The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1875, Page 5

rr The Quartermaster’s Special Nar- SHIPWRECK AND DEAT ———--+——__ The North German Steamship Deutsch-| Map Showing the Scene of the Wreck of the German Mail Steamer on Hler Voyage land Wrecked. A TERRIBLE DISASTER IN THE NORTH SEA. Over Fifty Persons Lost When Voyaging from Bremen for New York. Ashore on the Galloper Sands in the Midst of a Severe Storm. DRIFTING ON THE KENTISH KNOCK Death in the Cabin and Death in the Escaping Boats. FULL DETAILS OF THE AWFUL CALAMITY rative to the Herald. Signals of Distress, but Effectual Aid Impossible. Sad Scenes Off the Coast at Harwich. A CHILD EXPIRES IN AN OPEN BOAT, Names of Some of the Lost—Five Nuns Drowned. The Rescued Nearing the English Shore— A Welcome Sight. [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. } Lonpon, Deo. 7, 1875. The Hzxraup correspondent at Sheerness reports as follows:—A boat came ashore here to-day from the German mail steamship Deutschland, bearing Quartermaster August Beck of that vessel and the bodies of two dead men. SEVERB SUFFERING AFTER 4 SAD DISASTER, They had been in the boat during a space of thirty-eight hours. THE QUARTERMASTER’S REPORT. Quartermaster Beck reports that the Deutschland was aground somewhere in the North Sea. HER DAY OF SAILING. She left Bremerhaven Roads on ‘the 4th inst., under command of Captain Briickstein, with mails and passengers for New York. WHAT HE KNOWS OF THE DISASTER. i A later telegram from Sheerness to the j Heraup, dated half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, reports that Quartermaster Au- gust Beck knows not what has become of the passengers of the Deutschland. He says that the steamship struck a sandbank, supposed to be either the Galloper or Kent- ish Knock Sands, at the entrance to the | river Thames. THE FIRST BOAT AWAY, One of the ship's boats left the distressed vesse] before the one which bore away the quartermaster and his unfortunate com- panions. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ‘VICTIMS, The quartermaster thinks that there were one hundred and fifty passengers on board and that all of them are lost. ADMIRALTY EFFORT FOR RELIEF, The English Admiralty, on learning of the occurrence of the disaster, despatched a tug from Sheernees dockyard, with orders to search in the neighborhood of the scene of the wreck and afford any assistance which could be rendered under the circumstances, SOME OF THE SURVIVORS LANDED, The Captain of the Deutschland, with a portion of the passengers and some.of the crew, have been landed at Harwich by the tugboat Liverpool, of Harwich. THE LOSS OF LIFE. About fifty of the passengers and the re- mainder of the crew are supposed to have been drowned. P@SITION OF THE WRECK. The Deutschland is said to be on the Long Sands. SALVORS OUT. Atugboat has gone out to the steamship, also a Ramegate tugboat and a lifeboat. LATE PARTICULARS, I have ascertained from different sources that the Deutschland left Bremerhaven Roads | at the hour of nine o'clock last Sunday morning, the 5th iust., and grounded on the | Kentish Knock at the hour of five o'clock next (Monday) morning, the 6th inst. | STATE OF THE WEATHER. A heavy gale from the northeast, thiek | ‘with snow, has beaten over Kentish Knock, PARTED AMIDSHIPS, The unfortunate vessel now lies in four and one-half fathoms, at low water. She has | apparently parted amidships, FULL OF WATER. When Captain Briickstein left the steamer | she was full of water, A BERALD VISIT TO THE QUARTERMASTER, The Hunarp correspondent at Sheerness telegraphs, at a later hour, as follows :—Your correspondent has seen Quartermaster NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1875.—QUADRUPLK SHEET. THE DEUTSCHLAND DISASTER. to New York. Longitude eastfrom Greenwich August Beck, of the Deutschland. He lies at the naval barracks hospital at this place. He is greatly exhausted. He says that his boat was the’second which was lowered from the steamer, and that it contained himself, one steerage passenger, and one sailor. GREAT EXHAUSTION. The Quartermaster is too weak after his recent suffering to give a complete narrative of the disastrous calamity. NAMES OF SOME OF THE ‘VICTIMS. A Heratp special telegram from Harwich states that the passengers of the Deutschland who are reported missing, so far, are:— FIRST CABIN, J. Grossmann. Ludwig Heermann, Maria Forster. é Bertha Fundli: William rit *. vee Carl Dietrich Meyer. Five nuns. SECOND CARIN. Procorpi Kadolkoff. —— Trocoope. G. Lundgruen. Anna Pitzolday. Emil Hack. Henrico Farslander. Borbleda