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jffice up stairs opposite scarrs DRUG store A Family Paper, devoted to Stale Intelli-enee, the News of the World, Political Information. Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany.
If WILLIAM J. YATES, ?
rniTOR axd propiitktor. y
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
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VOLUME 6.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1857.-
New Series
MBER 276.
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,-t. d until forbid, and charged accordingly
WILLIAM J. YATES, "
Xjr.nd. lor Sale.
Tin- aubscrineni offer for sale
1230 Acre ol'fass;!
in one dout i one inoitsana of i
-r:-',-i which is in woods) lying
111 Wuou.-I lying in
(tuston count v on t.oth siaes Or flic
4v S iitli Fork of the Catawba River,
1 1 null k North-west of Charlotte, and witkia
lii miles of ili.- line of liailroad now building
.. .i Charlotte to Lincoln! on.
Ahi,Two Hundred Acres, one-iliird of whieh
i- under rwlli ration.
Al . '-' ' Aeivs mi the Smith Fork iu a pood
si ni ei:'iii alien.
The above are rood Farm tug Lendf, and will
!. -.l in lot to suit jiincliasiTS. Terms easy.
On on-- of the tracts tln re is a wat. r pmvi r
i4 f. et, with eaMawaad of the wbak Iiivi r.
PerMins vihinpti examine these Lands will
I. :i:eld. i to hv the parties at Stnwesville.
J. &. E. U. STOWE.
rii.-i. :.;?. June 2, r-T,7. 48-tl
1W0 6ial oi Beef
AM ir
Tfaf. altb. Cattle Wanted.
Aiso, 500 HEAD OF
, SHEEP 6t 100
t5&Hed of HOG3,
And 12 or 15 No. 1 3Iilch tows.
I DKSIIJE to muvhase the ahove amount ot
StwclL 'i li..- h: any t'..r sale will do well to
iTiv.- ine :. eall. as I ai wftHiu t.. pay the highest
uuukH j. ire. Fame i-v. ili find it to iln-ii .o'.van
i t.. .11 th.-ir lie- v Hi.-ep or Hop to aw
in. t id of batdbriing llwanln an I think I
ran r. niinn iate tli. ni as well if n.it betti i than it
lliev buielii o-d iIi. iiisi Ives.
V. A. COOK.
t h.irl.itte, July 1 , 1837. Tow ii UuUher.
3 0 0 t s&sn 0 E s.
Just
FOR THI
& SUMMER TRADE,
As line, an Aortment of
As
h: ever be.
Souilicrn
see iIk'IB at
u offered to
P
opto
all.
COS STORE,
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JCsf T. nus, CASH.
Mai.Ii 17, 18."7.
DR. R. VYYS05G,
Charlotte, I. C.
n .WINt; !..eat.din this place, respectfully
ntfeis Ms l'rofessional Services to the citi-
ns of the town and vicinity.
7 OFFICE in Springs' building.
April j&tl Ic-."7.
BRK1I & STEELE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
Hardware E:at. anl lioe.
CHARLOTTE, y. C
-May j, lsj-,. 11-tl
n. La F. ALEXANDER,
Attorney at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office over China Hall.
August 11. 1 s."7. v
PLANTATION
FOR SALE.
The suhscliher being' ilesiiiolis of
nittovius t,, the West, offeis for sale
i rateable
TRACT OF LAND,
lying 4 miles south of Charlotte, ou the Charlotte
ana Columbia Railroad, containing about
400 Acres-
lot' is in cultivation, 7." eil which is fresh laud.
Tin- balance- is woodland except oO acjres.
Ua the premises is :t gioi
lwelring House runl all neeos
ary ont-nouscs, a Cin-llousi' mid
Screw, &c. There is an . xcellent Well nf water
in the yard. A Gold Mine has biru opened on
tie- land.
Persous desrious of mupilisnjhg a Plantation
with almost every advantage, woald do well to
call and examine the premises, s it is seldom
that such property is offered to the pubnc.
Negroes wul be tak. u in whole or for a part
of the purchase money. I will take pleasure in
Knowing the Land to anyone desirous ofwttr
c using. Possession given by the 1st of JTanSh
a v, 1.S.
B. K. SMITH.
Aug- II. 1857. iVMf
Received
AT COST.
A chance is now offered to the commu
nity to obtain rare bargains out of our
varied Stock of
CLOTHING
and Furnishing Goods,
AT NEW YORK COST.
It is entirely unneeessnrv to tell von
' what we have, but would mamas! von to
come aud see for yourselves.
