The Washington union., 1857-09-22

Fancsco) Cal; r. f. Brown, Sacramento, CAL; O Har-
yey Pacerylle, Cal. VIM. Birch, San Francisco min
stres Qady brig Marine San Francisco, Cal; j. A.
Forester, Murphys, Cal; Oliver T. Manloye, Grant
county, Wis; j. b. Clark, Polk county Mo-; John d.
ID. Ements Oregon City o, T.; H. t. OConner, (mother
brig Marine,) Albany, N. "; Julius stetson Shaw
Flat Cal; T. A Wells Leyden, Mass; George Brown,
Ulster county N. " Jas. II. Ross, Mahonlng county,
Ohio; Thos McNeish, Gross Valley, Cal William n
Osborne Isthmus of Panama. j N Feleno, Cincinnati,
Ohio VIM Chase Michigan; j. @. Taylor, Cohose Falls,
N Y; A. Aguto, Lima, Peru; Henry Haloon, Montreal,
Canada; W. +. Fletcher, Broomfeld, Maine; VIM lrde,
Wisconsin; r. Casey and NJ Casey, Arkansas; John N
Crafts Maine; Henry Runuel, Illinois; Jacob Quener,
Watertown, N Y; Hy Hartman, Bremen, Germany;
John b. McCabe, s. Caldwell, Chas. Reid, and Mr.
Childs, New York; BENZ Sager, (wife ON Marine0 st.
Louis John George, England; Edw. Moore, Boston; b.
NJ Lee Pttsburg, Pa; James jackson, Mo-; Mr. Howe,
San Francisco, CAL. Mr.. @. Y Look and r. H. Ridley,
Maine
The following are the survivors of the crew of the
steamer saved by the Ellen:
James M Frazer, second officer, Brooklyn New York;
Henry Keefer second assistant engineer John James
and Bartholomew MoCarty, freroom Aaron Holcom,
saloon cook New York Henry Hardenburgher, ship
cook New York Tim McKugh, seaman.
LIST OF KNOWN TO BE LOST.
William Lee Canada Benjamin Colt, Hancock coun-
ty Illinois Hanson and John Home, Missouri ; Richard
Wilton Quincy Illinois James Il. Birch, Fall River, u
s. contractor Gabriel Brush baggage MASTER New York.
Charles Taylor, North Carolina Samuel Shreves, San
Francisco DIR. Yann do; DIR. Gibbs, California Mr.
Marvin do; Mr.. Parker San Francisco Mr.. Bokee,
Boston Mr. White Sacramento Purser Hull, of the
ship New York Mr.. Hull, brother of the above Mr.
Seroni, San Francisco c. Van Rensaeer, first ofcer
steamer Capt. w. s. Herndon, United States navy
commander of steamer DR. James T. Tennison, purser
Mr. Clough of Pittsburgh, Pa. John Leonard, of Pa
Mr. James, of New Jersey.
John Dobbn, esq, brother of the late Secretary OF
the Navy, and who returning from the Pacific where
he had been engaged pser board the United States
sloop- Portsmouth, is also among the lost He is
known have left the deck of the steamer few min
ues before she went down. and it is supposed in his
state room at the time of the fatal catastrophe.
A young named Kent, of Richmond Virginia
who was returning in the Central America steamer
in advance of his first announced Intentions is also said
to be lost
SUPPOSED
The New York Herald has list of several persons sup
posed to be lost including Messrs Campbell, Wells, and
Goes of the California minstres who, we are assured
were not on board Senator Broderick Judges Hyden-
feldt and McCorle of California also supposed by
the Herald to have been among the passengers This
too, we learn is mistake. Samuel Lawrence, seaman
lately belonging to the steamer is not lost as supposed
having left her at Aspinwall and gone to California.
