Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-16
E.oss OF tl,e steamer Atlnnaa--A.
.,r bout -FiGy Persons isr0wneG.

'i Tic steamship .ttlaiita was s'lost 5h IRtH5th
inst about t@o hundred rnlps suutiiof Sandy
Hook She WAS Oh ihcr way from New Or
leans to New York, d, Fl From tie iournn!f Of the
latter city. we CLEAN Tie Iallowing rprtietlars:
THE bark W. H. AndrisHif, wiiirh picked
up five of thc survivors i'll lat. 81 deg, > min,
long or Asg9 !l5 InihE' ''irtiScl ht sHwE FORK
Yesterday Captain Price furnishes the fol-
lowing statement Of lis voyage from Nobiic.--
He says;Iir5 il. 10 dor" ,pa,ci~ ni ID! h.7h
H. No incident Gf note occurred a.trr js;@tug
Mobile Bay ,un;;l TIE, morning Of Tues lGy
the 17tll list, when at dayli3E a DARK @bject
was descriet! tossinG'on thc@'w~s sb!nt. eight
miles westward from thp bark s.posit'ers, ihin
| viewing closely through tlGlpnlina 3InaS, the
object was discovered TO BE- piece Vi !. wreck
having Il '.wllItc handkerchief tlyiIig aid on
t7Shirli were seated four persons; irimtdAtely
ltlirrGed the course OF the bark toward the
wreck, hearing ZIP AZ, nearly asthc Jug y sea
on at the time would permit; then ordered
one Of the boats to be lowered, which was
Iinanncdby four Of the crew and Mr.. Claib-
orne Young, first mate oftbc'Wm f. Ander-
! son, who soon reached the wreck and rescued
| from pending death William Drexler, ,passen,
| ger, Thomas Holllng, steward; Wilhelm Btu
mer, steqrsman: Augustus Killer, frcmnn,
tand William7Newmhn, senman,iall OF the III
! fatel Atlapta,,s ,..oien+. 4 ,...aa,l. !.
When the rescued reached the bark and
l'weft transferred on board the Boat, they Of
If3red the most grateful thanks to those whom,
hunder Providence, were Instrumental i'll their
salvation. ,,,I ! then set,a watch, but could dis
cover no lnirlhcr TRACES of tie wreck then
mNdc4 sail 'for my destination, and safely
rcuched tliis port last night. Hati L'a .rb"
.'' ''TI1' TsrArEAEAT OF 4 stRy1voR. 2''''@'
h74 The gtearhcr Atlanta, Capt Williams, whicl,
was Host sit sea on THE rnornitg of Saturday
1.-the ;l4th ipsl,,was lppnd for New York, from
New Orleans, with q c9rgo Of eetton, nqnl
! belring s6me 200 bales had on board crew
Pof thiiSY.Gve men, and seventeen passengers
jlamcng ml,Dm were four ladies aud'ono child
and ALSO ,spme United .Stales army officersire
turning home one of whom hclolgcd to. Il
Rhode Island regiment. Thursday night
iIoth inst ,,da stiff breeze was lAoMliig, with
Icons7defablet sea running, which continuedin
.ccrqasipgas the night wore on, and day began
pr Friday, lie gale did not abates, bit no fears
-fwcre dpprchendcd for the Aafttyiof tie Allan
Itadhntilrthnt dsy she sprangp leak AND made
1 water freely. &, The pumps were immediately
set to work and every effort made to keep the
water under control BY Captain Williams and
iIhis subJrdiiiates but withbutsuceess !Through
i IoutEritlny night. and1 Satlslay. the pumps
were kept haGd at work, with the haolpyea that
the steamer could be preserved afloat. Until
gPHs s,;B$st st s' typsgl u gslaEyA,tt aE!SS
. "a. l., "a hnJ fl,a fin md nD
,exf}inguishnng fhrc' 'fires, thus deprivihs the
'hpuidps of the stea1i 'he trss:iry totketP5 them
aiiif operstonf NJ tHft npHa 81 Ilw II ,!nb.o'
/, The Captain giving up ohowi- all lh0pss, Of
d8ayins his ycssel his attentlppq to ~ he
fpasscp gers, who had, up to this time, prescrfed
1th4 Erbatest good 6rt!er; hnt death threatening
fdyeNauemont! and1no FRIENDLY hand to sue
4 cjcdr,iit was onoughto. makei thu ateutestquail
Ihse, passengsis gath9ged iar22unq the Saptalln!
and other officers, beseechlng aid IN thep
helpessness; but they were, as themselves, ,ttn
able to give assistance, or even hope. Ih'
h salli crntinwcdJ anat with ticloss lofSthe en-
/, gges by the putting oqtloG thu iEesu the lyes
j sci could not set stesrpse Way and teil 9t1
Ito the trough uf the sea, each Sucoaadihg wav
q nihkihg d cIhdn rbptatl I6flieR anil lsweepih!
aiii hi" 'NoitGioT l49il)GTq
sEl InIlthisii exhemiiyp Captain, Milliams, f9rd
cred the boats to be lowered, Yhifh! lH
/ mediately swamped, with the exception OF on
q a4ddtpRedif fr5m Her f,stehiigs 70 The slif +, am
feurn ols thecrewlrreyiou
-lIered into her 70 the ladies ard other pas
sepgers life-preseryers were furnished ! and nd III
! lssiructo6s given for their use; but not mue
aftih6 fJr preparation Was nov peiaiteed,ito
s4theasIip daedking fore iand''aih9 bepare,teaI !
ltllree pieces precipiteti9aal eon nB9aEd, cYlfth
tsa Gs Il sS,s t asy ssFs au assss
n iHg IN getting holas of'a' piece f@Feek lo
sEwhiehto eansaiiI, within ,femotlrers, PASTOR
t tunate in getting on pieee Rt,tRs .ddeSk, AN
S smoking roo,p. about thirty feet long, bpt tn
lh6idisSiaSsS1aeT 'd' o. is;uq's
esk1nTbas throughout Sunday
!. Sunday night apd, Monday until THesada T a
e morning. with the. water dashing repeated
ealTal'I aver us our hands and ioWer fmBs Bein
s 66ifmGSh issWollsH,galfd sGfensd BY expdsareiap
l.at%adt, having neither food dhrih
81 otro continuance ION 5thed wreck Tresdba,
n however, WIG. .Yere gladdeped,by the sight OF