The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-09

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muE EVENING STAR DISASTER.
.1ntcrostin9 Statements Of q Passenger
=@= CRY HOSPITAL, November Z, 1ooo'
! 1b tie Editor Of Lte Charleston Ve,os; ;
DEAR SIR VIII you be 30 kind as 20 anoW he'
through the medium of your valuable paper to
return my grateful thanks to the officers
Of the City Hospital for their kind atten-
tions to me during my stay at that institution
Twas a passenger on board the il:fated ship
Encn;nn &ar. We left New York on Saturday,
santamber 29th, with over three hundred persons
on board, passengers and crew..On Tuesday,
october I'd, at P. H., the weather looked ugly,
with some rain. At the wind was blowing pretty
strong, and kept increasing. At about IL the
passengers were called up to help in ba1hng the
ship. went on deck. The sea was dashing and
breaking over the bulwarks Of our laboring ship.
The fire room was flooded, the fire put out, and
the vessel creaking in every joint, and leaking
badly From that time until daylight the pumps
were working abont $50 persons bailing and doing
all We could to keep her floating until daylight;
but the ship was doomed At s O'Clock IN the
morning there was over two feet OF water IN the
engine room. Seeing that our efforts were
useless. went back to the cabin and found
all tho passengers assembled there, some pray
ing, some crying, some singing hymns, some can-
ing on their friends, some in complete state
Of nudity, with nothing but hfo-preser'ef'
left and went on the uppor deck. DayAght was
breal1ing and oh, what terrible sight to behold!
Tho whool-houses broken to pieces, and nothing
but death and destruction before us. Tho ship
was sinking slowly; at that momont the passengers
rushed on dock and made for the boats No prep
arations having boon made for their safety, evofy
one had to look for himself. The boats wore soon
filed principally with women; The deck was now
on o level with the water Suddenly the deck
broke from under our feet, the ship went down,
carrying everything with her. When l came up
to the surface could nothing but the debris OF
the ship. OF the boats (six in number) two went
down with the yessel the others were all capsized
Everybody was clinging to piece Of the wreck.
MY God, what sight to behold! the sinking ship.
The struggles of the passengers for dear life, cling
ing to the driftings, spars and wreck OF the Eoen
i,q Star, will remain before me as long as memory
holds it's own.s was picked up by boat which
had been righted, containing ten persons-seven
men and three women. Our boat upset three times;
the last time we lost one OF the fomales. We had
no water, no provision, the boat full OF water and
the sou washing over us every minute We were
drifting about watchful and anxious for a SAIL At
night one Of tho mon got deirious and jumped over
board another one died in the boat probably of des-
pair. The next morning we fol- in again With the
wreck; saw q man on q raft. mada for him. and
found Captain LYONS, pilot Of NOW Orloans. Ho
took command Of our boat and crew, consisting OF
sMessrs. Jona BERRY, E. A. VAN 61oHLE, JOHN CA-
yANAuaH. ANDREW MonLAHoN, Captain LYONS two
ladies' and myself. We hauled our boat on tho
raft, got the water out Other, piohod up cabin
door, made sail out Of it. and sailed wost to cross
the Gulf stream. On Friday night, al Of us being
very much exhausted, We took down our sail to
take little rest-when tho SEQ becoming very
rough we lost it, and tho boat filed up agan In
that desperate condition we wore drifting about
Saturday morning, hope almost gone, whom the
schooner Mor.aing Star, Captain PAIMFF1 hoyo IN
sight. Ono Of our crew, JOHN OAvANAUdH, IN q ut
of dolrium, jumped overheard atthe vory momont
Of our rescue, and, We regret to stato was drown
ed. We were kindly received on board by Captain
PALMER and Mr.. GRuNrnAL, ono OF tho ownors,
who was on board, who took every cure OF us,
affording every comfort within their powor. On
Wednesday we were landed in thie city, and i'm
mediately taken to tho City Hospital and put in
the Marine department. Here We had the pleasure
Of meeting with, tao Rev. MIR. Yates, the Chaplain,
10 whom wo arc sindebtod for many kind acts. !
cannot too much express my thanks and gratitude
to the officers CT that we'll conducted institution,
particularly tho Doctors a1d MI. FARLEY, Steward
Of the Hospital for their kind attentions and good
treatment I have been laying hore tour WeckD,
suffering great pains from q bruised hand and
arm, carbunole on ono leg, and general prostra'
tion; but thank God hayo got over it, and hope
never to meot again with such q calamity. 49,
I am, gentlepaen, most respectfully yours,
A. SOUzA, Of Louisiana,
Late passenger on Euening Star.
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LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
fFnoN our OWN CORRESPONDENCE.
New YoRK, November S.-What's Heoubato him,
or ho 20 Hocuba2 What's STEVENSON to mo, or
to STEVENSON? Why should his name be sounded
moro than mino? Why should it be seryod up tc
mo this morning for breakfast, printed in very
| large letters on very small card2 Who is STE
vENsoN2 Tho card tolls me that dEondE STEVEN
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