Perhaps it will be asked why we are sell
ing oir at cost? We don't 'do it because
it is fashionable, but because we have con
nected ourselves with a lurpa Manufac
turing House at the North, to tako effect
the 1st Jan., Jt5S ; and we d.-n't want any
of our present stock on hand. So come,
one and nil, buy our goods at COST, pay
the CASH, and help us on in our honest
designs.
SPRINGS 5c HEATH.
Sept. 1st. 72-tf
CITY OF MOREHEADH!
GREAT SALE OF LOTS!!
ON THE ELEVENTH (linn DAY OF
November next, at the City ol .Moteliead, wilt be
sold at public auction, the L.oit ut said City.
I Ins is the new City laid oil' by the SuepanTs
Point I.aiid Campany," at the teiininus of the Al
lan ic and Noilh Carolina liud Itoad, at Bcaulort
Harbor, N. C., iinniediately at ihe Atlantic Ocean.
'1'he various He porta of the U. S. Coast Survy
establish the great txct I Unties u I this liaittor, lor
laeilny of entrance, depth of wafer and security
tiom wind or wave, win 1st Foil Macon completely
coinaiai.ds the eiitiance.
'I'be interior coaoMunicatMMM by water ai:d land
i niui iiiukc mis a great unniu ici t v ny. I lie
vasi productions ol the fertile valleys ol the Uuan
. oke, J'ur and Neuae Riven aud the conunerce of
! tbose L'reat n lai d eeas the Albemarle, ( an i ituck,
'raoiun and I'ainhco Sounds, will reac h ihie fine
Harbor ihrougn Core Sound on the Dttrih, whitel
: Bo sua Sound will liear on boeoni the atrricahur.
al products, lumbe r, naval stun s and fine sli p lim
ber oi the recioaa lying eeuthu
The A. & N.C Jfail Kuad which will lie ready
lor use by the tirst ol January next, passes through
the tniire leiiutli of the City to its whail in 18 feet
water at low tide, and connects V:th the yreat N.
C. Knil Uoad (ol which it is a contniuaiiun) at
tiold-boro'.
The N. C. Rail Road, among the heft in the
Union, -v!3 miles long, is completed to Chailotie,
when it contacts through the South Carolina and
Georgia Rail Ifoads with Atlania a:.d the south
west ; and by its western extension, now in rap.d
progress, it is contt mplated to raeh the tiadu o
.Mcmohis and the Vlississippi Valley by the net
work o: all the rail ways that connect at Atlanta,
Chau-ipooga, or with tLe Fint TnnncMtc Bail
Road.
The Port of Beaufort, Chattanooga, Memphis
and St. Dago iu the Pacific, aie about the same
parallel ol latutude; aud il that parallel be extend
ed across the Pacific, it WiM r at h WlUljiliai. the
nearest great Port on the eastern Continent:
therefore, il the Pacific Railroad ever be construct
e! (mid that should be- done forthwith why may not
tins new City beC'-me the Atlantic mail lor the
commerce ol lb" I'ast (i .I. . '
Tw. i short Railroads will canned the two great
Coal F. Ids ot the Stale, lying on the north and
South of the North 'aroliua Railroad, wii h that
road; and it is confidently expected that a vast
co.il trade will be earned on through the new cily:
i! so, may not Beaufort become a great coaling
Port, not only for purposes of commerce, but to
luniish the supplies to steamers peceins so near
the entrance going north and south ; and may not
the new city become lhat great "entie depot ' be
rween the north nnel south, lo whieh our able and
d'stmgutshrd cot utryman, Iiicut. Maury, refers
m his unrivaled Statesmanlike paper an die com
merce of the Amazon, South America and the
Gulf ol Mexico ?
The city of More-head is situated on a beautiful
seek ot land or dry plain, almost entirety sin round
ed with salt water: its climate is salubrious j iit
sca-bfveae and sea -ba thine deKebtfnl ; its drinking
water good, auu its hue chalybeate spring strongly
impregnated with sulphur, will make it a pleaaaef
aratermg place.
As not a lot has been or will be sold until the
day of sale, all will have an equal c nance to
get the best lots and to suit themselves.
It will be the first instance ol an entire new
city on the Atlantic coast being brought into
tnaiket at once ; and capitalists may never have
airain sin-h an opportunity for good in vestments,
tor a great citv must and wii! be btidl at this place.
J. M. MOKKIIKAD,
Pr suh nt of Sheppc:ds Point Laud Co.
September 1, lt-57. IIw
BOOKS
Pop Sale rf?
