Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-11-25
From the n. o. Pfcayune, Nov 18th.
Loss OF the Steamship OPP IOusas.
PERs NAL NARRATIVE OF CAPT. FILLS.

niek's Bay. p.c. ns in possession Of full int nj
ses :. ct tn, r cent Dire 'iu disast i IN Gnif
The stttem Mt of Capt. Fiji will he fonn1 n 20 :,
over hi- sigua'ur From VI. L' ons We /. r..
in addition. ts4t tn. s,e.m"r Jasn r, c pr Elan
1.rs. from Sabine Pc, arrv at lex ~
dick yesterday afternoon, r'port7 h vi 2 II n
ia " t. TO portion Of tn Vr Ok or ar Il Is
crrtsir, Their for that y have heard tn last OF
the uHioFtunat- steamer
sTATFMFNT or CAPT. FILLS.
[, # R.rwick' B,v for Gav. ston SundaT aft'r-
noon. Pass d The liz = shin at 4:l5 P wind !
about F. Y. f A. 3:15 soun led on Tiger Point |
in 81 ftthous .n' 1rtly nft r, havi' t+ttoms,
clear Of tn A'fs s'e'rins ~ : tor G'Iv
ton hsr. At " minutes OF IL r VI II to"k'n |
" -qnlilg over the nd u. prose- lily clear d |
fl ard {, a starlisi ii hit oV' rhead, hut sh hi
haze on the horizon I ord'rrd an extra hIlSrt |
light to be set about Is frtt up the foresfay - 'h
light on our stern sOmetim' went out "hhout
h, ing Instantly prrc ived Invent my accustomed !
T"unb of the ship before midnight ard found every
ing in order tos t. al right, three oars an plug
ashed ia each. th. ordered the seconi mate
to call me if the sind came out from the north~
ward and keep lookout for tie GtlVest"n. =" lch
vessel passed when visible about l24, Gi-tant
from on. three mills on other OCCASIONS | then
las down with ny clothes II on, and pr's rtiy
heart to- IN h, isrng the i'b and foresalL short
Tin after Mr. well called t" IN t'at the u " s.
t n a. rear, about two polnf- on our stdrn'"r
bow and that he had kept h. Il. , nur ship off
little JIM p 81 up ard saw n H. he q that dirrc
ZION close u, and thinking We would IS, ran IN
to get hIu- l.ht Fix Of which b orirrrd ron
New Orr ans that ~ trip, but when l ST. pp-d
out aft few seconds det nriOn, tn. h4ht--I
green OnP-dsclos d the GAlv' sfon at full spec , |
running directly to our an; at the same mo-
IN Mt, the secord mat sung out. hard a-St
board" bur boat was sal Ing, she s'Tu k !
ST IN on about feet from Our galley, aud ten
fet from WI, r. tsooj AMI went easily into up
to our team Iipa nearly. an hung. | ,ln-d up
hpFt nW I line hat | LAST. n n r "a
boat. VIII II size 81 Ar III wnuli be close |
by u / saw no one, and le, In h r back asst IN,
jump b,'k to my oNn ship saw that the q i
vrsOn's bows we're soli >, as she l. fl IA, 10y TN
light oil furnace doors shining through the hole
male. viii also sho Eed me tlatmy poor no At
done for ! seIz d a Ratchet fIOms INV room,
rous up the purs'r who was xt me, and t.
ten ped to rush aft TO nv pIssrngrr-, tur thu
tt IN s.apng from the broken pipe, ami pl-Ofr ~
the FIR Wh"h wer" being put out, nearly threw
down, and burnt nv lung 20 that il
tim betoF- ! wa successful | found VI T. M,F r
lane bu with the port boat, iuto which l.
ready sever, women sang to him. will
you take charge Of that bod?" AYE, w.
cri d. il NAL tone, and vii he d his du Y
Ou.h the boat ~. Drnaly swAmp"d al0ns il IN
lvetou al h.. lost his hf.. whilst savn. 9th r..
l then to the 9th side blt they d u hook
ID ami cAPsizeC the boat. Sh. Law bottom up.
