Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-09-24

Mr.. Parker, do. -
Mr.. Marvin, do.
Mr.. Borkee, Boston.
Purser Dobbin, United States Navy, brother
Of the late Secretary Of the Navy, North
Carolina.
Mr., White, Sacrame nto.
Purser Hull, of the ship, N. York.
Mr.. Hull, brother of above.
Mr.. Serony, San Francisco.
@. Van Rensselaer,, first officer steamer
capt. W. L. Hetndon, U. 5. Navy, com
mander of steamer.
Doctor of the ship, name not given.
STATEMENT OF CAPT. THos BADGER.
Capt. Thos. W. Badger, who is among the
saved, and has arrived here in tho Louisiana,
is able, from his experience as q sea captain Us
well as from the close connection in which his
exertions on board the wreck brought him with
Captain Herndon and officers, to give a moro
accurate and reliable account of the disaster
than perhaps any other Of the saved. We have
taken down from his dictation the annexed full
and interesting narrative
We left Havana, on Tuesday, 9Th Septem.
Der, in company with steamship Empire City.
Made good weather until 10Th. On the eve
nng q tee th ths5aen a snip siiIf going On
course aud carrying full head of steam. The
storm increased during the night and until
Friday morning at 10 O'Clock, the ship still
making fine weather and keeping on her course.
AT ID lGluCh, On Iludy dlkSIluOh tho GlEAIiS
stopped, and on inquiring of the engineer, he
said it was caused by the coal passers not pass
ing the coal into the fire room with sufficient
rapidity to keep the steam up. The walters
and stewards were then called upon and sent
down TO assist in passing coal. When the en-
CINE stopped the ship fell off in the trough
OF the sea, and was at the mercy OF the
waves. The pumps worked by the engine
and which were the main dependence for keep
ing the vessel free of water, were also render
ed useless.
The engine never made but one or two rev,
olutons after this. / called the attention o.
the engineer to the fact that the water was
gaining, the rolling of the ship forcing 1t IL
through the shaft hole, aud proposed and did
organize q gang for bailing. The deck pumps
proving on trial to be out Of order, bailing was
tie only resource.
BY this time the water had risen high enough
to extinguish the lee fires, and the men EN-
ployed in the coal hole aud engine room wer'
driven out by the steam and hot water. There
was no longer any hope oil again getting thu
machinery in operation. The. principal lca;
was found to be around the Ice shalt, and at
the lower lee dead lights. The ship was still
staunch and sound, and not leaking at tht
bottom at all, and would have been in nc
danger if her machinery and pumps had been
kept going.
At three O'Clock on Friday afternoon l as,
sisted in organizing and putting to- work bail
ing gangs, TO Dali out II pOSSlDlet tue engine
room and Storage. The passengers joined
willingly and cheerfuly in this Hort. An at
tempt was made to raise steam on tie donkey
engine but they would not work, from what cause
was not known. At five O'Clock after consulting
with Capt. Herndon, assisted in cutting away
the foremast, which somewhat relieved the
ship. The ship had laid perfectly easy whilst
the machinery was in motion, but sto was in
the trough of the sea, making heavy luTchcs
10 leeward.
At five O'Clock on Friday we rugged drag,
"a spar with an anchor lashed to it, and piid
Il out to windward, in the hope Of bringing
her head TO the wind, but this had little or no
effect. From O'Clock until s in the evening
We kept the wateeat bay, every man worSing
with spirit and yigor.
From u to O'Clock on Saturday morning
tho water gained fast on us, as the men were
iatigued and worn ont by incessant labor and
exposure in the storm. AT 4 O'Clock The gale
somewhat abLted, but heavy sea continued,
me water then being nearly up to the second
cabin floor.
AT daylight on Saturday morning, however,
all hands took hold again with renewed vigor
10 free the ship. The water was thus again
kept back for an hour or two more, during
"hlch signals OF distress were set, and vigil
liant lookout kept for sails. The ladies were
syer anxious to assist MS in bailing, and cheer
ed us In calmness in thdse trying times. AT
O'Clock, another attempt was made to RAISE
steam IN the donkey boilers so as to WORK inc
steam pumps but the attempt again failed,
Gnd all hope of relief from that quarter was
abandoned.
AT 10 O'Clock, on Saturday morning, the
men again yielded to the severity OF thelr
labor, and the water again commences
to gain on us, but the bailing was stlii
continued. At half past O'Clock san
hove in sight, to the windward, which proved
70 be the Marine, OF Boston. AT y O'CLOCK
she rounded to the leward of the ship, when
boats were lowered, bailing still going on. IL
lowering the boats two were stove BY Inc
heavy sea that still prevailed, which lett only
three, and one of them in bad condition.
By 8 O'Clock we succeeded in putting on board
the Marine all the women and children, twenty
six in number; during which the male passen.
gers mostly continued at their work. The
boats could not carry more than five or six ow-
Ing to the high sea, and they made several
trips to and from the Marine. When the boat
that took the last two ladies came alongside
she chief engineer jumped into the boat, and
was followed by several other gentlemen. Two
other boats came alongside afterwards when
there was rush to jump in them by the male
passengers, involving great danger. By this
time the brig drifted a long way to leeward,
which made the trips of the boats long and by
ihis time It was dark, so that the boats did not
retkrn.