National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-05-31
THE loss FTHEsIN FRiNCIsCO
Arrival Of the Passengers In San Dicgo-A

tBy Telegraph to the National Republican,
SAN FRANcIsCo May 30.-The Pacific mail
steamer Costa Rica arrived at San Diego ut
ssnxrrs ~ the wrecked steamer City Of Fan Fran
ciss1N Mr. Moss Sargent. bruthcr OF Senator FAR
TnceJfty Of San Francisco len Panama May II. at
tsls m. with ~ cabin and u stccragc passengers
and 10 onierrs and ercw, The cargo was valued
AZ siS "wednesday morning May is-the day was
bright and the atmosphere clcar-a peculiarly. in
dslcrihable trrmor was fit the ship having struck
against snne unknown danger, cutting into the
hull the length Of sixty feet; the water rushing IN
southwest from Tartin shoals and thirteen miles
FROM sbnne, the captain having known by observa-
too her postum Of eight O'Clock The danger
fncument sworn 10 before the United state consul
At Acapulco by one Petcr, and witnessed BY Com:
Lund OF the runboat Mexico. dcpOses that saii
Pcrvr + perfectly convcrsant with the rocks cN-
Finding from POint Nhldnnadocla In south
west dirpction. sharp point covered with four or
Ave hfthom> Of water, extending In nearly a
straight line southwest tn q distance Of twelve "
fjrrtecn milss frsm land, and that he fshcd for
The ship wa at once turned toward the shore.
she was gradually sinking. and had fun steam
on when shs grounded on sand bank at llD a
Thr captain and his officers were cool. calm and
cisar headed As The ship struck, orders
prvssryrrs on A. danger on sinking was most i'm.
mineut sounding between the reef and the sand
bank showed i've and hall, seven and half,
twenty and twenty two fathoms OF water and no
hottpn. During the s,srful interval. while cvi-
deutiy sinking not n cry was heard nom the pas
The 6oats started Cor shore. thirteen miles away
not passenger bciug allowed pound Of baggage
of any kind. and when reaching shore each boat
surf The scrns Is never to be forgotten. Kind
Pruyiisncc pn-erved every life, and all were safe
on the Mexican shorc.
Fortunately stream Of fresh water was found
between the mountains, whcre. with stars for COW
crtng and rOots and branches of trees for mat.
trc~sss. all slept The captain at once sent one OF
the o,isrrs b Acapulco eighty miles distant hut,
fortunately the boat fell in with the gunboat Mcxi-
can. Capt loiot commanding and although under
oriers tD gVt pro- t-iotis TOR the bcsierd city, the
inhabitants of whhh were starving fpr fbod. the
captain Il steamed OF To the relief Of the ship
rrow,iing the deck Of the gunl1at and next day
werp transferred b. the Pacific mail steamer Costa
Rica. ,npt. Mhitcberry cummanding.
The officers and crew Of the United States ships
LackRwanha and fensasola acting most nobly
IN supply ing passengers with clothing frum their
private Marir"s.s and taking up snh,sripsions t9
children who were entirely destitute. Captain
Mstleil and the officers behaved splendidly,
brave. human and unSclish. Captain waddcll
says srven steam pumps Of one hundred and sixty
harels Of water per minute absolutely useless
The whole bottom is out Of the steamer. He has
only conjecture Is that the late earthquake which
was maftc manifest ON the coast by tidal wave
NAV have upheayed a submarine rock.
The ship was going at eleven knots when she
strurk The captain was on the bridge an hour
BEFORE the steamer struck, and timed everything
BY his wasch- Twenty minutes after she struck
the fires were out In that twenty minutes she was
! running in shore under null head Of stenm and
rIn t5rty tvo minutGS. making the distance Of nine
OF ten mitcs, and then grounded In thirty feet OF
Wastr On sand bottom. The next morning foot Of
the stsru WI, sewn out Of water the whole body Of
the ship submerged. and the mixzcnmaSt gone.
The baggage Of the passcngcrS furniture, &c, Is
| constantly floating ashore during the day The
money OF the Passengers Il In the purscrs hands
| The ships money and all the baggage Is totally
tst. From interviews with many pasengcrsI find
there u a unanimous sentiment Of the warmcst
/ k,cling towards the commander and the officers.
| Every man says emphatically that the officers
could have done M more. They did all that men
could do, The captain declares that his officers
/ ansi men stood 10 their duty nobly.
Captain walfeil. Purser Jerome Mr.. l.. H. Parrntt
u A. Scale. J. Stewart and {. sutton Coup go over
Land. taking conveyance here, and proceeding by
nail rum Anaheim. The Costa Rica remains to take
On bnari cCal and will probably not get away from
here until To morruw morning. She expects 10 ar
| rive at san Francisco on Monday.
No WORD IRON THE cArrAIS ov The STEAMER.
SAN FRASstssD. May D.-The wife Of Captain
Wa,hieil. rsi'liny here, has reviewed no commun-
ration fr,m him about the reported Loss Of the
steamer City Of san Francisco