The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-22

Meetings in Norfolk and New York for
the Relief Of the Sufferers.
CORRECTED LISTS OF THE LOST AND SAVED,
&C., AO., 30.


y atm, We oheerfly pubHsh ,he following s,stemeuts
given by him aud Mr. Payne " our reporter NJ Asoby
ephstosll deni. the truth Of tho axperions that
hcen beaosd ppon him, and demAnds from the com
psay the fullest ipvestgAn Of the facts respeon his
Aepa,ture from the The statement gtve, be'o~
win, he SAVE, be oorroeorsted by Judge Aansou, Mr.
Pes, ana Others who heard Captain Herndons orders
Aim
rne following gen.ener were received On board the
Central America a. Ia ans:-
Ancho rchop, nesrcr Of despsach TO Psr'-, aud Bs
giAa, Consul at Ligna
jose segain Peruvian Minister 70 the United States and
his aecrets MIC oia- ryato
Adopnus 0iagna Ricardo Olsgne, and Enrique Qiolo
Of Ins- AZ fsosa Lana snd sspo- SET 70 be oot
PaFieui EsQncrrss 81 Vslps-sko and 1- Thocpe ship
chambers 81 Sa, ro meyly OF Philadelphia, and supposed
b be lost
Johr Black oxxws'n was In life boss ~hen the ship
down aud ssws fore and an chcop.- GAIL ONT her
sou,d no. read ame ge hinks she picked up ma ay
q those who were fos'ing in tho water.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF GEO. f. AsHBY,
CHEF ENGINEER OF THE CENTRAL
AEERiCA.
We les Havana on he 9Th o. September, at $50 A N
TEE engines and boilers Of the ship In pe-fecl
der, and worked we'll up TO Friday, the 1ld, carrying
average OF IL pouuds Of steam. Our maximum NO sns
pswee was 20 pounds tho Inch, brt seldom ran -
hiGh ~ that even under the most favorable orSumssaoss
Friday, Sept. IL Tho day com mmenced with tae sia1
biwns penecs hurricane from the N. N E. ri.n as
rsn. MpA n discovered that the ship wss nskiag
considerable waier-ore than The ordinarily results
~ driopipgs Of different paris Of machinery Irepor.
Cd thh c 10 apt Hers don 1t once ard Thea started sn
hssds .. psssing oosl Into the hro backes ana
baskes Capt Herndon, at my Request leos do.n nearly
MI The walters TO assist In passing coal The sn,
nsted over the board hs GOAL 10 rows were
,seIsss psssrg coal We thea started -xboard Worth
hgton Pr mp ard bige injection, taxing steam from the
krse boilers. rbis was about 10 o'cocx. Tho water In
TIE STRIP then quite hot from berg oon,ac' with tho
boilers suppose and In consequence or her list being
n The ssrboars bigs me pump took water and worked
ffseiy-stl she wafer gained on us then Inspected
I'll the pipes and their co0nertons and 70 nj ihar sight
slso usrcoted tos dead ngn, and foam, them nghs At
Sooss, bJth for ard and AT, making Impossible tue
work, tho 81 from the water putting nearly
arrsrs in ne engine rom, ard Al dire,ted the
Ans Esneer 70 ses up steA in he donkey boiler which
dom once.
Al time gang Of bslers. consisting OF psssen-
ec~s was organised oy OArta,n Hernron. and snosnsr
gsas WORK breaking up steersse berths fer fuel
Al O'clock the -cs in tn starsosrd bole-s extn
RUSHED by ~scr Another gang Of paes we're tee, ,e
In Ihe after osbip hsches, and still another In III
b~r siecrsge-epsiueer', meu and aaefengers all ~ofk
M vts . iii. The engu ocrtnued ~orK,g up to
clock n when they stopped for few n,inutss FOR
van, Of .esm Tney started sga,a ~iln 20 p,uod-
eAm ba. hsvios eny the port ares 70 depend on, the
We ,fen oonpaeDo,d arius up with wool aud ooutnrss
N do SIS the ~ser rose so high ss &c Put oui al .oe
nves when ,he engines ..orpcd mis- between .nd
sPM me wor,n'ngton pumps, wEich bad bee, ,revi
oasiy wc ksd by steam 40 The mali b,isrs, taea
~ofed ~ he dcnie boilsr, and condned 70 work
abr, oic ok, win ,esea stoppasss Of sfc~ minues
each. which mate free the feed ,irs
ne bo.le, frou, obs,vnc,o g. ~han tue ocnhes boiler
naly stepped the ICED pipe h,d bsoene ohoksd up
Ma, h sary 70 ut AMI repsir u
Durrg 'ho sight all h.nas we're At -o-k bsips ne
rolrng OF thA rhtr red . ANAL leak aeouea
board shan which slipped with blankets, ada sxl
wrapped aronrd tho .haf oasss, in the wneet
"n , srg se,v ~ sssu wa i o,snr s saa
asssAr, gp"e,, also cus on the e.oz7e ppe.
