The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Ntopr OF THE LATE GALE-Arripdl
IF he ,Sfeo0aers Victor in Distress, and
he Quaker city short of fuel, and other
s,nrficuIars. steamship Quaker
fyitv from Charleston for New York, ar
rived here yesterday morning, short OF
fi,el. She ran alongside of the Baiti-
more Steam Packet Company's wnarl,
in Portsmouth, and commenced coallng,
Yesterday afternoon. The Quaker CITY
has on board Captain Young and NUM-
Der of the survivors ofthe steamship I'VE
public, which foundered In the gaze OF
the 25th instant, off the coast OF Georgia.
The Republic was formerly khown as
the Tennessee, was 1910 tons Durtnen,anu
was built in Baltimore in 1898. Dur,ns
! the war she was in Government employ
as a TRANSPORT ship, She was sold In
New York last April, and her name
changed to the Republic.
The Propeller Victor, Captain Gates
from New York bound to New Orleans,
owned by Mallory g. Co., OF Mystic,
Maine. but running in the Atlantic
Coast Steamship Conpany's line arrived
here Yesterday in distress. She is leak
of Ss her nbS boilers have shifted. The
Victor left New York on the 2lst fol
New Orleans, and on the oath encoun
tered severe gale, which during IN
day increased in violence, carrying
away her sails and clearing her decks 0
every movable thing. AT four P. M,
hurricane was blowing rom tne nor.n
east, and the ship sprung aleak-el
hands at the pumps. On the 25th, tn
gale continued and the steamer cast he
anchors, the machinery being disabled
&, The vessel was now in lat. 3O' ~, long
7So 49,.
The crew labored at the pumps unit
exhausted, when the Captain empioye
b, If, all the deck passengers, at 1--WE dolia
nor day. to relieve the crew. The ship
engines were badly wrecked and hs
boilers shifted, as also her freigh
t Doubtless she would have been lost o!
for the timely assistance OF the Al
bams. The Captain of the Aiaoam
from New Orleans with cargo OF co
ton for New York, reports speaking
the 25th the English ship e. w. Heeve
also ladened with cotton, dismasted,
could render her no assistance.
IN the same day saw bark and
brig dismantled, but could not obta
their names. Their decks were sweI
The gale encountered by the Victor co
tinued from the 24tn to the ~
The steamer Victor reports that 9
first encountered the terrific gale |
tween Capes Hatterass and Fear, on
North Carolina coast, and that it last
with undated fury from the 24th TO u
9th instant During the storm 8
81 narted her rudder-chains and shifted
cargo. The Victor will have to dischal
her cargo, which is in a damaged C
dition, and be towed to Baltimore
repairs. Working gangs have 10
kent at the pumps to keep her free. 3
is now leaking five hundred strokes
It is reported that the steamship Gu
ing Star, of the New York Mail Stea
shin Company's line, from New Orlea
bound to New York, is ashore 10
southwark Of Hatteras.
The gale of the oath was tempest
every sense. 1t blew In cyclone n
& the northeast to northwest, the w
varying back and forth In furious squa
which made a heavy chop and irregt
sea. The fury of the storm varied
force as it travelled soutbwards, az
find ON the 25th, when the North :
had the gale moderate, the VI,
reports it further to the southwark
the height of its fury, up to the
instant. =, .,. &
n seems now, that the North !
gentlemen, who held an "fnquest'
the owners of that ship, werein a la
elbow" than they were aware OF.