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

could hardly kesp my breath while under When csns
up there were hundreds a human As>ds floating Il
around me.
I wss In The wafer In Ill about seven hours. n v,s
shove one hour afer sinking that light snd sboul
six hours after this I was taken on board.
When came up oui or The water aer the ves,s su-k
the men about me were Ill soreeching Tor su,s,poa
There were no nsns near. could their ssxar
CHING forms There was moon, but was clear over-
head; the stars shone bright. hat II moi very davk
had cramps In my limbs great deal and ri time had
OF amps In both legs II once
happened 70 ioA! the bark Ellen and The saisru
throw me rope, and grabbed n, and tried b hold y
but bad no strength enough 70 hold on 70 be drawn up:
- got hold Of the rope, two men gos hold n the
me; asked ,ben 70 let 60, and they did %; then gs
tho rope alone and twisted around my waist and hesa
until they hauled me up; do not know whether tha
who let 60 OF the rope whea requested thsm vss
saved or MOI; do moi know who they were when goa
aboard OF the bark Ellen they helped mo down 70 NJ
cabin, not able TO walk; went 70 sleep imns-
dAiey on getting into tho cabin, was 20 completely
prossrssed.
tho NEXT day We spoke the bark sAxony, bousd fW
Savannah reporsd the loss and got two barrels Of hard
bread and barrel OF beef from them. We Transferred
four board NJ herr do mol know their Tia
aln scked ahip and looked Tor foang survivors but
could nos nDd any.
rne next day, Monday, We spoke the Amsicm bark
Ellen, rom Charleston, laden with United States nAyal
stores She wAs damAssed, and we sent = man aboard
and asked they wanted assistance, and they said
me sailors wanted TO desert the ship but the capaAa
would not allow them 70 He said the bark was eghi
he would MOI leave her.
On Me 18th spoke The propeller Thomas Swami bound
FOR Charleston. We asked Tor proviaicns and water.
Ihey said they could nos let have any thoy short
OF provisions and their natter bad. We asked them
whs. they would charge to tow to Norfolk and they
said they could not do they bad only thirty six hours
coal hand. We put for Norfolk and arrived hsrea
thursday We got small steamer 10 TOW N Up.
The Norfolk asked 5000 TO tow I'VE men up from she
Heacs, Whioh was paid
Al we were towing up, the steamer Kmpre City W.
coming down for u.s. The captain had to run owu aad
up again, when he came alongside the bark, anA
took beard OF his vessel all the passengers wishing 70 -
board OF her and put 70 again, after giving -
captain OF the bark some provisions.
Al we're coming down We met propeller towing
tho brig Marine, with the and children board
The propeller asked $500, and the captain paid $500.
scns word to my mother that was safe. This Ne
nrss time she know whether was ost saved, and
bad been nve days since We parted.
Tho captain Of lhe Empire CITY would mot allow the cef
engineer Of tho Central america to go board hs vessel
although he said he could clear himself when he "a b
New York After receiving the passengers put 70 49,
and arrived OF sasdy Hook on saturday evening. We
could not get pilot until this morning We ran Quasa-
tine snd then came 10 the city. arrived Of the Metre
poht Hotel about half past O'Clock Sunday morning.
There TO carpenter on board, md no sools 70 b
found 70 make box pumps hsnk migM al haze beM
sapes had NE pumps been IN good order and had tie vessA
been supplied viii carpenters and Tools could then have
kept Der up until assistance reached La my opiRoa
was n u tie storm that destroyed her.
Mrs. oooHHKR's srArzKnr.
hrs oconner says her sons statement In regard 70 ths
voyage 10 correct, and did nos deem necessary 70 %
over Same ground says that abe rent upoa ~
brig Marine In sbo third fourth bo1 load There wers
nve six women and children on board The boaa ~
went In sprung . leak, and se s~d snodAr sso1ss
had to ork to he utmost Of 0eir strength At baling when
abe went on board the brig she expected al tho passon-
would be saved. But wAs mot long before thh hope
Vas suddenly extrguished The ship WA seea
to 90 down, and soene OF dhmay md
horror followed the announcement on board
The brig Marine which bcsgsrcd description Tho woussa
on board al supposed their husbands lok. TAsy
were crowded into small cabin, dronched with rein,
weary and exhausted, and overwhelmed with grif saA
spsrenss
Mrs oCouner says hat her suerings from suspsnss
regard 70 The fate Of her wereCcible-beyond II
Imagination Of those who have had similar experssos
II ave days before she knew bis aas and each d.
seemed Ike years she has mot recovered from he ss
OF her suerirgs and says thai The JOY Of The Discovery
that her boy vas safe completely overnms her.
Mrs 0'Conner and son remember the following uanM
Of pcrsons who are Lost
Lee Davis, residence unknown.
Mr.. Fallen, reddence unknown
Mr.. Lees, Of Jees Garden, Oakland, California.
MRS. HAwLEY'S STATEMENT.
Mrs D. y. O. HAwisy, highly ineligon, and rcspsuas
Bile lady, whose father rcsds In Bridgeport, Conn mAkm
the following stasemeni;-
len San Francisco upon the Sonora and board
TIE Central America Al Aspin~al, with my husband ed
Two chdrcn two ycas and tho other I've months old
We had very pleasant sell from Aspinwh 70 Havana
II was delightful weather We len Havana u 8x o'csook
Tuesday be 9Th instant Tho gale on Tuas-
day. Ircmember II well. We had rough weather -
Wednesday and rhurdsy but did srprehend any dan
ger until Friday morning hen felt concerned for Iina-
g'ned The steamer stopped ofen several m0 Request
ed my husband 70 70, mp and the had stopped
and II 90 learn he cause He said lhcro apparsai
daDrer % long tho machinery worked. On fay
lrC hal md a o'rlsok MAYA ali unn~sx