Reenkober, O. Lindgreen, Lloyds’ agent at Sheerness ‘telegraphs that one of the persons who arrived in the boat and who died from exposure was named Forsenstein and the other's name is un- known. MAIL BAGS LANDED. Twenty-five bags of mail matter have been landed from the wreck of the Deutschland. SIGNALLING HER DANGER. Another telegram from Harwich, for the Herap, announces that the Deutschland fired rockets at intervals all day on Monday, and during the night until Tuesday morn- ing, but although her signals of distress were seen at Harwich it was impracticable to send assistance to her till the gale moderated. PASSENGERS AND OFFICERS LANDED, At the hour of four o’clock this morning the tugboat Liverpool brought in from the wreck fifty-one persons, including all the officers except the fourth one, 4 DEAD CHILD. One child died on board the tug during the transit to the shore, FIFTY-FOUR PERSONS MISSING. The number of dead bodies in the steam- er’s cabin was fifty. The others are prob- ably those who were in the boats, This is the aggregate of the whole missing thus far. SAVED, About fifty-four persons are known to have been saved. ‘ ' QUARTERMASTER BECK'S ANTE-MORTEM STATE- MENT. A despatch just at hand from the Herarp correspondent at Sheerness, says that Quar- termaster Beck is, apparently, dying. His face and body.present a swollen and black- ened appearance, indicating frostbite. I8 NARRATIVE | has been given with great difficulty, owing to the fact that his mind is suffering greatly from the terrible ordeal which he has just experienced, and he, consequently, does not readily grasp the questions which are put to | him. He says that his boat was attached to the ship by a rope, but the rope broke, the boat | falling to leeward. He had no oars, It was, therefore, impossible to return to the steamer. Ho then rigged ont a sail and drove before the wind all day and the follow- ing night. : TWO DEATHS IN THE BOaT, A steerage passenger, named Forsenstcin, Rey % mine Geng in Fog ar Lt Re vis.0 min gee oe M LtRewRed 4 vis.10 m'Bell’: nasi SY South Chan. “Gn. Ltdqnvan: Longnose MARGATE Cy Nth. Foreland of Thanet RE sk LiF Red & \MSGATE Whiting Bk gi Long Sand Split AY Sé wreck of THE Light F, visitO atin Mote. T Rol. Onter%: Gabdard a a 8 Gabdard {Shipwash & Galloper é Two tight Fr, Wreck \ Gong in Fog ! i DEUTSCHLAND The Goodwin Lt. W These Lights F.Fog Gong who accompanied him, being lightly clad and without shoes or stockings, soon died, and a seaman expired shortly afterward. SIGHTING THE LAND. At five o'clock this morning the quarter- master, from his boat, perceived an artillery- man on duty at Sheerness Fort. CAPTAIN BRUCKSTEIN’S STATEMENT. By a still later telegram from Harwich, for the Hzratp, I am informed that the Captain of the Deutschland says that his signals of distress were answered from the light vessels and the Coast Guard station at Harwich during Monday evening, but that owing to the prevalence of the gale it was impossible for the officers or the people on shore to assist the vessel. A LIFEBOAT WANTING. Prizilla Dambard. The five ladies last named were nuns. They are still missing. THE STEERAGE PASSENGERS, The names of the steerage passengers can- not yet be obtained, LLOYD'S BEPORT FROM HARWICH. Lonvon, Dee, 7, 1875. The following is a verbatim copy of Lloyd’s telegram from Harwich in regard to the Deutschland :— “The steamer Deutschland, from Bremen for New York, with emigrants, stranded on Kentish Knock at five o'clock on Monday morning during a heavy northeast gale. The weather was thick with snow, Thecrew and passengers were drowned. “The Deutschland has beaten over the ‘There was no lifeboat at the station, and none else could live in the rough sea. THE SCENE AT THE WRECK. The scene which was witnessed at the wreck on the arrival of the relief tugboat defies description. Strong men, women and children were clinging to the rigging. Many of their companions had been just washed away, and some of the survivors were in their last struggles with death. | IN THE CABIN. In the cabin were seen the corpses of ladies and children, dressed just as they were when they retired for the night. HOW MANY WERE SAVED. One hundred and forty persons were taken off by the tug. They had a very scant supply of clothing. OFFICIAL GERMAN ATD. On the arrival of the survivors at Harwich the German Consul, Oliver John Williams, attended to their immediate wants and pro- vided them with food, clothing and lodgings. They were exceedingly grateful for the en- joyment of rest and refreshments, after hay- ing been for hours exposed to the most