, 1859-01-08
WRECK OF TIE SCHOONER SUDAN.
RETURN oF THE F1111BUeTER1.

lFrpn the New Orleans Ds6A. 4th1.
The voyage Of The Suaan, afset leaving Mobile
By, Was pleasaut enough. barring the disagree.
nb!e effects Of the crowdipg Of 70 mauy men on
small vessel Tho weather was. for the most
part, clear and pleasant; though just after leav-
Ing Mobile Point strong norther came up,
which enabled the Susan At once to clear the
coast, aud carried her on towards her destlns~
tion in nne style.
Oa the morning of December le, about three
O'Clock, Capt: Maury, cane on deck, and ln@e.
diately perceived breakers ahead, which fact he
notified 10 The 'of6rers Of the deck, who, how
ere,, thought that such could not be the case.
But in few moments Capt Maury's surnise
was proved to be correct, and it waa found that
the Tessel was running directly on On immense
helmsmea to put ahe helm hArd up, with The
ylew Of bringing the vessel near the wind, and
thus clearing the reef The man at the wheel,
it appears, YVES q new hand, and mistook the
order, or did not know how to execute it. In
stead OF putting the helm hard up, he put 1t
clearing the reef to windward WAS lost Il vas
ret possible, however, to weather It, and, there
fore, Captain Maury ordered the helm to be
kept hard down +: but, unfortunately, the helms
man made another blunder. and mediately
put it hard up, thus destroying the only chance
Of escape.
sail set, srd hold the vessel Oh her cou1ae, 80
that she might run rs far up on the reef as pos
B!bc. In few eeconds she strac1, with 30
much force as ID cause the Impression that she
Was going to pieces Immediately. In this awful
moment there was no sign Of trepidatiou among
the gallant company on board that little vessel
Every man maintained bis composure, and eFe-
r. order given wRs executed with &lacrlty.
| When Daylight appeared the situation Of the
vessel WAS disclosed. Il wcs found that, al
| though hard aud t2s. on the reef, there WIS no
immediate danger; 1he Tsather being settled
The Susan had Etruck on coral reef. shout
sixty miles from D1lizs aud ei11een uiles from
| group Of little islands, the largest of which,
called Middle Key, is inhabited by Il negro tam.
| i!y named Miller. Colonel Frank Anderson and
! party Of uen vent IN small boat to. this hey,
for The purp.ss Of obtaining aasss: s:ance, a1d IL
| the meantime large rait, capable CT floating
| the whole party % shore, IVES constructed ua-
! der tho supervision Of Capt Nau1y- At the
| erd Of tweuty.four hours schooner was seen
| approaching, which proved to be one OF the
three belonging to the Miller family, and TO con-
| tain Colonel Anderson and his compaa'on7' one
took about forty men from the wreck
"a tie third morning she took another party,
| cad on the fifth morning following the disaster,
al the zes.-Capt. AaurY being the last man to
lra7e ,he vessel-were safely landed on Middle
down to the Belize, With the intention Of pro.
curing vessel, it possible, to take the party to
their destination He found q suitnbls vessel,
tone which trades to this port and had arranged
Tor her, with the owners, agreeing to pay Q
thousand dollars
The negotiation, however, was abruptly ter
| m,uated by the subsequent refusal OF the OWL
ers to stick TO the bargain in CONSEQUENCE oi
representations made By the commander Of the
vessel. Capt. Goodepeed, who declared that h5
would cot go on the voyage thu: the men we're
party Of pirates; they had run ott from No;
bile with an United States Revenue officer; and
| thev would steal the Vessel as soon as they gol
20 SEA- TIE consequence Of alt this mas thai
! tie emisrnnts we're deprived Of any means o
| reacaing their contemplated destination.
In the meantime the British Governor, Ar'
Seymour. sent for Capt Naury, who, when hs
entered the Goyernor'e room. found tEat geutfe
man busiiy euysged reading the New Orlean.
Susaa from Mobile D4y. ue said, Il suppose
this is Capt. Maury:" "Ye., sir" "Capt
| Maurv OF tho .Sus4n:" The reply being in tht
affirmative, the Governor asked what had bses
done with Lieut. White. Being Satisfied on thi!
point, be proceeded to G17:
IL do rot want TO knox Anything OF you
business or th.: Of your companions do no
see the motives which brought you 10 this pas
! Of the world; with al that have no concers
Whatever; / only knoH that fad Jou ship
| wrecked 1nep, and Gs sEch entitled to assist
aacr: besides which, you nte citizens Of
l Nso'
ous Of cultir r.:lng the most friendly re!atiouS.'
He then cnered to pl=co the British s;eau1e
l;asi;isk at the disposal ot the party to carr.
them tn any southern port they might Select anE
ga7e Capt. Aaury az hour to reflect on th
proposition, and also full liberty to attempt tn
charter Of any yessel in port, should the part
prefer to prosecute their Eoyaze. In couse
quercc Of the Teusons above sisted. it becaul
lecessary to uccep. the generous o9sr. Within
IN hour at.er this decision was notified the Coy
erncr, the Basilisk WAS on her way TO Midd.
kry. Gov. Seymour went down TO The island
uod on arriving there summoned the emigran:
together, and repeated 10 them the c1sr he he
r7ads to Captain Maury. H. told them that b
should not inquire where they were going, 0
whn: were the objec.s Of their mission; sha
: he had duty to perform 10 which such ii
q lirics had no relevancy aud, in short. r.
lca1tl, Substantially. whl. { had said to Captai
slaury j: Er;xc, concluding by saying that il The
: el,nu'I decide 1o 80 M holrd the ElsIlisk thu
woull be viewed in the sacred light Of guests.
even went 50 far i, to tell them that il, they Ia
any aims they wished to preserve, they could ps
tt.l!i ii. tie steamer and reclaim them arTly
Ut N,ble.
AL t- mcn. eAcep: two, ataliel themselves
Governor stylnour's oll,'1. These tSo, who 4
mechanics, were lett ht.lud 1T their OWL rc'rcs
is they desired IN >t"tl.. j: Rcliz". The H.-,li,
lett MriGie L. y"n SEn1ty, The e6tll nlt,, and 4
rived II, :I.'l!c Bay uu Saturday morning.