Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-01-20
The Wresking and Escape Of tbe, Fill,
bastsrsT+F.nllll Fl u. and Interesting. PaStic-.

The wrecting OF The, schooner. Susan.
with two hundred and fly fAibusters pm
board senihsir way sto, Nicarsgoa, has ala
rssdy been announced,i and The return aof
n ahe passengers ihebtfoiet. The New
Orleans Crescent, Of, lhe Aha through
Lieutenant White. Of the revenue service.
give the following sccouhtrof the accident
md its results: 1shiedaoo'' q ,'ne'zs a'''
70 A strong gale. Of wind from the NORTH
enabled the Susan 10 leave Mobile Bay far
behind in asfew hours alters citing sail, and
everything went on smoothly untifthe night
df,he 18Th, wlfene they were approaching
Reef, in the, outer edge Of The
Bay Of Honduras. For Two hours after he
thought 10 have been in this sneighborhood,
Capt. Maury watched in vain for the lam
tern of the lighthouse, which, unfortunate
II, had not been lit that. night, or, at any
rate, was not to be seen. Captain Maury
said after that. feeling uneasy, he, after
having been in bed short time, got up and
went on deck at about three o'clock. in The,
morning. He examined the compass and
found tho vessel learinstwo poins out of
her proper course. s7 Lsi9Esisavo - g. a.'
''sYou are steering usa thousand miles
from our destination ne saidto tbe. helms
man, and the next, moment, his keen vision
discernsdg through the gloom along line Of
breakers directly ahead. Helm hard up!o
was The immediate order 70 the steersman,.
but that Individual, berg more familiar
with the Nicaragua. pruning hook than with
the spokes of steering wheel. qpHt.ihe'
helm hard down. Even this might lrave.
saved the tessel had he KEEP: her SO, but
discovering the mistake, he reversed the
wheel just late enough 10 destroy all posi-.
bic chance of escaping the threatened dam
ger. Marry then had the schooner headed
directly for lie reef, in order 10 run her as
high upon it as possible. There was g
pretty stiff breeze, and with all sails spread
she plunged forward and struck upon the
rocks with a terrible shock, which soon
filed the water about her with floating
planks. With the prospect Of a speedy
death before them, the brave men OF, boarS
the little bark maintained the most perfecs !
order, calmness and composure.
When daylight appeared it was found
that the place where they had struck was
known as Clover Reef, about sixty miles
from Beliz Honduras and sixteen from 4
cluster OF small islands, on which the dim
outlines of the cocoa tree tops could barely
be discernedthrougIi the clear atmosphere.
Five men were dispatched in boat to the I
Islands, on one of which Middle Key re-
sides negro named Miller, and the others
proceeded 10 construct a raft from the
wreck for the purpose of reaching land, if
other means could not be obtained. A
schooner belonging 10 Miller soon after .sp-
peared, and by making three trips irans-c
ferred the whole party to Middle Key, tie
last among whom was Captain Ma,iry. leav-
ing on the fifth day after The disaster.--
Captain West informs US that during this
time they Jared sumptuously on couch soup, {
a dish readilyobtained in that locality y
Capt. Maury visited Belize and endeav.
ored TO procure vessel 10 convey his party T
10 their destination. He found and char =
tered one for 81 .O00, but in consequence >
Of representations made by the person in
command fher, apt. Goodspeed, the own
ers backed out OF their agreement GOed-
speed stated that the vessel was wanted BIZ
q party Of pirates, who would probably RUS
away with her, and thus, whatever may
have been his motive, he succeeded in de-
priving The emigrants Of any means Of reach
ing thcit proposed destination. ,.l. d .i..
Capt. Maury had an interview with Mr..
Seynour The Brisish Governor at Belize,
who, in the most kind and pulite manner. {"
rendered him the use Of the British steamer
Basilisk TO carry himself and his companions,
to any Southern port in the. United Sia'es {
he might name. He stated it was no rsrt
of his duty to inquire wha, business brcusA'
them there. He saw in them only a f,an;
Der Of shiprecked yoyagers, belonging. tp> y.
country with which his Government wish.-s
to cultivate amicabls relations, aandffhe slioui
relieve tiieir wants in The best manner le
could. He addressed the men in sinilsf
terms, and all bni Two, who concluded 20 p
remain al Belize, ayailed thsnsslves of his J,
generous ofers The Basilislsz sailed fre'ae
Middle Key onthe 18th .sult,, aud reached 2
Mobile on Saturday last. -a -, 4.;..
a3-lf five and l,ah yasdssnake a reFca
how many,will make cat fish, - 6
3 Here areitwo beauiitudes.y Iiis dau' ssst
d u, .eaQ. ~ 10. Isxy ..-.ss 81