The New York herald., 1850-01-06
stesmship Crescent CITY.

tFrom the Charleston Courier, January
The following report from Captain Stoddart, of the
steamship Crescent City, with which we have been
politely furnished will give the full particulars OF the
accident which disabled her from proceeding her
town this mornirg
CAPTAIN sToDDiRr's REPORT.
The Crescent city sailed from New ork the 18th
Dec. at r. NJ, direct for Chagres with some sixty
pasengere Nothing Of Interest until the l6th
when In lat Is 90 Ion ~ b2 piece of the
broke De nding and breaking the rod that 1t
with the crank, also bending the piston rod aud all
parts connected with 1t. The engine was instant.
ly stopped and, fortunately no QUE was hurt, and
there but little confusion among the psssen.
gers. We immediately made what saii could to
made little headWsy as the winds we're light 1t being
nearly caim. Fired guns and sent up signal rocS. +.
ets during the night in hopes that some vessels might
be near On the morning OF the 18th Q sail about
IL miles 20 the east ssrd immediately despatched n
beat with an officer 70 tequsst him to doe to
which be was not enabled to do until r. NJ en- ss-
count ofhght bTeezes Dir Charles Morgan and myself
boarded her and found her TO be the schooner Sarah
smith Of Belfast Me bound to Key West. Mr.. Nor
gan bought the cargo. which consisted mostly u lum
ber and chartered her to 20 Chsgres with many
passengers as she could accommodate. ON the morn
ing Of the 18th utt.e " passengers board
to sgres upon nov any she could carry, They de-
ctden she could accommodate thirty, comfortably, by
beard, aud at 7, che made ssu for Chsgts. AZ the
fame time the brig Roscoe OF Boston bound TO the s
,ans Ia'sed nsst and agreed 10 take few pssen
gers MIR 4. Vanderbilt vent on board and made
rapgemsnts for himself MIR Morgaa. and few Others
to 20 In her 1he brig Marcia 81 Bs:h. slopg side
boUr 10 Havana. TOOK some eight
ssrgsrs-le leaving about hfteeu on board At3P VI the
came day We square away Tor Charleston.
PASSENGERS remaining on beard Nj Weders J.
HeDdfioh., A. Massen. VI. lie T. Leury. NJ. DE La
Irncet sptain A Constant, VI. Waeott. q. A. Seaver
J. X. johnson. J. " Smith. u Mellus aud servant r.
h,Nnbus J. smith. u Lander
Fer brig Marcia. for Havana j. H. Alderman. Mrs
Nafttets T. ". Lamon, u Ilox. W. Nhipple q 81.
CCfin. A. Moral. 4. 2. & St.bbins.
' er brig Roscoe, for Hsvsna-C Morgan G Wander
bilt, J. Vanderbilt, Captain Thomas. l.. white aud
servant W Livingston, 4 Kellogg l. Rswdon, s.
W laifchld
Ter .chr S. 4. Saith. for Chasres-H. NJ Nichols
n. DoloG. y Eaton. d MiNal, T.. Davis. b Noyes A.
DolloG q. r Hutchinson J. COlsslL e. Bro~nslI A. ID.
Packard, , Nicksry. NJ Mathers.n. N. stoddard, y.
Davis. l.. y. Dennis0n. q Hudson. Hewes, A Ken.
dell, Brooks. A Curtiss. n Zschrisson, r " smith
W. Briggs, DourDe. y. Wilson A n. Miller J. m
EsRlestcn. Is. + Foigrr. A. A Leland
On the mornii a the 9th. fell In with the sea msr
Gov Dudley. which toSed us In aud anchored "a. "a
tfaflcston Ear where TIL lay During passage
We eSpertuo,d In aud about the gull stream very -
we're ~'stler attended wih heavy the ship rolf
log heavily but making water, after which has
quite moderst. weather Ter the season 3l,t CHS
morri all bat three 81 the passengers taken %
hsrlsston In the Gov Dudley II bls~inx strong
from the north ~ard the g. g. will remsin a. her aa,
chorase tin 20 morrow morning The passengers aud
crew have enjoyed entire good health having had
oae case cf sickness since leaving New York.