The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-18

yesterday morning, with nineteen Of the
missing passengers and crew Of the Ill
lated Golden Gate, and news that four
more were safe at Manzanilla, created n
sensation in the city. The list of these
saved ones will be found below. There
were no females among them They
were in the boat that had not been heard
from at Manzanilla when the 50 Lopis
left TO come up A narrative OF their ad.
ventures can not but be interesting. For
it We are in.ihe main indebted 10 Charles
A. Bedford, one Of the number.
The Golden Gate, il viii be remember
ed, was lost on Sunday, the 9th of July.
These twenty-three saved, James Scott.
the third mate, being in command, were
in a large boat, which, with the other
boats, lay 20, the north Of Manzanilla
on the Sunday night, but in the morning
was out of sight. When morning broke
they were rather surprised 70 see them
selves alone on the ocean. Believing
themselves still north Of Manzanilla,
they stoered for a hcadland that looked
like that OF Manzanila Iarbor, but
when they reached il they found out
their mistake. Still they rowed South
until Monday afternoon, when il was
decided 10 beach the boat and travel
overland "dOwn" to ManzAnilla--a sad
delusion they were lahoring under, not
knowing that in the long night they spent
upon the ocean their boat had driftcd
past Manzanila and away TO thei south
ward eighty miles About five o'clock
they bcachcd the boat on fine sandy
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fayorably, as all were saved. The "duck-
ing nobody cared about, for the sun
beat holly down upon the sand. They
saved the boat too, hauling it up high
and dry on the shore.
There were two brothers in the party.
Amos f. and Il. j. Clark. One of them
had saved $4,000, and when the boat APP
preached the surface he was told TO tie it
to the boat for security; but this he had
not time to do, for the boat capsi2ed, and
the next thing they knew they lay upon
the beach, with the boat atop of them,
and Clark, who thought he still held the
money, found il gone!
The ship wrecked started along the
beach south, Immediately upon being
dumped upon it so unceremoniously.
The sun was blistering hot. By and by
the party discovered a deserted adobe
hamlet near the beach. Hope rose high
at the sight of human habitation--bit-
| terly TO be disappointed on reaching it.,
for its two mud novels were long desert
ed. However they found a small well Of
water there and gratefully slaked their
| great thirst, which had been the more ag-
grayaied in some cases by drinking salt
water Here our little party rested in
| the shade for half an hour, and then
back to the beach southwark bound
again. Night set in and they lay them
selves down to sleep, budding together
close as possible, TO keep the cold out
Little sleep had they, in spitel of their
WEAKNESS. Before daylight they were
up and travelling again along the sandy
beach. By-and-by they reachd river
of some seventy-five feet in width. Now
| the question arose how TO get across.
Third Mate Abbott, Amos Clark and
Chas. A Bedford volunteered to swim
across and prospect" Thomas Kiley,
a sailor, also volunteered 10 cross if he
was assisted by the other three, as he
| was not much Of swimmer These
volunteers were just starting across,
when Kiley saw some dusky looking OBJ
ject swimming in the river, and ex-
| claimed, whats that - Ii was a croc-
odile and many others we're soon after.
wards seen Still the volunteers, with
| bold hearts, swan toward the other side.
Kiley had put his clothes in q bundle
around his neck, and when less than hall
way across he became exhausted, and
| Bedford and Scott had TO swim back
with him. Clark, however, kept on, and
was soon rejOined by Bellord and Scott.
| On the other side of the river they found
an old canoe, and caulking it as well as
they could with strips Of their clothing
they managed TO paddle the whole party
across the river in safety.
After proceeding a short distance they
found another deserted mud house, but
nothing in or about it. On the beach,
however, they now found plenty of clans
and smashing the shells open, ate mode
rately of the cOntents-few venturing on
more than half dozen, for fear of the
effects A mile and a half on the other
side of the river they came 20 an abrupt
step, for huge mountain stood in then
way which il seemed almost impossible
to climb. Here the light first dawned
on their minds that they were travelling
in the wrong direction for ManZanilla
They turned back crossed the river in Tia,
canoes again, and after another drink u
its thick, yellow water, held council o
dcliberation.
Julian Balinger, fwho was not particu
larly strong suggested that the strOnges
of the party advance as fast as possible
while the rest followed at an easier gate
and that the advance send back assist
ance of any kind that they could get
Third Mate Scott considered this o goo,
plan, and il was generally endorsed; 81
Scott, Riley, Beliord, Storms, and Car
roll, being the strongest, started of in
hurry. When the rearguard had left Tia
river behind them some six miles, a Mex
lean and his wife came down on horse
back to look for turtles eggs, and fortu
nately were met Asking where Mama
nilla was, and how far, the Mexican sig
nilied that il was at a great distance
The Mexican was then sent after the ad
vance party, and at last they were al
together again at the deserted hamle
they first entered after their landing
The country hereabouts was low, scrub
by, marshy land.
A collection Of twenty five or thirt,
dollars being made, the Mexican wen
off and brought back some native cheese
tortillas and rifle whisky, Afterward
j. l.. Hulse started for more. He toun,
quite village, distant about two and
half miles, where he got more tortillas
fresh milk and whisky. After eating an,
drinking their ill, theswhole party wer
conducted TO a hacienda, about tire
miles away-some Of those most fatigue,
being mounted on horseback.