AT TUB
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
Tum Americas Smrtsiiax: coniaiuing
hints to Sportsmen, notes on shootiujr, and tin
habits of the Game Birds and Wild Fowl of
America, by LKVrS.
Tin: (Jtit-UEN LsgacT: a story of Lib 's
Phases.
Rn.i.s from the Foi ntmn ok Lire, or Ser
mons to Children, by Bev. If. Nkwtox. D. D.
TiibDaisV Chain or Aspirations: a Family
Chn.nicle.
Sii(f.r r Ri t ot.i.r.cTKixs : A Wayside
Glimpae of American Life, hv Wai.i.k Mabcil
K athik Bkanoc: a Pin-aide History of a
Oniel Life, hv Hoi.me Lf.B.
Hot SKIIOI.I) M V STBR I rJS, nv l.i..ie i ut
Ft. GRIXOO, or New Mexico and hi
I'm Kim:, hv N. P. Willis.
r People
Vf.VA. or tin- War oi the Peasants arid the
Conscript: two jntepeotiPg Koinf bonud in
one volume. .
TUB NaTOLBOS DTKASTV, Ot the History Ol
the P.oiiMiiiote 1 aim v: an rutin IV n w v. oik, ij
the Ihrklcy Men, with tw. niv-two
authentic
Portraits.
Call
at
P. J.
LOWRIE'S
Bonk Store.
r,(.-if
March 31. 1857.
BATHING SALOON.
JOHNCASWFLL returns his thanhs to the
citizens of Charh.tti: for the liberal patronage he
atowedon his Bathing Saloon, and would frspee.
fullv remind those who have not time to n sort to
tin; Springs for health, that bya ailtegthenwrlres
of the opportunity of taking; warm and old
Baths, they may derive the, same bem-tit they
would hv traveling abroad nt much greater ex
panse Those who have visited the Saloon ex
press satisfaction at the facilities off rrd aud
the prompt attention they receive.
(ieutlemeu are invited to continue to pat
ronize this health-promoting establishment, ns
every exertion will be mad.- to give satisfaction.
: 9 Saloon in the rear of FuUings eV Cu's
t lothing Ston
1 Jute 1857
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Special Copartncrsihip
IN the
SADDLE & nARNKSS BiSlNESS.
K. H. ANDREWS t CO. have enter- d into
the above business, and aopoiund R. SlI.VW
a special Ageut to carry it en in all its
Various Branches.
First door be low Granite Row, on Tryon Street.
Charlotte. July 42S? l?57. tT-tf
TTlao Cry is,
STILL THEY COME.
H.COlVOC3L 'his day another sup
ply of fresh DRUGS, MEDICINES & CHEM
ICALS. Also, a splendid assortment of Mf
Kical Jiifitruinciits, consisting in part
of Post Mortem, Trepaning aud Amputating
Cases, Teeth Forceps, Speculum, Em-mata Sets,
(entirely new style) spring and thumb Lane--tsf
Scarificators, Cupping, Glasses, and many otast
articles in this line of goods, all of which Prac
titioners of medicine and Surgery are respect
fully invited to call and examine.
For sale at txtrcmrl if short profits, at
PHITCIIAIlirS Wholesale and Retail
Sept. &. Driii! House, Irwin s corner.
Another Supply
Of the most unique ami magnificent Toilet Arti
cles, consisting- in part of hair, teeth, nail, ll. sh,
hat, cloth and otln t Brushes.
Turkish Colognes,
Extracts. Soaps,
Bohemian Pungent?,
Frankipane, &c, &c,
which will he sold low at
Prili-hard's Fancy Drug Store,
Sept. 8. Irwin's Corner.
WOODLAND CREAM!
WOODLAND GRKAM M
An unequalled ami exquisite Pomade for the
hair. .Just received from the manufacturers, at
rr itchara 3 Drug and Chemical House,
Sept. 8. Irwius's corner.
Tooth Ache.
Another supply of Cummings fit FJngg's
Nkkvk Anuhynk, an instantaneous cure
for the tooth ache, at
PKlTCHAItD'S.
Sept. 8.
Sole Agent for Charlotte.
Country Merchants
Are respectfully invited to
call and examine my Wholesale
Prices of citoicK
iH sr its j as a iii-t
nut up in any Ptvle to order, by
PK1TCHARD,
Druggist and Apothecary,
July 28, 1857. Irwin's Corner.
White Lead.
Lbs. White Lead, in oil. just
received and for sale at PiUTCH ARD'S
Aug. IS. Drug House.
Paint or Linseed Oil.
