Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-04-20
LATE NEWS BY THE MAILS.
Terrible Ss6erHg Of Shiprr.eked Cre,c,

la II NEHN DN HE u1iIEs
Terrible Suffering Of u Ship,rrecked t'rs,e.
We have already announced the loss Of the
shin William Layton, Captain Tucker, IN III"
passage from New York 10 Antwerp, hnd the
drowninc of three of the crew. She eneoun-
tered a terrible gale On the Goth of February and
on the ODD became n complete wreck. Lashed
10 her floating am helpless hull, the captain and
tho Remainder of The crew passed six days and
NIGHTS without Il single drop of fresh water, and
,,itbout mouthful to eat, excepting single rat
that was found swimming about tho wreck, and
which was fortunately, caught and shared among
the sufferers. The captain has published thrill
ling account of their miraculous escape from
death from which take the following:
The first day past at our lashings, and we were
weak with hunger. The second day, and the
cravings of hunger made all other sufferngs IN
significant in comparison. The third day, and
our thirst and hunger together, held us IN tor
lures but little short Of the pains of hell itself.
Death at this tike would have been rehef In
the meantime, the matches of the ship had burst
open, and the cargo was floating around u.s. out
none of the provisions within our reach.
The knowledge that our ships hold was full of
nroyisions and we were starving and unable to
reach IT, only added to our suferlngs. STU, TO
nggravate our pains, the potash IN the ship was
di.solving, and meking Il ley hat was eating INTO
our flesh. Having no water, we each TOOK
piece of cold lead into our mouths anu che' ing
this kept our mouths moist. ana was iouno " VI
n great relief. Al TINS PERIOD Oh our su"efi"R@'
n rnt was seen swimming about, and coming near
enough to one of the sailors, it was captured
Never did n hunter secure his game With greater
satisfaction than did the seaman secure this
drowning rat. Inc rat WIS sh"reo aiming '"e
company; ana never WAS morocco" received
with n better relish
All that we had IN adal''oh 70 TINS rat, were
IL, o1r faaf Iph Narn
the o"o's anu sno's up'i od' io' w 49," wv
On the fifth and sixth days some OF the crew
said they did not feel so much the want ct food
as they did on the third day lhis was TIE feel.
ing of most, if not all OF US. The fourth day and
night passed, and no assistance came. Inc NTH
day came, and with 1t snccorIon ms any we
were hailed by the ba-que Syiph, captain fiei"x'
from Guadalupe, hound to 81 feters' Ne"'ouhu-
land. This vessel spoke u.s. ana learning our
situation. promised to lay by Till the storm aba
ted. 1t still blew gale, and the sea was very
heavy. This promise revived us
During the night OF the NTH day OF our suner-
ings--the 9th Of February--the SylPh dritf'd
away from and the next morning was out OF
sight. cannot describe our feelings when the
next morning dawned up, aud again showed us
nothing within our vision but the tempestnous
ocean
Capt. Hellox however upon aseertalnins on
the morning of the 18th, that he had lost u.s.
crowded ON all the sail his harque could carry
and commenced tho search for US. Hewas sue
cessful and found us after a few hours search
aud at 10 o'clock on the morning OF the 2o'n, we
ware taken from our laShings and taken on board
thu Sylph. When relieved, none Of us were able
TO stand, although all of us still retained our
senses. One of the crew when taken from his
prison of ropes, lost his toes winch dropped from
him as he was lifted from the ship. The potash
ley had eaten the feet of the sufferer to this eft
feet.
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The Race 6ettcfen Bro~" Dte' ana hffo~'
The New Orleans Plcayune has an account OF
tn startling three mile race between browh Dick'
Arrow, H"rnpipe and Mary Taylor III that cry
on Tuesday, the 10Th INST ne race echpses all
previous performance at that distance:
First Heat.-Brown DICK drew the track; Az
second. and at racing pace they darted on.
Around the turn, DICK opened gap upon reach'
in earnest, and from that place he chased HIN the
entire distance. Dick leaving him q little around