, 1873-07-12
NUMBER 1926.
way. Ills services woro quietly declined. During

ahc would bronx in two; but still tho women,
n1m! especially tho young girls, .crIcd vor5'
little aud T. boro Up ''ontlorfuy: Two young
MansachuBetta respectively, with their motllcr
and aunt, on my assuring thom TINT thoy
would got to land 81! safo, sat quietly down md
novor inovod 8 muscle till tlor names wore callc1
out to embark. a young Iris1 Rir! IN tho atocr-
ago, named Winifrod, camo and askod mo
WHETHER SIZE WOULD SEE CASTLE GARDEN AT ALL.
Of courBo told lor yos. Sllo gayo mo d kiss,
and wrapped a,i ulstor coat around hor n as sle
went aovn tho ladder. Neither nor Wnfrcd
nro any tho woreo for il yot, ! hopo. As soon as
we rot OH shore tho Iriah onligrants kopt mostly
by tltemsclvao, and tho Fins ind Germans by
themselves. Tlloro wore Hoyoraf
DESERTED nAnSs AND ou7HousEs on TIE gEAcH.
In which tho passengers Wero hotiBcd. FonccD
md ranEa wcro torn up, flreB built, and tea@
kettles md biscuit woro sorvod out Oh quickly
an possible. Fortunately tho woathor, though
dang an ogg was ennraG else tue eo9 Grns
fuI nnd tic babies mtlgt llavo died.
THE CABIN LADIES
woro takon up to tho house Of Mr.. Harding
and taken good earo Of ky A1rs r., Harding and her
all, ana thtcc other young Irish girls anfc under
tho protection Of tho angels III tic shapo Of tho
AliBBoB LowiH, a1d many others found o home
and sholtor unlor tho roof Of another Mrs.
LowiB,
THE KINDNESS OF THESE PEOPLE
waH such thnt ITO money could ovor repay thonl,
even il tho Inman agent was to givo them millions
Of doilarn. But wnt waa to DO doue With tho hln-
lre1s of ponr 1riah women lying on tho beach
under tho banks and big rocks
4 GALLANT AMERICAN.
Here was IN opportunity for Col. Parnol1. Of
tho United States Cnvnlry, FROM Camp H. Har--
noy, Oregon, to como forward and nobly he did
so. This gentleman, aa calm and polite in poace
as he is ga}lant i'll war, wont round and induced
Hpyoral women to 20 up to tho buck barns and
cattle sheds; and dispatched Whole gangs OF
| men under mo to house them and
NuILD EINEB FOR THEM.
| Many poor croature wont to sloop at night
blessing Col pnrnoil. I ana sorry to aay that
did not 100 ono single othor cabin 1nalo passon-
gor oxorting himself n tho slightest to nssiat
wont up to tho LewiB' that night Mt o'clock wo
found a gentleman. who il connected with tho
1uman Line nt Liverpool,
| INA coMronrAnlE FEATHER RED,
with tho door locked Oh tho inside, whereas thero
were dozens Of women, including tho two Misses
| Lewis and old hlrs. Lewis in the noxt room,
lying on the floor. Tho noxt day broke
| DAMP, FouoY, AND RAINY.
mi1ably, putting up tonsu from canyaa sails,
| attending to tho women, 4Eo in fact doing overy
thing in his powor to alleviate their condition.
| Up to this point we had not caught sight Of
tho steamer, tho fog boing too tlicls. On Mon
she 10y qlioscent,
AS II suE WAS At ANCHOR.
She liea about half milo to tho howard OF
Green Island, which is about tlree ncres in
| shore.
| LINE OF REEFS
extends out from tho Shore, with heavy breakers
on them. Had wo gono to tho right or the left
| only 210 yards We muHt have
| STRUCK EITHER THE 1HLAND OR THE REEFS,
and \ fearful loss of life must havo enBuod.
