887 ‘The Rival sailed from the Clyde on the 2d day of September, 1854, bound for Genoa, with a cargo of iron and coal, from which day, until the 11th of September, nothing of moment occurred, when we then encountered very heavy weather in about long. 12 30 W, with a heavy head sea, and the brig sprang a leak. It continued blowing a gale with a very heavy sea on, and the crew, although continually at the pumps night and day, were unable to keep the water from gaining on us. By great, and almost supernatural exertions, we managed to keep our vessel from going down during the night, and until about one o’clock next day, when she foundered.
‘TO THE EDITOR OF SAUNDER’S NEWS-LETTER.
The above can be verified by many respectable and impartial persons who were present. As to tobacco and rum, they destroyed all the latter and some of the former, which was a loss to the owner. I saved ten pounds of tobacco, which has been returned to the Custom-house, for the owner’s benefit; such matters are never seized for forfeiture, but are detained, as they are purchased out of bond, paying no duty, being intended for use afloat, but subject to duty when landed and as such detained by the Revenue.
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