Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-27

q Mr.. G. a., CAMPEN notifies US of the fol-
lowing:5' OF j'a iia' 79r-- s'' ~ J.
The vessel Bavaria. Capt. Schmidt, from
Havre de Grace to New York, needed oniy
1856 DAYS for this voyage. Mr.. Glour, one
of the passengers of said vessels communi-
Gates as follows: -
= We started from Havre the 4th of Decem-
Der, 1866, with $50 passengers on board. A
few days after the beginning of our voyage
we got bad weather, and it was lasting SO
long that we were at the Canal still the
eighteenth day after we left the harbor. At
last we got favorable wind, which led US
near to the coast of America till to a dis
tance of about 440 miles. Our hopes, how
ever, should be frustrated again. e.-.-5
We had, the 2lst of January, a strong
wind blowing from south east, and the
Captain ordered allsails to be risen up, for
the wind could not be more favorable.
At IL o'clock in the forenoon the wind be-
came little stronger, but nobody antici-
pated those accidents, which had occurred,
scarcely an hour since. 1t was raining
very vehemently, and all the passengers
were below the deck, where, however, the
greatest disorder and consternation broke
out among them. as by. the swinging and
waving of the ship, the ropes by which
the boxes and trunks were fastened broke,
and the latter were slung now to and
fro. Through the noise which was
raising hereby, there was not heard any
thing but the crying of little children and
their mothers. Itwas horrible indeed. 1t
was lust l2 o'clock when suddenly three
loud cracks were heard. and the ship was
trembling through and through, and we
were all thinking our last hour had arrived
fow.By and by, however, the motions
of the vessel became more slow again,
but ~ the storm, was lasting several
days since. When we came up
L.. =. lz4l Iaw-l1
loped before our eyes. All three masts had
gone overheard. A short deal of the miz-
en-mast only was standing: A part of the
reeling was destroyed, and the excited
element had also demanded human sacri-
flee, for one sailor had drowned, and an
other had lost one of his legs. Our ship
was now completely left to wind and
waves, as she had neither masts nor
sails and the helm was totally des-
troyed. We had not provisions but for GO
days, so we were in very desperate situa-
tion, and left ourselves to the most anxious
apprehensions. For 80 long days we were
drifting around on the wide, open sea. with
. out any aim. Then at last we saw the
; white sails of q ship raising at the firma-
ment. She was coming nearer and nearer,
till we were able to call her. She was q
packet ship from Liverpool sailing
to New York, and the Captain
! of her was so benevolent as to
take in our passengers. Seven men, how
: ever, were kept back on our vessel, and
was among them, for doing sailors work
for the crew was too small when we start
ed. and two sailors more were gone now
Our captain now resolved to sail to the
7 Portuguese island Jayal. which was posi-
BILE, after we had erected some need, masts
We reached this island twenty-five trouble
, some days since, and after we had repaired
our ship in some measure we started again
for New York, which harbor we reached
on the 30tll of April, after we had been 15t
days on the ocean.
: As to the other passengers, transported
e by the Liverpool ship, l heard that thes,
the last eighteen days of their voyage die
not get anything but one cup of coffee ant
few old crackers one person per day, be
I cause the greatest need was about provis
ions-but they at last happily arrived a
= New York. ~ -.h