severe frost which has been experienced during the present winter, CLASSIFICATION OF THE PERSONS ON BOARD. According to Lloyds the Deutschland had on board two first cabin passengers, twenty- four in the second cabin, ninety-seven in tho steerage and a crew which mustered seventy- five persons. Others say the numbers are larger than those given by Lloyds. THE MAIL MASTER LOST. The mail master of the vessel has been drowned. NAMES OF PASSENGERS SAVED—THE FIVE NUNS, Lonvon, Dec, 7—Night. The following is a list of the passengers who have been landed at Harwich from the wreck of the Deutschland, viz. :— Wilhelm Leich. Carl Deitrichs. Herr Meyer, first cabin. Theodore Tildman. Helen Schew. J. F, Saiter. Hermann Nathan. Franz Haum. Auguste Haum, Eduard Slaam. Ella Slaam. Alfred Wullig. Adolph Hermann. Anna Pitztolday. Theodore Fandling. MISSING. The following persons from the first cubin ore missing and supposed to have been lost, vig Barbara Helkenschmudt, Henrica Tassbauder, Norbela Keenkober, Aurea Radjuera, Kentiai Knock and is now in four and » half fathoms low water. She has apparently parted amidships. When Captain Briick- stein left the steamer she was full of water, which was rising and falling with the tide Assistance has been sent to the Deutschland.” THE CAPTAIN LANDED—THE WRECK DBIFTING TOWARD SHORE, Lonpon, Dec. 7—7-30 P. M. Captain Brickstein and part of the pas- sengers and crew of the steamship Deutsch- land have just landed at Harwich. It is still supposed that about fifty of the passengers and crew were drowned. THE POSITION OF THE WRECK CHANGED, The Deutschland is now on the Long Sands, still further toward the Essex shore of England than the Kentish Knock. Two tugs and @ lifeboat have proceeded to the scene of the disaster. ® WHAT THE AGENTS OP LLOYDS IN LONDON SAY, Lonpon, Dec. 7—Night. The agents of the North German Lloyds Steamship Company state that the steamer Deutschland had two first cabin, twenty- four second class and ninety-seven steerage passengers. A BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER'S REPORT, The commander of the British man-of-war Penelope telegraphs from Harwich to the Admiralty that fifty lives have been lost, The remainder of the passengers and crew have landed at Harwich, where they are under the care of the German Consul. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS, The Quartermaster of the steamer, in his statement, says that the name of the Captain of the Deutschland was Busius. The steamer left Bremen on Sunday morn- ingand struck the Knock on Sunday evening. Every effort was made to get her off, but in vain. ‘The sea washed over the ship, carry- ing away much of her gear, The Captain kept very cool. Immediately after the ship struck he ordered life-belts to be distributed among the passengers and crew. The next morning, as it was thought the ship was about to break up, the order was given to lower the boats, August and two seamen were detailed to man one of the boats, which capsized twice in lowering, When she righted they drifted away from the steamer, They tried to pull back, but could not A heavy snow storm prevailed, and the weather was piercing cold. Ais two oom- panions perished from the exposure. August says the crew numbered 130. ‘When he last saw the steamer endeavors were being made to lannch all the boats, THE LATEST NEWS FROM fHB WRECK, Lowpon, Deo, #—3:30 A, M. The Advertiser reports that the total aumber of per- sons rescued from the Deutschland Is 160, Twenty-five mail bags were saved THE NEWS IN THIS CITY. The cable yesterday flashed across the Atlantic the news of the loss of another ocean steamor on the voy- age from Europe hither, the disaster to the ship being attended with great loss of life. The lost vessel is the Deutschland, delonging to the North German Lloyd Steamship Company, whose agents in this city are Messrs, Oelrichs & Co., No. 2 Bowling Green. The first intimation ef the disaster received at the New York agency, came to those in charge through the press despatches, From these it was learned that @ boat containing one living man and the bodies of two who had died from exposure had drifted ashore at Sheerness, on the coast of Kent, England, near the mouth of the river Thames. It may be observed that the North Sea m this neighborhood ts peculiarly turbu- lent and dangerous and, in consequence, the report of the wreck,was immediately believed to be true, Promptly on recetptof the news, Messrs. Oelrich’s & Co. telegraphed to the agents of the company at Southampton and also to the company's offices at Bremen; to the former place