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sareifir CAPT. LUGE aiT

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would also express deep regret that my
pruent engagements will not admit of
my leaving New York. Nothing would
ddight me more than to visit your beati-
tihl city, which I have so long Wished
to see. and the added temptation you

hold out, in the shape of babies, is al-
nat irresistible. God bless their lll.l.l€;
oweetnesses! But how could I choose _.

I, who love everything in the shaPe 0‘ 3
ohild——I who believe
all that are left to us _of Eden,-—
who never come into the ir presence
fithoat a feeling such as a devout Cath-

dis must have, when he crosses himself .

re the image of the Virgin Mary '—
. V could I choose‘! I should turn from
hfiek eyes to blue, from blue eyes to
‘ ' front grey to hazel; I should be_ led
five by a dimple, fascinated by n Ung-
:, ashamed by a rosy check or a snow)’
oalder. My dear sir, I should be as be-
wildered as a bee in a ten acre lot of full
blown roses. Please accept my best
wishu for the success of your novel.
&oI'fal and admirable enterprise. . ,
lay the anathemas of no disappointed
' ther haunt the sleeping or waking
age of the awarding committee.
Yours, very truly,
FANNY FERN.

 

Tfip Philadelphia Prize Baby.
not run Pam. uvuxxxo BULLETIN, our. 6.
There are some hundreds of thousands
dpeople in Philadelphia who have been
«ybies, but not one of them ever became
a have when under a year old, even tho’
he stay have since arrived at the majes-
of a nomination for Congress or a seal.
Its City Councils. Not so with Mas-
Cennon, of Philadelphia, who, the
aph tells us, has carried off in his
up little hands the prize at the baby
E, in Springfield, Ohio, for being the
specimen of humanity under the
of twelve months. His premium
woe nted at two hundred dollars; "there
wfie premiums of a higher grade which
were awarded to certain Ohio productions_
Itrt they were over a year old, and at
tflat atatiire ago young Americans usual-
' ease to be babies, and enter upon a-
doleseaes.
Chicks. in the fourth they talk politics,
by the tenth they are fashionable beaux,
all after that they affect manhood ma-
hred, andwrithe under the silly restric-
ions that keep them from exercising the
light oi sufirage until the discrepit age
eftwsnty-one-..

Young Master Cannon is the first citi-
tee of Philidelpliia who unites the two
characters of a baby and a hero. We
[Ila pride in his early honours, as he is a"
Phltadslphian, and especially as he is
oooneeted with the press, his father, Ar-
thtlv Cannon, Esq., being one of the most
lleoltplished phonographic reporters in
tlto Country. He was eleven months old
G e day he distanced all coinpetion
It pringfield, and he has already arrived
at the weight of twenty-seven pounds—.
I regular twenty-seven pounder. VVhat
opposition could stand a Cannon of such
heavy metal as that '.’ He has been des-
eéhed to us, moreover, as a young gen-
iloovaa whose intellectual acquirements
Inquire equal to his physical,aiid he has
So some time outgrown many of the dis-
flbliiies that usually attend the first year
If two of existence. We presume he
will arrive in the city in a day or two ;—
a public reception should be got up for
WI. and, at all events, he should be ex-
Ilbtted before the people, as the premium
baby which has carted off a prize against

I! the choice specimens of his age in the
United States.

A Poacher-’s Defense. .

An itinerant player, possessed Of m0I’8
wit than money, was a few days ago
driven by the hard master, hunger, to
doltotit the high crime of poaching, lll
no neighborhood of Birmingham, and
being unluckily detected in the act, was
earned forthwith before a bench of mag-
istrates, when the offense was fully pro-
?-;-I. The knight of the biiskin, howev-
er, beingcalled upon for his defense, as-
tonished the learned justices by adapting
" Brutus’ speech to the Romans on the
death of Caesar" to his case thus I-

, " Britons, hungrymen and epicures.
hear rnejfor my cause, and be silent that
you may heor; believe me for my honor,
and have respect for mine honor that you
may believe; censure me in your senses
that you may the betterjudge. If tliere
be any in this assembly, any dear friends
oftltie hare, to him I say, that a playt-r’s
love for li;-re is no less than his. If Ilien
that friend demand why a player rose

' iasta hare, this is my answer; not
t tlloved hare less but that I loved
uting more. Had you rather this hare
were living and I died starving, thantliat
Gin hare were dead, that I might live a
jolly fellow? As this hare was pretty,
I weep for him; as he was nimble, I re-
iotae at it ; as he was plump, I honor
‘hit; but as be was eatable, Islew him.”

Here the gravity of the court was ob-
it-ed to give away ; prosecutors, specta-
ti’a_.- sad ail, burst into laughter at the
3&8] wit displayed by the " poor actor.”
fie information was withdrawn and the
pfayor was 3llf'I(.l'cd to go " unwhipt of
jaolioo."-——.Euglt'sh Paper.

 

Gentlemen.
Isl! Out upon such acommon
lament! So do the lowest and

Qoaoast that swim in the filth of vice
Iql drankenness- There is not a ruffiaii
who cannot boast the same accomplish-
fleot. Every recken den of deviltry has
its proficiency. The nipst degraded of

hality can swear as"roundiy as you.
Cari! You hearit in the highway, In
overy spot where tipplers congregate,
Q0 oath is part of every breath. At
fight it comes with fearful distinctness
bi the drain-shop. And yet you are
as proud of your foul-mouthed wicked-
ness, as though the vilest of the earth
could not boast the same. '

Show tobacco! A loathsome spitting
qaohilo, oh 3 Beautiful and iiiteresting
IDIGYIIOS. truly! A self-acting squirt-
Ql to eject the filthiest compound in
otteatiotil A lama on two‘ legs, bespat-
teriag ‘all within your reach, without
provocation even. And because you ea;
tobacco and spit. out the juice with lnuck
dignity, you are a gs-ntlerriaiil

Drink champagne! Ha! Dear sir,
the whole laiid is full of just such ‘eucli-
era.
nose, bleareyed old bloat in chri.~.tcndom,
can get as richand foolish and as drunk
‘as you can. And what's the ditfereiicu?
From the actions, a loolier on could not
determine what liquor the two got drunk
on The one t~jitfW‘.~ in the glitter and
tbeoilis-r lll his room. There is a dilli-r-
that I” the qnaitly of the coals, but not
in that ol uru.ilu nut-ss. [he coinnioii

not can get its " owly” on coinrnon whis-
It-.-y, as you can on pure .3-/tam pagne.——
You drink with respectable tippiers and j
._&unkards; he with those who are grad-,1
filed In the common whiskey cellar.

on are a gentleman, are you? W'//_’7/
go yonf Go well dressed, do you 9--
fod so that makes a gentleman. Your l
whole aim of life is to adorn your per- I
son in a fashionable suit 01 clothes, prac_- I

that they are * ~

In the third year they learn ’

The‘ raggedest, wiry-li'aired, redl

i l)Uill..~’\V'tl

"ticé "a most" iinnaliturall gai‘t'laiid"\vYliirl' be-
fore the glass. A fine, suit of clothes,
sir, cannot give a man a heart. You
wear a mousta‘che‘o’r imperi‘a’l'!‘aiid” so
does ‘a goat. A--face maybe covered
with hair, and no brains in the liead.-
Bears grease and a fashionable twirl are
all your dependence. FANNY FERN.

