New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-08
WAS 1T TIE STEAMSHIP PACIFIC,
A MESSAGE FROM TIE SEA.

From fae Lon8p shipping Gaz<ne.
Onr readers may have Ob.efved emily among onr
maritime extracts the eopy Of the con'eo's OF slip
of pager found IN bottle weeks a,O on the
western of Uist III the lebn o. and forwarded
u by aren't at stornoway. The PAPER 10 qu.s-
ton, pareDtly the leaf OF poe book, usrd 10 tue
hurry OF the moment WAS covered both rides vi
Iencil marks from which tie following was with dif-
fcnliy de- phered:
Oa board the Pacific from Lpool to N. York. Ship going
down (GreatJ confusion board Ice ss. around Is ~
every side. escape write The c,nse o. or
WI please Set 1t publ 0 edwin Grasn'
II we are right in our conjecture, the ship here
named j. the Pacific, of the Collins line 81 steam
era, viii vessel left Liverpool on an s. 1871, tines
days before the rerris and has not sin been he rdo;
ann Ills Flip of payer, three inches by two probably
tie only record Of the fate Of tat missing strip. We
have not come 70 this conclusion hasiily. On receiy-
ing the fri record from Siornowny ut once pub
il,heh ~ as tie best And most expe iii,us mode OF
pia ing it before those WHO mi hit possibly he inter-
eel IN the fate Of the vessel named The Pacific Is
by 10 means an uncommon arpelaii0n nor e.peciliy
among tie ship ing If the Uuit.d States, and did
not despair that light would be t,rown mon the
message from the sea" which lad 60 siugulaly been
preserved and plicel IL our hands.
After wal ing for some time, we rece we'd a commu-
ii'aon from Messr. Zereg, Of New-York, stating
that their chip Pacific being u poG at tie tine OF
the record bad reference thereto but they
much feared il might, Notwithstanding the difsrencs
In tbs names, appiy Ia their 10 Bal IL, which mad left
Liver in JJpusry lart, and bias since been heard
'f and We were requested at the zane time 70 CON-
muuHe with Mr.. ZeFega's agents in Liverpool THIS
We have been careful 70 do, aud at the sne time We
directed ssarcb DO made among he sts of a-sen-
gers I'D crsws, both II tie BaIric aud of the Pacific
Of the Collins line. We have ase,r' ic that no PET
son named Graham Oh board the Bllc when that \
ves' len Liverpool last on her passage 10 New-fok,
but II appears that man OF tht name dill sbip rs
bel in the Pacific il January S. 10 10 true
lie shipp.d by tic name Of Robert Graham, whereas
theslp Of paper l. signed 8 Nm. Or ham" This
however Is discrepancy which wi not count for
mann. rim which eafuing peoT lie frequently give their
names, and the facility for tn intake ee"ted by
the Ordinary mode II entering the pgnes Of sbipe
Company. From the facts eli.fed 30 far, we come To
the conclusion that he vessel lost, and TO with tbe
trail memorandum before refer, WAS ship named
the Pacific. Tie writer was evidently some perron
accustomed 10 the pes Of ihs sea Tor II il dihcu 10
nDderra, how any person Whose nerves had not been
hardened by the preserve OF frequent All rpPhh
dM gers could have written with suci manifest cool
IN the immed te presence Of death. ThiN s.lf-
possession At negatives tho tea that the person
Win could exhibit IL il u moment OF ,ncb supreme
Peril could Iosibly have mi'taken the lame Of tae
vessel wllose luss "e ha. recorded.
Teen, again, we find from the reco'ds OF the lost
Pacific ha, per-on Dsned Graham snied In her from
Lve'rool Oh her III f'et voyage, aud, H. all human
portability, on board ut The time she was l,st
with all lsnds. Tbi. IS Ire strongest point in the
tive chain of evidence, for il connects the writer Of the
memorandum drec y with the lot ship, and the ship
win the w,iser. L,sus, sinee the memorandum has
been given TO The wol.-nOw some we-k--we have
had 40 inimniion tnst any ,bp named the PAtiic,
sailing from Liverpool teceJtls mas bern LOST il
port long ago that al lose OF her recovery has
been ahandoned. Some interest might posi- ly even
at this dtance Of time, have been f, ia the at
btl.ng,d no on. er EXIT The rernsiaipg sps o. the
collins liue have been ~nmo Tine 'nce disposed Of
and are employed, We be-ys, or were recently en- |
Iloyed, On o line from Ne~-fork to Panama. 10 |
sul, 40, We have The furt that % BE- sur
name as he rgned tie sl'p Of paper fou ID ia a
vile on the shore Of tie ilebri..s sipped steers.
in the Pacific w Janusr,, lSb, and The pesump-
tion Ii every way Strong ag,iL.t h. having mistakef
the n,IBe " the rbip iu VIII he snied, AID APP
parentIy ut. We also know that tie Per-ia, which 4
sgiled three DAYS after the Pacific narrowly escaped
destruction from ieebergs on her pas aye oat.
Tue announcement ~ the HIDING 81 the memoraE-
dun and lis contents has been some weeks IN oar
columns, but, with The exception %: TIE 'ommhic2 oi
already re!ened Ia, il has pIn uced no response "ieh
Il utterly unaceoritabe, eA@pt ON the snppoa'ion
either that vessel named the Pacific has been lost
or that he belonged 10 parties who have ceased 10
have apv interest in her fate. The irs hypoihesi~
contrary TO The tact; the second quite rocouiabie
with tho fact thai me yersrl referred 70 IN the msnhr-
audHm Is Tie Pacific steamer, OF The lat. Collins ne
aud 10 her. We leave TIE extraordinary voyage of
tie bott. which contained Graia e memoir 'Ddum o.
lie eousider,'ioD Of thoe who ike Capt. hanry and
others, have made tie phenomena of winds ana cur
renis Ia tte ocean their peculiar study. wien tLis
bottle thrown overheard IRON TOE Ia me, that
We, 81 surrounded by l'ountains at h~ Ibis any
reeeutact of tho ouiy Tecoed OF nisg'l1ceut rfap
esss, ed the crash which osiecafsd Ill isars OF che
vessel fum which it wiz ihowD, was carried, IN all
thousabos of uIilss lilo q, aud w.sony
tleassd when the lee ulrlrd In tie tropical san. |
u,esum,,jon IL nut q violent ope-tbis |
tr,uiI, messenger was sweep by tie Coli s'rraia,
and carried III ~ the com,e nsarly 10 te extreme
,.,as,,-,ad Ti., bottle wa found gu TIE western
or o. the Hebridee, where IL Mri ed under the mye-
ferrous gui Anee Of influences wh"h have OF late
years earnestly engrossod the attention of scientific
peovriuLers,