for any particulars which could be gleaned about the disaster, and to the latter for the list of the steamer’s passengers. To these despatches no answers were oxpected for some two hours, Meanwhile speculation was rife as to the place and manner in which the ship was lost, It was believed then that she was ashore at Kentish Knock, and !t was remembered that, aboat the time she must have struck, a dense fog had prevailed 1n and about London. A few callers came to the office, but no one claimed to be at all certain of having any friends on woard the Deutschland. They only America coasts alonz the south of Fagiand, leaving om ber starboard beam the princtpal lancmarks of Beachy Head, Portland, the Lizard, Land's Sad, and Gnaily, before bidding adieu to the shores of England, she passes the well remembered Seilly Isles, on the extreme west coast of Wales—a dangerous place, where the German steamship Schiller was lately totally wrecked, It will be seen that the Deutschland did not reach the | Straits of Dover, but met her fare « little to the north and eastward of the mouth of the Thames. She, there- fore, was at least twenty-five miles out of her course, to the westward, at the point where she struck the eboal THE GALLOPER. {t was at frst thought that the Deutschland bhad® struck the Galloper, which tsa very dangerous shoal,) having tn some places not over eight feet at low waters It lies about thirty-two miles to the east and only six or eight miles orth from the Kentish Kaock,| Tk extends fivo miles tm & ortheasterly andi southwesterly direction, and is sot more than & mile wide at the broadest part, which ts cear the middie, The depth of watér over tt ts but from ona andaquarter to two or three fathoms; and the sea commonly marks its situation by a broken ripple of the waters, To reach the Kentish Knock, or the Longi Sand, the Deutschland must have run the gauntlet of the outer and inner Gabbards shoals, as well as tbi Galloper ; all of which banks ought to have been left woll to the west on her run for Dover Straits, THE KENTISH KNOCK. ‘The force of wind and tide may have moved the 1‘ fated vessel from the Galloper, If she did at first strike there, and driven ber on the Kentish Knock; and from that shoal it is not tmprobable that she may havo\ drifted, wind and wave beaten, to the Long Sand, where yesterday's halt-past seven P, M. tele- grams, pon tho authority of her captain, | stated she then was. The Kentish Knock! te a dangerous and extensive shoal, tying in a south- westerly and northeasterly direction. It ts seven miles long and two miles broad; ts northeast end bears from the Gallopher light vessel west, three-quarters, north, distant twelve miles, and from the Long Sand\ Head buoy, south by west, distant four and a half miles, Its southwest end bears south by west from the Galloper light vessel, being about sixteen miles distant, and fourteen miles in a northeasterly direction from North Foreland Lighthouse. A good part of this sand) 1s laid bare at low water, and the whole of it bas a vari- able depth generally of from three to six feet of water. | The Kentish light vessel is moored on the east side of the eand in eleven fathoms water, and ex-! bibits a white light revolving every minute af an elevation of thirty-seven feet above sca level. ‘The vessel ts furnished with a double ball at ber mast! bead, by which she may with certainty be distin- guished under ull circumstances during the day. She! bears eleven miles in a southwesterly direction from the Galloper Lightship, and nineteen miles north~ easterly from North Foreland Lighthouse. Close ta | the eastern side of the bank from five to nine fatho:ns) of water are to be found, and the ground ts generally; soft and muddy. There is a passage two and a quarter, miles wide between it and the Long Sand; but oo vessel should attempt to run through {t anless come pelled'to do so by stress of weather. THR LONG SAND. The Long Sand, where late telegrams last nghit said the Deutschland was then lying, runs out to the northe ward as faras 61 deg. 453, min. north, where it ter minates tn @ point about three-quarters of a mile broad, ‘and Is covered by four and a half fathoms of waterd This point, which is called the Long Sand Spit, beard about twelve miles northwest by west from the G loper Lightship, Close to the eastward of the sani head five and six fathoms of water cover the shoal. On her southward course throagh the North Sea the first dangerous shoals which a vessel has to pass ne the Outer and Inner Gabbards, with from-three to ain fathoms water on the one and from four