From our .Eil'l7'(l of I/Vejti-iz_,e,.gda_1/.

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-The first intelligence received at our
Telegraph Ofiice, this morning’ reopen-
‘fill, Was the hea.rtrending news of the
‘loss of the; lCo1lins.steamei' ARCTIC;-—
More than three hundred of the passe_‘n-
gore and crew ‘met it watei-ygrave, and
the noble steamer, with her freight of
stark corpses, is now surging to and fro
beneit tli the surface‘of thejbillpgws, Qfthe
Atlantic. The following. details are
furnished by Mr. G;» H: ‘Burns,-' the
Express Messenger _' i ‘Adam; _ '3,-,1 jg_o_
who was 0.111 .l5.<.>i=»rI<l. hit sated the P...

ils of the terriblejdisaslierz “' fi‘*=' "

The Arctic’ ggugiei; j;i,‘i,ti>?,,c;£;‘1I;j‘si¢;n with it
1.)1"Qp§5llOI"0fi' Cape .-Race, during a. dense
fog. “Out.of.4,00? Passengers only 32
areknown‘ to be ‘saved,’ ‘i'vlio'Werc res-
cued by the‘Barque, .Huron. 

Among the lost are the wife, daugh-
ter, and son of E. ‘K. Collins, the son
of Mr. Sanford of New York, and Cap-
tain Luce. . . ' a ~ 3. ‘

Among the passengers on board of
the Arctic is Charles H. St.John, son ‘of
Chas. St.John Esq. of New .York and
nephew of C. Marvin Esq., of ‘ Wilton.

There was alsoion board, ten mem-
bers of the House of ‘Brown, Brothers
& Co.,-of New York.“ " ‘ 
The following compiises the‘Arctic's
passenger list: ‘ j ' ‘
Mr. Dupassien and ‘ friend, E.
B.uscli',_Mr. F- Henry,~.Mr.' Grant, lady
and Child. Mr. T. E. -Jones, :Mr. J. G.
Smith, MlS$‘Jall8 Murton, Miss«Smith,
Mr. W. 13. Bro_wn and lady, ~Miss M_a-
ria Brown, Mr. N. Babcock and lady, C
T- Mitchell. .M. Babcock, Jr., M De
Mayer, J B Cooke, A Banche, W "P
Rathbone, M Guynets, 2 children and
Jiurse. M Burns, M I-.l'Day, Mrs Day and
daughter, M Delgrade, friend -& servant,
'Mr G McCraclien, Mrs Scott, M Moriss,
Mrs Edward K Collins, of New York,
Miss M A Collins, New York, C Collins,
New York. M Woodriiffaiid lady, New
York, M North, M D Yoasi, A Benedict,"
and lady, C Fabbricotii, J B-Ilogg, M
Dawson and lady, MissvBenjamin,- Mrs‘
-Ropes and son, Mrs Chiide and daugh-

laml mill SOD. F W Gale, lady-llsservaiit,
M G'lllOll,- J, Lynchand. lady,-M Adams,
‘M Brady, F Catlierwood, J ’J-‘Barril, M
I-lilger and friend, M‘Holl,ub, M‘Ntve‘n,
C St. John, H Moore, W W omsiock,
'M- Perli_ina,--J- Smith tinil la‘dy,‘M'tM1:‘t.‘-iv.’
vin, R_ M-adis-on,,H Jenirin, 5M Schmidt,
M Waiiing, Capt D Pratt. and lady, H P
Stuart, Due de. Grammont and servant,
M Major and friend, Mrs Major, infant
and child, Miss Brun, Mrs l)rew',J Hol-
brook, Miss Jones, J.Muirheud, James
Smith, M Bedford and friend, G Brown‘,
M l\Ie,ayer,,_‘ H Cook,_'C C,,hris_tians and
friend, I’ F;Granii, T Kobsoii, G Dodds.
M Pa.~'iveand four friends, 'Wil.iorg and
friend, Mayer, Mrs and Miss ‘Stone,
M Alstonc, M Scheibler, lily .Tl'ioinas,
‘Mrs J Liiid.-zay, Miss Haiisauy, ,P,J'plinl-
son, G Hoalics, Jr., C Peitie and lady.
ill rs Perriii, Edward Sanford E'sq:,ofNewH
You-,~B C ‘Wood, J zouogi, Ml\’liIlvi|'le,
S Jeffords, G B Pearson, G F"A‘llen,
lady, infant and nurse, W. B. Browne,
infant 'sii’_il‘ijsiri=e, M S Williams and lady
D Cannon, VV Bowe'n,,M Berni-.y, I-l”Le
Newbould, Nliss Stewart, Miss Hazard,

bert and servant, "H H lI{_o"cir1‘,l Irllfléled,
C Sliriii.<zei", Eggers, G" Guynet,
ladyand child, M llirsch, lady and sew.
ant, M Hewitt éllltl lady, M Hmde sand,
friend. M Wallace, L Waterman, .Miss
lllajor. friend and child, M'H_aV_€.llASCf0fL,
S M Woodrull, J_ Young: Barber, 
.'[‘hom_pson, ‘Mrs ’B,ryan,'_‘T Loclimiranet,
M. Pratt, M Sheldon, Mrs,M Hodgson
and ‘infant, Miss Ford,‘J Fryer, ’]‘ Sher.
burner, T Sohusier, lady andtwo daugh.
iers, M Winterliurn, SC uiner,,‘MGni|-
liam, Miss Mitchell, Mi‘ssfHay, H Ar-
buckle, F. Coop, W Ferguson, MLeon.
Olie. friend, two ladies and thrselchildren,
E L-lilbroner A Garcia‘, MissA L:-iis, T,
Newman and son, M _McDougal,M Mus

terd, Bf Haicher anti frieiid’,’J 'M:Matli,
MT5.1{'d2¢ and ‘frieI1d,. M. Geiger? 7and
lady. W Nicols, MFass»& friend, Edge

comhe and lnlam. M Frank, F Rhine,
MCn|,man, MBush and son, M'Hennes-
sy, MP-atierson. Mrs Craig.-——Total, 250..

