Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-19
TELEGRAPHlC NEWS.
IRON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Further Details of the Loss of tho Central
Amerfcn

BALTIMORE, Sept l9-The agent Of the Asso-
CSes. r rress Yesterday proceeded down down the
containing some of the passengers Of the IN f,,-d
s.Ie from whom he CLEANED the following
interesting particulars:
VI THE PERSONS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN
~ LOST.
WIN Lee, of Cansda; Beni Coli uapco.l
III manson tleFne, John Hrfne No: Ricba' a
W altoh, Qnlhcy III James r. Birch FAN River,
Mass, I = California Mail Contra 20 Gabriei
Brush, Baggage Mast .r. Y \: Charles TsTior
y Z: SdInurl Shrerve, San Francisco. Dr Rv'
ami DR. Gibbs, Nh. Marin. Mr. Parker. Cal:
Booker. B">ton; Purse Dobbin brother OF S.
rotary D'bbin, y e; Mr. White Ssrr,msn,o.
Purser Hall, Of the sl.amer. Y: Mr. UnI
brother Of the above; M. Serona, Cal: c. Van
Rensselaer,, lst officer of the steamer: I,ant ~
l.. Hernden. L s v, Commando of the stasmrr
and the Surgeon of the ship, whose name is not
Sisen
The Norwegian bark is the bark Ellen. mot the
f hiose, as reported Yesterday Capt A. Johnson,
from Balize, Honduras.
Mr.. Oliver r. Manlue gives the following mar
rative
=, The storm commenced shortly afisr we left
havana, and continued with great violence, in
creaSing until Friday. On Friday afte noon all
hahas were called up to bail the vessel. which
IUntinued 10 ship water. All went TO work with
oIcSets' barrels, etc, bailing, which continued
all rlday night, and until saturday about , d
m, when the bark Marine hove in sight All
the ladies and children Were put on her about
D D. m, and the chief en.i lees left with them
- w launching the boats, two out of the We
were stove, and the other three Were diSratched
WIN the women and children about sunSrt The
Marine was laying to about a mile of and by
Tue tline The bnatS reached her il became evident
thai the ship must 90 down before they got back
MAN. seized uFon pieces of spars, chcirS and
lie preservers, while others rushed below 10
secure their treasure. The confusion Il this time
became very great, but all acted with coolness
each endeavOring 10 Ike last effort for their
own safety. The vessel gave three lurches some
passengers jumping off at each lurch Those
who with he first -
swan on some distance, but the great mass re-
manned on deck until she went down which
waS about a minute o two afterwards
I | had provided myself with a life preserver
and piece of spar, determined to 20 iwn with
the vessel and the great mass of tile passengers
II OF whom stood about. braciug themselves and
securing the most available articles TO bHoy them
! up. She finally went down. stern fore-mo.t 1
was standing near the smoke-Stack at the tinP
md we Were all dragged under water with the
slukln" sup The general SuppO>iiion il, that
we were drawn under at least twenty fe {; when
we rose 10 the surface we were nearly stifed
The Tapiditt with which was drawn down tore
the spar f'om nav hands aud the life preSprver
from nav body; and when | reached the surface
my clothing was almost stripped oil me how
ever met friend who had two ife-preservcIs
and he gave me one, and we also seized on pieces
OF the wreck, which helped 10 sustain US
On reaching the surface, there were al lsast 100
passengers struggle about, most of them having
lost their life pTeseTvers. Others Were seZinp on
pieces of tue wreck which came up with us
I n
the vessel, that when the hull sunk they would
nndt off; but they We're drJg ged down aud came
up IN 4 dgmen!s, aud doubtless many were killed
stunned and drowned by being struck with pieces
OF tue wreck, whilst to Others they were the III
tmae means Of safety
Occasional flashes of lightning showed to each
other d sea Of struggling forms All strove toeE-
'ugdge their friends with hopes which were
: arce felt by themselves. At frst we were all
together in a :, but soon The waves separated
u, aud at each successive fash of lightning we
d recovered that we were being scattered over a
wide area. and soon W. found on -Selyes apparent
alone on the boundless ocean,
The rest of the cunt does not d ifer from that
already received from Savannah. lie concludes
by saying that
by about ten o'clock was picked up by the
Ellen, and had the satisfaction of finding several
UIh"5S on board;
The Empire City sailed from Norfolk vestrr-
day at eleven clock, with ninety Of the rescued
Passengers.
several other statements gave been furnished,
but il i believed that the above contain all the
most interesting particulars.
Effect of the Disaster in New York-ActIou
OF the Insurance Companies in Reference
TO the Loss OF GOld-!nSurance in England,
&c.
New YORK Sept Ie-The steamship disaster
with tie loss of - .O.OJO in gold had less effect
! upon the stock ma kct than was expected. and
| the prompt action Of the insurance companies
has resulted IN less disturbance in the values at
! the stock board than would nave been tie case
under other circumstances The principal eifi'rt
| was upon the Pacific Mail Steamship Company :
| stock, which howeve:. has no connection with
the loss. That stock opened TO-DAY 1T ca, but il
! was better subsequently, and rallied 20 81.
Ii is now ascertained that there wa> no iRSuT-
ance on the vessel, which was vaEed at 500. 800
| About one million Of the spec-e Was insured in
| England, and the balance here Recldmati Ons
| upon the foreign companies will form the basis
upon which To draw bills Of exchange, aud thus
stand a. equivalent To shipments Of specie 10 the
| same amount. Our own companies are fully
| able to meet their losses, and will Iay them at
| once. Among the amounts insured abroad are
| the following:
| Wells, FARGO X Co, S3gOOcO: Duncan. SheI-
man & Co. SlJU.UOO; Robh. Halter & Co. SlJ0.-
| 90; A~pinwall Il co SiUO.Ga: WIN. Hogc &
| Co. SJh.tM0. Wells, Fargo * Co. lave open
policies in the Marine Insurance Co,upanv. The.
| Indemnify Mutual Marine (i.Ond0n) Assurance
| Company, aud the Royal Exchange Assurance.
| Company. The freight lists and otiI"- papers If
the ship are all ca board. aud duplicates caiHul
be obtained from san + anci>ro uudpr six w,-pk>
| Lieut. IleTudun, the 'ommaud-r of tn. Cvut! al
America, leaves WIFI and daughter. now in
| dis city. The deceased was Il native al Viz
| giuia. He Was under Comn8odorr Perry in the
| Mexican WA. and WAS engaged, on b"hslf or fhe
| Government. in She exploration Of the ANA Zon
| some time ago, for which Congress voted him L
| handsome gratuity. His loss is universally de-
| plOred.
Suspension.
BosToN, Sept. E.-Tie extensive dry goods
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