The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-11-16
Loss of the Pacific Mail Steam.
ship Pacific.

nan AnANSioVos 1NONcuUcE - uc
press dispatch was justreceiv-
ed from Seattle, Washington Territory:
Tie Daily Dispatch received the follow.
ing special from Port Townsend this
morning: "The American ship Messen.
ger, Captain j. F Gilkey, arrived nine
days from San Francisco, and reports
picking up, twenty miles south of Cape
Flattery, part of the pilot house and
Henry Jelly, the only survivor of the
steamship Pacific, which sailed from
Victoria at o'clock Thursday morning
and foundered forty miles south of Flat
terry at 8 o'clock Thursday evening -
Jelly foated ON the pilot house from 8
o'clock Thursday night until 10 o'clock
Saturday morning, when he was picked
up by messenger. Several boats were
launched, but all foundered.
ISigned 8 AT. LIoRMEs.
Jelly is 100 low to give full particu-
lars, but he states that he was in the
boat which swamped, and with another
man succeeded in reaching part of the
pilot house. The other man subsequent
ly died from exposure and was cut loose
by Mr.. Jelly. She was insured for
S47, 600; value OF cargo, $4,000.
Only One Boat-Load saved..Ter-
rible Loss Of Lite. s
SAN Francisco, November GA dis
patch from Port Townsend, last even
ing, says Henry f. Jelly, supposed to
be the sole survivor of the Pacific, was
brough: here yesterday by the ship Mes
senger in wretched condition, having
been on raft thirty-six hours before
being picked up He says the Pacific
collided with some other vessel whose
lights he saw, but il his interview with
Gilkey, Captain. of the Messenger, last
ing twenty-four hours, he made no mem
stion of the lights of the vessel, and
some think him laboring under hallucin
alton as to that. Experienced naviga-
tors here think it more likely she struck
a sunken rock Mr. Jelly makes a state
ment to the following effect:
Took cabin passage on the Pacific
from Victoria, leaving about quarter
past nine o'clock on the morning OF
Thursday, the ,4th inst. About two
hundred people we're on board. We
steamed all day against southeaster
Between eight and nine in the evening,
while in bed, heard crash and felt a
shock as if the steamer had struck a
rock then heard something fall as if
the rocks had fallen. The starboard
bow bell struck to stop, back, and 60
ahead. went or deck, and heard
voices say, SITS all right; we have
strucka vessel'' Saw several lights at
distance. but do not think they were
colored, but paid little attention; return
ed to the cabin and noticed that the ship
took heavy list to port; went on
deck to the pilot t-house and heard some
one say, "She is making water very
fast" The Captain, coming out of his
room, l asked him if there were any
blue lights or guns; be said the blue
lights we're in the pilot house; i gol
them and burned FIVE; noticed the en-
gines still working, but no one at the
wheel; | went TO the sstarboard side
forward of the paddle-box, where mum,
Der of men were trying to get q long
boat, but could not went to the port
boat forward helped five or six womer
into it. tried to get the boat of, bul
could not move it, There were abou,
twenty women in it. Heard the boats
abaft the paddles had got off, but die
not see them. Think i. was about ar
hour after the steamer struck when sh,
listed so much the port boat was in tht
water. was in that boat. Cut loose
from the davits, the boat filed and turn
ed over Igot on her bottom and help
ed several up with me. Immediatel,
after the steamer seemed to break il
two, fore and aft The smoke-stack fel
and struck our boat, and the steame
sunk. Think about all the women wer
in our boat, and fear they were al
drowned when the boat upset. Thi
was about 10 O'Clock in the evening"
The night was not dark nor the sea yer.
rough, but fresh breeze sprung up after
ward left the bottom of the boat
and with another man climbed on th
top of the pilot-house, floating near =
The next morning l got some life-pre
servers floating near the house, and witt
their ropes lashed myself and compan
ion to the house. Saw three RATS. Th
first had one man on it; the next hat
three men and a woman. / could no
make out the other for the distance, ex
cept there were people on it. thinl
we were thirty or forty miles south o
Cape Flattcry when the vessel struck.
passed the light on Tatloosh Island be
tween four and Eve in the evening.
and my companion were on the pilot
house all OF Friday until about 4 p. m
when he died. Cut him loose. The Sc
was running very high all day, the wave
washing over us. Soon after he died
sighted vessel, called, and heard pee
pie on the other raft calling, but th
vessel did not come near. Friday nigh
| there was but little wind until morning
when the wind and sea rose. wa
then within mile of the shore of Var
couver Island. Sighted two vessels O
the American shore, which passed or
| About 10a m. Saturday the Messenge
picked me up. HENRY F, JELLY,
/ There was great excitement in thi
city on hearing the news. Telegrap
and newspaper offices and the Me-
chants Exchange were besieged by pee
Pile who had friends and relatives o
hoard.
No one seems to know the names 9
the Hurlburt- Rockwell Troupe, but it j
supposed Fannie Marston was one {
them, and that the Others were perform
ers picked up in that part of the cour
try. at5
u EThe Democrats of Ohio owe Hol
John G. Thompson, of Columbus,
+ heavy debt for the earnest, able and en-
ergetic manner in which he conducte
the late canvass. That the cause wa
not successful does not lessen the obi
CATION nor furnish reason why ou
thanks should not be extended him. A
i Chairman of the State Executive Con
mittee, he gave his whole time to th
canvass. He was surrounded with en-
barrassments which would have appalle