, 1872-12-31

Governor Bagley, OF Michigan, has appointed
George Il. Hopkins, Of Detroit, His Private Sec
Edward Il. Crio, agent Of tie Grover l. Baker
Sewing Machine Co., at st. Joseph. AIi5soun, was
arrested in st: Louis, yesterday, on charge Of
embezzloneE:.
+ . TERRIFIC GALE.
4 Fearful Voyage from Ne.r York to-
Liverpool.
Prom the Lirsrpcal Post
On tho 18th Of November the Ca!sbria 1oosed
from her moorinSs at jersey City, swung out
into the river, and commenced her yoyage acros1
+ Sunday night, the 18th, ono Of the fercest har~
rica.le5 that ever swept across the Atlantic (as
T att''t tho nnmberlesa Erecks) burst upon us.
Waa &: akoned by being jcrked half way out Of MY
barth ~ the luTch of the vessel. / glanced out
OF the -port-holo; the scenc was frightfu1. Tbs
ST., which q few hours before WIS 60 calm. had
| risen to its awful height. The waves, running
mountains high, were lashel into fury BY It's
conceivable, roaring round the vessel nnJ
through tho rigging with the noiso Of thunder.
| Tho ship wfs dashed from side to sido es with
TIC fore of an earthquake, csreeni,:g rn:i:
sef with bound tha. mat,o every timber crack,
| then mounting the Great Of huge wsya she
would plunge dowawerds (a5 il Eoenod) t. tAe
| bottom Of the sea. We lold oa for cur .ror,
l <~1oIA}elA2
| rooms With blnnched faces, and hraccd them
| selves IN tho gangway, expecting every me-
| meat the destruction OF tho vessel. Tia
d4ahes and glasses in tho saloon cz:nc Gown with
| q cash from the racks: and werc b7okou into
thousands Of pieces. Tie pitchers, wasa-bowls,
| Water-jugs, aud g1rsRes in the state--o,ms we.3
torn from their fas.cuings and dashed to atoms.
| The state-1oora doors were. hurled oFeu, and
ecross tho gansway. Oh! how wo longed for
| daylight. So furious was tho da*hiug Of III,
Vessel, it WAS almost impossible to u1ai;tain
| upright position. 1t was only by hracins my
with my feet against the lorth, I could
says myself. Those who attempted to move
about were da9hed from side to s..ao, in i'm
minant risk Of their li7ca. Meanwniio the hur-
| the wind. The mnin top-sail WAS torn irto rib
| bons and carried away; ti.o very Chain which
| held it to the ya7a.ln, with links nearly quar-
ter Of On inch thick, was snapped ike tow
unable to carry us out OF tho way OF tho tze-
mendous waves which swept upon us. Tho timo
came when every Haye burst over the stern ct
the vessel. striking her uilor the quarter like
for her to Withstand the blows. At ey5iy stroke
the sig signai showing ~ that 'Dss Our 'b Brave va
! Captain WAS On tho watch, md f m his hridsa
/ Was telling the Men at tho wheel to hold her
steady. Directly over my s:ste-roon1. On deck, .
! rope had been strctc.ad from railing to tbs
other for the men to hold by to keep them from
being swept o?cr5oasd. could h,.r them, as,
they would run for their lrc4 their crIy saliva
lion being tho rope. t-cin51cd for fear theJ
| would MT catch i. 1t was elso signal to me,
and traced myself accordingly: TAe iieboat
tho vhoolhouso sava way, aud tho men
Mt tho Wheel stood to tne.r Wrists iu
wator. The Captain cams down With
sn anxious t>;a and e@a;a':vd tie
chains which held the wheel to the helm II
going up on deck e:5ain; no ra,'ael 4 moment to
speak to Mr. Yates OF st. Johns. n. D., who was
standing il s..e suoko-roonl. At that moment
i mighty wavo broke over tho vessel, dashin8 in
the side OF the room "here .:.eE were standing.
aainsf ;it tfo t donkey engiuo, to wi:a be c1rns @
for his LIE. Shortly after, he called couAcu Of
his officers, and the opinion of all vas that. if
soon 60 down under tue weight OF water which
was poured upon her from behind. That most
dangerous Of al experiments Vas resolved upon
our only hopo-to put the ship about, and bring
against us to tSo in our favor }ot it WAS done
successfully. An old sailor afterwards remarked
to me, ut was tho finest rieco Of seamanship
ever seen in tho Atlantic, turning that vessel
ger was that in bringing her round she would fall
off into tho trough OF the sea- and the waves,
striking her broadside, would sink her. The cap
tain, standing on his bridge, watched bis oppor-
/ u
saw that she would have time to come round
before tho next wave struck her. He gavo
the signal. Tho Blk men nt the wheel
threw their strength upon the helm, and the old
the saloon portfolios were under water. She
| hung SO long ii that position that tho panic
| stricken passengers concluded she would never
right herself sgaln. 1myaclf gave up all hopo-
| Visions of WRECKS; Of fou1dered yosaels. Lid
thousands Of fathoms doep; OF pale skeletons
! in seaweed Winding-sheets Of salt-iined bones
and grinning skulls, which lay th!cl1ly strevn on
the sandy floor, came before me; and grasping
water gurgle through the portfolios and creep
through the tightly-battoned doors. For
| the space OF minute the vossol lay in
that position, end then slowly righted. Should
live thousand years, vi. neTcr forget thesen
| sation Of that moment, when life seemed to
tremblo in tho balance. Our brave, akilful cap
tain had chosen his opportunity Tel. The prov
of tho ship received tic full force OF the next
We were cleaying the waves. instead Of present.
| ing a broad surface to their stroke. Towards
noon the fury Of the storsa somewhat abated.
Ths waves, @ although m running Enxd;;l7. hiEh did
put about again, and ran wi:h tho wind
| It wa5 periloug voyage nearly tbs
whole way. Captain M'Mickan said that {oE 81
yeara on the ocean ho had not had so rough q
passage. The storm seemed to gather its force
ngan as re noared the Irish coast and when va
got into the Channel it was blowing furious
| gallo. So severe, indeed, WAS it that VIC were un-
able to mako Queenstown. Night came on, and
wo wero without q pilot. We sent up rockct
after rocket, but there Was no response. NJ
I boat could live in such Sch Wa
passed tho spot where the Cambria Weas
down with ell hands on board in just
such gale; passed tho epot whero the Royal
Charter was dashed to pieces on the rock-hound
coast, leaving scarcely one to tel the tale.
Cautiously we felt our way in the inkY DARK
ness. Every few.rods tho Captain dscw buck
ct Of water, and dipping tho thormometer into
ture Of tue water. So that night OF anxiety, OF
morning broke VIC had crossed the bar, and Liy-
orpool was in sight. Many heart on that yes
sci silently sent up prayer Of Thanksgiving to
God, who had me1cifully rescued Us from =
Tatcry graTo.