They were nearly exhausted, and to render them more comfortable, and to forward them to their homes with more speed than was in the power of the Captain of the bark, Capt. These consisted of a family of six, the father and mother and four children, the youngest only eight weeks old, and eight seamen. At 5 1/2 the sailors at masthead cried, "Another boat!" In about an hour we made a Russian bark, bound to the south of France, which picked up the small boat containing fourteen, before we reached her. Two boats were yet out the long-boat, containing thirty-seven persons, and a small-boat containing fourteen, and a raft on which were about one hundred others.Ĭaptain DE BOCANDE immediately put his ship about and went in the direction of the wreck of the William Nelson, with the hope of saving more lives. They were passengers in the William Nelson, from Antwerp, which had been burned at 12 1/2 o'clock on the 16th instant, in lat. In as short a time as possible they were all made comfortable and the history of their misfortune ascertained. We saw sailors forcing small pieces of bred dipped in wine, between the parched lips of the shipwrecked seamen. The kind pursers conducted those that could walk into the cabin, and placed the best of the ship's board before them and the helpless were fed like babies. Gentlemen doffed their broadcloth for the comfort of the men, and weeping sailors stripped themselves for the benefit of their fellow seamen. Ladies took from their persons rich silks and stuffs to clothe unfortunate women. Tears stood on manly cheeks and in eyes unaccustomed to weep. There was scarcely a dry eye among the hundreds that crowded the deck of the Lafayette. Now ensued a great moral lesson for the non-believers in the innate goodness of the human heart. DE BOCANDE received them one by one, and caused chairs and mattresses to be brought for those who had not strength enough to stand. The steps of the Lafayette were lowered, and thirty helpless beings were rescued from a watery grave. We rushed up the gangways, and saw a little to the southwest of the Lafayette two frail boats filled with half-naked men and women pulling toward us for life.Īs they neared the side of our ship, their upturned faces beamed as if the gates of Heaven were opened to them. In an instant more we heard hurrying steps on the deck, and a cry of "A wreck!" "A wreck!" brought us all to our feet. The deck of the steamer was luminous with happy faces, But a few moments after we had taken our seats at the dinner-table, at 4:30 P.M., the ship suddenly came to a stop. the sky was without a cloud, the sea smooth and the air superb. DE BOCANDE had taken a more southerly course than ever before, prolonging our voyage, and going quite out of the usual truck of ships: and no one saw a special Providence in this. The round of eating, drinking and tate-e-tete went on the same. No one expressed surprise, No one saw the hand of Providence in this little delay. The second day out, the ship was stopped for two or three hours to repair a slight damage to the machinery by too much friction. LA BARRONNE, wife of the Russian Minister at Washington, Mme. SPENCER, wife of the Ex-consul at Paris, Mme. We left New-York at 9 o'clock on the morning of June 23, in the steamship Lafayette, for Havre, with three hundred passengers, among were President KING, of Columbia College, New-York, with his wife and four daughters, Dr. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.ON BOARD STEAMSHIP LAFAYETTE, BETWEEN BREST AND HAVRE, Thursday, July 6, 1865. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated.
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