, 1865-07-26

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among the hundreds that crowded the deck
Of he Lafayette. Tears stood on manly
checks. and In eyes upaccpstomed to weed.
Ladies' took from their persons rich silks and
stufls to c1othe unfortunate women, Gem
tlemen doIed their b1oadrloth Tor Tie com
fort Of the men ; and weeping sailors strip
ped themselves 1or the benefit OF their fellow
scaren.
The kind pursers conducted those that
could walk Into the cabin, and placed the
best Of the ships board before them and
the b, lplsss were fed like babies. We saw
sailors iorclne small pieces Of bread, dipped
In wine, between tho pusched lips Of the
ehipwrccked seaulen. In US short d time az
possible they were all made comfortable and
The history OF their misfortune ascerta1ned.
They were passeprers in the William Nelson.
from Antwerp, which had been burned at la1f
o'clock on the 9Oth lns:aut. in lat. 40 Il.
long. 50 =.
Two boats were Jet cut; the long. boat,
containing thirty seTcu pelsons. and sus'l-
we're about one hundred others.
Capt. de Bocands immediately put his ship
about and went In the direction OF the wreck
Of the William Nelson, with the hope Of
SAVING more ives :, Az 21 tne ta1lors IT mast
i,ema hsaa sa., ano.nr pasa. oyat .. ~ aoons an
so1t ~ Frsnce Wnien ~ p'1h , ~
bost, sontalntns fourteen. before We Z; reached ,s
fainer aedS ax5 moshcr M fom1 % c5,1d,sn the the
Youngest 1nay &c" & meehs olo, anu e'eos s
sehmtn. Ibey we're nearly e3hansteo, ana
10 tnoef tnen mo!e comloftaDls, aa0 70 lot,
Ma1o taem g tnen holnea Win nlose speea
man was IN tne power o. ING cap'sin o. d L.
ba1qhe, Gapt' a. oeahae caneed tnem 70 os
1otts-1onr tnat tae sea naa rendered up 10 h's
care.
As IN; lae palns1 u ING Laiayel1e hsnoea Up
t1eee nttle cuidfe1 70 the iaalea On deck he
kissea eacn ohe o. tnem WIN tenderness
that brought tears 70 many an eye.
WIN pnomptness and humanity t3as Won
the hearts Of AL on board, Capt. dc Bocande
ctnised in the vicinity Of the Wreek. firing
cannon and rcektts I'LL n3arlT morning, but
could neither hear nor see anything of tho
boat and Talts He then pm. Ills ship On her
course. II the lafayette he'd not been de-
lAyed the second day out, ahe wouId have
betn seventy Ave miles beyond the scene OF
the wreck Ct The Nelson at the time she
wicked up her passengers, Tht4 and thn
eoutherly copree OF the Lafayette Is some.
thing fof all 10 think Of.
AcTo1.r oFTm rrpx1xc ov TUE Ey1sox
.W1L'am ho-nsIe!n account OF tne oorntng
o. tne HANam Nelsoa nave opEained, as
iono"S; s;.,,,, ,s-...,
ins Mnnalo Ss'son Was nrst e4asa PACK
eIsn}p o. neg i3th,: COMMANDED ny Eaps:
Lew omtt9s Sne !elt An!werp on the ID oi
.S Ing and flusnlas on 1nS ath lor es" YORK,
nlth I'VE hrndred and NY souls on oosrd.
On tne Fo!age toe1e nag bsen tWo births,
sixteen cases OF lever and ak deaths, maklcS
1requenE iumsgatlons OK N snip necessary.
Iae morning OF Inc sotn Kotnstela De.
scended into ne ship where the sex we're
lying. and found tqe alr 20 infected as - make
ftff1tqAn3n 1mmAHl8f&(F nGCfA44TC
the safety Of the PASSENGERS. Cap:. Smith
gave alr. Rothstein charge Of cleansing the
ship, which Is done By hlpplcg heated irons
into lar and swinging them through the atr.
During ttis process one o. IT, men cmp,o5ed
in Iasntgatn5 ies rsoa2t iron ~ laso .toe
as tne ceiling. tothstein, who stood behind
tne mea. oHce9ng !hen, ca1snt Up mit.
