New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-21

orcs transfer s h5res s11 ch ;rsn 10 Der, With The
Intention, after tcs rss accomplished, - ts1Sfef Ne
male passengers ard .he off ,s-s ard crsv as Il bad
DOW become evident inst .hs steamer co13 no. boat
much longer Two Of the FIVE bosts were uafo-'r
nstely stove ssd N he remaining three rested orr
hop.s Of rsscue. When the a,st boat gSs re.ty, my
husband came 70 the cabin snd aaksd NE 20 prepare
uysef to 30 in the brig. He on. lie pres4rver
around me- IA va leaving :hs state room, slS
IT pet canary in the cage, srd Ins'rnctvey opened
TIE door took him out Of the cage md nestled him IN
my bosom. Wien on deck i gave my husband a
good bye fully believing thai scop be would be With
NE OF the bng. rope VS. placed under my
ARM. and / was lowered into the bost,
hu. was completely saturated by the waves. Mrs.
Tbomai, Mrs. Pehud, M:.. Harris, s3d Am. Lacy he
stewardess .ita soCe OF the children, we're n ths
beat with me- The lowering OF the children recalled
20 nv nina nv bird, ard ny fist Though; was that ),
tsd been crushed by The rope sbou. my Waist. l
looked and found the Little fellow lying quietly under
the edge OF my dress unhurt- Three sailors ana the
boats swain were 10 the boat. Another csrsmaa being
wanted one Of the white stewards jumped IN VIII u,
and seized the remaining Osr; bu e he kne hoLops
about rowing he gave il up, and the three san
pulled Us, under the gud ,nce OF M bsk 20 me
brig. As we left the steamer heard C,pt Herndon
say to Mr.. Block "Tel the captain OF the orlS ilr
Gods sake 10 remain by us-that have Joo people
Oh beard ard Two millions Of treasure. When Se a.
rived IN The brig Mr. Black communicated this re-
qu4.t to Capt Burt, who replied al once: "Ay sy
tell him III stand by him. Several ooat-loadi
were transferred 10 the brig making 81 women 70
children and ii men. During this time the brig being
herself badly Injured in the gsle-sone OF her spare
being gone-could not be managed, and she grad
uay dlfted away from the steamer and our hopes OF
eerg any more passengers aboard that night ceased
Capt. Burt continued to lie by 20 render every a.
distance be coulo in the morning. The return OF day
light however. gave 10 signs OF the eXis:snoe OF
tie fteemer and hed g. conjecture the proba-
bilities Of her being sti alos and hs left
husbands and eDos abcsrd, ths thoughts that filed
our unds were full o. p4iG. At o'cl,ck Capt Bart
decided ait no longer, IS there seemed - be no
hope Of his icing able to give any further a. ID and at
once The brig turned for Norfolk. However Fortunate
we were in having our lives preserved by the oppOr-
tune arrival of the brig, situation on board of 1t
was uncomfortable. Her cabin was scarcely larger
than state room, and We were compelled 70 remain
on deck day and night with but little clothing upon
our persons. Capt. Bur, however, did everything in
bis IS-er to make comfortable. Sails were given
us to use as coverings in sleeping and the best food
tie big could furnish the hundred sufferers whom toey
had rescued wss freely given us Ii consisted mainly
Of cruel ard boiled rice and moasses. Our fare was
improved two days before we were transferred to th9
Em pire City, by obtaining a small supply OF pro-
visions from the clipper Euphr asia bound from Pha-
celphia 10 New Orleans. But were fortunately in
terceptec by the Empire Cry before reachng Norfolk
on Saturday learned, however, fsom the captain of
a pilot. boat while being tOTeG toward Nor.
folk that my husband wes among the rescued