The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-02

As the bark was short OF provisions. the captain
| etermined to make for the Western Islands
which, with the favorable wind then blowing, ht
could make 10 three or four days at the furthest
vessel which turned ont to BE- the bark Lotus
Capt. Treffy, bound for Yarmouth Nova Scotia
and who, although himself short of provisions
consented to take Of those who we're either En-
glish srhjects or American citizens
The twelve whose names have been already pub.
iished we're accordingly transferred to the Lotus,
and about an hour after taking them on board
that vessel fell in with the II. Penderou, Of Sayers
Point, Maine, aud bound from City Point, Virgil
mia, to Glasgow, With tobacco. From this vessel
the Lotus procured cask of water barrel of beef
and two barrels Of 1our. The Lotus now proceed
ed on her coasse. but after ve days of 6ne wealth.
or she encountered head winds on passing the
Great Banks. She succeeded, however, in reaching
Halifax on Sunday last, At three O'clock where on
her arrival, the health officer Of the port introdu.
ced Captain Trefry, Major Drew and Professor Glau
benks!ee to the captain of the Prince Albert, Who
offered them free passage to New York with their
fellow Passengers. The offer was cheerfully &C.
cepted, and the captain Of the Albert detained bis
vessel until the rescued passengers could be placed
on board OF her, when he started at once for New
York.
AFFECTING INCIDENTS
Mr.. John Palcrusia in his statement relates the
following affecting incidents:
He saw one gentleman and lady jump overheard
with their clothes all in blaze. In order to get
out of the reach of the flames, which were every
moment coming nearer and nearer, he took piece
OF rope OF some three yards n length, and letting
himself down, fastened himself to the forechains
underneath the bowsprit, where be hung some
three or four hours, waiting for the French vessel
to come near enough to reach them. As the flames
Increased, the poor, miserable creatures on the
bowsprit jumped into the water. as their clothes
caught on fre-dropping into the water, as
Mr. Palicrusa says: "like drops of rain in
neavy shower" One woman, with two daugh.
ters, kissed them both, and then putting her
arms Ground them, all three Jumped into
the water. An English lady, who came on
board at Southampton with her husband, had
three children with her-a girl about f. We years
old, boy about three, and . babe in her arms
The husband bad jumped over, and as the flames
grew hotter and burned more fiercey she took her
little girl, kissed her, and threw her into the
water She then took the boy, fair, healthy little
fellow, embraced him, gave him her last kiss, and
threw him in lie struck on his back aud struy
gled very hard rising to the surface three separate
times, calling out, Mamma" each time, in the
most piteOus tones, then sunk to rise no more
The poor woman then clasped her baby to her
breast and !u0ped with 1t, kissing it repeatedly
as they sank to the bottom.
young man who was in the second cabin, and
who said he was going to California where he had
brother, had his sister with him, girl 16 or II
years of age. In order to save her from the fire,
he fastened a rope around her body, and making
one end fast TO the deck, let her down over the
side of the vessel. He then put another rope
around bis own body, and let himself dswn-
but the rope was not we'll fastened, and as he
jumped over, it slipped from under his arms
and caught him around the throat As he
struck the water, the waves dashed him up
against the vessels side, and falling back again he
was quickly choked to death; his sister shriekiDg,
"ilelpl heipl will nobody help my brother!' Mr..
Paiicrusa says when he left the vessel the poor
girl was hanging there, screaming and crying
with the waves dashiDg the dead body of the
brother against her every few moments. An Eng.
lishman about so years of age, who came on board
at southampton with his wife, crawled with her
cut on the bowsprit far as they could, and as
the flames approached they clasped their arms
the water and sank Immediately. Aud so brothers
and sisters. fathers and sons, mothers and daugh-
ters, embracing each other, jumped into the
waves.