Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-19
An Unfortunate Voyage = Twice
Shfpwrecked.

| Mrs. Susan Morris took passag e in No
vember last at Cardiff, Wales, on board
the bark Carnie Hill, bound for the port
of Mobile, Ala, with a cargo of railroad
iron. On the 18th of December tire ves-
sci ran on coral reef off the coast of st.
Domingo and the captain, crew, Mrs.
Morris and another passenger-a gen.
tleman named De Wolf-were compelled
to take to the boats They succeed ed in
reaching Saona, bleak island at the
southeast extremity of Hayti, and a bout
one hundred and twenty miles from the
town of St. Domingo The crew ma de a
tent of the sails of the vessel, and en-
deavored to bring ashore all the arti, lies
they could rescue from the ship. nI
The morning after the wreck a all
was deserted. A signal of distress as
answered, and boat put out from he
strange vessel, which proved to be tile
pleasure yacht Of a Spanish genera |,
who had just sailed from the island of
Una. The general himself came ashore.
and expressed himself willing to let Capt
Smith, of the Carnie Hill, take his
Domingo for assistance. The general
and one or two of his party, after the de-
parture of the yacht, erected tent be-
side that of the crew of the Carnie Hill
The latter had succeeded, after being
on the island five or six days, in saving a
great quantity of articles from their ship,
which they piled up near the tents. They
did not expect any marauders about, and
so did not keep very strict guard over
them. On the sixth day party of ma
tiyes, about thirty in number all armed
with long swords, swooped down upon
the tents and deliberately went to work
putting the goods saved from the ship
into their small boats they had brought
with them. The Spanish General said
he was powerless to prevent the robbery
as the natives were not under his juris-
diction. After the natives had gone
away he gave the shipwrecked people to
understand that they werein dangerous
part of the country, and that short
time previous the entire crew of an
American bark, which had been wrecked
off the coast, had been brutally mur-
dered when they landed.
On the eighth day after the wreck the
General advised the first officer of the
Carnie Hill that he had better not wait
any longer for the return of Captain
Smith in the yacht, and to take the small
boats and make his way as bess he could
to st. Domingo. The first officer took
the advice, and the whole party at once
sot out and were fortunate enough to
reach St. Domingo without any mishap
According to Mrs. Morris, on their ar
rival at the town, the story of the MUIR
dered American crews was denied by the
authorities and the General was thrown
into prison on suspicion of being party
to the robbery of the goods saved from
the Carnie Hill. rRwr
Three weeks after arriving at st. Do !
mingo Mrs Morris took passage on board |
the British schooner Grand Pre-, Captain
Gormley There were four other per
sons on board, namely; William Samuel
Dunbar, of Boston; Frank De Wolf, of
Nova Scotia; Otto Ernes, of Boston, and |
another gentleman named De Wolf |
When 25O miles from this port the Brit
ish brig Nora ran into the Grand Pre-,
the latter vessel sinking in a few min (
utes. The passengers and crew were
rescued by the Nora, but they lost all
their effects. The Nora finally arrived |
at this port safe and sound Mrs. Nor
ris lost, besides all her wearing apparel,
some very valuable papers which can not
be easily replaced She is now tempo
rarily stopping at No. Carroll street,
Brooklyn n.-Neic York Herald, Feb. %.