The New York herald., 1872-12-09

captured MIN, placing him on horse and present
DAeGER-KEIFg At ms BREAST
ana, threateniag ate ad him death, msde him come to
apa afr oxen W. aae for m se wagons
Francisco del Ma.r The pnrser and ms self
got horses and went a,..ng the beach IL search OF
radilla @ and his son-who had ,,nme ashore Ia ne ne
second mates boat, and nformeo s .hat in, she
snt .an parF Fyansis nad landed We kept tie na
leaving instructions Tor tbe traa,.nea. a,a.nea. AiLeI
missing boat with the sixteen rnaS .''.s ~ " she
-. y. .ue town. the survivors lett al one A: n
FOR Bocca Barra, where they were well treated:
On the 10th the third officer and his crew go.
ashore, after suffering terribly rom hunger and
wreck OF the Guatemala of Tonala, called at Salna
Cruz seeking for information In regard to the
S TN the ana o. e G
promised to call on his way down and take them on
board. On the 10th she arrived and took the
passed M % as before stated, sooconoosa Mountains
at fifteen minutes past two O'Clock. These noun
tans being twenty,eight miles from TonaIa bar
and the ship going short six knots l mad no reason
to suppose that was within less than ten miles OF
Tonala bar at the time the ship struck. Had the
course given, northwest by west half west, been
steered from fifteen minutes past four A. NJ it
would have been impossible for the ship to have
struck where she did. After the helm was put to
snoweS the sSp head onSa by
north half north. Up to leaving Salina Cruz moth
Ing naQ Oee0 nearQ OF L00 cnleI Of1Cer'6 DOat, all
without tidings concerning them. have no doubt
they were lost on the 14th OF October in strong
northwest gale blowing at that time.
THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATE
Upon his arrival at Tehuantepec Captain
Douglas addressed the captain OF the port at Salina
Cruz, the port Of entry, for full and fair investi
cation regarding the loss bf his vessel. The cOm-
municati0n Is as iollows:-
CAPTAIN DOUGLAS LETTER.
To THE CAPTAIN or rHr PoRr OF sALINA CRUz:-
tSs
Of October the Tonala bar. be examined under
's''sO ~ "''0"-' ' "A' L. !. 1. DOUGLAS, Captain
PROCEEDING WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
Upon the receipt OF the above letter the Captain
OF the Port at once went to wO~k to accede to Cap
tain Douglas request, and issued his official permis
sion for the holding OF the investigation and pro-
viding for the services OF an interpreter. This
DONE he, together with Captain Douglas and all In
terested, appeared before the proper authority for
such an investigation, as will be apparent by the
following afldavit:-
Appeared before me- the 22d day Of October 1872 the
Captain q the Port q sana Cruz who requested
the steamer Guaiemaa, owned in North America ''' =
In witness whercO have set my hand and sal pHppz
The investigation was then proceeded with,
the testimony being taken In Spanish, from which
TESTIMONY OF JOHN RANDALL, SECOND OFFICER.
am an and 6 Osy years age the v Gua
So 'Se morning y onss Reef four oeloak that
@ N s Sx ss BY e fS " S a
been the between three and four ocoek
tS On
sa i % @ ':s sefn sas
Who w se s ass' and 0pss
north the captain then shouted the engineer
e 's
o @ & he Ne naa
iSs 4 the Wheel, who ALSO hsa seen Them y
S:,sss 4: s. :. ss Ss .ssssy sls
@ sas ina ma s So1 Ss
points the east would not have struck the
Of the M since the
a"a q 1Im % my se
in ns san asSs Scna s
rs: CARRoY, FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEER,
Il ss Of ANA paes
can!am told Us to apply all steam to see Il We could not
Sd ss asa
M Se sssa ss
over the ship according to the orders given BY the
per made MAJ the
s san a M to n the i ,.
lie that he had said Iy her few seconds longer he
mel and the vessel altogether breaking up
JUAN BAULrIsTA RUS, THIRD ASSISTANT ENGINEER,
% OF ada Sa Sna n he
ne on e hs ssor ana
provisions water before reaching were upset
en length the made to se @
nS s
ing.
WILLIAM j. WHITE, PuRsER
am citizen of the United
Of age was asleep in my berth when the Guatemala
s where S he ps Seen telling %s
% s head of r e try to Pun PS the
SAFE but the captain advised to dest and try and
breaking ship and owins ,s to s as as
% Of es shs he cspsn IN
giving his orders was was saved in the gig With the third
sssnS
h aa Sss ny s h1. wh S
We'll G White n e sg alleged nss GPAa Douglas
JOSE PADILLO vELAsCO. PASSENGER.
the S s he @
sleep at all that night TOR he oohstantiy in and
as .1s s. f%
fss;' s,.G Tess 4 e.
and catching sight the captain who was taking
his tea in company with Mr. Woorich told him Of the
breskers instantly the captain sprang forward and
eH ne na oe c
engineer to stop; at this moment the struck Cap
tain Douglass foot for day and night and appa
rently did without sleep during the catastrophe and
courage and by these qualities he succeeded in saving
our lives Is unnecessary suppose to state that he
the last to leave the ship
THOMAS II. wOOLRIcH, PASSENGER.
orH % o hs es % i
for sena Cruz af halfpast four the morning OF the
wreck, said he the captain invited to join him in
drinking cup OF tea; while with him the third otcer
came and said. Captain think lew land the
captain then told him to change the course from hort
east to and then looked for the land just mentioned
sagtans room for few moments but soon came ont to
while holding 1t in hands at few minutes past ve
we heard slow step approaching, and the third
mate appeared saying, There are breakers ahead
WITH With bound the ssptain sprang for The BEN in me
TO the at the wheel to alter his course sarboard
his face, although animated, full of wonderment at
the extraordinary conduct OF the third officer shin
the and the breaking over her ma