The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-05 00:00:00

THE LOSS OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA.

The following additional items respecting the lots
of the steamship Central America are extracted from the de-
mile of the catastrophe published in the papers brought by
the Europa
" Of the 28 children who were saved the greater pat
were babies. The etswardees of the steamer was a stout
negro woman. She had collected the money thrown away by
the pemengrre, it wee sruppmed, and buckled it around the
body. The weight of this money was the came of her
death when she wee hoisted into the Marine, when she died
front having too much gold about her loins. One of the
ladies placed her canary bird in her bosom on leaving the
simmer end preserved its life.
w When, rung and falling with the swell of the waves
the lights of the barque Ellen were firm discerned by the sur-
vive', in the water, the thrill of hope that at once tilled every
bnaost amounted, it may well be believed, to a perfect cutesy.
Let Mr. George speak thrall. He says, I never felt so thank-
ful in all my life. I never knew what gratitude was before.
I do not know whether I oried or net, bat I know I wee
astonished to beai my own laughter ringing in my ears. I
do not know why I laughed. That verse, ' God moves in •
mysterious way,' kept passing let and out of me—through
be, rather, as -if I had been the pipe of an organ. It did
not come to me by my own volition, but somehow made roe
remember it. When the lights approached nearer a arose
of voices sprang up around me, crying Ship ahoy" Boat
ahoy,' end then I began to shout too. And I had
never any doubt that I should be saved till I maw the
lights mesa by, about half • mile from where I was, and re-
cede in the distance. Then I began to give myself up for lost
Indeed. But I slowly drifted toward her again till I could
make out her hall and one of her meats, and presently I
floated close to her, and shouted, and was taken up. When
I got on the deck I could not stand. I did mt know till
then how exhausted I was.' Mr. Charge, before he waa
rescued, encountered six men clinging to • log of wood, two
of whom were wished off in his sight, within a short distance
of the bark. The others most have afterwards shared the
same fate, as they were not taken on board the bark and
were never again seen. Mr. George thinks a raft could have
lived, but no attempt was made to construct one.
"A passenger says*. Life-preservers were plenty, and
each had secured one for himself. On coming up I found
plenty of thbogs to cling to, and got hold of • door, which
I held on to about 16 minutes, till three Irishmen grabbed
it, when I left it, as I was becoming so numb that I
was obliged to warm up by a little swimming exercise.
Though • large quality of material wee floating about, still
there was • good deal of desperate struggling and fighting
poi‘"tTorldP:fi"ea trunk,P'i boat the moat
t II neat
got• directly came in my way; analog to it lusoon got
chilled and had occasionally to leave it and swim to get
warm. But I did not let it get ter out of my way. I ch.
rerved the Irishmen still fighting for the door the last I saw
of them, and they are doubtless lost.'
" According to the statemeet of a female survivor,' There
wee not • tear shed that I am aware of on board th steamer
up to the time we first opted the sail which we Wave
• brought us relief. There seemed to be a perfect calmness,
wMela I could not have believed it possible for such a num-
' her of persons to exhibit under such fearful circumstances,
But when the brig hove in right there were tears of joy, and
the men worked with renewed energy and hope. The ladies
nteUof the men to work firmly and with all their strength,
ild they would take hold and work themselves if the
men did not do their best. Some of the women begged to be
allowed to mint, and some were so anxious that they even
attempted to dress up in men's clothing, so that they might
go down and help in the teak.'
" Mrs. Small and her child were in charge of Captain
Herndon, of whom she musks with m
was handed into the boat by much
him. He appareleotion. She
ead, bat
vary firm. Mrs. Small,' mid ha, this is tied ,I ma sorry
not to get yea home Ways' With these words he turned
away.
"Ifr. Payne states that he was indebted to Captain Hern-
don for hia life. I was in frequent consultation with him
before I went, and he asked me what I thought of Orrin.
I said, Thank Clod, the women end children are all off, and
we are strong." He replied ' Yes, thank God,' and added,
' You take the next boat.' 'hits I did, but before I went he
requested me to go into his alas and get his gold watch
end chain, and, if saved, to carry them to his wife. Said
he, ' Tell her—; but his utterance was choked by
deep emotion, and he said no more on that sub-
ject, but changed it by saying he wished me to see the pred-
dent of the women, ' Karibal O. Roberta, and the agents, and
communicate with them in relation to the disaster. After
saying this much he walked away a few steps and sat down
on a bench, with his head in his hands, apparently overcome.
He remained in that potation a few moments, and Smarm
and resumed giving orders as the boat from the brig Marine
returned."

