Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-07 00:00:00

WRECK OF THE INDIAN.

We deeply regret, says the Montreal Weekly.
Gazette of 26th ult., to learn yesterday morning of
the loss of the Ind ian.The intelligence was conveyed
the agents, Messrs. Edmonstone, Allan, and Co.,
by a telegram from the captain, J. Smith. The
telegram was dated Monday, :at a place called
Mary and Joseph, about 70 miles east of Halifax,
on the Nova Scotian coast, opposite -which the
Indian ran on some rocks at 5 a.m., on that day.
Captain Smith says that she parted amidships ;
in other words broke in -two. He says the
passengers were saved ; but three of the crew
are missing. Some of the things from the cabin
are saved. The telegram does not enter 'into
further particulars. The captain had evidently
written in great confusion. Messrs. Edmonstone,
Allan and Co. immediately telegraphed for par-
ticulars ; but we understand that Mary and
Joseph is some thirty miles from the nearest tele-
graph station. The state of the roads is believed
to be bad, and it is uncertain how soon the message
would reach the captain, or how soon his reply
would reach Montreal. The probability is he
had been unable to take observations. The
weather has been very bad. The Nova Scotia
coast is not a place where 'danger was apprehended.
The captain, we believe, is a man of ability, and
has been many years in the service of the com-
pany, in different capacities. The Indian was
insured, but we believe not quite to her full value.
Her loss is a calamity not only to the owners but
to the Province. Her place will be supplied by
the Bohemian. Only one voyage will be missed,
that which the Indian was to make from Port-
land.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
We give below all the despatches we have
received in relation to the loss of the steam-ship
Indian. It will be noticed that the loss of life is
greater than at first reported, and that two boats
filled with passengers and crew are still missing.
We trust the next intelligence will be that those
boats with their passengers are safe.
SACKVILLE, N. 8., Nov. 25.—The screw steamer
'lndian, from Liverpool for" Portland, struck the sea-
ledge near Maria Joseph on Monday the 21st. She had
38. passengers, 100 crew, 800 tons of freight and some
specie. Half an hour after striking she parted amid-
ships. One boat capsized and several persons were
drowned. Another stove alongside. Two more, with
passengers and crew, drifted to sea, and have not been
heard of. Schooner Alexander, Capt. Shellnot, was the
first to render assistance. She arrived at Halifax on the
24th with 24 passengers on board. The number of lives
lost is not yet known. Stir. Lutea ran close to the
wreck, went among the breakers, and became a total
wreck, but her crew were saved.
Since the above dispatch was received, we
learn from Mr. Allen, one of the owners of the
vessel, that 10 passengers, and 10 of the crew
were lost, and that 5 passengers are missing.—
The masts were saved, and will be forwarded to
this city via Windsor and St. John, reaching
here next Tuesday morning, in the steamer
Admiral. In one hour after the steamer struck,
she went to pieces, and the, vessel and cargo
bad entirely disappeared. The steamer was
insured for £35,000.

- The Hangaiian will call at Halifax for the offi-
pers and crew' of the Indian, to take them to
England.
The steam-ship Delta, which was at first con-
jectured to be the, wrecked vessel, his, arrived at
Sydney, C. B. -- •

NON-ARRIVAL OF THE CIRCASSIAN.
SACKVILLE, N. 8., Wednesday, Nov. 23.
The line is in working order to St. John's,