The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-30

ARRIVAL or VESSELS 0vERpuE-FIvE BE-
LATED EUROPEAN STEAMSHIPS IN PORT
BATTLING AGAINST WIND AND SEA FOR
NEARLY TWO WEEKS OTHER STEAMERS TO
BE HEARD FROM.
New York Tribune.1
Five European steamships which were
overdue arrived Sunday at this port. The
White Star steamship Baltic, which sailed
from Liverpool November 10th, was the first
10 reach Quarantine In tbesnorniDg. It was
not anticipated that she would be at her pier
before noon, hence preparations were made
for the usual MONDAY Sunday meal. The
Storage passengers, however, were landed
before dinner, but were served with
their allowance OF plumpudding by
the steward. The voyage from Liverpool
was exceedingly tedious 10 every one on
board. The fourth day after leaving port
there was a strong, variable gale, with heavy
squalls and high. confused sea, which
broke over the decks with great force. The
patches were battened down with tarpau-
lins, and the passengers were moi permitted
TO go on deck until Thursday. November
Dist the gale decreased in force, but there
was very high head sea, and the vessel
only made 164 miles in tweniy-four
hours. The following day the gale in
creased again to hurricane force, ere.
ating q heavier SEN, which caused The ves-
sci TO pitch about. Tuesday the strong
gales continued. with hard squalls. and
the seas. seeihing and surging against the
vessel, tossed her about like cork. The
steerage steward. in descending 10 the gall
| ley from the deck, was thrown violenlly
down by heavy sea, and had his jaw
bone fractured. The vessel made only ll9
miles on that dav. The weather continued
| TO be the same Wednesday, but Thursday il
| began TO moderate, and the days log show
| ed a 12S-mileS run. The sea continued
rough, but the passengers were thankful TO
get on deck. Saturday was the pleaSaniest
day OF the entire voyage. The Baltic
brought six boxes OF bar-gold Ia her
specie-room.
The Algeria arrived at Quarantine about
| two hours after The Baltic, but she left Liv-
erpOol November Is. One OF the passengers
addressed The reporter OF The Tribune thus I:
''Gov'nOr, we are not much acquainted
with these things, as this is the first expe-
rence at sea for many OF us. But tell us
why Is it that the Baltic, which left the Mer.
sey three days after we did, should arrive
| here two bOuTs ahead of us? Ii was very
rough voyage and nasty one. All that kept
Us up was the courage OF the young ladies.
but on Tuesday night, which was the worst
OF all, man7 OF the women became terri
big frightened about the vessel. She
came along slowly. but jumped about like a
big buoy" TIE same questions were asked
by others. The Algeria had bad weather
from the first, and from the 1Gth TO the oath
the passengers could not 90 on deck on ac-
cOut of danger from tue seas, which swept
the decks OF the vessel fore and aft and
broke over the crOSS.trepS~ Of the maStS.
The log shows that from November 18Th to
the 25th there were strong gales to battle
against, and high, confused sea. OF some
days the vessel barely kept Roadway. on.
The weather moderated Friday. The Alge-
ria brought $50 900 in specie.
The State OF Indiana, which sailed from
Glasgow on November 18th, and was due
here Wednesday last, and the ROXbur"h
Castle, sailing from Dundee, Scotland, No
vembci 18th, also arrived Yesterday. The
VOYAGE OF these two vessels were the same
as the Baltic and Algeria had, but it is re-
maj kable that not one OF the steamers bad
even rope.yarn carried away.
The Nevada, Of the Guion Line, sailed
from Liverpool five hours behind the Al
geria, arrived at Quarantine late last night.
The vessels still 10 be heard from ale
The Slesia, from Hamburg, due Tuesday
last the Jan Breide. from Antwerp, due
Wednesday the Victoria and Holland. from
London, due Thursday; the oder, from
Bremen, due Friday: the Devon and Bath
CIV, from Bristol; the Cambria, from Ham
burg: the Vile de Marseiles. from Havre ;
aud the p. CalaDd, from Rotterdam, due
Saturday: the City OF Berlin, from Liver
pool; the RialtO, from Hull, and the Nan
kun, from Havana, due Yesterday.