The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-09


The Court here adjourned till this Saturday morn
SAFETY Of Life Upon the Jersey Coast.
From the Trenton Gazette Dec. s.
The life saving apparatus on the Jersey c,as
consists Of life boat and lite car, (Francis patiently
carronade, and supply OF balls, to each OF which
. line is attached. The hoe is wound npon pegs,
inserted in frame ia such N manner shas when sne
bali is fred from the csrronade, the line readily
runs Of. The life car Is bulls Of galvanized iron,
and resembles, iii appearance, a email boat decked
over; there ia trap do0r In ;his deck, which, after
the passengers are placed 10 the car. is shut down
and secured. A line being rhrOx over tho wreck
by the csIronede hanssr IS bent on to the end OF
the line, hauled OIL shore, and made fast. On this
the lie car Is supg and pAuied to the ship, where
1t receives its living ire,gh. aud Is dragged through
the surf TO the shore and la this manner the whole
OF the crew ana passengers have been rescued from
shipwrecked vessels m9re Than once. When the
state OF the sea will adDit OF H. the life boat - used
instead, as the passengers can, by 1t, be landed
much more expedirousis. Houses, or rather nuts
are also provided. in which 10 keep the apparatus
and also TO shelter those raved.
This apparatus, or ut lssst the carronade and line
position. was first tested England; the iron life
car and lfeboat being sD AueIican invention. 1t
was first brought promns htly before the publ, at
tentivn of the people & this luntry by Hon. VIM.
A. Newell, who, Il ls48, 'hsrei resolution in the
United States House O Representatives for an ap-
preparation Ct $40 000 for the establishment Of sta
tons provided with this apparatus bstween Sandy
Hook and Egg Harbor, on TIE New Jersey coast.
BY his exeriions he SUCCEEDED In getting this
through, without any assistance from the New
York underwriters or the New York press) and the
stations were fitted mp in the latter part Of ls49.
The apparatus had been placed upon the coast
but short time before its efficiency was thoroughly
tested. On the 10Th of November, ls49, the steam-
ship Eudora, from New York, sid bound for San
Francis co, was beached upon Ludlsms beach, and
every one Of her Gre and passengers saved by the
lifecar and liftboat. TIE Only account of this dis
sster We have q. hand does not give the mum.
Der Of persons on beard, but when We
remember that this wrck occurred at the
very food tide. Of the California emigra-
ton 1t is matter Of certainty that the steamer car
ried her full complement both Of passengers and
crew. Two months after this. en- the 18Th Of jan
uary, 1850, the emigrant ship Ayrshire, With two
hundred and one passengers and full crew, strand
ed in severe snow storm on Squan beach. The
gale was SO violent that DO boat could approach or
leave the ship The snOltnen brought the life saw
ing apparatus into action, 8nd the second shot fred
it was fastened to hausef. The larger line was
soon hauled on shore, snd the life car siung upon
it, and hauled through the fusming surf to the ship
and during that and the subsequent day. every soul
passenger-whc, in spite OF circumstances, jumped
upon the outside Of the car, ard was washed of
BY the sea and drowned. Another case was
that Of the Cornelius Grinnel q Liverpool
packet thip, which struck upon Squsn beach
on the l4th Of January, 1852. She had on board
264 passengers, all OF whl were safely landed by
the lifecar and life beat ine having been got to
the vessel by the bal from the carronade. On tho
4th Of December following, the ship Georgia, OF
Savannah, with 800 passengers on board, came
ashore ON Lorg Beach. Alt the passengers and
crew we've safely landed, BY the aid of the Me-
viii neT plotics il that Of Irs bs ChsunosV Je
rome, Jr., which came ashore at Long Branch on
the 18th Of January last. Ste was from Liverpool,
and bad on board 40 passetger The frst ball
from the ca'ror ade threw lne acro.s her, and
hpr RI M n m wpY all
These are only fey of tie vessels from which
lives have be.n saved, many small can havicg been
wrecked and crews rtscucj, OF which we have no
aDtbebt Tecol d Vt hand. The whole number Of
lives saved by this spparstus, (wide apsrt as the
stations are) has Dot been Ess than fif cen or SIX
teen hundred. Is This psttiig the appropriations
10 10 good useW
The principal, and, Indeed The only reason why 70
many lives we've lost on the OCCASION OF the wreck
of the Powhstan, was that sbe came on the shore
at point some -four or five miles distant from the
nearest station. Before the necessary apparatus
could be brought to tie spot too late and the
unfortunate passe Dgers were swept OF BY the ragiEg
sea snd lost.
After the first appropriation Of $40 0OO TO which
we have ellut Cd, Was expended, DR.. Newell sue
ceeded, at the foowirg ssion, in securing fur
ther appropriation Of $40 900, which was expended
In erecting stations Oh the rest Of the New Jersey
coast and on The coast OF Long Island. At the last
passed, spprop iating $40 600 for the erection Of
new stations, and Mr.. Dupham, of Ocean county, is
row, under the authority Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury, engaged IN procuring the necessary sp-
paratus and establishing Lew stations. When COM
pleted they will be ony i've miles distant from each
other, END 10 ship can come On shore Q. greater
distance than two miles snd half from efectual
assistance.
There is still one thing needed to render the sys-
tenn as Efficient as ii should be. There has never
been provision made for the safe keeping and
proper care OF the ap aratos provided, or for any
reward TO the gallant men who risk their lives in
he n IN Mt Thn Ntnf
this Was seen IN the case OF the wreck Of the New
Era, short time since. The wreck was ss such Q
distance from the shore that 1t with diff ;uity
ball with line attached could b, thrown over her.
and when at last 1t was succe ssfolly accomplished,
it was found that the wire by which the line was
attached TO the ball. had bee Jme 30 rusted tina. it
broke on before the line could be secured.
There should be person, at q small salary, ap-
pointed TO each station, whose duty it shoad be
70 see that every thing Is ready for immediate and
effective use There should also be rewards foa
those OF the sboremen who Distinguish them
wards might be psit on the certificate of
the master Of the station, and while thu
exr ense would be incondse cradle, Il would
stimulate men to exertion, and render the loss Of
wrecked vessel thing unhesri Of. With the means
at {. cir command, tie JereS shoremen have always
been bonorab'y cons yicuous for their courage and
Efforts have been attended. Yet they have done
this without the has, reward, IL We except the
small prest nts mace or two occasions by the New
York Board OF Underwriters. for their successful
forts In saving properly. After the stations call
I'd for by the second resolution were estabhshed,
there was an unexpended balance Of 81 500, which
the SECRETARY Of the Treasury. at the urgen. solicit
iation OF Dr. Newell, promised should be expended
IN the manner indicated above. but, for Soma unex-
planned reason, 1t was never done. We hope that
this matt viii receive the attention Of present
mt mber, and tina. an appropriation may be made
by the present Cong ess To se the greatest pos,
sible efficiency of the means slceady provided.
The LARGEST MILL IN THE WoRLp.-The Lowell
(Mass) Journal saye:-Tbe largest and most COM
preheIsive mill In the world IL the Pacific, ct Law
renee. 1t makes none but the finest kinds Of goods,
and the tuccess Of Its op. ratons 10 looked 70 sh
great interest BY manufacturers. The floor surface
[ this immense atluAture Ia sixteen acreA: the