The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-03

Of > gale. shut out from any port Of sup.
Rif, and 90 decided 70 bear up for
Fstst ';iaasso :1.issd A;. was on di..sns sns
H0 miles, The sbip' ! speed varying from
EkaRht to twelve k1oG per hour, wind
HanlA. With rain, XAMh leered to West
@Hfd at 8, r. NJ, Hii6 clear weather At
MA;nigtt. / judged the ship to have
mAde LEI niles, -naii5h would place her
forty eight ssiles South of Lambro, and
L then left the deck and went into the
chart room, leaving orders ab out tho
lookout, and to let me know il they saw
nything, and to call me at 8 4. NJ, in
tending then to put the ships heed TO
Southward, and await daylight. MY frst
intimssion o! tho catastrophe was the
striking of the ship on Marr's Island,
and remaining there fast. The sea i'm
mediately swept away all the por. boats.
Ehe oHcers wen. to thaiE stat;ons. sad
commenced. clearing away the weather
0oafs. while rockets were fred by the
seoOnd officer. Before the boats could
% cleared. only ten minutes having
elapsed. the ship keelad heavily to port,
rendering the statbosrd boats useless
Eeseing that no :hslp could be eot from
HssIns and 81 4iEs tsiis, Sla encoursaed ours ,ed
EESm o go for ward, ,HhaSs: the ship Vas
6ghest and iss4 axnp4d "a water. The
tl4td officer, MI YisdV aaarier masters
1Nens and HbAAk AkniSn:, !!this time.
eha1fnS estAbltshsI GENERALIZATION With
he oRtIyinR s6pk, ,sbout icrsy yards
dMsAIt, bI meapI oi & una, got four
FPthsf linea TO fhe .ipek, stong which
about 200 paople baaaAL Bstween the
fock and the shore was passage 100
yards wide. A rope Was successfully
passed across this, by which means
about fifty got to land. though many
were drowned in the attempt At S A.
M.. the 6rst boat appeared from the
island. but she was too small to be OF
any assistance. Through the exertions
OF Mr.. Brady. the isianders were aroused,
and by A. NJ three large boats came
to our assistanou. By their efforts, all
that remained on the side OF the ship
and on che rock we're landed in safety,
and cured for by poor fisherman,
named CLANCY. and his daughter.
During the day, the survivors, to the
number Of 429, we're drafted off to the
yarioas houses scattered on the island.
The resident magistrate, Edmund Ryan,
rendered valuable assistapce.- The chief
officer having got DIP themizzen rigging,
Che sea cut off his rstiest he stood for
six hours by woman who had been
placed in the rigging The sea was too
high to attempt his rescue. At 8 P. NJ,
q Clergyman, Ray. Mr. Aocient, succeed
ed in getting him q line, and getting
him of. Many OF the passengers, saloon
and steerage, died in the rigging from
cold; among the number, the pafssr o.
the ship. Before the boats ,Went out,
placed two ladies in life boat, but 'f1hds
ing the boat useless, Garfield them to
the main rigging, wien 1Ieft them, and
went aft to encourage others to go for
ward on the side of the ship. At this
janctnre. the boilers exploded. and the
boat rolled over to seaward; the ship
at this time being on her beam ends.
Finding myself useless there, I went to
take the ladies forward, but found them
gone; nor did 7 eae them afterwards.
Many passengers, at this time, could not
be stimulated to any effort to save them
selves. but lay in the rigging, and died
from fright and exposure. I remained
on the sido, encouraging. helping and
directing, until about fifteen were land.
ed. when. finding that my hands aud
legs wore becoming useless, left the
ship. Two other boats being close at
baud, l embarked the remainder. On
reaching the shore. I despatched Mr..
Brsdy, the third officer, off to Halifax,
across the country. to telegraph
the news of the disaster, and to
obtain assistance Mt the same timo
Mr. Morrow, the Cunard Line agent,
promptly responded. and sent two
steamers, With provisions, to convey the
survivors to Halifax, whero they will be
cared for, aud forwarded to New York,
at the first opportunity, in charge of the
first and fourth officers; the third officer
and four men being left at the island to
care for the doad Us they come ashore
Captain 8. Hendon, u diver, has received
provisional authority rs to salvage of the
cargo and material The second officer
was lost, with No. 30 life boat
Financini and Lonnlrrcia,.
LONDON, April 2-Noon. -Consols
923s(9922l. 5.9l.
PARIS, April 2.-Rentes 55f. $50
LIVERPOOL, April 2-Evenipg.-
ton opened steady aud closed unchanged
-uplands 9asGS31ss; Orleans 9sg(g93i;
sales u. 600 bales; speculation nnd export
1000; from Savannah and Charleston,
deliverable in March aud April, 92s; de.
iiyerable III April 9L,'.
New YORK Aprii D Moan nntf,p