New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-17
LATER FROM BERMUDA.
Terrible Voyage of the steamer Hartford.

rerrtbIe Veyage Of the steamer Hartford.
The British Mail Steamer Trent. Capt. MoRToS,
arrived at TIL. port yesterday morning from st Thomss
and bermuda whence che sailed the 10Th inst She
bring. twenty passengers sixteen of whom we're from
the steam propeller Hartford Cspt LEFEvRE, which
left this port on the 10th of February for San Fran
cisco pia the Straits Of Magellan, and put into 81
Georges Bermuda on the 4th instant in distress -
On the 23d uit lat 36o o. N long 81 IS w wind +
abe lost her bowsprt foremost and top of mzen and
ssrung the msinmsst her machinery giving way at
the same time, The Hartford took pilot of the west
end Of the Bermudss 90 Tuesday night 2eh February
and during the gale of the four succeeding dsYs was
driven 100 miles the westward 90 the wind chang
inc she again made the port above stated The Hart
ford IL will be recoected formerly piled on our waters
IN about 200 tnns burden and about l40 feet long She
was built upon for the voyage TO California She viii
probably return 10 New York in a favorable season
Passengers and crew were all well The following is
list Of the returned passengers by the Trent Thomas
Andrews A A. Nicholson w. A. Roberts w b Lowe
ssml Kip C. d. Clesvelspd, NJ John Vreedenburgh'
lat Engineer; +. A. Birge. +. p. Greene. Clerk P
Phelps. T. H. snow IL w. Wright, q j. Bliss.
From fifteen TO twenty Of the passengers intend con
tinupg their journey to California by way oil Newt
leans and Chsgres and number of others detained
al Hermudt on RECOUNT OF ttthut WhiNu h') he'' 4"
charge.
The following account OF the voyage OF the Hartford
written by one OF the passengers will be read with
much interest
VOYAGE OF THE HARTFORD.
Hnrr,eans IN the Gulf sream--Tcrribt Nsht-bVt
,as on the Ssa-- HOPE and Disdpps,ntmeRf-d HarboT
at Last Condition Of TIC " Hartford -Foice 81 me
Passengers
Correspondence Of The Tribune.
sr Gvonax's leland OF Bermuda March 4 lst9.
NyssRs Ep,Tops. On Tuesday the Goth day
Of February, the propeller Hartford, Capt. Leievre'
sailed from the port Of New York for san Francisco
with SO passengers among whom was the undersigned
The frat two or three days Of our passage seem at
this time but blank TO the writer as he, In common
with nearly every passenger on board, lay PROSTATE
under the dominion Of that very dsasreeaoe malay
sea sickness. ON the 23d, though the sea wat very
rough many of had far recovered ss TO be able 10
take the fresh air Of the deck On the afternoon of this
day as approaching the eastern limit OF The
Gulf Stream, we were forewsrned by certain indca
ons in the heavens of OF those sudden squalls %
frequent In that latitude Our calls were promptly
fured and every precsu,on taken to receive and re
els, the shock Az length il bore down upon us with
exceeding violence but vessel outrode the storm
with great credi, to itself and satisfaction to those
vho.e lives depended upon It's safety But the horrors
of the night which fast setting In upon ne will
be fully ehended only by those who, like myself
participated therein
The fret sanan seemed but prelude to one OF the
mostterbs gses that swept the eheerless bosom
of the Gull Stream The night had already closed IN
upon us and both sea and sky assumed mantle Of In
tense blackusss relieved only by the occasional snd
phosphorcsoent flashes OF al light that danced apo'
the cape of the exploding waves The scene 30 ia o
the terrible. psrtook Of the sublime
Eight o'clock and the still increased In sever
ity Those OF VINO had ventured until this time q
cling TO the rigging upon deck were notified BY the ON
GERS ofthe vessel that only safety consisted In sns
beowa timely notice. fer scarcely had we descended
the hstchway, before vessel was violently tnrowi
upon her side and wave Of immense magnitude del
weed her decks She Immediately rishted herselt bal
was struck by another sea and thrown upon her othe
beam AN became confusion In the cabins Mce
chsirs and every movable article we're josiled from
AIDE 10 side and mingled srosns and prayers, and in
precst,ons went up from tina, no, and ietid cabin
During all this time the storm without was assunns
still more terrible form. had stationed my'c'' neal
tbs main hs,chwsy and 1t WAS Only by eSertne my NJ
most strength that was able TO keep myse" if0"
being dashed sgains, the side Of the ves'ei Al un
nomrn, heard above the confusion that re's"e'
within the hurricane tread of the storm without sn'
amid the whistle OF The gale ard the angry roar OF 'o'
waves there was erssh, and the hurried tread OF zee
frs, upon deck. and the cry, A ar! An @ ="
6oTs ssl,, an ar " like electricity along the msi'
dech. ieausht the cry from the main hs'ch~sy sue
sr,s 4, With s.entorian voice through the cabin where
the echo rang from lip 10 lip. Every Csh'ornisa Dad
one and In an instsAt doren were thrust up inc
haschwsy. Then came the startling cry, nae AA'
Jssndsysd! Wa ave eapsissd! Wa are ''Ak'Ss ''o"
Asr< mrcv l--sgcy l--nUey - while the brine OF the
ocean. arooss ses,bisg hot came pouring from every
avsuus Into the cabin In torrent II W" mcmen'
Of anspeaksble unimasinsblc horror. attempted 20
reach the deck but was forced back BY areh oil me
vessel with very unwsIeome preeipitsnoy vast th'
moment that the clear voice Of Capt Lefevre rang Out
above the din and confusion that reisued within and
without f" TAs fovs~as las Soss ~ tAs board CtssT
tAs ryyiss Hsai is~or, siossiy iAe. ~s'ssad Ssady
.'Ay. ~, cir" responded the intrepid pilot 81 the