Richmond Enquirer

[Georgetown [K.] Patriot.]

CHARLESTON, September 2.

Farther of the Wreck of the Diamond.

Contrary to our expectations, and the belief of every one acquainted with the subject, we were highly gratified on Saturday, to see twelve more of the unfortunate crew of the schooner Diamond arrive in this town.

They were taken from the wreck by the schooner Ann, from Georgetown, on that morning, about 10 o'clock, which had not, as was at first supposed, gone entirely to pieces.--It appears she sunk, and her main jury-mast went by the board on Thursday night; that 16 of the crew (amongst whom was captain Gardner, of Philadelphia) committed themselves to the mercy of the waves on a raft; and that the 12 men who were taken off by the above vessel, were clinging to the foremast, which was still standing. No tidings of the persons who embarked on the raft, have yet been received. The men above mentioned saved, state that the surgeon of the vessel was drowned. Six men were saved by the Hornet, one picked up by the schooner Polly, and 12 taken from the wreck by the schooner Ann, forming a total of 19 out of fifty--of the fate of the remainder we are as yet uncertain. Hopes are entertained that the crew of the raft have succeeded in gaining the shore.

Since the above was in type, we have the sincerest satisfaction in stating, that Captain Edward C. Gardner, of Philadelphia, has arrived in town in one of our pilot-boats. He was picked up on Saturday afternoon, about four o'clock, on a fragment of the raft, by the wrecking schooner Polly Gallop, Captain Griffin. He was put on board the pilot-boat yesterday morning almost exhausted with fatigue, having been upwards of forty hours in the water. He states, that he and 17 or 18 others left the wreck on the raft, and that soon after the Spaniards began cutting the lashings, and taking separate pieces, and shutting singly for themselves--this course was continued until he was left alone, with only two pieces of plank and an oar. He was in sight of the schooner which picked up 12 men from the wreck on Saturday, and endeavoured, by making signals with a handkerchief, to be seen by her people, but in vain, as he was about a mile and a half from her.

The pilot boat picked up on the beach, a black man, who also belonged to the vessel, in a state of exhaustion. He left the wreck in company with 2 others on a spar, and states that they were washed off and drowned. He was seen by Mr. Wellman of the pilot boat to drift ashore, and he had no sooner got beyond the surf than he fell upon his face in the sand, and went fast asleep. He must have been in the water from the time the vessel sunk. The captain, we understand, was among the number who perished.

We have certain accounts that 21 of these unfortunate men were saved; of the fate of the remainder (29) it is uncertain.

The vessel lays about 3 miles from the Cape, on her side, and at low water only about 10 feet of her quarter rail is visible.

[City Gaz.]