The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-21

ina only apprshecsos felt thai her machinery might
give ous or become damaged. Daring the morning. tho
spsnksf Wal set, but In IN hour blown way. Al
twelve O'Clock went down stairs; w there hardly IN
hoss when word wHs given 70 ges oil sas buckets
ready Capt Badger giving tbs o'der. At o'slcck
al hands Commenced bahng Al this nms one Of The
gnes-hs on tho ssa-boarc s.do- stopped oyas 10 sne
nre In tn furnace gong out O'Clock tho nro IN tho
furnace on the hrbosrc side out, ns engice,
which had beon working but slowly also ssopaad rho
reason was that they could COAL account OF she
waSer which had some In After he ares Out the
steamer went Into The trough the sea- There two
tines Of buckets formed from the 10 well hole, nesr
tho cabin, % the decksbout any In Eae pssdea
nfy men forward, who biing from we'll hole
the Storage side OF the We worked <siduccsy
and Aooousi, and succeeded In preventing the wster
from innreaang upon by the rapid Of hese nroke
Until dark thu water In the hold deep but that
could see the pig iron 10 the bottom which carried
there for ballast Near dark nenced ganlas en-
considerably, and continued 10 gain until she sans The
pumps III en- deck entirely oui Of order and would
net draw the wafer, Non, however, worked them all
aght During Friday Afternoon they suooeedsd In geng
up steam again for . short time.
September H. Saturday morning. worked six hour,
only resting ~ioe bat after wards discovered
that water bad drawn up oy thom and that
labor WAS accordingly lost.
me disohArging pipe Of tho pumps the side. below
tie Geek and cut OF sshthenoc their ignorance Of the
futy Of their Abor n-st look held and worked thres
aours but finding that not gaining The ~ase
re bac them repaired We then went 70 work Sgan al
though told them that did want strength
upon them unless they were doing some service. In
about three hours OF hoss who repaired them
and sad that they did not effect
had discovered on examination that they brought up
water. We then went 10 work 10 haul . rope
which attached 70 barrels which we're passed up and
down through the SKI Kgh The man who tried 10 repair
the pumps said they all out Of order. The bAisry
81 work also all Of the preceding night, they
worked faithfully consisting OF passenger fore and Aft
do not think any slept ta! night, except few
who laid down from exhaustion did not sleep moment
from Thursday night until got on board the bark Ellen
on Sunday morning, when immediately fell asleep being
completely out and exhausted. About O'Clock on
saturday sail hove In sight We fred gun and placed
flag .. half mast II proved 70 be the
bark Marine, OF Boston We then considered ourselves
SAFE She and we told her copd ton. She
lay about mile Distant and sent the ladies chill
dren In three small boats to the bark. There thus
sent about twentysix ladies' Accompanying the ladies
Judge nunson, Of Sacramento Albert Priest OF ia
maica L. L. and Theodore Payne, OF San Francisco, be-
sides three four others whose do not know.
eUgt7ScT,
last boat, and approached esdeauono oct ss he
dreo his knife and threatened TO sob any otter s0ho should
tem get into he boas-here being four i've already tn
hs-, but Watching bis opportunity 81 convenient moment!
he Jumped into the boat and pushed Off In oowardly
Among The rescued passengers there 10 but
opinion, and that that the loss Of the steamer u 10 be
attributed to him in letting the fires 20 ouk
The ports Of the Central America could NOT be closed
tightly in the lower cabin, and the vessel leaked very
badly d The shAn much n The engineer had previously
asked for blankets 70 stop the Leak. One Of our small
boats was washed away on Friday, and two were stove In
launching.
About dusk schooner hove In dght and passed ~ "a
the starboard side she tod condition BY the op
tain. Her captain replied thas he would lie byv but on
the contrary they rsssed en- and nothing Of
,hem she passed quickly that could NOT ASCERTAIN
her She rather small and clipper built buk Of
sufnciens yizs have contained all Al that time The
storm mot very We then had bat sail
our mapmast me brig Marine fass disappearing.
she would have probably taken board Sassen-
gers but shs disabled In her sailing gear she could
hor nononf and had before the wind
We perosved hope OF keeping aaoa much longer,
and nearly all prepared for the BY procuring re
preservers and floating materials Three rockets were
discharged and just aer heavy broke nearly over
her carrying two three hundred souls with ss re-
life prsserves were mostly Nil tin, and therefore
no, Of much SERVICE slight dent from coming con.
tAe, with sond substance wouid destroy them Bat few
cork preservers on board.
had previously 70 being struck by the SEA- gone
tho hurricane deck and taking the square cover 70
hachvsy tied ropes around and carried 70 the star.
board wheelhouse 70 be ready for when abe sunk
had hardly got there when this carried me into the
had also cork life preserver on and held tightly
To one Of the roper had fAstcped TO the hatchvay
down and remained Until nearly s,rangled. The sea
vn ~ high then ~ ., any ume, but was les windy.
WHOM came up and had freed my eyes from wAicr %
to look around, the steamer had disappeared Tho sea
was literally covered with human beings and floating oh.
jess. fearful cry--amoa yel-shrieked In my ears
which seemed 70 arise from all Of them ri oncs sue
oeeded In getting piece OF The hurricane deer where
Was ICON joined by companion-Mr. John D. Dement,
Of Uregou CITY.
fhs war about O'Clock In the evening. We remained
there all night tcssed about The clouds had dispersed
and n sAs starlight On the morning Of Sunday We saw
sa and suocesded In aitrasng attention. Al O'Clock
picked up by the Norwegian bark Ellen We hav.
leg been the water twelve hours
We the last rescued. No others IN right
and we saw none servards Forty eight passengers
already board Al the request Of hr. Easson The cap.
lain bad continued bis search until be found IN Two
hours stor met the bark Ssrony boarded her, and OBJ
tsned two barrels Of provisions weuansfrea Eve pas
senser 10 her, who desired, abe bound for "a
vsunsh. On Hsudsy, the IAN rss We KEEP, sria look
out for floating passengers, but On Tuesday,
The lsth instant, met with the d,mastcd bark Crbs,
OF Gloucester and obtained Two barrels OF bread sbe
Vas also ether -,o injured, sho sskcd assistance
ofus We also saw the propeller Thomas ssann, bound
for Charleston. We informed hem Of the wreck Of the
n IA vnnh wha
rived in ror, We wanted them 10 tow a into Norfolk,
but the, said they could nos do - they had nos coal
enough, but offered 70 lake any passengers that wanted
10 10 10 Charleston.
On thursday, The i'ih inr., We made Cape Henry, Of
o'clock n Arrived II the harbor Of Norfolk Al dusr
1--WE Of M enssed The pcs bsi 70 bring us 70 Norfolk,
and we arrived there on Friday morning M daylight
Boarded The Empire CITY, gave the particulars OF the loss
70 Captain MCGOWAN and teeeraphed The pew, N Inc o,,v