Cam across Nr. Fowler, cnz in-' T. an - y c.
on mate, and cried out TO them and to tn pas.
near al. ue haul out the If boats from
und T The half Ice k. tut VII n W. got Re,
al, svr tn" fiji -ers, rmped into them cut n
sings md drOvr them out @h. n they scattered,
some jumping over oars ami We could not
| th bat The w-t.r then knee de, t..
upp deck, M / n frArrl toll,w Il hy wo-
man, 10 Sc if by charcr NJ of nv pl N're
there. As | -.ct the wh-.l-hOuse, l fit her
br"akin up, A. had hut fine ize little
about Ell h. f. long, 81 irh put the female
AMI pass mgr, ~ hu JIet then app AIRED, wh,n
| W. nj vat ns al raj 4 nv W.
raj tim 8 tut / SWAN alongside AMI kept il b al
c"d u a. possible. -aw raj 0Otts lear,
which supposed Acre f,On tn" GtlvPst"n, about
half mile off, ~ sf"r lie one approa Chef with
several hansn outside, man hoI ng female
in his Up and hanging on with t other htnd.
sang out 70 take the woman GARD, nur ON on
H. 'wp'rr full, no NOR " tur on" of own or W
aboari, and coguizrg voice, forced the
boat AMI took the woman apd MN with me- on
board. | then ordered him TO m ke way for the
Galv ston, tie bott ful euongR ii bout
ne, ana after ON drmpr tn left. dii not ia
wish to liv. W several boats passing, an the
cries on the OK cessng, supposed mot Of my
unfortunate passengers ssfr. | ri .Htei th-
canoe, and nearly freed her OF wat T, tut NV
strrngt' fail me- ant | could rot get in. l
prs nly pixie up, an after some lsy cot o.
hoard the Galveston. saw one OF my boats al3n o.
side, half full of r, and sang out fer my mn;
t~O ausw, ret and all three got in, hailr
her ont AMI started ain { r the wreck. Tbs r.
then . fresh ire. ze and short, u-ly "A. We
f. II in with the plot house "fotr. On mau, poor
"arsman, hurt his hand, and took the oar. After
pulling about halt an hour We II m ~ith several
boat; in one / rrcO nizrj, to ny jOV, Mr. You Q,
my pilot, with Two Oarsmru; in another my IN e..
ana in another =, cond mate. / was ttng
V"ry lick with the salt water | Swallowed, aut r.
COLLECT little Use bat picking up drowned man,
until | Was hOtei aboard the Galveston, whrr.
Capt Smith C lived me like father, aud ins Il
officers stripped their wardrohes to rlothr u.
Th'r need of a Hie being lost as there
was wreck enough to float 800 people, but thu men
Jumped overheard in their fright. saw Two Jump
on thu rail, draw their revov,rs and fir. uway
One al but drowned ims"li in forts to mount
a barrel. The noise OF Iplng steam mad ! If
hcult for or rrs to b. heart, aud the rush OF va
ter and cracking Of the timhers needlrs-lY init
ened into h,lpl ssuess many unaccustOmed to the
The Opeousas built at Greenpoint, New York
and was launched lasr NJ ,rch. 81 left Nv York
under ny command, on the % of April last, and
have ST, pit but two nights out of b. since. Sh"
in b.apriful order, and took the rraat"st pr lie
in her b. ing TIL fastest boat in tn Gulf Sa~ ner
keel Ibid. ami knew every pink in htr Her en-
giues " r. built at n All ire Work h T cylinder
WAS 46 irch and ~ f."t .troke. / think she was
A. VAN HORN ELLIS.
We find on the passengers list OF the OPP luus s.
the lost II amer the following names, not iuclud
ed in the pub he'd lists of the saved aud lost We
f. ar that they must be includes among the latt
Mr. n. Trainer,
hr G. HaFdney,
Nr. F. Hill,
Mr.. A J, HOllis,
Mr.. Wyeth and lady.
All OF those who were rpscu-d from the 81, king
steamer Of cours ssv~d nothing fl IN III fatal
OK, and we're brous ht 10 the city without mon y,
clothing, or Anything else Several OF them ar at
the City and Arcsfr Hotels VIII Re they are r ceiy-
ing thu rF at-st kindn. at tn hands OF Mr. Morse
his family, and assistants, (who Away proupJ
Ia deers OF philanthropy aud no pit Gtv) I'd whrre
We pleased TO earn, subscriptions for the lief
OF the fortun,te sufferers hav been op- n-i aud
receiving he H. natures Of the symp4thiz ~
snd the chat'tthr.
AT meeting Of large portion of the rescued
passengers of the strams Up opeious a. and tn.
pas eugrTs Of the steamship Galveston, held
At the st. Charles Hotel in the CITY of New
Orl-sus. on Weines 'av, November Is b, 1857
Captain b. II. HILL. U. 5. Army vas C II to
the chair and F. T. Wool oil Y.r inii Jos g. Lv-
man of New ORLEANS, aud E. ". Finch OF Missouri,
being ppaiutrd eommitte-, brought in the toll
losing resolutions which we're uuaIi Housy adopt
ID. to-~it:
r. view Of the various facts Of the late melan-
choly catastrophe, set 0rth by the staten OF
sOUe Of IN survivors.
Rssoigsd That feel it du- 70 the travelling
pHtlc, thus pu, Ii y & rIprrs- our utter ontem