!20 (iallotis just received and for sale
at the lowest market prices, at
PK1TCH ARD'S
Aug. IS. Drug Chemical Store.
VARNISHES ! VARNISHES !
A large stock now on hand, consisting of
Demon, Furniture, Copal, Coacn-bocly, .la
pan, fcc," which will he sold for cash lower
than any other House in Charlotte, at
H. M. Pll II CHARD's
Wholesaled. Retail Drug Store,
Aug. 18.
Irwins Comer.
Condition Powders.
Farmers and ethers interested in fine Stock,
are assured that these preparations are unsur
passed as a health-giving remedy for Horses,
Cattle, and all kinds of S.ock. For sale at
I'rilchurd's Hholrsale and
lleta'tl Drug llmtse,
Ju'y 28. Irwin's Corner.
Patent Medicines.
Call at PRITCHAKD'S DRDG STORE.
Irwin's Corner, for the most approved and
pcpul r medicines of the day.
July 28.
Ui-n Seed:: Grass Seeds!!!
A large assortment just received, comprising
the following varieties:
White Ch.rcr, Red Crer, Timothy, Millet,
Blue Grass, Lucerne. tfC.
The above seeds are warranted to be FRESH
and GENUINE. For sab-at
PritckarcVt Wholesale y Retail Drug House
Aug. 25, 1S57. Ik win's COANESL
WHITE LEAD.
At PRITCH ARD'S you can buy, for cash,
pure White Lead at S).J cents per lb.
nts per
c, 1 ru
Drug Star
nt's Corner.
Another Decline In Quinine
At Fritchard's Large Drug anel Chemical
House, Irwin' Corner.
This article may now be had at ff2 50 per
ounce, for C ash ONLY.
KX EC I' TOR'S SALE,
Lands, Mills and Town Lots.
Pursuant to the Will of the lute ANDREW
HOVL, dee'd, the undersigned will sell on the
premises, one mile east of 1 allas, N. C, the very
valuable property known as the
HOYL'S MILLS AND PLANTATION.
The tract of Land contains about FOI R HUK
DRED ACRES, and is a very productive and
valuable Farm with excellent Meadow. The
Mills are newlv repaired, aud consist of a Flout
Mill with Fr'nch Runs; Coin and Saw Mill
with a large custom. Sale at the Mills, on the
SIXTH a OCTOBER, 1857, on nine mouths'
time, with interest from the 1st of November.
Also, will be sold on the aeinaiia-s in the
town of Dallas, on the 7tb at OCTOBER next,
TWO IMPROVED LOTS, now occupied by
John H. Robert. Terms same as above.
Also, a trac' of til Acres, OU Little Catawba
Cre. k known as "Frederick's Ford." Sale on
the btb of October, lr.7. Terms same as pre
ceding. THOS. OhTKE, (F ,
w. p. pan r. i, r'-
Aug-. 27. T2-fit
State of North Carolina,
UNION COLNIV.
Court of Fleas and Quarter Sessions,
July Term. 1S57.
Stewart, Houston, and ")
Covington, V Original
vs. i Attachment.
Wyatt Austen. J
It appearing tothe satisfaction ol the Cou-.t
that the Defendant, Wyatt Austen, is not an
inhabitant of this State, but resides beyond
the limits of the same; it is therefore ord. red
that publication be made for six weeks in
the Western Democrat, notifying said de
fendant to be and appear at the next Court,
to he held for the county of Union, at the
Couit House in Monroe, on the first Monday
of Ortober next, then and there to plead,
answer or demur, or final judgment will be
taken against him.
Wn.NKss. J. M. Stewart, lerk of our said
Court at oftce. 1st Monday of July, lSr,7.
6t J. M. STEWART, Cierk
DISASTERS AT SEA!
Thrilling Scenes,
PARTICULARS OF THE LOSS OF
THE STEAMER CENTRAL AMERICA!
We announced last week the destruction
of the steamer Central America in the gale
of the 12th inst., and the loss of 500 or GOO
passengers. The following arc the particu
lars of the sad calamity:
Statement of Theoelore Pa ine, Esq., of San
Francisco, a Rescued Passenger.
No more melancholy duty could have
been imposed upon me than to witness the
loss of the magnificent steamer Central
America, which I did on the evening of
Saturday, September 12.
We left Aspinwall on tho afternoon of
Thursday, September 3d, at 4 o'clock. We
had on board the California mails to August
20, specie amounting to 1,272,000, and
about five hundred passengers, all of which
were brought to Panama by the Pacific
Mail Company's steamer "Sonora," with an
additional amount of about $300,000 for
tho English steamer.
