANT ELIJAH r. BROWNS STATEMENT.
On The nishsef Dec 81 the swell frat 81 uck After
- nssAassysAsrpsa -essefioss her stssrags way
and brcached to. She then shipped which carried
away the hurricane deck abat OF the wheels. Major
Taylor and wife, Col Washington, Captain Fields and
Lieut.. Smith, were carried away by tns first The
next swept her decks entirely carried away the
cattle and the mems sleeping place the upper deck
was fsarfal that the would get out, and
fastened the doors when they down below in
second cabiD. then went srwArd and swept
beard and At time much twenty fest from
the vessel There several In the water and three
side myself the throwing back After
this AL hands commenced baling At once formed the
whole regiment board into reliefs, and continued
the baliDg ioceanty for six days and six nights Dur
Ing i've days and Ave nights left my station until
ct last my ANGLES became SO weak that could not
stand and then stood upon my knees until the Commo
dore and pulled away At the worst time Of all
and when We shipping tho mott water Of the
corporAs gave the alarm Of fire. At this alarm al the
inmates Of the lower cabin who were poyed In bang
rushed simultaneously TOR the door, and put end to
work for the time. l then sprang upon table, drewa
revolver and threatened shoot any who repeated
the alarm. That quiesed them and they went with
their work again. We noxt ordered cut away the
forward hurricaIe deck Daring this heavy gale arose
40 that We were forced to lash ourselves to the guard
lines willis cutting. She then shipped sea, and
again thrown over and struck the side Of the vessel
bspg prevented from reaching the BY the Ashing
Inns.
While were baling, young lady named Mariana
Nolsnd, came up to nd and wanted to take turn at
baling but refused, and told her to back to her
berth. shs Afterwards died. Her death very Affect
Ing She attacked by sudden indspostion resembling
cholera.
While the heavy ses WAS pouring over the decks the
live tick became very unmAnsgeabs, and broke through
the partition which divided them from the nen Cows,
hogs and all mingled together and caused so
much confusion ths. We obliged to slaughter
al Of them.
During the storm was washed overheard three times
and jumped in after gaerreoype portrait which
lost out OF my pocket. lost everything including
81 l5O In gold, which taken from trunk. Every
trunk broken open before 1t thrown overheard
found the wreck book with this inscription on the
ay leaf "Miss Lydia Merchant, from her friend Mrs
Caroline Phillips, Newburyport, Mass, 1852" The
volume Is ono Of = juvenile series, and handiomsly
bound. intend to send 1t to her.
Many Of the ladies' exposed themselves unnecessarily
during the whole tme and OF shem, willie standing
upon the main deck, In imminent danger Of being swept
away by the surf, was forced to carry down below.
The non commissions officers and exertsd them.
selves their utmost In fact Of them worked until
they dropped down from sheer fatigue.
man named Nit, > private OF Company X, wAs
on deck when the upper deck fell him. and his head
went through skylsht In such WY that he was but
slightly injured excepting that splinter Of the wood
into his cheek, and could not extract It, the wound
healed up and 1t 70 mains there now.
Duripr all the time tha. We were working at the
pumps We could get nothing to eat but biscuit and cold
water.
one curious fact In the affair was, that nearly a ths
sailors showed an aversion TO goisg near
dead body On occasion the body Of the earNntsrs
brother lay with his head cut Of by hour after hour and
no came near IL.
Tho females board evnoed the utmost GOODNESS and
presence Of mind throughout the whole OF the time
Of them would come up to and ask me whether We
In danger and when replied that there great
danger bat everything depended upon sxertons
they appeared perfectly satisned and returned to their
quarters.
Our reporter shown . sword battered and bruised
with TIE hard usage through which It had gone which
had bssn the companion Of Colonel washngton through
many years. and was saved BY Lieutenant wsdsr from the
wreck. This with the exception Of case Of rsvolvsrs
comprised everything ssvsd by this gentleman.
THE SEARCHING FLEET.
The sioop-of.var Decatur and rsvsaus suttsr Morr
aaod from EantaakAt Roada on r,,dev v.c--s-. .