Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-09-26
Loss Of sic ana Treasure.

about eoO passengers on board, $50 of whom,
only We're saved.
SAY ASNAn, Sept, Is, 1S5T.--S Mr.. Hciuy II,
Childs, one of tho suryiSing passengers, who
arrived here thismorning-in the harqhc Sax
ony, makes thp following statement. We left
Havana on Tuesday, the 9Th instant, having
had delightful weather and calm sea dur
ing the voyage from Aspinwall.
On the afternoon of the day of our sailing
from Havana, n fresh breeze spr,mgup, which
increased to a gale on Wednesday, Tie galc
continued to increase, ando "Wednesday night
the rain fell in torrents. On Thursday itblew
a hurricane, and tho sea was running very
high. On Friday the storm ragged with nrti-
bated fury. About Ii a. ~, on Fridays it.
was first known to the passengers that the
vessel had sprunga leak, and vas making
water Very fast The water gained on us SO
rapidly that the fires in tho engine room were
soon eStinguishcd. a line Of men went TO
work bailm@ from tho engne room, aud ro-
duccd the water III the hold so that We were
able TO get up steam again; but itwas only
for a few minutes, thcwatcr again gained on.
us--the hres were again cxtinguished-a
the engines of the ll-fatcd steamer stoppctt
and forever. Tho boiiing was continued in,
all parts OF the ship, and kept up until she
finally went down. E.s.r.
During Friday nigltthc wetcr gained grad
ually, but we were all in good spirits and
worked to tho best of our ability, nspircdby
the nope that when morning came we might
possibly speak some vessel and be savc,i.
The fatal Saturday came at last, but brought
nothing but increased fury of the wind and
sea still We worked ON, n,,amd about o'oluck
P. NJ. the storm miled a little, and the clouds
broke away llupe was renewed, and all
worked like giants. At 1 -. NJ wc spied n
sail and fired guns. Our flag Mas M half
mast Our signals were responded to, and
the brig Marine, of Boston, borc down upon
us. We thon considered sufotyccrtain. ,fbe.
brig came near, and we spoke her, aud told
0,lr disabled condition. She lay hy about NJ
mile distant We had only three boats saw
ed, into which tho women and children we're
| placcti, and they wcrc safely put on board She
brig 81 Tar so goud---but evening was fast
approachiug Another sail was discovered. !,
which responded to oLr call and came within
! iailing distance. Capt. llorndou told oui,
| condition, aud asked them to lay by us, and
send a boat, aswc had none loff, which Sic
promised to do; but that Was the last we saw
OF her, c2ccptat distance which grew srca-.
ter every piomcut.
AtseYen o clock we saw no possibility Of
Keeping her much longer, althoughifI we
| could do so until morning, all would be
saved, In short time, u heavy sea for
the iirst time broke over her upper deck,
and hope faded away. Life prescrvers
were supplied to all, and we scnt up two.
| rockets. A tremendous sen now swept over
| MS, and the steamer, went down in iud-
rnont L think some 400 or 400 persons
were launched upon the ocean at the mercy
| OF its waves. The storm at this time had
entirely subsidized We all kept near to.
| gether, and foatcd as the waves took U.S.
There was vcSy little said except words of
cheering or encouragenient. Each one
| tried to cheer up his comErde, and in this
way courage was kept up for two or three
hours, and | think that in that space of
time no one was drowned but those who
could not swim We were becoming grad
ually exhausted, however, and ono by ono
passed into eternity Tie hope that boats
would be sent us from the two vessels spo-
ken OF soon fed, and our trust was alone
IN Providence. | saw my comrades fast
sinking; and at o'clock a. m., ON S,,fil
day, was nearly alone upon the ocean, some
Zoo mules from land About an hour from
this time 4 saw a vessel, and Judged her to
be about "a mile distant Taking fresh
courage | struck out for the vessel and
reached itwhen nearly exhausted, and was
drawn on board by ropos. 1t proved to be
Norwegian bartIuc from l3alize, Hon.
bound for Fal9ontlB Eng. found on
board her three Of my comrades and at
I,93 o'clock Sunday morning we had fortvs
nnc noble fellows on board, and those are
all that | know of being saved The bardue
! sailed about the scene of the disaster uatil
It was thought that all the survivors were
rescued, and then set sail. We found the
barquc short of provisions, and crew living
on!!grucl We had somo ten and ceffec to
refresh ourselves, and at noon on Sunday
spoke the American bolquc Saxony, who
took oil board FIVE.
The Norwegian barque then set sail for
Gharleston (this is the, Eloise reported ar.
fllyed at Sayamalt Ed, Standard = with
the balance of the passengers whose nan,os
unfortunately EGjFhot recolIcet. Among
them, however, are Capt. Badger, of Baltis
more, Mr. Frazer, second officer of the
steamer, Il, =. Brown, Billy Birch, S. H..
Ministries, A. j.. Eaton, San Fgancisco !:
Mr., Fletcher, of Augusta, Me-, and Jim.
deck band, aHd two galley hands, Three
passengers got into tho boats with the la.
dies, and were saved Their names are
AZ alr. Prist, of Long Island, Thoss Payne,
STANFORD, Gonns and Q Mr. Jones
DestrG0tivs ConHaeration.
T@aNTYsFIyR Morsgs BuRNED. Eoss
EisTI MATED AT $50, 900 A-sSboilthalf.n .nask
one O'Clock this morning the bells toil6d a5
a IN stskr II Il. k 2 / -.