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THE STEAM-SHIP 

 AMERIQUE THE DERELICT VESSEL SAFE AT PLMOUTH 

REPORT OF THE SALVORS -- SIX OR EIGHT FEET OF WATER IN HER ENGINE-ROOM AND COAL-BUNKERS ---THE OTHER COMPARTMENTS DRY---PASS ENGERS ' BAGAGE AND CARGO IN GOOD CONDITION.

PLYMOUTH  April 19.--The direlect French steam-ship Amerique was towed into this harbor yesterday by the steamers Spray, from Newport, for Gibraltar, and F. T. Barry, from Panama.

The Captain of the Spray reports that he encountered the Amerique on the 15th inst., inlatitude 470 40', drifting in the trough of the sea.

On being boarded, she was found to be abandoned, with six or eight feet of water in her engine-room, stoke-hole, and bunkers. The other compartments of the steamer were dry.Her spars and steering gear were intact.

The Spray immediately took her in tow, and was afterward assisted by the steamer F. T.

Barry.

The pumps on the Amerique were set at work, and when she arrived in Plymouth harbor yesterday the water in the engine compartment had gained only two feet. The pumping isstill going on.

The ship's chronometers and the baggage left by her passengers have been saved, and it isexpected that a large portion, if not all her cargo will also be preserved.

NO DISPATCHES RECEIVED BY THE AGENT.Up to a late hour last night Mr.Mackenzie, the resident agent of the Transatlantic Line, had not received any dispatches relating to the saving of the Amerique. He could not, therefore,say anything about it, except that such a rescue would be likely to prove more disastrous tothe company than the loss of the vessel, as it was first described. He did not export any telegrams from Europe until today in relation to the matter.

The New York TimesPublished: April 20, 1874