The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-22
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hE BARK PARTHIAN IN A CY-
CLONE
dhnaiBLE sToRA-NASTS SWEPr Away
scsNE ON BoARD-ARRIysL AT yr
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Sr. Thomas, WI
December !, 1868
we nave arrived at St. Thomas on tbs h.rt
far'o'an, after being at the very portal Of ds.,h
The Parthian sailed from Hampton Road. an a..
4sh, with l3o men, for Rio, but wa, driva, ...s
by gale on the nighsof the 5th Tho ne,,r,rn-
log she again set sail, aud made fne nrorra..
until crossing the Gulf Stream on tho svan,na =,
'ne stu, when she encou ntered n severa hi.w
"aieh lasted four hours, aud damaged the riceinp o
Il Httie. by O'Clock the morning of th. Ip,s
we were Soa miles cast Of Bermuda, In lat 36 po -
IL Was here that weTirst encountered the ,err,s.
cyclone, which came so near seudins the .h,n 70
she bottom and by Z O'Clock that morning.
We were IN Its very vortex. The vessai u.s
hot fonnd upprepsred, however, as the Can,.;n
had fured every sail In anticipation of the
hurricane. The wind struck her on ,hs
stern, and changing, struck her broad.id.
ana 70. nse nutes she was on her beam en- is and
then buried IN the water six inches over this hn,-
~arks from stem to steru When the wind .trrr,
10 brosdside. Capt. Miller TIM undersd ont ~ c,',
swsy the mi11en mast, but before tho ord.r c,rIs
oe executed, the lore and maiu masts had bsen
blown away close TO the decke, with A lopd ,raL
carrying away the tibboom, bow.prjt and fhs So
wales, O. the starboard side. In few momsn,.
tse mzzen mast sent over, and the vessel reIIevaS
OF her STICKS, actually bounced out Of the wa
ter, aud by o'clock was rolling and nifchin, -
tse broad Atlantic without sail or mss,"a 80 w
Piete wreck, standing sometimes at an anglia of
wales. N "ei kuh'
During the storm the cabin passengers displayed
somiIapie coo!ness, running from point to ptint
OF the ship with their knives between THAR teo,t
cutubS away the hanging rigging and c,earin =
the wreck-a little pale, probably but "a self.nos
sessed almost rs IL they had been at home on
shore AFTER the gale had suostded part,a "
Capt Miller, who is the bravest and cooisst m ~
III time OF danger I ever saw, came down intn rbs
cabin where we had all collected and A ;rnlv nj.
ieciog scene followed; the tears were streaming
down his cheeks, and he was so choked with enc.
tioa that he could OF speak. We ali took OF onr
hats, aud gave "Dino cheors for Capt Miller with
a vigor that fairly Jared the ship and then
grasped his hand in hearty shake. He said he
had been % years at sea, aud this was the first
time he had ever lost mast, aud our salvation
seemed TO him to be miracle. One of tbe pas
sengers tainted, and it was half an hour before he
was restored to consciousness
The next day, Nov. l3 We rigged jury mast,
and shortly af.er a schooner. bound to IIernnds
bore down to us aud promised to send us ste am.
er We bore up ior Bermuda under a sort of main.
sail for eight DAYS but meeting n steamer aud en-
countering heavy head winds, Captain Miller
started for the West Indies, aud en- the ,ast ot
November We reached St. Thomas, aud cast anchor
before this lovely city. We are all very proud of
Capt. Mliier, and bear almost family affection
Tor MIN. Among opr cabin passengers is Mr. Ty.
Ter, nephew Of Ex>President Tyler
l am writing on board the Parsbjau. and have a
hne vie " OF the City of st. Thomas IL is bult on
the side of three hills with very narrow and yery
clean streets, without sidewalks. None of Oh,
streets are much wider than Locust AIiey in
Richmond, and every body walks i'll the middle of
them. This last pecuarity, however, is rot di,a
greeable to pedestrians, there are few horses
here and but one carriage in the place. aud no carts
or wagons.
SANTA Anns, ex Dictator Of Mexico, resides here
with his wooden leg. He has beautiful villa and
Is said TO be Notwithstanding all his possessions
about $40 e00, 900. He seldom goes out and the n
in gig OF no pretensiors l went to see the
American Consul here to-day ard was rood de Al
pleased with him. have ouly seen about TEN
Americans
All Of our Irish laborers went ashore vesterfs '
and got drunk; two OF them got into prison. cos /.
ing MIR. " ilsoD so to get them cut. We set to
work to get hem sbosr , and had a terrible time
OF 1t. After we g)t them on the vessel the strug.
gle commenced to keep thela in the place set apart
tor them. They refused TO 20 down in the hof5i-
At last We were armed with sabre., bowls knives
aud pistols, aud the order given to FIRE, and
'hen charge on them, if they were not down ih
n!teen minutes This had the desired effect, aud
they made grand rush for the batchway, tumb-
iiug into the hold head foremost.
A house on shore ill be rented to- morrow aud
they will be put in IL while we are here: which
will be one or two months, as the hull of the Far
than is to be sold aud another ship is to be
tered.
fnere is a great deal of tropical fruit here, but
As there Is also som" yellow fever We do not ca. it,
Yours, $50