The New York herald., 1862-12-21
The Wreck Of the M. SsRfogei-intcrsst-
Ing Details or the Occurrence.


UNITED STATES BARR GEasBoK. Ilec II. 1902.
The H. Sanford Ashore on Coral Ress-Thc Wort Of Enp
t,ing sae Trarspoys. Troops I'm R,t1 to Key Wssts
Conduit ofG.c Men on Me Occesap--A Chance for The
"2so-ctaeyins cfErash Corai Bra 0as frop "a. .Ssd-
1hc Sarn1e Fyiendstip Of The Cceon--l l.her koasats
Of TIE R gin,ent, dc, dc.
We're YOU ever stranded coral recfsY II not, you
cannot syInpathi1e With US But you can listen TO our
story Aganss the Carys'ort Reef there is largo and
conspicuous lig.thcusp tho and from II ON
to tho shore tho white coral reefs lying beneath clear
and beautiful The peculiar gren that settles over
them is natures ayer;ncncnt OF tho dangers that lie be-
low which showb u warning can easily DO read on fair
day. We the officers aud soldiers of the One Hundred
and Fifty ,th regiment New York Volunteers who
the I'd Inst, came board the NJ Sanford 70 frm gs1
OF Banks DIVISION ,roko up on Tuesday morning 70 hesr
tho fact announced that ship firmly bot
toned on the coral reefs. The irst !
looking out OF the window were the boxes of
bread, nnuskcts tent poles going overheard white
river Of bcans aso pouring like cascade into the sea
over the deck Of stranded vcssel sooa, how
over asccraned that tho armer she stood ON tbs
rocks c safer tho ship hcceaorh Go BE-. Thsro she
is to-day slowly reccdns from view. mile from the
lighthouse unA q straight line nom The Lighthouse TO
the shore her stern pointing "a the region u safety and
her prov directly facing the reefs and tho shore Tho
old wreck s, 'oo,s ccu-gecs as though she bad bsnn
arrested In desperate onset upon invincibie enemy
Accidentally and yet wisely strandei fortunate IN
msssor1rncs ve sow Ealing rudef the Of cays
Csvency os lie pni,ad Saios -of-wur Gomshok
sisted b. the steamer csokssonc. which has reversed
her course 10 favor 10 calamity We expect to-day
10 reach Kcy West, The old pilot, no ieve lacks good
eyesivh,, and cams within an ace cf breaking n
peccs ON Oe Haitezs. lie is under arrest and w be
tried by auc course T lxw.
Tho mer behaved well when tho disaster
uounco aud were entirely obcdent 70 orders. The ship
soon ed with water up to the waters odge, which ren
dercd her condition safe by causing her TO be more
strongly fastened her position among the rocks Nobocy
seemed 10 be really afraid though was not until fonr
O'Clock IN the afternoon that assistance from the
Ceusbok, by the transfer Of mon 70 ts own deck.
one comraay-captaia rax,sr's-went with a steamer
Going to Key west, which all that oh. could carry
being already laden with many ;roors,
CAPTAIN Eduagd Cavondy, Teuton by birth, and hav.
ing been h three years IN tho naval service, is the
commander o the Gersbos, sailing ship of seven guns
She taken several prizes since the war brose oct,
cic,crtly engaged n the battle OF Macon, aud is very
wiling a, any day 70 meet tho teribe Alaba
ma, tho "a9o," which some Northern imaglnatIoas
have craled to tho dignity o. ron-cad though she ~
only ooier cruiser and rather lightly constructed AZ
war vessel The captain thinks he can conquer her
far ukut. tuNcI InatCncr IN the Acti Master ano
Executive Oaiccr, Theodore wahof Acting Master Ths
welsh Acting Assistant sn gcon, Thomas j. Pray aas
tors Mate, SC. The reef which the srncrd lts
is the worst reef lie coast said by masters
Is the Sanford nsurcdg understand she has not dol
lars insurance.
In every disaster there is something entertaining Al
lie ship Jay in eight water, ard certain number
we're watch g the motion of vescIs lying In tho distance
who. We supposed, had seen or would lsgs ~
half mast, ahsrs fishing up the beautiful leaves Of
,ora which, Ia ilcir growth have 90 closely inflated
,be structure u the purely vegetable forinatgon ot
rcro. Win ccntral ridge or trunk frnm
.ntch the numerous lesser branches cm,nlte
bess became tpassion among the younger ON ers ard
oyi,ers who wilt carefully send them 10 their vortharn
rIcnds who viii keep tom not only IA mcneaoss o. the
r,stc beauties OF the ses, but ss tee memorials OF
he shipwreck of regiment, &C. the ricrids Reefs. a
About The nrst message CT The fnorrlng tbeF
emsbok and the lighthouse; then a wrecker. u
,as,es floIidan, tai ioug nsckei, saarp eyed M
on, person, who volunteered bis services n taking 10
"a blo,kadng sauaaron u tho io,5a Inlet, tser i,
rh for the Dt twu hundred dciars q. AZ, bss,o
CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PACE