New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-01-31
ARRIVAL OF THE EMPIRE CITY.
LATER FROM NICARAGUA Z
FROM THE IsrHMUs AND soUrHAMgRlcA.
Later from California, etc.
San juan In Possession Of Cests Rlean..

The steamship Empire City, S. r. Griffin, com
manding, arrived yesterday evening from New York
via. Havana. Her purser furnishes the following In
teresting account Of her voyage: '0 ~
q, Left the company wharf at O'Clock n NJ. ON the
l7th, with 63 passengers and the usual mails and
freight for Havana and New 0rleans-the ships pro-
gress down the bay much impeded by heavy masses
of floating ice. AT 10:45 the same evening, was run
into by an unknown schooner, showing no light,
which struck the ship on her starboard bow staving
in two Of our lower deck ports and coming in contact
with guard the schooner losing her foremast BY
the collision as she swung clear. Capt Griffin, after
ascertaining that his ship had sustained no material
injury, hailed to inquire if they needed any assistance
but gettngn clear reply despatched boat in charge
Of the lst officer 70 take off the crew. or render assist
ance if required. Unable to approach on account Of
her floating spars and rigging, narrowly escaping
destruction by the fall Of the schooners nlainmast,
which went over her side near hin, and her crew
anfesting desire to leave their vessel that officer
with difficulty regained the ship his crew more or less
frozen, and some of them obliged to be hauled on
board in bow lines helpless with cold and exposure.
Three hours later, despatched another boat on the
same errand, equally ton purpose as the frst in
fact, Capt G. was obliged to back the ship down to
then and hoist boat and crew together to the davts
the men too exhausted to ascend without assistance
and completely masked in ice. ~
At 4 the next morning lost sight Of the wreck in
heavy snow storm, with bad sea making. Searched
for them till 10 a. N. unsuccessfny. At s o'clock
the same afternoon Osth) the cold intense edecks
covered with iee and the gale increasing in violence
from the northeast, with constant snow and heavy
sea running hove the ship to- rode till II P. NJ,
when sea struck and carried away the greater part
of the starboard wlfeelouse, several of the smoke
stack guys, jeopardzing the latter stove skyghts,
pilothouse, and did other damage. At o'clock on
the morning Of the 10th the wind shifted to the south
east, and blew complete hurricane; then hauling to
the southwest for two hours finally stood at north
west, blowing all the while with the utmost fury, the
sea tublng in every direction and striking the ship
at the same instant from opposite quarters Il
For sixteen hours the wind held to the westard,
with unabated strength the entire gale at its heayi-
est stage, lasting thirtysx hours and the ship be,
having gallantly through it all. The gale mederatng
| on the 2eth, stood for Cape Henry and anchoredin
the outer bay under the light house, on the alst at
A. NJ, to overhaul the ship, the same time speaking
the steamship, Black Warrior, last from Havana
bound to Norfolk, in distress, in tow Of d propeef
Got under way for HAVANA at AZ the same day, an
proceeded on the royage-the bay mass of driftie
in every direction. On the 22d, at NJ, spoke ro
ship Pride of Canada, fortyseyen days from Liver
pool, for Charleston her captain reporting constan
gales since his departure. -. -,. a., -
Finally entered the harbor Of Havana at $50 a
N, on the a5th. Found the Philadelphia, Cap
McCsowan, had arrived from New Orleans and left 70
New York the same day (2sd1 The Granada arrive
next morning at o'clock from Aspinwall and sa
Juan. bringing the usual mails and passengers fror
California and 81 g dead heads q OF whom wer
taken on board at San Juan. OF these 16 were sen
on board from the Orion, H. B. NJ. flagship Capt
FErskine. They report the place occupied by tn
Costa Rcans. No intelligence had been receivet
from the interior for three weeks, and all communi
cation was cut off from Walker The latest ntelli
gence emanates from Costa Rean sources, giving tlt
details Of the capture Of the ryerboats and the
patton of Greytown, yet admitting the existence u
/ dissentions among the allied lenders. go g.
Capt. Gray of the Granada, reports the Orion lae
ship having parted her cables in recent gale, art
narrowly escaped destruction, on Punta Arenas
The Empire City lett Havana at l p NJ. on the 9th
with 13 bags mails, $50 passengers, and specie as
4 follows :: .-5 - fs
From New York slooooo TO c. A. F Rondeau, $4,000
from Havana S. 400 to s. dc Wiser { O..
The following are the passengers by the Empife
| City: 'r lss'z+s ID. t..;g7-s : 'N,,.t '4'-
From Nsir York-Mrs.I Denison Mrs ~ Depison Miss
Actiowan Miss ". Motowne, Miss Ghborn Capt Nv. Pat
esson Misses Knmpman Mrs NJ B. Mnn and children, j.
Valentine, Esd svt., Mr.. Nicholson Mr.. Hahn, Mrs.
Peae sy1 and ptan, Capt g rarkeT q 2 coulan, sEn,uf
Hurana-eapt. j. Leonard and Indy, b. j. Brown, j. Dor
ringer, Mrs Yrnage, chlreen, mother brother and sv
PeuHar j. Armada, j. B. Carroll f. V. Sidra Pertz
q. Aagqt j. NJ Mlnes de Yillavcenes and daughters,
way, and steerage. =,
CaforRa.- A. San1eson svt., ]. b. Dorch, ". Rec
din J RI Thomas A. r. Roger T. Dorrell j r. Singleton
II y Pierce,J King; II. King s. Scott IL Bland J,
i Newman NJ Wiley L. Bengma,n, f. b. Case NJ England
Il E. Humphrey. and 30 stesragA. I"
ApiaoaH-aTs Fernandez ard SITS, A. Noal sstcerag
and 81 Walkers
San JuaaM Noses j. W. Ferguson, wife, and Mrs. Fc