New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-24
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
- OK XIV HAMPSHIRE,
TIE STORMY ATLANTIC.

CONTINUOUS HURRICANES EEroRTEp-HAItD-
SHIPS AND FERRIS or TIm MARiNEE
In the annals of weather wisemcn on shore
the Winter OF 1852, has been justly called tue
mdest known for yeas but those who sail on tue ocean
bear testimony to It's having been Of tho most con
tnuous seasons Of gales and storms aud cnpests ever
recorded Almost every day since winter set In, ad in-
deed for some time before its advent tho Atlantic has
been dashed into fury by raging storms and every any
the OF the loss of one or more vessels hnd
sometimes OF tho destruction OF human life The vessels
which arrived at this port Monday and yesterday re-
port that their passage was unusually rough and tempcs
tuous The steamship Cuba from Liverpool aud Queens
town wasdeayed al the latter port for some time owing
10 heavy gales which prevented the malls from being
put on board She left Queenstown ut noon Oh tbs 9Th
instant. '-
The steamship Main o. g. from Bremen. which
rived of sandy Hook Monday. and came up 10 the
city yesterday left southampton the 9th inst at 10 p
H.. and passed the Needles at 1879 M. She had on
board 90 cabin and 40 steerago passengers on the 10Th
INST at II 80 a. M while dschnrgng her pilot of Eddy
stone she passed fulrgged ship which had lost her
sails foremost, and b0wspHt manoiwar engaged 10
take the disabled vessel In tow. From the 10Th inst to
the 18th the weather was heavy. the wind driving straight
from the West ON the aforementioned date the gale in
creased to perfect hurricane which lasted for 20 hours
On the 7th 18Th, and 10Th the wind moderated On the
10Th she saw the steamship Westphan bound Tor Ham
burg At noon OF the day sho fell In with the brig
Kitty days from Trieste This vessel was short of
provisions her bulwarss aud water casks stove,
main boom carried away, and sails split.
The Main lowered boat and provided the distressed
vessel with the necessary PROVISIONS on the Goth inst
another hurricane set Ia, the Wind veernR around from
sOuthCa To northwest. On the 2lst the weather again
moderated at p she passed French steamship, at
p m an lrman steamship aud at D. m. steamship Of
the National line. bound east
The ship j. r. Wheeler from Bristol arrived yesterday,
and reports that she experienced constant succession OF
westerly gaios until she reached lnnHtude &C., rirn
easterly aud southeriy w!nds and occasionally calms
aud ogs prevailed She also reports seeing an unusual
quantity OF drift wood, such pieces OF boats oars,
paneled wood, &c. On The lst OF January III latitude
lOo So, longitude 23o 5 she passed close TO the ship
Michigan Of Quebec abandoned, dismastcd, aud water
logged with decks swept nnd rdder gone. On the sh 81
February boarded the schooner Prince OF Wales eight
days from 81 Mary's Bay. n 81
Tho brig Harvest Queen VI and from Bermuda, arrived
Yesterday having board portion OF the OF tho
British ship She left the ship Island Home hard
aground port and reports that the st inst the ship
Constellation put la at that port leaking badly and short
OF provisions, having been out C3 days
The brig Jane Gibraltar towcd into port yester.
day by the Atlantic Submarine Company steamer.
having shore of Hampstead beach, L. l. She
cleared from Seville, Spain.