New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-10

. clear Of The reef. 10. new dapgr appears.
compartments filing fast, and sse Is yiubly set
BY the stern. The water PUSHES INTO the tnnnsi, a}
indicate seven feet in the bol Unless steam be ~
up down she mus. 60, s'ern first, in very few nh
| utes panic reizes some--hsppIy bat few--ofHs
: pa@ep0ers A rub 10 made go the boa-s. kthcy =
launched the Lascar crew VIII re'Rs 70 Tcrk, and
the general ruth they will BE- snDk or stove 10. Q1i4
seated on the poop Lord EigD is sing with =
usual tranqnillity. Some few days before our arr7
be remarked 70 me that Gale was AN unpropitoa
place for hin, as there he fst heard the news OF u
Indian mutiny in 1867. "Absn omeH,' was my reply
but in the very blight Of the crash amid the howfs
wind and the bissing sea, he asks II rems'nbs:
what he told ne about Gale. Baron eros noay
seconds BIS colleague. He Ia cool and collected, I
though walking ON the Bous wards aud Engisl
and France were never more WORLDLY Representa-
by their two ambassadors, who Get an example h
every The parie is but Of short duration. ns
chiefs. twenty-five minutes have elspsed and Nj,
Bailey, the PeDipsular aud Oriental agent WITH NJ
Jsniy, the actiog Harbor-master, comes board, AID
DOW the steam is up The chief engineer haviDgpoan
gallon after gallon Of oil on The Goals 70 quicken the,
action. rumor is spread that the captain going co
10 sea- In truth, that was his first idea The yes>es
provided with powerful pumps, which can only u
worked when the engines are gong. There 10 %
,com in The haroor 70 steam ahead and the eaptal
rusts he can keep her afoat outside with the puug
and save ship and cargo All hope u destroyed
BY the fearful rapdity with VIII oh the water risss
Tie chief engineer rushes on deck. In the name Il
III
| state Beach her at once" But the rnmor gain
ground, and some Of toe lasseDgrs poster Lord Egn
with vain reques's: VIII not yo9r Lordshp order
! The boats 10 be lowered r. " Win you not prO,ee
aga nst going 10 sea I" "Wil you not speak 10 ,hs
captain r.
| Lord Elgin steadily refuses 70 interfere with he
captain in u dissha re Of bis duty but sends Colonel
| Crealock with ess1 gs" Lord Elgin presents hs
"complin eDs and wsbes to kno if you are going %
| sea-" Going TO SEA We are going down" And 80
we are ana that yisbly. Still not boa; alongside
the cargo boats having disappeared after Tie frs.
pump. The quarteTmastefs ave at the helm, which
they have never Quilted DUN the widest coofu-i0n
Heave at the anchor" Cbeerily, men, cheerly.n
They work with viii ard, God be thanked, at The
first revolution OF the engines The screw drives her
ahead. The bilge injection is set 10 work bu: the
water gains rapidly. IT up 70 her stern ports The
saloon md cabins are full. Shs is sinking fs, viii
she live across tbe bay and reach the sandy beach
Mr.. Loeb, Lord Elgln's private secretary served in
the Iavy in early life. He goes 10 the eaptan, aud
asks leave 10 prepare OF the quarter boats for low
erDg, 70 that five sink in crossing there may be
chance Of saving the women. Permission is readily
granted, ard Mr.. Loeb, Col. Crealock and a fe "
others soon have the boat ready for launching. Now
we are off. The stern sinks lower and lower. " Keep
your eye Oh that mast, quietly remarked an
old sailor to me: 4" | don't expect We
shsll get aoross and FIVE sink it may be above water
Al length We reached the sand. Let 60 the anchors
She swings ard the order given to go asterD bat az
the inst revolution the engines brought up sa Id
ing. The broken hawser ls rOuGd he screw J Had IL
y,
ahead. We cable and sbe is qnetly be 4ched on
the sand, stern fret. 1t is high time. little logger
and the wafer is in the engne-room. The ship b0ata
are now lowered. SO grea is the swell that 10 lie
alongside is work Of danger. There some twenty
vessels in port, but two only send boats. The first
Eng isbl Ii swamped ia the heavy surf. The other
tFIenchl gets uIder the ladder and fills, but the men
active an0 quickly bale her ont Both have tssir
slippers on board Let their names be recorded for
they well deserve il. The Englshman is Peter Uptoa
commanding tbe lark Waverley OF Ne yeas 10. The
FreDchman is Ch Messenaccher, Captaine an Long
Cours and lis ship il the Paul Auems.s of Dunkirk
Lord gin and Boron eros dspa.c hed Mr.. Loeb and
the Coo te de Basisrd TO tha-k them in the Of
their respective Governments But we must return 10
the wreck, where all is preplIed for -av the women.
During the whole scene mid toe widest excitement,
the lsGes behave mort molly. No shrek is heard auo
though few tears shed there is ither cOnfasi1n
nor disDay. To get them into the boats 10 easy
matter, but happily is concluded without accident
one boat receiving them on the sfarboard another
the port quarter. Push off land them quickly and
turn to the ship. But here arc two men the STAR
board gsDgwsy attempting to escape 10 the w11en's
boat which is full enough already. The OH ser On
duty pushes them back but they 70 be repuse1.
They clip part him. and leap, the first for the serl,
where he tumbies among toe ladies' aad nearly cap
sizes the boat; the second for the b0", winch he
nissee, aid tskes a header right into the wa,er.
There should have left him, but The sailors more
con passionate, and haul hin in, quite orenhed, and
half killed with fright Neither OF these msn is
English or FIench-the fret Is an American SKIPPER,
from the shore, and the Governors barge Is among
them. But Lord Elgin will not qnt the vessel uotl
every passenger is saved OGe after another he
them The side and at length steps into the barge
with Baron Gros the attaches of the tgo Embassies,
and the writer of this letter. We look at the stern,
which is all but level with the water, and cease 10
wonder at the escape OF Mr.. Clifford one OF
the passengers. He went 10 his cabin 10 recover
FOR bis wife. dashed through the
port eo the cabin, closed the door aud bat for Tue
venetian blinds which gave egress for the water into
the saloon he would have been drowned like rat in
hole We pull for the jetty, where the Embassadcrs
land, sorely shorn Of their 81 ry, but having shown
under the most trying circumstances rare example OK
courage and ste adfastG.ss.
Bob Lord Elgn and Baron Gr)s have lost their cre-
dentas their ipsuuctors, ands thec more important
papers. Lord Eleus Orders Of the Thistle and Blth
lie full fathoms ive" Baron Grs is minus a very
com deabe lie took out in specie for the expenses
Of his mission, aud large service Of plate. Two |
married couples have lost their tr0HssedUL their
ssnts aid the home r.ninscences given TO the Ia
dies before starting their distsDt journey Bat one
port manteau has been saved by eIther. Anoug the
nsls lost were th SO for Singapore Java and Penang.
The Maiabar had on board 0S0 boX.s of bullion, |
worth nearly $500 600; rs chests of opium, worth
upward of fl00,00 of which 2l6 have been resov-
cred from The foIehold The remainder are aft and |
cannot be reached. The chip herself cannot be re-
placed for less than ECO 000 and the rest Of the cargo
and passengers baggage viii swell the total loss %
bait million sterling. Tie whole of the bulion VII
mos; probably be recovered, bat the salvage due WI
be very considerable. Divers have arrived from Co.
Jumbo, with view Of seeing what they can save.