The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-17

oSsance Oh. but gradually lost sight Of her. lef
captain on board the vessel aud a 70 hfs fate
nsve no knowledge. A few Of the crew remain
forgot mention that the yessol that came in col
hs'on with Us, although apparently uninjured made
ne e1ost TO render N assstancs or even TO sscer
lam Wnas injury We sustained, but steered AWAY
L.s.ie DO know, however, but she, too. has sunk
n.: ,ns depths OF the mighty deep, and al on board
Vn Tuesday morning the weather began tn .bo =,
unfavorable sisns, aud At midday II Commerce
showing. hailing and raining violently. Judge 3,
our pitiable condition in m open beat leaking n
the rate OF eight barrels per hour keeping us con
stantiy baiiing. We suffered severely, the storm
increasing In violence, and next day dawn ed upon
us no better OF than the day before. Our scantv
supply Of eatabies which con sisted only sf pre
serves, sweresgrea diminished We hadsno IVA
ter, and 1t was ptiable TOT hear the. cries of INV
poor companions; they were such as wsuld make
the stsutesf heart quail
The next day our sufferinps were ausm snted bv
the renewal of the Storm which peited upon M
pifilessly. That day will be long remembered by
nose IN the boat To imagine the agony Of an
esd gentleman Of sixty years struggling with death
IA iss most narrowing aspect, win fail to realize
the scene. He died before nightfall Many began
70 think that they would soon follow him to eter.
nity During the night . seaman and myself
found it difficult to keep our comparisons alive
By dint OF much exertion, however, we succeeded
several. however, including myself, were severely
frostbitten
We were now entirely out of provisions. star
vation staring US in our faces Want of water
compelled US to drink water but this of course
only increased our thirst We now made mp our
minds that we were indeed lost It is impossible
TO describe our frightfnl condition no water food
ciothes frozen to our backs, feet wet and frozep
and strength exhausted with baiing the boat
Saturday morning we discovered a sail: oh |
now glad were our hearts at this sight but many
OF my companions were too helpless to see even
this coming suecor. On making signsl TO her by
the raising of hands and handkerchief she bore
down for US. She proved to be the bark Elise
Captain Nordenbolott from Baltimore for Bremen,
who toek US on board and in the kindest manner
did AL In his power to alleviate sufferinRs and
make us as comfortable as be could under the cir.
cumstances We continued to suffer severely
from the effects Of our privations and exposure
Captain Nordenbolott found It inconvenient to &C.
commodate 80 large number, and wished to trans.
fer US to some vessel bound to the United States.
ne sIenalzed an American ship, supposed to be
pound to some eastern port, but he paid atten-
tlon to the signal. On Monday morning last hav-
Ing then been two days on board the bark we
spoke the Hamburg bark Elise, Captain Nelson,
bound from Hamburg for New York, who sent
boat alongside
Upon hearing of our misfortunes, and ascertain
ing our wish to proceed to New York, he kindly
offered us passage in his vessel All but two of
experienced the utmost kindness at his hands,
ana those OF the passengers and crew. Ar. Sche.
ier snd lady decided to proceed to Bremen in the
Dark, and thence to their destinations
hr. Demlnego, a passenger, an Italian, is SO
much frossbtten that bis life is despaired OF,
flora Solomon and Mile Ernestine Belett were
severely injured by the cold but are recovered.
Inc crew are progressing as well as can be ex.
pected.
OF the fate of those on the raft and in the two
tOQpkher ~ hal ef he aiu md ha
few of the crew remaining on the ship, know
nothing; but surnse that the boats were picked
up by some passing vessel. l do not think the
raft could have hoated in the heavy that rolled
the first night, and am afraid that all on board
went down with her.
THE VESSEL.
The steamer a. built in 1855 at LIVERPOOL and was
intended for the South American trade. shs was
port to Havre, of which Edward and Edmund Poir-
rieT. 80 Broad street agents THIS her third
trip in her new service The Lyonnais was built OF
was faly insured in England and Franco. She WA
divided iate vs wate-tigh hit compartments, and this
fset leads to indulge in the hope that she may Jet
Be sfoat Only ons of ths compartments wa. carried
away BY the collision. viz the stern part The pro-
psler Vesta in her memorable encounter with the
Arctic sustained the loss of nearly the whole of her
front compartment, and yet succeeded in making he,
way the ocean in safety. This Vesta, however
had one decided advantage over the Lysnnais in re-
taining the free of her screw which enabled hen
20 manage her5en In tne neavy seas. The propeller
of tho Lyonnais altogether disabled in the cells
ion. The cargo was valued at about $50 ooo The
amount uf specie on board was 4S3 300. The whole
was insured in New York offices.
THE OTHER VESSEL.
Much intereet 10 manifested to learn the OF the
vessel which came in collision with the Lyonnais; as
it 10 possible that she sustained severe injuries which
led to the total loss. We learned from the second
mate this morning, very interesting additional cir
cumstsncs not embraced in his statement above. and
which tends to throw seme light on the other vessel.
he she large clipper built craft, and that in
the shock of the encounter, her figure head wa,
ksscksd eff and fell the deck of the steamer. He
describes this figure being that of dragon or
something similar silr and having red eyes, az open
mouth, and ferksd tongus protrudiDg trsm 1T.
THE LOST.
among the passengers who ere presumed to be lost
By this terrible catastrophe we notice the name OF
Mr. Albert Sumner and his family. Mr. Summer
Was an elder brother of the Hon. Charles Sumner,
and for several years past hss been resident OF New
port, R. /. Ayounger b'other, Mr.. Arthur sumner,
twill be remembered, one Of the victims Of the
shipwrsck ofthe Elizabeth, by which Margaret Full
isr Ossoli lost her life.