The New York Herald Newspaper, September 19, 1857, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7688. THE APPALLING CALAMITY, Additional Particulars of the Wreck of the Central A@erica, cdeoount of the Disaster by One of the Passengers. BEABLY FIVE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. ONE HUNDRED KNOWN TO BE SAVED. ALL THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN RESCUED. WAMES OF SOME OF THOSE SAVED. Arrival of a Part of the Rescued at Sa- vannah and Hampton Roads. The Brig Barine on her Way to New York with Forty-six Mere. FAR AS ASCERTAINED. INTERESTING TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES, Two and a Quarter Millions of Dol- lars of Property Lost, THE EFFECT 'IN WALL STREET. ACTION OF THE UNDERWRITERS. Extent of the Hurricane—Other Vessels Injured. THE VERY LATEST, fic. Ser, we. Oo Baturday lest, the 12th instsnt, the Unitet Sates mail steam ‘bip Contral Amorics, Cay'ain Aerodoa, bound to Now York, * th the Paoifly mat's, paesengs s and rey bo the number of some tix hondred snd tweaty fro per. pens, and treasure to the amount of over two mi lions of dollars, foundered tr # harricane of “s © Hatteras, ‘The Central Amerion was due ai this port en dunday Jaat, and sin © then the most painfal anxiety wa to her fro pervaded the wholo community, but more part! vuarty these whose (riente and families were supposed to have Deon passengers on board of ber. Im the Baxtp of yesterday wo announced tbe lameate ‘ble fact thatshe bad perished in the gele, and that but few of hor passengers were rescued. It it imporwtbio at tats time to tell the number of lives Inst, but thet it mast ‘Beve vecn immense there fs little room to doubt. The amber will probab'y reach five hundred Oa Tuesday, the 8th inst,, the Central America, im oom pany with the Empire City, left Havana for New York, and up to the evening of that day they were in eight of gach other; bat towarve nigh’ the Central Amorisa ovt-dis fenced her companion. On the following evening a heavy glo net in from the northwest and continued without gbatement un'i) Saturday, the 12th lust , when It increased boa perfrot hurricane. This was divastrovsly ex serienced by the Empire ity; the Co'umbis, bound from this portto ‘Oharleston; and the Southerner, bound hence to Gavan. mab, Theeilects of the storm on the:e ships we have already podlished. Rie suppored irat when tho ill-fated Oeutral Amerion ‘mua the full foros of the gale she was abovt fifty mile ahead of the Empire Oty, and about a hundred and Bfty miles to the wost of tho island of Now Providence, bo- Qwreee that igland and We American coast It 18 sopposed, by Mr. Roberts that the Central America aust have broken her machinery and drifted ap the Gu'f stream Her regular distanoo from the coast is about 75 miles whea rom ing on Der nsual courte. ‘There is little doudt that the hurricane had & circular metion—or was, ju faci, what 1s commonly called « whirl ‘wind. From the direction it took It Is provable that the Goutal Amerion was caught in the very contre of the ‘whirl. The outer edge of the whirlwind doobtiees strack ber eu Wedseeday, the 01h, the time which the Empire Oty a+! ‘experienced {t, and from that time un'll Saturdey, the 12th’ tbe must bavo gallantly battled with It, anu the centre Peashed ber and the conld no longer bold out against the ferrrors of this awfal pkencmenca. ‘The extent of (he gale must bave been considerable, for the Consrt reamsbip Persia experienced a heavy tovoh of on Friday, which Morel y swr pt her decks, thoagh her Qourse wae a good deal io the northward of the track o the Central America and Empire City, ite fury reached as Mar couth a} least as Wilmington, North Caroline, whore eonsidersble damage was done to the shipping from Fridsy fo Bendsy, and versels continue to arrive ¢aily at thi ‘and other ports wi.b the effects ex perienced in that torribie blow. Up to the time of writing woe have imtelizence of one hundred passengers Known to bo saved, as follows: — ~_” GB oe covcrecsccees cece ser cove cece cccsccscscss Be * Of those on board the Marine twenty-six are fomales Hew many more may have been picked up we cannot mow tell, Dut It is lo be hoped that when further nows ‘farrtves the list of tho saved will be found considerably Mmoreared. ‘The Central Amerion was comaldered a very rtavnoh fad foot reaboat. She was built in this cliy in fhe year 1668 by Willem H Webd, called tho George law, and made ber fret voyage to September of that year. Her constroction was of the ‘very dort deroription, She wae dingowally braced wih won from siem to steve, aod was ie al) reepecte ea etancch ‘and cafe ae any ship afoat. In the month of July inst she ‘went upow the balance dock and was thoronghly oer Ranlet. Her enginre and boilers were at the same time pat tm perfect order, and the voyage spon which one ‘wes ort was the eccond since ber repair, Her wares ‘was 2,000, carpenter's measurement, fhe had two ‘marine engines, each sizty five inches diameter of ‘eylinder and ten foot stroke. Her orgines were built at ‘the Morgan Iron Works, and ber last repair was at tho Al Jaire Works. There wore on board of hor atx life boats, ‘twe of which wore Francie’ metallic boats, and four with he patent air tight tubes atinched. Rach one was cape Die of holding fifty pamengers. There were also between Give and six hundred fife preservers ov board. Ber captain, Commander Herndon, of the United (Gaates navy, Wee 8 most prudent and efficient oMfeer, ena) Wo ony emergency ; and |! te satisfactory, at least, to know at no danger which skill or foresight conld ward off, ‘weald have resulted 96 disastrously to > unfortunate vessel, The Central Awerion wee not inrured, and the ‘Beas to the company cannot fell short of $250,000. ‘The amount of pects on freight la