Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-30
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE GAZETTE.
SINKING OF TIE vIRGINIUs.

New York, Dec 3O-The United States
Corvette Ossipee arrived at this port last even
iig and came to anchor off the Battery at about
1880 o'clock The Virginius as will be re-
membcred was given over to the custody Of the
Captain of the Oasipec on the 18th inst, and to
the O,sip:e was assigned the duty Of bringing
the famous vessel to this port. The astoni>h-
ment of the post authorities was therefore not
small when the Ossipee was signalled last even
lug aud no Virginius appeared in sight When
however the Ossippe was boarded the apparent
mystery was explained and the startling intel
ligence communicated that the Firginius, which
being all along in a eaky condition, had when
off Cape Fear and 10 sight OF land in spite of all
the efforts of the crew aboard her settled aud
gone to the bottom. Shortly after the arrival of
Ossipee reporter boarded the vessel aud had
an interview with the officer of the deck. The
latter said h. had strict orders not to c,mmuul-
cate with anybody in relation to the clrcum-
st1nccs attending the found, ring of the Virgin
JUS. He would not even give the date OF the
occurrence or the place where it happened,
New York, Dec. 3O.-A special dispatch
froul Wilmington, n G., says that the captain
of the steamship Touawauda, which arrived
here Sunday FROM Philadelphia, reports passing
a sunk..n vessel nine luies south of The main
bar with ooly her top-ulasts or top gallant masts
out of the wafer. The steam tug Brandt sub
staucntly visited the spot, her officers concur
ring 10 the opinion that the suuken vessel was
undoubtedly square rugged steamship. \ pork
barrel was found fl mting over the wreck at
tachcd TO it by twelve luch howser, the how
ser having evidently been used as u tow rope.
The pilots at Bald Head, at the mouth of the
river, state that on Friday last they observed
near the spot where the vessel lies a large
steamship in tow of full rugged ship, but
could DOT tell whether the latter was the steam
or or not The above facts taken IN CONNECTION
with the telegram announcing that the steam
ship Georgia from Charleston at New York
had spoken the Nirgluius in tow uh Cape
Romano Oh the 24th inst. at y. u. renders 1t
tolcrably certain that the sunken ship Is the
world renowned Cuban fiIihuster vessel.
The sunkcn ship lies III about eight tathoms
of water with the Bald Head light bearing north,
half cast niue or ten miles distant. a pilot
boat from Smithville visited the spot on Sun
day evening" add the mrn who were on board
fully agree in the opinion that she Is stehln-
ship Only ii few feet Of the maInurast is vls-
bic above the wat,'r, and there are numerous
sparS fl .a.ing ar"und her which are probably
still attached to the vessel by means ii the rig
gng. 1t is thought thai when she Vas aban
doncd a pork barrel was placed as buoy to
mark the SPOT where she went down. The
ship Is of course, a total loss, a. 1t will be next
to !lnprsSblc to raise her. In Il few weeks her
hull probably will be entirely sunk in the sand.
WIIMlNGTON, n. c., Dec. 80 "a steamship,
miles of the main bar. She is sunk in eight
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