Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-06

road, owing to destruction of the Wei
don bridge. On account, however. oil
arrangement in her machinery the Char
ter was annulled, aud the Metropolis,
which had broken down of Craney Is
land, was towed to the harbor by the
United States tug Pinta.
THE STORM.
which stranded the ill.fated steamer,
commenced here on Wednesday night,
with wind from the southeast, and
reached its full. height at $3.50 a. NJ.
yesterday, the wind blowing at the rate
of twenty,eight miles, and continued
at that rate till 8 A. Nj.
DEPARTURE OF THE METROPOLIS FROM
PHILADELPHIA MISUNDERSTANDING
INCIDENTS nEAITRENDING PAR
TINGs.
From the Philadelphia Times Of
Monday we have the following parllc,
ulars f the departure of The il -taied
steamer from Philadelphia. 1t would
seem from the account the friends as
we'll as the passengers had sad fore
bodings The Times says:
The steamship Metropolis, Capt
Ankers the second dispatch by MrssrS
7. & 7. Collins to Brazil, sailed yes,er
day with 2l5 passengers 500 tons OF
rails aud machinery aud 200 ions OF
Stores, all in charge Of Mr.. Paul j.
White, late chief engineer Of the lie
high Navigation Company, and Mr.
james T Moors, also al engineer of
reputation and experien e. The pas
seugers were
PRINCIPALLY LABORERS
and foremen engaged to work on the
Madeira and NIamore railroad, the
rails and machinery for the plant of
the road and the stores for the subsSt>
cnce of the workmen on the vessel
and :hose who have already reached
the scene of the enterprise.
The long wharf of the Reading rail-
road at Willow street, at the end of
which the departing steaming lay
was filed with an immense concoursr
of pc pl, whose numbers could only
be computed by thousands.
SAD GOOD BYEs.
The majority of them were Irish
ucn. women and children assembled
to give u long aud sad goodbye to
the husbands, fathers, brothers and
friends who were about to bury them-
selves for eighteen months. at least, in
the densg and sombre forests in the
Upper Amszon, and the scenes were
sucn as the quays Of Queenstown and
Londonderry witnessed in the days o
"A half century ago when stalwnrt
sons Of the Green Isle babe tender and
fearful farewells to their friends and
relatives a, they embarked on the yes
sells which were then about 10 convey
them to land as much terra hcog-
,4tta to them at that day as
the heart of the South American CONT |
nent is to the emigrants Of yesterday.
The incidents as the passengers
embarked were trequetly exceedingly
the sorrowful partlugs OF
wives and children bringing tears to
the eyes of bystanders long unused to
the melting mood. One fine locking
woman, the wife Of one of the force
men; clungto her husband with such
inieuse sorrow that the latter wa
compelled to remain on the wart A
stalwar lrshman
CLAsPED TO Ills HEART
a fine manly bny-a motherless boy
OF seven years, and begged, With tears
IN bis eyes. for permission to take him
along. you won part u.s. the father
cntrcalcd. st is impossible for You to
take him, "'replied Mr. Collins. "Then
| cant 60; | won't CO. said tire father
rhe little fellow knew of th'
stern want that was driving his father
away to a distant lard to earn the
bread so hard to win hc-e, and the tn
turr man welled up in HIM as he said
IN spite of the sorrow Of the PAT ting:
pop, go,aud III stay with Uncle jim
he'll take care of me- and the lath"r.
now the weaker of the two, sailed
away, There were on the wharf ana
on THE STEAMER
embraangs and kis.ings, and tears am
crlrs Of sorrow until the steamer cas-
IF her moorlngs aud started on hei
way to the sea, aud such pressure AT
tho gangwa, that sevcrl OF the pass'n.
gers were left behind and personn'ors
taken away in their places. The po
lice arrangements were excellent; d.
tail of fifteen men under Lieut.. Al
bright. If the Seventh district, being il
charge of stewart So much please d.
were the Mcssrs. Collins will
the lieutenant and his men that the
purpose giving them comPli "entary
dinner