The New York herald., 1873-08-09
RUMORS ABOUT OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.

The Ernst Mcrit1 Arndt, OF tho Baltic
LIoyd's Ltne-Safety sf the Alabama--
The Cable story Unfounded.
Rumors having been circulated freely for the last
two days that the steamship Ernst Meritz Arndt,
Captain G. Felberg, now eighteen days due ut this
port, was probably lost, HERALD reporter yester-
day called at the Offices OF the Baltic Loyd's line
Of steamers and ascertained that no apprehension
whatever was felt by the company about the ves-
sell Though on July Is the steamer Westphalia Of
the Hamburg line, passed Ernst Meritz
Arndt In latitude 40 degrees, II minutes,
longitude % degrees minutes, the Arndt
being then all right, yet her non-arrival In port
need not cause alarm for the reason that If her
machinery broke down afterwards her splendid
sailing qualities would enable her to tide over even
an extraordinary difrculty. The probability Is,
the agents OF the line think, the Arndt's machinery
having broken down, she sailed for some Southern
port 1t being lmprudent for her to venture to Nova
Scotia on account Of the Banks If this supposition
should be the correct one, then 1t would neces-
sartly be some weeks before anything would be
heard here OF the Arnds ytife .t
The Arndt was well provisioned, probably for
ffty days, so that no suffering on board would be
likely to ensue from lengthy voyage. She had on
board about seven hundred tons OF cargo and about
one hundred passengers (mostly emigrants) when
leaving stettn, Germany, July Q, and when she
touched at Copenhagen she took on board 176 addi-
tional cabin and stecrage passengers, again taking
arrival at Havre July 8.
She is q splendid vessel, being $50 feet long, SO
feet breadth of beam, 20 feet o inches depth and
800 tons burden. Her cylinders are 81 and SO
inches In diameter, the stroke Is feet inches,
and she Is built to run thirteen knots an hour un-
der q steam pressure OF slxty-hve POUNDS to the
since July % the agents Of the line in this city
have been IN receipt daily Of kilograms from the
European offices inquiring II any udinRs OF the
Arndt mad been received, but Of course, the an
swers to these have always been IN the negative.
' 4 THE ALABAMA.
A cable despatch from London, published in
was supposed the Alabama, Of the State line. Of
wrecked vessel having been discovered of the
Irish coast. Yesterday forenoon the agents OF the
line In this city sent the following message by
August 8, 1s7s-loA M.
Press report probable loss of Alabama on Irish coast
Have you any newsf Answer BALDWIN.
THE REPLY. L eT
The following despatch was received In reply
August 8, ls7S-lA5 p. NJ.
Look for Alabama the 18th. Rsgsrt unfeunasa IT y
NPBRENCE,
From this Il would appear that some inquiries
had been made in Ireland as to the debris OF the
wreck, and as the only way the safety Of the Ala
bama could be absolutely assured would be by as
certanng that tota. blunder as to the finding
Of the debris had been made 1t may be concluded
that neither the Alabama nor Anchor line steamer
day. one day previous to the sailing OF the Alabama
from Larne, nor the Trincaria, which left Glas-
cow July 30 nor O Montreal boat, which touched at
Londonderry on Sunday from Liverpool had met
with any disaster.
TOWN TALK ABOUT THE VESSELS
AS Is usual, when even mere rumOr OF O wreck
at sea or disaster of any kind reaches the pub
lie, the peoples sympathy is at once evoked and
great anguish created among the friends and rea-
tives OF those who are on board the supposed i'll
fated vessel. Yesterday there was much specula-
ton among the people relative to the rumors con-
cernng the Arndt and the Alabama, and many
profound solutions Of the difficulties besettng the
companies were advanced. But these were, OF
course, all mere idle gossip, which does not bear
repetition Up TO q late hour last evening the
agents OF the Baltic Lloyds line had not received
any definite news from any quarter.