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


made " se the engines song, hut nis proved incrcna
inquired Of df The aremen tho extent Of the rouole
was told that The steamer hal sprung ea and tina. water
was pouring 10 quite rapidly, end tsa impossible
opa the COAL and for this the engines stopped
Al yet The water had noi uched In the furnaces
II was found, after hours, tne water
compg In u such rate hAt ~ouId necessary 70 Gail
In extrs aid Accordingly, sxo lines OF scrmsd
the sts board aud snh-- ihe AzboArd side Of the
steamer, with buckets, 70 take out the waller. This
about O'Clock In the afternoon when the cs for tie
buckets and aid Of the passengers oAed fo-
sernanon among the passengers as nTt;
hctsved, however, that tho 0 was no ZEAL danger.
Al this lime The wind blowing almost . hurricane
IvertuIed ny head above the deck t~ioe but
seemed though there danger OF the ~iad bio sing
of, 10 violent and ter fc the gale In connection
with The buckets gangs Of Arangei with barrels
70 take water BY of puleys The pumps had bseu
abandoned bef,rc s sime. Every body worked ks
good fellow and the Tas gained On to saca an ex eat
that the engineer enabled 10 got up In the
boiler c The ship, and several revolutions
me wheels me water gained She ship, and ..
length put on, the engine nres ntime Efforts had oeea
made al along 10 get the doukcy engines s work.
without any success.
HAaD AB,R--sorG SINGING.
The labor Of be At the backets and barrels xas
up The sps 70 give impetus and to ,ne
work. large number ssng while lAposing rne voices of
the workers merrily and powerful above the din Of
the rorm asd he sshing Of the sides b. toe
~aven The burden Of the song was the seseotyp pc
oouret, sung with ssor like melo iy aud vivsc.y-
% R.sys Q, Ieays y 1i..,mp and go,
From want Of keeping up proper syste OF msuage.
however, 10 arranging the in Watches 20 ~ to
alternate at proper intervals, ~ the first . nun
ber or men, Notwithstanding the stimulus OF sops
singing, became 30 completely tired out thAt
after . time they had to give up work. Some fell
down exhausted and faintng In iheir steps.
LADIES rRofrR AslsrAsos IT THE BpcKBrs
AZ this criAis tome OF he ladies behaved most
oe,aeroaly and nooly-seperal Of them polunteeri.a
TO take their places at the buckets but the men
tired ~ they were, had VOC much gaIantry r.
allow bis The offer Of the ladies', however to assume
portion Of tho trying toll gave renewed encouragement
tho Mrs.. 4. J. Eaton, bride, who With her -
hand among the passengers, and we ldns
tour, furnished the large number of bottles II wine
The liberal bestowai of the vine, and the spirit which
prompted iu depaaon, wen the admiration Of all MOI
only increased vigor given to the men, but II reused
them 10 work sin brave)y
several Of passeugers position and Intelligence
and wihaI, the trying circumstances in which the
ship placed ought 10 bsve restrained from dc ortns
snemselves other than properly, drank exoenvcly Of
liquors board the ship probably from their wn pr
vAss stores and made themselves very noisy and trouble
Ikoso hoo Of TIE passengers Of high social and pols
teal associations, ho refused 10 york. ba ox aarwsaol,
drunk, much Tat their sober companions had d
pSt Dem neir bey In Aa condition ey lay ,oheg Ae
aeowSs sank.
rho worked II the hpckess epdeavorrg to bale the
steamer from Fridsy as 4P n. I'LL sstu day night One
eaa douxy In the progress Of the ~ork was the ~sn
of pFspsr and strengthening FOOD. dry cracker va,
about - that could be got hold on What made sill
wcrse wNs the inpossiciny OF getting water 70 drink
pwing the night the had 10 work an
trty In she DARK Justice oompsh to b
said that Captain Hsrndon, with ali his nobility sn
disinsressedness Of character, and notwithstanding hi
possessing In high degree most o The traits necessary
10 On efficient ocmmsudcr, NOT cqul 70 tue pro
sent rysg emergency. He al over the ship running
1 here and there himself for . blanket, or . ham NOR
or trivial things which he should have sent oahef b,
not wanting In manly courage, bat he wanted do
csive promptncss Had he subdvided matters properly
and exercised the gdness OF control necessary The 90
cssos think the seamship might have been kep< Aba
longer than ahe was, and possibly ssved.
Al tvoP u. Saturday . sail seen from the Wind
/ vGd. Guns dred and signals Of dhtresa hoated
Fortunssely the vessel and down under ou
stern, being kept TO the windward 10 lay TO- bui ths
| gale blew her AvAy three four miles 70 N,
eeward. Tho sgst Of this brig, which provet
10 be the brig Ma Inc, gave increased encoura senen
| 10 the engaged In banng the steamer, and they
KEPT a. work usly and ,bly. The women and ohiIdrou
being gathered an and on the stArboAra lido OF tn
steamer, the work OF getting hom board tho br,
con mcrced forthwith Preparations were made to o.
The oil boas overheard Ths nrst was lower
ed at ,toye. Better uck attended The oSerin
|
we're placed In charge OF the boat and soon aIle,
with p, rtou OF the lady passenger and childrcr.
great deal OF difficulty attended getting ,hem Tue boa
durirg the heavy ne third bosi thai 10 seres
vss charge or tho quarter matter and three
| his Vas likewise nlled with women and children m.
| pushed CD for the brig Marine. The fourth boa
| that was lowered mot with The same fat
| with the mrs. boat, and knocked 70 psoss
| M. AmrY LnAvE the msAMss-BR cAPrnl
| HAEsDos.
me rrh and last boat let down 90 - 70 reach III
vsisr and rits In safey. Aner Nil rcmAoiug Isdy
passengers, excepting three had been taken board
Abby, the chief engineer, made move 70 gss n,o hs
| boat Captain Hcrndon lold him net 10 GET in. Upor
which Ashby sesOusnt the captain 10 place him in chsre,
of boat he promised The captain thai he would
back -iih the boa,, and What moro, prevail IN.
captain Of he Marine up With bis vessel 70 where
se y and get him .o send bis small bosis on,
Captain Il raid Al he feared 10 trust him, he WA,
AFRAID he would n a c.ms back Upon this exprcsuon o
doubt relative TO himself, Ashby sad"f proniie you,
ooytair most sosrnp, hdt Trsu back 10 hs a1a-z
a~d not desert h>r, words 70 his purpose. beard ,hs
| remark distinctly, ard noted u, - the feet o
| the doubt 10 the boats return caused
me 70 think thai possibly present would be tho last op
po-supsy would hare 70 myself; saw snat al the
women in, ard would no, sllc~ myself any thouxhi o.
my personal safety MI he sAsy Of Tho had bcea
icoxtd 70 when Ashby gct on board he drew knife
ss he p- several the point Of making jump for the
bosl-and declared any Individual Inped board he
vould take hin life. hd knife, 100, d my command
and ~1 not 70 be sved By any such threat Knowing
ths, the and children safe, Felt justified In
matrg cnors FOR my preservation. bui the bos,
~as ca. loose, gaves jump and landed In the boat
had ~ 600 In gold In bet and about so ac about
me. bot with the haste had 10 make 10 get inlo the
boat, thrust u into my dde coat pocket In Civ.
Ing the Jump u was thrown In some way on
Of my pocket into The water. and lost Ashby did no,