 

. ‘ Stqgemmt a/,,.Mr..Bumr. .
The steamship Arctic, with 226 pa;.
aongero, exclusive".of chil'dr'en, 175 gm‘;
ployess, a A valuable ._cargo, and heavy
mail, is lost. Of the.-more than four hun-
dred souls who left _L_iverpool on the 20.
ult., full of hops, gaiety and "he,alth,"'rn!a-
ny returning from an'l3i1r,opean_ tour of
pleasure, ofily thirty-two. are known to,
have bcensa-veil, and certainly ‘not more
than one hundred, can,”"by any ‘possibili-
ity, have escaped’a~tvatery’grave:“,_ 4,

In addition to all this’, another ‘large
steamer, freighted‘ with liiiiidreds ci'r'i..'_.‘.
man licirigs, has, in all pro,ba'hili,ty, 
a like fate, The details of -.the horrible
disasterare as follows: « -- I - *

On ’VVedr‘iesilay,' Sept 27',"pre'cisely at
12 o’clock M.;‘iii a’ derijse-ifog, we cainei

llfilllil‘. Wit h ,bl,ac.k, hull, -salinon colored-
 botloui, lead colored poop and‘ boats and
: bl‘“’l‘ . l’lP9- Vl;:IlS' \,if_a'r,tl',
j and lliltlflilll sail'se,t‘,'wi‘tlr a_ 
 wind. The spec-dvofj Vilifil,-WA;,cj,i\q__‘at [he
i Itiliie was uLi(y\\ illirjggfl ,/‘‘9,:, 2,“ j,,,,,,,-_,.,
 
 C8j)I.°I4ll('C inert?‘ "T ‘fees-ell w-RI. Vmg.l.’.“«uI.
I boats (‘.l(3‘lll'E(l dim y .0meru.’ t~“e.q.ua.:r“,”.
- < \/ray, and the ;Cll,l(-‘I iiiaic

‘Ill and three sailors \ve;,'t,‘,;Q,_j,e,,

~ l‘f- - ' .
19 W... llelole qtlicr boats left, the-- order. : _
was a’ .~:iea‘mi-r or sailing vessel.

was COUlllel‘mall(lé(l..' '1‘l.e;Am,,c uwn

described a circle ‘twice aroiind the wreck

during wliicli time caught tli_e,gl,iinpse:,.

of more than two hundred peoplejzlusrg--

red on her «litirricaiie deck. ‘ V
I

 ' “At this juncture it was ascertained that
we had sustained injury, and the water
was pouring in at our,_bo\vs. When the
fi__rs,t_ofi‘icer came alongside to report, the
captain was unable to take him up, but
headed N.N.W. in the ._hope of making
land". ”'Our position on the previdus day,
at~~-12 o’clock, was latitude A8 39, longi-
l-|l¢l0s.45-2'7=..-~ We-; had -run -— about "three
hundred and ten miles from the time of
this-o_bservation-until the-moment of‘ col-'
lision, and were supposed to be forty
miles from Cape Race. The pumps
were vigorously worked; and an anchor
chain thrown overboard ; but, in spite of

 all’e’xe’rtiou, the rngities stoppedand the

water extinguished the fires, Four of
the five other life boats, believed to have
been well provisioned, containing the en-
gineers, sailors, _a ‘few passenggrs, sud all
the officers except the captain andthird
mate, left the ship at an _ early stage.-
The majority -of thezpassengers were
worliing at the pumps--some-firing the
signal guns, and “others launching spar’.
under the "direction of'Ca,pt._Luce and Mr
Dorian the third mate, to form a raft.

In order to facilitate this latter work
tllelslxtll and the last boat was lowered.
Doriaii, one or two firemen, three of the
other passengers saved, and myself, were
bushy engaged lashing water-casks, and
settees to the mainyartl, two topgallant
yards, and several smalvler spars-athe

ter, Miss Revel, Miss Bronson, Mrs How- '

lioygl-V Barber, M Christie, ,W’_W Gil,-L .

in coiiiact with a I bark. rigged iron pro-. .-

Captain, with a iiumberof gentlemen,
protecting the work by keeping back the
crowd—wlien a panic seized all on board
a" rush was made, passengers and firemen
precipitated themselves headlong ovor

. the biilwarks onto the raft, and in a mo-

ment our little boat was full, and in int-
minentdanger of being sunk. In this
emergency, Dorian ordered the rope
which held as to the steamer . to be cut,
andwitli our hands andaxes-we paddled
from the raft’s side. The mate, who
tl'i'rougho'iit preserved great presence of
mindfaud labored with heroic energy.
cried: “For God’s sake, Captain, clear
the raft, so that we can work, I won't
desert the ‘ ship while therels a‘ timber
above water.” , .

. But the sea was now flush with the
dead-lights. In less than three-minutes
from the time he spoke, thestern sank,
the foam went boiling overthe tumbling
heap of human beings, many were dash-

ed against the pipe. . I heartl.) 011? Wlld
yell,(‘still ringing in my ears,) and saw
the‘Arctic and the struggling mess rap-
idly engulplied. Numbers yet clang to

the imperfectly constructed raft; but,
alas. we could render them no aid. ‘Our
own situation was no less precariotis;—
and, cruel as it seemed, we were forced
tofabaiidon them to fate. Heaven forbid
that I should ever witness such another.
scene. We however picked up two more
men,-and then, with an overloaded boat

[without oars, tholepins, food or drinhv

avoiding with difliculiy the fragments of
the .wreck, and passing many‘ ‘dead fo-
lmales, prepared fora night upon the
cic.'e:éiti..._W0_ secured a’ 'f}.9?llllS l.‘“"lPl‘f“'.

Lmideabbage to guard agaiustimmediato
starvation, lashed a spar to the bow of
our-‘boa: to keep her head to the wind
and -sea, ‘and thus drifted until daylight?
the iiiglii was cold and foggy, with a
heavy swell, and, in acramped, drenched
and. ball naked condition, we suffered
terribly . i -

At five on theafternoon of the 28th
we espjed a. sail and raised a. hanker-
chief to attract attention. .We were
successful. With the rude substitute
for ours which we had constructed du-

istan bars, with aview of. attempting to
gain -land when the sea ‘ subsided, we
-pulled towards the ship.“ On'o’ur'wa.y
we passed the remr‘ia‘nt_ of the ‘raft,
with one man on it apparently alive.
The bark proved to be the Huron, of
St; Andrews, N. B., Capt. A. Wall,
bound“ for Quebec. Our _ mensafe on
board, the noble heart'ed,Dor,ian,' with
some_of the Huron’: crew, -returned, to
the raft and rescued the poor fellow who
for twenty-six hours had clung to the
spars‘. ‘He states that after the steam-
shipAsu_nk,‘he counted ‘seventy-two men
andfour women on theraft, but at 8 1-2
o’clock he was the only one alive. In
themorniiig two bodies were beside
himfrniicli eaten by fishes, and at the
time he saw our boat he was on the
point of voluntarily dropping into the
sea to end his agony. Coming from the
raft Dorian encountered and examined
the li_fe car of the Arctic.
bottle of water, some cheese and a la-
dy’s garment. '

By the hiimanejcaptain of_ the Huron,

I ~ and Wellington Cameron, a son of

the owner, we were received with great
kiii"dne’ss, our wounds dressed, fires kin-
dled,"aiid food and clothing provided in
abundance. During the night of the
28th, Capt. Wall hung out extra lights,
fired rockets, and kept a horn blowing,
in hopes of falling in with the remain-
der,0__f the boats. But his endeavors
were fruitless. On the evening of the
29th, he spoke the ship Lebanon, Capt.
Story, bound for New York,’ by whom
eigliieei‘i”of our number were ' taken" ofl',
-kindly welcomed and well treated. We
‘have this moment reached New York by
pilot boat Christian Berg, No. 16, to
wliicli we were transferred from the
.‘Leliano'n, and to the cVrew,of .which we
ar'e,.under great obligations. 

