The New York herald., 1867-12-14

sweeping The deck and an WHOSE duty would permit
sought shelter. Tns ship vas rnnnlns sosy sas ~.
brilliantly lighted saloon were scarcely conscious "I ne
raging tempest wtsou. When saaasn.y aDos. sxas NJ,
immense BODY OF water, rushing against the forward
part OF the house on The main deck. crushed IN hke
an eqashell leaving not single stick standing for
space on more than twenty feoL I1s part was occa-
Med as sleeping by the remens several Of whom
were u their porhs A. the time. Five were comple'ey
hurried IN tho ruins. OF whom, named Martin Lavier
had his thi2h dislocaed The rescued without
molished and most OF his tools washed overheard the
pilot the hurricane deck above completely
ed from It's position, violently jerking .he wis az
sched the engineers bell aud causing him TO slo~
down. The hurricane deck remained standing. inse-
careiy supported by the stanchons al the SIDE of tho
saip. One OF the guns Was dismounted anf carried
nearly 10 the stern OF the vessel The smaller Of The
ship bslls swept overheard Tho cap room,
The rooms OF ihs other officers being further
ait, Jared rather better. though entirely
escaped The forward beats with inc heavy
iron dayus that supported them we're swept completely
away. seven OF the beams supporting lne mNu deck
were snapped Ike pipe stems and the forward hatch
stove Tho water rushed down into th@ stcerage
10 the great CONSERVATION OF the passengers there Their
terror was heightened Dy dense cloud Of sapof which
rose from The Ore room causing ia their excited minds
the supposition that toe snip Ere This resulted
from the descent If immense volume VI water
through ths fire hatch and engine ROOM hIg The Ore
room up to the CRATE bars with water. A. tho ship
reced from side 70 SIDE ins came In contact with the
oolton o. tne furnaces ana was inmeaassy
into steam, which quickly penetrated the whole ship.
The water. rushing along the gangwsys Of the main
deck, burst open the doors OF the dining saoon and
considerable quantity entered there Up 10 this tino
The had been very quiet and compofcd but
the shock which threw most OF them from their seas
the noise OF crashing tinbers the cloud or ynpor aud
The noor covered with water, AL combined proved too
much for their calness. and great alarm and confusion
Shortly after violent squsl blew the sails ou, Of The
easkets and quickly converted them into ribbons Al
the time the rudder mead was sprung and after
steering apparatus gave way, that obliged to
tackles 10 steer the ship ono OF the sailors
washed overheard, bu fortunately, caught rope and
he gI m haf
somewhat, and tho officers were enabled 10
make temporary repairs The ship was making consid
cradle wator and The steam pumps were set at work to
clear her. The weather intensely cold and two
Of the crew had thcr hands frostbten. The barome-
ter which 1t time had descended to tho exraordi
nary low point OF twenty and sevcn-tcntbs
inches, was now rising rapidly, and about hve O'Clock
,ns mex. M morning 'ae mea a. oer @ mao 20 ss sanrs wiz
daylight the fun effects OF The storm became visible
and on surveying the broken smbers gaping seams and
the ship had survived the fearful ssranng TO which she
had been subjected There be little doubt that but
for the strength Of her hull and engines she must
inevitably have gone down with all on board
Shipwreck md Loss of Life the Sound.
The sloop Maria Captain C. A. Harris, nom Montauk
for New York, anchored during tho gale Of Thursday,
about four r. NJ, near Davd's island. Long Island
Sound, and soon after dragged her anchor aud won't
ashore among the rocks the island whore she fell
her side. The made clean sweep her,
washing from tho deck Samuel Harris OF the
hands The captain and crew took TO the masthead,
from which position Alonzo Beebe was washed away
and lost The shouts OF the remaining sufferers
heard by some Davids islsnd who reported tho
same 10 General David b. McKiobin, In command OF
that post who Immediately arose from his bed
and, taxing with him in q small boat George NJ
Layton and 4 colored man whose name we did not
learn proceeded in the direction OF the Of tho
distressed men, and after most herculean efforts
oceded In saving Captain Harris and Elvn Beebe from
tho masthead Of the sloop
Captain Harris 10 this city yesterday morning,
and the other rescued is 10 tho hospital the ISL
and Captain Harris is profuss his thanks to General
McKibbin aud his assistants also to Major George "a.
Randall who volunteered to assist In the attempt TO
rescue, for their gaantry and humanity.