The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-17
The Loss of the U. s. steamer Sacramento.

FULL PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER.
The Boston Journal publishes the following
letter, written by one of the officers of the
United States steamer Sacramento, recently
lost in the East India waters:-
I'VE went ashore on Wednesday evening. the 10th,
at about 74. The shoals at the mouth of the sam sam
were marked 10 our charts and instead of anehoriEg
found ourselves humping away on the bar. We
worked as hard as men could work to get her off,
We're obliged 70 give % up al ali idea idea Of saving the ship
TRe % 10 men Worked very We and behSved G
better than we expected. We hove overheard all
the side all snOt and she'll water. etc. The surf
was very high M ana very powerful current running
here about once in three months. The lights on the
Judge exactly of your posiIi ion There lack OF
vigilance on the he part Of any officers for we were
geT m SF before SUS % struck not saw more the hsH ea
iathoms, But we were sucked in impercepti6iy by
first struck, and the seas lifted us in till we were
IN LTevs eject feet OF water We have lost eyerythtngH,
Two large RATS and sent them ashore during the day
second started in the afternoon. and got nearly
ashore, when II was caught by an eddy, and carried
rate but they were picked up by a steamer
put on board OF an American ship at Cocaneda.
ON Wednesday night we very nearly lost
around to Cocanada by sea for assistance, but the
boat was swamped alongside, and Harry and the
get bowlne over Harry's head, and we hauled him
in very much exhausted but not hurt When we
sent the hts two RATS off, went 10 work and
built two more. one of which succeeded, while the
other broke adrtt, and went to sea with no one on
board. The same day we got the two launches
lowered with considerable difficulty, and lied them
up and sent them ashore The second cutter was vas
out, but we got him in again. The first
cutter got ashore all right, and then
the sea was too high to attempt any more
with the boats, Mr.. Johnson. the Captain Water
man, Lyon, Pete Parker. and myself, with hVe men,
were the only ones lett board We smashed up all
wine, coffee,
Portable for the night but IL was hard work. the snip
was humping so that expected her TO go 20 pieces
every moment. Friday morning the sea was running
high, but two OF the boats Yentured on ana tne
launch anchored inside the surf while the Whaleboa
with crew OF lascars, came up 20 the snip. we AL
got ashore safe, though we did not expect IT,
hauled down the colors just before left aud brought
organized the crew aud embarked IN the
boats. We had eighty men In our boaI, lsS al
together We pulled up the Sambalng river about
twenty miles, when came TO a French setuenehg
called Sanan, where we found quarters ana 1000:
got asleep - at night on an OLD mat OUTSIDE ths
were Ioused up and got In the boats ana putled
down Coringa river 10 Cocanada whlch we reacleu
at 10 O'clock. was glad sometimes 10 get hol1 oi
Niece OF meat shove IL inlthe fire, ana eat II aos
raw and covered with dirt. When landed, hao no
shoes no socks. MY whole stock was q coat, paues,
rupees sleeve buttons, gold pencil ring, pnotogfaPn
sword and revolver Lyon gave me a pair OF sn@oss @
some of the gave me pair OF woolen sooks @ snu
INV nov mas managed TO save my silver mug huu tHO
or three shirts. Probably we shall be at hoe in Ve
months.