The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-15

stsntly oongvatuIatlDs eAoh Othsr on the beauty
OF the weather, whioa was really ohafm,ng;
ana agnln was another doY spent in on urc aDdt
expectation Of continued peasant Journey to bO
eated the next dsy, Oc obcr J, when one Of the
mos. uemRntiul mornings that could be spent at sea
iroke upon us discovering TO VS. Capo Hat eras
Ight abeam the sea st smooth the sun shiuins
Diighty. ana the weather ca N ana clearing OF No
chance uuring the course OF This dav and mona
during the night unit the morni 20 Of the ga which
cas-, with heavy swell Increasing aIsnwt SysS,1g
TO a PALE, wi h heavy swes. Things now beynn 70
ceptble IN the count nanoes OF tho passensers e,ne
cia Is the women, many OF whom looked ausions
ana commenced ques ION ng the capt, IN md on.
GERS who did all M their power to Al ay thsir feSrs
Ihe breeze st ireshenedi ho clouds looked
gloomy Sails were taken iD aud all those preSoTa-
tions were mad which told to the now frightened
passengers thR their expyTiOnoel captain was pro-
paling Tor serious emergency, for &C this momeut
the most intXper enced eve might easily have fore
seen in the lowering clouds which bung all rounG
the heavens, and The wild spraY which began TO-
dash in deuRinR torrents over the snip, the storm
that was coming and winch was 20 ielffuy TO
affect the temporal aRd tne esernal existence of
About midn ght It bsgan to blow hurricane,
with very ugly cross seq; shiO living in She tr0ug gb
OF the sea The night was dark ieariuly dark
nething bpt the most SOLID aud gloomy darkHoss all
round no view 20 cheer, nothing to IDmiud the ter
rifed passe Agers OF the desp sea over winch they
rode but the ioam OF The spray, which cume IN
mowers on our decks. At tAis time the hurricane
was 20 furious, aud the steamship thrown so com
leey at its mercy that tor tie Penerat safety tho
captain was oblgsd TO send the women all bslOw
and and lock them in the cabin. We were now about
from the land, anG from this tine until sac went
down she never chasged her position
At three a. III Oe obeT we commenced bailiaE
the hip from engine and after ca I'm ae J7IiciI
the omen helped with all their might, and wklIaSa
the sasboard rUdder ch1in got out oftbe shlevc d.
the wheelhouses were wGsnsd overheard. A. five
A nj. the en0lne was Thoroughly dissbled in spite
of the superhuman efforts of she chief engineer and
hts assistants The increase OF water IN the ships
oeTsO's shifting att The birreane was Si chi, tive
IIo~,ng with fury which was FEARFUL terriic, and ,
so much so, that it might be reasonably expected
that the wild force of the STORM would exhaust itsef
but no suchfortune was IN steve for the iated ship
or Its doomed living freight. 1t continued with tho
same violence, and at last the dreaded and fearful
hour , Grr,Ycs, whom, at about five M thscaptaIn
he had done oil IN his power, cthat the ship would
tSs s1 Sss Sns come n OF the w at
from the iastenings of the ship the captain was
eXhortIng the passengers TO acs conlly tho storm
continued to howl IN The most feayfu and ucpross.
ing manner and now came the mOst thrilling mo-
frightfully, rushed deck in the most frantic an
ner, tearing their hair, aud IN many ways acting
more ke lunatics than beings endowed wi rea-
son. Reason at this moment had certainly abdIcated q
its throne, and nothing but the widest stage of
madness had tic poor beings come to. The men
were equal y as VIOLENT though for such scene It
ma have Oeen worse. nc women commenced
dvesting themselves of their clothing, and madIT
and wildly plunged IN the tOan'ng SURF, never 20
!, The captain and crew tried their best to prevent
mons and rather than face a lingering DEATH
many OF them vOluo tariy sought that, grave vhlch
opened with such fearful Jaws TO receive their NOR
tai all, Whe these fearful scenes were being en-
acted, which was about six A. Nj >, the ship took
heavy lurch, ttline fast heavy sea boarded
her and with the fearful continued urch, d rwa she
went, and all was over with the Evenipg Star. Ono
OF the iaHt persons TO leave the wreck was young
lady belonging to the Italian opera troupe winch
on board she behaved very heroicaly v wa ting
until the last ara only hoge was gone, and then
jumped when every hope lad failed her
From what saw and have sinon learned, all the
boats capsiZed whom the snip went down. After
being in the water among the drit wood etc.. for
nearly three hours, of the ships heboats onng
me got on board, but caps zed out several
tunes Dung the afternoon the sea ran very nigh
and until forenoon was surrounded with immense
quantities of drItwood, the wind stil blowing q
hurricane sAt night the wind moderated very mucr
In this fearful spent some OF the most wretched
houIs OF my exis ence until fortunately rescued
from what appeared to me certain WaSery grace:
and then when sa again cou l recall to mind the
horrors OF that dreadful night board the unfor.
tunate Evening Star.