We reached Havana on Monday, Septem
ber 7th, about 4 o'clock P. M., and com
menced taking in coal that evening, work
ing al1 night and finishing next morning.
At half past nine o'clock on the morning
of Tuesday, the 8th, wo got under way.
The steameg Empire City followed at 10
o'clock, and we kept in sight of each other
until sundown, after which no more was
seen of tho Empire City.
On tho evening of Tuesday, the wind
blew very fresh and the sea became rough,
both increasing until near the morning of
Wednesday, when it blew a perfect gale.
Throughout Wednesday, the 9th, and the
next day Thursday, the ship behaved so
well thut the passengers made it a subject
of comment, believing that she could and
would ride out of tho gale with perfect
safety, but during Thursday night she
labored very much, aud us tho morning of j
Friday approached, the storm became ab
solutely terrific.
The storm was so violent, that the engines
stopped on the morning of Friday, upon
which, the Chief Engineer, Mr. Ash by.
and dipt. Hernden, both, rushed from their
own to the engine room, to ascertain the
j cause. A few moments sufficed to get her
under way. but not mme than an hour
elapsed before the engines again stopped.
They were again put in motion, and after
working a few minutes stopped for the third
time. Extraordinary efforts were now
made to get up steam, by7 using the doors,
Standees, berths, etc., but the engines made
only a few revolutions, theu stopped for
ever. Serious fears were now entertained for
the safety of the ship. Tito water in the
lower hold was rapidly increasing, and no
aid Was to he expected from the pumps.
Buckets, tubs, pork-barrels and everything
else that would hold water, was brought
into requisition : means were taken to close
her port holes; an examination was made
for the leaks ; whips for raising water were
placed at the different hatches ; and every
possible means resorted to for her relief, but
all were unavailing. The water gained on
us, and continued to do so until Saturday
evening, about 9 o'clock, when she went
down, carrying with her about 400 passen
gers, tho crew, the mails, and all the specie
amounting, as I have before stated fo $1,
272,000. Tho passengers worked inces
santly day and night, never thinking of rest
and with a will that deserved a better fate.
About 11 o'clock in the forenoon of Sat
urday, we discovered a sail on our port
quarter. She had seen our signals of dis
tress, and was making for us. She reached
us at half past one P. M., and proved to be
the brig Marine, of 215 tons burthen, Cap
tain Hiram Burt, loaded with molasses, from
Cardenas, and bound For New York. She
',ru also in distress, having lust her main
yard, main topsail, jib-boom : and her jibs
and other sails and rigging generally, were
badly damaged. She passed undr our
stern, and her condition considered, laid as
close to us as possible. To add to our dis
tress, the waves were rolling some thirty
feet or more in height, and driving us furth
er and further apart every moment.
Three of the steamer's life boats were got
in readiness as soon as practicable, and all
the female passengers and children put
safely on board by five o'clock P. M.
The ship was now nearly full of water,
and the passengers became convinced tl at
the life boats would not hold half of them.
Consequently on the return of two of the
boats, several of the firemen anel steerage
passengers, rushed to tho sides of the steam-
or and jumped in. Seeing that they would i
inevitably be swamped, the oarsman pushed j
off. We had but six boa's, and two or three '.
of these were seriously damaged in blanch
ing. I was in the last boat that left the
ship for the brig JlfarraC, which brought
any of the passengers. There were two
others containing firemen.
We had just exactly one hundred persons
on board the Marine, saved from the wreck,
including the children. We are underlast
ing obligations to Capt. Burt and his officers
as well as his crew, for the kind attention
paid us while on the Marine. Their efforts
in our behalf were unceasing.
As I was about leaving the shin. Cant.
w L . i i
Hern-Ion handed me his watch, with a re-'
quest that I would deliver k to his wife, if
my life should be spared, which thanks
to Him who wills all for the best, I shall be
permitted to comply with.
Capt. lierndon was all the time at the
post of duty, doing all that man could do in
the trying hour. His voice was always
heard above tho roar of the storm giving
directions, and declaring his determination
to go down with the ship.' If he has been
lost, old Oceau's depths contain no nobler
soul, no more gallant spirit.
Statement of Henry H. Childs, one of the
passengers.
Tho Cemtral America left Havana on
Tuesday, tho 8th, with delightful weulher,
which had been the case from Aspinwall.