pat down at 81,600, 988. Bat wo Know that the passengers on (hear stramers, ‘Partioniarty at this sesson, bring large amounts in gold ‘ their pernons and in thetr baggage. Any ote who har pebeerved thom landing a the piers mast have been struck TWh the peculiar aaxiety they bestow opon thetr traaks WR the great diMoulty always experionosd in iifting ant Donveying age 200 miles moth of Jan Masewos, with 900 passeagor op board, of whom iuirty were Ist’ Two hundred thoo sand doliars in specie womt down with ber; but sixty thousand dollars wis subsequently reorvered by divers: ‘The other rteamsbips jost in the California trate since the ovealng of the gold mines, were:—The Independenss, ‘sound from San Juap to San Franct oo, dstro;ed by Ore Fob, 6, 1863, with a lone of 130 passengers; tne Tennesves, from Papama to San franciroo, leet by going s here at ine mouth of San Francisco hartor in March of the same Jear—e total toss, as fares the ship wae onncerned; she propeller 8 8 Lowts, from tao Jaan to Gan Franci.co, rao asbere and loot in april of that yea; in December, 1865, the Winfield Scots, from San Francirco to Panama, weat ashore m Anacaps island spd became & total lov, ths asrepgers and *pec'e belug saved. Andon the 25'n of the same monih Coristmas day, the |)) fated steam: hi> Pap Frencisoo, with 700 Untied States troove on board, war heat, and 200 soula jerished = Thus |i wil! be seen thai 1053 was a year singularly disastrous to vessels oa tue Califor nia Hes. The deorea ein the reoetpt of specie from California up to this daie of the present year, from shat of last year, ts $5,321,604, the relative receipts belog: ~ To the 14ib Bevtomber, 1856........ $27 978,434 ame time im 1857....... 22,511 820 Bot had the unfortanate Central America arrived safe what deorease would have deen re<ased ts $3 741 604 Not for mary years has a gale of equal & vority dero dated our coasts as tis one by which she Sentral «mertos was destroyed Every ship on tho ‘ine of 18 wavel suffer. od severely, and the whole ext nt of the damage done is bot ard never mey bs known Tho ocesa for miles sroon’ was strewn with fragments of wreoke; and there le no doubt now that the poritons of wheel howwses door panels and fur seep by the ships Falcon and Commerce, belonged im part to the lost Central America The Empire Otty, in her efforts tolget toto sheltar at Nor- folk, was com;elled to barn ber wheel houses, tables, obsirs, and every available article of wood work to keop ber fires going. The ‘olum>is,@ steamship, which lef:New York ou Wednesday, the 9b, for Cosrieston, reached that port # ith the grestert diMoolty on Sunday. For olghteer hours the tempest beat dowo upon her, andevery moment of tbat time she waa ta imoinent darger either of oapsizing or foundering, every timber quivering under the terrific force of the gale But terrivie aa wasthe force of the storm encoun ered by both these steamsbips, the unfor tunate Central America, wh ce lose has taflic'ed so mach misery apn 80 many famides in this and ower cities of the Union, must tave been delivered up to the fary of a tempest infinitely greater, The detailed horrors of the woone of deatriciim woe have yet to Jeara; dot wo shudder to think of the revelations yet to be made—the magnitede of the loss; tie pro tracted agor ies of the sufferers, the stroggies betwean hope and despair; toe wild battling for iifoin the midat of daath, which always characterizes such scones as this; aud, worst of all,the endless sorro + which no balmcan bea); that must fall opon @ thousand hearts and homesteads, as each day’s report confirms ihe drvadfal anticipation, or dashes ato fregments the last remosnt ofa hope clung to wth that desperate tenacity with which aifection ondows the mourzer, Viewing this appallisg calamity in its wost favorable phase all these things must tnevitadly result from it. NAMES OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA, orricaxs Witiam L. Herndon, Q mancer. Oparies M. Van Rensselaer, let cfhloer. Jemea M_ Frazer, 94 «Moor. Charles A. Myers, 84 offi er. George E. Ashby chief, Jobo Now, Ist assirtent. Henry Keeler, 20 sasis’t. Geo. Bucdington, 84 as’t. Finley Fraser. Robert Lovg. Devig Ray mond Frevets Wasers, James Clare. damen Traves, Joba Davison, Frecerios Brower, Patrick Garin, Jobn eof rnin. Arnold Belt. Jamer Norris. Heiman Yager. Patrick vane. Jobn Keirneliy. PTPWARD'S DEPARTMRAT Wm Wiggiosworih,store- James Yancey, steorage Feevor. oeward NL, weBride, steward. —- Jobn Patterson, buteher, Lecy Dawson, mow 'rdees Wm McLellan, baker, WAIERAD ARD PoRTWYAORR. James Prealier, m eng. Bi Clemens Heary flowombe, Bayt lott Gay nor, Jemea Henry, Oy prian Neleou, Goorge Wilson. Pamper Yelnon. Prior Kelley, Jobo Hogan. Joba Bive. Job» Brown. Rehard Painter, Wil iam Perkioa, Philip Poker. Jobo 8 Freeman, Wm. Myers. Michael Dryer. Wm Hare. Patrick Carroll Fitee Libbey. Arehibaid McBeath. Jonn Young. Aaron Bolvomb, Trano Prattis. Jonm Prats, James West. Jobo Havey. Jono White. Henry Charles Cornell, scullion. Wm. Garrotson, Captain's man. mes boy. Jacod D. Gilead, barber, Isaac Nash, water closet. Tt le thought that Thom as Mathe #, Kobert Christy, Wm. Beurne, who worked thetr passage, lef the ship at Aspin- wail SKETCHES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CEN- TRAL AMERICA, COMMANDER WILLIAM LEWIS HARNDON, CU. &. H. Commander William Lewis Herndon, commander of the Central America, and who there if but too much reason to fear haa gon» down in that {ll fated vessel, was « native of the State of Virginia. He entered the navy on the Ist of November, 1828, and bas, consequently, been twenty nine years in tho service, Of this, fourteen yoars and seven months wore passed at pea, nine years on shore duty and five years and four months unempleyed. Liout. Herndon's carly professional career was marked by all the qualities that di tinguish @ thoroughly educated and effictemt « Moer; and fo high was the opir'on formed by ihe department of his scientific mertta that in 1851 he was chceen to conduct the expedition to explore the valley of the Amazon in copjanc- tien with Lient. Gfbbom. The object of that expedition, as our readers may regollect, was to ascortain the importance, Pprosent and prospective, of the free navigation of the Ama- zon river, To enable the government to form » correc, ealimate of tbe adrantages of this project, Lieat. Hern. don was \nstrocted to ascertaln—ist. The then condition of the silver mines of Peru and Bolivia, their yield, and bow and by whom they wore priscipally wrought. 