Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-09-25

MIN alongside a answer was
but instead of approaching the vessel passed cut of sight
At p NJ it was found the steamer could not hold
out much longer heavy then swept over for the
first time. Life preservers distributed rockets fired
and after the vessel went down, leaving at the mer
cy of the waves from 400 to 450 persons The
then calm, and all kept together and cheered each
other well as the stoutest could. We thus kept to-
gether, think, for two three hours nearly all being
preserved so long, except those who could not swim at
all. Exhaustion then began to overcome after
another, and them going down around me. AT l,
A. NJ Saturday morning, | was nearly alone-coud
here shouts of few survivors, but could none
About O'clock A. NJ, as reckoned, saw vessel at
distance of mile ess-took fresh courage and
towards reached it in last efforts of exhaustion and
was drawn up by ropes. 1t was Norwegian barque
from Balize for Falmouth found on board three Of
my comrades survivors, and before o'clock had 40
of them in all-whch are all | know to have been
rescued
We kept near the place, and in anxious watching un
til believed all living had been picked up and then
made SAIL the barque being short of provisions, and the
living Cruel We found little tea and coffee
also.
AT noon on Sunday we spoke the American barque
-- which supplied provisions and took board the
five survivors brought to this city, whose names are
B. H. Ridley, Maine Joshua Howe, San Francisco ;
Samuel w. Locke, Maine; Adolphus Fredercks, San
Francisco, and Ii. NJ. ChiIds New York The Nor
wegan barque set sail for Charleston, first port with
the rest of the survivors The of these
officer of the steamer Central America r. F. Brown
Sacramento; Billy Birch, Of the San Francisco Min
strels A. J. Easton San Francisco; - Fletcher, Of
Augusta, Me- ten deck hands and ten galley hands are
also included and some children O whose mothers
in the first boats despatched Three men, - Priest
Long Island Thos Payne, Stamford, Conn. and -
Jones' also got the boats which took off the women
and children
A Paris letter writer gives the following :
Your readers may perhaps be curious touching the
following details, for which vouch and which con-
M. de MOrnys conduct upon his return from Rus
sa to France He had salary for his mission as am
bassadOr extraordinary would accept any but said
he would be satisfied if his expenses only were paid
You will see however that he did not calculate amss in
so doing His expenses he made amount to 600 OO0f
(f64,000 sterling which directly paid him be-
sides which he sold off, in Russia, everything that had
belonged to his mission his furniture horses carriages
plate, &C., keeping back only magnificent S,rtom de
table in silver gilt that had cost 80O00f During one
of his first visits to Count Walewsk NJ de Morny OBJ
served that he had not sold his sytou because he
thought it might be useful for gala dinners at foreign
office! The minister replied that he should be obliged
thereupon to consult the emperor and NJ de MOny pro-
posed to consult him himself which he did. The emper
or's was, You had best keep the sutom for
yourself So, after ALL NJ de Mony's system of hay
ing salary is ill advised Here he is, after
ten months absence, i'll the receipt Of 964O0O, paid
down upon accounts sent i'll by himself; possessing,
moreover the for which he has disposed of all he
naQ taken 10 huSSla (SOme ODectS SUCH pictures,
having sold very high and receiving, as gift over and
above all the rest, sutom for his table worth 8OOOOf
| Launch of the Great Eastern
| The Canadian 0ondon) News of the I'd instant says
it is authorized to state that the Great Eastern steam
ship will be launched in the first spring tides of next
month, (October) The day is not as yet absolutely
fixed but this important event will probably take place
highest Un that day.
The same journal describes with mnutenes route Of
pleasure travel through the United States to Chicago
and ST. Louis and which is extended on the European
continent to Germany and Switzerland for which Great
Eastern tourist tickets " are to be provided
"Ths tour can be accomplished (say) from New
York and back in about eight weeks including two pas
across the Atlantic but to those less pressed for
time it be advantageousy extended to from eleven
thirteen weeks The cost of frstclass tourist ticket
for the whole excursion of little under 5000 miles will
be about ESQ sterling, or (say) $3.50.
| Arrangements are also in progress for a more eX-
tended tour which, in addition to the foregoing, and
an increased cost of about $780, will probably comprise
Naples Rome, Florence, Genoa, Turin and Milan, to-
gether with the passage across the AL ps by Simplon"
| Naval.
The number of men in all departments now employed
in the Brooklyn Navy Rard is ,740. The foundation
for the new building for the Bureau of Provisions and
Stores is all excavated and considerable portion COM
plee 1t to be 800 feet long by 100 feet WIDE and
like the other buildings two stories high The new
purchase is nearly all filled up and the nearly all
| HlllIT
racks is progressing
The soop-ofwar Vncennes is being fitted for sea- and
could be got ready in two weeks necessary The store
ship Supply is also being overhauled and reftted The
| frgate Savannah is in the Dry Dock repairing, two
months more will suffice to finish her.
| The artesan well progresses favoraby. AT the depth
of % feet large supply of water obtained A
steam pump will be employed Tuesday to test the
volume of water it will yield and the water itself will
be subjected to analysis to determine its fitness for the
yard
There are about 800 men all told, now on board the
receiving ship North Carolina, viz: About 20 in the
crew, SO mariners and l so landsmen. Ffty-seven
were sent from the North Carolina to Boston, on Tues
day, for the frigate Merrimac. There is difficulty
experienced in procuring the best of and plenty of
them for the service and Captain Schneck says there
of late, percepble improvement in the character of
the men who ship The Government pays $l8 per
month"; with two months advance, and bounty for all
who ship for three years and if honorably discharged
each man at the end of his term of service is entitled to
three months leave of absence, during which time his
pay goes if he re-shps. These act powerful in
ducements and keep the Navy well supplied with choice
This circumstance operates unfavorably upon
merchant ships respect to the supply well to the
character of they must necessarily employ Cap
tain Schneck affords the under his command every
indulgence compatible with the nature of the service,
and in return he says they all manifest great pride in
keeping the ship in the best of order.
| The bark Evadne, which arrived at n. York from
the Chincha Islands, reports that the 9th ut ati-
tude Al SOUTH longitude "a west she spoke the Uni
ted States steam rgate Minnesota, from Norfolk bound
for China. The Minnesota supplied the Evadne with
provisions.
/ A Son OF A HOPEFUL MoTHER--A certain Judge
while attending Court in shire town passing a.
long the road where boy just letting down the
bars to drive some cattle in. His father stood in the
door on the opposite side of the road and seeing what
his hopeful boy was doing shouted out =
4 John don't you drive them cattle in there: : told
To in tho racfu bab ind Tho