The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-31
Loss Of the virginius off Cape Fear.

NEW ORN. Zee. oU.
The Uuitch States corvette O.slpee came
to anchor off the Battery at 1880 O'Clock
last night The Nrgnius, as WI he re-
membered, was given over 10 the custody
of the captaiu pf the Ossipec on the i7lli
inst, and to the Ossipcc was assigned The
duty of bringing the Virgiuiu. To this port.
The astOnishmcn' of the port authorities.
therefore, was not small whcn the Ossipce
was signaIle last night and no Virgnius
appeared III sight. When however, the
Ossipee was boarded, the startling inielli-
gcpcc was communicated that the Virgin
ius, which being in a lcaky condition, had.
when off Cape Fear and in sight of land,
in spite of all of the efforts Of the crew
aboard her, settled and gone to the bottom.
thing, the captain Observing that he had
strict orders not to communicate with any
body regarding the laundering of the Viz
ginus \ sailor belonging to the United
states revenue steamer Grant says that ON
boarding the Ossipee with his captain, the
Ossipce's captain said the Nirginius had
gone down, but he could not learn whether
the crew were saved or not.
SCENE or THE wREok POSITION OF THE
suNKEH VESSEL.
A Wilmington. n c.. special. dated
yesterday, says
Captain Wltbinks' steamship ronawan-
da. which arrived here on Sunday from
Philadelphia report. passing a sunkcn YES.
sci nine miles south of the main bar, with
only her top-masta. or tnp-gtlAnt masts
out of the water The seam lug Brandt
subsequently visited the spot. her officers
concurring in the opinion that the srlnkcn
vessel WAS unlonbie lly Il squire rugged
steamship \ pork barrel was floating
above the wreck, attached to it by Il twelve
inch hawscr, the hiwser having been evil
IDENTIFY used n tow rope The pilots at Bald
Head, at the mouth of the river, state that
on Friday last they observed over the spot
where the vessel lies. u large steamship in
tow of II full rugged ship, but could not
WI W httuti VIC iiliti NsiS Al SttdilltI Ut MOI.
The above facts taken in connection with
the telegram announcing that the steamship
Georgia, from Charleston, at New York,
had spoken the Nrginius in tow of Cape
Roman, on the 2lth inst, at . o'clock p.
m, renders it tolerably certain that the
sunken ship is the Cuban lilibuster.
1t is probable that the Nirginius, being
already lealy, was 50 mitch damaged by
gales about Christmas time that an attempt
was made TO bring her near enough to this
bar to obtain n tow boat, and finding it i'm
possible to get her in before she sunk hei
crew were taken off by the man-of-wai
having her in charge, which then proceed.
ed on its voyage. The sunken ship lies in
about eight fathoms of water, with Bald
Head Light bearing north half east nine OF
ten miles distant. A pilot boat from
Smithvile visited the spot on Sunday even
ing and the men who We're on her fully
agree in the opinion that she is steamship.
visible above water, and there are numer-
GUS spars llOGting around her, which are
probably still attached to the vessel by
means of rigging 1t is thought that when
she was abandoned the pork barrel was
placed as buoy to mark tie spot where
she went down. The ship is of course Il
total loss, us it will be next to impossible
to raise her In Il few weeks her hull will
i,v,I,l,lt- lN., 81.