The New York herald., 1873-08-15
THE VOYAGE OF THE ARNDr.
Arrival Of the stettin Steamship at Her Dock
Yssterday-How the Passengers Enjoyed
tho Trip-Thriviag on Bread, Bacon.
Butter and Besr-Dancing ON
Deck-History ofthe Voyage.

| The safe arrival of the Stettin steamship Ernst
| Moritz Arndt in this port on Wednesday evening,
after being forty-one days at sea. brought unex-
pected eladness to the hearts OF hundreds and
| thousands OF human breasts. She carried 436 pas
sengers and every one Of these possessed his own
circle of intimate friends both in the New World
and the Old, who waiting with breathless
anxiety the first gleam Of hopeful IT,
dings from the long-missed vessel. And
although their Joy was great when other
vessels reported her condition at sea they did not
suffer their delight to conquer their suspense until
her anchorage or Sandy Hook became certainty.
The agents OF the line teegraphed to all parts OF
the country, where intelligence OF the Arndt was
| looked for, that all on board were wen Nearly
all the passengers, therefore, spent the night Of
| Wednesday on board. There were but three
Americans among the cabin passengers, and one
| Of these, Mr.. George Gilbert OF Brooklyn had SO
many
FRIENDS LONG LOST TO VIEW
impatient for his arrival that he went ashore and
fastened to his home. Yesterday afternoon the
steamship was tOwed to her dock at Hoboken,
when her commander, Captain Felberg, gave sub
stantally the following
ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE
We left Stettin on the 80 of July, Copenhagen on
| the 4th, and having called at Havre on the sth,
|
well. For the first lew days we ex-
perienced rough weather. On the sixth day
out the weather was moderate. AT four O'Clock
on the afternoon OF that day July 14) was sitting
near the stern Of the vessel when heard q sud-
| den and terrible oscillation OF the machinery. The
shaft must have made Il couple OF hundred revOlu-
tions in few seconds, but the engineer speedily
shut OF the steam. soon dscOved that the entire
nad broken on rSm @ @ socket ana was ss Gr
| from New York, had plenty OF provisions on
board, the vessel was in seaworthy condition
| and we determined to proceed under SAIL got
the carpenters to make extra sail yards to help us
along and told all the passengers that they might
expect an unusually long voyage Next day we
made eighty-f miles. Bremen steamer passed
us by: Then the Austrian bark Ellos came across
| purser went on board OF her. Her captain gave US
| q large quantity OF provisions.
| HE WAS REGULAR PRINCE
and deserves credit for his kindness to us; his
name IS PetrGzni and his vessel mas has arrived here
tered several squalls On the Goth a heavy storm
came upon us. the shin behaving well. After two
days thick fOgs beset u.s.
INEUMANITY AT SEA.
We passed brig-rigged steamer on the 22d In
atitute 49, longitude A, and hoised signals Of dis,
| OF sight, eastward bound. Next day we passed the
bark oscar ii. and obtained from her another load
OF provisions. Our fresh provisions ran short but
of course, we had plenty Of salt pork and beef and
some canned meats on board: AS we, neared
the Banks Of Newfoundland we had dense
fogs and adverse winds or Gains. Four
| steamers passed us in that vicinity, and we
y like s s
ing but that We might have famine on board. We
were, happily IN no existing need OF help but we
| wished to provide against even the most imprOba-
BILE contingencies. On the Goth and S0th while OF
the Banks we fell in with the fishing schooner
Josephine, from which we obtained
TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF FRESH COD.
Thence the weather a,Ny was very fSggy until 1--we we
make only hity or sixty miles; there we're two days
when we made only thirty-nve, and two more on
we an aSs wSs ana een ns
without breeze. A further instalment
provisions was o by aes
we saw on the 9th inst. On the eth we passed a
small Boston steamer and two fishing schooners.
Next morning 1t was dead calm. Several inches
OF grass iOurished on the bottom Of the ship, 80
availed myself Of this calm to have It scraped or.
Then the French steamer Vile du Havre sighted
us, and the parties board of her treated US III
manner that ought never to be forgotten.
NOBLE-HEARTED CAPTAIN AND PASSENGERS.
Captain SurmOnt gave an abundant supply OF
everything we wanted and woulu not take money
The ladies on board his steamer inquired diligently
concerning the wants OF the women and children,
and offered relief, which, however, was notneeded.
They treated us nobly. Far different was the con-
that we met afterwards. His treatment was not
extremely polite and he refused to tow us into
| port for fixed sum OF money He wanted the
price to be arranged by the companies so that
our company would be required to pay an ekorbtant
ever, would be compelled to have her tCved in at
any cost. The captain charged us SIT fG cheese
ana small tub OF butter. But we SurnOtnteU every
obstacle and anchored safe on Wednesday The
passengers show by their looks how they have been
treated. When the fresh provisions ran short we
gave beer to the men and wine to the women ana
children. The cabin passengers have very kindly
presented me with the following testinionial:-
Of the first and second S the
change Of On beard our sp during the
Doctor Dohrn their great in regard to the
agement OF the ship and the comforts and provisions
afforded to the passengers especially snce the lah Of
the for the kind and treatment which
we have received during the voyage tender sin
have success and prdspery in future tes A'
Signed by all the cabin passengers
| Several passengers stated to the HERALD re-
enjoy o trip better. In the saloon there were
| dances and concerts frequently, there being q
| piano there. There was a band OF italian musi-
clans In the steerage, and dancing was the order OF
untiring In his abors They did not believe ne had
slept single night since the loss OF the propeller.
| All the officers and crew worked well under his
orders. There were no complaints OF insufficient
on board was the consciousness OF burning anxiety
on the part OF friends on land. Captain Felberg Is
graduate OF German naval college and an ac-
compished seaman as his management OF the
Arndt has shown. His wife, charming lady, &C.
cOmpanied him on this triD lor the first time and
has thus been spared much anxiety for her hus-
bands safety.
A steerage passenger provoked laughter yester-
day by stating that every one got plenty OF beer.
but he gravely added that one was allowed to
maze hog OF himself. In one day the Arndt made
lS0 miles; her greatest hourly speed was ten knots.
AN the vessels of the line are similarly rugged, but
1t is hoped that no more accidents will occur on
their trips. and II they do occur that they may
prove more disastrous than that which has
befalen the Arndt.