During the afternoon afresh breeze sprang
up, and on the next morning amouuted to
a gale, whic h continued to increase through,
out Wednesday, and pact of the time ac
companied by heavy rain. On Thursday
the gale changed to a hurricane, and the
sea was rolling very high. This storm
continued, and on Friday, about 11 A. M.,
it was well known to the passengers that
the vessel had sustained a leak, whieh
threatened to fill rapidly. All hands were
put to the pumps, in relief parties, and for
a while gained so far as to allow re-kindling
of fire in the engine room, which, had been
quenched by the water.
This gain was soon lost, and the fires
again extinguished. The work of bailing
went on throughout Friday evening and
night, the passengers and crew keeping
good hearts and hoping that with daylight
they would speak some vessel.
About 3 P. M., on Saturday, the storm
abated and u calm ensued, and this contin
ued the hopes of all aud nerved them for
the work of bailing.
At 4 P. M., a sail was announced, and
tho steamship fired signals and displayed
colors at half mast. This proved to be the
brig Marine of Boston,3 which came up
and spoke so ns to receive our report, and
then laid off a mile. The steamship had
but three boats left, into which nil the
women and children were put, and trans
ferred to the brig. Later in the evening
another sail was seen fast approaching.
Captain Herndon reported his condition
and asked him to lay alongside. A favor
able answer was returned, but instead of
approaching, the vessel passed out of sight.
At 7 P. M., it was found the steamer
couta not noia out mticn longer, as a nravy
sea then swept over for the first time. Life
preservers were then distributed, rockets
fired, and soon after the vessel went down,
leaving at the mercy of the waves 400 or
450 persons. The sea was then calm and
we all kept together, and cheered each
other as well as the stoutest could. We
thus kept together 1 think for two or three
hours, nearly all being preserved so long,
except those who could not swim at all.
Exhaustion than began to overcome one
after another, and I saw them going down
around mo. At 1 P. M., on Saturday I
was nearly alone, could hear shouts of a
few survivors, but could see none. About
2 o'clock, as I reckoned, saw a vessel at a
distance of a mile or less took fresh cour
age and swam towards it reached it in
last efforts of exhaustion, and was drawn
up by ropes. It was a Norweigan barque
from Bulise to Falmouth. 1 found on
board three of my comrades, survivors,
and before 9 o'clock we had 49 of them in
all which are all I know to have been
rescued.
We kept near tho place aud in anxious
watching until wo believed all living had
been picked up, and then mude sail, the
barque being short of provisions, and the
crew living on gruel. Wo found a little
tea and coffee also.
Statement of Oliver P. Maniac.
Tho storm commenced shortly after wo
left Havana. Ou Friday afternoon all
hands were called up to bail the vessel which t
continued to ship water. All went to work The Norfolk left Philadelphia on Sutur
with buckets, barrels, etc.. which was con- j day morning, September 12th, and encoun-
tinued throughout the night and until Sa
turday 2 p. m., when the barque Murine
hove iu sight. All the ladies and children
were put on her about G p. m., and tho
chief engineer left with them.
In launching the boats two out of the five
were stove, and the other three were des
patched with the women and children about
sunset. The Marine was laying to about a
mile off, and by the time the boats reached
her it became evident that the ship must go
down before they got back. Many seized
upon pieces of spars, chairs, and life-preservers,
while others rushed below to secure
their treasure. The confusion at this time
became very great, but all acted with cool
ness, all endeavoring to make a last effort
for their own safety. The vessel gave three
iurches, some passengers jumping off at
Pact, iurch. Those who went with the first
an,l second lurch had awnm off some dis-
tance, but the great mass remained on deck
until she went down, which was about a
minute or two afterwards.
I had provided myself with a life preser
ver and a piece of spar, determined to go
down with the vessel aud the great mass of
the passengers, all of whom stood about,
bracing themselves and securing the most
available articles to buoy them up.
She fii ally went down, stern foremost. I
was standing near the smoke stack ut the
time, aud we were all dragged under water
with the sinking ship.
The general supposition is that we were
drawn under at least twenty feet ; when we
rose to the surface we were nearly stifled.
The rapidity with which I was drawn tore
the spar from my hands anel the life-preser-er
from my body ; and when I reached the
surface, my clothing was almost stripped
off me. I however met a friend who hud
two life-preservers, and he gave mo one,
and we seized ou pieces of the wreck, which
helped to sustain us.
Ou reaching the surface tltero were at least
400 passengers struggling about ; most of
them luiving lost their life-preserver ; others
were seizing ou pieces of the wreck whieh
cume up with us. The captain had cut
away the upper works f the vesrL so that
when the hull sunk they would float off : but
they were dragged down and came up in
fragments, and doubtless many were killed,
stunned and drowned by being struck by
pieces of the wreck, whilst to others they
were the ultimate means of safety.