One survivor makes rather an amusing statement:—„ I
guess I had been about four hours In the water and had
floated away from the rest, wheat the waves owed to teaks
any noise, and I heard my mother say, ' Johnny, did you
eat sleter's grapes r I haft't thought of it for twenty yeas
at least. It had gone clew out of my mind. I had • sistm
that died of conaumption more than thfrty years ago, and when
she war sick—l was a boy of eleven or so--a neighbour had
sent her some early hot-house grapes. Well, those grape'
were left in a room where I was, end—l ought to have been
skinned alive for it, little ream! that I was— I divested them
all. Mother came to me after I had gone to bed, when she
eould'nt find the fruit for sister to moWm her month with in
the night, and mid, ' Johnny, did you eat 'Wee' Lraut*
I did not add to the MINIUM of my omaduct by
lie. I owned up, and m mother went away in tears, but
without flogging me. It oceerioned me • qualm of con-
science for many a year after; but, as I Paid, for twenty
cat
least I had not thought of it, till, when I wee
about benumbed with cold, I heard it as plain
ag ever I heard her voies in my life. I heard mother my,
' Johnny, did you eat slater's grapes r I don't know how to
seeount for it. It did not scare me, though. I thought it
was a presage of my death."
A survivor lays Nye hundred mem, with death
yawning before them at any moment, stood solid u a rack,
nor made a movement for the beets until the woman end
children had all been safely triuteported to the brig, after
whi-11 about forty of the crew and male passengers, in a fel,
tripe, reached the latter vessel before the steamer went
down."
Sanguine Dopes were entertained of the safety of the rap-
tale (Herndon) and a number of passengers. When the
vessel went down the captain was on the wheelhouse, and
when lust seen was clinging to a plank.

The Journal de Frankfort states that efforts are
being made in Prussia to orgashe a European Electric Tele-
graph ruion. If the project to carried out the jow nil argues
that it will simplify the benssoission of messages, and cause
the tariff of charges to be teemed.
The Lombardo-Venetian railroads are said to be
miserably managed. The trunk, of the travellers hare fre-
quently been opened in the beams oars and things of vales
abstracted from them, and the waiters at the stations are aa
dishonest as the porters. If a large coin is given to
a waiter, he rarely has any email money about
him, and purposely dawdles about until the ball
rings, and the traveller is obliged to dopart. Complaints
ere also rustle of the exorbitant charges of the Vienna betel-
keepers, and the Oraterrriehisehe leitung states that in •
well-known inn two foreigners had to pay six florins (126.)
for two cold fowls and two cups of tea. The usual charge to
the hotel. for the half-starved thing there called a "fowl " is
one florin. In soother hotel two pauseugere who remained
but six days in Vienna were charged 2411. (V. 25.) for
candles.

" It appears that anyhow," says the Times," even
If Lord Elgin had had ten thousand nun with him, and •
Mist in proportion, we must have been obliged to defer the
expedition to the Peiho. Lord Elgin took out, in all inno-
cence, a letter to the French admiral, which he fondly ima-
gined was to urge that functionary to immediate and effective
co-operation. When the French admiral opened the
letter he found that it charged him most peremp-
torily on no account to stir till the arrival of
the Frenrh plenipotentiary, which would not be till
very near this present month. October happens to be rather
an unpleasant time for naval operations in the Chino
waters., and it is not impossible that when the French pleni-
potentiary comes at last ho may wish to consider malls
what is next to be done. It is also not impossible that, as
the soldiers would have had to wait for him, he may thew
have to wait for the soldiers. The malt is that hostile
operations, and even an armed nsgotistion, the only negotia-
tion that can lead to anything, are adjourned sine die."
TILE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMO-
TION Or SOCIAL SCIENCIA—The Biriningbant Journal sir
—A meeting of the local committee of this association was
held on Tuesday—Mr. C. Shaw In the chair. It was re-
ported that arrengements have been made fur the admission
of the public to the inaugural adds eta at certain rates, the
principal seats, however, being reserved for members of the
association and holders of ten shilling tickets; that at the
soiree on Tuesday refreshments would be provided for the
company; and that the arrangements generally for the
meeting were proceeding very satisfactorily. Twelve or
fifteen papers have been promised by local gentlemen, vilw
Hon. and Row. G. M. Yorke on industrial Schools; Dr.
Miller on Adult Evening Schools; Rey. E. H. Gifford,
certain returns connected with the Grammar School:
Rev W. Goner on the Interference of Juvenile
Labour with Education ; lien. J. T. Burt on
Prism Discipline, and on the operations of the Diacharri
Prisms's' Aid Society; Mr. Thomas Chem, on the Pu ho
Health of Birmingham ; Mr. W. H. Williams, on them wat-
ing of Social Economy to the Working Clash; r. W.
Morgan. ml the Working of the Local Reformatories fir.
George Wallis, on Schools of Design; Messrs. J. S. Wright
end W. C. Aitken, on the Employment of Women in Meet-
fectories ; Mr. J. P. Smith, on the Sewerage of Dimes*"
hats ; certain returns In reference to the Smoke Nuisance
and the Supervision of Lodging-houses; and it is hoped
several other popery, respecting which the association has ra
yet received no definite reply. As a doubt has arisen ut
some quarter. if ladies will attend the confemucee, se ha"
Fern relitzeotett to state that not only will this ten so. tot
that revetal tithes will read paper.. on euhiretv connected
with the Reformatory and Educational Departments.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY.

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