The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-20
MnMOEAN.,
snip News by TeIssraph.

FoRTREss MONROE, Dec. lathe brig Stephen
cargo Of gaSno for oGtrs Which arrived here % sR
morning, reports falling In with the steamer SapphO,
She down to the steamer ana iooS OF the crew.
as the Vessel was In .ins ing co"dion. From Cap
learn the following particulars :-on the i OF the
miles she encountsred neSvy north Sess gale. and
Sa e tS ssho az ones sse % the the eOSSs
by hand AND steam wa again gotten up, but the
While rolling in the trough OF the sea- Straining
The steam pumps OF course were Of no use, and the
crew went busly TO work bailing her out They con-
with the brig stephen Bshop. There VAS then eight
festof water in the hold and he vessel vas rapidly
and there being possibility OF keeping the vessel
Ss IeSeany sbsSdoped BY her osef anS crs 2e
The work Of Gisem0ark'ng in the saall DOAls was
pitching her yards under water at every lureh. All
ing one they ans ged get clear without loss
or or il e and embarked safely in the Bishop FoTtI.
there would uDdOqbiely have Oeen come loss ofilfs
The Bishop fell In wiln the ~apphO on the morning
of the l4th inst a0oN hliy-ive mites from Hate
she Went down that night shs mad iuii cSTgS. aud
Tss NE bS SSd mt so oppsrney hove IN light All on
board have peTlshed as no boat could have lVsd
The sapphO was a new propeller OF some e75 tons,
ana was nrrs ~ FT1s ~ & & ana
She bad on board valuable cargo OF assorted mer-
total loss. The crew saved nothing but the cloth
ing they had or.
The brig Eliza and Henrietta. Captain RIhauate,
Cape Henry light on the night OF tn 29th ut out
was blown off the G. asst by nOrIhwester. She says
Il has been blowing gale vt Wind ever since that
date. with the single except OF teu hours calm
the 6th instant. Most ~ her sails were ca ried
away her msntOpgalan mast snapped, aud pOrli ion
OF he bulW arks stove. Tue vessel ia ballast,
high out of the water. But he sea high
that it saturated everythiI g-bOpks charts. cloth
ing etc she reports two OaIQueS-Ona q them the
Santa Rosa having sailed two days before she
next day for this port none Of which have vet
arrived bere. She % days the tsssge-an uu-
usually long ene-and from The terrible nature o. the
storm IL Is feared that some OF those vessels nave
been lost.
The United States steamer De SOTO, ia accordance
with orders from Washington proceeded AZ an early
hour erdsy morning up D. Norfolk. TOT rSphIs ~
the OspOrt Navy Yard. sue touched on nsr wa. w
at Fort Norfolk and landed her amnuuiLl11m 1eS vaS
proceeding TO the Yard On arrival the decs car
cleared and she was nut in ana large IOVInned a.
penters Immediately went to work ann ~ sntton,
u all pight clOsinR the immense hoisS AZ a. tn 1mas
Tney had been Temporarily Ietsrt Of her Keel had
byan e,ncLed on n WAS found y ~ so ~
her ayTival az d Yard no le lhsr steam 1nmns how
gallons per minute She will nF,hahIv ha in
ever kept sesrsi weeks as she Is 10 be thoroughly
oTrbr Is,ssmer Saratoga from New YoLG ior Rich
msnoi men ne steamer George Appold' rom Boston fOE
S6saaS1sStnor0 via Norfolk. - -. .. -
bThe SsIs mas been bi wing fresh from the east
ara to-dsy. and number 81 coasting 1eaooners
Ni,,,e into the Roads. We n)tced Two ot them had
their foretopm ass carried away but ~ they ran up
abont five miles before cOmiug To AZ anch0r We were
unhble - gain any further Inform alton -
The b.iE EliA> l-ld UsAIl5tta AALA ~ bNi1AASEeA IL
the n0snirg.