2d, What was tho machinery used, whonee obtained, and how transported. Sd. What impulse would the free navi gation of the Amaro give to those mines, avd with wha! description of craft that river and tte tributaries eould be worked. 4th. What inducementa were offered by the laws of Pera and Rollyia to emigrants to sottie ta the oast- rn provinces of those two republics. 6th. Whai were tbe staple prodnotions for » hich the climate and soll of he valley of the Amazon, in different parts, wero adapted them—two mon boing asualiy necemary for |. Finally, be was directed to make sock geographical and ‘Gils purpose, Wo remember thst whon ® retarned Cali Tornian was robbed some timo ago at French's Hote! Where was tome three thonsand dollars In hie trank. Ti Would not bean andue aversgo, thon, to pul the amount earried by each rotarning Californian st from two to three Mowwand dollars, he te reported to have taken in $125,000 #8 Havana in addition to the $1,000,000 she had on her or! eal Freighs let; and thie, added to way $300 000 in the pow euten of Would make the amonnt of trea- (Ware lovt a Ititle over two millions of dollars. ‘Bite remarkable that ihe Oonteal America is the only vessel delonging to thie line ever lost on the roturn roy F pan phere oan Operation rinoe December, 1848 rt Instance of @ lose of life or of apecie on a} the ships of the Paoific Mail tine. On the Ist of Ootober, 1864, the Yankee Blade, bolong: fo Milla’ opposicion line, waa lott on her r.tarn voy actcatido obvervations by the way as wero consistent witb the main object of the expedition. The rewolta of Lieutenant Herndon‘s explorations wero to be derived from opening op & trade with thom. Pracil, whieh, although more Immediately interest od than we were, bad long neglected thie promising field of enterprise, wae mimuistet by onr oxample conoinde a fweaty with Pern for the savigation of Amazon, Mops were taken to give praciies! aitent this treaty br We ocenstrnction of steamboats, and an attempt wee made by Brasil to close to other nations and monopolize 9 hervelf all the advaniages of tho trade of this river and itn the Do Lougu com'ract, There is n0 doubt, however, tast by the terme of the origina! grant and decree of Pra our Citizens have a legal right to wade upon the lolerior waters of Pe.a ard Bolivia, and measares baye since been taken to assert that right After # short interval of repose from the fa igues of his expetivon, Com Herndon was named tothe command o the United Bates mail steamabip George Law, subse qventiy called the Central America in his Intercourse with the passengers travelling by this tice bis manners and bearirg were of tho most conrteous aad couciliwory chayecter and won for him the esieem of all who came in con@ot with bim Com. | oxndon leaves a widow aud an only daughter, who are well tnown im the faabionablo airaies of Wash- ington. “lee Bore. on has @ fine vice, aad w ovaridered one of the best private singer: (n thwcountry, They have ‘been pasting the seseon a6 Newport, and have probaply Teoetved there the nows of this terribie blow. CHARLES M. VAN RENFSHLABE, PIKAT OFFIORR. Mr. Van Rensselaer was the Grst officer of tho Coairal ‘ame: ica, and conpected with the o!d Van Renwelecr ‘a mily of Albany, He wasaringle man, Ho has been con. ncoted with the line about three years, during whica ime +e bas proved bimrelf a very efficient officer and made bimaelf many friends. He was formerty in the revenne service as a licutepant, and was one of the officars dropped when thet branch of the service was redaced in n1mbers. ‘This fact, however, can by no means be menti ned to his discredit, since the rule of seniority was adopted, by which many efficient men were dropped, simply because ‘bey bad been lately commissioned, and many wefficiont ones We € retained simply besause they had beon longer tm the service, JAMES M. PRAZBB, SBOOND OFFIONR. Wr Frezer was the scoond officer, and an able man. Ho bas been connected with the line a aumbar of years, al- living satisfaction. Oocesionally be has left the ser. vice when ships bave been laid up, but haa retorned un der different captains, He is @ married man, and, forta nately for his trembling wife, is reporied amongst the lew saved. CHARLES A. MBYEAS, THIRD OFFICER. Mr, Moyers was the third ofiwr of the ship, aad bas been connected with the line several yoars. His loss Mill be deeply mourned by a wife end fami'y, and a large circle of friends. He was an excelicnt offiver. 