Occasionally Hashes of lightning showed
to each otlur a sen of struggling forms.
All strove to encourage their friends with
hopes which were scarce felt by themselves.
At first we were nil together iu a mass, but
soon the waves separated us, and at each
successive flush of lightning we discoveretl
that wo were being scattered over u wide
area, and soon we found ourselves appar
ently alone on the boundless ocean.
He concludes by saying that : "By about
ten o'clock I was picked up by the Ellen,
and hud tho satisfaction of fiuding several
others on board.'"
The Central America was provided with
six life-boats. Two were Fruncis' metallic
boats, and the remaining four were fitted
up with air tanks at the cuds and sides,
uud each of the six was capable of bidding
from 50 to 75 persons. She was also
equipped with 600 or 700 life-preservers;
but had no bulkhead partitions.
The officers and men tf the Central
America were in number one hundred and
one, and there was on board of her nearly
seven hundred passengers.
The chief Engineer has published a card
exonerating himself from blumo for leaving
the steamer.
Effect of the. Disaster in New York In
surance in Kn gland , fyc
New Yokk, Sept. 18. The steamship
disaster, with the loss of 2,000,000 iu gold,
had less effect upon the stock market than
was expectetl, and the prompt action of the
insurance companies has resulted in less
disturbance of the value at the stock board
than would have been the case under other
circumstances.
It is now ascertained that there was no
insurance on the vessel, which was vulued
at 8300,000. About one million of the
specie was insured iu England, aud the
balance here. Reclamations upon the for
eign companies will form the basis upon
which to draw bills of exchange, and thus
stand as equivalent to shipments of specie
to tho same amount. Our own coinpunies
are fully able to meet their losses, and will
pay them ut once.
Lieut. lierndon, the commander of the
Central America, leaves n wife uud daugh
ter, now in this city. The decensed was a
native of Virginia. He was under Com
modore Perry in the Mexican war, and was
engaged in behalf of the government, hi
the exploration of the Amazon some time
ago, for which Congress Voted him a hand
some gratuity,
plored.
His loss is universally de-
LOSS OF THE STEAMER NORFOLK
The Philadelphia papers contain some
further particulars of the loss of the steamer
Norfolk, Capt. Kelly, on her passage from
that port to Norfolk and Richmond, with 20
passengers, and crew of 21 persons, and a
valuable cargo. The particulars are fur
nished by George U. Porter, Esq.. of the
Baltimore Merchants' Exchange, who was
a passenger on the steamer Joseph Whit
ney, from this port. We copy the follow-
ing :
teVed a heavy gale from E. S. E., on Sun
day evening, which continued to increase
in violenco during the night. Between 10
o'clock P. M. and 4 A. M., she sprung
aleak, carried away jib, spanker and force
spencer, and to lighten her a large portion
of the cargo was thrown overboard. Her
head was then turned toward the beach,
I with tho view of running her on to save the
lives of those on hoard, but the rudder broke
off. and she was left a helpless wreck in a
vi-ifentgaie ami Heavy sea, ami at uuyugnt
on Monday broke into pieces, then about
ten miles South of Cbingofague. the pas
sengers and crew barely having time to
take to the boats, saving nothing bnt what
clothes they had on before .-he went down,
and was lo.-t entirely from view.
After being on board the small boats in
a heavy sea aud high NN'V. wind for about
nine hours, they were fallen in with at 24
P. M. by the steamship Joseph Whitney,
Captain Howes, from Baltimore, bound to
Boston, who succeeded iu taking up three
of tlie boats, containing forty persons. The
fourth boat steered off in another direction
in search of a vessel which was in sight, but
which did not heed them, and it was not
seen afterwards, but it is supposed made for
the shore. This boat's crew, containing
the fir.-t and second engineer and firemen,
was afterwards picked up by the steamer
Caledonia, bound from Charleston to Balti
more. The passengers all speak in the highest
prai-e of the conduct of Capt. Kelly and
his officers, Mr John Moore and Mr V. If.
Snyder, daring the frying circumstances of
t!:e loss of their ship. The ceptnin strind
by the gangway, and would not allow n sin
gle man to leave tho ship until the Indies
were aii safely stowed in the boat ; he then
had each boat provided with a compass and
provisions, ,.:e , being hiu.self the last to
leave the sinking ship.
