The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-10-01
FURTHER pARrfcuLoRs OF THE loss or THE
STEAMER NORFOLK

STEAMER NOhtULk.
Capt. E,li> with th" passengers and a poe
ton Of Ill" crew "r the los, steamer Norfolk r.
turned to the "iy thS morning. nnl the follow
ing particulars were given us:
The steamship Norfolk. Capt. !. j. Kelly.
which lei, rhiadclp phin on Saturday last, nI 10
4. NJ. for Norfolk aud Richmond. with twenty.
six passengers aud crew. composed nf twenty b
on. pris"ns, nni Laden will, n valuable cnrgo Of .
m"rchan'liz", encountered heavy gal" from T.. .
=. T., on sunday evening, which continued To +
increase in violence during the night between !
10 o'clock T. NJ and ! i. Nj. she sprung nlcak. /,
carried away jib. spnnkcr and fore spencer, and |
to tighten her large portion of the cargo
thrown ovrrboarl. Her head was then turned
to the beach with the view of running her on 10
tho lives of those on b"a,d, hut lii. ruIdcr
broke oil. and she was left helpless wreck, in II
violent gale aud hcavY sea, and Mt daylight
on Monday morning broke into pieces, then about
ten miles south Of Chincotragu", the passengers
and crew barely having time to take 10 the DO ts,
saving nothing but what clothes they had OH,
before they went down, and lost entirely
from view.
After being OH board the small boats in a lra.
Wy aud high y. y. w. wind for about nine
hour. they were fallen in with, nt q =. NJ, by
The steamship Jos. Whitney, Capt. lIowes from
Baltimore. bound for Boston, " no succeeded ia
taking up three OF the boats, containing forty
p.rsons, II list of the names is given below The
fourth boat siccrcd off in another direction i'm
search Of vessel which WAS in sight but which
did not heed them. and It was not seen after
wards. but it is supposed made for tho Shore
THIS boats crew, containing the LIST and 2d en-
ginr"r and fireman was afterwards picked up by
the steamer Calidonia bound from Charleston to
Baltimore.
The passengers all speak in the highest praise
OF tn" conduct of Capt. Kelly and his officers
Mr. John Moore and Mr. w. III. Snyder during
the trying circumstances of the loss of their ship
The Captain stood at the gnngwav and would
not allow single man To leave the ship until all
the ladies were safely slowed in the boat hs
then had each b,at provided with II conpa,. and
provisions. &c, being himself the last to leav.
the sinking ship.
To Capt. Solomon ITowcs the commander of
the james Whitney, all praise is due for his good
management III saving the passengers and crew,
Tor the care an'l attention shown them whilst mn
board the said vessel. Since his command of
the ship, less than three years, hr has rcscuc.
some fifty lives
der, the mate, Mr. Moore, the pilot, Mr. Geo ii.
Toward. whom the ladies thank for much at,.n.
tlon, aud one and all Of the crew who seemed 10
! ""i" 'ne'r captain us emncnty worthy of their
respect and obedience. one, as they said, who
would not desert the boat while a pluuk ,f hcr
remained.
On the road To the city, Oil board the Civ of
Richmond, the passengers and officers Of the
Norfolk adopted Il card of thanks, i'll which they
; expressed desire to offer their most grateful
Thanks to Capt. llowcs, Of The steamship Joseph
" hiincy, for his timely rescue OH Monday from
watcry grave. nd ;s to his officers and rasscn.
gers for their kind treatment whilst OH board I
sleancr-PhiIa.i.iphia Aryas.
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7zrs HsnS f;s ~y f ,@' 6rs 5a, i",r,a-morc Ma"
amount OF treasuc which is supposed TO he lost
by the Ill fatcd steamship Central America has
doubt been greatly underra,c ed hv The ,ltf,rcn,
statements which have hcen made. That Capt.
Badger had twenty thousand dollars, that another
passenger strcwcd about the deck twenty thou
sand dollars in god dust that, two ladies' let
loose eleven thousand dollars in double earl.a
that Mr.. Bassf"rd dropped twa thousand dollars
mo the sea wl1ti: he Jumped into boat that Mr.
+, l.".t gave LAZY two thousand to take care Of
ana 80 l"rIi, warrant us i'll tho belief that there
were at least an average of three thousand dollars
IN specie in the hands Of eacl, male and Some of
the female passengers We therefore bas. the
following table upon the suppoSiion that four
hundred and sixty live passengers averaged three
! Thousand dnrs each:
In the hands OF i65 passengers. 81 ,3a5, 600
wa ifciSht .................... GOO 600
." ''e "ai's Vi Tue crew al least. 5000
Total OIL hoard AMI l,st... ..Sa, 900 ,U0o
| Chh-Lclters from officers in the Utah expo
! diilon state that the scurvy is prevailing to an
! aih:min. extent mnInn. the troops, and :.!l-,c
| that ns the cause Of the numerous slrscrtivn,
! which have taken place rcccnty 5000 cattle,
which were driven by the troops for supplies of
beef, HE Indians had run of with 1910 The
! prospects FOR the winter are gloomy.
/ New York, Sept. 10, lS57.-Tho lombard.
! m"ni ofGrcytown turncdup in the UnitcL States
C'rcut Court yesterday morning. hrfore Judge
Nelson, in the shape Of an action for damages
! brought by u Mr.. Durnnd an American ncr
chant Of this city, who lost considerable property
! by the bombart!incnt Capt lIollins of The o.
anr. IL the defendant. The defendant seis mn
! that he simply "hcyed the ORDER Of his govern
men, but To this the plaintiff dcmurs. ON the
ground that tho President of the United States
had II" right to direct the bombars!mrnt without
1;'e concurrence OF Congress, The question in-
v"ve'l Is an important one, politically as VIII rs
! q"cuniariiy.
1hc OdtFifoms-The annual session of iI,e
,,r;hd Ledge OF the Independent Order Of Odd.
| :, i'no"s Gi iHe Cnied States was commenced at
! baltimore M Mnn.l,r Lost n, 4