3. W. BULL, PUBSER. Mr. Hull wav the porser of the Ceatral America, and by his energy and ability bad worked his way thes far in iife Be was formerly aclerk in the firm of Howard & Sons, ‘and has been « purser of the California lines of ateannships ever since they were started, The Herawp bas been in- debted to bim for many favors. His deavatchos wore al- waye written with concise precivion and business ability, and promptly delivered, Be waa a purser on the Empire City 1m 1861 wher the consolidation of the Atiantic and Pa Cifle lines was eff oted, and was retained by the cieoli dated oompany. Mr. W. H. Hall, the ship storekeeper, was his brother. JAMES T. TEWNISON, STRGROW, Dr. Tennison haa been a eurgeon on this Hine sinos 1851 1p diff nent ships, aad bas proved himee!f an abo physi Ccian as wellasa humane mac. He was unmurried, but feaves a widowed mother living. His brother te a rorl- ent of this city, NAMES OF PERSONS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ON BOARD THE CENTRAL AME- RICA. Thero being as yet, of courve, no list of the pasrengers of the Central America, and no probab lity of any being Fexived for s month to come, or untifthe arrival of the Ditnols, it becomes a matter of greet moment (o know who ‘were sepporet to be on bosrd. To give as much as possi Die of this important information, the following list hav deen prepared from various sources. It will be obser red that & pumber of persons supposed by many of their friends to have been among the unfortunate passengors were safely at thelr homes. Benator Gwyn, of California, it was currently ramored esterday, was expected by this steamer; but by the fol- despatch, kindly furnished by Mr. Auson, re eetved from Mrs Gwyn, It will be percetved that he was Rot to leave California until the bth of September:— Wasurnoton Orry, Spt. 18, 1857, Ms M. Avera Dr. Gwyn was to leave on tho Sth of September. M. E GWIN. David Broderick, aleo United States Senator of Cal)- forpia. Jadge Hydenfeldt, of the Bupertor Oourt of California, e belie red to have been on board. Mr. Lookwood, of San Franckoo, of the firm of White & Lockwood, of Lafayo.te, Indiana, was to have come by this steamer. Isaac V. B Nash, of No. 666 Fourth street, was on board, Mf be started as was his intention. Dr. Parker, of San Francisco, was expected by bis friends. Judge MoOorkie, of California, a prominent candidate for Governor before the Democraiic Conven ison, desigaed b> come about this ime. Mr. J, W. Raymond, Vice President of the Pacifo Mal! Steamebip Company, telegraphed to A. J. Easton, one of ‘he passengers of the Central America taken into Norfolk, to see if tle (Raymona’s) son was on board the lot steamer, Mr. Easton replied by telegrap. that he war not ‘The intelligence relieved Mr. Raymond of groat anticiy, a bis son had gone to California on « piessure wip, and was expec ed by this steamer. Quite ® large humber of persons who expecied their friends tn the Central Ameria crowded around ihe offlos of (he Beamehip Company this morning, boping to hoar ‘urther news reepeoting the lose of the sleamer. A Indy with two children was early at tre office, to make Inquiries, and sialed that ahe expected ber husbaad ‘The New Orleans pessenge’s of the Coatral Amorica were pot on board the Philadelphia at Havawa aod taken safely to ibeir destination, The Pacific Mali Samship Company telegraphed ) enterday to ite agents at Now Or. loons to soe if they could got any further information from the passengers who have arrived there concerning the Central America, the names of ber passengers, &., 40. At pine o'clock iast night an answer bad not beso received. Gabriel D. Trash, baggage master of tho Panama Rail- road Company, and formerly meesengor of Frooman & Co.'s Express Company. A @ Rebardeon, wife and child, formerly agent of tho Pacific Express Company, in Sacramonto, and then on bls way home. J, Biroh, President of the California Mall Stage Company, it te though’ was on board; although some of Bis frends express their doubts of his leaving at thas time. fis + \fe, who la stopping at the Motropoli‘an Hotel, thinks he did Rot bake pageege in this steamer. Tae following members of the ‘Ban Francivoo Minstrels" it ls thought were on board, ag the Gret and last named were under an or gagemont a Bryant's Minstrels” (nm this otty, vin :—8 ©. Campbell, Wm. Birch, 8. A. Wells and George Coos, They wont out with Christy about two years wince, in company with several others, and were at this time returaing Bome. Phillip Smekbower, of Huntedale, Pa., whe had boen in Cailfernia for eight years, He is a cousin of the wife of Mr. Soberienziky, one of the ompio; 6s a Castle Garden, Dr, Henry Bees, s brother of Geo A. Baia, of No. 94 Pine azeot, Dr. Bates was the late State Treasurer of Onil- fornia, Mr. Dean, @ son of John Dean, a dry goods merohant in Hartford, Conn. Fle has been avrent for about nine years, tnd bie father has been at Earlo’s Liotol for a woek awail ing hisarrival. He went back to Goancc leat yesterday afternoon in great anxte:y aa to the csaso of his non arr! ‘val, The sad news will have reache: ere this. A young man named Gurdon Cottrell, of Norwich Conn., is supposed by bis friends to be on board. He was expected dy the last steamer, but not coming in that, it is presumed that ho took passage in the Cevtral America. A Mr Maxwell, from Sacramento, expected his sister and her bosband. ‘Wm. Dovoror, an asesyer, whose wits resides in Mix teenth street, near Ninth avenae, wae expected by her, aa he bad written that he would come on in August. Mr. T. V, Vannoss, from Rochester, stopping at the Mer chants’ Hotel hed reason to believe that his son was on Doar of the IIl-faled steamer, W. O Mills, of 47 Peart streot, undorstand, had to al! probability ® slster on board, who was to have beeo ‘warriod just before leaving Californie, At tho @trard{Hour is @ letter addressed to “Charles H. Boy d, tteaman!p Central Amerion,’ written by his father, who returned to Albany (where he reeklonjahon weak ‘MM. Mrteyer, s Frenchman, who does business in Nicara- gra, te ibovgbt to bave reen on bord. A. J. Ruston and nay were passengers, and = despatch was yesterday reorivol at the Metropelitan Hotel, (rom Norfolk, wh'eh eonoun ed that they were safe, snob velag saved upon a diffvrent vesre). Oliver Garrivon, of 8. Louis, who is a brother of O. K Garrieon, was provahls