The fateof the propeller and our five
bozitsis.-ii_tilti*iown.’ If the steamer was,
as I have reason to think, the Charity,
"fi'oii‘i Montreal to Liverpool‘,~she is, I be-
licve. -built with water-tig|i't‘compart-
inputs or bulkheads} and \vill_',float_ not-
V\'_Sl..ll5l.€ll'l(.llllg‘ the damage touher bow.’--u
',l‘,|Le.fa.<_:.t that-a boat left her",.wliich was

of_ ‘t"lie'll'uron,oi'i the morning of the 28th
saw. a_si_ngular "looking craft-far to leew-
aril. but was unable to tell" whether she
He
says she had it iriondcscript appearance,
a__ii.d_‘ iiia_y _h,a.v_e heel] the wreckrof the
In opeller. Tire fol.lQ\vir:g is a list oftho
sa ‘veil in the sixth boat _:

ring the day by lashing planksto cap- -

It contained a,

l .
ca.'p§.~»jzu(l by our paddles,‘-aiig'iirs for her-
bijoyaiit '1-onditioii,‘ though Capt. Wall,’

Taken to Quebec by the Huron.
J arncs Abry ship's cook, Luke McCarthy
fireman, J oscph Connolly do, Richard llakau
do. Thomas Conroy do,Jaines Conroy do, John
Di-ui-y' do, Christian Moran do, James Ward
do, Christopher Callaher do, Thomas Wilson
Assistant Engineer, Robert Bryan waiter, Da-
vid Barry do, Erastus Miller do.
Arrived in the Lebanon.
Edward Brian fireman, Patrick llahon do,
Thomas Garland do, Patrick Casey do, Patrick
Tobin do, Dobbin Oarnagan do, Thomas Bren-
nan Asslstant Engineer, John Coaaelly Ingl-
neer’s Steward, Thomas Stanton Omcers stew-
ard, James Carnagan porter, Michal llcLough-
lin boy, Peter lleflabe, (picked ofl' the raft,)
waiter, Wm Nicolle, _’l'rescos, Scilly Island:
passenger, Ilenry’Jenkina do, James Thomp-
son, New Orleans, do, Capt. Paul 1-‘ Grain,
New York, do, Geo H Barns. Philadelphia, do
Francis Dorian, New York, Third Oflicer.
Namcs of persons known to be in the
Ship’: Beats.

The live boats which may have reached land
or been picked up, are known to have contai-
ned :—-llr Giirley, Irst ofilcer, Tlios Wilde,
boatswain, llr Balsn, second omcsr, llr Grar
horn, fourth oleer, Ir Ioorc, Neva York, pso-
senger, Mr Rogers, chief engineer, lfr Drown,
fit-st Assistant, Ir Walker, second do, It Wil-
lett, third do, Daniel Counelly, fireman, John
lloi-an do, John Flanagan do, Patrick Me.Caa-
ley do, Mr Dingnel, engineer, Mr Kelly do.
Mr Tiuipson do," and a young man named
Robinson, under instructions in the englneer’s
department, besides sailors and quartermasters

Amongst those whom I saw on the
quarter deck last, whilst fastening life
preservers on the females, and who must
have sunk with the ship or perished on
the raft, were Capt. Luce and Son, Mrs
E. K, Collins, her son and daughter, Mr
Brown and family (relatives of Brown
Shipley 8.: Co. Liverpool.) Mr. Thomas
importer of hosiery, New York, Mr Ad-
ams, Brooklyn, Mr Bowen, Cincinnati,
Mr Charle Springer, do. James Muirhead
Jr., Petersburg, Va., Mr Hewitt, Mrs
Hewitt and daughter, Fredericksburg,
Va., Mr Wood, New York, Mr Ysaki,

England, a nephew of Mr Blooilgood,
hotel keeper, Philadelphia, residing in
Albany, the Duke do Granimont, of the
French Embassy, 2d steward, wife and
child, Annie, a colored girl, and Mary,
stewardess, Miss Jones, Mr Petrie and
lady, Stewart Hollin, Washington, D.C.,
J . Cook, Opelousas, La, with many more
whose names I did not know, but whose
features are indelibly imprinted on my
memory.

A Mr. Comstock, brother to the com-
mander of the Baltic, was drowned by
the capsizing of a boat while being low-
ered.

Government despatches France and Eng-
land, entrusted to my care by Mr. Bu.
chanan, I could not save.

The boat in which ‘we escaped was
one of Francis’s patent metallic, No. 727
from which her capacity can be ascer-
tained, and compared with the number

rescued. Respectfully,
G H BURNS.

Further Particulars.

Arrival qf the Europa at Boston, with

 

‘ ‘.l.j'ourt'1'_e:rt of the Arctic’spasse_r_tgere.

The Europa arrived at Boston, Thurs-
day, Oct. 12th, having among her pas-
sengers Fourteen survivors of the steam-
ship Arctic.

’Mr. Charles T. Mitchell of Charles-
ton, S. C.,snd Edward Dufaesuer of
New Orleans. two of them state that
Mrs. Collins and her son and daughter
were drowned by the upsetting of the
boat in which they had been placed by
Capt. Luce.

Mr. John Degnon, the first assistant

ment :

“ The first I heard was a cry of ‘stop
the engines.’ Immediately after this I
heard the signal-bells rung to have them
stopped. At the time I felt the crash of
.the collision, in company with the chief
engineer, Mr. Rodgers, I ran down to
the platform, before reaching which the
engines were stopped by John Willet,
the engineer on duty. Mr. Rodgers
looked over the platform into the bilge,
and saw the rush of water, and then
gave orders to open the bilge injection,
which was immediately done. At this
time the bell rang for engines to go
ahead again. Mr. Rodgers then told me
to go forward and _see that the Worth-
ington pumps were set to work, which
_was done. At this time the four bilge
pumps, the two bilge injecti_ons and the
Worthington pumps were in full opera-
tion, In the course of ten minutes after
the collision the water rose over the fire-
room floor, a height of 4 feet, and in 30
minutes more the lower fires were out.
The engines continued working, the
steam falling down to one anda half
pounds. In thirty-five minutes more the
water had gained so much as to put out
the upper fires. I then left the engine-
rooin and went forward and told Capt.
Luce that nothing more could be done
by the engine or pumps.”

The names of the passengers saved
invthe two boats which reached -Broad
Love, are as follows:

In the Second Mate’s Boat were

C. T. Mitchell of Charleston.

W. A. Young of Ireland.

W. Gilbert of New York.

Henderson Moores of New York.

F. De Mayer of Mexico.

Wm. Gihon, Jr.

In the other heat were G. Di: Passlrin
of New Orleans, and Mr. Geib, Purser
of the Arctic.

These are all first-class passengers.

The second class passengers saved in
these boats were

E. M. Tues, Jr.

J. Bogart.

J . Hennessy.

J. Mel-lath.

George Dobbs. =

Du Laconais, the servant of Due do

-Grammont.

Mr. Baahlam, the second officer of the
Arctic, also arrived in the Europa.

When Mr. Mitchell left the ship he
says Mr. Brown's family, seven in all,
were standing on the deck, and all are
supposed to have gene down.

CHBERING NEWS.

Purtlieras to the Loss or the Arctic.
Thirty-one additional of her Crew Saved.
_T/£8 P 701761107 proves to be the French

vessel Ves¢a—— Thirteen of leer pas-
sengers Last , _
* HALIFAX, Oct. 12th, 1854.
We have received Newfoundland
dates to the 4th inst. ' '
The French screw steamer Vesta ar.
rived at St. John's, N. F., on the 30th
nlt., with her foreaiast and bows shat-

. tered to pieces-—she being the vessel

Mr Schimdt, Miss Murton, Falmoutlt, H

engineer, furnishes the following state-.

that cime in collision with the ill-fated
Arctic.

