Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-06-17


six miles the larboard quarter, when we could
we'll perceive her to be large steamer under all
sail, and making no use of her steam power. AT
noon, latitude by observation Sd gam "0s., ION
gitude by chronometer 40d. 2Dm., she was last
sailing to eeward at 4 ?. Nj. she was scarcely
perceptbe on the horizon soon after the wind
shifted to ENE, NE, NNW. n, WNW, and w.
and blew strong with agitated sea this con-
tinued until the Sd of May, when the weather be.
came finer, and the wind veered from w. to WSW
and SW, which brought US to the Iagus on The
9th instant.
r. B.-The steamer had tire" masts did not
show her colors, make any signal; nor dld we
chow any. She was rolug on easily with ali her
sails set, making no use of her machinery. and
was using every endcaVor to beat to wIndward,
but was making much lee way the funnel was
painted white and we have a confused idea
that the vessel was painted with white streak.
i The principal Discrepancy between the two
statements is the color Of the i.iuneI, The post
script of the article in the /" Times states the
funnel to be white whereas in the extract of the
lop we have given above, it Is said "not certain
of the color of her funnel" Our readers must
Judge for themselves, whether the vessel seen
was or was not the missing steamboat, but the
President had not white funnel.
THE Extract of ieter)-Ihc
following is what consider to be most favorable
j in the new hope opened to US by the steamer
seen on the Odd in lat. %, lon. 40. The "Iimes
of this morning contains all that is known on the
subject, except the certainty that the steamer
then and there could not have been the
! Dee. On the same day the Dee spoke the Thomp-
SON from Palermo to New York, New York, |
presume in lat al, Ion AZ, compare this with the
other and there is no possibility Of their identity)
| This intelligence has been received from the
! agent of the Navigation Company at Liverpool,
and will, have not the least doubt, be confirm
ed by the log of the Dec, for which an application
has been made to the Admiralty yetunanswered.
London Sun, May 2Gh.
We have been favored by Captain M'Lcod, of
! the Tagus peninsula mai steamer, with the iol-
lowing extracts from the log-book of the Portu-
gucsc brig Condo de Palma, from Rio de Janciro
! to Lisbon 1t contains but little information in
addition to that furnished by the Lisbon cores
pondent, and published in our impression OF yes
terday, but, in the present. anxious state OF the
public mind, every thing which may be supposed
to bear on the question of the safety OF this long
expected vessel, viii be read with interest
ION Friday the esd day of April, at a m IN
| lat. Sid GAS n. and long. by chronometcr, 40d
23s. ". of Greenwich, saw very large steamer
under canvass, without showing her co!ors or ma
| king signals the paddle wheels were not IN mo-
ton, any smoke issuing from her tunnel.
| " Next morning al q o'clock, saw her agaln,
under two square .opsails tforc and main and
iatteen sails a.. c. fore and atD steering ME-
| the wind was at east with moderate weather.
On the 25th the wind yeered to NV and blew
strongly, which would prevent he said steamer
reaching the Western Isles.
The following questions were asked by Captain
| NJ l.eod Of Captain Almclda ol the above named
!, vessel, and his answers are annexed -
| What number Of nasts had lhe steamer =
| Three.
How WIG She painted All dark color,
/ Did she appear TO be under her own or jury
| masts Her own.
| VIVA. color was her funnel mot certain.
| Did you observe any water issuing from her
| scuppers, Gs ltthry we're pumping NONE o"-
| served.
what was the nearest distance you were to
her at any time p Four miles English
| Did her bulwarhs, or any part OF her, appear to
| have suffered from bad weather !-Diu h"t APP
pear TO have suffered
Are you positive they did not show any colors,
or mai nc any signal indicative OF wishing TO speak
with you None wIlteycE.
How many knots an hour do you think they
were going Three four knots, Il. e. three OF
four mles)
Did they appear to hold good wind, or make
great deal OF leeway "A great deal of leeway
Mention the sails she had set on the hrst day
Won saw her Flying jib, jb, foretoptnast stay
sail, square foresail, topsni, topgaliantsal, and
fore and aft foresal.
! Mention what sails she had set on the second
dav Fore and aft mainsali, square malntopsaii,
|
Could YOU have communicated with the steam
er on both days Yes, we could,
Had the steamer figure head Gould not
distinguish.
Did YOU abscrve any boats hoisted up on board
Of her One quarter boat
How long did the northwest wind continue
which sprung up on the 2Gth Five days; al
forwards it was W and WSW
When did you make the land, and did it agree
! with your reckoning Ca the 5th of May, and
agreed exactly with the reckoning.
| How did the steamer bear off when you first
saw her NE. by n. four or five miles.
How did she bear on the morning OF the 24th
at o'clock, and what distance UNIV. tive or
six miles.
/ Did you view the steamer through atelescope'
Yes.
REMARKS BY CAPTAIN MLEoD.
Captain Almcida appeared to be an intelligent
man, and willing to give every information in has
power | mplored of him to state nothing but
4 what was positive truth, and he assured me that
all he had said was fact and he deeply regret,
ted that he knew nothing ofthe President steam
or being missing, or he would have spoken the
steamer he saw. On my rIgidly examining HIM
he declared that the steamer alluded to was as
large trigate.
! After the most serious and mature deliberallon,
my own opinion is, that there are good grounds
to suppose it was the President, and the probable
reason for their not communicating may have
been that they had previously fallen IN with some
vessel homcward or outward bound, and transfer
redthcir passengers ard received supplies from
her and that they were making the best OF their
way to The nearest port in the Western Islands
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