on tho steamehin. J W. Turmbu] and lady, Mr. Turnbdell was ia the li- quor and produce buripess tp San Francisco. hay. W. Y. Ciark, of this city, tald he had a brother on board. Mr Aaron Hawley, & produce merchant, formerly from Bridgeport, Oona. , Also bis usclo, Thomas Hawley, was expected home about this time, Tho family feel very anxioas about the former. Ib absence of even a partial pasaenger list of the Ul fated steamer, our spprebensions as to those on board are avgmrnted by the fear that among the lost are a la'go number of the officers and crew of tho Unied ates fri- gute Iudopendence. It qill be recollected thai some wentbs ago the Navy department determined apoe a trans- fer of this hip to San Frapcieco as a permanent store ves se}; and in view of this @ considerable namber of the crow returned not jong stxce to this port vie Pacame, and were diachayged here. It will be noted also, that recently several officers have been ordered to the Pacific to retie re those whove term of rervice had expired on board tho In dependence By referente to our flies, we find that oo the #th of Avgust last tho Independence was at Pacama, em route for Pap Fravcloo 1:13 posslble, there’ore, thet all the esrential part of her personnel wero detained on the Irthmas to await the return of the unfortunate Ovntral America, and in thie we have tp rome measure A 4; ecals lve reascy fur the melancboly long h of her passeuger list Our hopes aro that this may not ve 40, but our fears are yet to be realised when the ead tiaingr reach us in dotall We learn, however, from Washington, that xo officors, elther of the Navy or War department, wors expected by (his steamer, anc It is to be hoped tha: none were on board THE EFFECT IN WALL STREET. ONE MILLION 61X HUNDRED THOUSAND } ULLARS IN- BURED IN FONBIGN aNO) 04H OFPICES—PrRoMrt ACTION OF To INSURANCE OUMPANIES, ‘Tbe vad intelligem: ¢ of the loss of the California s'eam wip Cepwal America, which on {ts annouscemeat tn the colorona Of the Hirralp yesteroay morning throw gloom over the oly, and breugbt into many a bappy home tae well of off! c lop, was recetved among the mone; changers apd worshiopers of Mammon with varied feel ngs of peiafu! 1s wee soppored that she with¢rawal, at the arxiety. preron} me, of so lsrge sn smount of specie, wou'd in Orease ibe monciary emda reramenta thes of ito have been £0 severely felt, and be the moans of causing a sirto gercy and deprseion in the money marko: resuttiog Gs as only to sevoral of our largest bovses engeged in tho jal autic'ration at an early California trade, This unis hour shock gereral confide nos, ard all felt ay if the tm Pending ¢isaster bad aoival'y taker place Taose why wire mont interested kept renpivg to and fro, qa-stioning inrorancey assurances were promptly given that all would be made the inform:tion was reorlved more in fear ther fo hove. When it is considered that gear & milion the various offices end houses whoro bad been eff clec; and notwiths'anding right, of dollars would be immediately demanded from the dif ferent inearance companies, and the late extreme pressure scarcely over, tt isno wonder that Wall street pre sented duritg yesterday morning many clongeted 0010 tenences Rumor, too, with her thousand tongcor, wae busy in adding to the common misfortane, by « reading eporta of failures aod suspensions; and at evory step in that celebrated locality you heard of some anticipated Glsastor, There was the eminent house of —-—-, “it Couldn’s stend it;’’ and then as to insurance companiss. the wonder was bow they wouldjact. Happily for all partics, the articipated trouble wae more in fear than in faot; and fas the day wore on the general gioom was succexded by ® more buoyant fecting. It wae secertainos that the grester portion of the inserance effected was in forcign offices. The total shipment of 8 r0cie was about $1 600,000. Of this amount wo are informed the following are insured ip foreign offices — Wells Fargo & Oo,. ‘There is also & rumor ibat several otber Insurances havo Deer sinollarly effected, amounting to between $100 000 and $150,000, so tha) the actual joss om the home offices will Dot be over $700,000. This sum is divided among ths Sun, Ailentic, Great Western, Pacife, Union, Orient, mercial, Mercantile and New York The steamer was valued mt $250,000, and was nob Insured, It being the astom of the company not to Insure any of thelr vesscis While the joss was beiog thorough/yjoxnvassed aud I's consequences dweit op n, the underwriters, with a liberal ‘yy very commendable at the present time, deter eunouncement had @ wonderful effect in calming the gone. ral opeasiogss, aod was an agrocabic § surprise many croakers, who forewid divers anhoard of casualties, Of course the joss will fall beavily ou the nau raace companies; but bey are abundantly ab'e to bear ft, and have made prompt arrangements to carry out the ob jects of the following resolution, agreed to ab a mooting uf the Board of Usderwriters:— the undersignes, underwriters of the treasure per steamer Centrel America, from arplawall to his port, in present etate of Onancial affeirs, deem it The Great Weetorn Insnrance Company, by Richard Ls thers, President. The Bun Mutual Insurance Company, by A. B. Neilson, Preaident. fn bg Mutcal Iaturance Company, by F. 8. Lathrop, resident, ‘The Orient Meiual Insuresce Company, by Leopold Bier- worth, Prosidens. The Commercial Wctual Insurance Company, by Danie) = Sereaeate Mutaa! [Insurance Company, by Fl wood ’ Wa ter, President. The ew York Mutual Ingurance Company, by Joha H. Lyell, Vice President ‘The Vacific Muvual Ingurance Company, by Alfred E4- wards, President Naw Yon, Sept. 18, 1857, ‘The duplicate Dilis of Iading will be ropetved by tho steamer due on the 26th inst., #0 that in cave of ives the only