The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-08
/ The steamship city OF Berllnoverdue.


The Steamship City OF Berlin0verdue.
SHE LEFT NEW YORK ON THE path OF N0vEM-
BER,. AND:nA5 on BOARD THREE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FIVE SOULS.
New YGaE, December TIE City OF
Berlin left this port on the Oath uitimo. She
carried 52 cabin and LEO steerasc passen-
.ers and crew OF $50, including officers,
seamen. attendants. engineers. tiremen,
ooal-shiftcYs, &c. The cabin passengers in
cIude F. W. Plunkett, assistant secretary Of
the British legation at Washington, and
William Rigby and Greenhill, oi the Bri-
fish rif1e-team. The present trip Is her one
hundred and twentv-trst.
The steamship Montana, Which left here
on the 27Gh Of November, three days after
the City OF Berlin, arrived at Queenstown
this morning. She usually makes the pas
sage in about eight days, but this trip occu-
pied nine days and ten bours. This fact in
dicates that she met with easterIy. winds,
to which the Berlin would also be. exposed.
In shipping circles it is generally believed
there is no occasion for serioas alarm in re-
gard to the City OF Berlin.
PREMIUM FOR REINSURANCE 03,THE OVERDUE
STEAMER CITY OF BERLIN.
LoaDoy, December THE Fndncier
says the premium for reinsurance on the
overdue steamer City OF Berlin was adj
vanced yesterday to twenty guineas. The
Po.S SAYS the rate was from thirty to thirty.
five guineas.
ANOTHER Account.
LONDON, December 7,--Lloyds' agent at
Rrest telegraphs that it is. reported large
English steamer has bsen lost off Ushant,
on the coast Of Brittany. Packages have
been picked upaddressed to the British Co.
lonial Department., and boats containing
shipwrecked sailozs and quantities Of
wreck.stuff have been seen at sea.
NEW YORK, Dece abcr THE above dis
patch seems to leaYe no doubt that the YES
sci mentioned as lost on the coast OF Brit
tany is the City OF Berlin, when the fact
that packages addressed to the British Co
lonlal Department were picked up near the
scene of the wreck is considered in eonnec-
ton with the known presence on Eoard the
vessel OF Hon. +. w. Plunkett, one OF the
assistant secretaries OF the British Legation
to the United States. Not one Of the pas
sengers or crew has up to the LATEST accounts
been heard from.
WHEN SIZE LIFT NEW IoltA.
The steamship City OF Berlin, Of the Ia
man Line, left New York port on her last
outward voyage (her one hundred and
twentv-frst on Saturday morning, Novem-
Der oath. She crossed the bar at Sandy
Hook at 1922 O'Clock, and since that time
nothing has been heard Of her. The Bal
tic. OF the White-Star Line, crossed the bar
at 1905 O'Clock the same morning, and ar
rived at Queenstown at = Z. VI. De-
cember Sd. The Batavia, OF the Cunard
Line, left Boston on the same day, and
arrived at Queenstown at a. NJ. Deem
Der l. The Donau cleared the Sandy Hook
bar at $3.50 4. III. on Sunday, November %,
and arrived at Southampton at 10 a. NJ. on
December 5. The Victoria, OF the Anchor
Line. passed the bar at 1915 y. NJ. on Satur-
day, November "A, and arrived at Neville at
l 4. II. on December j. The Vaterland,
which sailed November 81, arrived at
Antwerp Yesterday. The delay in the arrl-
val OF the City of Berlin has gven-rise to
grave fears, but these have hitherto been
held in check by the confidence expressed
br the proprietors and agents OF the line on
both sides OF the water. AS late as Thurs
dav morning dispatch was received in this
city from London saying that the proprie.
| tors continued to retain their confidence in
the safety OF the vessel. The dispatch added
that "thev do not believe that her shaft OF
machinery is broken, but think that proba
bly her propeller is damaged by contact
with wreckage. They say she possibly may
have something in tow"
SKETCH OF THE CITY OF BERLIN.
The screw steamship City OF Berlin WA:
built for the Inman line in the yard OF Cairo
& Co., at Greenock, Scotland, and wa:
launched on Tuesday, October 81, 1874
She was then, next to the Great Eastern
the largest steamship ever built for mercan
tile or unwarlike purposes. Within tht
past three years. however, one or more YES
sells have been built that surpasS her il
size. Her length over all was $40 feet
inches along the keel and fore-rake, Al
feet inches, and on the load water-line
473 feet inches.
The City OF Berlin had earned q reputa
ton as one Of the fastest ocean steamers
In the fail OF 1875 she made two remarkably
speedy passages. On Friday, September
II, 1875, she left Queenstown at $3.50 p. NJ.
and on Saturday, September %, she passed
Sandy Hook at $3.50 Il. NJ. Her time from
port to port was therefore days, IS hours.
and minutes. Returning to the other side
OF TIC AIIantlC, size lell ueTe aC U cloch
on the morning, OF. Saturday, October 2
1875. and arrived at Queenstown at $40 on
the morning OF Sunday, October 10, max
ing the passage in days, ID hours, and Is
minutes, and beating her previous time by
| hours and II minutes.
| [The Island Of Ushant, of which the YES
sci is wrecked. is the most westerly OF
seven islands belonging to the Department
OF Finisterc. 1t is situated about eleven
miles from the nearest cost OF France, and
twenty-five miles west-northWest OF BreSt.
The shores are bold and rocky, and the
landing places few. The formation is
mainly granite. but the soil is very fertile.
1t has some villages and a small port, with
an active fishery of pilchards. The only
lighthouse on the island is in latitude 4So %
north, longitude 80 81 vest
TiIden aud Hendricks.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFEATED VICE
PRESIDENT.
INDIANAPOLIS, December To-day
Daily NelcS contains Il report OF an inter
view with Ex-Governor Hendricks in refer
ence to rumors that Mr.. Tiden took the
oath OF Office last year, and would soon be-
gin q contest for the presidency.