Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-11-06

COl Wheeler, American Minister. Is
i'll of apoplexy at Grenada.
The ST amer Orizata was lying at San
Juan when the Tennessee sailed.
Loss of the Steamer Savannah.
The Baltimore Sun gives the following
account of the loss of the steamer Savan-
nah, on her way from Savannah to Balti-
more:
This steamer, which belongs to the line
recently formed in this city for efTecting
regular steam communication with Sa-
vannah, was lost at sea, on the afternoon
of Thursday last, having sprung a leak,
which compelled her abandonment. 1t
appears that the steamer left Savannah
for this port, on the morning of Sunday,
the 10Th, seemingly in the best running
order, and was making very good time,
considering the roughness of the weather,
until Tuesday night, when she sprung Il
leak, during a heavy gale from n. f. to
F., the vessel being off Cape Hatteras,
w. by S. about thirty miles. Captain
James Pascal, her commander, imme-
diately commenced search for the leak,
but did not succeed in finding it, although
it was doubtless forward. 1t was then
deemed advisable to lay to, under close
reefed maintop-sail and foretop-sail. In
the meantime, all hands were hard at
work at the pumps, aided by the injection
bilge-pump, which was kept in active mo-
ton by the engine. Some of the former
were rendered useless in consequence of
their becoming choked, the deck-pumps
choking on Thursday, and in defiance of
superhuman efforts, the leak continued to
gain until the water wa four feet deep,
and gaining access to the fre-room, ex-
tinguished the flames in the furnaces. 1t
was utterly impossible, therefore, for the
vessel to reach land in that helpless con-
dition, and she remained exposed t. the
mercy of the sea, which was running
high, until Thursday morning at S o'clock,
when the bark Sylph, Captain Jones,
from Boston for Baltimore, with a cargo
Of sugar, hove in sight.
As soon as the Captain could distin-
@ui>h the signal of distress. he bore down
hard for the steamer, ard, after skillful
seamanshIp, had the proud satisfaction. of
receiving safely IN the comfortable cabin
Of his W faithful vessel, the entire crew
of the Inflated steamer, numbering 10
souls. Previous to abandoning the steam
cr, the crew picked up a few articles
most convenient 10 carry, and, ~,nanning
the boats, left her to her fate, the captain
and engineer being the last to leave. Ar
riyiuC on the Sylph they were almost
completely exhausted, the consequence Of
remaining IN the water 80 long the LEGS
and feet of the men were much swollen
and stained in consequence of exposure 70
the copper ore water. The Sylph re-
manned hv the steamer until 3 o'clock in
the evening, at which hour the latter was
abandoned. In two hours afterwards she
sunk stern foremost. She was then about
100 miles southeast of Cape Henry.
The Savannah was comparatively a
new vessel. and built in Pittsburgh. She
was insured in several marine offices in
that city, Philadelphia and Baltimore,
for $4,000. She cost the present COM
panv about S26, 900, Her cargo consist
ed of II bales of feathers, IL bbls. whis-
key, nearly 500 bales of cotton, 800 boxes
of copper ore flour to the ton), so casks
of rice, and "a bales of domestics, all of
which were consigned to various firms of
this city. The cargo and vessel were es-
timated at 100000.