ard rigged them ~ pumps In the steerig', one
o. winch WORKED we'll Early In the morning
neAm WAS sgan got en- the donkey bnila,,
unrrtec them c1hssly This abort nice o'clock
ard here -ss then between nire an Ter fec, Il s,,er
N The engine room We were ably ssssted all 'hs sme
by ur CbWles Mccarthy, oshf enprner Of Inc steamer
sc'scn Gaze, Who ~ss ~ .cngsr win rns
chtnorv being ent-ely useless, tire fart Al
rspSVt 10 uaptsin Hernion sna ~hoe attention
gf~cn "a bslpg water. hs' sevsrs onasul.tioas Ttts
Captain He Mr. yss Rensselaer,, tae drst on er
~rh yeevo N the CONDITION % ,hs shis, ant evcry
nhtng that ossi ,le Vas dcrs 20 relieve her the
engineeri men, tltn .be arr pisrocge's,
cnnsan, and bra ely 70 hes INC s.ip fr,a ss;er, nas
Abcu O'Clock p. n. a. mar q. I can recoiec,, brig
brs DON upon Ms. we having ssgas e i,rt ayrs
she p'cv,d % be ,he b,is Main, Boston, c.a pr
ed him and requested bm lay hy hss,samer sut
r6 the f,ss rgrrs, -hiob promised 70 Teh.d os'
Eve Capt Handon orr cred the bo.'s io~erud GOO
TIE brig rounded 10 rso or tbem we're " ~srea
- ely; the bird ~m steve and rendered usse 0as
man vho ~cred 10 her rescued ith tia -uhy
Tbe fourtb aucrhe from The upper deck safely
rrs reque-tcd BY 1Api he odop 70 sssi-t IN 'aanoo
,ne 9th and iss, beat, bu.-s metailil ous s-whirh
sss succesfully done, hcsvy ses carried tue boa
under he lee guard and u -S ,toye and s~speco, ar
,,ss me do.S .s,,. 9Th s 10 r. , .so., tins ,ss r.
-. yere Then on deck, resdy fnr ransDortsnon %
,ss brig Stioh had thtp diif,od tG ant was t,sick
tone t~o or thIee niles dlssns ZEN ~t"s Win usp.
Hefndon 10 his room. He inquired OF one n .As .rsa
,rsrered thai the onl' "espou bad :. tof., -sieb
1sG eeer svsn 10 NC sys ~.-p. - voc M ,ps ~
yhor said he would try spd bor',s me yar y ~.
aaa ~ksi Mr.. Payne, p.snager, laf r.~
ney we've II ~ Iups, and ina, rv sr6er
pstsr The oapt then nkri no 70 aiss IL Rss,fe ring
NE pser,, % hs ss sas aes m ~, I ss oo, :. s an
chil,res rN, tarei uly tao men teap Cd N 4 into
sas boat a tin tine shs9 yete bo'n .sers ore ooo 90
asd tse othsr whts I orocre" them s~sy; perhaps
4 drew mi sni,e al tie ne lp-; tank m gni hsv,
acne 90; and ney ea IN the meantime, ihe orig hal
srf,ed far 70 he le-asd. rasfgg y ntoa.,I ~ ~
boass were rots with The sies, CAutAia He nd n aud
myself wore the urpcr deck me uAp'sn s'd tnsf
cvsht n haze closer olancotcn ~ha ihs efg sNt y
sisn ,h,, ccnd ba ot sar service IN an nsnner
vS his dspossl lie then Sked rue 70 60 10 tue nsfi
beat with the three remsnins sdies sad ~ m,ay
DO all In my power 70 Induce the rsrsan 70 b-tns
vcssol nearer 10 Tho sla.mer. Wnsp the blA re
tufncd and the pesseoger sefc pa on bosth eot
In With them and ssaed NJ. pcO1y 70 70 slongtiand
syist me He did sr, ami toNk sfss the h1H had
wceivcd her fall com lsmep, other passengers iamad
ec board Just ~ We we're showing of ths Hesnef wv
fync WA in this bost with myps aud the others Just
We showed on Capt Herntsu rtptsies bic instuchons
fT mo TO vy Anj get The brig " coae reafer me
leff In
On our way 70 tho bre Eres, navy wssnod aboard
two of ling n Arr
ss on board the brig alhoosh ths sea Vas Al the time
msshg clean sweep over her deck rp,ed y O'pts
hnt tns orders had received He sid ooJH have hs
bcst, bat that was only ya~i, sni uiud
nm i've minute In sJoh sta said he wogd
90 All In his powor 10 bring his vessel nesref
1910 %o nes smsr, me pot ha =. N crippled c'nitiou,