New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-06


This il NOT the frt, second no< third tine tAas Mr..
Grant has been cast away. Though ye! yoaag MA,
he has fitquertly been placed in scenos Of per asd
this is the fourth time ths, he has been wrecked Tea
years ago, when boy on Fall River schooner, ne
was wrecked in the Bay Of Fundy, and narrowly es'
csped with bis life. Three years ago he WAS fireman
on the steamer Arctic, and wheu that vessel went
down left floating on piece of timber in the broad
A,lsrtic. After several days Of intense suffering he
We. picked up by the ship Cambria, and carried with
Capt Luce TO Quebec. Nearly two years ago be was
fireman on the steamship Crescen. City, and when that
vessel vert ashore on the Bahamas had third prov
deu escape with his fe Still he did not quit the
sea but engaged agsn as fireman on board the steam
shin Central America and was on her when she went
down. Just as the steamer was sinking he with nine
others. got upon piece Of the hurricane deck that
they had previously cut clear, and when the ves-
sci sank il ioatsd off with them.
Among those on this raft were George Buddington
third assi.tant-epgineer; Patrick Carr fireman; John
Banks, coal passer; James Kennedy, coal passer;
Evers, coal passer and Richard Gilbert, cdiored en-
ginee,s' messman The others were passengers whose
names he did no. know.
They held on TO the raft by ropes, but the ses
washed over them constantly, and caused them to
swallow large quantities of salt water Grant who is
a very experienced swimmer, swallowed so much dur
ing Saturday night that il caused him to vomit sew.
eral times. They spent that night the raft praying
and hoping for relief from the vessels which they had
seen the afternoon previous. When day broke they
coud see the brig Marine which had saved the women
snd children long way off; but although they made
every effort to attract the attention of her people, they
were not seeD.
Without food or water, on few fra planks In the
broad Atlantic thss ten people endured unuttersoe
suferinys The recollection of them Is still so pain
fully vivid that Mr.. Grant does no. wish to think OF,
much less 10 refer TO them. All that day and night they
saw others struggling around them in the angry wa
teri but although they eagerly scanned the horizon.
10 friendly bark hove in sight As the darkness stole
their hopes sank and many of the poor creatures,
famished and thirsty, and Orey bueted by the waves,
grew deliriOus Some aud rsyed n their insan-
ity; others babbed of cool and impid springs whose
clear waters bubbled up mockingy at their feet OF
dreamed of rich feasts, to which they were invited,
spread before their famshed eyes but from which they
were withheld by superhuman power. Two or three
said nothing but thought of home and the dear ones
| awaiting their return.
During Sunday night eight of the ten persons on the
raft, worn out by their sufferiugs, washed of,
and drowDed. On Monday morning the same cherries
pro spect greeted the two survivors In the course OF
| the morning they foated near piece of plank, on
which colored passenger from the steamer Geo.
". Dawson by name. The two survivors helped him
to gain the raft with them Toward evening second
mar was picked up. Time wore on slowly and pain
fully without hope or relief and death drew nigh unto
all of them On Tuesday night two were washed
into the ,ea and lost. When Wednesday came only
Grant and the coored passenger, Dawson, remained.
The day passed without sail appearing in sight.
On Thursday, they boat short distance of.
Grant SWIM 10 it. and found that it contained John
Tice, the first assistant engineer of the steamer.
Both of them then rowed to the raft, and took Dawson
| into the boat Three days more went by, and the
three men were atil alive in the boat They bad not
zen sail nor tasted of food water for many days
During the ninth day rain fell and they Tapped up the
| precious drops and sucked the cool moisture from
their garments.
In verfcaon of the old adage, that IL never rain
but il pours while they drinking the delicious
rec ar brig hove in sight. When they first caught
sight of it, they could hardly trust their eyes aud
feared it might be a cruel phantasy. But 1t drew
nearer and nearer, and hope was rekinded in their
heal,s They shou ed with might and main, and
waved their shirts to attract attention. They were
seen. end the brig bore down upon them
With feeble strokes they urged their boat toward
her. and al length sank down exhausted as it touched
| her side sailor jumped down, and passieg rope
around each, they we're drawn on board Thus after
eight days and twenty hours of unheard Of suffering,
they were saved.
When fallen in with by the little brig (which proved
TO be the Mary of reenOck, bound from Cardenas to
Queenstown, they could scarcely move or speak
their flesh was wasted, and their skeleton forms were
frghtful to each other They also covered over
with small bOis, which were fsst breaking out into
painful sores. They had seen their companions die,
one by one and had lost all hope of being saved
Themselves. After they on board the brig 1t was
several days before they could walk, their feet were
80 much swollen, and go soreo. Food was given them
very spsringly until they were partially restored.
They had very little clothing upon them when picked
up but they supplied with all they required
on hoard the Mary, whose captain and ofcers acted
| toward them with great humanity. In one week from
the time they we're picked up, they spoke the bark
Laura from Bremen for New-York, Captain william
son. and were put on board OF her ION the 2oth OF
September, at noon and brought to this port. capt
Williamson had ship full OF passengers, ous did
everything possible TO supply their wants. These men
attribute the preservation of their lives 70 DIVINE
Providence. 10 the mild temperature of the watei
| The steamer was wrecked in the Gull Stream, ana
they were constantly drifting northward with the eur
reL. Mr. Grant thinks the temperature OF the water
was about 20 Fahrenheit.
1t is yet possible that shall hear Of the safety oil
| others.
Late yesterday afternoon the three survivors oy tne
| May were as well could be expected. Mr.. lice
was at his boarding house in Avenue ID, where ne
received in his room several Of his intimate trends
| among whom was Mr. Ashby. He s quite thin, but
rot as emaci ted would anticipate alter all that
| be has enoured Mr.. Tce is about q years OF age.
H. n;ad ,ba nositioD of first assi.tart engineer Of