to nine on th other. Then comes the Galloper, with a water deptt{ of from one anda quarter to five fathoms, and afer this the Kentish Knock and the Long Sand, oth ty tng toward the mouth of the Thames, The Kentisty Knock and the Long Sand are separated by a three< mile channel, which has a depth of from nine to clever fathoms of water. All these sands and shoals ar@ marked tn the accompanying map. WHAT IS SAID ON A SISTER SHIP. Last evening a Henao reporter went on board thé Bremen steamship America, lying at Hoboken, and belonging to the same company as the ill-fated came expecting, possibly, to be able to sec the Net of ber passengers. A few remained anxiousty watching the arrival of Information bat the greater number ef inquirers left when it was ascertained that the company had not even as much information as the afternoon papers. At half-past one e’clock # telegram was received by the agents here from Bremen, which read as tollows:— *Deutschiand grounded on Galloper Sands. Admi- ralty tug left for assistance. LLOYD.” The place thus indicated as the scene of the wreck— ® narrow bank of sand probably four or five miles long, running northeast and southwest—is described fully In another column. ‘The next information received by Messrs. Oclrichs was a despatch from Southampton, which ran thus:—" Deutschland ashore, Long Sands, Fifty of the passengers and crew reported drowned. Part of the passengers and crew landed at Harwich Tuesday afternoon, Further par- ticulars wanting.” After the receipt of this despatch, about quarter-past two o’clock P. M., it was concluded that no list of pas- sengers would be recerved yesterday, Later inthe afternoon, however, another brief message came, bringing information not previoussy ascertained. This was the message:— Deutschland abandoned. One hundred and ten pas- sengers. Ono hundred crew. Fifty lost. Passenger list to-morrow. LLOYD, By this account it was seen that the loss of lif, though still at a dreadiully high figure, is much less than was at first feared. THE LOST VESSEL. The lost steamer Deutschland was built by Messrs, Caird & Co., of Greenock, onthe Clyde, in 1866, She was about 340 feet long, 42 feet in breadth of beam, with a depth of hold of 26 feet, She was constructed with seven watertight compartments and provided with compound engines, which were put in her about two years ago by Sommers & Co, of Southampton, The Deutschland was 8,000 tons burden, was rated Al, and had ample accommodation for fifty saloon, 100 intermediate and about 600 steerage passengers. Last winter she broke her screw in a storm which she encountered on her way from Bromen to this port, and had to put back to England, where, though disabled, she arrived safely. She was brig-rigged, was con- sidered one of the company’s best sea boats, and withal a very comfortable ship. Her last outward voy- age from this port was made last March, since when she has been laid up in Bremen for repairs. On that trip the Deutschland was commanded by Captain Ludo- wigs, who has since left her to accept the appointment of Inspector of the Port at Bremen. She was a sister ship of the Weser and Union, The wrecked steamer left Bremerhaven on Saturday, the 4tb inst., commanded, it is stated at the agent's office, by Captain Edward Brickstein, formerly of the Rhein and Hansa, and ten or twelve years in tne employment of this company. Sho was to have left Southampton last evening. Her value was estimated, before the recent repairs, at about $250,000, which ts a loss to the insurance fund of the company, who are their own insurers. | ‘This is tho third vessel lost by the North German Lioyd Steamship Company in eighteen years, and their first loss of iif The Unton was Jost during the year 1870 of the coast of Bootland, near Pentland Frith, and an extra steamer named the King William was stranded off the Duteh coast about three years ago, ata point nearly opposite the spot where the Deutschland is now sup- posed to be lying. At present the company are runaing one steamer each week from New York, but they own thirteen, for ase between bere and Bremen, six for the Now Orleans trade, and six more plying between Baltimore and Europa THE DANGEROUS SHOALS. The course of German steamers clearing from Bre- men for Now York ts as follows:—Westerly antil the moath of the Weser River is cleared, then southerly into the German Ocean, or North Bea Making her way sonth, the vessel leaves the Texel on her port beam, and sails down the coast ef Holland past Amsterdam, the Hague, Finshing and Ostend, Upes ting down almost abreast of Dunkirk @ good