The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-01

20 he action Of the waves. At A. O'Clock on Thurs
uay morning she vas ruck BY stern sea- which
carried away four Of her steI ports, and admitted
food Of water through the breach From this time
all efforts were useless and at daybreak CAPTAIN
Marin, whose cool intIepidlty had never for q
moment ioIsak' n him, entered the cuddy wnere |
classes OF the PASSENGERS had now taken refuge and
responding to an universal appeal, calmly announced
the cessation OF all human hope.
IL Is rema kaole TACT that this solemn admission
was sOlem ny received a resigned silence pre-
valhng throughout the assembly, broken onyY at
brief intervals by the well tined aud appropriate ex-
hortatons OF the Rev Mr. Draper, whose spiritual
services had been ince-sant during the previous
twelIty.four hours AT 10 O'Clock, the ship III roll
ing deeply an attempt was made TO launch tn star
board pinIaoe, but a sea struck her ju as she
reaol cd the water and ,he eunk, leaving crew OF
Eve men struggling for their yes.
As the ship was lying-to three OF them managed 70
scramble up the sides Of the ship Gnd the other two
were rescued by ropes being thrOwn TO them After
this the exhausted crew appeared indifferent to
their iate and no further effort at launching the
Remaining boats was made until o'clock when the
water having reached the main csatns and the ship
evidently seitl ng down, the port plnnace was got
over the ship's side. Even at this moment the
sea was so heavy that those OF the passengers who
were within reach of the boat appeared TO prefer
the Ta shelter OF the sinking vessel TO the OBJ Ous
dangers of small boat in raging sea. At tins
crisis aI tain Marin, always at HAND, dressing
Br Greenhill, M chef engineer, under whose COM
mand his particular boat was rated sald :"There is
not much chance the boats there ls none for tue
khip. Your duty IS done; mine is to remain here:
Gel IN and axe command of the few IL will hold"
Thus prompted, Mr.. Greenhill, with his follower
gneers and some lew others, number ng only nine
class passengers, Quilted the ship, with only few
bscu Is IN the shape OF PROVISIONS and not drop OF
water.
The pinace had scarcely cleared the wake of the
vessel, upon the poop OF which upwards Oh fifty of
the passengers were seen grouped when a tremen-
dOus sea seen to break over the doomed circle,
who, " hen tae ship rose slO My again were disco
Vered to have been swept into TIE surglng waters
AIotber nome aud the vessel herself, setting
down stern foremost threw up her bows into the arr
and sank beneath the waves
he pnDaDce having sails on board, could
lN Zoo aHO nj hn win w "
IN danger OF swamplng Tney had not been adoat
two Lours before theY saw O Iull.rgged ship sall
past them, but at too great q distance to hail At
A NJ. on Friday they sighted the sails Of brig,
the crew of which overheard their shouts and bore
towards Il hut failing TO get into the track OF the
boat, after making several truihess tacKs, she pore
away.
at daYbreaX tull-rigged cutter was observed at
some distance and hosting q shirt upon an oar,
they endeavored, but in vain 10 attract attention.
Shortly Afterwards the Italian barque AdridnOpte,
Captain Cavassa, bound with a cargo o. wheat from
Constantinope for Cork, hove in sight and the
captain having observed the plnnace immedlately
shortened sal and lay to, preparing to take Them on
board
On reaching the ship notwithstanding the stress
OF weather and straig means for the support
OF large increase to his crew, Captain Cavassa
received the Eng ishmen with unbounded kindness
and hospitality, supplying them with ali that was
necessary thel destitute condition lhe eXigencies
Pale had obliged Captain Cayassa to sacrifice
more than halt his cargo and during the four davs
Iun into Fa mouth, the weather carried away his
rudder and bTou0ht into useful requisiton the SER
vices OF his English passengers.