The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-30

their knees In wafer and the least verssd o. h.ua '
took place ether in he Weather or tbs co ,d, o. N
mp W the first there seemed little chances H.
ss.ner certainly showed disposition TO olsar-ou
nvld looking black clouds seemed to be clos y
ne vessel faster and faster than ever For the re-
et o. tae snp three courses open 70 Capt Prssdy
bad been compelled % do The ds1 bors ssohsr
fairy .uu Tor before the wind: md "a thrd an isst
s :. % s .s tbs
been thought TIL the nrst been tried aud fsiIod
iaot MOI TIL evident that nothing eIse would save
her again falling on into the trough the sea- ooscr her
masS shiDg the upper deck coll and unding her way
fore The Storm With such sea on was to rsk her stern
being stove In and hundred tons Of water added TO her
burden with each wave that came up Gil the
poor Agamemnon went under them all forever.
Little After ten O'Clock on Monday the 2lst tho aspect
OF affairs alarming that Capt Prsedy resolved q
Is was hard enough 70 make the words Of command audi
ble but to execute them seemed almost impossible tina
ships head went round enough 70 ie.vs hsr broadde On
could be done. All the rolls which she had ever given
the previous day seemed nero tries compared with
q ssss 80 wers thrown down ana falling over from sde
TO side heaps while cthers holding on to ropes swung
Last hour q he sors shU bad .ad % h minute
II almost miraculous that her mass hold Zach
time sbe fell over her main chains went deep under water
The lower decks were and those above could hear
BY the fearful crashpg audible amid the horss q
the Storm that the Goals got loose again beow and
before thsp During these rolls tho msia deck co shin
ed TO such degree 70 quito envelope four meu
on g
mass which came over him that no was seriously con-
fused and had 70 DO removed TO the sick bay, making up
the sick List to forty Ave. OF which ton from injuries
caused by the rolling Of the ship and very many Of
from continual fatigue and exposure during The gale
infant that the ship was IN no degree relieved By the
change Another heavy struck her for ward sweep
ing clean over the fore part Of the vessel and carrying
fha md and MIA f0ruS xvh0 had k>a.
placed there round the machinery for under running
ibis and few more pupges wore quite SUFFICIENT 10 settle
the matter, and ~ last reluctantly. t4fa
CAPTAIN PRx1DY YIELDS TO THE srORx-rHR AGA
Captain Freely succumSsd . the Storm he could neither
and, With fcresA and foretopsau 10 lift her head ths
Agamemnon before the s!or rolling and tumblng
r Es WIND h much ssy on her. Or Ss9
stern would infalliby have been Atove In As was
wave partly struck her on the stArboard quarter smash
Ing the quarter galley and wardroom Windows thai
side, ana eencrg such into the wsrdroom ITSELF
literally almost 70 wash two officers of q sofa on which
they were resting on that side OF tina ship This 9
kind parting blow for the glass began 10 RISE and tia
storm was evidently beginning to moderate aao though
better and more cheering aspect. The wardfoom that
afternoon WAS study for artist, with ts windows half
In ED corners with everything that capable Ct being
broken strewn the floor In pieces. ana fifteen
twenty officers seated amid The ruins holding The
deck table whh hand, while With the other they
coniended At disadvantase with tough msA-ths 6rss
which bic, mSs 81. had eaten for ,Testytoar hours
before the wind which moderated much that Ct four
A. on Tuesday. her head was again put about, and.
rendezvous then hundred miles further from
than when the gale al It's height Sunday
ss S, aS sS o. ss
and calm and for the first time for fortnight had
real summer Day and the reefs out top
sails Immediaely the ship began to be ore the wind
90 Monday tie shrouds Of the main aud fore msts
dashed In such way ~ {, give some support {, the
mats, and on Wednesday advantage taken OF tbs
calm to autsn" up the main rigging three inches which
for wire rope vas great gam Is vas ven that this
dome II time for 90 NV sS the Esd the g.s .sss
heavy fqualls rough sea- and reefed topsas So little
gained against this wind that Friday the 25th six
teen days after leaving Plymouth still found fy
miles from the So Ii was determine Cd to get
up steam and run down on |! ~ once.
