New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-26

insg. went on the rect about two miles from Cape
Corienies. The Passengers and crew were safely
landed-crew consisting of "a persons, aud passengers
The crew i'll state OF mntlny, and threatened
the lie of the captain and passengers. The steamship
Cahawba arT ved last night, bringing the crew of tue
Yacht Mary Kingsland, which lost on the Florida
coast. ishing smack also arrived this morning. and
reports that "A large ship, cotton loaded, ran on TIE
Florida reef yesterday morning by letter 10 Ill,
wood Walter esq, Secretary Board OF UnderwnIers.J
AsoTREE sLAyTE.
Correspondence OF The journal Of Commerce.
MATHEW TowS, Inagua, March $, 1861.
The bark William, Capt. Pelletier, of slave noto-
Iiety passed here The 9TH, and anchored III Mano-
War Bay, about ten miles north Of this town. Yes
terday boat came from her with the snpercago, who
cal ed on the Consular Agent here and reported from
Port.au-Prince, in ballast, and bound for New-Or.
Orleans with inginmast sprung and rather leaky, and
in want OF three or four men. Seeing strange boat
approaching shore, gave our wreckers the impIes-
sion that there a wreck somewhere along tie
coast when there rash made for '-oais aud sew
e!a started, confident they sRih cgB,e at North-Nest
Point. The schooner John Williams ran down TO her
and spoke her They were ordered not 10 come on
board. Her name obhtcraed from her stern, and
she appeared 20 have a complement Of fifteen 10 TWEEN
" men. She Immediately weighed anchor and drlited
out of the bay. She was seen OIL the Southwest
Point on the 4th iust and her suspicious movements
In this neigEb0rhood incline our inhabitants 10 the
opinion that she intends 10 repenish the market IN
Cuba without the risk and sul ring Of the middle
caught in that trap.
WRECK OF THE YACHT ". RINGsLASD.
passenger on the steamship Cahaw ba thus describes
the rescue Of a shipwrecked party from the Florida
coast. on the 10th OF March:
About O'Clock our lookout discovered yacht on
the beach, high and dry, WI signal Of distress yg
Capt Smith II once stood III Tor the wreck, approach
ing ar near as prudence would warrant ana ordered
biz best suri-bOat under the command Of first oihcer
j. b. Baker TO attempt the rescue Of the unfortunate
men women and children now clearly feen from The
steamer. With intense anxiety We watched TIE heroic
Baker and his trusty boat they dashed among
the breakers now tossed into the air aud now sinking
beneath the angry sea foam. Quickly the beach IS
gained and the noble suri-boat measures her length
upon ii. The family gathered, and the wife and
mother, with her two children ana two nieces, are
placed in the boat. And the deep anxiety Of the
shIps COMPANY becomes intense rs the boat, with IT.
precious freight, again dares tie inghiiul breakers
The captain, with spyglass In hand, was watching
every movement Of tie htle craft now darling ny.
ward like 4 thing Of life, aud now dropping below the
line OF vision il az though We could rear Tie
beating OF every anxious he.5rr about us, until the
captain exclaimed in triumph, She safe = " She
saie 90
Again the trial Of another peril came and again the
brave Baker triumpled over the angry breakefs, and
the husbands aud fathers with their rescued fam
lies on board the Cshawba. The wrecked yacht
turned ont to be the MARY kingsand OF and from
New-York. owned by Christopher c. and Danforih H.
Scott. She sailed from Ncw,YOrk in October last,
bound south, and touched at various places iof the
purpose Of enabling her passengers 70 give theatrical
performances. These consisted Of the two brotbers
and their families. Her Last place of departure was
St. Augusta, Fla, March J. bound for Key West
On the morning OF March ., ahout clock, a heavy
northeast gale broke upon the little craft, and despite
their bert eXeriOIs they found themselves doomed TO
be driven on the Florida coast.
Yielding 10 the fury Of the tempest they headed for
the beach, and, neryed 10 superhuman efforts, met the
awful crash of the beach and suTgiug blllOws; and
tod ila
Daylight soon revealed the surrounding desolation.
rude tent formed from their topsai their only
shelter from the Storm After three days of suffering
the two brothers started for Jupiter lighthouse, distant
eighteen miles leaving their families to the tender
mercies of the bears and pantLers, which nightly
prowled about their tent.
Their appeal for aid for their suffering families failed
10 move the inbuman hghtkeeper. They could obtain
not biscuit With empty hands and heavy
hearts they returned 10 their suffering families TO hope
for rescue only from friendly SAIL or to meet
starvaOn's bitter end To the north was the inhuman
individual who cared for their suerings TO the
west the imPenetrabe swamps, and on the SOUTH dis
tsn about no miles, another Government station and
lighthouse where, If reached they might might not
procure relief Ten days and nights of fearful suffer-
ing and forebodings came and went and passing sail
saw or needed their flag Of distress During this time
the party subsised manly the tops Of the palmetto
trees which grew around them. On the 18th day of
their trials, Captain Smith came, saw, and rescued
The party consisted Of Christopher &. Scott and two
daughters, aged fourteen and fifteen year,; Dsnforth
L. Scott his wife, and two children, aged six and ten
wears all of New-York. The kind welcome and I'M
firing attentions of Capt Smith, and the officers and
passengers Of the Cahawba, soon made the rescued
party comparativey happy, although all their earthly
possessions were left behind them on the beach. A
generous contribution among the officers and passen.
gers attested their full sympathy with the suffering aud
destitute strangers
The keeper of Jupiter light ought not to have a
second opportunity of msnifesting his inhuDsnity.