The New York herald., 1876-11-01

rolling moment and seemed 70 shake herself irss
from this Of the and slowly surged nncad
again from the impulse OF the engines
THE SKY
during this time presented no less omnous appear
than did the Banks Of ashen-h clouds
lay along tho horizon, while overhead broken
directions, but principally from tho north.
A heavy, rumblng sound would occasionally
come from somewhere. like the distant roar OF an
earthquake. Tho barometer continued stationary AZ
IS 81 with frequent but slight oscillations All these
indications convinced the most sccptca that the old
croaker had crosked prophetic and that We lad
passed through one hemisphere OF cyclone and were
then IN lis vortex or centre Thus were we convinced
that had the discomfort, dreadful SUSPENSE and
hard work TO 60 again, and that right speedily
SO hcsved sghs nearly big as tho waves outside,
tried to Joke aud look smiling but s was OF no use.
Our hearts were TOO heavy and our stomachs were
TOO empty. we had mad nothing To eat Tor
twenty hours and but warm water to drink. So we
commenced getting everything taut for the next onset
OF tue storm At about fifteen minutes OF noon 1T
tie pun OF wind and rain came from the north Tho
barometer rose two-tenths OF an inch but immediately
fell back again. The shp's head was quickly brought
around to the north and Jls In time Tor the storm TO
northwest by north. Had we been hvc minutes later
IN getting around the wind would have caught US
the broadsdc and ccrtuiaiy capsizcd US The little
squall from the north about five minutes before
the struck tho second time was tho hrst ind
cation that had nad as 70 which hemisphere OF the
meteor had passed over US and from whence TO expect
tho second hall.
TIL. COUNTER BLOW.
Within five minutes OF the commencement OF tho
second attack the cyclone had us again In it's powerful
grasp. For the space OF Two hours and forty-two
minutes the storm was more fearful than IN tho
morning, and ten minutes the wind had CON-
pletcy latlened out the riding seas" and wasex-
ertng such heavy pressure upon the ''roIers that
they could do but little mischief The voice OF the
wind pitched n most fearful key. might say
In several fearful keys no two OF which were IN har-
mony, like that OF thousand women shricking In tho
tcrrors o nightmare, combined with metallic crack
Ing vibration IKE the highest notes OF calopn ana
steam iog whistle Tho sunernes OF the sailors wsrs
repeated and intensified was tho moral effect upon
everybody else. Tho sheets and storm staysals were
carried away with report like that oi
cannon almost as soon as thoy were set.
Tho ship held down 10 lceward
and pressed into tho by the iorce Of tho wind.
The seas made clean sweeps over both buwarks. The
tires we're cxtinguished in the lee furnaces Tho tore
and main topaalant masts were snapped on like clay
pipe stems and ali sorts OF debris was thrashng about
the deck. At twenty minutes past the barometer
commenced TO steadily though very slowly, and at
two O'Clock the nerces OF the wind began TO come IN
gusts with intervals OF lesser violence which intervals
became longer and longer iii three O'clock IRON which
time Till midnight IL gradually casod on TO steady
blow from the northwest.
SUMMING
Thus ended thomost violent storm u was ever my
lot experience and have met cyclones and yphoons
and borcrs and pampcros and all sorts Of storms on
nearly al seas. This lasted but twentysix hours.
Al the time struck US we were about twenty miles TO
the aud south OF Cape Canaveral light and IN tho
Gulf Stream, and when IL lett us were about ninety
miles to the northward and eastward OF that light Tho
meteor approached from the scutbwsrd, and we
entered at tho upper right hand docking north,
passed through its vortex nearly at lis axis and out
through the southern arc tho having
been detected TO tho north northeast who passing
us. probably by the Cape.
EFFECT ANIMALS
The effect OF the storm on the animals on hoard was
peculiar The cats disappeared on the morning before
tho storm and have not since been seen The only
dog Is Dan, a spiend,d pointer, owned by the Cap
tam He exhibited the greatest dread al being lett
alone, and was only appeaset when somo
petting him. The hens and turkeys, usually tho most
hungry aud and beasts board,
forgot their hunger and barely opened their cyes
when food was thrown them Two birds, "bobos,"
Q species Of pelican, came bosrd while
lying in the vortex They must have been drawn
tho y person board who seemed at all TO ENJOY
the surroundings. She talked whistled and laughed
in tho afternoon after the barometer had commenced
Much personal property was destroyed by the
that got into the stnerooms in spite OF all pre-
cautions. Most every body lost from one TO two caps
and IRON 10 three suits OF clothes. The ship her
self after the storm was over had a most dapidated
appearance, much vorso than any ever saw aftet
grateful that passed through tho ordeal. Other
vessels fear Jared much worse we have sccn con-
siderable debris, evidently from the wreck OF vcsses
DAMAGE ELSEWHERE
We find on arrival here that several ships
damaged in the cyclone Of tho Goth INST. and some
lost. The storm came up over Cuba anu passed
over this place, leaving track OF dcsolation 10 its
Much property was destroyed aud several lives
lost Tho island Of kaya Sarga was flooded and It's
entirc population swept away Thcr0 wero about 400
people there. One vessel capszcd in this harbor
and all hands drowned. The City or Houston was
OH shore near here and all hands saved. Tho English
ship Almora has Just been towed In dismassed.
Old Captain Gcighcr, who has lived here Tor forty
years and more pronounccs tho storm Of the Goth Tor
10th hcre the scvercs that has visited this place.
since lS1d
For tho past two nights the sky has been beautiful
and a meteorc shower has commenced every evening
mctenrs seem start the consultations OF An.
dromcda and Cassiopea and fail toward the northwest