RUNNING FOR THE RENDEZVOUS OF rHs
As we approached the place OF meeting the valorous
hove In sight 81 and in the afternoon the Niagara
came In from the NORTH and in the evening the Gorgoa
from the south and then almost for tie first since
starting the squadron was reunited the spot where
the great work was TO The rendezvous &C.
longitude, but the place where vtsses met vas in 81
% ashude 81 SO Longitude or about thirty miles
TSs ss On Ss
dezyous The Niagara the next arfiviog under steam
two days before TIE Agsmennoo and the Gorgon which
had had very bad time OF IT, and also near losing
her masss, was third. The Niagara seemed 70 have
weaihered The gale spleuddly though nevertheless with
her, 90 with ali others, had been hard and anxious
tine She had lost her bboom and her spare spars aad
buoyp for the cable bad been washed her sides ana
gone DO man knew where On the evening Of Friday the
18th OF June the four vessels lay together by SIDE
and thers such stiffness In the sea aud air as would
have seemed remarkable In an inland lake 90 the Allan.
sened almost unnatural.
sTRAI6HTySlNG TIE cABLE-FIRsr SPLICE AND
BREAK.
have said how during .as .wfal rolls which tn. Aga.
main coil shifted aud became mere shapcless tsnrlei
mass, with which u seemed impossible 70 deal il any
conceivAble way. However, neither Mr. Bright ner Mr.
Canning Mr. clifford was 70 be dauns.d bS The s,psct
Of disuliy, however Formidable Absurd a. the state
dd sx,crd FAR down the coll, sad they were right
Capt Prcody gave them his hearty assistance mon wero
~ work dav and Eight drawing out Of the hold and coll
hours the labor seemed hopeess for dense was the
tapge that hours work would 10 etnes scarcely
meld, the efforts were redraosd' ssa ls.o on Fdsy
night lfo miles bad been got out and the remainder
the Of saturday the 2sse Of Jane all ,hs preu.
ratops were completed for making the spice com
mspei,g ~ th :, f Ire x snas,t.sins
Assmennon, The splice Was sde, ben, arpsnoe pr
for c, and ., 50 Green ch Time, slowly lowered
cold and iogsy. wh stu breeze dismal sort Of slees
an 40 there cheering manifestation OF enihu.
sasm 2. any kind tie whole ceremony had mos tane
marine or some other mortusry tsk Of the kind equally
cheerful and enyenlng A II turned out, however, 4
was just ~ well that no display took pace, every
would have looked uncommoniy sly when the Same
operation csue 10 be repeated, had be- 90 hour OF
% afisr wards II needless making ong story logger
90 may saist once that when zach ship had pAyed out
three mss or So aud ihey were getting Wen spsrt tbs
cable broke 90 board the Niagara owing TO s overdng
and se'Ig on the pulley leading 10 NE machine.
1T rs JOINED AGAIN, AND BROKEN SECOND FINE.
The break OF course known Instantly both vessels
put about and returned, fresh splice vs made, sod
sgain lowered over 81 half pasi seven According 70
rsneement $50 fahoms veered out from csch SHIP
and then All stood away their course, a nr n two
miles hour, and Afterwards four. Everything thea
went well, the mschins working beautifully, n thirty
tuo revolutions per minuts-tbe screw ~ twenty
half miles an hour, the ship going FOUR The greatest
strain upon the dy namomeser 1880 bs and this
only for few minutes, the average giving only 1000 lbs
and AGO lbs twelve ~ midnight twenty nautical
miles had besn psycd out and the anglo Of the cable with
the horznn had been reduced considerably Al half past
three trty miles had gone, and ncshiug could DO more