The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-08

The steam propeller Varuna, only one year
old regarded as lrSt class, was built at Mystic,
Connecrlcur, In 1862 and left thee OF New York
on Saturday the Is h ultmo with tairty-siX cabin
pas :engers, O crew OF twenty men, besides her
officers, and valuable cargo, chiefly OF dry goods,
worth, ut the lowest estimate, 100000.
They nd peasant and agreeab. ps'age for
q DAYS, bu n tn 2uth utlmo, a terrlDe E'!le
snr,uG d n. m iiie .out IN the ming, aOnut
oci cy. II bl W d most vi Ilent hurricane. about
half.p.s O'Clock the Ell stnve In htslie OF h ;
mo- n,.r,.o n, tile ship at that time being unuan-
agrinr. the r. tam tolu tue oSd aI r. ~
hoar ri be Q t ready. TIis was ab ut half. asst
O'Clock n t1r ey ring. The twh boa which were
w,,e r0t rel'y. None OF tne passengers
woull com o d"ck 70 getins,o tue ooaS II DOW, Sc
,leck. IN. ship bc ug iIteti. About l0o'cOcE the
SIND Ionnd" ed a"d wantdoWn IN the Gull Stream,
or 10 ter Inl llghI house, nut rIy NILES frdIn
tile snop tne storm oeng ta, Tre ~ severe tian
that which cduScu Inc loss vi 'ie "i'o'eu h'e"i"s
Nv rhI distressing casualty all on bnard perish
ell, with The pXcepEInn OF the seconu mate ul tne
steamer, william Kirtiand; the qn1rterm tster,
William Wnllact, aud three seanen. Thomas
f;l.nuun. James B rms and George Watson
These men wliIl Two Others were IN one Ol lnGrr-
40 Is meIalllc liIe.boatS while TIE captain, J0-
seph Spencer ine trst mate anu etsi9eers, zen lu
III r,,uied suoIhrr The crew OF this latter boat
were soon capiIzrl, AMI every Soul wa lost. III
th. u, her H. mt TWO were lost on the Breakers bus
tb. others i.h rhe utmost dlfnculy, maraHed to
rra,.n line shore aud arrived a. Savannah OIL Sat-
uri : morning. IN bDard the Steamer Nick King,
Captain kirg. havl:iS kluuiy oAerea thelu every
cnHIIrsy Il llis ppwrr-
The tl,n n of the passengers and crew must
b.y,, breu h rr,r III the eNtr-m'. When the
steamer turue,I over on her Deln ends aud Illled
with raIcr There WAS n)L the slightest chance
fnr SAVING tueu, WI hput even chance 10 tnur-
mur D a or ior u'rc', they we're summoned TO
the unseen w0rIl, thir &c itn-cri''s III agony anu
I,sn,jr rnYue am d the h0wlingS OF the storm
ar,m d them The following Is 4 lst OF the names
of tne ms cnr.rs IF the lll'ated steamer Mr.. aud
Mrs. f. lin hcDrk Mr.. May, G. Rutlay, Charles
Ames. /. l.. Briggs james Qunn A. Lewis, Wal
lace I;laHr, J. B um, r: hn'l Mrs; bur.ey Blum.
| SouI hwlck. Mr. !. F. Bcaney. Mr.: 'pp nheilner,
q Rlum. Mr. ,sernard Mrs. Won IIarlen, AleXan-
der II ,mlltnp Mrs. Lyons and family. tive III all J
Mr. and Mr.. r. d. johnson. Mrs. George ".
Seayer. Mr. Muulton. James Lcdy, Ar jenkins, OF
England.
The Yaruna was commanded oy Cap ain Joseph
| T. Sp-ncpr Il young man, bur ohr whu sustained
tho rrarneier Of Il brave seaman, boil and feur-
Iess mn yigaIor and q c ,uri e0us gentleman. The
eta,mer was oynud by MeSsr1. G. II. Mallory il
10 of ,ew Yu.k, who had every confidence in
ber ability TO Withstand nll the perls OF he sea-
her hull being Of oak chestnut and pine. ana
snnarr fastened with copper and trenails She
odirrisd yerlIcal engine 26 bV 30 inches while
Ssr nr,p.ller was OF CAST iron. The shlpwrrGE
WOO one prubably that no human agenc, bad
mower e, prey.,t; the vessel WAS sfaunch and
well co ,diti mel. the Officers anu seamen goou
mon aud true who knew all the details OF their
nrofessIon hut b strength OF the steamer and
tho nautical ahultleS OF those In charge OF her
| proved ,werIess when HIS manu- hsned tue waves
into fury and decreed the atorm-