lass ana mag u ana nsmselt on tne pail OF
6iazlnS LAT, Wltn Inc loea Of smoths'ing the
nane, When II e2pto9eu ana taSeR htm and
the MATTRESS DICE Sa,dten leet The men now
becoming alarmed, thte" upon It straw beds
and oths1 comoastanle substances. which
burned IKE lofcIes. N zen minutes the
flames burst up the hatcaT1y, and were run
ming up tie nhlnnase ana rigging IKE nely
serpents. ..,,
1he scene now vas indesetiba sle. The
divided y INTO tHo paE1s, separating itlends
and iamliaes ana dt1ssng taem to the ex-
tftme tnas OF tne burning Ve5sel. oo51s De-
came frantic and leaped into tbs sea: Othcrs
few up and down The deck Tfap aed In the
names o. the1 CLONES, r9aains ne ayr VITA
thel5 enlleks, snohg men cieneaed ,,l 10
deadly combat 1or Inc possession OF q Life.
pfesefsef Or = aPar' ana gnaauy men and
women: WILL lnlenH i2soe9 70 !hen1, swung
1neMsei5eS onA'ue tae sup " 1opes. 10
Wheh tncy ciung unsl Luz me oalned toem
N lHo ma Lei tae sauesefs iowa INTO A.
Watefy gave; 80
ABOUT one aonassa ,sis hessons M nao ga!nesed
1nE many any ~ a@s a.at .aG tess 49, iato 1ue seA.
When nc nte ntst nfoAa out tea sailors
ttl11a IAe loas toats t@pauls VI uutalng
u, 6nty Of sevsnG !essonel Aaa foHea On.
IheS were pfefausa upon 70 fetnf1 ana take
," rsn3 snisb 4hc t,so Gate. n,.,s,s,, i,,
as many OF ne sailors as they could control,
lowered TIE thiee smEli 9oats tnone 81 them
seaHoft1yl. Ana paced IN Iaetn hotnstlena
vile nna tour children; ana the rest Or the
Ne.sen's passengers paekeu up ~ tne La1a5-
ste; ~ Tue eosls NerS 70 xed away from
the namts, neH eILes tnem aao angatea On
1n.i,r n h. ssy.-t: H. vas 1i.k.d m nnS
Geene - ~" us .sst,,,a. = wa tSN" ~. auo
ths 9 ho1,nre y Tie to.t sn~s ~ ~ Xxi, a
ns saofn1e ~ ihtY Hers ,e.cnrd VI 'A' t''asef'
Thtn Capt: Smith and Roshstein could do
no moe Tor the sufferers they leiptd Into the
eea sad svsna away, more @ to es:aps =: M tle etiss
sa,.. -. ths;- 49,, 1;v.s sf1er. hnr1nM haeI; +,
sase tnss s,nt G"n I've ,E et ivy ag ossn ~
up BY one Of Tie boats.
On Wcdpesday, June Is, at $ .. m, the
paseengers Of the Lafayette assembled on
4ecx d,,, 10 Titnsss Inc & oaPtlsn o. lhe son q
william hoias1ein, only . ieS Eseks ola.
water, were placed upon table, and the 1t
tie fellow was brought forward to receive the
p ct omtns lafayette Bo:ande, tho names OF
the ship and the captain VINO saved 1tm from
On early grave. Ffeslacnt h!ng, ol Columola
College, New iork~ othciated.
Aits1 the csremony, yudGe EaMaFds .h rlelrs
dttion Of the passengers OF the Ne'son, and
proposed that SUBSCRIPTION pc taken ug Tor
their benefit. In few minutes slI hundred
a. liars - Eoio were fnlseo ana divided among
them. Aost oi me passengers saved from
the wreck Of the Nelson arc Americans.
STELLA.
pAssExoEKs or TIE wlLL1Ax NELSON SAVED.
Oar cones pontent cnclo4xs the following
list Of the passengers Of the William Nelson
who were sayed By the Lafayette: |
Frat tabtn-M.s G. q. Smith, of New York:
Aies Genr9ia Smith. tdaughter}; Mtss Emile al.
cen, New icrk. r,r,. ro,.
ssx Kntx eIa f11 rh9,pen aeM M
iian Eccard, brewer, Bsdrn Hngo Frintz, brew
er, ptnttia; Leonb Esli. farmer, Swi.ze.land;
George Kretz, fireman, Baden; Johann Aoos-
hIngger, a,gef, ssdsn; hstthsos sta Moo.e.usxrr,
'.na s.S.a'sn attf5n fs1sns, 1n l'aa @,csn h
ian Mniisr' fsru,e1. Wnrttmberr: stsnhen San.
eaipeiti, farmer, Italy Theodorine Gia,zberser,
France Nina Gambe, Holland.
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Na-GNThe rG p":.'1,re e.,::t an1
Gompromire,
IFYom ihc New York Tlne.7
E,eaeticl ,in1,,r, n musician otta.hsa
~ ths RsTs1 troune har,nr m'1tiaa % ,an ,u
son.a W .u ~ tha t-,,fc enc nT ths Zsnt,attaa
disccye,eJ Thar fhe had formed an attach,