Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-02

when the sea washed over them ! would
have thought they we're dead. One by
one they slipped quietly of and
drowned. ] was left alone before 8
o'clock.
BATTLE WITH pysrArB.
The moon rose about that time, and
you cannot imagine the terrible feeling
OF fear and despair that took possession
OF me. had TO battle with myself all
the time to keep from giving up and
sliding away into eternity. On all sides
| OF me the most intense quiet reigned.
| Where at frat there was an endless cho-
rus Of screams and prayers for help there
was nothing but silence and felt that
my mind was going. i think ! would
have gone crazy, but suddenly saw the
light at Bsrnegat flashing, and to keep
my mind occupied | began to paddle
with nav hands in the direction OF it.
OCCASIONALLY dead body would
slip by me in the cold water,
face up, in the brilliant light Of the moon.
NV lover limbs were warm in the water,
but nay body was freezing from the bit
ter wind. Every now and then | would
be washed overheard. Behind me |
could see the tall masts Of the sunken
vessels with few dark forms clipging
10 the spars. j padded and padded
away and finally realized that / was
drifting out 10 sea and not making one
inch towards Barnegat. Twice / saw an
ocean steamer, but they were miles
away.
SCREAMING FOR HELP.
Nevertheless | screamed again and
again at them for help. Then [ saw
some sailing-yessels, but they also were
too far of TO hear my feeble cries. The
night passed slowly, aud ! gave up all
hope. About o'clock in the morning l
heard a feeble cry TO my right and saw
the ghttering eyes and bewhiskered face
OF Spsnisrd in The water. lie had
g raft OF spars little better than mine,
and swan over to him. he could speak
no English and l could speak no Spanish,
but we shook hands In the water there
and felt that.we would die together He
had been washed off his raft. / helped
him on TO it again and then climbed on
myself.
FIRsT-MATE PBRRwG's STORY.
PHILADELPHIA. November First
Mate Henry Porting, OF the lll-fated
schooner Cornelius Hargraves, and six OF
the crew of the vessel, together with six OF
the crew OF the schooners victim, the
Spanish steamer Vizcaya, arrived here
at 6:35 this evening from Lewes, Del.
Captain John j. Allen, the master OF the
Cornelius Hargraves, and Harvey Allen,
the schooner's cook, remained aboard
the Sarah Il. Davis, the vessel that pick
ed the shipwrecked men up, and they
will not arrive here until tomorrow.
Mate Perring was interviewed upon
tho subject of the disaster and he tells
substantially the same story az Mate
Walker up to the time Of taking to the
boats
NOTHING TO CAPTAIN ALIENS DIsCREDIT
Perry saws nothing to impute cow
ardice or abandonment on the part Of
Captain Allen aud says that he (Perring)
himself suggested TO the Captain that it
was time to take to the boats, rs he felt
the schooner sinking under him. At
this time he had lost sight Of Walker.
who had been ordered to keep the
Spaniards back from taking possession
Of the boats
WENT DOWN WITH BAGS OF GOLD.
Perripg relates this incident: Among
the Spaniards who jumped aboard the
schooner from the steamer / saw one
man, whom l have since learned by the
papers was the purser, clasping two bugs
of gold in his hands and begging our
sailors to save him and the money. They
told him to throw it overheard, but he
refused and went down with the bags in
his hands.