deal of westing must be made in order to reach mid- water in the English Channel, between Dover and Deutschland. The following is the statement of thd first and second officers of the America, made in thd absence of their captain. ‘‘We have always boasted im our line, like the Cunarders, of never losing a life or a letter, but lives have at last been sacrificed. Captaint BrOckstein, who commanded the Deutschland, wast one of our senior captains, and‘a more careful and painstaking officer never trod a deck. He would . never go to bed while any danger existed for his ship, and when in the neighborhood of shoals he was continually heaving the lead, If all shipmas~ ters were as careful ashe there would be fewer ship- wrecks. Augast Lauenstein, the chief officer, is also one of the most careful officers. Rerontsa—What is your course after leaving Bre+ merhaven? Ovvicens—We steer along, after passing Texel Light,’ past the group of islands along the German coast, or, as we know it, ‘the southern shore of the North Sea. vl If the weather is clear we stand in at nights, so that we can see the lights; if not, we keep higber up in the North Sea. Wo generally have fifteen or twenty fathoms under us till we enter the Straits of Dover. THE DANGEROUS POINT, The most dangerous point in our whole trip is whem off tne English coast and boand down the Channel, Wo try to make the Galloper light, on the English coasw’ off Harwich, or the North Hender Lightship, off the coast of Belgium, steering southwest by west. As a rale we like to sight the English light, the Galloper, best; bat if the wind Is strong from the eastward wa! give it a wide berth, VARIABLE CURRENTS. Sometimes wo pass between without seeing éither light, The fogs are very prevalent at this seasdn of the year. The currents about the Galloper, near whore the’ Dentschland is wrecked, are very perpleting on account! of the neighBoring sands, and also oh account of the estuaries of the Thames and the Scheldt, and likewise! the Jarge volume of water forcing its way down the Straits of Dover. In foggy weather im this neighborhood soundings are constantly’ taken, and when you see Captain Brockstein’s report I feel certain that he will not be found derelict tn this re spect; bat dense fog and snow invariably complic: the matter, The company’s magnificent steamer, the: Union, a sister ship of the Deatschiand, was lost throngtr! fog about five years past, almost to a day, off the Texel, | and in later years the Konig Wilhelm was also lost by! reason of fog off Peterhead, on the east coast of Seot-- Jand, But to continue about the lights. Before getting) to the Straits of Dover, on the Kentish Knock, there isi alightship with a revolving light, but which is very hard to “pick up” Ina fog, The officers then looked at their chart, and estimated. the distance at which the Deutschland was wrecked" from Bremerhaven to be about 250 English miles, They also thought that the Deutschland was not more, than ten or twelve miles out of ber course, if she had. struck on the Long Sands to the weatward of the Gal- per. THE DEUTSCRLAND’S OFFICERS. The folowing are her principal officers : “Captain, Brickstein; August Lanenstein, first offi r; Thalen- horst, second officer; Bernhard Morrisse, third officer; Otto von Tramnita, fourth officer; C.F. Benning, | purser; Schmidt, or Marks, first engineer. Her petty eMficers and crew number in all about 110 men, HER PREVIOCS MISHAPS, In conversation with an old German merchant, of Bromen, whose offices are in Broad street, he sai “1 always believed that the Deutschland would bave an an! y ending, for these reasons—First, while firin; ® salute at Staten Island, the cannon exploded andl blow the heads off four steerage passengers; then they foand a skeleton behind the boilers; then last January ahe broke her screw, and now she breaks in half and fulfils her unhappy destiny. [l-lack pursues ships as it does individuals, THE STEAMSHIP ANGLIA DISABLED AT SEA, Loxpox, Dec. 7, 1875, Advices bave been received here to (he effect that the steamship Anglia, Captain Smith, of the Anchor line, from New York November 18 for Glasgow, bas recenuy been seen with loss of propeller, proceeding under sari, ‘Two tugs have been despatched to her assistance. THER CUSTOM HOUSE, The Secretary of the Treasury telegraphed yesterday to the Collector of the Port that he may allow the City of Merida to take petroleum to Vera Cruz if no other mode should ve found, The general sujet Camis, From the Straits of Dover she ship vound for practic faa been reierred (0 the Solicitor of the Treasury, a Ee