' She_liad on board Tliirty-one of the
Arctic’s crew, which she picked up at

the time of the catastrophe.

‘The Vesta lost 13 or her passengers
in the collision.
Three more of {mg Arctic’s bpijrsgiave
not been heard 0 , ut being i e- oats
it is supposed they may have been pick-
ed up by passenger ships. ’ ~d
All the passengers an crew save , as
advised yesterday, left here for Boston
in the Europa. . V
The regular communication between
this port and Newfoundland is only once
a fortnight; that period will, therefore,
probably elapse before we shall hear
again from that island. " . ’ * .

It is probable thatthe steamer Osprey
sent to convey the City of Philadelphias
passengers: and expected to leave - St.
John's about the 8th inst., may touch
here on her return to Philadelphia. If
so her intelligence will be some four
days later than that now received.

Iseapttulatlen as lost and saved

L08 2'.

3 Beech, I Grant, lady g" child.
1-‘ Hang, T E.Jones,
lfrsG ccrecken, F Cather_-wood,
lire Scott, J J Barrill, _
Hr Morriss, ll Hil_ er and friend,
M North, I Hot uh,
I D Ypeel, H Niven,
0 Fabricottl, C St J obit,
J B Hogg, ll Perkins,
ll Dawson and lady, J Smith and lady,
lliss Benjamin, ll lAeGivvin,
Hrs Hopes and son, E Madison,
llrs Grids and daughter]! Waring,
lliss Nevel, Capt D Pratt and lady,
lliss Bronson, B Stuart,
ll Scheibler, I layer and friend,
F W Gale, lady s s'v’t. Hrs Majorinfant a child
ll Adams. Miss Bran, *
If Brady, llrs Drew.‘ it .
A Banche, W B Brown and lady,
M DeDrade, Pd & s’vt,ll Do _Me.ycr,
M Babcock, Jr C T Mithell,
J B Cook, ll_Babcoe_k and lady,
lliss Jane Morton, Miss Maria Brown,
J _Holbrook, P Johnson,
Miss ones, G lfosses, Jr
We-2. 

sines mi , o ,
H Bedford and h-lead, J Zo_llog_i,
G Brown, M llillville,
M Meayer, S Jeffords,

Cook, G D Pearson.

C Christians ti friend, D Cannon,
T Robson, ‘ W Bowen,
G Dodge, ll Berney,

M Pasive it four frieitdslliss Stewart,
M Wiliorg and friend, Miss Hazard,

M Mayer, Barlior,

M Barber, M Christie,

J Thomson, 1! H Koch,
H_Thoinas, II Reed,‘

line Msnsay C 0 Springer,
M Eggars, , M Winterburn,
M Hinc_h,lady tr serv’t,S Culn_er_,

M Hewitt and lady, M Guilliam,
1! Hinds and friend, .M_iss Jlfitehell,
M Wallace, Jllise Hay,

Jll Waterman, , B Arbiicale,
Miss Major, fr’d a ch dF Coop,

M Havensci-oft, Ferguson,
Jllrs Bryan, E Hilbroner,

T Loclirnirsnet, A Garcia.

M Pratt, .Miss A Dale,
J! Shelton, T Newman and son,

M Hodgson and lnfsnt,M McDougal,

Miss I-‘ord, M Jllusterd,

J Fryer, M Butcher and friend,
T Sher-burner, Mrs Ridge and friend,
T Schuster, MM <laI’tflJlf Geiger and lady,

 

ll Culinan, I Fees and friend,
It Bush and son, Edgecomb and infant,
M Patterson, ll Frank,
llrs Craig. 1-‘ Rhine,
SA VED.

Mr. W. P. Rathbone was a respected
merchant in Providence, R. I. His
friends will rejoice to learn that he at’
rived at Halifax in safety.

M. Dupasseur had been on a ‘visit to,
France and was en route for Now Or-
leans. He is engaged in the cotton bro-
kerage business, in Havre and New Or-
leans. He was one of the party that
landed at Halifax.

Mr. \V. W. Gilbert was a member of
the firm of Johnson, Coe, 85 Gilbert, of
New York.

N. Y., a scion of a highly respectable
family: Also the following named per-
sons:-— '

Win Nicole, Trescoa,T Henucsy,

Scilly Island, J Mclfath,
Henry Jenkins, do. Geo Dowde,
Jae Thompson, N 0 E If Juss, .

Capt P F Grann, N Y J Bogart,

Geo,H Burns,Philadel’aC Du Laenit,

W-A Young, Mr Ward, -
E J Mitoheleis, F T de Macryn, - i

Statement of Capt. Grams. "

Capt. Paul F. Grann, of New York,
states, that at the time of the collision he
was below, but immediately went on deck
The shock was not violent and could
hardly be perceived aft. Upon being on
deck the propeller was on the starboard
quarter of the Arctic, about half a cable's
length of!‘ with her starboard bow com-
pletely stove from stem to fare rigging,
to the water's edge. Saw the passen-
gers on board of the propeller all rush aft
which raised her bows up out of the wa-
ter. The propeller lowered a boat, which
got under the starboard wheel of the
Arctic, and was swamped, one man only
escaping, a French Canadian, who got
on board of the Arctic, and was most
probably subsequently lost. He stated
that she had about 200 passengers, but
her name was not ascertained.

When I came on deck they were low-
ering away the boats' Both anchors
were on the starboard side of the deck,
and I went aft and asked Captain Luce
if I should remove the anchors to the
port side, as all of the ship's officers were
aft lowering away boats and rigging
pumps. He gave orders so ,to do, and
with the assistance of some passengers
and a few of the crew I carried the same
into execution. I thenwent on the top-
gallant forecastle and examined into the
state of her bows. Could see no evi-
dences of her being;stove,except some
bad chafes, the oakum hanging out and
a piece of the iron boat protruding from
the planks. As soon as I discovered this
I reported it to Capt. Luce. which was
the first known of the Arctic having re-
ceived serious damago. He then reques-
ted me to go below and ascertain, if pos-
sible, where the leak was. Wentbelow
and broke out cargo; could hear water
rushing in, the carpenter wasordered be-
low between decks to stop the leak, and
commenced cutting away.the ceiling; I
went to work with crew and passengers
breaking out cargo from lower bold, but
very soon discovered that it would be
impossible to stop the leak, as the water
was over the cargo; I then left the hold
and went on deck, where I learned that
the lower fires were out; and from this
time all order and discipline ceased on

‘board; the water was up to the lower

deck, and gaining rapidly messengers and
crew still laboring at the pumps. The
Arctic has six boats. The first b out was
lowered with the chief mate, botswain,
and three men; this boat was lowered
to ascertain the condition of the other
steamer and was left behind when we
found, we were sinking ; she was proba-
bly sale. Two of the quarter boats were
taken by the second andfourth oflicere
and crew ; another boat was taken by
the engineers, and was furnished with
provisions, water, &c.; there was only
eight or nine in this boat, and they would

} {Mn Henderson Moore is a native of

although the boat was not full. I heard .
that revolvers were threatened to be used
on this occasion.

