New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-09
MARLNE AFFAIRS.
LOSS OF THE BARK THETIS.
HORRIBLE SUFFERING AT SEA.
SEW EN- LIV 5 l. - > :


The bark Hamilton Of Salem, Capt. webster a''
riyed at this port on Friday last WIN tne ooei' a"u
= ro-tiop Of the crew Ofthe Bnish oaik Iheu7 "nich
v,s lost At ,es of Bermuda 10 the cary pslt oi jan
..rv last. The Tbetis, o. We learn IRON her com
,sbdeY. Capt Acs1d Boyle, sailed from Patook, on
=. Mosouito Coast. Oh the 10Th Of November lsst,
laden with mahogany, aid bound to Falmouth or Cork.
She experienced fne weather till the 18th Of Dece
her when she met VITA succession Of gales from the
no1h. wet sod west, with heavy cross sea, which
caused her TO labor Violently straining her hmbsr'
severely, carrying away her buwark', s'Archons ana
stsrboard quarter galley and causing leak from Whicn
che took in large quantities. Of water, whlca induceo
( Captain TO 10y her 70. The men and efhcerS were
Ut constantly at the pumps light and day but fod-
Ing the water gaining the ship and the WIND veernS
round 10 the north-e asst the Captain 90 tae 3is Of
Decembe- in lat 49, Ion Sc, deem ed it advisable to
bear up to Bermuda. Cap b. experienced fine
weather and Gains till on the evening Of the I'd Of
January he esped Bermuda light bearing northwest,
and distant about IS niles Deeming It imprudent 10
attempt 10 make the port 10 the night without pilot,
the COURSES taken in tae topsss double reefed
and the vessel hove-to to await daylight AT this
time the wind was 5. s. W., which about midnight
.ddepy shifted AID blew peIfec; bur cane from the
The nouh west when the opsas taken 10 and the
sto was hove TO under reefed mzzen and foretopmast
stay oil all hands being kept constantly at the p1mps,
except such time az required to take 10 sau On
The nsrLDg Of the 81 o.. JaBuafy, when the officers
and had been constantly On ne Tor 10 hours ne
CAPTAIN disco, that there WAS ~ feet OF water IN
NE hold and at Of that day, h1dlDg the water
It'll gaining them, notwithstanding the almost
suuefbumap labor Of the at the pumps and seeing
the impossibIty Of beating INTO pot Inc Ves3el was
nat aud kept before the wind, the hurricane having
slobty abated. The Captain then OrOered up barrel
Ct water cask Of beet, cesk OF pork, ADD quanty
IF bread The men continued to work the pumps as
men Only will work for dear life but 10 spite OF all
their efforts the water continued to gain on them I'll
o'clock the morning OF the an, wnen IL mao ri9en
above the beams, and the ship became entirely un'
manageable. TIE men then got their clothes All pre-
paraOry TO taking 10 the bOats. AT 81 o'clock Captain
BOYLE seeing the ship inclDng 10 turn over to port or
deod the s.arbOard main rigging TO be cut away bu'
before the order coud be executed theshp 1rned com
pletely over keel out of water. Notwithstanding the
condition Of the vessel they still mtnaged 10 cut away
the rigging when che rghted with the oss OF her main
mast lore and mizzeDtop mass, and everything move
able on her decks, including the water and provision
the crews clothing all the boats four IN number the
poop deck ami stanchions the violently breaking
Gle an over the ship. When she rghted the men VINO
were forward took TO the fore rigging and those at
laibed themselves to the pooprai and tafirall The
Captain washed overheard but fortunately reoined
the chip and succeeded in lashng himself 10 the rig
gpg. At daylight il was discovered that four men
were missing, who were no doubt, drowned at the
time the ship capslzed The men iost We're: jacobs,
the cook lcolored); William Burr, steward; james
IIoey, boy; and William Boomngs'ock, quaIter-
mater, all of London.
On the 6th the bark Hamilton bore down aud spoke
the wreck but the weather was 80 rough that no boa.
could be tent TO the relief of the sufferers 50 the Ham
ion remained by the wreck waiting for the storm to
subside. The men who were forward went into the
foretop those aft except two or three who went into
the mlzen crossrees, exposed 10 great dangers
end hadships, rs the sea Was continually breaking
over them.
On the 9th of January about noon, Gibson, a sea
man. died from drinking salt water ana Was wash9d
overheard. During the afternoon, Joseph Hendy, an
apprentice died from the same cause, aud during the
following night Lewis Seymour, seaman, went down
nom the isetop to drink some salt water ana never re-
TUNED On the morning " the lOb, after these poor
fellows had bee six days ashed To the rlgglcg without
morsel Of food drop of water save such as they
were able to obtsn from occasional showers Oy open
ing their parched mouths to receive the precious dops
as they d,scendtd om the sky, boat from tne hah
ltop came TO their relief and TOOK them all, captain
and fifteen men, on board that bark Inc greater por-
ton of the Thetss deck had been Torn up, nei pow
spr unshipped her pCr fore rigging carried away ana
the shin having become in fact perfect week tne
Hamilton left her ana proceeded on Ter WAY 10 Now
York wheie she arrived late on Friday n'ght last
When the crew OF the Ihetie were taken rom tuc
wreck they we've of course almost amshed, ana many
,of them reduced TO skeletons, aud although the sum
ton WAS shot Of provisions for her own crew. CaPtau
peed 10 put ali on short allowance, and when MS yes
lei arrived in port msny of tie rescued seamen "e'o
stI extremely emacated snd very weak from theif eA,
reme sufferings and want OF nourshing o"i ocue VI
them were unable 10 walk, and presenter P,l'ao'e
condition as they appeared al the ON q o ue %
Consul ON Saturday last. The Consul FURNISHED luei
with lode ing and supplied their pressing heoe Ia
other respects and shl soon send then 10 L'huoh'
where they all belong. ..o. -, h.. Ma.
1hetis was bsrk of 600 tuns. owned oy MesSrs'
Watcher a. Brother of London and the Captain Inc
loss on ship and cargo Is about SoO,oVV. Inc eMSo
WAS insured but whether the vessel ana iregu ohey
were injured is not known.
QUICK TRIP.
The clpper-ship Dreadpaught, Capt Samuels' ar
rived Yesterday in the very short time OF Il days
having left Liverpool JAN H. aud passed Cape Clear
ood-meking the ran from land TO land IN 10 days
She brings 2s steerage and three cabin passengers
The steamboat State Of Maine, OF the stohing'on
spe. proceede last Saturday afternoon above Hell
gate. and Was compelled to return IN consequence oil
the ice.
FOR EUROPE.
The mau steamer Arago left this p>r at noon on
Saturday for Southampton and HAVE. She csFriea
out 81 passengers and $50, So in specie.
SCHOONER ASHORE.
cor,.pondenee Of The n. Y. Tribune. - ,o.-
The schooner Joseph james, OF Bangor came ashole
Al, miles south of Squan Inlet, a. clock TINS nprn-
inc Carpo luu bar. Crew saved Is. u rkAA'h'