About mcB In tho roar Of the Bhip ia tho Lit
tlo Hope Rock, by which VIC must nayo passed
! within a fow ynrdu. The stonmor lies In about
| FIFTEEN FEET or WATER,
and nppoare as solid ns tho rock sho lies on. Hor
I stern IL in docp wator, aud il we had backed OF
| VIC must lave sunk in flvo minutes. Ten minutes
aftor she struck sho began to ILL., and ia now
filed Up, with
FIFTEEN FEET OF WATER IN HER HOLD.
All Sunday and Monday stores, blanltots, beef,
biscuits, &c, wore landed, and evory ono ap-
pcarod as contontcd as possible under tho cir
cumstanceH. Tho kindness OF tho people, what
fow thoro are is excessive. Erory ono is on
gagod i'll alternating 6ufforlng On Monday
evening mooting Of cable passengers was
callel md about two hundred dollars were sub-
acrihcd on the spot i'll coin for
THE TWo HEROES, HyYANnuNd AND FERGUSON.
| One ought to bo started III New York for tho
aa1ne purpose. in behalf Of those noble fellows
who riBkod their lives for us. No tieings havo
| boon lenrd yet Of any relief being sent. owing to
hard-prossiug business iu New York.
1startcd yesterday for Annapolis, and hope to
we're plenty Of provisions for all llalus for some
days to come. ThiH ia how tho Washington was
| lost.
WHY SHE WAS LOST
| is qutto different htfair. Many readers Of tho
Herald are not nautical men. / will simply say
TINT they Gun only compare tho navigation Of tho
| Washington to the conduct Of man who getH
on horae and gallops in q dark night full speed
down turnpike road totally regardless whethor
| there arc sovoral gatoH on tho road aud
whethor they aro open or shut. Fortu-
tho Little Hopo Rock; but Gull Rock shoat cato
VIII unfortunately closed. As said boforo, 10
sight was taken for aoyon daya
| TIE LEAD WAS NEVER HOVE ONCE
No one Ind tho slightest idoa where wo wore, and
yot this ill-fated slip vas at twelve and thir
teon knots an hour for days together. It ia per-
| fcctly monstrous that tho lives OF GOO PERSONS
shond be ct tic mercy Of sot Of mon either
onoss1Y INCOMPETENT Oh ELsE 1NcoNcE1yADtT
CARELESS.
Had this accident occurred at night at least
| ono hundred lives would have been lost What
| is tho good Of Captain in time Of peril who is
| laid up with gout? What possible good is an
oflleor who can't toll tho position OF his ship
within 150 milos7 We had on board Captain rs
passenger who Las crossed tho ocean Bcoroa Of
times ho frequently warned tho ohiof Officer
| RUNNING TOO FAR NoRrnwAnD,
and advised him to run down u hundred miles or
so to the southward to get tho sun and SEQ
whore they were. His advice was ruflely de-
| clinod. Tho Second Offlcor, bolleTo, coincidod
with this view. We should hayo gone On rum
| ming twolra knots al hour
TILL WE sTAUCK SOMETHING,
even II TINT something should be the Seal Rock
| at San Francisco. a most searching and minute
| inquiry should be hold into tho mattor, aud
| THE RESPONSIBLE PERSONS PUNISHED.
As tho matter at present stands any ono rail-
| ing from England to Amerlca can just toas up =
cent piece to know whether ho will come out
all right or not. Groat credit is duo tho Second
| Officer, tho doctor, aud tho puraer for their ao-
tyity and attention to tho ladies.
ICE-COLD IMPERTINENCE.
After what hayo atatod it will scarcely bo
credited that tho before mentioned ropresont-
atiye OF tho 1nman Liverpool office should
have actually, had tho barefaced audacty to go
round soliciting signatures to 4 testimonial to
the Captain aud officers for the vary eillciont
way in which they had dono thoir duty gsnorally,
| and for their kindness after the wrcck.
| DONE THEIR DUTY!
| only hope, for the credit Of Englisllmon, that
tho officers themselves will 500 tho ridiculous
! abaurdity of any Testimonial being presented to
| them ut auch Ino1nont as tho presont, and stop
it at onco. Tho officer Or officers who Ind charge
nf thu rnvirntinn of tim Tity 0f WnHhinEt1n ara