The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-08-18
The wreck of the "LibcrIe.v

u The ship Siirs GrssTHIGH 1rrtyet Mt san Fran
cisco, July p, ifiy days from H,ngkong She brings
Intelligence % the bark LibsHs The following.
from the Hongkoug Free Press. shows that twenty
two % the and passengers are safe. while the
tie % the Captain. with eight others, - unknown.
We are yet leGt in doubt Who the lost ones.
The treasure. nearly 500 900 was saved and buri-
ei on Wake Is'sni By the Captain Those saved
YER nn.isd on Guam, one Of the L1trone Islands.
The Press say:
The Bremcu bark Libefls, under the command %
FCaptan Tobls, the passage from san Francisco
Ito IIl1gkons. with valuable cargo valued 1T over
lS3l0O0O. east away ON tine night Of March 4th,
an M aainhloitei AMI dangerous reef. called Wake
iLilni The passengers and crew remained on board
durng the night. the breaking felrfuly over the
wreck al the while, au1 lInlel with difficulty
thT0Hrh the breakers the folloWiug day
L Ahsr an Intellectual search for rItsT for three
sgels, and much pTisation. II became imperative to
uke the boats sui enieIvor 10 reach the nearest
hlbJttbe island, friendly disposed to defeuceess
rshpTreckeI people
Several days spent in fn1ing n suitable and
a poat for departure. the breakers encircling the
ilsad. which appeared TO be some twenty miles in
eirc. Inference Taking such provisions and water as
we're saved from the wreck. passengers were trans
ferred the ships ougboGt IN charEe of the First
Nl'e, the Captain preferring his gig; and on the
27ta 0f March both boats sailed iOr the Ladrone
ks,l1riana Islands
r,-rsenty two persons with provisions, IN m open
~ but frc1fy hro feet IN length. TO undertake n
voyage Of 100 mile-, subject to equiuoctal storms,
ocean studied with hidden rocks rld coral reefs.
gave but poor hope % arriving port with life
The dangers which imminent from the fire.
qIeut squalls seas. and shipping encouu-
terrell were the greatest trials, AMI in thirteen days,
the boat being degrees of longitude IN error,
rivsi oE the town Of Guam, all IN a ptiabIe and
tororn coniitinn- The Ctptlin, with eight persons,
IN bat % twenty feet IN length Leaving at the
sane time, has not been heard from, and unless
picked up by some chance vessel. must have been
sSampci- a. heavy cross sci met shortly after
leaving the Island This, IL Is said. the third
vessel the C,plin unfortunate lose with
N the past few years.
Among the passengers was Madame Anna Bishop.
Ni-s PueIln, VIZ. VI. Schultz and Nr. Charles Las
;ei-.. % the English opera troupe; and Mr. Eugene
Sl Van Reed, u kaEagaWI, almost all nations being
represented.
Ioo much praise cannot be awarded TO His Excel
ency FrauciscJ M0-coso Lara. Governor u the
1iiriIuA lsltui. FOR bis prompt aud humane efforts
y re eve the distress of the shipwrsckei. who had
1st their All aui in want of everything. \
schooner a-o has been chartered and sent search
r the mi--in -Joat among the J-Ini- Of the north
Elri, ani o. 10 Wake Island ard remove the
Arge amount q treasure which hai been saved aud
buried there
Mr. Van Reel holding an official position, together
WIN japanese, were alone allowed To leave Guam
fFor % the % the vessel from the % the
wreck. mi hl- arrived here in the TriHculO, which
ali put N on her way from Australia
LFrrEH TEoN N,DspE Bl-uor-Nr. Gray, No
6la clay street. hls received the ioIOSiug from
liaiaGe Bishop. the best evidence of her safety:
GCIN. NNUtISA I-LtSps,
Nay 9Th. lS65.
You will be shocked 10 learn have been wrecked
IN wake I-,tni the jth % March, AMI lost all.
" we're three weeks on the uuinhsbtahIc island
No water. and hal 20 wait three days before we
eoud yet any fr-u the ship. We bad clothing but
WAT We stood n mp 20 arriving sn this -lIui The
f"vernor ant inhabitants have been most kind. and
furnished u With a few materials 10 make up \ little
cto'hiug They have no stores here We came.
ErniJ-one % ~ in open boat fourtesn hundred
Ai'es How We wished II san FTau-i-cJi
4 -yet miracle our slts passage thIs place The
lt'F an - The Libeiic left ,t the time dii
on Wake ls!lad. in small bSat, rih ur Of biz