son of j. W. Raymond of New York, not on board,
as first reported The balance of the Heralds list of
supposed to be lost is as follows:
Isaac V. b. Nash of No. 666 Fourth street DR.. Par
ker of San Francisco Philip Sackbower of Huntsdale
Pennsylvania Gabriel d. Brush, baggage master of the
Panama Railroad Company and formerly messenger of
q. "a
wife and child, formerly agent Of the Pacific Express
Company in Sacramento; DR.. Henry Bates, late State
treasurer of California; Mr. Dean son of John Dean,
dry goods merchant in Hartford, Connet tcut Gordon
Cotrel of Norwich, Connecticut Mr.. and Mrs Maxwell
of Sacramento VIM. Dovoner, assayer, whose wife
resides in Sixteenth street Mr.. Vanness, of v.
Vanness of Rochester; Miss Mills sister of W. 0. Mills,
No. Al Pearl street Charles H. Boyd, of Albany; NJ
Meteyer of Nicaragua Oliver Garrison, of ST. Louis
j. w. Trumbull and wife, of San Francisco; Mr. Clark,
of New York, brother of w. Y. Clark Aaron Hawley
and Thomas Hawley, of Bridgeport, Connecticut; f.
Morris Earl of Newark, New Jersey Mr.. Whitney, son
of Chief of Police Whitney, of Newark New Jersey.
PUBLIC MEETING AT NORFOLK.
The citizens of Norfolk held public meeting Sat
urday when committees appointed to collect funds
and distribute them among the shpwrecked passengers.
Resolutions also adopted condong with the sufferers
and the bereaved widows and children whose husbands
and fathers have been lost. The following resolutions
were also adopted:
Resolved That in Capt. A. Johnson of the Norwegian
barque Ellen and Captain Hiram Burt, of the American
brig Marine, of Boston their officers and
Mise the true type of the gallant sailor ready to give
to his suffering ellownan and that their conduct
in the trying events Of the wreck of the Central America
is worthy of the commentator and applause of every
friend of humanity. We heartily commend them to the
cordial consideration of all with whom they may be
thrown and we request the mayor of the city to furnish
Capt johnson and Capt Burt with such written testimo
malls under the seal of the city shall enable them to
transmit to their children and their children children
| proper record of their humanity and herosm.
Ress That the concurrent testimony of all the par
ties saved find that the commander of the ship, Lieut.
William L. Herndon, OF the United States navy, acted
throughout the trying with which he was sur
rounded the part of gallant officer and displayed that
steady cooness and manly bearing which adds lustre to
his name and that in his devotion to duty unto
death on this melancholy occasion his deserves to
go down to posterity with those of Israel Wadsworh
and SumIleFs
Capt Burt, in response TO the resolution referring to
| him, publishes card, in which ne says
For doing that which conceive TO be only my duty in
this matter you have been pleased to compliment me by
resolutions in your public meeting. Whilst desiring to
render YOU my heartfelt thanks for the atering
in which You haye been pleased to speak of me- de-
sire to call to your attention the heroic and gallant
in which my passengers conducted themselves during
the great suerngs and privations to which they
necessarily exposed board my vessel My brig being
disabled heavily laden, and very weak and owing to tn,
want of accommodations board my vessel the cabiT
being small and cramped, coid not accommodate more
than six eight PERSONS consequently the remaining
number go 95 obliged to lie deck exposed t
the sea and spray which constantly breaking owe
her, and taking their meals under the crcumsan
ces tegeby adding to their already yinnumerabe dscom
forts, amidst ali which not murmur heard tn,
ladies particularly displayed Io greatest mness ant
herois making no complaints and content TO suffer an,
and all depriyations
Whilst l am sincerely grateful to an all kind Provi
dence for rendering agent In their rescue, car
truly state that could have rescued none more worthy
and who could have conducted themselves in NOR
! noble manner whilst on board my vessel.
1 Statements Of the Sauod.
The following interesting statements we have gather
ed from the parties who have arrived in Baltimore
STATEMENT GEORGE e. AsuBY cHrEy ENGINEER