New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-04

having an unusually large Dumber OF passengers, and
bt ing short Of ice feared that fest provisions lh
spoil lie Immediately changed hrs course for Calves
ton The weather continued fine, ana about IL NJ, on
Friday, 9Th, We made the high islsuds thirty miles
eas ard Of Galveston, and arrived a, that pace, At
tie brick whsif, about p. m. she discharged
Ial Cuban parser gers among whom we're three acies
ard three or more gentlep.n Among them were
Capt. Blakcly, formerly of Gamer swan, of Bfazos
Sattisgo, and one female Storage pa'scngei.
The Nautilus laid et Gave-tcn absat sn hcur-just
lopg enough for 70 procure the iceant after TAX.
irg OF board abort twenty five psseerger sud about
five or six sfeerege Passengers sGd The mails, sle
proce 10 sea and crossed the bar abolt 81 D. m,
and erected her course 70 the Southwest Pass with
fine weather, wbich continued til Saturday m)rpng,
the 9th when, at about o'clock, fresh breeze
sprung up, which continued oil day from the n. H.;
mace Slip Islsnd ShOal Light about or O'Clock p.
m. passing INSIDE the shoa Tae wind increased tom
sane quarter all night, with q heavy sea.
Or Sunday, about 8 a. H., thc wisd had nc'ease1
to a heavy gale, and running very high and r1in'
ing very hare. The vess was hsated to tde sea "a
long possible, ard finding no other recourse, Capt
Capt /. attempted to put shp before the wind' ana
in 20 doing got INTO the trough of sea- the ship
would not weac he then had the maumast Gu. away,
and the vessel listed 10 the starbOard and threw
all the sock On that side He thinks the bulkhead in
center of the ship was knocked away by her urchng,
the foIemast bOsing away a. the same time; the
slD continued to turn over at the same time.
then went on deck, aud sf,er standing there two
three mnu!ee, holding on to the railing on the ar
board side, the passengers c0nlneDced cioWGing on
Geek then looked forward and saw Cap. L. c)miog
aft if to mott the passengers that tie ship vas Ia
capgsr; Immediately affer which she capslze1. Ine
passengers ard crew endesvOred to get over on the
bottom Of the hull some ak or eight persons sIcceed
ed; Immediately after heavy sea struck her, sweep
irg them OFF. / swam until caught q part Of the
wreck; | then looked back to the wreck, and saw n
,ew persons stancing on her, after which l saw no
more of beT, having f)ated of
still saw about twenty five or thirty persons IN the
hole, 70 r,rfio oa,ff Z fia .vya
were Mr. j I. Kon the pur5er; Mr. Giles hfst ma e;
Charles Desouzier second engineer; MI NJ. Arfegas,
sec ond clerk, md n number of the crew. ] saw no
no,e of Capt. Thompson. AZ or floating about half
an hour met Mr.. Johnson chief eDp neer, large
piece Of the week; got on with Mr.. johnson, the
piece was not being of sufficient size to support
/ asked him If he had seen Capt. Thompson. He
said be had not. We remained together two days aud
tW nights the second night Mr.. j. became delirous,
and notwithstanding 10y efforts to retain him, he got
overheard IeXt mornir z, when my back was toward
him, and Was drowned in spite of all my eff rts to
save him. | saw at that time two persons at a dis
tance-One OF whom | supposed to be the first mate,
MIR. Giles. who was ON part of the wreck-.he other
largo log, with roots about rs high as my head;
this person ! think was Mr. John Wells, passenger
from BIazos Santiago.
The next day missed the man supposed to be Mr.
Giles and on The fourth day, being near the leg which
Mr. Wells was on, and ny raft going to pieces, sw am
for it, He went over before reached him. and saw
pickeo up panel door belogug to the wreck and laid
it on the roots about three feet above wa,er. slept
On this door occasionally, aud on Monday the 18th, we
were picked up by the steamer f. NJ S'reck not hav-
ing had ytbing TO eat drink curing ths eight days.
except sbout half pint of water which caught in
the par 81 OF the door on Sunday. the 18th.
On the boats approaching jumped into the water
and swain for the boat and on reaching the schooner
JaLe Elizabeth climbed up Ler sides and immed-
ately for the water casks but was prevented by
the officers. | had but little clothing left.
When We left Brazos and Galveston tho cattle
ports were al open. On Saturday the lower port
was closed, and on Sunday morning the upper part
was lowered down, but the was running nigh
that they were unable tn fasten it.
The Rev Mr.. Twichell, who got on board a. Gal-
ve-ton, unwe during the trip, and occupied the
Cap aims room with the Captains son, Powell. Mr..
Twchel had every meal sent up, aud he and Po veil
were in the room when she capTzed Capt. TnomJ.
did not leave the deck from the time the gale
sprung up.
Captains Pit'feld and Cooper state that she could
not hive been Is miles from the lighthouse,
and if w.boat had been dispatched i'm nediately
after the storm, they doubt not but number might
hsV hpeu