Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-17
THE SCHMIDT.
The Cause Of her Long Passags.--State-
ments of Captain and Passengers.

From the New YORK NOrlu VI oaeuAu"y'j =
The "missing'' steamship Schmidt,
from Bremen, arrived yesterday
morning at this port, and thus re-
lieyed the anxieties of the many who
were anxiously specializing upon the
fate of the crew and passengers.
The screw stes.mer Schmidt, Cap
tain Gerhard Schwers, left Bremen
on fhe DIST OF january with 3i5 souls
on board, including the Captain and
az officers and crew. When about
sixteen DAYS out, in violent hurrl-
cane. her engines were disabled, and
she was compelled to lay to for
twelve daVs for repairs. When these
were completed, She could make no
more than Il or knots an hour.
Hence the voyage, which averages y
days, occupied just 90 days.
STATEMENT OF TIE CAPTAIN.
CAPTAIN Gerhard Schwers states; The
steamship Schmidt left the port OF
Bremen on the 1Ith of January with
296 passengers, L Of whom were cabin
passengeas, There were 4S officers
and crew, and the captain. At first
We had a splendid run, with light
winds and fine weather. About i've
days after being out the weather
changed to stormy. There was sue
cessiOn of violent hurricanes, lasting
thirteen days. On the eleventh day
of this weather (abOut the sixth OF
February, when the ship was in lati-
tude 81 and longitude 81, she was
struck by a heavy sea, while the screw
was out of water, and the engines
were disabled. The follower OF the
piston was broken, and the en-
zines were in other respects
much injured. / could not say that
tbe hurricane came from any particular
point; it veered all round the COM
psss-to the left. The ship was not
injured in any other respect. We
were obliged to lay to for twelve days
to repair the engines. While the
storm was raging we saw two EngllSh
ships. 7bev Sq11 or ensign and read
IT,. bm did not QiUe their Oign IN reply.
We also saw a large three-masted
steamer we could not make out
whether she was full-rigged or not;
| she was bound eSStWardi she showed
/ regular steamer lights. we also saw
some wreck stuf-beams ana DECK
and plank, but no spars that would
enable US to tell what the character OF
the vessel was. OF course We knew
nothing about the delay of the UlCy %
Boston then. We saw nothing like
| steamer wreck stuff The steamer that
we saw appeared 10 be running under
| full headWay; and we had no chance
to exchange signals, the weather was
so bad. We saw her about 10 O'Clock
atnioht: at 4 o'clock the following
morning the hurricane increased in
fury. But on the second day after the
/ injury to the engine, the storm fell,
and we had fair weather during the
4 rest of the passage. We lay to for
! twelve days repairing; ana after that
we could only 20 at half speed, about
| four and a half knots an hour. We
were obliged to take the southern pas
| sage by the Azores. We were down
as low as the 23d parallel Of latitude,
bat ran mostly in the Both parallel.
| The winds were westerly, we found
there were no trade winds, and
were obliged all the time to keep
a little to the nOrthWard. we
came into the Gulf stream IN the
3Oth parallel. We say no land on
this coast, till We came IN sight 0l
/ the Delaware light vessel on the rive
/ Fatho1n Bank. which we sighted at :
O'Clock last night March lO). We
/ were signaied outside this port ct II
/ O'Clock this morning, and arrived at
| Quarantine at 8 o'clock. During the
whole of the voyage we have had
plenty of provisions and coal. have
now about $50 tons Of coal in the
bunkers. All the passengers and
crew have enjoyed excellent health.
| We have had but one death, that OF a
little boy; and we have had two births
on board-a boy and a girl.
! STATEMENTS OF PASSENGERS.
The passengers say that their Voy-
age across has been a very pleasant
one for the most part of il. During
the continuance Of the gales Of wind
they OF course experienced great dis.
] comfort. The weather was SO bad
that they could not 20 on deck, and
below. their trunks and themselves
were sliding about in hopeless contu
sion, on account of the rolling OF the
vessel. There was no comfort any
! where except in bed, and very little
there. 1t was almost impossible tC
get anything cooked, and they had K
But after the first two or three day
they experienced no alarm, becomlns
confident Of the great strength OF tn
ship and the skill Of the officers, Bu
after the storm abated, and the wea
ther became fine, then they had de
! lightful time, and every evening hal
music and dancing on deck. The,
were kindly treated by the Captain
and his officers at 6ll times, and every
attention was paid to their cOmfor
. which circumstances permitted.
THE APPEARANCE o. THE SHIP.
The Schmidt is a large iron steame
with two masts, brig-Tigged forward
She was originally intended for sail
ING ship, and her miZZen-mast wa
| removed TO make room for her en-
: zine, This gives her the appearance
of a ship which had lost her miZzen
, mast. She has bur little canvas 70
4 the size of the ship, having no head
Z sails except a small staysail. She car
!, ries nothing higher than topsail, an
has the double tOpsall yard. Unde
: canvas alone her progress wOul
!. be very slow indeed under the mos
}, favorable circumstances. She pre-
: sented yesterday, on anchOring, yer
cleanly appearance, her paint wOr
all nicely scrubbed, and without
!, spot; her decks clean, rOp5S NIGEL
: c0iIed down, and everything aboU
L her ship-saape and in order. Whe
: the Captain left to go on shore th
\ Fpasseugers cheered him Justify, show
= ing the good feeling which had ey
Y IDENTIFY existed between them on tx
2 passage. For some reason or Othe
: the Captain and mate declined to sui
u nit the lOg-book for inspection, an
q for this reason the daily progress
. the ship cannot be given.
: Mrs. f. Morris, Justice of the Pea
It for the county of Sweetwater, WyOn
e ing Territory, decided on the l4th al
l. her first case. It is said that the laN
-e vers who argued it exhibited quite
1 much embarrassment as the lady of
&. cial. She had, however, an adva
n tage in point Of age and weight
10 opinion, as she Is more lat than Ia
le and nearly 60. The questions i
10 vOIVed were discussed with conside
e, able ability, but the functionary e
Of hibited her self-deniai by decidil
Is that the Court had no jurisdiction
ii the matter. Her husband is of Je'
" ish nationality. While such fOrtul
as this is offered by the West to {
is Israelites, the millennium will be i
x definitely POSTPONED if it has to
ne preceded by the return OF the tribes
y Jerusalem.
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ne become a marketable opium VIII