inconvenience by thore to whom remiiasces wore raade by this coureyance, and insured in Now York, will be the delay of a few days tm the roalizstion of their We understand, aleo, that the foreign companics are bound to the same course of action pursued by those in Now York. Merers. Dancan, Sherman & Oo. will draw bills imme diatety on the London Ingurers for the amount of ahipmert coming to them. Memre. Sather & Oharch, who have about $750,000 by each steamer, are tneured tn the following offices —Atlan tie, one fourth; San, one fourth ; Great Woriern, one fourth ; Pacific, one eighth; and Ustom Matual, one eighth. A special shipment of $60,000 is covered by the genera! policy of the Mesere. Aspinwall in London Merers. Wells, Fargo & Oo., who are among the largest shippers of coin from California, have standing policies of Inenranoe, in the aggregate covering one million of dollars, in the four following named companies in Loadoo — ‘The Tne ’ my dere London Company. Royal Fachango Assurance Gompany. Mensrs. Uoleman, of Wall street, are insured for about $60,000 in the Sua, Atiantio and other oMors The American Exchange Bank hae insurances efocted on $960,000, ali but $50,000 of which is in the following offices:—Sun, Allantio, Great Weeterm, Pacific, Union; and, as we are (nformod, these offices have eifected re. inmurance with others, The $50,000 above excepted is in foreign offices. Some of the $700,000 insured in Wall strest, had been re-ineured im Boston. Ii wae suppored also that some fow polices were hola by offions im both Boston and Philadel. phi, net Connected with the New York risk The appoarat ce. of Wall street in the afternoon wae a marked contrast to that of the morning The groups whi Oongregated arovnd the corners had left off predicting « monetary crigie, and had botaken theinsetve to cond oling on tre immense sacrifice of human life, Aud the sat be reavement of mony families in the lose of husbsnds wives, fathers and mothers. The action of the Board of ned to Uquidate all claims on due presentation. This besides the harrowing hi veose), ite wow, and 0 happy it's not our province to inc’ eae the priguansy o” the public calamity by supersdcing tu that great and over- whelning misfortune ihe recital of anotnor mone ary crisis. THE EFFECT OF THE LOSS OF THE TREA- BURE IN :H@ COUNIRY. While too much regret cana + be ex, cased 4: the foarfal lose of homan iife by the founderiig of tho Central America, it muat pot be furgo''eu that the low of ho specie and mails wiil cooasicn anxch suffing Aside from the great ipoonvenlence to ibe mercantile community from the Joss of the specie, there aro hundreds of letiora from miners in Oslifornia to thelr friends or families bere cra taiping remittances, the loss of which will de deeply fvit Perbaps many families were depending on thess ret for the payment of rent, or the purchase of — inter stores. the Jack of which will copation muob suffering, and form Bo little proportion in the unfortanate resuis of this ter rible calamity. THE NEWS IN PHILADFLPHIA. Puaaperrma, deyt. 18, 1997. bave called at tte oxpross off es and upon the priv ¢ipal brokers, but all declare thelr inability t» qive Any information about any comignmenw of speci» they may bave had on ®oard the Central America. None o! (bem know anything bat the newspaper reports. None of the survivors heve reached this ¢'t7; none of them aave come by railrosd from Baltimore, and there are no steamers due to-day from North or South, outside the capes. Thinking eome of the coast steamers might bare taken off from vessels eome of tho survivors I oslieo ‘upon their agents thie afternoon, bat there are 4° steamers dae to-day. So nothiag could be loarned ta that way. The news bas made a profound rensation in this city, and crowds who are anxious for the latest intelligence throng the newspaper cfilces. Purapuurma, Sept. 18-434 PM. ‘The steck market is feverish emi ali descriptions are Jower. Gloom !s dezicted in every countenance, o-caxion ed by the loss of life and property in the seamwip lea tral Amerios; also the | ss of the steamship Norfolk, of hin city, witb $100,000 worth of cargo. Those disasters acd the previous panic in the money market make things look very bad here. THE NEWS OF THE LOFS OF THE CENTRAL AMBRICA IN WABHING TON. Waxsitivctom, Sept. 18, 1857. Tt t# not anticipated by cl her the War or Navy Dopart ment thst there was any govern nent officer on board the " {fared Central America. At one time it was apprehended that Dr. Gwin, of Calvornia, wis among the passengers, bnt bis family say not. The State elections must hers do ‘tatped him til) afer the departure of the steamer. Kvery thing is excitement on the subject and nothing lao in talked cf. THE BaRK ELISE. CURIOUS COINCIVANCR Ih TA’ NAMRB OF VRASTLE THsT HAVE PAVED SUIPWHECKAD PRRYONS—TAS NORWEGIAN, BADMEN 4ND HAMBURG BARKS BLISE, BTC. The announcement that the sixty passengers of the shipwrecsed steametip Central America had been picked ‘Up by a bark E ise, coupled with tho fact thu the Hem- burg bark of that name is now due at this port, ¢: ttrong Credence to the opiaion that the ia tor was the for. tupate vessel. It proves, however, to have been the Nor wegian bark Elise, bound from Mondaras to Fagiand. The colzcidenee ts remarkable, from the fact thet the Bas burg bark Riise and tho Bremen bark Elise wero the ones that saved so many of the persons pipwrecked from the French steamer Lyonnais. The Bromen bark E:lre, Captain Norcenbalott, was the verse! that Orst giaddencd the eyes of the mate’s boat, containing sixteos of those on board the Lyonnais, who, alter abaudoning the ship, had been tossing about the open sea for six deye. ‘The passengers were taken on board, saiforing terribly from exposure and cold. On the next day, in latitude 40 