The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-27

aeok ba. hs he'd ealy lais thsvs fsw moueus whsa
hcse wave rolled over shs ship, and carried him with
int Inc
TIE STEAMSHIP mKa-A RAFT. DOORS pLAsKs no ARE
ONLY THINGS LETT YloArlxG PAssssGKB muo no
aone bed worked Il ran, vbIoh ~, partially con.
stucsed when the vessel sunk which m: asoai eight
ockck Al his time The storm ragged = Assoeiy any
previous tine Gradually did tho Central America be
O. NC s S: ssss
the out Of her. but up 70 the
Even -. c.us.,n gave = his oUo,op ,bs SsSs Would
float TIL morning. At which time he hoped 20 DO able 70
have every one o. 70 the brig wh Oh he doubted
would be still visible 10 the disappointment OF
every tne bJwever abe ok oil by SURPRISE going do
suddenly and leaving nothing boating the surface OF
nle men Tho oSp. to thsmevervtS,n. else so,na down
with her Tho presented 81 ths time can scarcely
have human paralle-hpudreds Of souls launched Into
The ooondess and left ~ the cry OF the Al
6rst al closely olus cred together but each
that Il sould DO much 70 his nteret % get a. far -
al thai we're isf, we're .cs,,sro6 for Ooa.deaSIs ala
tance over the bauDoess surface Of the raging OCEAN
Captain Herndcn and Mr.. Eaton nsuding near the
wheelhorse when the vessel Dr. renAon, tae
ships ply stefan, taken sick In fever the daI Alter
leaving Pavana; prescribed fnt him The lo,h BE
confined his days and just before
hs s,eame sank be came % me much prosira ca with his
HE reerver 'ad 70 him that no must 80 Ia one OF
the he ats the next vp, and thst would sPesk y the
captain about He said NO; II was CO sardE fr any one
Of the ships leave under any circumstances
did not see him when the ship went down.
to VII ob With great 1coly chung and padded clear
o. every one o.! Previous 10 ms separation from ny
ennpaui'ns in misfortune, was witness o man heart
rendioe oircu DISTANCES may men' among these. the
drowning Of nine who unable 10 s~im 10 say
ting thai WAS able to keep their heads out OF
The ya.er, and the fact Of quarrelllng for ooarss
by those who auld swim In one instance 80 poor fe
lows actually qparrelled In The wser Tor . board
witch WAS ony able 10 keep one Of them sh,ss
Nobtre very renal Abie occurred while wa swimming
away from the rest bat when ABOUT tnrec hours
aosing my doar, perceived sone eos approaching
10 very much exhausted ant ihorgn he asked 10
very ptiul tone low him 10 share my 1erio, sup
ss he SS me he had s and qs X ss
and that be Frazer, the second ofssr 1T nDce
sured hi hat bs sas 1t liberty 70 charge his ohar so
ior my ooor, and that &c woad sink or live until we
could get rehe He sppea glad Vi this, and Al
MADE every e,eron to reach me, in which exeroa
he snrceeoed.
AsoTHkR APPsARs-sIE PICKS UP WHAT
PAsnsGxss OF THE CENTRAL ANsNcA
We continued 70 hold GA together FROM uis time for
war5 supporting each other In Efforts 70 keep above
lhe bent ~ could autl NJ lengh peroev we'd
sNsssel ut die snce, ~bch at DIST sup 'osad
ne the b-s which had taken the women on board bat
which turned be The bark Ellen, OF Nor wsv, Ospt
Johnson, bound aoms gard All the pss,epg sra had en-
des,oed 70 sim .s fer in The direction Ia rh,on We
this AK possible because wa supposed
that when the morning lght would enable M would
be able " get mpse Of the brig which believed {,
ing ~Aung for this direction, and therefore
al pioaed In \ line wnie the bark sailed
along takinS eaery board ths proreadsd. As
my conpsnias sere ,ngs the moot adv snced We
ao amongss the f-s, 70 meet with ASST from
her Tie euIren', however bad drilled past be- IN
sther ron orector and Il wa orT by the NJ most
r0ss enabled 10 her aod thereo,
fId ~ election This did, viewer, sbo 1t O'Clock
10 the rnDg and our feelings cannot be iAg ned very
less described when found rselves
the noble and Il iendly veasel
then came the question how were to &c. board
Ropes nrst hro US, but from thu wsskDess o.
