The New York herald., 1877-12-01
THE HURON DISASTER.


THE HURON DISASTER.
couuAxpxa HYAN's REMAINS YoUND-A LARGE
NUMBER OF BODIES DISCOVERED NORTH OF
THE WRECK.
wAsHIxeroS Nov. SO. 1877.
The Signal Service observer at she wreck station
repor,s 40 follows:-
wRxcx STATION. Nov ao-4:o5 p NJ
To the CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, Washington
twenty-five moro bodies have been found. among
them those Of Lieutenant Stmons and Ensign
snsa a'ss ss'u oa cse 70
ported found. Wind blowing strongly from Inc
%+ COMMANDER RYAN's roDy rorSD. .
KIrTY HAwK-4:08 N.
A messenger has arrived from Commander James q
Green, wish dispatches stating that the bod'es OF
Commander Ryan, Mr. Gillett and Mr LOOMS nave
been found, and viii be buried there, sevec,een niles
where they can easily be shipped North ny steamer
Cygnet. Should tho bodies be wanted y VIII oe neccs-
s TSoyss ~ '!o1 PaynsS % Popar Branch Post once w
reach him. who viii be in charge OF tho bodies Forty
= - beaoh 0iteen miles north OF the Currituck Shoot
10 Ci6b house viii inform you a. soon as they can
''a''I.r rsc,AslI,rr or arcoyEKrsc GOODS
ft KIrrY HAWK p N.
Reported by Lieutenant Harrington q. WRECK sta
aaon that fore. main and mzzcn opmasis are now
nshore and thai has recovered several papers and
box Of letters Of sNr. DcDg Surf still very high;
OS4bv
zoNoas TO ENSIGN yoUNo-A BILL FOR PAY
NxNr or MONEY TO THE SURVIVORS AND
rAMILIxs OF THE LOST.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 80, 1871
Mr.. Proctor Knott, OF Kentucky, escorted Ensign
Young OF the Huron about the Capitol to-day, and he
vss intsoduced to = largo number oil the members and
senators all of whom took especial pains to hear from
his own lips the recital Of his narrow escape and the
manper 10 which he effected It. 1t 10 especially CON-
mentsd upon by naval ocsrs that the hcrosm Of En-
sign Young has In IL something OF tho marvellous His
acs vas that OF one who FIRST dared risk his life
chancsa which he took OF losing II at
the perilous moment when hs released himself from
The vessel exctes tho greatest commendasion, for
which no Is TO be thanked IN general orders by the
Navy Depart ment When the House meoss Tomorrow
Mr. Eots will Introduce bill making an appropria-
Non oi $1,000 oil the surviving officers and 500
70 oach OF the seamsn with wnich TO replace their
issmen who were lost full years. sea pay This bill
viii be considered and passed IN tho House witnout
and % sbds sns debate ON The ADMISSION Of the South
Carolina and Louisiana Senator'S
LECTURE At THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE By
THE REV. T. DE WITT TALMAoE.
rhs subject OF Mr.. Talmage's lecture at the Brook
yn Tabsrpaclc last night was 'The Huron Disaster
After the sermon the dead march in Saul played
Yea, said Mr. Talmagc; what beautiful and stirring
,,ent The sight makes our pulses Autter like its
,auvas But q man. of-war still moro stirring. 1t
means law, order, national rights, bombardment
and the thunder OF battlc. An American
nan-of.war stirs still deeper emotions Il means
liberty and home and ancestral graves and the de-
fence OF our children after We are dead What a
wonderful progress tho day OF the nat-botomed
esait down tho foundation Of the British navy and
down 70 the Unitod States screw steamer Wabash
Our American navy born In 1756, whom Congress
equipped cruissrsthe one OF ten guns, the other
tourtsen Iwlsh could shake out the spectral canvas
Of some Of these old shpsof-war and sail them before
you tonight crowded from stem to stern as they
with patriotic memories
few days ago there went out from our Brooklyn
Navy Yard man oi-war. tho Huron. She steamed
down to Ham pton Roads, dropped anchor ior further
orders and then went on southward-lS6 souls on
board and the life Of the humblost boy in sailors
sckss as precious the lilo OF the commander.
There were storms the air, the j,b stay had been
sarried away, but hat cares such monarch OF the
lssp for hurricanes ALPS we'll at twelve o'clock at
siehtl Strike eight bsllsl AUS we'll At one
Joioek IN the morning. strike two belsI
aow me water from the iron PROV othe Huron
% she seems moving irresistbly onl II fishing
smack came In her way she would ride It down and
not know she touched II But alasl through the
ne = aiming Ss S1s mssS wIas sna
minutes there Is harsh grating on the bottom o the
ship, and the cry gocs, .,s across Tos sns SNIP
Then the lifts up tho ship TO let her fall on the
breakers-shock! shock shocKl Tne dreadful
command Of the Captain rings across the deck. and -
repeated among the hammocks, "All hands save the
ship!" Then comes the thud oi the axe in answer 10
Inc order 10 cut. away the mast Overheard 80 the
runs They are Of NO use 10 this battle with
Inc wind and wave Heavier and heavier the
vessel falls til the timbsrs begin 70 crack Tho work
t~aan cAoa mn. var
more men from tho .forccaste and reaching up its
Dnny fingers TO those hanging IN tho rigging Numb
and frozen. they hold on and lash themselves last,
whilo some, daring each other to the undertaking.
plunge into beating surf and struggle Tor the land
On. cruol seal Pity them rs bruised and mangled and
with broken bones, they make desperate effort Tor
dear lie 49,
conduct Of the admirable. 1t is magnin
cent thing TO SEQ man dying at his post, doing his
=, ~ wc,,d an ,Insraton of the doctrine of vcar,
sacrince-mcn caring all things 10 save their tel
lows Who can see such things without thinking Of
The greatest deed OF tnoso nineteen centuries, the
pushing Of tho Chisfain OF the universe to take
Inc human OF the wreck OF wor'df For thirty
miles along the beach tho dead OF the Huron
urewn anu throughout the land therc is weeping and
lsmen,aiion and great woe For many OF those ship
wrecked no burial will ever bo held. This
vice tonight s chiefly for those who will be
surrendered until the day whom the archangclc
The deep. Let the grain stu, hanging In this
church from Thanksgiving festival be the decora-
s,on for their resting places; os they have "a % been
an by sharper sickle than that which cut this
Let tisrs bc no tor the Dead look with
uiierabIe disgust upon all those attempts which are
made 10 damsge the good OF those who lie The
bottom oi the sea-
DESPATCH PROM sEcRETARv THOMPSON
Hear the teslmony oil The Hon. X. W. Thompson,
~ secretary oil the Navy -
WASHINGTON. b. c. Nov. %
Rev I. DIX Writ TALMAGK:-
Ihs onisors and crew oil tue Huron all competent
faithful aud brave men. The ship In good condition.
and gone down In consequence of circum
WINCH known TO the department. no
official sagncty could and which NO amount Of
courage could overcome tur a .
r. W. THOMPSON, Secretary OF the Navy.
That 10 tho telegram. Let that be the epitapn TOR
the boys VINO went Down. Instead Of ccnsurc lot US
Interpretation Of the captains who are al
moas unanimous IN the opinion that there must have
been something tho matter with the compasses. That
Ii The rum Of many men noWadayA Men take their