degrees 60 minutcs north, longitude 66 degrees 40 minutes, the Hamburg bark Evlse, Captain Notieom, the one sup posed to Bave saved the passengers of the Usutral Amor! oa, was spoken, bound for New York. Captain Nelison willingly consented to give such as desired 1s a paseago to New York, ali bas two of those saved availiog themselves of the offer, and being brought safely to New York. ‘The agents of the Franco American Stoamesip Company in this city properly rewarded the office's of tho two barks ise for their services in saving and caring for the passen gore and crew of the Lyonnais, Captain Netleon was pre- sented with $200 in money and a splendid atlvor trarapet, And bis mate Wiliam Dehn—recetved $60. The trumpet ‘wea & richly chased and beaatifolly ornamented piece of work. It bore the following insoription: — Relison. of the Hamharg bork 99 American stoameh'o Jom: Ing & port n of the reson! voyage 0 New York. BA timilar prosent was mado to Capt, Gorge Nucleabokis, Of the Bremen bark Elise, ‘Tho pams Elise proves to b¢ ® fxvoriio in tho nerth of Burope, and there aro severe! Norwegian barks boaring it which have never come to this port. Thal throe yoasois bearing tho same name should bave bees tostrumental in avirg lives supposed to havo deen lest by suipwrock, must maxe !t famous ia the anoals of nussanity. THE MAILS OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE EMPIRE CITY, The conduct. f the Costmasier at Norfolk in rofasing, as Alleged, to reorive and forward the mails of the Kapire City, is now the more condemned from the fact that tho Central America has been Jost. Merchants in the Won India trade have been sadly incouvenionsed in not sooner receiving dupiicates of letters and drafts seut by the Con tal America, and further intelligence may also be rece! rod by this mall of the passengers and cargo on board. Do epaiches were sent from tho Post ofice in this alty yester day, to ascertain the caose of the strat ge conduct of the Port master of Norfolk aud the whereabouts of the Empiro City's maile, Dut no cavlefnctory explacavon was received. Is is presumed that tome municipal regulation regarding vor sole from Havera has prevented the reception of the mail, for foar of yellow fever or some other contagion, which the city of Norfclk has ead canes to foar. A report was cirovinted that the matis had been (hrown ashore by Capt MeGowan and were on their way here. This could pot be the cage, a8 they would necessarily have to come through the Port office by the rogniar mail agents, and i \s therefore considered probable that the Empire ity will Dring the maile herself, Should this supposition prove trae, they will probably reach this city somotime to day. INCIDENTS. The following telegraphic despateh waa rocetved yaater day by the propristors of the Metropolian Hotel im this city from one of ihe survivors — ‘Nonrorx, Bopt. 18, 1867, Messrs. Bornow Letaen & Oo — Tell my wife I am safe, if the has arrived ; 'f not, tell her relatives James Birch wns on board, but! do not know if he was raved. A. J, Easton, R. f. Brown and Oapiin Badgor, and all that are raved that belong to the steamer, are sent on brig Marion— (Marine | A J, EASTON. We learn that both Mr. Easton and his wife were pas. eengers on the Central American ft is supposed that Mr Featon wae saved from the wreok of the resel by the bark Byee after hie wife had been rescued by the Marine, and that be, know!ng that the Marine wae bound for New York, and eupportng that she might have arrtred, sent ‘this despatch to Mr. Leiand. The parties seamed im the denyatch were friends of Mr. Lelana, and thie will eesount for tbe selection of thetr ames from the many saved, 4,0, Lanes, Raq., & young gentioman connected with the prees in Oubs, took pasrege st Havans for Now York on board the steamship Centra! Amerios; bot retorning on shore to got rome bagenge he had left denind, the steamer departed without him, and he was forced to embark on the Fmpire City, whieh loft tet port one hour after ihe Cen tral Amerion. TRACES OF THE WRECK. A letter to the Baltimore Exchange Reading Rooms, dated Norfolk, Sept. 16, aye -— ‘The bark Marah A. Nickels, which eatled from Baltimors Sep) 12, for Montevideo and « market, when at anchor on the Horse Ghee, on Sunday wight, during the gale, tow pote anchors at 8 P. M., made sail and oot wee A M,, noxt Gay, pnd returned to tay, amd as oon ay other snchort are obtained will progeed to res, When at sos Cape Henry cistart twenty ave ints, and bearing weet by north, enw a quantliy of wrecked mattresses, balong . PRICE TWO CENTS. Ag, Aprarently, to + steamer. Among's them eae part of & wbeo) b painted wolte or » vory ight oolur, the fide oF @ cabin oF salooa, with four windows lat and @ sofa bottom, THE LATEST. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATOHES, ARRIVAL OF THB KLIS# AT HAMPTON ROADR Nomoue Sept, 18 19:90 A. ML Exwe op Warm, "eo-etary to tne Board of Under #riters:—~ ‘The Central Amerioa foanderos a: ses on the eveniog of the J2tn imat, ‘Twenty-six females [and twenty otherr) were tsken off byabrig (Prig Marioe, Gaps Bart, from Cardenas, Aug. 98 for New York.—Ep mmaup | Filty [/ rty mine] passongors reemed by # Norwosien bark (the ite) bave been drought int» Hampion Roads Ali tia offorrs Jost, exooot Mr. Frezer. Fogtreee Ahoy cesorted the ship in a boas, ‘The treasure ir ab los ‘The Em: tre City sails herce for New York at 10 4 M DESPATCHES PROM Cart. w’GWaN, OF THE EMPIRE CITY, 10 &. 