Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-28

l port this morning in tow of the British steam
 CT Napier. Captain Taat gave the following 1 story of her voyage: "From the day we left
 Rotterdam we encountered very strong west erly winds, but all went well, though we
 made slow progress until the 14th, when in
 latitude 430 35' North and longitude 580 AT West we lost the propeller in a strong wester- ! ly gale accompanied by snow. There was @ little excitement among the passengers but it l was soon quieted and all behaved admira- bly,. The vessel also stood the gale we'll, though of course, we could not hold her against it. AS soon as the gale subsided we put on all sail and made good headway, keep ing as much in the track of vessels bound to New York in the hope of getting assistance from some other steamer. At eleven o'clock
 on Saturday last, when in latitude 400 3O' and longitude 680 48', we were spoken by the Persian Monarch. She took us in tow, and the story of her attempt to bring us into por9 is not new. will say this however, that Captain Dunscombe did all he could to aid us but it was impossible for one steam CT to tow another the size of the Edam through the heavy sea. It was like trying to tow boat up hill, and the strain upon the hawsers was such that the strongest would have parted. When the hawsers parted the second time the sea was running very high, and the air was so full of driving snow that it would have been dangerous for the two boats to keep close to- gether. Then the sea was so rough that no cable would have stood the strain. After parting company with the Persian Monarch we were blown rapidly along in northeast erly direction, and on Monday night were off the Nantucket Lightship, near the Nan tucket shoals. The passengers behaved re- markedly well; there was no excite ment, though we knew there was considera- ble danger, if the wind should continue, of the ship driving on the shoals. The wind however, subsided and shifted to the southeast, whence it has continued to blow until we arrived off Sandy Hook this morn ing. With this wind favoring us, we headed south and west, keeping as far as possible in the track of eastward bound vessels, in the hope of getting tow. On Wednesday morn ing, when in latitude 3958 and longitude 694S about 27O miles to the eastward of Sandy Hook, we were spoken by the steamer Napier, which passed hawser, and headed for this port. From that time on we had very favorable weather. The wind was from the eastward and southward, and the sea was comparatively smooth, and therefore we came along very nicely at the rate of about five and half miles an hour" When asked if he had any intention of making for the Bermudas after he had been blown adrift from the Persian Monarch, Cap tain Taat said "No sir, we were in the track of the steamers passing to and from this port, and I knew we would fall in with some boat which would tow us into port We were blown about two hundred miles out to sea-
 At Sandy Hook the Napier stopped towing the Edam, which was then taken in tow by the tug Cyclops, which had been sent down to Sandy Hook by Punch, Edye & Go: to bring her up to Ter dock in this city, while the Napier came to anchor, and will put to sea again in short time. The Edam had on board POS steerage passengers and five cabin passengers when she left Rotterdam, but now has 211 steerage passengers as there were three births on board during the voyage.