The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-13
The Boston Weekly Bank Statement.


TWO BOATS, WITH CREW AND PASSENGERS, LEFT THE
sHIp--osE OF THE BOATS PICKED UP AND TAKEN
TO HAVANA.
The bark Albertina, Captain Barton from Havana ar.
rived this morning, briDgsshome seamen, late Of
the ship David Brown. The following the of
the women passengers In the captain boat-Mrs Muir
ray and child Mrs Knight and child Mrs. Foster child
and servant The passenger in the mates boat Capt
studey Capt Berry, of the David Brown, would take
passage in the steamer De soto for New York.
From Havana letter OF ian. 81, to Elwood Walter
20 on he or Tram
ssr Pasns Cape Horn leak commenced sna and in
asandGT the ship this was done LAT Il long
e captain oe ebase 81 ons having on BOARD ionr .s s
end * ohdTen eldest Of the children under four years
nd 81 the the ocs 9"S " charge
s Ge ss ees nss Z" aIar sr the ss %
captains boar picked upby the Spanish shin dor
boat six days previous The
aling In with the Observador.
since putting the above in type we have been fur
nshed by Messrs. A. A. Low Bros. with the following
extract from the protest.
Nothing unusual occurred until in As g. in the Atlantic
when they experienced heavy gale from W, with
fosss The violence Of the gale lasted about twelve hours
4, six a the gale moderated someSnai shipped very
hs gale The ship eaI ed sufficient keep the forward pump
Of The after pu@ps Between the parallels Of IS and %
had fresh and head but the leak did
the Equator pee Jan s. 1901 lat q s NJ lon 80 - ~
At midnight all the light calls being handed in
topsallapt sas and ., three A n fore and main
5s he az pump not sa@s
sounding the pump ship;
be Immediately went down forward and found the
were called and the hip kept before the wind in order
possible feach the Island Ihanas The we're
very fast AL three pumps manned part Of the crew
q "a s more nY hands sm sa ny @
eas gaining a. The rate Of ten In hes an hour all three
Ss;s5 ssiI sch ansins nrsssiss . sse .Sip
los ionsh = res, e ssansCn her with the s,yse IN
soi boat. overheard night without having them
water and provisions ol.ced IN her all the ladies' and
q wa. impos.lDls lay alongside q the ship
AFTER he Or~ ~. ana boat got
Of 100 miles =, hall past two r abandoned the
riSn "s @ the deck beams as sse
@ s 81 oS board s 1sf ss
dren the officer and o. The crew, chief
ali he 81 ss
no. e s ss 40 o. sa the
70 search after the other boat throughout he
n"S hey be: &c sp i1 s
%s see ssns e ne hs s0sS S
children Continued in the open boat with variable weather
cr ssnt of room clothing food and waser as
sy on ssS, 1ou sg s ss ry say ss
saw .nohsr sail asern; wore around and stood e
ship osseryseer from csd Havana They treated them
na Syas W ss sn to the captain
from the NeT orleans Picayune, Feb. 81
We learn from Captain Mcconnell, ~ ~. steamship
HaDana that the ship David Brown, Captain Barry,
bound Liverpool from san Francisco, with cargo &c
grain, lost latitude % deg, longitude 30 deg on
the 5th u rysenty eeven OF her men who sayeo thsm
selves the masters boat picked mp by spanish
bark after being ten DAYS out, taken iuto Havana
They report that Capt Barry and nineteen other
took another boat but hey lost sight OF shortly
after The ah'p abandoned and up the time the
Habapa lett nrhng had been heard Of them though the
rest had been niteen DAYS IN port they having arrived
on the 10th. They may however have picked m
by Northern bound vessel. OF the twenty
taken havana BY the Spanish bark, above men
toned six sent 10 TINS port IN the Habana, by
the United states Copsul General, Mr.. Helm.
Since the above written have received the
following addition al particulars ot the ortunae ship
The David Brown sailed from san Francisco with a
crew of twenty men all told women and child
rem and O. ee male passengers When the leak dts
covercd Captain Berry bore the Island of 81 lhom
aa nv great the captain managed TO within
about 900 miles tbe eastward OF thar sad when
found impossible 10 keep ne ship adoat aud he had to
me cao:an took one boat With eighteen % the crow
with the women and children passengers The maze took
another boat with the remnant OF the crew ana male
passengers After they had been at sea three days The
boats parted company. That c CONN r ey
mate reports having boon at sra nine days 10
an open boat, during Which time they endured almost
nnard Of sunefnga FOR want 81 food ~ water, when
pey Mere ON the 1ith - January picked no In at ~ ~
~ Iop - ~ by he bark observpior, and brought mt,
havana s passengers being al British subjects, Serc
h,ey aiken charge - apd kindly treated By Mr.
IraWiNhi ne British tOunr General If Cuba
Tho David Brown hal been eighty DAYS ~ sea whom
sne apruns slaak tho nbrqrpador when IA The cod
20 p'rs'n of 3er Cow, was from ,adi1 AMI