It is impossible to describe the feeling
of the unfortunate shipwrecked people, up
on finding themselves once more safe and
on the deck of tho Joseph Whitney. Some
of them were almost entirely destitute of
clothing, while others were but half clad
most of the Indies and children were witho'tft
slows and stockings, and from their ex pO'
sure to the high wind and sea, their gtf
iiients Generally were nearly washt-d ;ff
j them. In a short time they were made as
j comfortable as possible, under the circun -
stances. The officer- and passengers of
tlie Joseph Whitney did all in their power;,
trunks were opened, and dry clothes wero
put upon nil. The passengers generally
were unremitting in their attentions to the. e
unfortunate persons. In this connection
mention should be made of the kind and
generous conduct of a poor Irish girl. Mar
garef Finle', who fills the position of stew
ardess of the Joseph Whitney. Her joy
was u.ispeakable tipou witnessingtho rescue
lf the shipwrecked people; she dealt out
her cluthes to them till the hist piece was
gone, save the clothes she had ou, and she
then gave up her room for their further ac
commodation. The rescued crew and pas
sengers expressed themselves iu high terms
of praise of Captain Howe, of the Joseph
Whitney, and her crew and passengers.
THE LOVE OF HOME.
It is only shallowed-minded pretenders
who mako either distinguished origin a
matter of personal merit, or obscure origin
a matter f personal reproach. A man
wi n is not ashamed of himself need not be
ashamed of bin early condition. It did
happen to ine to bo born in u log cabin,
raised ummig the snow drifts of New Hamp
shire, ut a period so early that when tho
sinoko first rose from its rude chimney and
curled over the froeti hills, there wus no
similar evidence of white man's habitation
between it and the settlements on the rivers
of Canada. Its remains still exist ; I mako
it an annual visit. 1 carry my children to
it, and teach them the hardships endured
by the generation before them. Iloioto
dwell ou the tender recollections the kin
dred ties, the early affections, and the nar
rations uud incidents which mingle with u 1
I know of this primitive family abode ; I
weep to think that none of those who in
habited it are now among the living ; and if
I ever fail in affectionate veneration for
him who raised it, and defended it against
savage violence and destruction, cher
ished all domestic comforts beneath its roof,
and through the fire and blood of seven
year's revolutionary war, shrunk from no
toil, no sacrifice to serve his country, und
to raise his children to a condition better
than his own, may my name and the name
of my posterity be blotted out from tho
memory of mankind. Daniel Webster'
PRISON DREAMS.
' ' etW
I have often noticed in pri.suucrs a desiro
to sleep while laboring under deep ufilio
liou. The condemned, the night before
execution, are very apt to sleep soundly, if
left alone. I have seen men enter a prison
Cell for the first time, pale and trembling
with ft ar or weeping with terror, and soon
after fall asleep. The propensity to sleep
under difficulties is not always the result of
grief and sorrow. The seienity of mi.-d
produced by philosophy or religion may
s nu times enable men, under the most try
ing circumstances, to lose themselves iu
sleep-. Prof. Webster, of Boston, while iu
prison, appeared to be cheerful aud happy.
He desired his family, when they visited
him, to be us cheerful and lively as pos
sible, aud they were so. At night he slept
soundly. Macanlay, in his Ili-fory irf
England, speaking of the execution of
the Earl of Argyll1, said so effectually had
religious faith and hope, co-operating with
natural couruge and eepjaniuiity, composed
his spirits, thut oti the very day ou wldclfe
he was to die, he dined with appetite, con
versed with gaiety at the table, and after
his last meal, lay down, us he was wont, to
take a short slumber, in uid. r that his, boelj
and mind might be iu full vigor when h
should mount the scaffold. At this tilth:
one of the lords of the council came to the
castle with a message, and demanded ad
mittance to the earl. It was announced
that the carl was asleep. The privy coun
cillor thought that this was a subterfuge,
and insisted on entering. The door of fire
cell was softly opened, and there lay A r
gyto on the bed. sleeping in his irons tho
plucid sleep of infancy. The conscience
of the renegade smote him. IL- turned
away sick ut heart, ran out of the castle,
and took refuge In tho dwelling of a lady of
his family who lived hard by. Then ho
flung himself on a couch, and gave himself
up to an agony of remorse and shame.
His k -us-woman, alarmed by his looks and
groans, thought that he hud been taken
with some illness, und begged him to driuk
a cup of sack.
" No, no," be said, " that will do me no
good."
She prayed him to tell her what had dis
turbed him.
"I have been." said he, io Argyle's
prison; 1 have seen him within an hour of
eternity, sleeping as sweetly us ever man
slept. But as for me "