The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-27
DISASTERS AT SEA.

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Arrival or tne Ship PsssIch Hsnxy-Vsry
UiAsavy GAlss-LOss OF the BtNssh SARA
Atnsnian- Rssesc OF her Crew. Wreck OF
the Schooner John Harris-A Schooner
Ashore or ths BIghiands--v vns Abandoned
sioop Brandywins-statsmen Of Captain
GsYnASAn or the Wave.
The packet ship Patrick Henry commanded by Captain
Clifford, arrived at this port yesterday Aftornoan nom
LoG don and Portsmouth. She ssed on the l7.h of Sap
tenbeT, with crchsn tae consigned TO Grnnel, Anturn
90 and had On board hundred ana thirty Ave pes
seugers.
Captain GIord reports thss the 3sth Of September,
whom in latitude 10 degrees 10 minutes gitude ~ do.
srees IL inues no fell Ia with tho r sh bark Alnsuian
Captain stepherscn f South shelds from Qaosec with
cargo Of lumber bound 10 South Shields wsserogged and
dhabIed. he took fro her Captain Stephenson his mate
aad ftetn Eeamn and brought lhem to This port Tho
Aihen!an bad experienced very heavy weather and
sprung leak, that the pumps would NOS free her BY
constant pumping. nom he etocss Of which The CROW
entirely exhausted Captain Stephenson Expressed
his sincere thanks 10 Captain ford for his kndno. Aad
attention 70 bmse and while board his vessei In
the following card
rHs nRsoUx OF rHs CAPTAIN AND canw OF rHn
AyHBNIAN.
10 YHD IDlroR OF THE new YORK HERALD
Inc shp Pariek Bepry OF New York Who on sSh o, ssp
,cmber Est In len "a deg IL min west and lat ~ deg
IS min ncIh, rescued my self and Grew from tbe British
dtor and oil hands exhausted from c0ostant pun ring
We we're moot kindly and promp y received ny Oapt
clifford 90 board be ssp and every possible c.-e bestowed
passage To New Yors everything has been done, great
incon, sseDcs 70 himss 70 render u oem cr.abe and
provide for humorous wants have felt bound 70
thus publicly ackno~kdge shd express g'A'isude fw
be kindnets and attention have all received 4 tho
tsDts Of Capt aord under crsumas o.. Of the g,.ate
difficulty snd distress. VIZ. STEPHENSON
INV YoAK. Oos AZ, 1857.
me ship Patrick Henry herself expe very tcsvy
westerly gales during the eusire passage. Oae desh
CURED on board amousC tho paasenGers and OF 2sih
Of September, James Marr, seaman beorgisg 10 taver
pool, while engaged In TeeGng tho fore opsa fell from
the yard on dock and was killed.
The SCHOONER JOHN HARRIS.
the brig General Williams, Of shslbourn, Nova Scotia,
Captain Kepncy aneho ed here yesterday evening" from
hAsgs, fcm which port sho sailed llsh Of soptenbs
and passed Gibraltar on l3th Of same month.
On 23d inst tho Gen. Williams, Ia htisute 80 30, ong
tude 10 w. spoke The bark Emily Taylor Of New Bsdior
Captain taber, two days and half hsnee rse ceas
Ffance,) and tok frcm her Captain Rober, l. r, bins
and i've mon belonging TO tne schooner John srrts,
which vessel had been v-eci cd the 2lss Inst and
crew taken from her boss by the Emily Tayl1 rhey
were brought 10 this port
OapA Robbins states that on The 7ut INIT d., az =
heavy gale from the morrill, no iost bis sails aua so,uox
Leak and being In . leaking condition abaudonei the
vessel and went on board the bark Emily Taylor
Ths John Harris was from Philadelphia with cargo of
coal, bound 70 Boston.
SCHOONER ASHORE.
me steamship Roanoke, which arrived yesterday rfon
Richmond reported thai n O'Clock In he afternoon Of
that day (iosh nst) she passed small fors ard afs
schooner, Nhore betwsen ths Highlands AMI the Ceia
Tho commander Of the Roanoke could mot discover any
person On board the schooner.
THE sLOoP BRANDYwHE-CAFrAM aHRM ANS
STATEMENT.
m sprroR rHs HERALD.
There having been many statements made In reasou
to he picking up Of shs aoop Brandy wne OF which
doubtless n'enced 10 issuade tho pubic f,on ses
faci Of ia bcps esy Of salvage and pus Tor BY
.ae<e whosc inisrssss lead Asm 70 contrary egluo,,
allow briefly 10 saie The fAcs In the oue a. thsy oc
ourrsd, and which be substsn lated fcly II tnouIi
become necessary 10 10 do Daring tho night 10 question:
While yhg at anchor olcss 70 sandy Hook, under the
beach, about due east nom iae pgat houss, the .pd 10
eaaed 20 rapidly and blew violently, mat beforo ws
could get MP steam hsd drsssed anchor about four
niles on TO soc, vhes returned as, olo 70 ths point
of Of tho Hook where wo lay sndsr iteAn off and on
III dsybreak, tho wind blowing . pcrftcl gale Al day
break discoveries this vessel about dvs miles from
y, u
point Of The Book We started 70 &, 70 hsr, and whsn
within about ono half Of . nile Of her We say thA,
she entirely abandoOed broadside 10 the slas
cable chain lying straight down, main boom l,sg OF
The sde Of the vessel In ne wAssr sca nakieg clean
sweep her and when 70. enough 70 ge one
on board, found the wk.er lao cabin 1,or,
wheel and hler adrin nom tao ruddey pump Caring
srse csen door OPEN ana nearly every wave throwing
After getting line 10 her, lay head 70 hcr aud pull
sfsd 70 her cable had sppsArsd 70 be sniiss sdu
Ailv, snd I, have boon de- erled because of sunh.
liwN win g,eAs diiculsy and dsnsof both b my msn
and attached havser, and By degrees so.ed hsr 70
pear Aaen blaso. whea the onp then oa board OF
Ss9 v si
paced an hards on her. repaved The pump eeasnE. and
,s 10 work u s, pcsssIs 70 got hs rlisT ou. Of hor
be, and ancr getting no water os enough 70
rhf started for Jeey Oy, took her TO The dosk cs The
here s.ss,sy ne. .sa iro .no f ass NY coal gSd sad
then placed he, near 5y In NE mud, 10 stop her rom
leahg - much as possibs art say he vssssi ssou,
ave lies. and by the limo goa 10 her sho about Two
n'lcs uorh from the light sbip have no doubt ny
~, os Ss s,s q 1s "a as, Ta M
what called the .FAhe Hook vhcre he probably re-
nsintd ihumpins some tine, Until he found hs vssscl
vrpId hold him. and Cos Ing that he being bl,vn
tft ses, and thsi In al human probability she wouh
s 70 dovn copondeo 70 Aye the hvcs of hmyeif wife
and ofew. he heM way he ccuid, coccaod ios cbnr ali
he ccu get hold otpto tho brat ard pis ov shors
FIRM hedittcibn of he wind and udc-h bio slnr ssY
FEC, Gsk- " his veuel had struck the ponnc. a. he
states he would net have bean abb TO have reached had
In Lr ytvl Al all ard al vorld have porshcd. these
ue fsv ~ The n frg Facts Ia The case.
lCHARtEi GLRsAlN. Captain OF sienmboas Wave.
Jpsrsr CRY, oot s6, 1851
DISASTER TO THE SCHOONER ANN slRpsHs.
Norvotr, oct -, 1857
= Tie schooner Ann Guduer, from Kioss.on boand 1,
N.w York, has arrived here, leaking badly and with lo.s