The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-10-10

! req from the quaker City 10 the BARK, mat
| they drifted about sixteen miles to the North
east.
The passengers who arrived here held
meeting ON board of the Bark Danbartop,
and passed series of resolutions, and raised
about 500 for the purchase of q gold watch
| for Captain Chadburn, of whose kindness
they speak in the highest tel ms. The most
Of these passengers will leave here this at
| ternoon on the steamer Louisiana via Bati
more, en- route for New York, where thev
hope to arrive in time to take the Havana
steamer on Wednesday.
The Quaker City had just undergone ez-
tensive repairs, and this was her first trip
cut since they were completed. In addition
| to overhauling her engine she bad been pro
vid4d with an extra number Of state rooms
which had been built on deck, and every
arrangement made for carrying an extra
number Of passengers, but we can learn o.
| no extra arrangements for their safety; sbe
had only her usual compliment OF life-pre-
| servers, and with full crew list, and seven
| ty-6ye cabin and thirty Storage passengers,
| she had only three small boats; these would
| not accommodate one half eof her passed.
| gers, and the other half would have been
compelled TO shift for themselves, or perish
in the waves if any serious accident had be-
fallen them; but a recollection OF MANY sad
| marine disasters leaves the conviction upon
our mind that it is not the passenger who
,bsains possession of the boat in the time Of
need; but the sturdy fireman and muscular
sailor, who oy force of main strength usually
displaee the passenger, and in spite of all the
exertion of the officers to the contrary, seek
their own safety, regardless OF the rest. Had
there been necessity for such move on the
Quaker City, it i, but reasonable to suppose
that the hremen and sailors would have Ia
ken possession of the three boats, and the
hundred and five passengers would, have BEEN
compelled to shift for themselves. Three
small boats are too few fJr a ship containing
nearly two hundred persons, and until the
travelling public take the matter in their
own hands and re fuse to go in apy snip lot
properly provided, they may expect to be
imposed upon.
AS regards the safety OF the Quaker City,
there are conflicting opinions, some suppose
that the gale which has sprnng since the
Dunbarton parted with her, has been favor
able by filing her sails, and enabling the
crew to get her before the wind while 9th
ers think that she was too poorly provided
with sales and must have swamped in the
trough OF the sea. An old ard experienced
sea Captain informed us last night that the
chances are ten to one against Der, and IN
ess he had been in command, he should have
left her just as the passengers did he father
more said that he would not be in her for
ten times her value. This looks very like
there was little or no hope for her am ong the
knowing ones, and we think that the pas
sengers may esteem themselves most fortu
nate in having been taken away from what
is considered almost certain death. The
number of persons left on ner is estimated at
about ninety, eighty of whom compose the
crew, and the remaining ten are such passen-
gers as refuse to leave her.
When the Dunbarton took of the ninety
FIVE, he hadn't provisions for them for more
than two days and had an unfavorable wind
kept them outside for two or three days
longer they must have suffered for want of
food.
1t is supposed that unless the small sails Of
the Quaker City have been sufficient in the
storm which has followed to keep her
~ - l. AFR y
by northeass, at the rate of two and half
or three miles per hour, which would put her
at this time, some three hundred miles from
the place where the Bark found her. This
calculation however, is based upon the sup
position that she is still ahoat, which is very
doubtful.
At meeting of I've passengers rescued
from the steamer Quaker City, held on board
the Bark Dunbarton, Capt. Chadbourne,
at anchor in Hampton Roads, ON the evening
o. the 9th October, 1859,
On motion, M. 0. Davidson, ESQ.,, of Ia
vana, was called to the Chair; 7. Brooks,
ESQ.,, of St. Jsgo de Cuba, was appointed
Secretary.
The meeting being called to order, the
Chairman stated that its object was to take
into consideration the circumstances in which
the passengers of the Quaker City now found
themselves as contrasted with the perils so
lately undergone: and by some way which
this meeting might deem best, to express
their appreciation of the aid afforded by
Captaia Chadbourne, in extricating them
all from position of doubt and danger.
On motion, Committee of three, consis
ting of DIR. A. Wilson, of St. Jago de Cuba,
Mr.. 0, R. Woodwork, of New York, and
Mr.. T, Brooks, were appointed to deliberate
and report to the meeting such measures and
resolutions as might be deemed proper to
the occasion. The Committee now returned
and reported as follows:
lst. That Captain Chadbourne is entitled
to receive the warmest thanks of the passer-
gers of the Quaker City, for his conduct in
promptly responding to the signal Of distress