"The fourth quarter-boat was hauled
alongside by Capt; Luce the third mate
and myself. One of the qiiartermasters
was placed in charge ; into this boat Capt
Luce placed some ladies, but how many
there were, or who they were, I do not
know. Several of the gentlemen pas-
sengers then made a rush and jumped
into the boat, it was full and drifted, the
painter was cut and the boat: drifted as-
tsrir She had ears, but I do not know
whether provisions or water. . *
' The sixth boat was on the "quarter
deck, and after having launched over a
lot of spars to construct a raft, we lau_n-_
chedthis boat for the ~ purpose.ol' aiding’
In the construction. We took the oars
out of this boat, so that those who got
into her should not desert us while lash-
ing the raft

' We took the main yard, two topgal-
larit yards, some siun’sailbooms, some
few gratings, and some water casks, to,
construct this raft. We cut the biails
from the main speacer, and also procured
a coil of ratlin stuff to lash the raft.-_-'
The only ones employed upon the raft
iashing it, after the spars were launched
were Mr. Doian, the third mate, another
young man, I think a- fireman, and my-
self. We were on the spire and fre-
quently in the water. While we were
lashing the raft, the crew and firemen,
and some passengers, commenced getting
into the boat, climbing down over th'e
ship's side and across the raft. This in-
terfered very much with with our work,
and we soon saw that it would be impos-
sible to finish the raft as it should have
been done. ' ,

At this moment the boat was as ful as
she could hold, and the painter was cut,
and commenced shoving her off from the
raft. The passengers were now coming
down over the side on the raft, and stri-
ving to get to the Lost. The ship had
settled to her upper dead lights, and I
saw it, was my ally chance, and jum-
ped for the boat as she was leaving. . Mr.
Dorian helped me into the boat, and in
an instant we were away from the ship.
We picked up two men who jumped af-
ter the boat and swam after her, and then
picked up some pieces of board, and pad-_,
dled away from the wreck.

' About ten minutes after we shoved off
the steamer went down, stern foremost.
We heard one fearful shriek, andsaw
the passengers swept for ward against the
smoke stack, and then all was over. ‘

We saw the raft after the boat went.
down, apparently crowded with human
beings, but were obliged to keep away
from her. I K

We fell in with a spar, to which we
attached our painter as a drag, to keep
the boat’s head to the sea. We remain-
ed in this position till the following af-
t'ernoon, when the weather cleared of.
We cut up the spar to make two oars, in
which we were engaged when we dis-
covered the bark Hui-on, Capt. Wells,
bound from Bristol to Quebec, who kind-
ly took us on board. Vile remained on
board the Huron twenty-six hours, when
she fell in with the Lebanon, for New
York, who took eighteen of us on board.
We all came up to this city in the pilot
boat Christian Berg, No. 16, with the
exception of Mr. Dorian, the third mate
of the Arctic, who remained on board of
the Lebanon, at the request of the cap-
tain, to assist in bringing her into port.

1'After it became evident that the ship
mast sink, many of the passengers went
to work constructing temporary. rafts, by
lashing settees together, nailing‘ boards
to 'spars,,&c., so tltat it'is impossible that-
more may have been saved beside those
on board of the boats. ,

While pulling for the Huron we dis-
covered a man on a raft, and after put’-
ting the remainder of our boats crew’,
on board of the Huron the captain of
that vessel gave us a boat’s crew, and
Mr. Dorian and myself pulled to the raft
and took him off. We found him to
have been one of the stoward’s_ gang.
named Peter McCabe, who stated that
 was the only one left of seventy-two
men and four women who were on the
raft the night before.

The Statement of Peter Mccabe.
, Twenty-six hours on a Raft.

' Among all _the recorded instances of
physical endurance, it would be difficult

- to find one more remarkable than that

presented by the ease of Peter McCabe,
who, after twenty six hours exposure on
a frail raft, was rescued by Mr. Dorian,
the third mate of the ill-fated Arctic.-
McCabe is a native of Ditblin, Ireland,
a'nd,is about twenty-five years of age.‘-—
Iie has a fine ingenious expression of

pearance of a man, who, even under the
most discouraging circumstances, would
hope on to the last. When we visited
him yesterday at the Searnen’s Retreat,
on Staten Island, he did not appear like
a mill who required the care of a physi-
cian; and had we not seen the extent of
his injuries- before" we left, we" ‘should
have thought he had perfectly recovered
from the effects of his long exposure.—-
Oue of his feet, however, is in a horribly
lacerated condition, large pieces of the
flesh’ having been torn from it by rubbing
against the raft, laying the bone in many
places quite bare. The skin has also
been torn from his fingers, and‘ both" of
his hands have a parboiled appearance.
He has, at our request, furnished us with
the following painfully interesting par-
ticulars of his escape from the wreck :-"
We left Liverpool on the 20th of Sep-
tember, and up to Wednesday the 27th,
nothing particularly worthy of note oc-
curred. - About twelve o'clock of that
day, when we were about forty miles of!‘
Cape Race, and enveloped in a fog, we
came in collision with some unknown
vessel, which was afterwards, however,
found to be a propeller. The ‘Arctic
was running at the rate of thirteen knots
an hour, but the concussion appeared, so
slight that no one on board. not even the
Captain, supposed that the damage was
so extensive. . His fears were only exci-
ted by the condition of the other vessel,
which it was believed must‘ be in a sink-
ing state; Immediately after the colli-
.sioir- the propeller past us on the‘ star-
board side, when it was discovered that
her bows were completely stove in, and‘
that she was otherwise exteusivelyydam-“
-aged. Our course was instantly revers-
ed, by orders of the Captain, and we
went in pursuit of the vessel, for the
purpose of rendering her all the assist-
ance in our power, little imagining that
we were so much in need of it ourselves
at the time.
-propeller, we passed twice round her,
and then saw between two and three
hundred people on her deck. By order
of Capt. Luce, one boat,containing the
first officer, Mr. Gourlie, the boatswain,
and four or five sailors, was sent, go he}-
relief; but before they returned he .5-
certained t_he fearful extent of the dam;
age to our own vessel, The propeller

through which the water was pouring
in_a torrent. ‘Soon afterthe collision,..I
with others, rushed upon deck, having
no apprehensions, however, as’ to our
safety; but in a very short time we were

not permit aitygone else to come on board

made aware of the terrible reality". The

it was finished, we launched it on the‘

- -subrrterged to their arm-pits, while a few

countenance, and has altogether theap.-«

On coming up with the '

had struck her with terrible force, niak-, ,
mg a large hole in her starboard bows

boatarrived from the propeller, but Capt.
Luce refused to take the men on board,
as he knew they could be of no assist-
ance, and that it was better to keep them
in readiness to receive the passengers.—
Tne firemen and engineers, driven from
their post by the water, now came upon
deck, increasing the number of the ter-
ror-stricken crowd. , -

