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Show AKOTUGK WRECK. Til Whip "Orpheus' was Kun luloby the "I'liciiic." Tho Former Wreclted by the Littler. San Francisco, 12. A dispatch this afternoon from Port Townseud reports the return of the revenue steamer Wolcott from a cruise after the survivors survi-vors of the J'acijic. After finding O'Hanlon, quartermaster, previously noticed, the cutter steamed for Neah bay, near Waddeu island, aud picked up the body of the under steward of the iaciic. On reaching Neah bay, Lieutenant Harwood, in command pi the Wolcotl, sent Indians in canoes I who searched the coast twenty miles ' southwest of Cape Flattery, returning . after two days without success. Tucrc was a heavy gale all day Tuesday aud Wednesday. The Wolcolt sailed for Baiclay sound, Vancouver island, thirty-five miles from Cape Flattery, and communicated with the Indians along Vancouver's shore, but nothing of importance was ascertained. Steaming up Barclay sound, the first Indian village was hailed. A canoe came oil' containing a white man, who came aboard and introduced intro-duced himself as first mate of the ship Orpheus, He stated she had been run into by a steamer and was wrecked on the following S.ittircLiv morning on an island near by Copper icUml. Tlio ooptLxin n.nd crew had got ashore safely and were encamped further up. Proceeding iu the direction direc-tion indicated another canoe approached ap-proached in which wasCapt. Sawyer, of the Orpheus, He gave the following follow-ing account of the disaster of Tours-' day evening: Ho was approaching the cape by his reckoning abDut twenty miles ofl, with a fresh southeast south-east breeze, steering about northwest, when the man at the wheel first saw the steamer's headlights ofl the port bow, immediately after straight ahead. Could see neither of he sidelights; side-lights; could not make out which di-j rection she was coming; put his helm star board. The light came1 nearer; he continued to b tar board his1 helm until his vessel had turned around the sails flat aback. The steamer by this time had got very near him and blew one whistle. In less than half a minute after her bow struck his ship a glancing blow just abaft the fore chains, crashing in the rail and breaking the planking dowu to near the copper. She surged alongside of her, striking and grating along the starboard brakes and rigging on that side, ulso the lorctop mast. Captain Sawyer states that he hailed the steamer as she surged past, and culled to them to iay by him and send a boat, as he then supposed his ship to be in a (linking condition, but no one answered the hail, neither did he see any one on deck. She drifted or steamed away, he was not certain which. Ho afterwards saw a dash of light which he took for a signal. He thought they had heard his hail aud would lay by him. Ho saw her no more. His ship at that time demanded de-manded nil his attention. He lay too tho remainder of that night and nearly near-ly all day Friday repairing the rigging. rig-ging. That forenoon ho got under way again and nmtlu sail for land. Soon after dark he made a light which he took for Capo Flattery, not knowing there wna a light on the coast further north. Ho allowed five miles clearance for Duncan rock, and considered himself safe for entering the Strnita of Fuca, when, about livn o'clock on Saturday morning, his ship scraped over a reef and immediately imme-diately alter slruek her bow on a rock, stuck fast and filled. The light he mistook for Flattery was Cape Boale, at the cntranco of Barclay Sound, thirty-five miles north of the I former. Tho ship will provo a total wreck. . . I Oajjt. Sawyer got all tho valuables, etc., ho could out of her, and encamped en-camped on tho shoro with hi wifo and crow in touts made of the sails; had hired u canoe from the Indians In-dians and started hid mato to Victoria for help, but tho weather was so bad tho Indians would not venturo out tho voyage, so tiiey wei o ion nil when the Wokott arrived. Lieut. JIarwooil took all of them aboard his vessel with tho most valuable portion of goodssaved, leaving tho first junto in charge of tlio wreck until the uwnerH could bo eontultcil. All were landed safely at Port Townseud on Fridiiy morning. Nothing was heard or ween in Barclay sound of anything 'pertaining to tlio I'arific. Captain mirwoou ana J not 1'eter Ihompson went to tho wreck nf tho Orpheus und examined it carefully. They say tho I ihip ws undoubtedly struck by the I uteamcr just abaft tho forward rigging. rig-ging. Tho OruknuH registered 1,007 tons, and was owned by (J. D. Taylor Tay-lor dc Co. of Ihift city. At tho time of her collision with tne J'ariir nlQ W1W iu ballast on her w.iy to Departure buy for a cargo of coal, having sailed from this port on tho 'Z'.)t ult. There is no expectation of rescuing any more ol thosoon the I'ai-iir, Thoro has been heavy weather most of tho limo since the wreck, and alter a thorough search no hopes aro entertained enter-tained of further discoveries. |