Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-21
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tAo<vTV NOct ceSTsePo'aeNesV LOdoN fpsfI
1t wss reported as an established fact 10 Bangor
last night that one oi the divers had entered the
saloon of the Royal Charter, aud there found
about 200 passengers. in the positions they oocu-
pied when the ship went down; some htting round
the table, others standing upright. and oshers ~
il 10 the act Of coming from their berths. A sim-
liar story was told SOME sir or seven years ago,
after The wreck Of large steamer Oh the BsiIy
Light. Hill Of Howth. Indeed, in that casc tho
diver was made to describe some Of tho passen-
gers ~ in the act of lifting glasses " their mouths
The lie was printed, and obtained very general
circulation before it wa-;coutraicted. The elessde-
tailed account is in tho present case equally dsst
tute OF foundation.
Two experienced divers. who came from Liver
pool Id tho steam,us Fury, the property Of Gibbs
Bright Co., made n descent yesterday, and re
manned n considerable tmc undrr tho water, but
they saw no corpses pencath neither did thy ind
any gold; but they raw scino copper. This morn
ing they mnde their dcsccnts upon very favorable
circumstances rs regards weather and the state OF
the sea. They bavo discovered nubodies; but, up
to o'clock this afternoon, they had succeeded.
with the assistance given them ly mon on board
the stcamtug, in raising about three tons OF cop
per bars. These bars have undergone some smell
ling. but are not in II finished state. There Ia n
good deal II silver mixel with tho copper. At
one 1elock the divers suspended operations tor n
short res, anI rcfroshmcnt. They resumed after
about an hours interval.
Some additional articles Of wearing apparae.,
with spars, No., have been cast upon tho beach,
One "r two canvass huts have been erected on tho
remains OF uasts, and in front Of ono Il these
snch articles ns have names on them or would
otherwise serve fnr purposes of identification, aru
spread nut in melancholy array.
Amongst them nre seven photographs, two of
mcu, two of ladies' two OF children, and one land
scape. Nome Of these have as vet been identified
ns portraits Of individuals whose fricnds have nr
rived ut the scene of the wreck, There il a stock
ing with the name Jane Murray" and anuthcr
with the name "F. Davis upon it, There Is a
portion of a shirt, with the name ~. r. Smith,"
and another with the name "R. Thurnhil," fol-
lowed BY the date "la46." A large, coarso wrap
per has The inscription &c. r. Rsa, passenger,
Royal Charter," painted in black letters upon it,
On piece Of = shirt, IF. Fenwick;" on another,
Jim Ices. 1855" On piece ofa stocking
'T. W." and on u small piece Of linen, "T. O."
There II number Of visiting cards spread on
piece Of wood oue has the inscription. "Mr. Ed'
eowes. lag Cambridge street, Pmlico;" another.
"Mr. Sam Mnxley Wade, Low. and Gill. Liver
pool" Oha piece Of linen ia "Jamcs Davis,
Noalsidr, 1856" The whole scene of the wreck
il extremely n,ela ,oholy one; but peculiarly
affecting incident took place to-day. A poor
."ung woman was searching along the brach to
fnl s,n,e trace "f ,cr husband, about whose fnto
she was uncertain. She discovered n wnstcoat
which had lust been washed in and which Ind
lcrn hung W in r)nt oi the tent by one of the
coast guard. Almost frunticny She pulled it
down. 1t proved To be TINT of her husband, u
man namei Rarrctt, who had been painter aboard
the Royal Charier. The grief of the poor widow
WAS most hcnrtreHdng to witness. SoIne Of til,
saunders lay. in m attempt IL comfort her sugge1-
tel that she IN, ght he mistaken. "Oh, nu." said
,hr," here i, my own work upon it. My husband
my husband: Good lak down upon me"
Amongst those who nnxiouslv inspected this relic
WAS the Rev. Mr.. Lewis. Wesleyan clergyman.
Two Of his hr,thcrs were aboard the ship--one ns
pu'scr. Their arrival Mt Queenstown had been
tclcgraphcd 10 their aged mother, who wrote 10
the reverend gentleman TO meet thnm Mt Liver
pool. lilo now, poor fellow. PAGES tho shore Mt
Muera Bay to wntcl, for the ,lead bodies Five
bodies were washed ashore mt Moelfra Bay, nnl
seven at Pennne enmaur yesterday.
None of those have as yet been Identified. n"
bodies have been washed up t''lay. Several Of
the dead persnus have already lecn Inferred l.,
Mnclfra Bay aud Llannlis <, churchyarls
Tho wreck remains in precisely the state as shN
Amlwch were Int in charge. At low water
good piece Of her hull is visible. At high water
there ar" only portions of twI Of the bno;s.
On tho whole the people in the neighborbool
are reported to have acteo very well. Several
sums Of money found hy them have been given up
to the coasSnard The fragments Of the spars,
and even ot the mainma-t. seem as il they had
been smashed into small pieces by some mighty
crushing blades mpelled by steam power. If an
army Of giants had fallen To hew up the ship it
could not have presented more traSmcntary mp
pearahco.
AFFECTING CI1CuMsTANcEs IN CONVECTION Win
THE Lnss or TIg ROYAL CHATTER.
tFfon The London Tost, Oct 81
A painful degree y. rympatny WAS expire 'se
with MIR. Belt, scedsman. Begge mnrkct, New
castle-on- Tone. who has lost son by the wreck
Of the Royal Charter. In the early part Of the
year Mr.. Bolt lost snr in England. the young
man being drowned while bathing. lie had three
sons In Australia and as as thr young men
heard Of the loss If their br1ther they cast lots
who should como home to Engl md to comf,rt
their mother The lot fell upon fine young fei-
low, sailor and he took passage in the Royal.
Cha ter. and has cen lost in her. A pman be-
longing to Blyih, in Northumberland, went out t.
Australia few years ago lie took passage, and
was returning home IL comparatively rich man ia
the unfortunate ship. He sent letter ashore at
Queenstown telling his wife 10 meet him at New
castle on Thur. day. The wife set of On her Dur
ney, but just tn learn that telegtaphic message
had arrived in Newcastle with the dreadful intel
ligence that the vessel was lost, and that nearly
every one on board had perlshed. A poor ol |
pitnan, named RosebuFy, living at Seaton Deln-
val, it was stated in Newcastle on Saturday last
lost two sons and son-in law by the wreck Of the
vessel; and it is feared that other north country
pitmen who were expected home in the Royal
Charter have pershed with her.
THB Com TRADx.--The Chicago Democrat thus
reviews the profit Of the corn trade.
"As we intimated might be the.ca some days
ago. the receipts of the wheat begins to fall of and
unless the recent advance in price renewedly stimu-
lates farmers to sell, it is probable that the rscsi-
pts Of the grain at this point will not exceed 40.
600 bushels per day until next Spring But the
receipts Of corn. the other hand continue to au-
gment, and the subject Of the greatest interest in