, 1873-08-18
THE VOYAGE or THE ARNDT.

OOEik~.x1NsY tho FnEnctaKGrH En}Oyc0
tho Trip--'Ehriving OH asrcn,, Rsiltosa,
ls.sttcr, md 1soer--DanctnU on Deck
--I1tstory OF tho Voyage.
From. tho Sc,o FORK Herald .tug. Is.
Tho safo arrival OF tho ato!tin steamship
Ernst Moritz Arndt in this port OIL Wednesday,
ovouing, after being forty-ono daye. at sen.
hundreds md thousands Of human bronnta. Sho
oarriod 43G passengers, aud overy ono OF thoso
possessed bid own citclo OF Intimate frionds both
In tho Now World nnd tho Old, who wore waiting
with breathlosa nu1ioty. for tho Grat glealn Of
hopeful ttlinga from tho long mIBBod veasol. And
although thor joy was great whom other vosaols
reported her condition Of sea, tloy did not snfor
thoir delight 70 conquer thor snHpenso until lor
Tho agents Of tho lino toegraphed to all parts Of
tho country, whore intelligence Of tho Arndt was
looked for, that at1 on board woro woll Noarly
all tho pasHongots, therefore spont tho night Of
Americans among tho cnbiu passengers and ono
Of thoBo, blr. George Gbort, Of brooklyn, hed
so many friends, long lost to view, impationt for
his arrival that ho won't ashoro and hastonod to
his homo. Yesterday afternoon tho s.oamahip
waB towed to hor dock ut Hobokon, whom her
commander, Capt Felborg, gave substantially
tho following acco'tnt OF tho voyage:
"Wo loft btettin OIL tho Sd Of July, Copenhn-
gon on tho 4th, and having callod Of Havro on
we'll. For tho first fow days wo experienced
rongh wonthcr. On The sixth day out tho Weather
was moderate. At O'Clock On the afternoon Of
that asy 5nly i was sitting noar ths aon' Of
oscillation Of tho machinery. Tho shafts must
haye mado couple Of hundred revolutions In
few eoccnds but tho onginoor speedily shut OF
the steam. I soon discovered that tho ontlro
acrow Ind broken OF from tic socket and was
carried into the son. Wo Wero now 1850 milee
from Now York, had plenty Of provisions on
board, tho vcsgol was In o soa-worthy condition,
and VIC determined to proceed under sail. I got
4$AnN xJ11 4z.1x
uB along, and told I'll tho passenger that tlsoy
might expect an unusually long voyage. Next
day wo made oighty-Avo miles. A Dremon
Btoa,nor pnHaod uH by. Thon tho Austrian bark
directors. and tho puracr wont on board OF hor.
Her captain gave us largo quantity OF pro-
visions. Ho wsB rogular prince, md deserves
credit for his kindnoss to us his na1no iB Pct
hours ehoad Of ns. On Tie 18Th and 10th tho
wind blow heavily from ". N. ". and wo en-
countered aovoral squnlla. On the goth heavy
storm came upon Us, the ahip behaving vol.
After two days thick fogs bosot us.
latitude 46, longitude Il, and hoistod signals Of
diatrosa but sllo paid no notice to uB aud sailed
out OF aight, eastward hound. Next day wo pass-
cd tho bark Oscar H., and obtained from hor au-
other load Of proviEions. Our f!esh PROVISIONS
ran short, but of cour8o, VIC Ind plenty Of aalt
pork and bcof and somo cannod moats On board.
As wo nearoa tho banks OF Newfoundland ITO hnd
dense foga ind adverse winds Or calmB. -Four
nailed to them by firing guns but thoy, too.
passed. hoodlesHly on like. tho other ono,
not knowing but TINT we might have famine
on board. Wo wero, happily, In no existing
against oven the most improbable contingen-
CLOS. On tho Goth and 9oth whi1o OH tho
Banks, we fell In with tho fishing schooncr
Josephine. from which NO obtained two thousand
pounds Of freBh cod. Thonce the weather WAS
worry fogy until wo reached Nantucket shoa1a.
Some days We could make only fifty or sixty
miles; tloro wore two days whom wo made only
thirty,ige and two moro on which wo advanced
and and often lying stiI without brooso. 4 tutthei
instnlment Of provisions was furnished US by
tho polite Captain Of tho bark Sabine, which wo
saw on tho 9Th inst. On tho 9th wo PASSED O
email Boston steamer and two fishing schoonorB.
Next morning it was doad calm. soveral inches
Of grass flourshetl on tho bottom OF the ahp, so
availed mysoif ot this calm to havo it Bcrapod
| of. Then tho french Btaamer Vile du lIavro
! sighted us, aud tho parties OH board Of her
| treated Us In d mannor TINT ought neyor to DO
forgotten .,..,.
OF everything We wanted and would not tako
money. Tho ladies on board his steamer i'll
Qnirod diligently concerning the wants OF tho
women aud children and offered relief, which,
howover, WAS not nooded: They troatod us
| nobiy. For different VIVA tho conduct Of the
Dutch Capt. Daddos Of tho Afaas. that We mot
noiito nnd bo rasaed ~ tns "an ,a ;nto mor for
GGDnd sn,n n ~ monav IL won+o1 t3,o r4;co n hc
nanv Ton2 hn rcnn|red % to ~ INV mn m oyorhtnnt nna
apmarnt "e ~ aa,yoao 1faa ~ hacn r., s3"n1or
hnwnvnr r wonld h. co,nno11od to hnvn hor tnWnd
IN at any cost' TLo Ganfain chnrred IA a17 for
ounto3 ovarv nIatacin n,I s|corod ' soro mu ~
1Vcdncsi1ov W. Tho nasson@ena @ s5,ow bv thar M
1no,ta how thov hova Aba honn troatod. " whon tho
frcaI, nrnvisiGna ron ahnrt wo gavo boor tn ti,e
1,on oni ,r;nn tn thn vn,no, ond cI,;,5rcn T,,o o
no;r naaaoncera "ho Inv" vnrr Lind,v roaonfod rnc
.rjt liz so1,pwnr toasr,o3;ai ,i'~'' A''S
",sn we 'uu 10. s ~ ~ n.a. - .
m liz acashn Esrst ~ Morz nta hr sre
ing tho voyage to thank Cant, Felborg, Purse,
fchor, aud Dr. Dohrn for their groat cara In regard
to the management Of the shtp aud tho comforts and
provisions norae; TO tho especially aneS IS
te lam Or 1uly When wo lost our screw a1so, 70 NJ
wo toI1cr our einccro thanks mud oxprcss ouy oIis