The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-26
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Ths Narraw Escape OF tie United
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correspondent Of the New York 1imes, sends
mat paper an Interesting description Of the per.
fiieus situation ef tho T. s. frigate Sabine ia the
saie "hien damaged her 20 ~ to force her into
bermuda. The letter .ays:
We were six nights aud five days 10 a eve,on. =,
circular hurricane, corresponding @ the g uhn,,n
of the Indian ocean, asve that they only blow w,h
violence for fron three SIX houfe and outs onIv
abaied i've hours at one time ana three at another
do'npE one hundred and forty hoursi The for.
i.SsaHsa creseadoeS ~ere Of tweniyone and twenty.
SIX hours respectively, and ss were bl ,wn NJ, our
boameads BY the force Of the highest point orose
ior tour aud halt hours, during which VI. had
ave smaii ont tough storm stsy sails carried way
and ooth tiers OF guns and our lee hammock rails
lliSe gun-wales OF a boat) buried ia the water -
You may conceive the power of the blast which
could hold thus in the water, lander table cloth
and two napkins f,r oil sail.1 at an angie of not
iaoIe than 4Go, vessel of war with her
Z 900 tons burden, drawing twenty three feet. and
having twenty-five ieet, from the copper To the
hammock rails, out OF water.
In the height OF the gale our tiller irons parted
and it needed nerve, GOODNESS, and great al
skill to rig on the gus-deck su iron tilcr like that
Of any coasterj in the Comm odore's cabin. with
tackles, &c. to lay Der to- by. The Commodore
was ON the quarterback during the worst four
hours. Capt Adams direct 4 the ma, aeuvres and
the officers executed every order with aim
OF religious ceremony. The barometer had fal /.
len from 60 Il to 2S54, aud would not rise The
starhoard boats were torn asay, aud oahea dayits
whicA refused to break, torn into threads by the
iashius Ut the waves. We shipped sea over our
bows which put thirteen men into hosnitsI with
fractures hich tore the heart cot Of the forstop-
mast stay saii-a small triaug guar storm sail half.
wsy between the fore;op and the bowsprit-which
tsttened down like Set baDdbox a strong oaken
chest on the forecastle and carried from the fpre-
mast aft o :he mizEen.mast our anchor stopper
iron.) weighing one hundred and forty pounds
The htehes were all battensd down with tarpau.
lin, and slabs nailed around the edges
Now conceive the ship In this position at ii A.
VI, Mordsy. t23ihj after thres aud a.hslf days of
hurricane, The wind bowling like ten tborss nd
di.cordaDt demons without 8 edpeg rasister the
water frothng ard kissing around us like the
pool Immediately beneath Niagara Falls tba deck
a, an angie OF IS deg, hatches ba,fened down,
hres put out, tons of water rushing through the
closed sun~ports at every lprch, and then imagine
al onicer cooily entering the Commodore's cabin
where was chatting With him. and touching HIS
hat. making the following observation, "Cornmo.
dlre, Captain adams desire me TO tell yuu that
the feF rag to1k II lose the aaTtf room and ttav
a.; trying 10 ight it, TIE nezt moment, thu E,p
thump, ti,1mp; the TuGier was loose and We "a
TIE mercy al the water~:uouDtaius Fortunately
the srsnker had been lashed in the lee p,izz IN
ri&siag-'ied inch by iuoh to the inside o: the
shronds. which kept her head to wind and ont OF
tbs trough Of the ses.
A wooden locust tiiisr was first rot M tus
snapped IN two hoGrs. Thump, thump, thump.
like the commander in "Don Juan" Some one
knew 0! az iron free scndder" down below IL
was found. weighing ups HUNDRED pounds, and
about twelve feet loag. To get it from the hold
to clap IL in the rudder head to rig tackles relief
tackles and purchases, by which it might be
lasbed down and kept in the eve of the rudder.
was the gnII Of some two hours, which seemed
eteEniies. Bnt 10 was relief to ones yery natu.
raj suspense H. with, 20 tbs consummate dexterity
Of these sailor-men with ropes. which, ir their
hands, became SO many boa constructors in grasp
and hexiblIy, .: with the puileys-leveTs to litt
the earth. When all the skill md grace that con
snmms;e coolness an d undsauted selEreliapce are
empio, ed silently and with the quickness o.
thought, to keep you on. OF niVv jones' Locker.
your admiration becomes enthuslastic
The Commodore aud officers never displeyed
hne or g wrinkle Of alarm For FIVE hours, while
she lay upon heS side, all thought sho must go:
bnt acted In their Efforts and precautions as il
there we're no danger. had some twen;y.six
hours OF suspense In all. l was braced up for the
frstspell, but when, after decei ias lulI oftsre
hours. 1t came on to blow stronger, rather lost
my temper.
In tle middle of Monday night so A M.-tbe
EMP TOOK nre, the bell rang, the drum and fife
beat to quarters All hut four of the crew and
MAJ iaes were in their places. The Discipline VA.
perfect, and the n re wac soon extinguished. Tbi.
alarm only dstuf bed me by waking me out of the
first sleep had bad for sfXty hours 1t was not
comparable to ,hs dismay at the broken rudder.
bet IIere were plenty on board whom it hit hard
ga the third quarter Of the sixth dav the
gale absfed. with heavy raiu-sq aslls The baro.
meter crept up ashamed to % o. the tiIer ropas OF
the wheel were led down through the dtc, 10 the
iron make-shifi; the lashlngs we're loo.eued which
had kept it shined hard down for so many pain
ful hours; and we drew long breath of reliefaud
thankfuness for q more miraculous escape Of five
hu "dred pnd fortye;hTee sous ihsn l ever sav
recorded. In the same spot, ia 1882. the French
nect fonndsIed in similar gale. In it the Vile de
Paris, 10 guns, went down with all hands