The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-01-08
THE EsrEAHsnuP ONO ARRIVED
Al NORFOLK.

an NOKrOLk
6efrfy ef AR Passengers -AccoHNf Of hsrl
Tsriieas rsyage.- Passengers threr days
af fks Punr~ Daanage 20 fhe Vessel, &c. !
We spnounced Yesterday nOTring, the fact
that lliz steamer ohm had pat in at Nnrl'ls /
IN distress. 90 her passage llom havana Ia
Nee York, which caused the arrival Of the |
NorIulk hual 81 be lsuked hr yesterday
merpiue with much aux'ely. She arrived a.
% early hour. bringing ala.ul $50 Of the 400
fsss,-ngers arrived oa board nf the ohin.
We sete iayared by passenger Of the % |
hio, Wbo arrived in The Nar,ik hDa', with a
verbal sreounl of The disasler aud nafi"W es-
cape, wbieL is emb"d ed in the falloaing
nasrAlise:
'..rhe Ubio preplred TO start from Havana
on The ls'h wnh 40d p,s,ruerIs, 25n at
whom wee from Caliinrma, tHt nn the hr>t
evalulian OF her engines, sue Ll.w nui the
head OF one I'd her c, linde,s. Her depauueI
WAS thea deferred Ia The 18Th. when SHE goa
under weigh, with une engine, aud made
R0,sd time iIll Sunday evening. the 22i, waPn
she wa$ stu 4 by severe gals. Sac. hoSs
ever, continued under steam un.iI II o'clock
thai n'ghi. when she lard 10 aud remained
aniil Monday evening, hayiug been greatly
racked by the Storm.
Ga Monday evening she again got under
weighs aad continued "a breast the storm un-
til 2 u'clact on Tuesday m"rn,ng, wheE she
spiuag leak. The crew wsm Ia work at
the pumps, Su soon found The water gaining
on them, il having risen !" snrh heieh
that the fires in The furnaces we're eX'lnguish-
ed.
The passengers Wore then a-nused sntt
called on 10 assist M freeing the vessel from
waller, and they turned out maufuIy 10 the
wasork. There was found 10 be ten feet ol
water 10 the heli, aud all The pumps were
Aimmediately put in operation. aud bail:ng re
sorted to from every poiuI III / access could
.'be obtained TO the water.
: The passengers thus waked from Tuesday
morning nn'i "Wednesday at noon heiare
ahey had luwered the wner suinclen'y &c
enable the crew tn re kindie the fires.
About Que o'clock un Wednesday after
noon steam was again poi up, but ii required
the constant assistance Of The passengers
from that ,ine until she got TO NnIOik, III
keep the water from gaining TO such an ex'
tent IS To eAiingnish The fires.
She reached Norfolk at 2 o'cock on Thurs
day afternoon, ard is considerably damaged
in her hull--three o! the iron hogs 0r hace'
that support their fr Iae, having been snap'
ped asunder. Her furniture was also broken
with every thing thai vas breakabIe ON board.
The damage IA he vessel is supposed IL
be moi less lhau $50 0oo, and will probably
have 10 ~ into The diA -iock To he repaired
before she can proceed To New York
Among the passengers whn reached here
Yesterday in the NoriolK boat, WIS nutnee
0i returned fAliiu,nlan mlners. and We are
sure the sight of some of them would etleciu-
ally cure the most violent attack OF GaIlIor
mia fever. Their cioIhing was not only tat
tered and torn, bu, their cna4'l un"ns seemed
10 have Jared sr.ll wurse-the fuTmer they
soon renovated with the aid ol lheT bags d
gold dust, but the latter seemed hey ond re-
pair.
They all appeared TO have sufficient gold
dus, Tor present wants, hat none were over
stocked. and all could proh,by have accnmu
lated mach nnre ia lhe same length Of time
il. The putsnis of every day life at hume -
Most Of them were nurihern men. aud took
their departure in the cars for Philadelphia
a, ii o'clock yesterday morning, Nj. Craw'
ford having 10 use a pair Of scales in cornpn'
sing the value ol the gold dust tendered ant
received ioT passage money.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
We are Indebted To Branlz Mayor, Esq,.o
lhis city, who came passenger in Inc Oalo
for the following account oi The perIous pas
sage Of The Ohio, aud the arrival al Norfolk
The u. s, Mad Siearner Ohin arrived a
Nmlolk yesterday, after a most perions Vny
age from Havana. Oh leaving that pnrI las
"Wednesday week, an accident harpeuet II
her machinery, which dtialned her day il
the harbot, whence she departed ON Thus
day, with The perfect use Of cnly one OF be
engines She was IuiI " passengers, au,
among them WIS he Hon, Revegdy Johnson
and number of Other gentlemen well know
in The country.
Ouguling the port Of Havana il was 500
noticed by those skilled in marine life, h
Ohio was bnl badly preparsd to enc"I e
lhe RISKS OF a water approach 10 our North
ern shores. Her singie operative engln
was. in oil likelihood, unequal to The task d
encountsring the violenl storlns along lhos
coasts, aud her fra nasls aud ligil SAL
could afford but slender piotecinn If sh
were forced 10 clay to, or it her engine pre-
we'd useless on lee-shoie of ia The upe
sea.
However. all went farlV and prnspernusl
until las, Sunday night, when the hIeeZ'
which had oil day been fe.he1ipg, rose to
violent gale, in the midst u! which the engii'
stopped on is center, and the ship broache
.-- 20 in the midst OF The tremendous sea Ihi
had been already raised by the violent wiu'
Ekilful seamsnship immediately rescued hi
for the moment, but from that hour until III
marning Of the 25ih December, the OhIn wa
fpFeed to clay on under the scantest sal ,an
to bear The btunt Of tie hurricane.
Her immense slze made her nnmanagea
be by canvass She lay like LOG ID III
trough Of the sea rolling between the wall
az waves that lowered on either side Of he
and thrsaiened her inme late aud speed
dfsiincten.
Sad rs was the plight Of the gallant sbi
frrm these events, she was desilDed 30 eli
cannter another danger. On Tuesday ,nor
ming N was announced that she had sprung
leak, and thai the rising Sater had extiu
gushnd the f'es beneath the boilefsi Thi
dreadful announcement al once aroused III
energies u tho passengers. wlla manfiIly oi
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