Every one now prepared himself for
the worst. The life preservers.-ivere
now brought into requisition, and a por.
tion of thecrew set themselves to work’
in the construction of rafts. The two
fore‘yard.arms were cut down and lashed
together, making a raft about forty feet
long and three or four feet. wide. I was
engaged with the rest in making this
raft, and Mr. Dorian, the third mate, took
a most active part in the work. VVhcn

larboard side, and in a few minutes after
there was about seventy persons clinging
to it, four of whom were women. Sev-
eral other rafts were 'made, but none of
them so large as that on which I was en-
gaged, Dc»,,,,,_ barrels, and, in _fact,_ev.
.si-ything that floatéd, was ’ used. On
some of thesethere were two and three,
but the largest could not support more
than four or five. 
I reauined on the vessel till she sank,
when I went down with her. I‘ had,
been employed a few uiinutesjbefore with
two others, one of whom was called
" Tom, the storelreeper,” in lashing some!
cashs together, when I was drivenaway’
by the water, which was‘no‘\v rushingin,
with fearful impetuosity. Jumping upon .
the paddle box, I- sprang on the saloon
deck, and i_n an instant was engulplied in‘
the ‘surging waters. which soon closed
over our heads. Down, _down we sank
with"our- noble vessel into-the 'li0I_Ol_I of‘
the “ocean, and the terrible thought took’
possession of my mind that I was drown-
ing; that I should never see my dear
friends and.iny home again. I retained
my consciousness, however, all the time
I waeunder the water, and it was with,
a feeling of intense joy that I found, af-
ter about half a minute, that I was rap-
idly rising towards the surface. V-It was’
all darkness before, but now I could see
a dim light above me, and in a few sec-.
onds I was_on the top of the water,»
struggling for life. Being a good swim-
mer, and having, besides, the support of
a life.,preserver, I succeeded in reaching
a door, which was floating a few feet
from where I rose. I looked around me
_bDt‘.lh€f8 was no trace of the vessel e “
cap‘: a few loose timbers and the mi
which were floating about, some with
and others without passengers. Finding
I could not retain my hold of the door"
with safety. I left it, and swam toa bar-
rel which lay-a few feet from me; frofi
this again I swam to the large raft which
had, as I have said, about seventy per-
sons clinging to it. The sea, though not
strong, was rough, and the waves, as
they dashed over it, washed away a por-
tion of its living freight. I shall never
forget the awful scene. There we were,
in the midst of the ocean, williout the
slightest hope of assistance, while every
minute one or mo're'of our iinfortunaté”
fellow passengers were dropping into
their watery grave _from~* sheer exhaus-
tion. Those who had life preservers did
not sink, but floated with ,iheir ghastly
faces upwards,-reminding those who still
remained alive of tli'e“l’ate that awaited
them. .
In the midst of allthis, thank Heaven,
I never lost hope, but retained my cour-
age to the last. One by one I saw-my
unfortunate cpmpaaions, drop off ;.sonie
of _ th_ei'n floated__ off, and _w_ere.eaten and
knawed by fishes, whilo others._ were
washed under ‘the raft, and remained

Others.

Intensely Thrilling Narrative es-

the ,Disaster by CAPT. LUCE.

Iflelgtticholy Death of CAPT. Luce»-2

Child.

,MR. __CDLL_IN?S FAMIL Y L081

Qui-zni-:c, October 14.
C’aptain"Luce arrived here this mo
i_ii_ng_o,ri, board the "Cambria," Cap,
Riissell. ‘ ‘ ‘

 A»fi_"e‘f the";col_‘lisi"o‘p, and when Cap‘

Ltice fdtiiid‘ ‘that the "Arctic must g
down, he with the passengers, (for I:
this time all the seamen had left with th
exception of one—the 3d oflicer) lost I
time in lashing spars together to form
raft. The-life boat was the only one is:
at the time, and to get the raft construe
ted it was necessary to,’ge_t the life be;
into the water, but the oars were left i
the Arctic to prevent the boat from beig
taken away from the ship. .
The following" is ‘a 'eorrect list of th
passengers saved with Capt._Luce :—
Frederick May, G. F. "A“l_l‘_e_rI, and Jams
Smith, of the Arctic. ',.'I.‘A‘. Govet Frai
cois of the Vesta. Seamen--Patricl
Moran. Alx’r Grant, Michael Russell
-l0ll|l‘R'Iley and John‘ Patterson. Tltt
names of those arrived yesterday on thq
ship,,Hi_t'ron, are Luke M’Carty, Richard
.MaChlne. J as Abress, Christopher Morsii
El'?i5ll,1,,9'_l,\_’-llllf-‘I’. John Drury, Jas. Ward:
David Benny, Robert Dryson, Jas, Cog.
nner, Thomas Wilson and Conw.,_
.: sucoxn DESPATCH. A T.
Annexed is Capt Luce’s intensely in}

teresting statement :

 

_ QUEBEC, Oct. 14.

E. K. COLLINS : Dear Sir,——It 5.,‘
comes my painful duty to inform you a]
the=total loss of the Arctic, with your
wife son and da_iighter, .,

‘The Artie sailed from-Liverpool on
Wednesday Sept. 20th, at 11 a. m. with
233‘pa‘ssengers-, and about 15p of, a crew.
Nothingof special note occurred on the
passage‘ {until Wednesday, Sept. 27th’
wheii at noon. we were in lat. 46 45 N.
and lon.*52 W stearing west by compass.
The weather. had been foggy during tho
day ; generally a distance of half to three‘
quarters of a vrriileicould be seen, but at
intervals of a few minutes a very dense
fog, followed by_ being sufficiently clear 4
to see one or two miles. At noon I left
the deck for working out the position of
the ship. In about I5 minutes I heard
the_cay of ,“hard-a-starboard?’ from tho‘
office? on'deck. I rushed on deck, and
had just got -out ‘when I felt a crash for- _
ward and at the same moment saw a
steamer tinder the ‘starboard bow. At
the,_n,ex,,t rnorr_ie_nt she struck against our
gua:rde‘=and.:_ passed, astern of us. The 
-bows’ of tliestrange vessel seemed to be
literally cutlor crushed off for fully ten
feet, and seeing that she would most
probablyisink in a few minutes, and af-
ter taking a hasty glance at our own ship
believing that we were comparatively
uninjured,-my first impulse was to en-
deavor‘ to save the lives of those on board
the sinking vessel.

The _boats were cleared, and the int I
officer and six men left with one boat, »
when it was found our own ship was -
leaking fearfiilly.