0. bUvRR M. O Robert, M&q, scent of ine United Mater Mal? Steam hip Company , received youterday moruing the fol- ‘owing deepaich from Ca tain Mot .wan, of wo Baptre aye Srxaw-nw Expres Orv, Nowrnk, ops. 18, 1863 } ‘The Krpire Oty put to sea this morping in search of the Ceniral America, and fl! ta «1% the brig Khee, with fifty cf the Ceniral America’s pasrongers on board. Wo (cok them cff, and ‘vill proceed at one to Now York. JOHN MoROW WN. Nowroux Sspt. 18, 1867, Tho Central America foundered st see on Saturday evening test, at elgb o chock. Fifty passoegers were ree- wed (r m pleces of the wreck by a Norwegian bark and brought into Hamptna Rows Trent: «x females wore ‘sk u from the abip by @ brig three hours provi ualy. The officers were ail lost exorpt Mr Frazer, seoond officer, ‘biel Oop veer Abby Kok @ boat and desertes the ship. Ittertfor New York with tho surviviug passengors at 10a M. J McGOWAN, Commander toamship Rapire Oty, Tho Empire City, wih her sad freight, will be dae here thia afternoon. NAMKS OF SOME OF THOSR ON BOARD TRE MARINE, BOUND TO NEW yUBK. . Noxmik, Sept. 18, 1887, The steamer was los} when two mies: Ospe Hattoras, Tho rtesrrehip Empire City, which estied from here for New York, takes « part of ihe passengers, There are on board the brig Mariuo— Mrt_ Badger, James M Frazior, 24 officer, wre E-ton, hionry Reeper, 2d arek eng., Mrs Browne, Jone loos, domes, Mrs. Harvey, J dow, « re Bren, A ® Aobamb, saloon cook, Mra. Conuor, T m wokug Henry Hendierburg, ship's cook. Tt im positively staxed that all (bo indies and obildrem who were passengers in the Central America were saved on beard the ine, Another sistement is that all the ladics and children on board the Central amertca were saved, FIVE MORB SAVED AND ARRIVED a? SaVAKNAB, Havannaul, Sept 18, 1867, The bark Saxony arrtved hore this morning with five of the passengers of the Contral Amorica. dhe reports the total lows of the vpeact, treasure asd mails, and about Ove hundred of the parstngere and crow. Sade reports that forty women and children wero saved by the brig Marine, of Bortom, The sea was very heavy. Forty-nine otber Passengers of the Central America were picked up by the bark Elise. ‘The names of the five passengers saved by the Saxony wo H. H Childs, of the Orm of Obtide York. Reviden to Emet Chirty second street. Jaber Howes, the firm of Geo: ‘maaan ol ge Howes & Oo., San Gorge W Leck, of Maine. Adc iph Fredo: toka, of San Franctaoo, Rober: Ridley,” [The Saxony, Capt Amith, sailed from Boston for Sayan- nah about the Sd inetent—Ho Bmaao | THE WAY Mé. OMTLDS Waa G4VED. SAVANNAIt, Sept, 182.90 P.M. Messrs, Cups & Dovanaurr, No. 41 | o0ange place - T was tn the Central Amarica #hon she went down, After awimming etx hours [ reached « vemel and was reroucd. [am now starting for home. The treaeurs sad ‘the mails are lost. BB ORILOS, & A. Amorx, St Miebolve Hotel Sept. 18--3:26 P. a. Steamer sunk om the 1fh Five bundred went down whb ber, Iewem six hours, aud was saved by the bark. Ellen (Klee), I wae then transferred to whe bark daxony for here. Ishall leave by the aeat train or boat. everything. RENRY, 8. O€T1.03, NAMES OF SOMF OF TRE PARRENGRES OF THE CEN: TKAL aMae(O4 BASOURO BY THS BARE ELSE, Nourocx, Sepa. 18, 1867, ‘The brig Marine succeeod In rescuing twonty.aix wo, men and chilores and twenty men from the dea mehip Copiral America, The Norwipian bark Filse, from Belize, Londeres, Dound to Falmouth, Kogiand, rercucd— & Dougherty of New Hieory & Kunpel, Jacob J Birch, 4 EP. Kalone, 4 Jobs D. im A Joon Mewcn, r Gro go Brat 8 Bow) min ‘ay R Jobe Geo go, Jamece , Odar! B. 8. Ootwenl, [Another despatch says tne Elise saved forty nine, yoo above are iho wames of only ibiriy-nine.—Ro. Bawa.) THE VERY LATEST, ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER BY A PAS SENGER ON BOARD THE BaIP. AvuoRTA, Sept 18, 1867, ‘The following \s the ttatomen| «( Liewry A Chiulde — Tlet Ha vane om the tteamal |p (ontral America for New York on September 8 The woxther waa delightfal and tbe sea catm on the passage from Aspinwall Oa the af. ternoon of the day of sai ing from Havana (reeh westerly Dreczes sprang up, On the folky*ing morning the wind Diew very strong, the gale costinelrg to imerease in vic- lence ae the day advanced. Al night there wae no abaio- meat im the fery of tbe gale, and i) commenced raining ip torrents, On Thereday 4 blew & burricene, the ena ranping very high. Ov Friday the rterm raged fearfally, At eleven o'clock in the morning of thie day it was Ors) known amcog the pastengere thas the steamer had sprusg a lcak and wes making water fest. A line of mon was immediately formed, and they went to werk bailing oa the water from the engine rooms, the free having sireaiy been extinguished, We gained on the water so mock that we were sblo to get up steam again, boi we bold it bat «few minutes, and them 1) stopped forever. Bail i nlinued, however, and wae kept ap in ail pabte of ip antl! she Gnaily went down, During Friday night the water gained gredaaity, but ai! on board being in pretty good spirits dey worked 40 the best of thetr ability, fealing.thas when the morning came they possibly might spesk some yorse! and thas be gaved. The fatal Baturday come at inst, but orocgbt novking bat in- creased fary in the gale. Still we worked om, aac atabons Swo o’slosk im the afternoon the storm jalled & litte and the clouds Dreke away, Hope was renewed and al! now wor ked like giants, pled a gall, oni Gred guns and pinced one flag ai half mast fh was seen, sod ibe brig Marine, of Boston, bore down upon as, We then considered safety dren, and Duy were tafely pul on board the brig. All wae fact approaching, we discovered am. oher eall, wbich responded to oar call, and came near os, Capt. Herndon told cor condition and asked them to ley by and fend @ boat as wo bad done left She promised to do», but that was the latt we saw of hor except at a distance whieb grow greater sad greater eve ry moment, AtT o'clock we saw no poeefbility of keep (ng afloet merch longer, although we ail felt thet if wi CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGB )}