New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-01

nave Wishes III
In narrow circles bounded;
And hope that lives
On what God gives, iF f
Is Christian hope well founded.
Small things are best;
Grief and unrest
10 rank and eaith are given
But little things,
On little wings,
Bear little souls to Heaven. ~
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BarnsnE ef she shpP Hornet. gas
8 Fg4sz DETAILS OF TEE DISASTER.
Fsens ths FIcnosaia niescial June 81 N
Ii as seldom been our lot q chronicle d more
srfeFEats ssn burning Ct The HoT
Eklpn 81 susssCapa more Proyidential than that
scf Il ii oEsE8n DIT tile ship y company. The follow
ing account haR been gathered from the lips OF
nj, e thIfd officer Ct The ship, and MT.
Cloagh, AeAEaaI both of whom have rel atiyes
residing ii San ranciscos who viii welcome them
Gs from the grave. n H&@4
The american ship Hornet, u 1913 tons burden,
Capt Jnsiah A. Mitchell. left New York on the
18th January bound 10 San Francisco with q gem
eral cargo tunsiatng os coal iron 600 boxes can
dies; 2490 cases kerosene oil, and the usual assOrt
ment Of miscellaneous mere hal1dise Beyond
speaking one Of Two vessels, nothing occurred on
tie passage ont worthy of note, tlll Z o'clock on
the sa0rniaR o the 80 or Mag, at which hourtha
mate went below with one Of the hands to draw
yarnisll taking d la1tertis Whilst 80 engaged an
explosion suddenly took place which set fire to
the sails Hi the tker hetweBni tie eks. The
seaman rushed or deck outing fire. while fbe
reglaidea beioW to put out the fire,
with blangats hseAi ls took Of from three sick
inene 80 7ss II ag N ia8s,ias 5llea ss5 ts5ga 8
The silsp was at fis time aeuGaing along beaT-s
fifnls 9ler ii Xix sfBS sDuSh ast trade wind, She
had 5aet crossed the qIatar The evening pre-.
Vioua; liz flas saa1 Of vessels bound toag5alis
at the iageee-Bd for gGnala ting Etha ship aais
cuskH HaFdSy had the alarm been given
before dra and smoke came out Of the hatch,
Communicating almost instant ansansly 10 the
nm. Til avery few minutes the flames burst
sEFoag he Man Aasch, and Eet fire To the main
sail. With tie arst alarm Capt. Mitchell was
promptly ons dscA, and sst one watch to work,
Waf4il SsaA ordered TO lower the boats md get
thsaa ready. ahe quarter boats were safely
lowered Rithout trouble; bat in Launching the
loa@ her W TIL stoFa I'M by an eYebsiE,
mailing ole in the bottom ahoat u foot square,
which Was stopped UP with blankets end shirts
duFiRgs sbe entige crnige. che boa were pro-
yidad With sails, but thesea being Id the sail
lgcE imp assib Die to est at thenis "a stud
ding sails main Royal salt and some pieces Of
Canvass lying handy onthe deck. were thrown
into the boats with w hat provisions were aeeessi-
bles consisting OF four hams, twelve tins of
assorted meats, # box Of faisins. seven pieeesof|
potgE one hundred pounds of bfeak, and four
buckets of ray potatoes. Four deniiohns and 81
barrel, cpnEaining ID alL bit t@elye gallons oil
Water, were also passed into the boats. The
ship chrRn etsEs, epitomas eeIapassess quad
rants ana few blanket w ere also saved, but n8
clothing except What the men stool in
At this time the whole ship Was in flames over
head, the fire creeping and leaping from spar to
spaE end engeloping The rigging sails and mastsI
5n oe vast sheet Of lafae ID was impossible To i
remain on board any longer, and at a quarter be- /
forces clock or tIres anaraers If an hour after
ship and ALL hands took to tie boats and pushed
hi from the vessel Here Wassans those grand
sights. often described but seldom Wisnessed-a
noble siIps which ans hour before was gliding|t
flame from tue as eh IA ny tficlts--a grand and
CosklV ayFoteeniIe diSplAy Hi which tle naasts,|E
npaTa ard faTfne the bold ontlihes The|s
Hcena As aMoa to stFi4e teri hrazesa
Thousand miles to the nearest land, and fhe| h
chasiee ~ reaching lind next to Aones IA I eight
O'clock the hasfs 81 the noble ship went over hefi
RIDE but THU banning hui, Ikea huge lamp fed ball
20 go Gallons III ar0 sene and 5000 0e7e gf can #
dies, made an awful eOnHagration, lighting tie| /
AcFlauM46t an hundred mites around while the.l
flames and smoke rolled up in black masses TO the
very clpAGss n S Il
lhe Haats remained by the ship during the das
ana Aigls WhiAe She was ibuI As the eargd
gradually Consumed, the Rhip4 lightened, just i'll
she ApIlI gAenge5e tie deck When aischaTginhs
cargo IheEe we're slo explosions during th0i
1IfN9nRs hb0 oet9ck on IfG9 fn0glll 0t the Att,
the FIRE having burnt tlsaugh The hull 20 ewate,
tbs nohIa chpp sr naad y plunge forward ana went
down bow ilgsts leaving no trace of her but few
chastad scars and pieces of wood floating ahon|s
This was ID north Iatitude 2degs ard 20 min " elt
longitude LIZ deg. MIN, about 1D0ismiIes dt|e
south from Cape St. Lucas Lower Cali foenia and
$500 miles east Of Hawaii.
During the frat night, Capt. MITCHELL who hs|d
throughout the disaster shown q GOODNESS arid
bravery squal To the occasion, distributed the mi
into thQee bouts, according 10 their capacity, la
lie long bcat With him were tive passengers, tEe
third mate ana eleven seauen, IS flows &
Capt. eaiah As ~ itoisi of Maine: Messrs 81 aid
u. Ferguson Of Connecticut; } :. Sidney Ihomas
Third officer, nj Richmond Me; Peter Smith of
ADS taEdam;a Harry Morris 0f Havre. Frauee:
CHARLES S3aIdnan 81 Denmark; John Haskell IS
Faltongillg, Mass Joe iiliams III New BediorlI,
s native 81 Madeira; Rgsdk Cough OF Thonlastoh.
Mei john RarFia al Madeira Ihos ii, Tate Nj
Portsmouth,, N H !; James Cox of New York Glib:
ARtoiae Psssaic Of Gape DC Verde lslands; NeEl
InrneE " New yoTk City.
Ihe second boat was placed III charge Of tl[e
first oflIeags Samuel Hardy 0f Chatham, MISS. BE.
eidea nin3 taeRe Wers VIM Lane of New York
Whose fsttlseE II y stock broker ip that citI;)
GeoEe MltMlFaA III As9aaafh England; George
ygaAhingt ton (coaprea eaagl) a6swsrd, sGd fdar
others, 1883 names we haye moi YET learned. nj
lle fhila bowl ggaa III charge III the second oEis
cef, MI. PaFr. of North Shields England " fh
names We hsye nat been able TO obtain.
Tho provisions and water were all equally dEs.
tribrtad among 4le three boats during fhe fsst
night, masts fitted, and sails cut out for them|as
vel I'D eirenAlsi and materials would permit
Being III the track Of California. bound vessIIls
Capt, Mitchell concluded i best to head north
west, % the same course, hoping 10 sight some
passing ships The two quarter boats were taA|en
Id e0W hy faB long boat, and thus theystaTted Lad
III search of s0SHe mode of aelivefanee.
Tho second dhy frequent light showers oeeurrka,
aud some toar gallons BIT water Was obtained, To
add to their small stock. The winds were liAht
and battling, and the sun fell with scurehing rsys
gn their unprotected heads.
IAs fourth dag the course was changed Tor
Charles Island located HI long. llA W. lat, Is
deg 70 Inin.s but swing to strong winds ndheavy
10 IBID ats wege unable 10 fetch UP 70 il.
On Tie fifth, sixth and seventh days us
oIghna, b8nita and turtle we're caught, and 1l-
Rided am0ng The thgea boats, giving the crkW
plenty q ray meat, but IS they had no salt THEY
Fsze unable IN keep 1t. Ali tho bouts crews wdre
R9sqn a4 allowance Of q gill IF water, hall a
Z ssgui. and malt raW potato twice deY. Hat
1ts " kalned all hands were privileged to drink
y sls Watsr they could catch.