The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-20

ws ous IsAk end the Ass we saw Of her was Raoe
y 1"o' xsssng along he horizon. There was gsoi
S,s fssn he north vest during the day. u night In
%~ Ahgs 70 szoog wind the later oocununs during
'Asss seTs..sd 70 IS. About II oc,oos Wsssssasy
.g We passed hrge steamship steering SOUTH and az
Ssans e s.nss Captain .oscx.a .cM me vs. ne
mails and passt ngers for California She undoubtedly
reached Havana safe experiencing bat little Of NE gala
Saturday and Sunday blew hurricane, tho wind shift
Ing from northeast TO north, northwe west southwest
found DeoessAry . Ay TO- with head 70 wind and steam
up MI the time On Sunday 18th, getting no observation TO
give Us our position and having been four days without
Of The gale, Captain MCGOWAN deemed prudent 70
In towards land in tho hope Of making point 70
take departure from About three four O'CLOCK while
oautousy proceeding upon soDdipgs, We discovered
wreck ahead o. u.s. II proved % be . Dismissed park
an anchor out whiCh caught ana enabled her TO ride in
APPARENT :sy We passed within hundred yards Of
her but The half dozen men seea her decks sde no
Inability to help them, even they had been in want
The moment almost Of discerning the bark We had
bark seemed To be about four hundred TONS with poop
cabin and opgasnt on deck Her boats appeared
fe and her anchors held fast she undoubtedly rode
wind choppug round to n W. and clearing or was
ct the tino of discovering the ha) blowing from
dis,eiy 70 me sOushward Of Lockout shoal, = few
miles from Cape Lockout. Oar situation at this
possibility or Fnoving our wherssbouss- the Captain
and crew almost broken down from incessAnt
:nS me- for 1S1I sS AND ana
dred yards beyond us-the noise Of the tempest and
sea dashng against The ship, all rendered our position
agned from the fart that forward iron brace
three inches in diameter, vas snapped In two, and tho
BULBS eye headlights or footgnts, an inch In thickness,
were shiverea and broken into pieces Ike pancs Of oom
mon glass
On sunday night We discovered light and an hour or
later another, which proved to DO the fsshignt OF
Cape HAtterAs Monday night enscred the capes of
Virginia and Tuesday morning. At o'clock, anchored
Captain MCGOWAN Immediately started In OF his boats
With tbs pilot for The city, carry ing With him the malls
Of Health that the shit could proceed city,
and that no passengers baggage, the mails
cordrg the best of my bosi BY The for he
knew nothing OF them At all. They we're brought
Dsok 70 the Empire City by Captain HoGowan.
Gowan took the malls up, and report had teen made
the Board Of Health by the physician, and when Is
merbered thai our ship sits Havans within cables
lergn Of SpkEish man CT that had just los three
hundred from yellow fever, ana the tefrhls
calamity that bee the people OF Norfolk recently from
tha dhe aae Cannot be matter OF surprise tis the
hoes there should manests 40 much caution. After ne
report Of the Hern Officer no Passengers ALTO sed 10
land u hey chae, and the sAme afternoon stesne,
brought many OF with all baggage anything
desired. 70 Baltimore, which euabsa Us 70 come
diaely North. Captain Ace wan did not hInrelr Blame
the Postmaster at Norfolk.
Ny opinion relative the gale We encountered Ia the
proSssy ny sunsSed miles IN ssmss s r Sa n ea
Ac OF our proceeding TO the rth0ard and being ded
by the Gulf Stream, NO were forced 10 keep some
what with IT, We appeared 10 have caught o. lis
mtncemert, blowing from the rheas!, but by keeping
cur chip constantly head to Il We got out Of A. the soah
western edge have but little tonht tha' both Inc Cea
trail America and npire City PASSED entirely through asd
wbic In Ito vortex the strain upon each vesse terrific
perfect discipline and skin exhibited on the part oIpAn
hc6owap, the engineer department end every older Aad
man Of The cres together with the occurrence or
rioss accident to the machinery attribute mainly
fafey Tho ship herself ALL, proved TO be perfest sea
boat and Of great sensa Very respectfully your ebsdi
ent servant, A. B. 6SAY.
Nav YORK, Sept 10, 1887
LETTER PROM THE ruRsxR OF THE UMPIRE CITY.
NoyoLE, Va Sept Is, 1857.
We arrived q. this port yesterday morning sunrise
seven days ont from Havana-hsvlng encountered terri
bic Storm which exceeded even that OF last Jsnrary3
The Steamship Central America-our oonsort from Aspn.
had arrived at Havana the day previous to us d
for New York O'Clock the mornirg of the Sh, fol-
sone little banierng had passed between the ofsers o.
the respective ships ~ 70 their Epeed and friends
the other ship promised 70 report US
Al sunset The sth-sarne day-her smoke only
visible ahead the horizon ano mex, morning. she
iheas the Ioth during the day. the w,ad c,n
tinned blowing hard and increafrg all dsy-a; nigh,
Increased % an ordinary gale next day, (he
tremendously with heavy sea running: on the i2in Il
ble~ q hurricane, luiug 81 intervals oly 10 blr
harder The force Of tbs gals this tins exceeded anv
ihlns 10 M previous experience can compare il only
W the roar OF seam from ppe Dating all this
time oW, gloomy, cloudy fky shu, oct b,sh SOU ani
s,Ars; the did not rise In heavy vaves bu, Gee
plane OF foam which driven by force OF the
Wild heavy mist OF spray.
Our ship behaved web. bu, rolled s,nmc, very hsviy
and tse passengers wcre mort heartily frsaienei On
tho la,h the gAie no, Ibssne, "a, out OF The Gulf ssa
and slowly MADE wsy toward the land coal by
This time began give evidence Of exhsustio1, and ve
fOun. We coud rot make New York sithlrl further
supply Net krosing where VIC " .rs Captain EC6o~sn
had 70 g-opc his way along snd a,ay, the afternoon
sbu In The borizon 10 within few AMPS lepgths ahead
and . frishsful running, the wind had psrlslly
aoated, We fsuui ourselves last about Gho
wreck OF barque with her mlrze nsst only standing
Ano ca, Of the lead gave rs lon falnons
TIE crew Of the bark could plainly her dccss
bat We could no, aclp Tho poor follows, for
ming shosl OF Cape Lookout ten miles from the iane
and our o1ly boat left would not have lived or
course the 6rsi thing was 10 ABOUT. ana IN dpns
the rick of having dstn swept lay With deok
tualiy nearly pefpeneculas and orn ami With .xo
frighnul rolls, the came about against wind and
At this z1s blew out email hole the head ore 81
The boilers, ~hion nrsa the cabins win steam, aad
frightened the feu courageous lef Arcy tbs, pstsd
right feeling way WITH the lead no, wisa
Ing 70 ru5 Jar from seore, coal nearly rxpspd
we had touched bcscs no, q soul would have ben
saved IN the tremendous surf
Grcpirg along, al 10 O'Clock a night, made
Cape Hs,terss light and for he nrs lime knsw where
Wet bruised End Exhausted, ~e felt Ike sivng
three hearty cheers Next mosnns oom neuced tesrrr
pbehs n the ,ieerage, buikhc-d, crater berth sa-
ladders boss, &c, burning them win coal
Got, am ssrc about 70 ccmmenco oabinE
reached ths port, but fortunately rsvee nem
CHARLES ". DEstso9
TESTIMONIALS TO CAPTAIN MCGOWAN, or
THE EMPIRE CITY.
sher,y before he arrival Of the Emrire CITY sof'Sx
The ra,seugor, beard Q. Der made collection 10
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