DANES After nghung our way through such . terrible
hurricane so long, ~ill al be tina
no cordon N profit mu Oh by means exclusively
fer falling time, in efforts /, clins the
cf the bark AFTER being rails ID up piece would
asvt tn eiuqusb my hold, and then you'll 90 plump
down iuto the water, sometimes under the tom Of the
vessel, . ladder Was lowered, and succeeded In
the third attempt 70 60, ping on II, af,er which
strength completely eInaused inc seooni ON ,er was
aso exhausted but he had so much difficulty coming
On beard bad, ACCOUNT of mis- arm, being more mus
GUAR hcn enabled lin 10 take ad vantage Of the ladder
without falling Ia any effort. A few minutes after
deck zero both insensibe, In shch state
remained for socut two hours, a1d Oh recovering
sepses that large number the ship ~recged had
beer picked up by the vessel When reached her had
no clothes eacsot my pants and Shirt but received
supply OF dry rom the capan. Little funer 10 70
be told DING our mis- fortunes We except the sick
Iess hat broke nj amo u by reason o. over excon
but here vss excellent chsss OF medicine on board
which essd WIN very gratifying results 70 alleviate this
por ion Of our misery.
The conduct Of Captain Johnston or the Ellen his kind
pess csrefulnets and tDuon % while we're Ia bis
charge praise sorthy than o. alter
Ing his and retaining TO this country bis
nsibty although ce only emoloyed b. the owners
OF 'be vesseL asa testimony o. our gratitude sub
soed upsards or 900 amongst n and presented him
wnh IT,
The doctor Ipesks the highest terms the captain OF
the Central America, and mentions hin amoogst the last
vho sere on board The vessel when she oundered and
eager TO give help and encouragement Al al dimes.
STATEMENT OF MRS. ALMIRA KITTREDGE.
IksEREsrne INCIDENTS AID rtRTIC TLAss.
hrs Almra Kittredgo, OF Lowell, Massachusetts,, 70
vored Us with the following interesting statement
Ny husband was not lost. lef, him ai santa Cruz
arrived In New York this morning, By railroad from Nor
folk, company with this lady here, Mrs Amanda ar.
of Chcsg, late OF Sacramento OsHrorp,s and several
ohel When the steamship Central America keeled over
the srbosrd Friday 20, the oher side, aud
braced ourselves up by hodiog on 10 the tables, 80
None Of the other side OF The except
once In awhile daring one, like krs. Marvin.
Jolly DINNER,
no ,o,,, s o ~ saa 49,"
when The captain called up nj hAnda to hep 10 psIing
Two little girls, Mrs Lock coed and Mas Psdhu, GOV their
die nef, nevertheless and had . very merry lime H.
TIE toe ed The sboot very vi1enIy bat the
girls lsut hngy tod us hoy hey brscs tn amsel 70
The table ana eat away When The dshss ass about
laughed merry, ,brkiog II was rare SPORT rocy we're
decidedly jolly, little realizing the danger In which ,uey
Mrs Marvin pulled up little Irish boy and r,r named
Fallen second cabin gers, from 'hs seo7nd cabin
dared no. 90 MP stairs because the men we're paa inr
mp the sta Poor creatures, they did no, kno y
vi Al danger they were In.
Ms. hAsvrS-n vas impossible 10 ytand The dec
when pulled them DO bot by neldinx 10 table leg
vrh all my rrepsin succeeded IN Getting them no
Ms KrrRpDGs-rbe nrd Thing that frightened US very
much . terrible ova.h Isuppssed -e ~e-e all going
70 the bot,m The cry ran through The cabin thu, the
boat sIEng We Aftsy ssrds told that the
occs,oned by the sms hing up OF one OF the Life bosu
This relieved our approximations.
srS or srsn
A. whole there . nJoier set OF men N an
hoe On b ard 10. steamer, though ing them ~ers I
few towards Mos, Of the men worked MI completely ex
hstsed, and rheg the wcrt forth, "More men,
!" they would forget fatigue, snd up scd ~ agsiu.
Ann M v VINO mot distinguished thensevc, ~ work
rr and gestins others work rere Mssrs Clds, Mar.
v'n, Csp. Badger, Mr. Var Hagen, NJ Ha-sey and Or.
Gbbs. Al thai men ccnld DO was do5e by them SINE
o,he seemed V rive up In desysr, and tad they
would not worh 10 the shin from sinking Mr. F0l,
who occupied staercs merit 10 oors me Of those
Who wocld not vnrk. needed every 10 lake Q turn
at the work, because the 81 work became 20
exhausted. We offered In vain 70 help them In their
talk NJ. Fell iolr hi, little soy AMI -, down qnx
u.s. seeming W give spin despair We talked N him aud
urged bin " 20 ant aid tbs exhausted msn-,ha. gas
orly his fe bot the H~e- 81 all thai depended
Tho sn,rtl OF earh Mrs. Bigger took HE s'ck chill
and N II bart n of