. 'I_‘he engineers tvere set to work, being j
instriicted to“put on the steam pumps,
and thefour deck pumps were worked
by the passengers and crew, and the ship
headed fo-r laud,.which Iv judged to be
about 50 miles distant. Iwas compelled '
to leave my boat-with the first officer and ’
crew to take care of themselves. Sev-
eral ineffectual» attempts were ‘made to '=
stop-the leak by.getting'the sails over tho

with rneVtill~I was rescued. ‘I could see
their faces in-the openings as they were
swayed to and_ fro by the waves, which
threatened every moment towash me
off. ” The raft at one time was so crowd-
ed that many had to hold on by one
hand. Very few words were spoken by
any, and the only sound that we‘ heard
was the splash of the waters or the bes-
vy breathing of the poor ‘sufferers as they
tried to recover their breath after a wave
had passed’ over them. Nearly all were

could with great difliculty keep, their
heads above the surface.'~ The-women
were the first .to‘go. . They were nimble
to staadthe exposure more than three or
four hours. They all _ fell -off the raft
without ‘ a‘ ‘word, except ‘one poor girl,
who cried ‘out, in intense agony, "Oh,
my poor mother and sisters." ..
When I was about eighteen hours on
the raft: there‘ were not more- than three
or four left.. ‘ One of these gave me what
appeared to be a small map, but which
I understood him to say "was _a sort of
title deed to his property. In a few mo-_
nientsalter 1 took it, he too unloosed his
hold and, was added to the number that
floated about the raft. :« i
I endeavored to get the paper into my
poc_ket‘=,_ but found this impossible, on_ac-
count of my cramped position, so I pla-
it between my teeth,_and held it there till
I was overwhelmed by a wave, when I
lost my hold of it, and it was washed
away. Another, who had an oiled ..silk
coat on, called on me, for Heaven’_s_ sake
to assist him, as his strength was rapidly
failing, and he must fall off, if not re_liev_-
‘ed. As‘ he"vvas about four or fi_ve"‘feet’
from me, it was diflicult to reasli him,
but after considerable exertions I— stic-
ceeded in doing so, and helped him with
one of -myknees until'I"bec'ame qiiite
faint, when I was obliged, to leave him to‘
-liis fate. ',Poor fellow, he promised me,
if he ever got to New York alive, he-

terrible-tenaci,t‘y‘to life, but he, too," drop-
-ped off in histurii. « .
I was now left alone on the“ raft ; not
a solitary being, was alive, out of seven-
ty; but still my hope continued siroiiv.
The night of the second day- was aboiit
closing‘ on me, _and during the whole
—llm0 I had been in the water I had ___uor
eaten a particle of anything. or drank a.
drop. _ My strength Ifound was begin-
-ntlls-tp,-give way, and my‘ sight had bé--
gcorne so dim that I‘ could not perceive
objects a_few feet off; even the ghastly
-faces, of the dead‘, that looked up at the
from under the raft, were hardly discern-'
jtble. » I determined on making one more
effort for life-; , I"‘raised- myself on ‘my
knees upon the raft, and tlirough”the
dusk.,ol' the evening I saw, or thougl-.t I
“W. a_v,es_sel.--* - , _ ‘
My ‘stretrgtli"se‘e’me’d to revive, and in
I few moments I heard voices of per$0!l5_.
approaching me. Ten ininutes more and
I todshould have gone. The boat be-
longed to the Huron, and was manned by
Mr. Doran, our third mate, Capl.'G[l'="_l“
one of our passengers and some _sai_lors.
One of the men dragged m¢'l|ll° llle l-’°‘V
of their boat, and lay in the last stages
of exhaustion till I wastransferred to the
Huron, from which I was Pl'3O.¢_(.l 0" ll“?
c‘Lebiino'n, and finally on the pilot boat
Christian Berg, on board of which I'-ar-
rived at this port. ’ “ ' ‘ I‘

 

Dr. Graham Foundfluilty. "

We understand that Dr. Graham,
on . trial for themurderf, of _ Col. Loriug,
at the St.Nicholas Hotel, ihas been
found Giiilty 0fMitnsl1tugliter "in ...the

would reward me well. ' He clu_n'g‘with' l

I ~sceue2pres_eni'ed itself to my view. . I
‘-‘two liiindred men, women and children. _.,,

bows, but findingthe-leak gaining on us
very fast notwithstanding all our very
powerful efforts to keep her-free, I resol-
ved to get the boats ready and as many
ladies and children placed in them as .
posi‘sibl'e. But no sooner had the attempt 1
been made than_,the.firemen and othero
"rushed into them in spite of opposition. 5
Seeing this" state of things, I ordered the
boats astern to be kept in readiness ‘until’
order coirld be restored, when to my dis-
may I saw them cut the ropes
in the bow and soon disappear astern in
the fog. Another boat was broken down
by persons rushing at the davits, and ma- _
ny were precipitated into the sea and
drowned. " This occurred, while I had _'
been engaged- in -getting the starboard 7
guard boat ready and placed the second 1
officer‘ ln7fgh§fgQ;_ when ‘the same fearful ,;
scene ‘as with tliejgfirstiwas being enacted,
,-men leaping from the top of the rail,
twenty feet, pushing and maiming those 
in theboats. ~ ’ ‘

' I then gave orders for the second ofll-
cer to let go and row after the ship, kee-
__-ping near the stem, to take on board tho '_
Iwomen‘ and-children as‘soon as the tires‘ "
went out and th_e'=engiries stopped. My
‘attention was then drawn to the other
-quarter boat, which I found broken down" 3
but lia'ngin’g_by-fone tackl° A rush was
made for her afso,‘and sc. fifteen got in
cut the tackle, and were soon out of sight H
I fo.tirid' that_ not a seaman was left on
board, or carpenter, and we were with» , ,_
out any tools to assist us in’ building I I’
raft, as'otir~only hope. L;

The'"o'iily ofiicer lef. was Mr. Dorian, .-
theithird mate, who ‘aided me, with the -
assistance of many of the passengers,
who deserve great praise for their cour-
age and energy in doing all in their path‘
.er' up to the. very latest moment before

the ship sunk. . ‘ T '

‘The Chief Engineer, with part of his
assistants,‘ had taken our smallest deck ~
boat, and before the ship went down, pul-g
ledaway, with about fifteen persons;-‘-, ’
VVe hadisucceeded in getting the fore Ill‘
two "top-gallant yards overboard,and such
other. small spars and materials as we
could collect, when I was fully convinced
the ship must go tl.0Wll lll 3 V°"Y 'l'°" 
time, and not a moment-was to "be lost 3-.‘
in aetting the spar.5 l33l‘°‘.l.i ‘°g.°‘l‘°..’ ‘Q’-.“
form a ra'Ift—to (lo, which it becam¢ 0”‘ '_
:‘¢5sary to get the life boat, our only It i -
‘maining boat, into~the'-wateI‘- ' Th“ 59‘

chief officer brute boat. taking 0-" 4°
keep the o'a'rs.on_b_oard t3,prevent thent V
from leaving the ship, hoping-’still I0 80‘

. boat at last; I They had mado~considere-
ble progress in collecting the spars, vihfll
an alarm‘ was given that the ship ea!
sinking, and the boat was shoved 0lI
without oars or anything to help th.Ofll'
selveswith a'nd"wIien the ship sanktheboll .
had got clearpr’obab’y an eight of a will
leeivard. . In_.an,instant, about giiartef 10
5 P. M., the. ship went down, carrY”'¥
every soul on b_oard,wi_th _ll_t.‘_l'_.

I soon .f_'.oi_il_ld', myself. on the .'“'l-'.”'
afferia briefgstriiggling, with my 0_\'“

helpless child in my arms, when 33”"
[felt in-y"self. impelled downwards to 3

greatdepth, and -‘before I reached tlIP_

stirfade the second time hail nearly’ W" 

ished and lost the hold of my child.

I againstruggled to i _

.water»,‘a niost awful and heart-rendllls
Over ,

were struggling together amidst pieces 0 
wreck o"f,every kind, calling’ on eaclrotho .
.er for help and implori
them. Such an appalling 5091"’ ""1 .,
.‘God p

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