The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-19

age 100 miles snusn OF San o. 900 passenger
on board, OF whom .nrty hst r~o hapdred .hoo
sand dollar n sp~cse woss down with hsv; SIXTY
thoxssnd dollars subsequently recovered by divers
The other steamships ioss In tho California since
he o,eolng Of the gold nipcs wereThe Independeu,a
hound from San Juan San Franc co. dsso cd By Ore
Feb lsSa wh icss ot lS0 passensers tae Tennes.es
from Panama 70 San francisoo, ss oy going here
mouth Of Ban FrsSciaco h1 nor In March OF the
yeara total Osa - far - he ship was oonos nod sha
propeller Lewis from Sn joan 70 San Frsncico
ashore and icst in april Of that 5ea Dscemss, 1861,
he Winfield sooss, from aan Francisco " PsnAuA, wcas
Ashore y Anasaps hhnd and became . total loss, ths
asseDgers and specie beiog saved And on the Is Of
The saDe monh Christmas day, the III fAted steam h,
sap Francisco, With 700 Uaed States roo board
lost, and 200 souls isrshed TAas win be shs 1ob3
year snguary diaAstrouS 70 vessels oaror
sia Hpes
The eeorea in The reoeip Of specie from California up
10 this da,e Of the present year. from A Of lest year.
b 81, 1921 ,eO4, the relative receipts being
10 The l4b se"teuaber 1856. s27 gea 4si
ssme time 10 iSo7..... U,5ll $40
r,tsl.. 5ya21 ,eo4
Bot had the unfortunate Central America ART red sAfs
that decrease would oeen res used t. a. TAI so4
Not for mary yes's has gale OF equal verify desc
lAaei coasts sbs by xhoh Central America
was destroyed Every shp on the ine Of IN ravei suffer
cd severely, and the whole EXIT ut Of the damage lone
not and may b. kpo The for miles Arooni
strcwp with fragments OF wreoks; and there 10
doubt that the por houses panel.
and furniture, by the ships Falcon and Commerce,
belonged In part to the lost Central America
The Empire City, In her efforts toet ioo shet1 at Nr
chsirs, and every available Article OF wood keep
her nres going.
The oom ,ia, steamship, which lef New York 90
wednesosy the eh for Cbsres.on reached that port
the este't diculty suudsy Fur eighteen hourr the
tempeat beat down upon her. and every Of hal
time she sss In mu nent dat ger either or capsizng
foupdeiipg, every timber qaiverng under the terrific
force Of the gale But terrible the force Of the
storm cred by both ,hese steamshps the unfor
tunase Central America, VIII loss has inced much
m,ery upon many famsdes In this and other otsa Of
The Union, have been delivered up 70 the fary Of
tempest infinitely greater Tho detailed horrors or the
Of desrG GciIn kAve yet 70 cara bot
shudder TO think OF the revelations yet 70
be psde-the rAgnitode OF the loss; tae pro
raced OF the sufferers The struggles betwean hope
and despair the Wild ba,pg for Helm midst Of dsa,n
which al.aJs charaerizes such this and worst
Of all the endless vt ioh balm heal must
fall upon thousand hearts horesteads each day
report confirms be dreadful anticipation, dAshes
fragments the last remnspt or hope cung 70 tn thai
desperate tenActy with which affection endo~y the
mourner.
Viewing this appalnag calamity n its most favorable
phase all these things must inevitably result from IT,
NAMES OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF
THE CENTRAL AMERICA.
orrcsxs
William l. Herndon om- . W. Hrii, ,,s: pn,ser: =
ot.rle. n. Van Rensselaer,, surgeon
lat tfhoer w. r. Hull, ship store
Jsmes Frazer, Cd trlosr. Keeper
Charles A. Myers, 3D. OH J,hn Black boats vain.
asGnnka
George r. Ashby chief DrnaId noD maid, atb asr
John nce, 1st Aseislspt Wm Jones' lb assistant
Benfy Keeler, % sssist joseph uAik, An AsEs'l
Geo. Bucdingsos, Sd sat-
szAnN.
Finley Frazer. Rsohard Reed
Robert long. auuel Ls vrenoa
David haN mond Edward Brown.
Fr.bcs wa,ers. raos Puker.
James ChYs. wm JS ksou.
James usves. Jas hoLsnol
Jcpn Dawson rmoshv Hosvson-
Fecerios browcr. Caas. n. Boyd
Morgan Radsesy. Patrick Oar.
Ma tin Hyde george stewart
Alexander Grant John pavosey.
BERNARD Ooncklln. Edsvf Doyle.
John smith jam Jones.
john Clark. Henry HelherinGsor.
rAssss
Patrick Gavin. Bs,,ey xoc.rty.
John sccSnn.n john Gillespie.
Arnold Bell. Richard Bell
james Norris Christopher CAilAn.
He man yAser.
Psfrkk Evans. John B,nks
John Keifnely. Jsms s,aensn.
VIM w,ssio.sor.A, store. J.ae. y.nOey, ssser.ss
MI roBtide, ste-ard. John Patterson, buseher
Lacy dawson, ,,swrdess wm seLsuan, baker.
~nraSs AND risTSimxs.
James prcelier Wm stevens.
~ clemens Hsorv Hokombc
baTilett Ga nor Jsmea henry
Cyprian Nskon. Gorge Wilson.
aaupe nelson. P.ter Ksuey.
John Hogan John Bloc.
JobD Brvvn. Richard Painter.
vii lam peikspa Philip Poker.
John Freeman. VIM. Myers.
n,chsel Dryeg. wm Hvs.
Patrick CARROLL En~s ubbey.
Archibald kcBcaih. John Young.
Aaron Boloomb. Isaac prsss
John p aius. James west
John Hapey. John White.
Henry Hondlerbcrsh Charles Cornell, scullion.
william sarvspt, porter. Richard Gilbert, otnoers,
Jhss Pennington, porter. mes boy.
Wm Grroison, Captains wm. Fynn, nromeps
Jsoos D. smeaa, barber. Issss sssS. v>sev s,ose,.
his thought that Thos Nashe ~ Robert Chrissy n
Burns who worried their passage len he ship Aspn.
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SKETCHES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CEN.
TRIAL AMERICA.
COMMANDER vILLIAM lRsis HsRNpoS, o. .s.H
Commander william Lewis Herndou, commander os The
Central An erca and Who there 10 but too much
fear hss rons down In that III rs.cd vessel wss native Of
the ssie u Virginia He entered The navy The l Of
November 1885, and has consequently been twenty MAE
Year, In The service or ih fourteen cars and seven
months pesscd n sea- nine yesr shore duty and
eyoays and four months unemployed. Lieut. HDdons
carly professional married by MI the qualities
thsi dt rngush thoroughly educated and efficient t,er;
and high tne opron formed by The department. Of his