The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-07-13

AND DEATH.
The following letter, says the Albany Jour.
nal, was written by Mr.. Jacobs, United States
Consul General at Calcutta. Its statements
would be incredible were they less authorita-
lively vouched for:
CALCUTTA, April 20, 1864.
The following is the statement OF William
Palmer, late second officer on the ill-fated Ell
vina, referred to in my letter of the 10th IN
stant:
The Elvina left Calcutta December %,
bound for Boston. Her crew consisted OF
Nathaniel Andrews, Salem, Mass, as mas
ter; his brother, 5. q. Andrews, mate; Vim.
Palmer, q. ID. Blake, JAS. Jordan, I'd, Sd aud
4th mates; John Tenylon, A. NJ. Bowdenl
Peter Nelson, +. Bunger, G. Peterson, }. An
derson, Il. Frasier, Thos. Brown, p. johnson,
John Wilson, Alex. Murphy, Jas. Williams,
John Lewis, seamen; and Francis III. Hodges,
Boston; James Sandiord, Boston: Cambell
Weke, New York; Ed. Lewis, Del; Robert
Willart, New Orleans; Thomas Porter, \. }.
VIM. Riley, Portland; George Chase, Ports
mouth; Chas. Scott, William jackson, East
boston; John Buckley, Brooklyn; Wm. Law,
Maine; John Desmond. New York, Consul S
men sent home to join the navy. Fair and
prosperous winds attending, moved them
across the Equator in twenty-iour days alter
Th, Southeast trades snrang nm in the south.
am, Vi, wsnt nlaasan,iy pntil the afternoon nj
tna ro,b IT, ,,;nd ouita frash dur;ng tho
Az alp AZ blaw a gaIa oradnallv inereas-
in., l., str.ngrh ~ evening esme On and "a
o-,7s,,;nn.d ,sroncbon, tho niaht Evary nra.
csn,ion ar the c9mmencemeni had been IA.
Ian tha Iioht sails and sticks sent down from
tne tons and secured on the cabins roof, The
orhar s.;ls cIosaly rse,ed vet The shin b,und-
"a -, - n lSfs.b hodilv from The water
~ ,hraa ,ha nsorn,na ~ the sorh the snare
,ns;n,onn,as, hroLa laose from its la-hinos
80 rs.,,in.r bscL and for,b over the deck
s,nya ia ,6s cabin doors the lasarette the
-. - .,oid-h,ns hrnLa down inc s,an-
ch.'oas md hnIw.rts aud finally went ovar-
s,osrd ,,o,,nd;n, haay;lg aoainsf The sida =
E",.r,',i',,'r ,.;,s,r raa.h 81 The ,ataI s,ick
- ,.a ,'ar,aa, ,.rscI N,orrar,s ~ a,ator
, 80, ~ h,',,a nasl-s ~, 30 ost,;r "a
t'.'r ~. 80 S.sLH,ho dsn,aoa ~
Nv" upon sno .o"o' ""'
aoTe Ts ~ 80 no '.... 's.,a s,, ..ar,.a
ne sup hom nseu suuue5 " .ai' itsa, a'e ~
.ha a., "ou :. ~. s,s H. e'.e srd. @
;..so 90 IA ~ .s.h s,e ~ .a'~g .aa
'o sno .o'1 ..o.en .AI f. 10.
,s,,', ~. " 80, a. M Po -, 80, 49,
-, anu sAo lia.u auI ~. .a'as'
sa slo ou usea, eus :" y
sne ~ G anu e.i sln ny
pau IN ue,us s ~. VIM, ous even tnen aohat ie,
hrosdsia. - ,ba a,;nd and go snd In one
- ..,-s ~, -. s,,.,.aS oyar su,aan;no
s~sv 'ass ,s cah,, sI ,ne brohso cssrs The bopses
forward and ths sfrao gling snsrs haId nv the
r;,,,,' ,ha 4 h,ay;I. s.a,ns,
,hs sid.s dasrrov;ng ali hone Of The "
meanwhile VINO had gathered upon the t,,p-
gallant IorecastIe. port-side. the only spot un-
Washed bv the waves
Tnis afforded hn, a brief ras.;ng nIaca
TIL. hnll was slowly sinking hut steadily and
the cr,.T sorang oyer.hoar5 Ava minn,es ha.
fore She wrnt aown lasving The nsster ana
his bro,her alone standiag together To
gether thew sank and we're not again seen
Gaining the floating spars, the poor fellows
rested Tor few moments. until the cabin roof
was driven within reach. unon which they
clambered. to .he number of eleven. The
rest had disappeared. Here. tied tn the snars
they laid down npon the sails' and tha sea
washed over them. Al seven. The wind died
away. and. tearing a shirt in two ,hev raised
signal ~ distress Two nnmnkins sola raj.
ics of the shin,s stores were seen floa,jno
nigb but moi within roach and thew IooLad i
Io9ginglv unon them as thew nassed 6v,
Al noon the wind again sprane ma. BLOWING
furiously as before. The waves swept m.
multuoa.ly over the raft. carving away two
of their n1mber One George Chase swan
hack and was assisted nnon n but soon tnrn.
inc black i'm the face from swallowing ses
water died.
All through that dav and night the storm
eontinned modera,ing toward morning The
skv was overcast the second dav hut ths
wind went down and the sea became mort
calm The snn rose brigbt and clear in ,
= c'o,,dless skv the morninS of tha third dav
and his bsams heat most fercaly mon ,bei
nnshal,arsd haads Msddanad ui,b ,hirst H.
thsir sgony so,na of ,han, dr.nt 900 ,ra,a
and d,ad
III, -,
,,s,re.,,s s,.d arr.n, ~ has,ra Ana,ie. az,
,r..s s''..i..N.,.s. - " a. 80 ~
sul '''ois Sus on his iess anu a'e ioi ny
,ns's. ,ss u'uo eiuse ieaslns lne sniP-sney uiahi
n v"a S. S.no wv uiui s sei . lau sney eee az
81, n.y. uiUp VI "aeei nau they oiahh 10
.a .1ui as.t Say ine eiouus gatuereu overhead Oh
n s,'s n'. oas sas sui. ouIn' lheln Oh "a ais
'. sno - - ,sa.. nan peloie' iua
az sies 90. aa,;na ~ ou ro,na aus ssngpeu owe we
80. sss hars, ~ ias,,ar. -, sve noue, ! oai a
a,,a sS,,h ,ns wa shall no, Ion,, ~ = inos'
GA a,ilI saan ra,nrns Thav rara ,oS ~ ava;
80 nrsvant Il and no swan away Far !
.b.ir Aim avas conId ranga Aid ,hev wistf,lI,
sgs,ch Him sp,nmino On the sharks nlashinc
,ba;r - bi,a ,,ns hv bis side tilI he was lost i
,he distance The siytb dsv came and went
and ano,ha, d;ed
The seventh morn;no cound Them homeless
aud desns;rine. too veal 10 stand snirities
and exbsusied tbey Law feehIv cJinging to m
snars and another died Rnt three were nov
lrft al the eIeyen--and sill thronoh The Ion,
forenoon did The burning rays Of that terribl