New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-21

The voyage was interrupted only by one
accidental broken shaft. This fortunately
was easily replaced. Details of the voyage
as related to TRIBUNE reporter by Com
mander Gorringe, are given herewith.
THE VOYAGE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
The steamship Dessoug came to anchor in Quar-
antine yesterday morning at about half-past
o'clock. The sky was then cloudy, and before
da ybreak slow and drizzling rain was
falling About o'clock the weather cleared.
Four other steamers were also laying at anchor
there, the Titania which had just come from Cuba;
the Castilian, from Holand; the New-Oreans, from
New-Orleans. and the City of Charleston. from
Charleston. The Health Officers tug passed from
one to another of these in rapid succession. and in
few minutes they all steamed up the harbor leav-
ing the Dessoug alone. She remained at
her anchorage until half-past o'clock. Everybody
on board was well. The run to the city was slow
the Dessoug only making about three knots an
hour. At a few minutes before Il she anchored in
the North River off Twenty-thrd-st where she
remained during the rest of the day.
The vessel was visited in the afternoon by
between forty and fifty persons, one or two wemen
among them. The descent to the hold where the
obelsk is stored. is somewhat difficult. and the
feminine guests did lot seem to take kindly to 1t.
The Dessoug is an iron steamer of LOO tons bur-
den She was built in England and sold to the
Egyptian Government, by which she was used as a
mail boat in the service to COnstantinople and the
Red Sea. She is about 252 feet long, 2S
feet beam and 20 feet in depth OF hold She
carries two masts, is shiprigged and painted black
She was purchased from the Egyptian Government
by Commander Gorringe for IA reasonable sum. and
has been found admirably suited to the work of
L hon
not a particularly fast vessel. her average
speed being only eight or nine knots an hour
the essoug is of unusual strength, the iron plates
upon her sides being three-quarters of an inch in
thickness An American flag 1oated at her peak
a Turkish flag at her main.
Most of the visitors apparently expected to see
the obellsk looming up on the deck. On the con-
trary it is only after descent of two flights OF
stairs that the monOlith can &c 1t is IN the
forward hold of the steamship, held in position by
countless timbers and resting on steel and wooden
beams. In the hold aft lie the large stones which
compose the base. while between decks are the
blocks on which they rested. The we ght OF the
obelsk is 1876 tons. 1t is 20 feet III length, feet
square at the base and feet inches square at the
top. 1t occupies space in the hold OF the vessel
70 feet long
The Dessoug left Alexandria on Juno II. Com
ma nder Gorrnge told the story of the voyage to q
TRIBUNE reporter yesterday as follows:
AFTER we left Alexandra. we had strong head
winds against us. until we reached Gibraltar which
WAS on June %. While there We received
great number of visitors of all classes. Lord
Napier. the Goyernor-General of Gibraltar and his
staff. and nearly all the ladies of the garrison came
on board. They all went down into the hold-not
n very easy task for tho ladies-and
examined the obclisk. Lord RiDon, who
was at Gibraltar on his way home from India. also
called on us. They all seemed surprised that we
had been so successful, aud were very hearty
IN their congratulations. Two engineers from
Trieste also called to see Us. The weather was
very good after that. with the exception of one
dav. when we were about forty-ei2ht hours sail
from Gibraltar Tho Fourth of July cele-
brated in quiet way, that is. by firing off our
mons
"The next day Monday, when we were half way
across the ocean, the shaft of onr aft engine broke
Luckily we had extra shafts aboard l purchased
the vessel and all her contents, but when
the former owners found out about these
extra shafts they objected. However, per-
shaded them to let me have them. We
lay-to quietly then for six DAYS repairing this
shaft. during which time were fortunate enough
70 have good weather. If the shaft of our forward
engine had been broken instead of the aft engine
we could have kept on. July 6, the day
after we met with tins accident we Rott were
of Perzagno. and we gave the Captain the fol
lowing note which he promised to leave at Gibra-
tar:
To The Honorable Seeretaru Of The Nary:
steamer DessouG with onelisk broke crank shaft July
g. latitude 81 loneitl AZ Spare shalt is being fitted
Probable detention ten days until realrS are cOnplecd
viii try to keep between parallels 81 aud 3I:3O.
LIEUTENANT GoRRINGE
"She was bound for Constantinople, but she
f,rolf tn fol fIp iu-
formation. She has probably not reached there
yeti ,,o, o,
about seven eight days in all We were re- |
markaby fortunate to have such good weather !
while we were making our repairs. OF course we
could have worked If the weather had been rough |
but it would have been at great disadvantage"
"What of the rest of your voyage !"
There is nothing to say, we had good weather
but we came along rather slowly. We ran III close
TO Fire Island, SO that we could be seen and our |
friends would know that we were not lost"
Did you meet with much opposition IN Egypt =
come opposition from nearly every quarter. !
to rescue the obelisk. This discovered how |
ever and the Government soon put an end to IT, |
Was not Mahomet Tewiik favorable TO you r
"Yes, but he was sorry that his father had eyer |
word. he believed in fulfilling his fathers promise"
How did the English treat you T. go
81 did not have very much trouble with them |
The Syrians undoubtedly gave us the most cause
for anxiety
You have had great many obstacles thrown
in your way. haven't your
ut has been nothing but obstacles from the day |
we arrived at Alexandria. For instance, we had q |
great time with the insurance men. First, they !
demanded % per cent but finally came down TO |
per cent after the ship and the method OF slowing
its cargo han been examined by experts"
What do you intend to do now ~
81 shall be occupied at the Custom House this |
afternoon. After that l shall pay of my |
men. Tomorrow we shall probably begin work |
by removing the smaller stones which make |
up the pedestal. and the Masonic embiems |
In two or three DAYS. hope, we shall be ready for
work on the obelisk. We will then take the Des-
song to the East River to the dry docks. Calssons
will be built. and when the steamer Is on the dry
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